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Hannah Rose Cascio

@hannahrosecascio.bsky.social

Historian, PhD candidate and researcher at QMUL. | 18th century/Georgian Britain esp. women/gender and queenship/court, developing the relational biography She/Her | American in UK | 🏳️‍🌈 I am truly terrible at social media so let's see how this goes! 😅

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WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 3mo ago

This is Edie. She was trying to catch her tail when suddenly things turned sideways. Legend has it she is still rolling to this day. 13/10 (TT: golden_gang_tom_and_edie)

Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I still really want chapters like this in all public history books, by the way. The investigation bit is THE EXCITING BIT.

[Bloch, Historian’s Craft (MUP, 1992), p. 59.] transcription: Every historical book worth of the name ought to include a chapter, or if one prefers, a series of paragraphs inserted at turning points in teh development, which might almost be entitled: 'how can I know what I am about to say?'. i am persuaded that even the lay reader would experience an actual intellectual pleasure in examining these confessions. The sight of an investigation, with its successes and reverses, is seldom boring. It is the ready-made article which is cold and dull.
Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today's the anniversary of the Nazis executing Marc Bloch. Or, someone who could sit with uncertainty, champion inquiry & trying to understand, and recognise plurality & perplexity. And, in that knowledge, made the choice not to remain passive. Bloch, Historian’s Craft (MUP, 1992), pp. 64, 119, 160.

his comrades address him with a look of amazement. "extraordinary! You don't even seem to mind this awful uncertainty!" My friend could have answered that, despite the popular prejudice, the mental climate of research is not so unsympathetic to ready acceptance of the lottery of fate.
Cats of Yore@catsofyore.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A favorite from my collection - this luminous little one from the 1960s. Thank you so much for all the donations to the shelter today, everyone. You lifted my spirits at a time when I really needed it. 💕

A color photo of a delicate and fluffy white medium-haired cat sitting on a window ledge. They are looking at the camera. What makes this photo extra special is that the cat is backlight by the sun coming through the window, the light illuminating their fluffy hair making them appear so luminous and angelic.
WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 4mo ago

This is Chootie. He looks like a dog, but from one of those 15th century paintings done by someone who had only ever heard about dogs. 12/10 (IG: chootieboy)

a very fluffy white creature with light brown markings on its back and ears is resting flat on some concrete tiles with a body like a slightly inflated bearskin rug. his legs and tail are merely puffy nubs, but his front paws are completely shaved for hygiene purposes, giving him the grabby-hands look of a feral raccoon. his face is an exuberant expression, with all his features slightly too close together, including his mismatched and somewhat human brown and blue eyes. he is simultaneously ridiculous and delightful.
Laura Cleaver@laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Do you want to learn to read old documents? Do you need to learn some Latin? The 49th Palaeography Summer School is for you! 👇 Tell all your friends. #palaeography #Skystorians #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...

The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026

The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

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