Claire Schen
@profclaire.bsky.social
Historian of early modern England at University at Buffalo and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research in Undergraduate Education. Happy to talk DH, 1890s bicycling, and the history of Buffalo. Skiing and biking. Opinions my own. She/her.
Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI
Look, we talk a lot about how GenX kids were exposed to a lot of terrifying shit passed off as "kid's movies"--Return to Oz, The Last Unicorn, The Neverending Story, The Rescuers, etc. But nothing, and I mean *nothing*, was as fucked up as that Garfield comic. Nothing comes close.
Karl Steel@karlsteel.bsky.social · 2d agogreat chain of material from @colindickey.com here on, WARNING, dead pets, mourning, and a very, very scary Garfield: glacialerrata.beehiiv.com/p/glacia-err...
If you think your subject is safe because we need graduates wth those skills, think again.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d agoRecruitment suspended on UG environment & sustainability, mathematics and physics. At postgraduate level, suspended courses include international corporate finance, water & environmental engineering and environmental strategy. If you think your subject is safe because not Humanities, rethink. 1/2
🧵 Balance is an extraordinary documentary series - two Jain monks in their late 30s, experiencing the impact of perimenopause ("sleeplessness, fatigue, anxiety, and mood swings") undergo a journey to understand why and "...find that a controversial study by the Women’s Health Initiative in 2002....
“Optimus' current functionality includes walking across varied terrain, lifting objects and sorting them by colour and recognizing environments” This is a capacity human children form…between 2-4 years old. Time to give your toddler a #scalpel and have them do #brain #surgery
Taylor Noakes@taylornoakes.com · last wk.Words cannot describe how much I despise this person’s contempt for how hard real scientists work It’s the kind of attitude you can only get from inheriting a fortune from an Apartheid era emerald mine finance.yahoo.com/sectors/heal...
We’ve got a couple of cats who just realized they need kayaks now. The catio is too tame.
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · last wk.Them: “What’s your five-year plan?” Me: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTADysayx/
“When it says “I’m fine,” but it really isn’t fine.”
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last wk."When it mentally replays all the stupid things it said during the day while falling asleep at night."
"When it mentally replays all the stupid things it said during the day while falling asleep at night."
When I’ll Know AI Can Replace Me
When it takes a hard stance on something it knows very little about. When it takes twenty minutes to decide what to order and then immediately regrets its ch...
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My American Historical Review article about 19th-century African American doctor James McCune Smith has been published. Download it for FREE: doi.org/10.1093/ahr/... #history #blackhistory #data #womenshistory #histmed #histsci #bookhistory #STS @africanarchives.bsky.social
The Moral Doctor: Datafication, Activism, and the Early Medical Career of James McCune Smith in Late Georgian Scotland
Abstract. In the summer of 1836, the clinicians of Glasgow’s Lock Hospital treated the impoverished female patients with a painful new drug. The negative i
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Good news indeed. Especially as we wait for the World Cup in 2027.
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · last wk.The best cure for a Tour de France Hommes hangover is knowing that Tour de France Femmes is just 5 days away
We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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If anyone is considering editing something from our collections, we will happily supply a digital copy at no cost. Please contact Kate (archives at ucd dot ie).
Irish Manuscripts Commission@irishmanuscripts.bsky.social · 2w agoClosing date: Wed 29 July The IMC student prize of €1,000 is awarded to a postgraduate student for editing a short historical document, which will also be considered for publication in Analecta Hibernica. Learn more at: irishmanuscripts.ie/imc-student-prize-2026/
Gets harder to scare people about invented villains when the real ones keep murdering people in broad daylight while stealing our healthcare and starving our children.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2w agoReporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here
A significant development. Iran War Live Updates: Iran-Backed Houthis Expand Conflict With Red Sea Blockade www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks, After Killing of U.S. Soldiers
The move against Saudi ships will add new pressure on energy markets. Tehran said it had received new proposals from mediators, while the U.S. launched strikes against Iran for a 10th consecutive nigh...
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Cool Bike Art@coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 3w agoAlong with being one of the greatest racers of all time, Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali carried forged exit visas hidden in his handlebars and seat to Jews in hiding during WWII, & ultimately helped save an estimated 800 Jews from the Nazis. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Gino! July 18 (1914-2000)
Okay 7 days old sorry I missed this when it was first posted.
Larry the Cat@number10cat.bsky.social · 4w agoAhead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times
Third place World Cup win for England and arrest on extradition request by UK. Big day in Miami all around. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami on charges of rape and sex trafficking
UK to seek extradition over sexual exploitation, ‘extreme pornography’ and assault and indecent images of a child
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Important work. But let’s have #NoMoreGhostBikes
Peter Cheung@bostonaruban.bsky.social · 3w agoToday we painted Louisa’s Ghost Bike. It used to be Jessica Mink’s bike. Since 2015, I’ve created about 30 ghost bikes, but this one was the hardest to make so far. I couldn’t have done it without my best friend and brother Galen Mook. We Need Each Other. #NoMoreGhostBikes
Ah, yes, certain elected officials’ obsession with raking the forests.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3w ago“So next time someone tells you Canada’s fires can be solved by raking the forests, you can point out that the thing filling their sky with smoke is a lightning-struck, drought-primed boreal forest doing what a warming climate is making it do more and more often.”
Poorly handled by the School Board. No transparency and one member resigned out of frustration. We need much better educational leadership for the schools.
BTPM News@btpmnews.bsky.social · 3w agoFormer Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Pascal Mubenga and School Board member Lewis "Muki" Hawkins have been accused of sexually harassing a school district employee, according to a Notice of Claim filed Thursday.
Former Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Pascal Mubenga and School Board member Lewis "Muki" Hawkins have been accused of sexually harassing a school district employee, according to a Notice of Claim filed Thursday.
Mubenga, Hawkins named in sexual harassment claim
The former Buffalo Public Schools superintendent and the Buffalo School Board member are accused of making unwanted advances toward a female colleague.
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Buffalo Schools administrator says her 'dignity is worth defending' in legal filing accusing Pascal Mubenga, Muki Hawkins of misconduct.
Legal filing alleges sexual misconduct, harassment by former Buffalo Schools superintendent, board member
Buffalo Schools administrator says her 'dignity is worth defending' in legal filing accusing Pascal Mubenga, Muki Hawkins of misconduct.
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