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“A right Royal visit” Queen Victoria’s visit to Northampton https://edintone.com/right-royal-visit/ 12 November 1844 was set to be a great day for Northampton. A chance to welcome Queen Vict

"A right Royal visit" Queen Victoria's visit to Northampton - Miscellanea Edintone
12 November 1844 was set to be a great day for Northampton. A chance to welcome Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. to the town. However, two tragedies would

Kid: Dad!?! The (no longer maintained) software that school wants me to use is throwing a "Code C" error on the video we took in class (on a brand new iPhone). Can you help?
Me: I don't know who suggested you use this software. I don't know why. If the software company is telling you to pay for an upgrade, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career (in scientific software)

A career option, @… ?
https://mastodon.social/@Edent/115475692438997667

Terence Eden (@Edent@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Might not book a table here…

"Austin Peay State University will pay one of its professors $500,000 after initially firing him for a social media post made in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. Darren Michael, an associate professor of acting and directing at APSU, was fired by the institution last year after comments on Kirk’s death. In September, APSU moved Michael to suspension before fully bringing him back into the classroom last month."
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/clarksville/apsu-settles-with-professor-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post/

#SilentSunday

Excellent piece by @… on the ebb and flow of creative work and the inevitability and importance of fallow periods.
“What I failed to notice: that the fallow periods were doing something too. They were composting. I was taking in books and conversations and experiences without the pressure to immediately metabolize them into output. I was wandering without a map, which meant I sometimes stumbled into territory I never would have found if I'd been navigating by GPS.
The harvest seasons, when they returned, drew on seeds I hadn't remembered planting.”
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-harvest-will-come/

Archaeologists Uncover 5,500-year-old ‘Ritual Landscape’ in Jordan https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/archaeologists-uncover-5500-year-old-ritual-landscape-in-jordan/

Archaeologists Uncover 5,500-year-old 'Ritual Landscape' in Jordan
Many of these monuments were surveyed for the first time in a modern context, and they include stunning examples of ancient stone work.

Researching inequality – Northampton and the Welfare State https://edintone.com/northampton_1913-24/ Two studies of Northampton in 1913 and 1924 give us a detailed view of working-class life

Researching inequality - Northampton and the Welfare State - Miscellanea Edintone
Two studies of Northampton in 1913 and 1924 give us a detailed view of working-class life and economic conditions in on the eve of World War 1 and the somewhat better situation in the early 1920s.

Work, Housing and Health: Northampton Behind the Numbers https://edintone.com/work-housing-health/ In 1924, the boot and shoe industry dominated Northampton’s workforce. The Boot and Shoe O

Work, Housing and Health: Northampton Behind the Numbers - Miscellanea Edintone
In 1924, the boot and shoe industry dominated Northampton’s workforce. The Boot and Shoe Operatives Trade Union had 13,104 members; officials estimated that only 5% of adult workers were outside the union.

Map Chart - a useful tool for historians and genealogists? #histodons

MapChart
A useful tool for historians and genealogists?