🎥Watch the 2025 Sue Innes Lecture, now available on our website, where @vawright10.bsky.social explores women-led grassroots campaigns for improved housing across Glasgow during the twentieth century

Watch here 👇
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#WomensHistoryMonth #ScottishHistory

Renee Nicole Good telling her killer that she wasn't mad at him

Men are afraid women will laugh at them.
Women are afraid men will kill them.
Margaret Atwood

She laughed at him.
He killed her.
Then he called her a "f*ck*ng b*tch"

Don't steal pies this Christmas.

a woman in a library with a tote bag that says ' nlg ' on it Alt: a white woman in a library frantically taking books off the shelves and stuffing them into a tote bag

Hear me out: an advent calendar but instead of chocolate, books.

17th century engraving of a capybara under a palm tree eating a banana

A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).

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This one-day conference will provide practical strategies, actions and resources to support cultural organisations to prepare - through resilience and adaptation - for the challenges of a changing climate….

Christmas decorations made from recycled paper: Christmas tree, snowflakes, ribbons, stars, candy canes, stockings, and gingerbread people

Staff, students & volunteers enjoyed a day in the Library & Archives making festive decorations from recycled paper @thebotanics.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries

Gavin McCann on the libraries of the South Wales miners Gavin McCann is researching a book on libraries, trade unions and education. Here he writes about his visit to the South Wales Miners’ Library in search of a lost culture of socialist educati…

Gavin McCann visited @swminerslibrary.bsky.social to research his book on libraries, trade unions and education with the help of an SSLH bursary. Read his report and find out more about our research bursaries here 👇
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DARK CALL Disability & Eugenics Seeking volunteers to write 350 word pieces on the current and historical intersection of disability and eugenics. Get in contact for more information: richardamm(at)gmail.com The Disability Action Research Kollective makes free disability research zines.Find them and subscribe free here:linktr.ee/disabilityark

Seeking volunteers to write 350 word pieces on the current and historical intersection of disability and eugenics. Get in contact for more information: richardamm(at)gmail.com

DWP failure to provide up-to-date figures on Access to Work cuts is ‘major warning sign’, say campaigners The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has claimed that “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures that would show just how many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the A…

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) claims a data "issue" is preventing it releasing figures on the Access to Work disability employment programme.

"It’s happened at the exact moment support is continuing to be cut."
🤔

www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-failure-...

Via @johnpring.bsky.social

Trans Day of Remembrance: Why it matters and why solidarity counts 20 November marks Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a day to honour the memory of trans people whose lives have been...

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, where we remember all those who have lost their lives due to transphobia.

We stand in solidarity with the trans community and continue to fight for safety, equality, and dignity in the workplace.

Read our blog for TDoR.

**Job opportunity**

Deputy Head of Archives and Libraries

Starting salary: £48,448
Contract type: Permanent
Location: John Sinclair House, Edinburgh

Full details and how to apply can be found here: rb.gy/ta6q44

Thought for the day. Given the risks around disinformation in the run up to the Scottish elections, would it be feasible to produce digital or print "report cards" for current MSPs? Attendance, voting record, funding, etc, all based on published information. Possible @theferret.scot @fullfact.org ?

Dr. Jane Goodall, legendary animal rights advocate, dies at 91 "Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wednesday statement.

BREAKING: Dr. Jane Goodall, an animal rights advocate, has died of natural causes at age 91, the Jane Goodall Institute says in a statement.

🎭 Just 2 weeks to go! Previewing at @northedinarts (11 Oct) before heading to @TheLanternSheff (14-18 Oct).💡 Exciting week ahead with @daniellabeattie Lighting Designer in tech rehearsals! 🎟️ townsendproductions.org.uk

Racist Director at Historic Environment Scotland allowed to keep earning over £100k because he’s ex Navy. Scotland is full of fools allowed to make a fortune in these jobs

Top Scottish heritage director keeps £120k role despite 'racist' language A DIRECTOR at Scotland’s top heritage body was allowed to remain in post despite a complaint about “racist” language being upheld, The Sunday…

Using racial slurs & still keeping his job, shows how entrenched structural racism is and doesn't get the seriousness it deserves.

Appalling.

www.thenational.scot/news/2549862...

Image promoting a demo organised by Perth Against Racism on Saturday 27 September at 10am at Station Hotel.

Perth is being targeted for the next 4 Saturdays by racist protests outside hotels. Join Perth Against Racism to say no to racism in our community - meet today 10-10.30 at Station Hotel
#PerthScotland #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere

It is with a heavy heart that I have to report to you that your Dad has found a ladder that's about 4 inches taller and has been out in the night again 💔

We have 3 days of joint action with Unison so will be out with colleagues across UoN libraries! Please share your best #AngryLibrarians picket signs for inspiration.

Rehearsals for #WeAreTheLionsMrManager start next week!

📅 Rehearsed reading: Sept 27 | Willesden Green Library 7.30pm
👀 Preview: Oct 11 | North Edinburgh Arts 7.30pm @northedinarts
🎟️ Tour: Oct 14–18 | Lantern Theatre @TheLanternSheff

✨ Tickets: townsendproductions.org.uk

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open!

The Natural History Museum priorities are below.

If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more

www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

VACANCY: Trainee Lichenologist @n-t-s.bsky.social

Not seen one of these advertised before!

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STUC statement on standing alongside the people of Falkirk against racism 👇

@sutrscotland.bsky.social

🚨 Falkirk: Emergency mobilisation TOMORROW!
Join Stand Up to Racism, @ScottishTUC and Falkirk anti-racists and trade unionists to defend refugees at the Cladhan Hotel against the far right who are marching on the hotel.
Organise delegations, spread the word!

STUC vacancies Full time: 34 hours – £44,553

🔔Vacancy: Workers' Rights Officer🔔

Joining the STUC policy team this role includes promotion of and support for employment rights, building collective power, and capacity building for TUs and TUCs.

Deadline for applications: midnight, 31st August.

All details:

Heritage Carbon Reduction Workshops Are Now Open! - Heritage Network Heritage Carbon Reduction Workshops Are Now Open! Find out how you and your organisation can become more sustainable.

Are you carbon-conscious? Do you want your organisation to be more eco-friendly?
Historic England have a fantastic duo of new training workshops, covering 'How to Measure a Carbon Footprint', and 'How To Write a Carbon Reduction Plan'. Check out our Blogpost below for more!

Gender pension gap equates to £7,600 a year, say union leaders Income inequality is found to be 36.5% – meaning women in effect stop receiving a pension on 21 August

Gender pension gap equates to £7,600 a year, say union leaders.

Despite equality laws women continue to lose.

Women punished for child bearing and caring responsibilities.

Lower pension results in greater insecurity and anxiety.

Here's three minutes of us talking about human skin.

Screenshot of sthe plash page of BGCI Introduction to Biosecurity for Botanic Gardens and Arboteta

New Online Module from BGCI: Introduction to Biosecurity for Botanic Gardens and Arboreta – a new, free online module designed specifically for professionals working in botanic gardens and arboreta.
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