#skystorians is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 176 people shared 552 posts with it — around 18 a day. Activity is down 7% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 22 with 34 posts.

Posts with #skystorians

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇 Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians

An advertisement for the polio vaccine which reads: "they all got vaccine except dad...don't take a chance...take your polio shots!" It depicts a photo of a family gathered around a father who is in an iron lung.

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Royal Historical Society

@royalhistsoc.org

over 1 year ago

From next week our X account will close and be archived. We will be solely on BlueSky where we will continue to promote #history, historical practice and the humanities. Please do join us #Skystorians

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org

From 21 February @royalhistsoc.bsky.social will be closing and archiving its X account. From this date all updates from the Society - and its promotion of work by fellow organisations for #history and the humanities - will be via BlueSky. Please encourage colleagues to join us here #skystorians

Photograph of the Royal Historical Society's BlueSky homepage.

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Dr Rachel Bynoth

@rachelbynoth.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Video of the Falkirk Wheel in action - an amazing feat of engineering to link two canals together #engineering #scotland #skystorians

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

6 months ago

I posted a 1912 photo of a man with smallpox and someone asked if it was AI. That says something about the moment we’re living in: because of vaccination, we’re now so far removed from this virus that real images of it look fake. #medicalhistory #vaccines #vaccineswork #skystorians

A black and white photo of a man suffering from smallpox. His face is riddled with pustules.

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Royal Historical Society

@royalhistsoc.org

over 1 year ago

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John Bull

@garius.bsky.social

6 months ago

So, BlueSky, one of my passions is the study of tea in WW2. I need you to watch this oral history from three ex-tea ladies from the Bermondsey WVS. Because you could guess for ONE THOUSAND YEARS and you would not guess where it is going... #skystorians #history #tea

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

Hello, #bluesky! Here's your daily dose of #histmed trivia👇 Napoleon's Toothbrush, c.1790. Napoleon brushed his teeth regularly using opium-based toothpaste. His toothbrush has a silver gilt handle and bristles made of horsehair, which would have been very rough on the gums. #skystorians

An ornate silver toothbrush with horsehair bristles set against purple silk. At the bottom of the handle is an "N" for Napoleon.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

This is a carbonized loaf of bread from Pompeii, 79 C.E. - preserved for thousands of years in the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius. The baker left his stamp, which reads: “Celer, slave of Quintus Granius Verus." Celer survived, as his name later appears on a list of freed men. #skystorians

A photo of a round loaf of bread divided into 8 slices. It has a greenish tint and looks hard to the touch. There is a stamp on it, too.

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Margot Finn

@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

1 day ago

'The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London.' Leaps and bounds forward in our understanding of the histories of the British enslaved. #Skystorians

www.theguardian.com

Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

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Daniel Bellingradt

@dbellingradt.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Just in case if you missed this printing event in #Mainz: they publically printed a giant page of the Gutenberg bible in the format 5 x 7,20 meter. #bookhistory #skystorians

A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing a moment of the printing process: two men are lifting the paper from the woodblock. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing the giant woodblick, and the giant printed paper open air. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

Here's your #DailyDose of medical history! COFFIN COLLARS were used to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin. Bodysnatchers sold bodies to anatomists and medical schools. #skystorians #histmed

A metal collar that is shaped like a horseshoe and anchored to a piece of wood.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

During #WW1, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, generator, X-ray machine & photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie trained 150 women as radiology technicians. #histmed #skystorians #histsci