Such a gorgeous joyful watch which reflected the London I know, love & lived in for 30 years. I watched fox cubs play on my roof in Fulham, fed hedgehogs & parakeets in my Twickenham garden and shared many tube rides with pigeons. Thank you #DavidAttenborough ❤️ #ThisIsLondon #EatYourHeartOutTrump

Could we please move away from the persecution of women who are deemed not to look womanly enough seeking a safe place to pee in women's toilets and deal with what the very real and present dangers are for our daughters?

The World Council of Churches has called on the European Union to impose sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel over what it described as a war of genocide in the Gaza Strip and violations against Palestinians in the West Bank.

This is so cringe. Cosplay by individuals scoring very low on standards of Christianity or chivalry. #medievalsky

3D scan of the Jelling 2 Stone, a Viking runestone erected by Harald Bluetooth in honour of his mother, Queen Thyra. Research in Antiquity from 2023 suggested women held more power in Viking Denmark than previously believed 🏺 #Archaeology 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 📷 Laila Kitzler Åhfeldt

Does anyone have to hand Azzara & Moro's (1998), I capitolari italici. Storia e diritto della dominazione carolingia in Italia? If so, could you photograph their edition and translation of Synod of Pavia (850) §23 on magic users ans poisoners? (I think it's ca. pages 196-99) Thanks! #Medievalsky

Punctuation matters… 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

This is what happens when search engines give way to LLMs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One of the first things a Farage government will do will be to make sure "the young are taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)

Pure. Innocent. Fun.

Grok + X now seems to be awash with images undressing women, without consent. It is an issue with the potential for a very very broad coalition - across political divides - to insist the Musk platform gets back within the law, on all fronts, not just this example. www.cnbctv18.com/technology/g...

Glad to hear of this digitization project/collection - better late than never! - but be warned, the website is excellent and leaving it will be a struggle!

great book on this topic www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...

Unis need to monetise this. We have the all the experts, with all the grumpiness. We could just livestream a collection of random lectures with a reading list for each if people want context for what is going on to find out for themselves after.

Imagine reading this 10 years ago thinking this will be life in the USA in 2025.

🏺 I also co-wrote a new blog post all about extinct animals in Scotland with my friends over at @digitscotland.bsky.social! www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...

As we are sat on a spinning rock, orbiting the sun for another year, in a vast universe, a tiny lifetime - love is the thing that matters most - love yourself, love all others, love truth. Wishing you all the loves for 2026!

Think someone at the Beeb has been at the New Year drinkies early... 🤣 #Archaeology 🏺 #Hic #HappyNewYear

HMU: What's the best article or chapter you've read in the last five years that involves women and charters in pre-Conquest England? #medievalsky

Drinking together was a deeply social act in ancient Scandinavia too, used to affirm and shape bonds of friendship and allegiance. The impact was even more impressive if the drink was poured from an imported Roman jug or horn. Photo: horn from Östergötland ca. 0-400 AD. Historiska museet

Why Medieval Torture Devices are Not Medieval www.medievalists.net/2023/12/medi... #medievaltorturedevices

United Nations experts have called on Britain to protect the lives and rights of detained pro-Palestine activists who are on hunger strike. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251229-un-...

Enjoying the new Gone Medieval podcast by Annie Whitehead podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l... #medievalsky

Super proud of Doctoral researcher James Davison who has just submitted his thesis "Trans Lives in Early Anglo-Saxon Period Communities: Translating Archaeological and Literary Records" co-supervised with Bonnie Effros. Early insight here: theconversation.com/the-burials-... #medieval #archaeology

Tomorrow! Join us at 2pm 31st December at the Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin for our annual New Year’s Eve vigil for the people of Palestine, especially those in besieged in Gaza – to remind everyone that, despite the attempts to gaslight us, ‘there is NO ceasefire in Gaza’. #FreePalestine

With permission to share from @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social Offa's Dyke Journal open access interview between Prof Howard Williams, Paul Sherman (Director NW Heritage CIC) and me works.hcommons.org/records/6765... #medievalsky #wirral #cheshire #merseyside #archaeology

I absolutely believe her.

🌟New OA Publication🌟 doi.org/10.1086/738364 🧪🏰 "Biomolecular Archaeology and Medieval Studies: A Graphic Article" in @medievalacademy.bsky.social w @janetekay.bsky.social & an awesome team of ECR #WomeninSTEM 🧵⬇️ @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social

A petition is calling for the urgent medical evacuation of cancer patients, particularly children, from Gaza to Augusta Victoria Hospital & hospitals in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, where treatment capacity is already available. The organizers warn... Petition: www.change.org/p/allow-urge...

The DOJ is so incompetent that it is allowing us to *quantify* its cover-up of the Epstein files.

Same shit Different decade Real consequences Keeper of the Flame 1947 😕😭 #Pinks #ProudBlue

A 4,000-year-old sheep genome reveals how Bronze Age plague spread without fleas. Livestock, mobility, and ecology shaped ancient disease networks long before the Black Death rewrote the rules. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA #Plague www.anthropology.net/p/a-plague-w...

Save this, it's perfect.

A little Sesame Street for #spéirghorm #ForksOut

Hey, if you’re feeling down during the holidays, you’re not alone. If you are alienated and hurting, you still belong. You still matter. It is worth being gentle with yourself.

The recently filled Chair of Canine Studies. -- Happy Holidays 2025!

In case you need a positive reminder: How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘AI…saves time, spares effort & crucially offers a new way to offload responsibility. …Fromm argued that the rise of fascism could be explained in part by people preferring to surrender their freedom in exchange for the reassuring certainty of subordination. AI offers a new way of surrendering’ #ai

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

Xmas present from my daughter #dogs I think all the medals are for being a good boy and also valiantly chasing squirrels

As #AI increasingly brings people the news, it does more than simply pass along information. Large language models subtly highlight certain viewpoints while minimizing others, often without users realizing it. buff.ly/bEvfU8c

#xmas #dogs

First Minister John Swinney has called on Scots to show kindness towards each other as we live through 'uncertain and challenging times' this Christmas In his message to the nation, Swinney encouraged people to check in on their neighbours, stressing 'small acts can make a big difference to others'

The Trump Administration: They lie so convincingly, almost like it's natural to them.

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

They got caught. They’re backing down. But this isn’t over. There needs to be a class action lawsuit. Instacart admitted it was using AI to charge different people different prices for the exact same items. Algorithmic price gouging. That scam could cost a family of four $1,200 more a year.

Bobby the dog at Buttermere. The odd shape globular pebbles on the shore are evidence of medieval iron working nearby #cumbria #archaeology #dogs

Can you help a local historian locate and map examples of historic Gaelic inscriptions on Scottish gravestones? Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...