The constituency of Clacton has the opportunity to do the funniest thing of all time

I'm at the Westerplatte memorial, which commemorates the site of the first battle of World War 2, and there's a guy wearing a t-shirt that says SIZE MATTERS with an American flag overlayed with different sizes of bullet. Both extremely cringey *and* deeply inappropriate.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I'm against student fees going up for anyone any time. On the other, residency is a far better standard than nationality for determining things like fees and I'm not sure this should be an exception www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...

OK, let's start the search. Adrienne Shaw is on the lookout for two titles of early LGBTQ software that predate Caper in the Castro. One is called VAPOR PALACE. The other features Tom of Finland art but has no discovered name yet. The search is on - if you know more details or... have a copy? ping.

"1. Northerners hate each other" What do you mean? I'm from Leeds and I only hate Manchester, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, everywhere to the north of Yorkshire, all of North Yorkshire, as well as Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Huddersfield, and four other parts of Leeds.

Two days ago I saw a pierogi-themed hat but decided it was a few złoty more than I wanted to spend. I have not seen one since and deeply regret not purchasing it when I had the chance.

Auf den Punkt:

Oh hey look cool! You can get 30% off my book with the code AUFLY30 at the the OUP online store (global.oup.com/academic/pro...)

Okay so unpleasant update: The room I'm supposed to stay in for the month is not as advertised, including mould in the shower, etc. I might still be able to cancel the booking and get my money back. Does anyone have any tips for where to stay (or know anyone with a spare room they want to sublet)?

Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.

I am in Gdańsk for a month-long research fellowship. Most of my time will be spent in the archives but I would love any tips for (vegetarian) food and cool stuff to do in the evenings/weekends. (I've spent only a few days in Poland before but always had a great time, so I'm very excited!)

I mean it's not like cars are two-tonne miniature tanks that regularly go at 70mph and kill a couple thousand people each year, or anything.

This is the thing. Because the anti-immigrant movement is based on a series of lies and illusions about what Britain is, was, and should be, there is literally no way to satisfy them.

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The fine for smoking in this hostel is like €25 and I don't smoke but honestly that feels like a bargain.

Well, it only took 5 trains, 3 delays, 1 complete train cancellation, 1 cancellation before reaching the right station, 1 desperate race across Berlin, and a grand total of 9h10 (instead of 5h53), but I made it from Halle, Germany to Toruń, Poland by rail. 🥲

Struggling to parse this. Exeter is celebrating its overall global ranking to 136th, comprised (it reports) of 151st (Natural Sciences), 131st (Life Sciences & Medicine) and 76th (Arts & Humanities) while announcing plans to make 25% of Arts & Humanities staff redundant. Does this compute?

German language opinion: since zu+der=zur and zu+dem=zum, zu+den should = zun.

I don’t know why every English Department AND library hasn’t adopted this line from “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” as their motto “Books are brain movies!”

It's 37C here in Halle and absolutely criminal that cafes, restaurants, bars, etc. charge about as much for water as for beer.

It’s wild that politicians don’t seem to grasp the degree to which universities contribute to the economy- local, regional, national. The failure to intervene is a stain on this govt - a shocking dereliction of duty to every worker, every local business, every student, every area that is suffering

Woohoo, it's arrived! @zenothankyou.bsky.social

Deutschkenntnisse verlangt: Bayer darf nicht in Strandbad in Halle www.der-postillon.com/2026/06/hall...

Heute mit Ortswechsel: die RVL "Feministische Epistemologien" wechselt ins @kruppkolleg.bsky.social für den Vortrag "Vergessene Autorinnen, vergriffene Forschung" von @martinawernli.bsky.social #izfg Auch digital zugänglich! www.wiko-greifswald.de/programm/all...

Call me a centrist, but there's gotta be more options than a) "threatening Starmer is cool and good, actually" and b) "Starmer's cruelty towards trans people and refugees is cool and good, actually"

So this was a nice surprise to wake up to, thanks to all Cambridge University Press & Assessment and series editor @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social Delighted that it is Open Access doi.org/10.1017/9781... @researchireland.ie @ucc.ie

In accordance with ancient tradition, our next Prime Minister is announced to the nation while standing between a furry and a man with a bin on his head.

£3.60 to send a postcard abroad. We used to be a proper country.

A generation of children confined to exclusively posting on LinkedIn, humbled to share that they have been recognised as thought leaders in vertically integrating your mom's supply chain.

I don't like social media bans and suspect they're impracticable anyway, but I don't think it's unreasonable to say that especially vulnerable and impressionable people probably shouldn't have easy, 24/7 access to some of the worst content on the internet. [Genuine Q] Are there any alternatives?

I see the discourse is stuck on "Euros don't have good food" vs "fuck off yank" again

If you are looking for something stimulating to do in London next weekend it is the @britishacademy.bsky.social Ideas Festival - lots of free fun for curious minds

My book WHAT TECH CALLS GOVERNING will be released on August 18! It is now available for pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/what...

I worry a lot about my work being mistaken for AI because I'm not an especially gifted writer – I use a fair few cliches and my sentences tend to be short and clunky (to avoid risk of confusion). It is maddening that research I spend months or years on might get flagged because I'm not a stylist.

2 extremely frustrating facts about being a non-EU national with EU resident in the age of EES: 1. Every point of entry has a different process and do not typically display instructions for permit holders; 2. Staff often do not know how it works and will give you false instructions.

If you’re wondering why Brötchen blew up seemingly out of nowhere, guess what: he’s a nepo baby. His mom is literally a pygmy hippo *at the same fucking zoo*

Gonna start going around saying "oh you like prof. [name]'s work? Name three of their primary sources."

Always struck how similar academic conferences are to music festivals - Hype for the headliners - Controversial line-ups, constant talk about who you plan to see - Rough accommodation - Eating the same bad food every day - Prodigious amounts of alcohol - Everyone dying on the last day

I'm looking forward to giving a talk to the UGent community this evening. If you are able, please come by or watch online at the link in Dr. Peck's post.

Bluesky: the social media app where you can spectate and participate in pitched battles over citational practices

Apparently some people just call any music with shouting and/or harsh vocals "screamo"? Like they call Judas Priest screamo?? And Slayer??? And Bolt Thrower?!?! What is happening

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

#CfP 📢 New book series: "Genders and Sexualities in the Early Modern World", eds. Elizabeth Rhodes, James Daybell and Merry Wiesner-Hanks (Brill). ⏰Deadline: 20 June 2028 🔗 brill.com/page/forthco... #EarlyModern #GenderHistory #GenderHistory #HistoryOfSexuality

Are there any plans to celebrate 30 years of Susanne Zantop's classic book Colonial Fantasies next year? And if not, would anybody like to make some?

Calling all PhDs and ECRs who work on the history of material and visual culture of science - the Nuncius Essay Prize for 2026 is open for submissions until 31 August. Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do... #histSTM

OUR POOL IS MUCH BIGGER THAN YOURS (Our pool can walk right through the door) WITH A FEELING SO PURE

A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.

Just had a mooch around the local English-language bookshop with a friend and this is the stack she came away with. I thought @regretteruane.bsky.social might appreciate! (I'm living out of an over-full suitcase for the next few months so held back.)

Rupert Lowe is, I think, the most extreme well-known British political figure since Nick Griffin. Even worse, I think he's in a position to do a lot more damage than the BNP, even at their prime. IMO we really need the kind of anti-fascist mass mobilization we saw in the mid-2000s to stop him.