I just saw Chris Rea checking his tyre pressures.

On the Third Sunday of Advent, we light three candles - perfect occasion to share the oldest preserved candles found north of the Alps. The candles were made from beeswax around 1,400 years ago. They were found in the early #medieval burial site in Oberflacht. The damp...🧵1/2 📷 me

#OTD the 1918 general election took place, the first to see women vote, following the passage of the Representation of the People Act. To find out more about the significance of the Act, for women, men and Britain's electoral system, check out @EmmaPeplow.bsky.social's article:

No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.

I think this pic of the prof and #sophiefromromania will be in Sophie’s 2027 calendar - meanwhile hurry to get the 2026 calendar and support @cureparkinsons.org.uk shop closes 9:39 am Monday cureparkinsonsshop.com/products/sop...

In a foolhardy attempt to appease my bank manager, I suppose I should mention that I have some books which may – or may not – make suitable presents for Christmas. They should be available through your local bookshop - and the online ones. Here are what a few of them look like …

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂 Booking available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...

15.8 billion miles away from earth. 😳 Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.

Is here anyone from Paris who can tell me where to go eat in December

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

Absolute classic Bravo

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean. 6 people dead this time. Not a single arrest made. Not an ounce recovered. Not a shred of evidence provided.

Even in the movies, scenes of the White House getting blown up by invading aliens or terrorists feel emotionally unsettling. It’s the People’s House after all. So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.

Archaeologists searching for the remains of 400 year old Derrygonnelly Castle, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland find the artefacts which suggest an 8,000 year old settlement. 👇 BBC News - Discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement is 'mind-blowing' www.bbc.com/news/article...

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

Being weird and silly is enraging to authoritarians and always has been. When you do it en masse? Well it sends them into the death cycle because it proves they couldn't silence you with fear and intimidation. So bring on the frogs and inflatables this weekend! 🐸🐸🐸

I have discovered that women are more than capable of undertaking any task which requires physical strength or of learning any discipline which requires discernment and intelligence. Books which say otherwise were definitely not written by women. - Christine de Pizan, b. 1365

I think my previous post got censored, but I do think you need to see this little guy and his enormous tooth - as he points to where it hurts! 🦷 (From a medical ms - Edinburgh CRC ms 314)

Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old. There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

I'm hiring 1-2 postdocs this year! If you're interested in: GW astrophysics (Binary) Stellar Evolution Stellar dynamics (esp. w/ massive BHs) Galactic dynamics (inc. stellar streams) plz consider applying! You don't need letters initially, just a list of references. 🔭🧪 aas.org/jobregister/...

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Big news: Internet Archive Europe ( @internetarchive.eu ) has opened its new HQ in Amsterdam! 🎉 A home for preservation, access & shared cultural heritage. Read coverage from @mariabustillos.com in Flaming Hydra: flaminghydra.com/freedom-and-...

Didn't get raptured? Maybe you shouldn't have been going around saying the Mary Rose sank on her maiden voyage...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

During WW1 there was a rumour that aspirin caused the Spanish Flu. As I was writing about that last year I often shook my head in disbelief at the stupidity of our near ancestors. Seems a lot of people are still dumb enough to believe nonsense.

If you’re reading this, you were left behind like me. On the upside, this means we get to watch Slow Horses season 5.

Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead. Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for

Anyone know a good source for UK book preorders delivered to the EU?

Don't forget: this weekend as part of Oxford Open Doors 2025, the Bodleian Libraries will be opening up some of our spaces and showing off collections not usually accessible to the public. More information: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/...

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

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If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Reminder! The Bodleian Book Hospital is open tomorrow (Friday 22 August). 11am-3pm. In Blackwell Hall. Meet real life Bodleian conservators who will help rescue battered and beloved children's books. Free, no booking required.

Dr. Anna Willow is doing an exploratory research project to understand the impacts of policy changes on anthropologists and their field of study. She is seeking US-based anthropologists to participate in online interviews over the next several months. For more info, contact [email protected].

Research Assistant - School of English, Media and Creative Arts, University of Galway full-time, two-year position as a Research Assistant with Professor Marie-Louse Coolahan universityvacancies.com/university-g...

‘Suggestions include not washing cars, refraining from "fully flushing" toilets and showering in under four minutes.’ Thanks for the tips SE Water but instead, perhaps you should stop pissing away 104.8 million litres of water a day in leaks?

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination. #HealthForAll

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez makes data analytics more human and examines them from women’s perspectives. Lots of food for thought in these pages. #NonFiction #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This #BogDay seems apt to announce that I am starting a PhD @york.ac.uk in September with @anthropocenebio.bsky.social and the Department of Archaeology. I will be researching the past ecology of the North Yorks Moors and using this evidence to explore views about the future landscape #MoorViews 🪧

Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them. tomlehrersongs.com

Try asking a local farmer if they'd put some cattle in there for a few weeks/months over the non-growing season (ie around mid-December to mid-March), even for a few successive years. They'll break up the ground, creating better opportunities for tree seeds to germinate.