Fine in morning but wet in afternoon. Fine & cushie. More on the #LiverpoolScottish on Christmas Eve 1915 during #WW1 and their Heath Robinson Xmas card at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/2...

Massive news!!!! The Devil’s Sound - a six part immersive audio series, set in @davidmbarnett.bsky.social’s Withered Hill universe, is coming to Kickstarter January 9th. Sign up for updates: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom... Follow the Devil’s Sound Instagram: www.instagram.com/thedevilssou...

The largest study so far into the genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago

"Your paper "Methods and models..." explained through an analogy"??? What is going on with Academia-edu?

I once heard a cutting assessment of someone’s intellect in Argentinian Spanish that went jugas al tetris y giras el cuadradito. It means “you spin the square tile on Tetris.”

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

I have some grant funding for research assistance in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. If you know (preferably) history grad students who might be interested in working with me on the history of STEM education/professions in Soviet Central Asia, please send them my way. 🗃️

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

Danes are sending their final Christmas cards — the last ever to be delivered by the national postal service. From the year-end, PostNord — which traces its history in Denmark back to 1624 — will cease carrying letters and handle only packages. www.ft.com/content/fecad9e1-5...

While we're on Christmas gift recommendations, you probably still have time to order a copy of Mark Wigan's gloriously illustrated Kat Godeu, from the Book of Taliesin. My own copy arrived recently, and it really is beautiful! www.markwigan.com/collections/...

Zizzi's now offers a dessert with a built-in cloud

Facebook AI making up random questions

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

Two very exciting sales through the weekend! For Spanish teachers/learners, VERBA Español for less than the original Kickstarter pricing ($25!) tpg-104198.square.site/product/span... For Dragon fans, Underlings of Underwing also for $25 tpg-104198.square.site/product/unde... Please share widely!

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

Looking out of my window at the pouring rain and thinking of my grandfather 110 years ago today marching through the rain on the Western Front.

OU academic Prof Bart Rienties has been honoured for saving a fellow athlete from drowning during the World Transplant Games triathlon this year! Read more here: https://research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-professor-honoured-after-rescuing-drowning-fellow-transplant-athlete

And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.

What do UK graduates do? Lots of information in this annual report. A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.

@dougclow.bsky.social It's an amaryllis day!

Very frosty & cold. Whizbanged in afternoon. Saxons 187 quiet. Photo from corporal. Give anything for bulley New draft of 80. More on the #LiverpoolScottish and this unofficial truce 110 years ago on the 1915 #WW1 #WesternFront at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/2...

i’m not crying you’re crying xkcd: Fifteen Years

It appears that it's going to be a slow news week for creator resources in the #audiodrama and #fictionpodcast sphere. Do you have a terrific strategy, tip, trick, or behind-the-scenes item to which I can link? Send it to me, gorgeous! forms.gle/H1hoF8kbAytG...

New article on larp, activism and deliberation in this collection, out in December!

Oops. Ooooooooooooops. I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675 h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social

Am sure there will be some Dr Who fans here. For a local(ISH) cause... www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/fil...

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

👋We are looking for people with ME's experience of the medical system in the UK c.2012 - especially GET/CBT. Any first hand testimony would be greatly appreciated. It's research for a book & a chance to have your experience inform it's narrative. 🖇️👇 forms.gle/2qxLgWouTNJQ...

There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million In New York - population 8.5 million - there were 391. London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago. And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing

periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides

@markchilds.bsky.social - idea for your next set

Friends and enemies of The Infinite Escape Room, We’ve made the difficult, but temporary, decision to take a hiatus from making episodes of The Infinite Escape Room podcast. The reason is that all four of us are in different stages of life than when we started this podcast seven years ago. [1/6]

By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000. More than 260,000 will be children. Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

Seventy-five years ago, Britain helped write the European Convention on Human Rights. It protects fairness, liberty and the rule of law. Those attacking it now are not defending Britain. They are trying to free government from accountability. We must defend it.

Community tree planting at The Arboretum, Milton Keynes, on Saturday 22nd November 2025 – planting more than 800 trees www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

It's not often you get the opportunity to apply for a job as a Viking

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #womensart

This one is a big deal, in my view. Potentially marks an end to Thatcher-era deregulation of the buses across England. And it's the law as of last night: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...

Farage: epic grifter

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s

plato’s man-cave, where prisoners watch shadows on a sweet sixty-five-inch 4k hd tv

Stoke Newington is a good example of the understandable limits of @bgs.ac.uk mapping. Beige polygons are mapped Ice Age sediments, red dot are stone artefacts from the Ice Age. We know Abney Park and Stanford Hill have these deposits, the artefacts help to map their presence.🦣🏺 #FindsFriday

If you're online in 45 mins and are _really_ into virtual reality and / or the Odyssey, tune into ttns.uk where you can hear the full 1 hr 55 mins of me, @dompates.bsky.social and @r3beccaf.bsky.social go through every part of Homer's epic and relate it to VR.

"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral." I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.