It's wild that there appears to be more current concern for the Lost Library of Alexandria than for the British Library. The BL's crisis exemplifies the accelerating destruction--through apathy as much as by design--of human knowledge & learning. I'm not even being dramatic.

fuck you the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.

Nothing like doing my rare return to social media and remembering why I took myself off it during the Great Mental Health Crash Edinburgh University caused. Like, it's fun to catch up on the cool people I like but also my mental health does not need the extra harm of being terminally online.

We're at the Middle Earth map. We're at the subway map. We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map! And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others! #LOTR #maps #subway www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

no but this time I mean it: oh my God

Hey. If you feel like doing a re-read on Side Quested, may I suggest you do it on Tapas? tapas.io/series/SideQ... Seriously. We're still on that "Creators Bonus Program", which means we make some $ with views there!

just a reminder that yesterday ICE tried to probe northwest portland and got shut down by blocks worth of people roving the streets looking for them. they didn't return today.

@dreadships.bsky.social stuck ship. Detroit river. Live stream. Live stream: Freighter stuck in Detroit River near Ren Cen share.google/AITgu9T0T9iu...

Lots of universities are starting to resemble football clubs that have no academy - some other unnamed institution will do all the professional training, won’t they? The only difference is, in football managers are sacked for failing, not the team.

Spotted in an English bookstore for the first. @tkingfisher.com

The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004. "Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl. She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".

They're calling him the most French man in history

Realistic depiction of Louvre security.

Onto the Hollow Places inmy October @tkingfisher.com horror binge. Hopefully this time I won't be dealing with the probably unintentional horror of over-accurately describing exactly why I left academia. Let's see if it gets a WYF URSULA out of me?

A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.

Have started reading @tkingfisher.com a house with good bones and so far going slowly cos I keep reading out the archaeology bit to my wife, who is an archaeologist who grew up in the US South and trained there. So far I am informed, it is very accurate.

Sir Gilbert Scott. It’s always gonna be Gilbert Scott. Fuck that guy.

This also isn’t true!!! There is a public consultation NOW OPEN and you can go have your say. Obviously they want to present it as a done deal but it’s not. hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/

Just got @tkingfisher.com's new book today. Its no.3 in the Alex Easton series and thus horror and having devoured it in one session, All I can say is URSULA, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!

Disabled people can’t “just move” to escape fascism. Moving requires resources, money and health that most of us don’t have. Many countries won’t accept disabled people, especially if they have universal healthcare. People are trapped, so we must fight for them.

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

One of my favourite Doctor Who facts is that the 5th Doctor opened a restaurant. Not just that, but spent many years turning it into something recognized as one of the best places to eat in the history of the known universe. A timelord gotta have hobbies.

I interrupt your day to bring you Lil Guy, the chinchilla timeline cleanser. Repost as required

If there's anyone who could take my cats, or even just one, in western MD please let me know. I don't want to have to leave them at a shelter, they'd be so scared and sad.

This is a great time to remind everyone that EOs aren’t laws, the federal government doesn’t manage voting in this way, and it’s all a scare tactic and any reporting that doesn’t provide that context is enabling potentially lawless activity.

I am always impressed with the number of photographs I took before the twentieth century had dawned. Quite with it, I was, and (though I say it myself) impressively precocious too.

There’s a crowdfunding page to support the shop’s rebuild here www.gofundme.com/f/rebuild-ge...

"Officials with the Wyoming Department of Health are searching for hundreds of tourists who may have been infected with rabies, after a hotel in Grand Teton National Park was revealed to house a bat colony" Look just stop going to visit the wilderness. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Orlando wasn’t having what DeSantis did. They recolored the Pulse Memorial crosswalk.

The First Lego League is a competition that schools from all over the place compete in. As part of the competition they need to consult with an expert. A lot of clubs use our program to make that connection. This year's theme is archaeology. It's all-hands-on-deck for archaeologists.

Archaeologists!!!! 🏺

Happening now: protesters in Chicago are interrupting a hiring fair at the Congress Hotel, where U.S. Customs and Border protection is recruiting today. Banner reads, "stop kidnapping our neighbors!" It's quite the scene in here, and the DHS table has been blocked for several minutes already.

Hero

she posts videos of them trying to get away from her on tiktok that are sped up yakety sax style and scored by norteno music, theyre hilarious

Don’t sign up with car finance claim firms. They are parasites who will take your money bit.ly/4l6pp7B Before 8o’clock Monday @TheFCA will announce its plans about compensation for millions of missold customers after Supreme Court ruled in favour of one

OSA is gonna make us lose access to fucking wikipedia write to your MPs.

Go Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙💙💙

This is huge. apnews.com/article/musc...

Excellent quality civix track for printing and letting folks know why their bonus is gone. And it’s free! Go give it a read.

ICE attempted to enter the home of a woman with her children in Huntington Beach. However, the entire community, police department, and city council intervened and forced them to leave. Keep fighting back ✊🏽

Excavations in Oslo’s old harbor have brought up thousands of preserved bits of leather from the 14th century. 🏺🧪

I'm not just mad about this shit because I'm tired of seeing it (tho I am) It is scary to me that people legitimately don't seem to understand enough to know that 20% of the population of Texas voted for Trump. That is it. Out of every 5 people in Texas, 4 did not vote for this.

Reminder to Tuba players that standing near cosplaying fascists and doing your 'oompa oompa' thing destroys their vibe.

@stnicholasleics.bsky.social @skippe.bsky.social The medieval nutters have made it to St Nicks for the medieval music evening.

3 insane reactors are safely on our wee road trip from York to Leicester so we can be mad and medieval in @stnicholasleics.bsky.social with 2 cases of shiny and one case of the quickest, dirtiest medieval tunic I've ever made.

We are looking for a native French speaker to translate (from English into French) a document on Catholic responses to mining. Approx 20,000 words. Needs to be conversant with Catholic theology and intersection with ecology. Generous payment on offer. Any takers?