Update iPhones. “A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites.” www.wired.com/story/hundre...

Magna Carta of Geology: seminal geological map of Britain & Wales of 1815, by William ‘Strata’ Smith, founder of stratigraphical geology, born #OTD 1769. @geolsoc.bsky.social Bust of William Smith @morethanadodo.bsky.social

OTD in 2020, the UK's first COVID-19 lockdown began. In this article from the archives, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn and caitjan.bsky.social explore how familiar debates about the use of face masks shaped responses to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918.

Look whos back.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet... Its all about overcoming adversity. Well done to them all.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet... A new star of the 400 metres.

#OtD 18 Mar 1871 the Paris Commune, one of the most influential working class uprisings to build socialism, organised by workers councils, was established. When the army eventually retook Paris in May they killed thousands of workers in revenge. More: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/voi...

#OtD 18 Mar 1834 the Tolpuddle Martyrs, members of Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers (which was like a union) in Britain, were convicted and sentenced to 7 years penal labour in Australia for their involvement in that organisation stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9015...

Smart headline in Economist about Hormuz 'Dire strait'

Love unusual comparisons

As we heard in Germany in December - thanks to my translator - teenagers on a bus home say 'our teacher sets our homework using ChatGPT, we do it using ChatGPT, and he marks it using ChatGPT'

The perfect start to the day. Although the weakness caused by laughing may require a little lie down.

I made a tiny tool for quickly sharing small datasets (< ~1000 rows) without uploading any data to a server. 🔗 ziptbl.com It compresses the data into the link itself, so there’s no account, hosting, or storage layer involved. Here's Florence Nightingale's famous 📊 data: ziptbl.com#d=eNpdlE-LGz...

Who will be the first person to run it?

World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Persistent blood-brain barrier leakage has been identified as a key factor in chronic brain damage and cognitive decline among retired collision and combat sports athletes. doi.org/hbs24h

Beaver-engineered wetlands can store carbon at rates up to 10 times higher than similar systems, acting as persistent carbon sinks and offering potential for nature-based climate solutions. doi.org/hbs2bb

I've been working on this survey about adding API capabilities to the ADS for a while - see a summary of the results here with plans for next year #digital #archives #API #archaeology

The History of Parliament is excited to announce a new 8-week internship position for postgraduate-level researchers, working with the House of Lords 1640-60 section. Follow the link below for more details on the role, and how to apply!

I have two hawthorns so I will keep my eyes open...

Like the 300+ I published...

Occurred to me Russia has been bombing Ukraine for four years and not won yet and US has not been bombing Iran for four weeks yet.

Seem to be courting publicity.

2/ Releasing free data & maps of who owns the vast majority of land will enable greater public scrutiny of what goes on behind the barbed-wire fences that crisscross the countryside. The new Land Use Framework is an ambitious step towards making England a greener, fairer and more pleasant land.

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

By no means the end of the astonishing inequity in English land ownership, but a big old step change in transparency (and let’s hope, accountability) and the toppling of a significant obstacle to nature protection and restoration. Simply incredible work by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social

How’s it going with Palantir? Last week Health Services Journal revealed that almost a third of the NHS trusts using Palantir’s platform “were not meeting minimum data security standards”: https://goodlaw.social/aeok

BBC News - Dog owners to face unlimited fines if their pets attack livestock under new law www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AI coding tools currently achieve about 75% accuracy on structured software development tasks, indicating that human oversight remains essential for reliable integration into workflows. doi.org/hbswff

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!🇮🇪 According tradition, St Patrick used the shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity. The symbol became linked with his teaching and remains central to modern celebrations. ☘️ Shelfmarks: MS. Tanner 17, fol. 031r MS. Douce 80, fol. 196r MS. Douce 256, fol. 013r

Just listening to item on Herodotus. Just imagine if he hadn't travelled to learn first hand from the Egyptians or Scythians...

In case you missed the latest post on our Substack newsletter, you can read about the career of Kay Midwinter, Parliament's first female clerk, by clicking below! #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth

Is social media the new smoking? BBC News - TikTok and Meta risked safety to win algorithm arms race, whistleblowers say www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kudos to every classicist who had to help their partner with like 23 questions while they did the New York Times crossword today. This was our moment.

BBC News - Race on to establish globally recognised 'AI-free' logo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I am 'human made'.

BBC News - Women with endometriosis face 'systemic misogyny' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New findings in mice indicate that age-related changes in the gut microbiome can impair memory by disrupting gut-brain signaling, suggesting potential new targets for cognitive health interventions. doi.org/hbr734

Beware the orange faced beast! BnF Français 958; Frère Laurent d'Orléans, Le Livre des vices et des vertus ou Somme le Roi; 1464; France (Bretagne); f.6v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Mapping disease: John Snow, English physician, pioneer of epidemiology, born #OTD 1813; his studies of the London cholera epidemic in 1854 (Broad Street water pump) determined that it was a water borne disease, and led to reforms in public health, urban water supply & waste disposal.

BBC News - Sculpting jaws, giving scores: Inside the world of looksmaxxing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I just started too late.

#OtD 14 Mar 1879 legendary physicist Albert Einstein was born in Germany. While most famous for his scientific theories, Einstein was also a socialist, and wrote an excellent explanation of the capitalist system and its inherent flaws stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8591...

Tacitus - the Romans devastate a country and call it peace.

Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The finder kept one coin, the landowner kept another. At auction, two coins went to an anonymous buyer in the USA, one to Switzerland and the destinations of the rest are unknown. #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

From his window at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Van Gogh painted The Olive Trees (1889). Light moves through the grove like breath, binding earth and air. In its rhythm, he found a harmony between the natural world and the divine.

Join us on 18th March for the next This is Archaeology lecture with Prof. Emily Williams, exploring the remarkable Melsonby Hoards, one of the largest groupings of Iron Age metalwork ever discovered in England. Free to attend (donations welcome) 👉 tinyurl.com/un9kp8z4

In 1866, the first mass petition for women's suffrage was presented to Parliament. Dr Kathryn Rix explores the petition with 1,500 signatories and its reception in the House.