The audiobook of ‘On the Law of Speaking Freely’ by @proftomkins.bsky.social is available now! Chosen by Lord Sumption as one of The Spectator’s Books of the Year: “Much more than a law book … It deserves a much wider readership than just lawyers.” 🎧 Listen here: https://adbl.co/44zOMbP

These catalogue updates allow me, a serious historian, to search for "fart" and find the case where the accused allegedly said he "cared not a fart for the Lord Mayor of London." What will you find? discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_a...

Ukranian Animal Charities/Rescue Shelters doing their upmost best trying to take care of sick, homeless and insured animals 😢 It must be devastating for whatever wildlife is left in Ukraine 🇺🇦 😢 I know War Paws helped some dogs/cats reaching safety in various European Countries

Every day in Ukraine, animals endure the devastating consequences of the war that Russia started. But despite all the challenges, Ukrainians are not abandoning animals in need and are trying to rescue and provide comfort to all of them, showing that every life matters. 📹: ukraine.ua/Instagramq

This is the best takedown of Musk I’ve ever read. From a beloved author around my age no less, Joyce Carol Oates.

Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer in capable hands of the warriors from the NGU Artillery Brigade is bringing victory closer! 📹Defense of Ukraine

This isn’t law enforcement doing its job. It’s the escalation of a culture of fear that punishes anyone who dares to document it.

Apple appears to have reinvented the 17th-century pocket. www.vam.ac.uk/articles/wom...

If you use digital newspaper collections this new OA paper is for you - it’s full of great insights into how to understand what’s in them and the many hidden perils of digital search (like the systemically poorer OCR for cheaper and more left-leaning newspapers - who knew?). Please share

Good one!

If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize

Two Minutes' Silence by Charles Spencelayh (1928) #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025 #LestWeForget #art 🗃️

Channel 4 News has just this minute spelled the name of the country Colombia wrong. Columbia. Jesus Christ, have they hired one of my undergrads?

Bristol Record Society's latest: archive.org/details/bris...

This blood is on your hands, Elon.

If you're earning less than 4% in your savings, you can do better! This pod shows you how to maximise every penny both simple ways and more complex too if you're spend more time. Worth a listen.

Hovis advert going hard (Illustrated London News, 1896)

It's been many months since I concluded that the UK government and its ridiculous 'regulator' would do zero when faced with Musk's obvious and malicious targeting of the UK. And that therefore the radical right could change everything. (1/2) news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported strikes on a number of strategic facilities on Russian territory: ▪️ A storage, assembly,&launch base for Shahed drones in temporarily occupied Donetsk (the area of the Donetsk airport) ▪️ The Volgograd Oil Refinery in Russia’s Volgograd region

An energy rebound from silence, explained in research on zebra finches' dawn singing: "When light returned, everything released at once. That release – the shift from stillness to song – is what people hear as the dawn chorus." #birds #birding #nature #animalcommunication 🧪

Moldova's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the closure of the Russian Center for Culture&Science in Chișinău,it said in a statement These centers are used by Russia to promote its propaganda narratives Moldova is doing very well in moving away from Russia's sphere of influence gov.md/en/node/5435

We are the Nova Scotia Museum. What began as one museum of science and history in 1868 is today, a family of 28 sites & over one million artifacts & specimens. We love sharing Nova Scotia's extraordinary stories with the world! museum.novascotia.ca/our-museums #Museum30 #Sharing #novascotia

If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.

In the Kupiansk direction of Kharkiv region, a legendary duo has been working for over two years: the driver of a drone systems battalion known by the callsign Hrynia, & his co-pilot - a Maltipoo named Perseus Perseus isn’t just a dog - he’s a strategist, a psychologist,& the chief snack inspector

Democrats aren’t just winning at the statewide level. We’re evicting MAGA at the local level, too.

Fuck sake - won’t somebody TELL them? We’re going to see a flood and tornado ravaged continent with regular heatwaves and droughts and billions of happy mosquitoes infecting us with tropical diseases. And as for the economy …

THIS IS TOMORROW! IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING!

The enthusiasm for #History at this year's #HistDay25 is considerable and palpable. History's popularity and appeal is an asset we must work with to better demonstrate the personal, professional, civic and social value of historical knowledge and understanding. @ihr.bsky.social #Skystorians

Transkribus is the handwritten text recognition tool that we used to transcribe 25,000 wills from 1540-1790 for our Leverhulme project. Beginners' guide here 👇 #DigitalHumanities 🗃️ #EarlyModern

We are two Museums (founded in 1875 and 1949), an archive and a reference library, covering the lives of Met officers and staff ever since 1829 and the crimes they have solved. #CM150 #Movember #Museum30 #Introduction

Something for your Sunday (tomorrow, Nov 2nd). I’m on James Naughtie’s Book Club on BBC Radio 4 discussing #TheFive with a live (live in September when I recorded it) audience.

We're delighted to be returning to the Institute of Historical Research's History Day again this year! Tuesday 4th November from 11:00 to 16:00. Rumour has it our stall has sweets... #HistDay25 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social

On LinkedIn as well as Bluesky? Why not follow SSHM's new LinkedIn page too! #histmed #histSTM

Why not indulge yourself on this spooky Halloween by reading our blog post about how hands could form a bridge between the living and the dead in late Victorian Britain?

At Edinburgh, even during Welcome Week, students have been standing with staff. They see the injustice of £400k salaries at the top while staff are being made redundant and they know these cuts will damage their education. Students and staff together: we are the university 💪 #WeAreTheUniversity

The Spike blog post by @sophiemhistory.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sophiemh...

You can read ALL ABOUT IT, FOR FREE here! sophiemhistory.substack.com/p/the-spike

This is an excellent deep dive by @kjkesselring.bsky.social into the Devil in legal records. My (very) small contribution was coming up with the title, which I blurted out mid-conversation with Krista when told about the subject.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Three radiation shelters have been built in the Nyzy School near Sumy, Bilenke School near Zaporizhzhia, and Zviahel School near Zhytomyr. Now, nearly 3,000 children will be able to return to studies. Thanks to a contribution from the Lithuanian government 📹United24

Camouflage net making process Ukrainian volunteers do it because they know they can save soldiers' lives. Thanks to the nets, our fighters become invisible to the enemy, and each tied knot is like a charm 📹: garage_prom/Instagram

What if the Devil made them do it? A new post by @kjkesselring.bsky.social 'Crime, Culpability, and the Devil in the Details'. legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/10/27/c...

Great job to all of us Bluesky users! After the White House joined this platform, they became the highest blocked account, after JD Vance. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

@drkdwatson.bsky.social of Oxford Brookes History: Acid attacks in Britain, 1760-1975. Chapter 2, facts and figures From the author's Acid Attacks in Britain, 1760–1975 [ISBN: 9783031272714] (Palgrave, 2023). link.springer.com/book/9783031... FREE #brookes #oa radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/...

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

Anthony Boyd was sent to death row for murder with no physical evidence but rather on the word of a codefendant who testified against him to avoid execution. Boyd’s court-appointed lawyer admitted he was unprepared at trial important new story by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...

Fellowships for doctoral candidates or postdoctoral researchers from Poland or Ukraine for a stay of up to six months in Halle. 👇 www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/forschung/au...

Rather than dire international politics or poverty-stricken higher education, today I'm posting about a wonderful Australian wildlife sanctuary: currumbinwildlifehospital.org.au