This. And many universities are organizing 250th lecture series, that will be open to the public.

If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties

Circa 1960s Mount Alyeska postcard. Grand opening for the chairlift was December 10, 1960. #alaskahistory #alaska

I also devote at least one class to teaching students about AI. I explain how LLMs work, so the build-up to why they produce bad writing comes first. Then I follow-up with other negatives. Students are always astounded.

I'm lucky to live in such a photogenic place. Tonight I had to run out the door, and get to the cliffs ASAP before I missed this (I did miss some of it)! #SussexCoast

We have two jobs at KCL History! 16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l... And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l... (both to start in January 2026)

Neurodiversity is not a disease.

Autism is back on the front pages. Why not read the book that my excellent @manchester.ac.uk @manchstm.bsky.social colleague Dr Bonnie Evans has published on the history of autism? It's open access and you can read it online for free. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis” www.bmj.com/content/390/...

🦪 #Mollusc history 'L’écologie politique de l’huître. Ménager les ressources sous-marines de la rade de #Brest au milieu du xixe siècle' par Romain Grancher (@cnrsshs.bsky.social) Un article du numéro 'Animaux et Animalités' à lire ici 👇 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss... #skystorians

22 Sept 1797 // Frigate HMS Hermione was handed to the Spanish by men of her own crew following the bloodiest mutiny in #RoyalNavy history. They had risen against their hated captain Hugh Pigot, whose mix of brutal savagery and blatant favouritism had made his ship into a hell afloat. [1/4]

Water-worn rock looking like long-drowned timber.

Have a listen to this excellent programme @cathamclarke.bsky.social on #history through #poetry ( & vice versa…) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Autistic people are valuable, as people are rightly saying on here. They are also the kindest, most empathetic and generous community I've ever been privileged enough to be part of. Funny fuckers to the last one. Find yourselves some autistic friends. Apropos of nothing obv.

Every week on my patreon, I write about maps and about the process of drawing maps for books. I'm hoping to get membership up over 500 subscribers, and we're close! It's free, so if you're curious, go read some articles. If you like it, please consider subscribing! patreon.com/SurprisedEel

Tomorrow evening! At the Nave in Spenard. I'm also including a short discussion on how minorities dealt with oppression. Plus I'll give away a couple of books and other things.

I took this photo yesterday from Newhaven's Harbour Heights Nature Preserve. I love the moodiness of it. Luckily we didn't get wet (the wind was northerly, but we had dark clouds behind us, too). #SussexCoast

I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?

I would love to know the background to this place-name on Seaford Head: 'Pope Rear Green'. What story does that have? #SussexCoast

I just got this yesterday and it gets dog hair out of my car seats. It's original purpose is to brush the undercoat of cats. I run it over the car seats and the dog hair that wouldn't come out with clothes rollers or tape, or with vacuuming, and heated up rubber gloves, comes off easily.

The #AutumnEquinox reminds us that nature moves in cycles. As day and night find their #balance, take a moment to slow down, notice the turning leaves, and celebrate the balance of light and dark. 🍂 How will you be embracing the rhythms of nature today? ✨

Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!

Welcome IHR @tudorstuartseminar.bsky.social! You can find them and our other projects, seminars and people in our starter pack go.bsky.app/2AUxmcA Let me know if we've missed anyone.

I’m on a walk for my mental ‘elf and this exquisite late-flying common blue (Polyommatus icarus🪶) pinged very good dopamine in my noggin. It might do the same for yours if you’re scrolling…look at her/his little face, her tiny furry robin’s egg blue jumpsuit (💅) & truly gorgeous underwing. I mean…

Fascinating stuff! The history & class politics of England’s footpaths. “What I wasn’t expecting was to fall in love with the infrastructure I was walking on.” Saw Jack Cornish interviewed by our dear Jamie N last year but this was all new to me. @countrystride.bsky.social

This is very clear and convincing. I think I'll show it to students in assignment briefings.

We went on a walk to Harbour Heights Nature Preserve. What a fascinating place! There are fears of development there (I would NOT buy a house on that geology!); the biodiversity is impressive. We saw swallows, lots of rabbit signs, a tumulus (Iron or Bronze Age?), and cliff views. #SussexCoast

Has anyone got ideas on these distinctive tombstones? Does this style appear anywhere else?

December 1835, the Euphrates Expedition was very ill prepared for the Turkish winter... [Edward Charlewood's journal] #NavalHistory

This memorial remembers the crew members who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster in April 1912. It was paid for by the widows, mothers, and friends of the crew. Of the 908 crew members on board, 720 had signed on with a Southampton address. 542 out of 720 perished in the sinking. 1/3

In 3.7: "LLMs do not improve one's writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one's driving ability." Love this! I tell my physics students, watching a football game doesn't make them better at playing, and watching me do examples isn't enough to build their problem solving abilities.

Offshore winds today.... take care if you're going on or in the water!

Hope you're having a good weekend.

🌿 !Church Folk! 🌿 While visiting Ambleside earlier, I took a gander in St. Mary’s Parish and found this mural, painted in 1944, depicting the centuries old annual village rush-bearing ceremony which continues to take place on first Saturday of July...

(CAUCH) is working to connecting communities and experts to protect and preserve Asia's rich underwater cultural heritage. The meeting was hosted by the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong (UMAG) in person and online. For more (CAUCH) info www.linkedin.com/company/coun...

#AncientSiteSunday with Wolstonbury Hill in Sussex, a hillfort with a late Bronze age origin see more of the Hillforts of the South Downs in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dsE...

Gavassis Athomasios is one of the people featured in the 'On the Record' @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy podcast, released earlier this month for #Railway200. Have a listen to find out more! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Are spring- and rain-fed lakes of water that appear in parts of Cambridgeshire in winter also the remains of similar ponds? bsky.app/profile/drsu...

Definitely not caused by a complete failure to understand that covid does long-term immune damage, or that covid is spread through aersols that cannot be effectively blocked by intermittent medical masking in the near field. Definitely.

The view from Richardson Highway @ Birch Lake MP 307.2, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

Wow! Thank you Jess Arnett! I appreciate this book review of “Alaska Native Resilience Voices from World War II” in the American Historical Review 🗃️

Would you like some fab handmade Christmas cards for this year? Of course you would. Here they are:

#AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems on BBC Radio 4 next week! Tune in from Monday!

I will always recommend @jddavies.bsky.social who is the best communicator on early modern maritime history I've ever read/met. @plymprivateer.bsky.social is in the same tier. As is @abigailswingen.bsky.social. @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social for languages stuff.

Wonderful chain and tribute to beutiful scholarly writing!

"Algae coated the water, fisheries crashed, dredging stirred up contaminants such as mercury, DDT, and PCB; Lake Erie was declared dead because of eutrophication and the Cuyahoga River notoriously kept catching fire." - @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2022/04/14/t... #envhist

Another vote for Bathsheba Demuth here - and I'll add this excellent piece she wrote in Granta last year: granta.com/where-the-la...

I use this piece in my research skills, module, too!