France claims this as part of its territory. Would the inhabitants of continental parts of France have been left so vulnerable? www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

One of the impacts of the UKHE financial crisis is that, while (some) German academics are forcing their system to confront the endless insecure post-doc of #ichbinhanna, we are drifting ever more into the same system, de facto. (good X thread on the comparison here: x.com/mahaelhissy/... )

I just completed an introduction to Oral History with the www.ohs.org.uk . Honestly, I was sceptical about what we could learn in two days, but my word, how wrong I was - absolutely brilliant training, covers so much ground, clear and authoritative, very interactive. Would recommend to anyone.

Delighted to be launching the next round of SURF Leverhulme Doctoral Scholars recruitment! The Sustainable Rural Futures programme aims to train a new generation of interdisciplinary rural researchers. Scholarships are for FOUR years (or five for Masters+) - tell your PGTs! www.keele.ac.uk/surf/

I’ve finally finished my book on extinction! If you’re interested in reading how ideas of race, empire, and extinction have shaped our world and left important legacies for thinking about just conservation and the future of our planet, preorder here. #skystorians uk.bookshop.org/p/books/vani...

In honour of Babsi Zangerl's astonishing Flash of Freerider on El Capitan (El Cap), Yosemite, here's a brief thread on the history of free climbing the most famous piece of rock in the world. You'll see why this is appropriate. www.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/11...

Kemi Badenoch: we need to let the private sector run more stuff. NAO's response to Eric Pickles' attempt to privatise council auditing: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

New art installation launch: Raphael Daden ‘Where Are the Trees, Where Are the Birds?’ in Longton (Stoke-on-Trent), commissioned by my fabulous long-term partners urbanwildernesscic.com in their project with @dccmckay.bsky.social. Think birdsong and backlit natural shapes in a 1970s precinct!

Would thoroughly recommend taking Dolly up on her offer - great audience discussion and a nice way of reaching international #envhum networks!

My #starterpack of Historians in Britain is very nearly full, but please continue to share it so we can build our community and find our people now that we are exiled from the other place! There are about 10 spots left so if you want to be included, gimme a shout: go.bsky.app/Fpw6Tvr

Meanwhile, a pretty standard PMQs in the UK doesn't even have enough seats for all the people with a seat. We rarely talk about what the space of our main chamber does to political debate and its possibilities. Image cc House of Commons.

My word. My main sensation on joining here is nostalgia. Now I remember why I enjoyed Twitter so much to begin with.

New article time! I wrote this as part of the #NuSPACES project - it examines the increasingly fast-paced research re the materialities, communities & locations of nuclear cultural heritage. Open access 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What do people do with the little jobs that creep up on them every morning? you know - overdue book proposal review, another hoop to jump through before you can be given more work, contract discussions for a project that has already finished, surveys on what makes you unproductive?

I talked abt pylons & history of energy infrastructure on Rare Earth this week (BBC R4). Got a bit squeezed out by the v effective green energy lobbyist, so didn’t get in everything I wanted to say, including reference to Chris Petit’s ‘Radio On’ (1978)… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I'll just do one post on the post-election nonsense. Harris lost the popular vote 48%-50%. That's bad, in a universe where Dems need a decent lead to win, but it also isn't the end of days, as the left often likes to imagine.

Hello Bluesky! I finally made the switch from hellhole, and now I want to catch up!