Had so much fun bringing @chriskempshall.bsky.social to speak to my students this evening I feel confident none of them will ever more doubt the political and historical content of Star Wars 😅

PHRENOLOGY II: THIS TIME IT'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY SINK

I had to stop playing this game many years ago because it was ruining my life but reading this makes me feel incredibly nostalgic if ever I want to deliberately lose my job & marriage, I shall 100% get back into the series again

hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn

Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕

today I am trying to put something into MLA format for the first time and, while I always knew I hated MLA citations, I had no idea how much I deeply, profoundly, viscerally loathe MLA citations. this whole process is making my teeth itch

Looking forward to Dr Selena Daly’s book launch @ucddublin.bsky.social War Studies tomorrow. All welcome.

I remember reading parts of this years ago when it was a WiP, it was the MOST fun. Highly recommended!

More fuel for my deep-seated conviction that everything is fundamentally about the FWW/ the FWW is about everything:

Keep your archives.

Halloween baking 🎃👻 ready for kiddo to take to her Halloween party tomorrow Some of them will be sandwiched together with apricot jam

I have looked upon the works that were in an antique land and which you were probably saving for eternity Forgive me they were decayed so boundless and so bare

I have looked upon the works that were in an antique land and which you were probably saving for eternity Forgive me they were decayed so boundless and so bare

While France has some issues with museum theft (Louvre, coins…), Carabinieri recovered a 1400s miniature stolen in 1980s. Was on sale on a London-based auction house and kept in Switzerland. (Value ca 250,000Euros).

The museum of the Italian Alpini is situated on the Doss Trento, a hill overlooking Trento. In close vicinity to the Museum is the Mausoleum of Cesare Battisti, consisting of a circle of 16 white colums and erected during the Fascist era (1935). The views from the hill over Trento are spectacular.

My students are SO excited to have Chris come and ruin history for them!

the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever

Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss. ------------------------------------------------ "In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.' Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.' In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"

This is the content I follow my fave romance author for! 🪱🦊💀

It’s… what they would’ve wanted…?

Perfect daily mail sadface from SJ here

Was not expecting a wig out version of What Is Love? At the Sunday market, with @vandawilcox.bsky.social

"Vedi papà il cervello ce l'hai, solo che devi usarlo, sai?" cit. 🤣🙃

How did Italian servicemen see their enemies in FWW? My review of ‘Uomini come noi’ is just out – a sound study of how soldiers imagined the foe, based on their writings and personal narratives. Take a look here via @fwwsjournal.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TXBEV...

I have reviewed this book and recommend it to anynone interested in a truly global history of international relations (who can read Italian). It is highly regarded @fwwsjournal.bsky.social Missions Abyssines: L’Etiopia, la Grande Guerra e la Conferenza della pace www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QCGYS...

Largo Argentina cat sanctuary in the sunshine 🌞 🐈‍⬛️🐈🏛

efforts to buy kiddo the Halloween outfit she wants stymied by the apparently endless quantity of fraudulent suppliers on Etsy. Is this new?

#ARTICOLO “È più efficace”, il Texas sostituirà l’iniezione letale con gli auguri di Salvini ---->di Gianni Zoccheddu www.lercio.it/e-piu-effica...

Looked like a divine visitation was under way at St Peter's this evening

any aviation historians or #MilHist friends on here have a good copy-editor they can recommend? I have a friend looking for a freelance editor preferably with experience in this area

Briefly emerging from my maternity leave bubble to invite you to my lecture in 11th November about what (French) poetry did during the First World War. You can register to attend in-person or online via the link below

mi arriva un invito che spiega che 'nell'intervallo tra la sessione mattinale e quella pomeridiana, sarà offerto un sobrio rinfresco" (quest' ultimo tutto in grassetto) cioè, abbassa le aspettative, eh, non è che ti diamo un pranzo lussuouso. preparati per due tramezzini tristi.

More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any other conflict in history. The EIC at Reuters, Alessandra Galloni, joins us to reflect on the last two years of covering the war on Gaza. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...

AFP’s Bashar Taleb photographs members of the press in mourning after a reported Israeli strike hit a house used by journalists in Al-Zawayda city near Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, on October 19, 2025. At least two people, including a journalist, were reportedly killed

Considering what €2million gets you in Paris or Milan this is a bargain, would move to Brussels to live here

my plan for the 3 hour train journey home: make a dent in the huge pile of exam grading my brain:

it's always disconcerting when you're grading a student's essay and they cite your published work. I was about to say 'good point!' then I realised it was originally my point so maybe best not 😂

Reminded of this article again after finding an Italian colonial army payroll today, where ascari acknowledged receipt of payment with their fingerprint

Reminded of this article again after finding an Italian colonial army payroll today, where ascari acknowledged receipt of payment with their fingerprint

Ponte Milvio in the morning means it's an archive day!

Such an amazing story

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company. craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Looking forward to seeing this book out very soon now!

important reflections on the colonial archive and how we might use it, from @camilleriana.bsky.social - makes me wonder how to get myself over to Eritrea!

today I have a list of admin & emailing as long as my arm but I forced myself to leave it all til this afternoon and first spend 4 hours working on my book project while I'm still mentally fresh trying to prioritise important even if not urgent over the urgent but very unimportant stuff!

Epic; no notes

Reposting for no reason at all 🙃

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Absolutely glorious sunny morning in Thessaloniki, little stalls out along the seafront and the mountains visible in the distance. A really great city, not too touristy but still with lots to do, would happily return