The history of ‘illegitimacy’ and social control in Scotland bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/10/t...

Reading Scotland’s Witches 20 Jan, 6–7:30 German time (5–6:30 GMT) Free online Dr Cordula Lemke looks at witchcraft in Scottish literature, & how Geillis Duncan – one of the first Scottish witches to die – is remembered in literature & popular culture today www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scot...

New Year = New Opportunities! 2026 will be packed with surprises and we are kicking off the year with free workshops and community meetups. See what's coming up in January Events 👇 https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

This is a brilliant resource for educators. #OER

For the first newsletter of 2026, I'm excited to share the "DONE List" an alternative to new year's resolutions as well as new podcast episodes and blogging goodness to offer a little inspiration for whatever the start of the year has in store for you. www.linkedin.com/pulse/januar...

January 2026... #Archaeology 🏺

Watching the birds & squirrels in the garden. Walking in the park. AO3.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

Scottish Gaelic Songs in the San Francisco Bay Area - Part 1: A harvest of Gaelic folksongs collected 1938-40 amongst immigrants in California gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/scottish-g...

The Dancer's Reward https://www.wikiart.org/en/aubrey-beardsley/the-dancer-s-reward-1894

Join us for #LTHEchat Wednesday 7th January at 8pm GMT to discuss Navigating the New OfS Quality Era: What It Means for Students, Staff and the Sector with guests @puiyin.bsky.social @katharinehubbard.bsky.social Kevin Campbell-Karn, David Webster and Paula Han lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Artist put your brush away Tiny Partick are here to stay” From the @natlibscot.bsky.social Moving Image archive – a clip from a 1975 documentary about John Byrne, where he talks about painting his gable-end mural in Partick & the public reaction to it 2/8 movingimage.nls.uk/film/T2287/7...

I am very partial to a yachting ensemble. The mid #1880s was particularly stylish on the tailoring score, deploying contrast trim and sharp seams. This natty woollen costume was made by J.J. Malloy c1887 @museemccordstewart.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Murals in Edinburgh by Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936), Irish-born artist Arts and Crafts artist. In the former Catholic Apostolic Church, now Mansfield Traquair Centre.

Wow, The Guardian really can’t be trusted to report on any AI related issues since their partnership with OpenAI. Just basically a PR firm for AI boosterism at this point.

One for the naval historians. This is absolutely hilarious. Talk about comedy of errors 😂 Love Earl Granville abandoning ship mid fiasco.

Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain

"Key to all of this is understanding that US companies are explicitly going to be used to enforce US national security interests. And that includes the US technology companies that are at the heart of our national infrastructure and embedded into our everyday lives."

We're going to need a bigger Hague.

Nicolas Gourault's fantastic short experimental documentary film «Their Eyes» about the invisible human labor behind AI, which we showed and discussed at our «React & Respond» conference in Zurich last year, is now streaming on the NYT website www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...

𝟭𝟮. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝘃𝗲, 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀 (2010) #KeepingUsPostedHebrides

In the coming year, I wish you all a thriving community

Here, on the verge of a new year, some things I have enjoyed and hope you might too: The discovery of Edinburgh's community radio station through some friends who run their own show "Between the bazaar and the bog." Really enjoying the show too: www.ehfm.live/residents/be...

Trans people exist. In every culture and every society on the planet, and have done throughout recorded history. They are a natural part of the human condition and always will be because (spoiler alert!) they are born every day. They aren't an ideology, they are people. Hate is an ideology though!

When the sun was white and wintry and drained of energy Macbeth met the witches under the rim of the sky. Why did you confirm my evil, he said… —Iain Crichton Smith, “Macbeth and the Witches” in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2021 #poem #Shakespeare www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017094...

📈 Doing my final survey of legal crowdfunding in Scotland in 2025, it is good to see the crowdfunder seeking to recover Dick Gaughan's IP rights in his early albums was the highest value new campaign launched this year. www.gofundme.com/f/aatux2

𝟴. 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀. Christmas 2010 #keepinguspostedhebrides Prints: johnmaher.net/product/scar...

The end of the year always marks an opportunity to reflect on all that we've achieved this past year. Read our wrap-up blog post for more on this big year: buff.ly/0kpZKbj Thank you to everyone who has supported us and been an invaluable part of this work. What do you want to see from CC in 2026?

Creative Commons is joining @archive.org to celebrate new works entering the public domain! Registration is open for events on January 21: Virtual event, The Case of the Disappearing Copyright: buff.ly/U6N6Wrl In-person celebration, 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest & Party: buff.ly/HNldaNi

We are recruiting for Learning & Development Officer- the person will lead on creation, coordination, and delivery of trainings that will strengthen the capacity of our community members. If you are interested or know someone who might be, pls kindly share meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimed...

🚨 Strike ballot opens at University of Essex Management plans to close Southend campus and axe 400 jobs. All staff were told they could lose their jobs as they broke up for Christmas. This is academic vandalism and we will not accept it. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1428...

The flowers of December-seriously cheering, especially if you find this time of year tricky…🌿

Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night

If this was a car factory or some light industry, it would be front page of the news and Labour would be screaming about our industires.

When someone says the humanities/social sciences aren't valuable, just think about how we could've saved trillions of dollars if the early architects of the WWW had understood some humans will always be nasty scammers, and built better security into basic internet protocols from the get-go.

Announcing a workshop on women and the sea, taking place in St. John's, Newfoundland, April 29th-May 1st, 2026! www.swaan.org Supported by a Lloyd's Heritage Foundation grant, the SWAAN project focuses on women in ocean industries in history and today. The workshop is the first of 2 gatherings...

#ArtDecoCentenary While the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park #Glasgow glossed over the injustices & harsh realities of the British Empire, an anti-colonial counter exhibition @ Kingston Halls organised by the ILP shone a light on actual conditions. They also produced a satirical pamphlet

December 5th is #Krampusnacht, or #KrampusNight, Saint Nicholas rewards well-behaved children with small gifts, while Krampus punishes badly behaved ones with birch rods. Have you been good this year? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus

🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role. Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...

Wikimedia UK has been awarded a grant of £56,198 from National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our ‘UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk: Developing a Strategy for Long Term Access & Storage’ project. The grant will help ensure future access to the UK’s 3D heritage data. More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr

Do you have the skills to join our Intellectual Freedom Committee? We're looking for new members to help champion everyone’s right to read, think and speak freely, and to lead our work on censorship and access to information. https://ow.ly/YvvY50XyBBV

"Today we mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The plight of Palestine Refugees must be addressed so that the region can find peace and stability for all." — UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini Full statement: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

Annoyed by a journalist claiming "Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland & Wales & nearly extinct in England" because the number of schools offering A-level art has fallen. It's SQA Higher Art & Design that's taught in Scotland though. 5,800+ students took the subject in 2025.

Masquerade is probably *the* book of my childhood. Many many many hours spent poring over it on rainy 80s Sundays, discovering new details in the illustrations, desperately trying to intuit some kind of logic to the clues.

Event this Friday organized by faculty member Gary Needham! COSME presents "Paris is Burning at 35" in conversation with a legend: Dinah Bons Xtravaganza from NYC's House of Xtravaganza. Limited seating, please reserve a spot using the link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paris-is-b...

Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.