Oftentimes I am reminded that, in the midst of so much grimness, academia (whatever that is) can be a place of extraordinary generosity.

Pope Leo is on fire today.

Congratulations Arsenal www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la

Great from @bernardhughes.bsky.social ! And the drummer is pretty good IMO

Garrett’s support, as I think a growing number of us realise, is so generous and energising.

Crying with laughter

What are humanities and social sciences research good for? Consider Enslaved.org: putting names to as many of the people trafficked during the Atlantic slave trade as possible. Insisting on the dignity of every human being. #Talkabouthumanities #talkaboutsocialsciences

Reading liner notes (from this yr) about ‘🇪🇸galleons sailing to South America and returning laden with gold and other treasures’ is on a par with prog notes a couple yrs back which mentioned Handel’s ‘astute business interests’. Sir, your Other Treasures would like you to remove their shackles. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Danish Social Democrats adopted hardline, nativist anti-immigration policies and look to have recorded their worst election result in over 100 years. So, the lesson for the European left from the “Danish model” is that copying and normalizing the far-right leads to gutting your own support.

This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)

“The problem of being indifferent to the suffering of black folk while also imploring folks to have empathy for Davidson cannot be understated.” Stellar from @nubluesnick.bsky.social

Only one denial of many, but I can never stop thinking about the absolute denial of trans people's talents and ambitions. Just de factor acceptance across too many swathes of society that there should be no trans doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, leaders - anyone in industry with any power

I'm not a historian. But I can think of no precedent in modern Britain for what is being done to trans people. The media, public institutions, Government and (too often) the judiciary are combining to attack or exclude a marginalized group and its allies - with really no significant demurral.

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I Never Thought The Leopards Would Eat My Face, sobs woman who wrote innumerable opinion columns about how there were reasonable concerns about how regulations banning leopards eating people’s faces endangered women

Have just written 'adiaphora-friendly' about early modern Lutheran liturgy and I'd like you to know that.

The tribunal found that Dr Upton had been treated appallingly. And yet that same tribunal refused to allow her anonymity, and even allowed the lawyers to misgender her throughout.

Once a term in class we start with ‘Madama Butterfly’ and end with Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘all american b****’ and I’m reminded how brilliant Rodrigo is.

Has the Pope been known to say the odd Ave now and again?

The way I teared up when he said ‘baila sin miedo’

I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone

Forcing asylum seekers into a state of total dependency, then blaming asylum seekers for being dependent is classic UK policy doomloop.

You never hear dentists saying they can’t enjoy period dramas if the actors have nice teeth.

Absolutely. Without Alice Jones’ witness that day, this wouldn’t have happened.

From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.

The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive goodlawproject.org/hampstead-he...

Oh God, this lot again. *Logs in to vote*.

Is anyone out there familiar with humdrum, or familiar with someone who is familiar with it? I am all at sea. 🌊

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

There’s nothing incoherent or ironic about the f*r r*ght guy eating Indian food. That’s precisely the latitude that wh*te s*premacy gives him.

There is nothing not glorious about this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The way this person was only too happy to use her own identity to discredit anti racist efforts.

“I'm only asking for a piece of bread... that's all," a 17-year-old boy at al-Shifa hospital tells the BBC, as food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million Gazans are at risk of severe malnutrition/ starvation. Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing “catastrophe.”

Second day of having to spend ££ on taxis b/c the rail infrastructure is so decrepit. Having to plan and replan travel is just exhausting.

You can skip straight to the final question if you don't have the time or energy. There is a free box at the end you can fill in.

"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance

Happy 5 year anniversary to Edward Colston's statue getting thrown into Bristol Harbour :D

White pertains to racial markers, and British pertains to statehood. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS

They’re Quakers. They’re nice people. This isn’t hard

5 yrs since we witnessed George Floyd's murder. Lots of us have felt pain & racial injustice but this watershed moment had urgency for our tomorrow. Racial justice continues to be struggle that feels out of reach. But we continue for our loved ones, each other & for a just tomorrow. RIP Mr Floyd.

🚨 Four of the five main political parties at Holyrood have written to the Presiding Officer protesting her unlawful and (believed to be) transphobic guidance goodlawproject.org/open-letter-...

One of two paintings recently discovered in Beirut by an art historian which are believed to be the work of Artemisia Gentileschi #womensart

Good God.

Great day to chat Mozart Coronation Mass recordings for BBC Radio 3 Record Review www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Brilliant lecture by Dom Broomfield McHugh. Free to watch, and with some archival discoveries that became available just weeks before the lecture was given! youtu.be/QYlG8IZrXK0?...