This is very much worth reading by @andrewduffeu.bsky.social . It is not 2016 anymore. The world has changed and so has the EU. Which means that Britain AND EU member States should review their experience of Brexit. verfassungsblog.de/the-case-for...

This story reveals so much. Why is still disturbing and distressing to some folk to consider the possibility that a historical figure might just be, well, not completely straight? Nelson was still Nelson. Queer people have always existed. We always will.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Joint exhibition with www.stuartlindenrhodes.com and @jonshard on until October 5th at Manchester Spinningfields. Some the photography courtesy of @universityofmanchester @thejohnrylands.bsky.social

The John Rylands Library is opening a new exhibition in Spinningfields to mark Manchester Pride 2025 in collaboration with photographers Stuart Linden Rhodes and Jon Shard.  Details in ALT text

My aunt's cat, Mowgli, recently had an accident and was hit by a motorbike, which caused his hip to dislocate. Mowgli is only two years old and such a gentle, loving cat. If you're able, please consider helping cover the cost of his surgery so he can enjoy a happy, healthy life. gofund.me/b3151d85

President Macron: We are talking about an imperialist and revisionist power that is today's Russia, which since 2008 has constantly sought to conquer new territories, has constantly revised international borders, and has never kept its promises of peace and non-aggression.

Free to read: Researchers suggest one-a-year publication limit to address “publish or perish mania” www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

A small piece of the immense vandalism done to our country by #Brexit has been mended. There's a lot more left to fix.

In case you missed it www.attitude.co.uk/news/the-uk-...

Medan pappan tweetade detta på X tidigare i år var sonen ute och spred propaganda tillsammans med och för nazistiska NMR som USA har terrorklassat och som Säpo övervakar. tobiashubinette.wordpress.com/2025/07/12/f... Forssell kan omöjligt ha varit ovetandes om sonens blixtsnabba radikalisering.

1. Earlier this year, Trump erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument webpage, digitally burning the history we helped create. Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people. No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Trump administration erase references to bisexuality from Stonewall National Monument site www.attitude.co.uk/news/bisexua...

Historians will appreicate. Soviet thinking about spheres of influence. It's time that this document is widely shared in the English translation [Free]. open.substack.com/pub/profradc...

The incredible efforts of the people who set up Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) have been honoured at the PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe 2025, supported by British Airways www.attitude.co.uk/life/peugeot...

Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...

Mot bakgrund av innehållet i SD:s vitbok står det nu klart att SD i dag är världens största och mäktigaste parti med ett nazistiskt förflutet. Varför vågar inte SD offentliggöra vitboken i sin helhet och låta svenska folket och partiets väljare få ta del av den? www.expressen.se/debatt/debat...

Somehow the "We need to support policies that are popular" crowd never land on the very popular polices like "taxing big corporation more," "making health care more affordable," or "paying teachers more." It's always just "be 10% more racist."

A great pleasure last week to hold the first workshop of my INTRECCI project - took the opportunity to bring some ludicrously brilliant ECRs to Manchester! I co-hosted with a visiting PhD student @ideesdupasse.bsky.social who has written up a little review: intrecci-project.org/institutions...

A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor. The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts. Help save our archives!

Economists looking at an idea from sociology literature that they will be the first to write a paper on.

"The new artwork, at Manchester Art Gallery, commemorates the occasion when the African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond made a speech on the site in 1859." www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Darwin, Dickens and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they discuss the story behind one of the greatest exhibitions Britain and the world has ever known... Link in replies👇

Fascinating map courtesy of @bruegel.bsky.social which shows which EU region is most exposed to US tariffs

Even small amounts of paperwork can stop a large number of people from enrolling in free health insurance. New AER paper

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸

I did not--and this is completely on me--understand the existential horror that digital collections could be under fascism. If they wanted to burn the books, they'd at least have to go manually and start torching the place. With this it's just... <DELETE> www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I don’t think I’ve ever been angrier and yet I feel like I’m not angry enough at a state that constantly openly lies about killing Palestinians in the most monstrous circumstances with absolute impunity

Calling #ECRs in #History! 🥳 You can apply to attend the workshop 'From Insurance to Chartered Companies: New developments in the history of business, slavery, and colonialism' at IISH in #Amsterdam! Deadline is April 29, 2025 📨 Email IISH for more information 😊

Imagine any other world leader saying this about another country.

Traveling to the United States? Maybe leave your phone at home. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Here's the full #AncientBlackness thread in blog format opietasanimi.com/2025/03/08/a...

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

In 1943 the US government made an antifascist film called "Don't Be a Sucker" in which we see a college professor in Germany removed from his classroom by government officials who do not approve of what he's teaching about race. youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

I am really quite exhausted by the idea that the US has extended its security umbrella to Europe since ww2 out of the goodness of their hearts. Yes, Europe should have done more, especially over the last two decades, but let‘s not pretend that US foreign policy was always motivated by altruism.

Plus un parti est à droite, plus il diffuse des fake news Conclusion d'une étude néerlandaise qui a analysé 32 millions de messages postés sur Twitter par des parlementaires de 26 pays, dont la France ➡️ bit.ly/40MucD2

In light of the erasure of trans ppl from US Trump regime govt websites & especially that for the Stonewall monument, where trans & NB ppl led, here’s Keith Haring’s ‘Ignorance=Fear/Silence=Death’ (1989)

Ireland! We need just 1,483 ppl who are Irish nationals to sign this EU petition to initiate a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy* across the EU. The UN considers such ‘therapy’ to be mental torture. #SpeirGorm Please sign & share with all EU citizens that you know: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

Excuse me BBC - gender ideology without quotes around it, are you on their side? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Quite beautiful... and helpful — www.bbc.com/news/article...

The richest 1% now own 45% of global wealth while 44% of humanity lives on less than $6.85 per day, according to a new report from Oxfam. The report also says the first trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade. www.dw.com/en/oxfam-rep...

The German weekly Die Zeit has compiled a list of suspected acts of Russian sabotage and hybrid warfare all over Europe since the invasion of Ukraine. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

When we are stressed, we eat chocolate, ice cream and sweets. Why? Because stressed spelled backwards is desserts. 🍨🍫🎂🍬

"Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland rewilding project." Read that again: **116** times. Why are we STILL having to argue the case for rewilding?? www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bum...

A Christmas gift from me to my fellow word nerds: Nine Christmas-related words with interesting etymologies, one for each of the nine letters of 'Christmas'! It was written with much linguistic love in an armchair beside a roaring fire. dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...