Not too surprising. theconversation.com/the-more-in-...

academic.oup.com/shm/article/... The ‘Predelinquent’ and the Community: Psychiatric Surveillance and Predictive Policing in Interwar Berkeley

www.nsun.org.uk/trauma-menta... Another poignant piece on the close links between migration/refugee status and mental health

Honoured to have a poem about PTSD included in this issue. Looking forward to hearing from all the other contributers on the 26/09 online launch.

'Two-tier REF causes concerns amid rumours of radical change' Here's a radical change: bin the whole damned thing! Save millions and really help universities out. www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...

BBC News - Should all pupils get the right to an outdoor education week? www.bbc.com/news/article... Yes!

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r... Pause it permanently. Such a complete and utter waste of time and resources at a time when universities are skint and demoralised. Speaking as someone who was responsible for 7 UoAs during the last contortion.

Amazing issue of Asylum Magazine out just now. So much valuable insight within its pages. If you don't experience mental illness, reading Asylum is one way to approach understanding it a little more. The only mag I subscribe to anymore. @asylummagazine.bsky.social

Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time share.google/Np5qcGaZioQy... End of an era. Ok, who should replace him?

Lovely tribute to what should be Canada's national anthem - Northwest Passage - and its creator, the late, great Stan Rogers. southernwoodenboatsailing.com/news/tracing...

BBC News - Glasgow's Citizens Theatre to reopen after seven years www.bbc.com/news/article...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Wonderful tribute to Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson in his centenary.

Saturday morning joke: What did one guy in the shower at the gym say to the other guy in the shower at the gym? "I think it's clean by now..."

@bbc if you're claiming to present the history of something, maybe bring in a historian? Certainly people with lived experience should present their views, but that's not history www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... One of the most insightful, inspiring and important writers today. Living Scottish Legend.

Two interviews featuring two of my musical heroes in one week: Dick Gaughan and Stevie Wonder. Some very wise words from both, along with some hilarious impressions from Stevie. Who knew? Here's the one with Dick Gaughan www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Really enjoying this series on the Whithorn Way.

If you're feeling a bit rubbish, have a listen to this. You don't even have to like cricket. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today we're bringing the debate to the Scottish Parliament. We're calling on the government to commit to the expansion of publicly owned bus services that deliver high quality, affordable and reliable public transport.

🚨Salaried PhD position in history of medicine at the University of Zurich with the wonderful @fcondrau.bsky.social 🚨 (ignore the 60%, this is just the Swiss system, and amounts to a very respectable pay) #histmed #histstm jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

Yes exactly

Wishing you all experience some of these today. youtu.be/uVlSVkzbJDA?...

No child should sit in school hungry. It hurts their education and their health. We're delighted to have won this expansion to free school meals, building on our expansions to P4-5 and P6-7. We'll now work to get free school meals to every school pupil, from early years to S6.

Love it when things you like are good for you in other ways, too. theconversation.com/rosemary-has...

We have enough wealth to invest in our public services and end injustices like child poverty. But far too much is concentrated in the hands of a few. Progressive property taxes help ensure the wealthiest people pay their fair share. The Tories, Labour and SNP all voted against.

Obituaries/Annonces nécrologiques Barbara Natalie Clow (1959–2025): A Tribute to a Fellow Medical Historian (and More) utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

sshm.org/notices/ Vacancy: Social History of Medicine journal is seeking a Co-Editor. Please consider applying!

Irony klaxon: took the family to see Mission Impossible film on rainy day. Though the film is all about taking on malignant AI, it seemed as though it was written by asking an AI bot to script a film where a messianic Tom Cruise saves the world, sometimes just in his pants. Utterly dreadful.

Really brilliant episode of the best podcast on earth. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We have just published a new case study as part of our Serving the Future project via the tourism and hospitality toolkit we helped to create. Torridon discusses how thoughtful leadership and sustained investment in people created positive returns for their business👉 buff.ly/lpTjt0V

155,000 of you objected. It's opposed by the National Trust for Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the National Park it to be built in. The Scottish Government has a choice: save Loch Lomond, or cave to developers looking to exploit it for a quick profit.

Hey, two @unistrathclyde.bsky.social historians doing annual lectures on the same day! Well done Laura! Well done CSHHH! Well done Strathclyde! @cshhh.bsky.social ! @strathhumanities.bsky.social @strathhasspgrs.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The animals are cute and all, but really??? Maybe better to address root causes of their distress (and it will go beyond writing exams).

basicincome.org/news/2025/04... This German UBI trial showed that recipients continued to seek work, saved and donated what they didn't spend, connected more with their communities, experienced more autonomy and was particularly good for mental health - 'comparable to therapy'.

Massive thanks to Sally Sheard, Caroline Jones, and everyone else with the Liverpool Medical Institution for making me feel so welcome yesterday. I was delighted (and relieved) that my lecture was well received. Wonderful lunch with Bryce Evans before, too.

Climate damage already costs Scottish households an average of over £3,000 every year. Wildfires, floods, crop losses, and more, mean higher bills for us all. Meanwhile fossil fuel multinationals rake in record profits. Tax the polluters and invest in our future. #FMQs

BBC News - Tweed Valley cameras capture osprey nest love triangle - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "Twitcher Throuple, Nae Trouble" (Should be the headline...)

“almost everyone felt in the dark and argued for their versions of the light” -a quotation from Ray Redford, found in Richard A. McKay's excellent Patient Zero book. It pertains to coping with the early years of the AIDS epidemic, but is true about so much today. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

If you are in Liverpool on Thursday and are interested in how history can help solve the mental health crisis, please come along! www.liverpool.ac.uk/events/event...

The UK is one of the wealthiest countries in history. But that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, where it's used to buy yachts and private jets instead of building up public services. A 1% wealth tax on net assets over £10 million could raise £10 billion a year.

Hello my #autistic #actuallyautistic #ND and #disability friends. I am putting together a starter pack on Autism/ND/disability platforms—I am also happy to add any individuals who would like to be included. Please make recs! We need community to fight RFK Jr.🧪♿️ go.bsky.app/wbCudt

Mielenterveyden kriisi on oire psykiatrian orastavasta kriisistä, sanoo aiheesta väittelevä Mia Pohtola. Hoitomassojen kasvu tukkii hoitojärjestelmää, mikä johtaa psykiatrin roolin byrokratisoitumiseen. Mistä hoitomassat syntyvät? Kärjistetysti: ovatko yksilöt sairaita vai onko yhteiskunta sairas?

universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... Job in History at Lakehead Uni in Thunder Bay, Ontario