Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner! “The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”

Whether paracetamol, the Vee word, or any other tenuous 💩 RFK & eejits decide causes #Autism, they have one thing in common. They lay the blame firmly at the parent's door. Just unbelievably cruel. It's a complex, polygenic, largely unpredictable syndrome. Fact. @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

Thanks America for making our visa costs look relatively attractive www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dutch late night TV has its take

Not to mention monies extorted by threats and bullying.

This is a really fun read even for non-lawyers. It’s four pages.

Technological change means that workers will probably need to retrain multiple times during a career. Better to use uni years to develop general skills because the immediately marketable ones will depreciate quickly.

There's a whole convention of European ministers complaining about the low ambition of their students compared to what they say American students are like and always - always - when they say 'American students' they mean 'Stanford'. www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’ Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

📣Calling all new research students in history & historical subjects. Do you want to learn how the IHR can help you during your studies? Join us on the 8 October to find out more. @royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social @historyandpolicy.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social bit.ly/41UPOyG

🔴Peter Thiel’s Race Science Network Extends Its Reach Into Reform UK, Conservatives and Labour A Byline Times investigation can reveal how Donald Trump’s key backer is now exporting discredited race science into mainstream politics in the UK bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/p...

QUINTANILLA: Is Trump's view that Fallon and Seth Meyers should be taken off the air shared by the FCC? BRENDAN CARR: If local TV stations don't think running that programming serves the public interest, then they have every right under the law to preempt it. We're in the midst of a massive shift.

yeah that is not what the statutory phrase public interest means brendan

Yes, we can learn about another inventive way to waste the short span we get on this earth.

Further to this, if anyone in positions of political influence is worried about 'fake news' or the dangers of a 'post-truth' society, they might think again about reducing the range of expertise held by universities in the name of 'efficiency'.

Quite right - universities are not just 'problem solvers', they are also curators of the full range of knowledge and 'academic freedom' has long been the tool by which liberal societies foster inquiry and exploration. Much of which requires little or no funding, but healthy universities only.

And here is the table of contents.

The Modern British City - publication November 2025 - now available for pre-order from lundhumphries.com.

Celebrate by reading The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by the great @andreawulf.bsky.social. A fascinating portrait.

I read someplace that when INDECENT PROPOSAL came out a TV reporter, outraged at the concept, did some vox pops outside the theater, asking a woman "Would you sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars?!" Only the woman without hesitation replied "I'd sleep with Robert Redford for fifty cents."

This is the same guy.

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

Hey, Mike, quick question -- if *Republicans* call the other side communists and socialists and enemies of the state, are they also responsible for some deranged people in our society who will take that as a cue to act? Or is this a responsibility only Democrats have?

I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example? "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."

New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' 'Everyday Erudition: John Locke, the Bible and the Challenge of Early Modern Biblical Scholarship', by Timothy Twining bit.ly/3IkveRA How was ‘everyday erudition’ used to come to terms with the historical reality of Christian revelation? 1/2

Yes thousands turned out - which is far more than I’d like - but that is dwarfed by the millions that understand real patriotism means loving your country as it actually is, not hating its diversity or trying to exploit its challenges. That’s what our flags actually represent

About 20,000 people have taken part in 300 local asylum protests in 75+ locations this summer. Tommy Robinson and his supporters have declared a million will march in London today. Tens of thousands are doing so, perhaps in range of 40-60k. Will update police or media estimates of the crowd later

The Royal Historical Society welcomes Fellowship applications from historians working in higher education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers. Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding via research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians 1/2

Quite a big deal this - there will be a few VCs and governing bodies across UK reading the fine print… @wonkhe.bsky.social wonkhe.com/blogs/the-fi...

Announcing Generation New Era: the first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. It will study 30,000 children born in 2026 across the four nations of the UK. Watch out for upcoming opportunities for researchers and other stakeholders to engage with the study team via @clscohorts.bsky.social

"College spending is down 11% in real terms per student since 2010. School sixth forms down 23% per student, since 2010." @ckfarquharson.bsky.social explains how the further education sector has experienced a decline in funding. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are...

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

The way my jaw dropped reading this thread...

Do NOT allow them to rewrite history with disinformation. #COVID vaccines worked remarkably well and allowed us to come out of a global pandemic. A picture is worth a thousand words.

Fascinating insight into the unfolding mess that is the left's version of Change UK-The Independent Group-The Independent Group for Change... www.politicshome.com/news/article...

On the same day in the Telegraph:

They'll keep taking your lunch money until you stop giving it to them.

A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.

📢 Groundbreaking new biography of Æthelstan – England’s forgotten first king – marks 1,100 years since his coronation in 925AD. Author and Cambridge historian @davidwoodman45.bsky.social explains why he isn’t better known and why he's campaigning for greater recognition for the overlooked king.

Deadline 2 October 2025.

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Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025) and the Royal Historical Society: an appreciation bit.ly/4mSADyn We are very grateful to @petermandler.bsky.social for his reflections on Peter Marshall, former President of the Society (1996-2000), which are published today on the RHS blog #Skystorians

Michelle Obama: kids should have healthier school lunches RFK Jr: maybe if we let the plague run wild we can build a master race Media: wow these are the same thing

Absolutely delighted that Dan Briggs, son of the BBC's first official historian Asa Briggs, has written to The Observer supporting the need for on-request vetting to re-instated at the BBC Written Archives Centre (p.29; not I think online). Letter's wording is in the .alt element. #waccampaign

📢JOB ALERT: Childers Professorship of Irish History We are seeking an outstanding scholar, an inspiring teacher and an academic leader to further the study of Irish History at Cambridge. Deadline: 25 October 2025 🔗More info and apply: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52202/

On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

📣 Quentin Skinner Lectureship 2025–26 Are you an early-career scholar in modern intellectual history since c.1500? Join our research community as a Visiting Fellow and deliver the Quentin Skinner Lecture 2026 with @camhistory.bsky.social Apply by 1 Oct 2025 buff.ly/tQABBo4

German diplomat at Versailles: 'I wonder what future historians will say about all this.' Clemenceau: 'Well they won't say Belgium invaded Germany.'