convenient for there to be a coup against Sir Prime Minister so soon after the finale of The Celebrity Traitors

Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From yesterday's train trip

ooof this feels like most every university rn

often I hold the cat close & inhale her smell & it is the perfect distilled lifelong scent of home & safety & comfort from trauma for me & then she deliberately chooses to curl up on clothes that smell of me & isn't it astounding that some scientists wonder whether our companion animals feel love

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @robertgordonuni.bsky.social Robert Gordon was an Aberdeen-born merchant who made his fortune in Gdansk, before founding an Aberdeen hospital which ultimately became the university If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

We rewatched the BBC "I, Claudius" recently Trump is John Hurt's Caligula - deranged, egotistical, lacking empathy - and without any charm or wit Confusing remembrance with a victory celebration is quite the thing

Brummagem

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen Blast, thought Winston, haven't reset the oven since the move to BST

These hose were made for King William II of #Sicily who died #otd 11 Nov 1189 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

Delighted to see the SS Richard Montgomery surfacing on Blue Sky, and you might be wondering why people were so nervous about salvaging its cargo. The data points we have are... not encouraging.

Just started @dannybate.bsky.social's Why Q needs U, which I'm enjoying But I can't get from my head: A for 'orses B for mutton C for miles D for your country E for brick F for vescent

If you don't follow @actualnames.bsky.social I recommend you review your position There's a childish humour in some of these (this one induced a broad grin) and also so much inspiration for writers Pig Chin McIntosh - gangster or jazz musician? You decide ...

A good thread, and a reminder of the sunken ship in the Thames with 1400 tons of explosives in it And my brain has just clicked to realise that that is 1.4MegaTons Which is a very large amount of explosives Bigger than those nuclear bombs which scare the bejeesus out of me

James Clerk Maxwell would like a word

Just had my annual review with my BlueSky business partner and, apparently, I'm not posting enough nonsense So I'm afraid things are going to get worse over the next few weeks: sorry

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

Looking to chat to graduates who finished uni this year about job hunting - good or bad experiences. Drop me an email - [email protected]

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Good to see a proper orange snow-football

The carbon footprint involved must be huge Will the outcomes justify it? To be clear, I'm not anti COP, I just wonder if the process can be effective without clear leadership from the big polluting nations

I've just seen James Bond on the Paddington train from Swansea, so I'm pretty sure he'd be OK for another film He's in coach B trying to keep a whole table to himself

My chariot to Bristol Parkway Where a change of horses awaits

A useful reminder that you cannot explain or predict all people

I am reading Ian McMillan's "Neither Nowt Nor Summat" and it is making me feel homesick

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the War Memorial at @uniofreading.bsky.social The tower was built as a memorial to the dead of the Great War, 1914-19, in the days before world wars had to be numbered If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Today marks the 107th anniversary of the moment when the Allied armistice with Germany came into effect and the First World War came to an end. Today, I examine what that felt like across the globe… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-ar...

Finally got round to subscribing to @alexchurchill.bsky.social's history substack, and very glad I did: today's post on contemporaneous records of what the 1918 armistice felt like are very moving

There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is. 🧵 1/5

Quick #typography question The postcard shown below - dating from the 1920s - has a font which looks to me a little like comic sans Another suggestion is that it might be an early dyslexia-friendly font Can anyone shed any light? I haven't seen a font like it on any other 1920s postcards

I have fond memories of working at Froebel in the School of Education some years ago, not quite as long as this though!

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Froebel Institute, now part of @uni-roehampton.bsky.social If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

It's live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...

I have a new bed I will sleep test it when very important dinner matters have been resolved

"All behind like the cow's tail"

What is this "shared national culture" of which @duncanweldon.bsky.social speaks? Does it just mean common points of cultural reference? Have we ever universally had that? Or is it about a ruling class with common cultural hinterlands?

This auction is now live on eBay. 1500 credit Orlock gang. 9 humans and 2 cyber-mastiffs (Scenery not included) www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39722454... Starting at £50. Oz will get the money, not me. DM me if you have any questions. #Nerdlings #Necromunda

finally found the difference between truth and beauty

For #MosaicMonday a charming duck. Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD 📷 me On display at Museum am Dom, Trier 🏺 #archaeology

Would this be written by David Cameron?

Today's bread

Can confirm that in Swansea, mae'n bwrw glaw iawn

der Termin rückt näher. 🤣

Hansard, from a speech by Michael Stewart, Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Education, opening a debate on the white paper on Technical Education, 21 June 1956

Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name

Look at these beauties from @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social

These are my unfiled #HigherEducationPostcard - maybe 200 in the pile All scanned, but not sorted And the card I'm writing about for this week's @wonkhe.bsky.social blog is in there somewhere...

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Southlands College, now part of @uni-roehampton.bsky.social If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm