You all know about this, right? Not one of nature's natural aviators, the beaver, and yet... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...

Warm hats wanted for #seafarers in Lübeck! Warm woolly hats also collected by seafarers' charities in UK. Sailors' Society even has a knitting pattern! #Mützen #warmhats #woollyhats

Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026? The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...

Ordered a Durian cheesecake at a Japanese restaurant in Bristol. I had a vague sense of the Durian’s mixed reputation, and thought it worth a try. My advice is DON’T MAKE MY MISTAKE.

Pine martens may help red squirrels. www.welshwildlife.org/blog/alice-c...

Call for Scottish Government to review foreign language provision www.heraldscotland.com/news/2559839...

The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...

@rorycj.bsky.social Certain illnesses including neurological ones to be considered as ‘brakes’ to obtaining visas for US. Unclear if this includes tourist visas.

You think cheese is safe? Big mistake. It can kill you. A slingshot of hardened cheese felled Medb, *phenomenal* warrior queen and goddess in Celtic mythology. Norwegian cheese brunost is as flammable as petrol. It took 6 whole days to put out the fire in a lorry carrying 27 tonnes of the stuff.

this is brilliant satire: “Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."

Sternfunkelnde Nacht. ✨

... and Leicester... Languages, History... It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And that's important, because she was a working scientist with agency of her own and she collaborated willingly with so much more of that work than is usually mentioned. Both by Watson AND his critics. Franklin was a great scientist. Don't sell her short.

Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.

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Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music. If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.

And "a lot of the wider benefits of research in humanities/social sciences/arts which stretch far beyond economic returns to support law, education, culture, inclusion & health"

ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

Olga Kevelos, UK metallurgist. #WWII worked in Mills bomb labs & Royal Observatory. 1943-5 one of "Idle Women" working narrowboats on Grand Union Canal working 18 hours a day. 1950 motorcycle trial rider won Gold medal @ International 6-Day Trial. d. #OTD 28 Oct 2009 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Ke...

Today's piece of #PointlessPedantry is that these are not cannon. Artillery pieces on ships are known as guns (unless they are C17 42 pounders, when gun calibres were identified by name, not weight of shot). The fact that these fire roundshot, not cannon balls can wait for another day.

Cnut. He's forgotten about Cnut, who went on pilgrimage to Rome in 1027. Oh, and Edward I, who spent 2 months at the court of Gregory X in 1273. Otherwise, all over the detail, as per.

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.

Incredibly minor point in the grand scheme of the horror of this policy, but this would mean that many women with ILR would be unable to go on maternity leave unless they had a very high salary or an amazing employer package.

For women, the problem is compounded by stupidly small pockets. Women now live in a world where phone manufacturers think we have hands the size of bears, while jeans manufacturers think we have hands the size of pixies. pudding.cool/2018/08/pock...

In 1999 I embarked on my MA thesis studying the dress of early women mountaineers. I spent the next 25 years hoping that this elusive object would turn up in a collection somewhere. A Burberry climbing gown. This dates to c1913. I have never found one yet….. #Burberry #research #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Quand la gauche gouverne à droite, c’est encore Thatcher qui triomphe.

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Oil being delivered next door. My 3 year old was in our garden. As the delivery man was dragging the oil hose through next doors garden, she roared over to offer him “a wee go of the baby’s dummy?” He replied dead seriously, “no you’re grand I’m only after one” Both were delighted with themselves

American man hears three Beach Boys tracks for the first time. He knows the Beatles but ...

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Somewhere free, quiet, and right next to Liverpool Street? 👀 Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you. 👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/

saunervig wie leute immer englische wörter in ihre sätze einbauen … fontane in seinen briefen so ca 1870-1985: ich hab mein zimmer in a snug home verwandelt

Come and join us in Aberystwyth! Great opportunity to join the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, working with Mike Woods and team on this very topical project.

Scaipigí an scéal a Spéiríní, a chairde! Seoladh Dé hAoine 26MF in Ionad an Bhlascaoid, Dún Chaoin, óna 7.00pm ar aghaidh. Mícheál Ó Sé a rósfas an gabhar.

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

🚨🎥 WATCH: Donald Trump says the UK wants to go to Sharia Law to the UN General Assembly

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol 2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy. news.ki.se/no-link-betw...

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

the hysteria has gone off the rails so far that the average american thinks 1 in 5 people are transgender. pure absolute insanity that is driving the current lavender scare

DNA reveals surprise African ancestry of 6th century Worth Matravers man www.swanage.news/dna-reveals-...

This is moving in exactly the wrong direction! Education & meaningful activity in prison is crucial to reducing violence and improving outcomes

This looks like an amazing opportunity for someone to write for VCH Herefordshire! 📕

#Pompei by night A wonderful initiative by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii inviting visitors to visit a few houses by night. It’s an incredibly evocative experience as from the depths of darkness, light glows from rooms as if someone is at home. Info here: pompeiisites.org/comunicati/i...

Our friends at VCH Herefordshire are pleased to advertise two consultant editorial and research roles which will contribute to the completion of existing work around Ledbury and the Malvern Hills. The roles combine editing & primary research. For more details, see below. #Skystorians #HistoryJob