We undertake lots of serious historical research, but this may be the most important of all: what in the *blue hell* was the “Hobbledeegobbledeecastle” in the Crystal Palace North Tower Gardens? Even this 1910 programme doesn’t know (The one from 1908 simply calls it “The funniest thing on earth”)

Borrowed this from the library for my husband @jasonbbernard.bsky.social and very much recommend it for those with #ADHD and their partners/families. Accessible and to the point graphic novel format with easy to action tips.

The best of Supertramp, followed by Alison Moyet's Raindancing.

Yes - very sorry. We suspect AI scrapers, but they were forcing our entire infrastructure offline so I have had to disable profile pages for a temporary period. We're working as hard as possible to restore full service.

As always with Peter Kyle, the context makes it worse. He’s actually talking about how British students aren’t entrepreneurial enough. What does that even mean? Everything he says really does come from ChatGPT doesn’t it.

Memory unlocked:

can't really begin to explain the extent to which I do Not want to be filmed without my knowledge by someone wearing smart glasses while out and about

So was all subsequent appearances of John Craven a double - like Paul McCartney?

An NHS doctor who was working at St. Thomas' hospital, which is on the route where the far right marched:

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur… beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

I'm reading a piece about Foucault where 'plague' has been mistyped as 'plaque', and honestly I'm very much up for reading a lost piece by Foucault on plaque and biopower. #histmed

I've been using my Creative Zen mp3 player since *counts* c.2008! www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...

This, from The Londoner yesterday, also features people on the march who claim not to be racists. Though the things they say prove otherwise

New article on Medium. medium.com/@info_jasonb...

Props to the three young lads having a beer outside a pub on Tottenham Court Road who enthusiastically beckoned over a bloke draped in a St George flag only to tell him “Fuck off out of our town you fat fascist fuck.” Swelled with London pride.

I mean, call me a Loony Lefty if you want, but it *is* starting to look a bit weird arresting disabled pensioners protesting peacefully one day and telling coked up bellends attacking you to “calm down” another day the same month. Obviously, just my opinion. I might have got it wrong.

No wonder Musk is impressed, the London march stretched all the way to the Arc de Triomphe

Yes! One of the best British horrors ever made.

Guy who plays tech genius on Twitter calls for race war

There's very good money in being a right-wing hate monger. We really need to be pointing that out a lot more. It's a path to wealth for quite a few people on both sides of the Atlantic in the age of politainment.

Three nuns are occupying their own convent Schloss Goldenstein (Elsbethen, near Salzburg) after escaping from their retirement home. #Nuntastic salzburg.orf.at/stories/3321...

1/10 So the fake claims of "trans" and "antifa" symbols comes from both ammo stamps and casing inscriptions wrongly reported. They try to paint Tyler as left, but like Crooks this is a fringe right wing Groyper. Here's the details on registered Republican, Tyler Robinson: x.com/adamscochra...

Un-fucking-believable.

New article on Medium. medium.com/@info_jasonb...

This is a jaw-dropping statement from anyone in a uni leadership role — but also — what exactly is ‘low-quality’ and ‘hobbyist’ research? Nearly every academic I know is burning the candle at both ends and STILL producing important work in their fields. This feels like an anti-humanities dog whistle

Ban consultancy spend by universities then. Seriously. It’s the same spreadsheets recycled and the same downward spiral diagnosis every time. And costs hundreds of millions across the sector.

'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”' Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.

Now on Medium! Hope you enjoy my first post. medium.com/@info_jasonb... #medium #agoraphobia #panic #conceptualart #jasonbbernard #article

Delighted to share our Call for Papers for the workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine 1700-1900*. Taking place online on 5 December. Pls share and consider submitting an object story! @rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...

Genuinely excited to participate in this panel on "Picturing Health: The Evolution of Medical Photography",with a strong focus on ethics, at The Francis Crick Institute as part of the Wellcome Photography Prize public programme: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/picturing-...

I'll be talking about post-mortems in houses again on 4 November at Barts Pathology Museum. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-good-fir...

We've spent most of today packing Peripheral Minimal orders, overseen by Ariel. Still lots of great stuff available in the sale here: www.peripheralminimal.com/page/sale #synthwave #darkwave #postpunk #industrial #noise #krautrock #minimalsynth

Important reminder for UK peeps today! The alert test is at 3pm so if you’re someone with a secret phone, switch off your phone or put it in airplane mode to avoid it making noise.

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

Are your sheep always turning up late for work? Are they taking too long on their lunch break or simply struggling to get through the workload? Are they always just mucking about? Then you need some

Happy Skyscraper Day! (architects dressed as their NYC buildings, 1931)

Perfect lazy Sunday viewing. Starring Linda Blair, based on a book by Lois Duncan, directed by Wes Craven 👍

Concerned that we are losing the necessary ratio. 15% of teachers/faculty should be irretrievably strange eccentrics. Every learning experience should have some element where in later life you can reflect with former classmates about how bizarre at least one (1) class per year was.

‘WHY CAN’T YOU HEAR ME?AM I DEAD?’

Win win. I just registered my name & book details with the appropriate law firm. Check if your book/article/paper is on the list here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... If it is, go here: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Precarious contracts keep getting shorter. Until recently short-term associate lecturer contracts were for 10 months. Now UCL advertises for 7 months. What does it say about our field, about how we treat the new generation of scholars? www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW277/a...

If "mass unrest" ever happens, that will be an important news story. But this fevered speculation every week on what *might* happen is downright irresponsible. It's misleading, it's fear-mongering & it makes the press look like an apocalyptic cult, gathering every Friday for the end of the world.

We'll be at the Occultz comic, cult and zine fair in #Oxford on Saturday 6 September, with a host of @headpress.com goodies including some rare items from the vaults for sale! Stop by and see us from 10.30 at The Bullingdon on Cowley Road. #oxfordevents #cultfilm #zines #indiepublishing

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

He's done a sterling job with it for many years, but the time has come for my husband @jasonbbernard.bsky.social to close Peripheral Minimal Records. Huge sale now on at peripheralminimal.com 👇 #synth #minimalsynth #electronicmusic #goth #newwave #postpunk

New Zine on the way!

Amazing how such small numbers have been identified as the voice of the nation when, for comparison, 100,000 turned out for trans pride last month in London.

Showing children of the future the unacceptable hair rendering on the left to explain why we had to get rid of the rainforest.