First cup of tea: there is no time before this, there is no time after this. There is only this time.
Our librarians know what they are doing ☺️
Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library@ihrlibrary.bsky.social · last mo.Although it's a bit toasty, Dantean (other adjectives are available), drinking water can be found in the ground floor common room and, as some have discovered, the basement reading room remains cool. Also if anyone wants some cool reading, you can find works in polar history within our collections.
Did I just pay for a NYT subscription so I could read about Eli’s James Cymru Connecting? Obviously. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/w...
Does This Radio Host Really Know Everyone in Wales?
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What with @themerl.bsky.social very fancy and beautiful rats going about their rural business, I proclaim it a rat girl summer.
Catherine Clarke@cathamclarke.bsky.social · 2mo agoYou're going to be seeing a lot more of these fabulous IHR Plague Rats... 🐀♥️🐀♥️💀
More in the occasional series “slightly bonkers things I do at work”. Today is bagging up medicinal herbs for a quiz. Nobody makes me do these things but they do let me.
Fun things at the PWR semi-final yesterday. Someone gave Emma Wassell a post-match Tunnock’s, I was complemented on my Magic Meg t-shirt by Meg Jones, beloved discovered they sell beer in 2 pints (his hobbit joy was immense), and we won! Away. Against 3 times champions Gloucester Hartpury.
Bernard gets breakfast in bed because there are no rules except healing.
Poor Bernard has an ulcer in his eye and is subject to a horrible regime house arrest, being regularly picked up and having eye drops administered. He is bearing it bravely but will not submit to the cone of shame.
More historical accuracy from the king of whimsy.
Alasdair Beckett-King@misterabk.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe guy who invented being a jester:
Excellent morning chat with beloved holiday planning and Ellie Kildunne speculations. ☺️
Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
blair@blairaf.com · 2mo agoOne of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
Possibly the highlight of my absolutely delightful weekend away with done of my oldest friends was one of therm earnestly declaring, “potatoes really blow my mind, if I’m honest”
In airports lounge with sky sports on a screen silently beside me. Not a single woman has appeared, not a single mention of any women’s sports. Only men are relevant. Only men exist.
This looks exactly like flodni, a Hungarian jewish cake I had in Budapest. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/for...
Forgotten medieval pie recipe revived in the City of London
A long-forgotten medieval dairy pie is set to be tasted again in the City of London for the first time in centuries – although thankfully it’s only the recipe that’s ancient, not the pie itself.
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As the victim of an ongoing new finance system scenario at work I feel this in my very soul.
KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 3mo agoI am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.
An inspiring visit to Bart’s Archives with a few side quests. Hospital minute book from 1665 during the Great Plague? Yes please and thank you.
As it’s the 100th anniversary of the General Strike, I am obliged to acknowledge that Granny was a scab.
What in the early late 19th century is going on? I posted my friend’s birthday present on Friday and it arrived the same day!
Should I do an MA? This sounds amazing 🤔
UCL Early Modern Exchanges@uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur MA Early Modern Studies trains you in palaeography, book history & archival research skills, plus options in information & literary studies, history & language. Join us for a taster lecture, learn more about the course & ask questions 📅1 May 2-3:30pm BST online app.geckoform.com/events-embed...
A very happy St George's Day, to all who celebrate.
The single most accurate commentary on the orange loser’s big war. DOGE probably got rid of logistics because it’s woke.
LCAndreassen (TwitterAlt: Vig)@lcandreassen.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's the Fyre Festival of wars
