Darren S. Layne
@funkyplaid.bsky.social
Historian of 18th-century Scotland focused on Jacobite Studies and Digital History. Curator of JDB1745. Chair, Jacobite Studies Trust. PhD via University of St Andrews. In love with a swan and two cats. Currently watching the leaves in Portland, OR.
Amazing how powerful acting can be that millions of people's first inspirations about what it means to be an effective, humane and ethical leader came from a middle-aged British guy shouting on a fake ship in the middle of a soundstage. 86 years. May we all live and prosper for that long.
This is the news the world never needed to hear. Like it surely was for many of you, for me Patrick was the template of compassionate and effective leadership in his role as Picard, and so much more in the way he lived his life and blessed us with so much wisdom, craft, and beauty. 💔
TrekCore.com 🖖@trekcore.com · 3d agoHe made it so. Sadly, #StarTrek #TNG legend Patrick Stewart has died, following a brief battle with Alzheimer's and dementia, as announced on his personal social media accounts.
More stories about obama’s benign comment than a new vetted violent rape charge against Trump is how we got Trump
We swore we weren’t gonna get another grandma after the last one died, but when we saw this one at the shelter, we just knew we had to have her.
Do you need to know what you think before you start writing? Not necessarily, argues historian Lynn Hunt. In a 2010 #AHAPerspectives essay, Hunt explores how the act of writing itself generates new ideas and why getting words on the page is essential to the thinking process.
How Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHA
Writing is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words.
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The first session of the new JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop Series is coming up this Tue, 27 Oct with a preview of @f18cal.bsky.social's forthcoming book via @manchesterup.bsky.social: 'Responding to the Jacobite Threat: Policy, Law and Assimilation, 1688-1807'. jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
Me after saying I wasn't gonna buy any more books for a while
I had some fun creating a branded link shortener for citations in both my digital and physical publications. I expect this will make it way easier on readers to access URLs and additional content, including interactive data and visualisations. I'm using Rebrandly, but there are plenty of options.
My dear friend Gillian wrote an excellent history book and I encourage you to give it a read when you have the time. It's free to access!
Dr Gillian Jack@drgillhistory.bsky.social · 2w agoThe book is Open Access, so if you'd like to read it you can do so for free.
What connected Stuart England and the Republic of Venice? 🌍 'Stuart Serenissima' brings together new research on the political, cultural and religious exchanges that shaped the early modern Mediterranean and beyond. 🔗 bit.ly/StuartSereni... @eloisedavies.bsky.social @alanamailes.bsky.social
four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better
A council has been called to determine the fate of humanity this fall
it's a bit concerning that instead of responding to obvious political incentives and moderating on some of their worst and most unpopular policies, the Trump administration is getting more and more extreme
I love fall so much. I've lived in Vermont my whole life and foliage season still seems like such a completely bonkers and beautiful thing to happen every year. It never gets old. 🍂
Our new JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop Series launches Tue, 13 Oct at 5pm UKT with a discussion about academic publishing with @dparrish0.bsky.social (JST) and @siobhanmup.bsky.social (MUP). Make sure to bring your questions, tips, and anecdotes! Full programme: jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
Imagine what we could create in a world where rage donations went to historical societies, libraries, and institutes instead of long-shot Senate bids.
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
Call for proposals for a workshop, my people! Slavery and transimperial trade next March at William & Mary. Please spread it far and wide: I want to read your many great proposals!
2027 Workshop Call for Proposals - Atlantic Exchanges Workshop
Atlantic Exchanges 2027 Slavery and the Commercial Machinery of Empires The Atlantic Exchanges Workshop invites proposals for its second edition, […]
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I am delighted to be on several “unhinged about AI” lists because of my firm believe that human beings should not participate in our own deskilling and replacement for the further enrichment of tech billionaires. Yes, please block me. Cleanse my timeline of your creepy pick-me energy.
a bumper sticker that said "KENNEDY CENTER NOT DATA CENTERS" would do numbers right now