"What does the Fellowship mean to you?" Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen FBA (@karinwahlj.bsky.social) of Cardiff University reflects on being elected to the British Academy Fellowship and shares why she's keen to support Early Career Researchers through the Academy's network.

My man looks like a mobster who's just been pantsed by Bugs Bunny

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

A former director of BBC News speaks:

Richard Sambrook@sambrook.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?

I feared this would happen. His story was troubling but the wave of hatred and obsession in the media when he was clearly someone who was vulnerable - whatever you thought of him - was entirely disproportionate and in my view fuelled by racists. My thoughts are with his loved ones tonight.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 3mo ago

🔺 BREAKING: Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor, has been found dead, police have said Mr Arday was pronounced dead after being found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon Read more 👇

next emergency alert is gonna be about the hosepipe ban

Poorly timed notification from the range there 🤦🏻‍♀️

Binface: 9,455. But Farage still bigger joke with 22,239.

Bindependence Day

"Ich bin ein Binliner..."

Bin Day cometh.

The colander’s time to shine, with a hundred tiny eclipsed suns

X is a major national security vulnerability that UK government and politicians continue to prop up.

Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

Exclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from US

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It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

Dutch news has discovered the incredible courage and insight of @lauramcallister30.bsky.social

AD.nl@ad.nl · 3mo ago

Enige twee vrouwen in UEFA-bestuur leiden verzet tegen ‘grote uitverkoop van het voetbal’ van Gianni Infantino

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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Agree 100% - there’s definitely a culture in academia where it’s perceived as uncouth to broach the subject of payment for invited talks/keynotes etc - and the result is often unpaid labour.

Call out for adventurous young birders, aged 18-30* * Don’t make the same mistake that I did by turning up for a Club 18-30 holiday dressed as Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧵 The Search for Lost Birds is looking for young, adventurous birders to lead expeditions to find “lost” bird species. Currently, 121 birds lack any scientific documentation for a decade or longer (70+ are entirely missing from the Macaulay Library!) Continued... searchforlostbirds.org

The most brutally honest review I have ever read.

David M. Luebke@davidmluebke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Seriously, tell us what you REALLY think... #Odyssey #ChristopherNolan www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible” is honestly the most authentic academic critique of a film that I can imagine

Is this quantitative historical analysis?

Richard de Nooy@richarddenooy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Oxford academic Prof George Garnett counted 93 penises in 2018 – with 88 belonging to horses and another five to men. But Dr Christopher Monk said he had counted one more on another man.” bbc.com/news/article...

Thrilled to announce that I have been elected Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social - the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. It’s a great honour to join this distinguished community of scholars dedicating their careers to generating knowledge that benefits humanity.

The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to all those elected today. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4f64C4x

This is what happens when Norway go back to the dressing room. They relax into their natural state as pencil sketch animations

Game on, Nige.

On my way, Clacton.

Setting up shop outside mainstream news organisations and using social media platforms allows for greater creative and financial control.

News is changing dramatically – here’s what the move away from mainstream media means for you as a consumer

Setting up shop outside mainstream news organisations and using social media platforms allows for greater creative and financial control.

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'Media Change' is available for pre-order ahead of its release early next month. Many thanks for this endorsement to @karinwahlj.bsky.social, Professor & Dean @cujournmedcul.bsky.social, Cardiff University and President-Elect-Select, @icahdq.bsky.social (#ica26). 👉 Pre-order: amzn.eu/d/0fuWfWAf

Heron of the day - Blackweir, Cardiff