Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

We estimate we will need at least £500,000 for the initial response and two years of intensive work. Recovery will focus not only on what has been lost, but on creating a more resilient landscape that can better withstand future climate change, drought, wildfire and coastal change.

On sale now... Our latest publication accompanies our current exhibition, Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators & Victims, and provides additional insights into some of the remarkable items from our collection which are on display. Visit our onsite bookshop or order your copy online. buff.ly/11QFFuE

Weird to think that for all the animals and insects and birds born in the spring - this is the first time they've felt rain. In the west of England.

Dr C Weissenberg@drcweissenberg.bsky.social · 15h ago

Umm petrichor! First rain in months. Bliss.

Umm petrichor! First rain in months. Bliss.

Liebe Bundesregierung: Was muss eigentlich noch alles passieren, bis ihr endlich euren Job macht und die Menschen vor den Folgen der Klimakrise schützt? Wir brauchen jetzt einen nationalen Hitzegipfel. Nicht irgendwann. Jetzt!

First call I've seen by any politician for an emergency heat summit. 41°C today in Vienna Kudos @lgewessler.bsky.social orf.at/stories/3438177

Grüne-Chefin Gewessler fordert Hitzegipfel

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Great discussion at the 'crisis in UK history' meeting hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.org, @histassoc.bsky.social and History UK. Horror stories of closures and redundancies, balanced by new resources. Check out for ex. the new Independent Historians Network independenthistorians.org

Independent Historians Network

The place for independent and freelance historians to connect

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Stories of patients enduring A&E waits of more than 12 hours for a hospital bed have become all too commonplace since the pandemic. In February 2026, over a third of admitted cases waited over 12 hours from arrival to admission. Follow the trend in our video 👇

Ben Elton’s Gasping Prescient

Downsizing Yesterday was looking hopelessly thru programmes of cultural events past… Today -kitchen cupboards Starting with The Tupperware Boxes & Lids Nightmare (for the uninitiated it’s like trying to find a matching pair of socks in a hurry), before moving swiftly on to Kilner jars & bottles😱

I never did get round this exhibition 👇🏻 I felt claustrophobic and couldn’t stay in the galleries. I’ve not yet been to the new ones, though hope to do so soon.

Downsizing is not all about which books to still keep, but which programmes - and the memories they represent. I saw this production a few years after my dad died, but he loved the movie and we’d watched it together as a family several times on TV.

Downsizing decisions… Joyful moments with younger family members

Ben Elton’s Gasping Prescient

Downsizing - and some of the trickiest decisions about what to still hold onto are the programmes of things we’ve seen and listened to. So many of the people I went with for these outings are no longer with us - so I’m not sure what I’m holding onto or why, in some cases. Sigh. Not sure…

On my German father's side - a haberdashery type shop in a cute corner of then Germany, now Poland - just across from Pless / Pszczyna castle On my English mother's side - a tailor, I believe, in the northeast.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

Feeling the heat? So is our wildlife! Water and shade can be a lifeline to the birds, bees, bugs & other critters that share our spaces. Tell a friend to tell a friend, we're helping wildlife beat the heat 👇

#FoodSky Prepping summer slaw👇🏻 yet it’s only weeks til I’ll be making what my mother called Nurse McGinty’s. Anyone else make this? Melt butter & black pepper in the bottom of a heavy pan; add grated carrot & swede; pop the lid on; shake it periodically = melting soft buttery winter veggies 😋

What happens when a historic space can’t be made physically accessible? Its story still can be. Accessibility isn’t only about entering a room. It’s about ensuring everyone can experience the story it holds. #Accessibility

"I will cut your taxes and raise everyone else's" That's about 50% of politics in nine words

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · last wk.

Count Binface pledges to hold a referendum on the status of Pluto in his Clacton Manifesto.

We're constantly adding new materials to our digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections. Some of the most significant documents, photographs and testimonies from our collection can be found for free online now. Start your search at www.whlcollections.org

They are experienced fascist organisers turning up on the ground for Restore. And this is only the tip of the iceberg. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/28/m...

Meet the fascists supporting Restore Britain in the Manchester mayoral race – HOPE not hate

HOPE not hate exposes yet more fascists within Restore Britain, this time campaigning in Greater Manchester ahead of the mayoral election on Thursday. This includes...

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Coming soon, please share in your networks: the call deadline for our 2027 "Family Archives in / of Global Transit" workshop @tu-braunschweig.de is approaching (July 31)

Swen Steinberg@swensteinberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Call for Paper: "Family Archives in / of Global Transit: Knowledge, Memory and the Ambiguity between Private and Public," a workshop I co-organize in May 2027 @tu-braunschweig.de, deadline July 31, 2026 www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

Getting exciting as we move towards the @ldml.bsky.social Design Sprint in September The aim for my work is - by week’s end - to have a prototype of a digital model of Kitchener camp.

Landecker Digital Memory Lab@ldml.bsky.social · last wk.

We are please to welcome Dr Daniel Kolb, a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities to join our Design Sprint at Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam. #LDML_26 #DesignSprint26 #DesignSprintBabelsberg

Detailed thread for teaching, re. expectations around evaluating evidence 👇🏻 🗃️

Aaron Tay@aarontay.bsky.social · last wk.

1/ Information literacy has a confidence problem. We often teach novices to “evaluate the evidence” as though a checklist can turn them into temporary experts.

Bad hair day

Having a lovely day in Sandwich with the AJR, Kitchener refugee families, and local historians and supporters

Having a lovely day in Sandwich with the AJR, Kitchener refugee families, and local historians and supporters