This is about Substack but could also be said of Twitter, imo: "not launching your journalism or scientific empire on the back of a company that openly embraces Nazis and white supremacists for money doesn't seem like that high of a bar for a person of conscience." karlbode.com/substack-sti...

Substack Still Has A Nazi Problem (And Doesn't Care)

For several years Substack has been accused of coddling white supremacy and fascist ideology for cash. And despite several major scandals and a mass defection of ethical authors, there's little seriou...

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#WednesdayRoses - the pinks were the victims of their own success, so over heavy the 10 foot branch flopped right to the ground. My oranges & lemons has suddenly decided to put out a clusyer of blooms, all on short stalks, hence the mini vase #GardenFlowers

#Housegawp - hey tower fans! I think I may have shared this one before, but it's a doozy www.onthemarket.com/details/2007...

Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angus 16 bed detached house for sale - £1,600,000

Rettie & Co - Town & Country present this 16 bedroom detached house for sale in Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angus

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My department is hiring an assistant professor of (post-1945) Korean history. Come work with me! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10290 Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions about the position. And I'd be ever so grateful if you could spread the word to potentially interested parties.

Assistant Professor of Korean History (post-1945)

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ap.uci.edu

I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

anyway, if anyone has a lead on jobs for a science journalist/writer who has been a planetarium director (meaning I can talk to the public), please let me know. I am *awfully* broke.

If you’re working with your Meta pervert glasses on, don’t forget that looking at passwords shares them with Meta. I know the immediate solution is to use a password manager, and I’ll never not recommend that, but how about not wearing your pervert glasses?

..Digbeth's (only) community gardens & dozens of other businesses. Consultation is live, advice for filling it in is below & I am happy to share my own responses. Gist is: vulnerable and important businesses/community assets already hard hit need to be prioritised in any further renovation plan 2/3

Really excited for this one, it's been a busy month building this new feature and I hope you like it! To commemorate, here's a 50% discount code for the two highest tiers: DBART24! And if you're an artist, please hit me up with a DM so I can give you a few months for free!

2.24.0 is up! - Added the Repost Queue feature, similar to Tumblr's, you're now able to have a queue of reposts with customizable frequency! - standard.site preview support - Group chat support! - Many other small QoL stuff and fixes! Full changelog here!

deck.blue v2.24 is up! | deck.blue

Hello everyone! I unfortunately wasn't able to complete this update by the end of July, but 4 days off is not that bad of a delay. This one

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New blog post! Some books I found especially good to read alongside dealing with a new puppy* - either because they can be read in short bursts, or because they were exceptionally compelling or comforting drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/b... #booksky *more puppy photos inside

Books To Read When You Have A New Puppy

At the beginning of July, my English springer spaniel puppy Cassie came home with me, a little sister for my five-year-old springer Maddy. Cassie is now three months old and thriving! When I first …

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Easy no then, especially given the reviews.

Every Film Now@everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d ago

Eli Roth's 'ICE CREAM MAN' features AI-generated sequences. #IceCreamMan #EliRoth

The fact that this is coming as a suprise to so many people who have a STEM undergrad degree (over and above finicking about the definition of the term) says something about how desperately we need even basic intro level #histSTM available (my hist of antibiotics lecture is now just optional 🫥)

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS@dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d ago

Penicillin was not, in fact, the first antibiotic.

Congrats to everyone who got a shoutout in the Telegraph today, although I don't know where they got the idea that Bluesky is a place where people are kind to each other. This is site is not kind. This is a PvP server where you get randomly matched with an American who has misunderstood your joke.

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 13h ago

I was wondering why I’d got 19 clickthroughs from The Daily Telegraph…

Brummies & ppl who spend time in Brum, I'm asking a favour. You know how I've talked about Digbeth being so unfairly burdened with delayed/poorly organised public transport "improvements" inc. HS2 & it's now being threatened with yet another - something that will take out OPM, Kilder, Voce books 1/3

Do try to remember that the EHRC guidance only affects service providers and not employment, so if you work somewhere where there are toilets or changing rooms for employees that aren’t open to the public then your employers are wrong if they try to stop you from using facilities for your gender

'A university has lost its appeal after a tribunal ruled that it discriminated against an academic by sacking him over his anti-Zionist views and criticism of Israel.'

University loses appeal over academic's anti-Zionist views

A ruling that an academic was wrongfully dismissed by the University of Bristol for his anti-Zionist beliefs is upheld.

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I'm not sure this conceit could be wronger? Outside of linkedin I see 10x more "I'm struggling" posts than "I'm succeeding" posts? Even the slopAI videos used by drop-shippers constantly wang on and on about struggle and leverage people's sympathy to sell their crappy products!

New York Magazine@nymag.com · yesterday

On social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?

Anyone looking to add #Antarctic content in their class this semester, feel free to hit me up. I have a couple of standard guest lectures ready to go #histsci #exploration #envhist

FYI, Grade 8 at Manchester Met Uni £41,064 to £47,389 (pro rata in this case). Why make you do the extra step to see the salary?

Catherine Fletcher@catherinefletcher.info · yesterday

Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.

"The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, has also faced a bumpy train journey, saying she sat on the floor of a packed service from London Paddington to her constituency in Swindon." Remeber when they all screamed at Corbyn for daring to say something similiar?

My department at UC Berkeley is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in "Critical/Experimental Film and Video Production." It's a wonderful and dynamic department and one of the fastest growing programs on campus. Applications are due September 30th, please share widely! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05434

Assistant Professor - Critical/Experimental Film and Video Production - Department of Film & Media

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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heads up for #skystorians

Modern British Studies Association@modbritstud.bsky.social · yesterday

@indyhistnetwork.bsky.social The Modern British Studies Association is seeking a representative for independent scholars on our Steering Committee - please do consider joining us. Further details via this link: modbritstud.org.uk/join/

#housegawp - the gasp I gasped. I absolutely love it (except for the toilet with no sink - seen so many of these locally and do not understand why it's not the first thing people fix!)

ianVisits@ianvisits.co.uk · 2d ago

If you've ever wanted to live in a MagicEye house... www.anthonywebb.co.uk/properties/2...

Back with a bang for #NoodleTuesday - chewy, filling, spicy and topped up with some emergency freezer veg (the sliced frozen cabbage flash fried to almost a kind of caramelisation - win!) solid 3.5/5 ps: not that spicy

One thing we do badly in universities is tolerate and cover for people who can’t or won’t do their jobs. Often for years. And yes, not all disciplines and departments. (One regret I have is not sacking someone I could and should have.)

James Chalmers@jameschalmers.bsky.social · yesterday

One supervision in 2.5 years sounds bad but I was once told a tale of a PhD submitted in a foreign language and, when the administrator objected, the student said that his draft chapters had been in that language and the supervisor had said they were fine. His supervisor did not read that language.

Suddenly remembering that the most genuinely woke person I know, someone who is a tireless warrior against macro- & microagressions and in defence and celebration of their own multiply intersectionally marginalised identity also unironically loves watching The Big Bang Theory. We contain multitudes

Stop calling me an amateur. I've been doing this for decades. I'm incompetent.

Join me and @mykaabramson.bsky.social on 20 August for a conversation about the connections between climate justice and Palestine solidarity. All welcome to come along!