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 · yesterday

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.

Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · last wk.

I greatly appreciate the places/people inviting me to give a talk or to write something being upfront in the *first* email about what the honorarium is, if any, instead of us going back and forth on multiple emails.

I greatly appreciate the places/people inviting me to give a talk or to write something being upfront in the *first* email about what the honorarium is, if any, instead of us going back and forth on multiple emails.

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 · last wk.

🧵 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 · last wk.

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 · 2w 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 · 3w 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

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️

Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I began my journalism career in 2019 in a newsroom with 8 reporters. Within a month we had 3. By 2022, I was the only editor and only reporter of a weekly expected to output 6 stories minimum 7 days per week. It has been hell.

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

Let’s do it

stuff like this, etc

If this were happening in a Latin American country, ICE would simply be described as a death squad

🔫Scott Martin🛼@youcaughtscott.com · 6mo ago

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

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It’s #election year here in Wales. There are some excellent women running for the #Senedd, hopefully we’ll see and hear from more of them as the campaign rumbles on…. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welsh Crucible 2026 is open for applications - a programme of personal, professional and leadership development for the future research leaders of Wales welshcrucible.org.uk/why-apply/

Day 1 at AANZCA, summarised thanks to Jonathon Hutchinson. And I am pretty sure that this image is of real AANZCA people, though that could be the conference drinks talking #AANZCA2025 #AANZCA #Communication #Media #Academia jonathonhutchinson.com.au/aanzca-2025-...

AANZCA 2025 Conference - Day 1 - Jonathon Hutchinson

Keynote: Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgenson (University Dean of Research Environment and Culture Cardiff University) The rise of boutique media: Authority, trust and emotion in post-industrial news produc...

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Karin Wahl-Jorgensen discussing her idea of “Boutique media” at #AANZCA25. Including news influencers, podcasts, newsletters/substack, and local news entrepreneurs (hyper local); Karin highlights the blurred boundaries, complexities, the role of authority/trust, economics, and the research needed 📚

A great keynote by @karinwahlj.bsky.social on the rise of boutique news media to start off the #AANZCA25 conference on the Sunshine Coast. Liveblog is up:

Understanding Boutique News Media as a Novel Form of Journalism | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

For my last conference of the year, I’ve made the short trip up to the Sunshine Coast to attend t

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