Today as well. 502 / 400 : changes are afoot.

Fragmentarium@fragmentarium.bsky.social · 7d ago

Also on the e-codices front, expect a few performance glitches today.

UKHE folk might also read through for comparanda

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 4d ago

Red State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training Students: we hate that is there another option? Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training. It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.

The latest e-codices update is live with 58 manuscripts, including spectacular bits of devotion, science and antiquity. www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/all/... #e-codices #medieval-manuscripts.

🔥🔥🔥 Few tickets left for my upcoming talk on the Bayeux Tapestry at Canterbury Cathedral Lodge on Thursday 17 September—get yours here while you can: www.eventbrite.com/e/food-for-t...

Food for Thought—The Bayeux Tapestry Revisited

A talk by Prof Benjamin Pohl, Professor of Medieval History, University of Bristol.

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Maybe it's really, really, really time to start pushing for a billionaire tax, and for the current Cabinet to get @garyseconomics.bsky.social involved.

UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget

July data shows total public debt was £2.98tn, or 94% of GDP – up £96bn on a year earlier

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I've had a few people ask me how they can support the podcast without going via Patreon. Well there's a way with PayPal too. www.paypal.com/donate/?host... Thank you!

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Pieter Beullens@pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring a PhD-student! #Philosophysky #Medievalsky #philjob www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Predictable contrast with Swiss library: "Sure thing, here's a link to free color digital images of the entire manuscript, let us know if you need anything else."

Gregory Hays@aristofontes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Grappling this morning with paying an Italian library EUR 5,00 (difficulty level: impossible).

How do studios keep milking recognisable IPs when actors and directors are too old? People like making-of/behind-the-scenes documentaries, right? So let's start creating shows focusing on the making of a famous film! The originals were unique and fresh. Studios today are too scared to take risks.

Our actions today will shape Earth's climate until the year 3000. A new study in Earth's Future warns we've entered "Anthropocene quicksand": every tonne of CO₂ sinks us deeper, while only rapid action can pull us out. This is civilisational suicide.

The e-codices cache is hidden from the server. Therefore, e-codices does not have the ability to delivery images to the internet. We have contacted the IT folks, and are hoping they can find the cache.

Check out my latest article for ILM. www.ilm.com/john-knoll-i...

Whether you agree with the idea or not, you should be watching this documentary on wealth inequality. It will soon be available on YouTube. Shout-out to @garyseconomics.bsky.social for making this and for his relentless campaigning.

How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson

Economist Gary Stevenson has a fix for the UK’s wealth gap: tax the super rich

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If you’ve got nothing better to do in October… It’s free to attend and everyone’s welcome. Come for the medieval monks and manuscripts, stay for the refreshments—or vice versa! Book your space (in person or online) here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...

Inaugural Lecture of Professor Benjamin Pohl (in person and online)

Please join the School of Humanities, University of Bristol, in celebrating Professor Benjamin Pohl's inaugural lecture.

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Today, CUCD submitted a co-ordinated response to the University of Exeter’s Executive Board, setting out our concerns about the potential impact on Classics and Ancient History if their planned cuts go ahead. You can view a copy of this letter here: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/07/07/l...

"Let them eat growth"

Or, as Minister Jacqui Smith calls it, stabilising the university sector. Stabilising, as in slamming the stable door shut as you exit the premises, after the horse has limped through the door toward the lorry-laden roadside.

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Department for Education has confirmed that universities will receive £50.9 million less in teaching grants next academic year. Bridget Phillipson, the education minister has defended the reduction in light of tuition fee rises. https://ow.ly/6UWJ50ZkLlf

Please, consider signing this petition to stop the construction of an AI data centre in Devon: c.org/PDhTJkzvMB

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SAY NO TO DEVON DATA CAMPUS- Go fund me in description!

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Spanish government ‘quietly bans use of Palantir’ in critical state systems over fears of national security leaks www.lbc.co.uk/article/span...

Spanish government ‘quietly bans use of Palantir’ in critical state systems over fears of national security leaks | LBC

Spain has started quietly banning companies from signing contracts with controversial US tech firm Palantir amid security fears.

lbc.co.uk

And here is the link to the corresponding position @unituebingen.bsky.social! Feel free to apply for both! uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

Pieter Beullens@pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are looking for a postdoc @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! And they are looking for another postdoc @unituebingen.bsky.social! If you want to work on the Latin translations of Aristotle's De anima and De sensu, this is your chance! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #ancientbluesky #philosophysky

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?

As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports

Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

eastangliabylines.co.uk

Worrying that the narratives about global warming (referred to as climate change, since 'change' is less worrying than 'warming') have shifted to resignation and acceptance. The Hormuz crisis could have been a catalyst for renewable energy. Why does this gain no traction in mainstream media?

“This heatwave is the new normal,” says WMO Secretary-General

This Tuesday, a record 40.3°C was recorded in UK, with widespread extreme heat, wildfires and stress on health system reported across the European continent.

wmo.int

We are looking for a postdoc @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! And they are looking for another postdoc @unituebingen.bsky.social! If you want to work on the Latin translations of Aristotle's De anima and De sensu, this is your chance! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #ancientbluesky #philosophysky

Postdoctoral fellow for the FWO-WEAVE-project ‘Aristotle on Soul and Senses: Exchanges between Latin and Greek Transmissions of De anima and De sensu’ (EXDADS)

Interested in postdoc research on Aristotle?

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A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

Why are you concerned? Do you not trust your senior management team? Do you not love us? thesphinxblog.com/2026/06/24/t...

This Will Hurt You More Than It Hurts Me

[The Neville Morley of Earth 2 developed a brief stint as Faculty Education Director into a full-blown managerial career, rapidly progressing via Head of School and Dean to Pro-Vice Chancellor for …

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Colleagues at Exeter have asked me to circulate their petition as widely as possible: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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This madness must stop. Please, consider signing this petition: c.org/t68Jb7Z6jm

Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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the cuts to higher education in the UK are ideological. they are based in a false valuation of the humanities that is entirely founded in erroneous concepts of employability and demand. these cuts are not financially necessary; they are a stripping of the humanities for political reasons.

Colleagues at Exeter have asked me to circulate this petition as widely as possible: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

Katherine McDonald@katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A brief appreciation thread for some of my colleagues in Classics at Exeter, who the University of Exeter have put at risk of redundancy @exeter.ac.uk. A few are on here, most are not, but I'm going to say nice things about them anyway.