Little old man is 17 and not in the mood to get up for anyone, not even International Cat Day.

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 2d ago

It is international cat day show cats

Just back from an amazing fortnight interrailing around Scandinavia. Now busy plotting how to chuck it all in and go live on a skerry in the Baltic.

Pls spread word. Three digits can help protect you from scams: 159. If you're suspicious of a 'call from your bank', politely hang up and dial 159. It connects you to a switchboard that puts you through to your bank's real number. Watch the video for why its extra protection

🚨We’re seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. Deadline for applications: 7 August 2026. Please share in your networks!👇

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · last mo.

📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!

Just submitted my thesis #PhDone

First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵

University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review

The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were "missteps" in its process in 2023.

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Call for chapters: "The Aesthetics of Modern Monarchies: c. 1842-1952" @livsmitch.bsky.social and I are inviting chapter proposals for a volume on the ways that global 'modern monarchies' (defined broadly) self-presented and were presented through visual culture. Full details below - please share!

At least somebody’s enjoying the heat. He chooses the hottest room in the house to nap on his favourite fleece.

FINAL CALL | We're #HIRING 🧒 Learning and Engagement Manager 👉 Lead on the event programme delivery 👉 Coordinate projects and events, and ensure activities run smoothly 👉 Line management of various team members Closing Date: Sunday 21 June https://ow.ly/oWCR50Z5vsR

Our kids would be safer if they'd banned Land Rovers instead of Instagram.

Woman in court over fatal Wimbledon school crash

Claire Freemantle was driving the car that killed Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau outside a school in 2023.

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we could be funding archival labor—staffing, storage, systems—instead of producing this garbage

Peter Whitewood@pwhitewood.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Rebranding a hallucination as a ‘critical confabulation’ that can fill archival gaps is a big no from me.

What's better than an opportunity to join the Science Museum curatorial team working on exciting forthcoming projects? *Two* opportunities to join etcetc! We are recruiting 2x assistant curators, please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested: ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...

Remembering my first visit to Hockney’s studio in the 90s; I was interested mainly in his charming little dog. A kind man and a good friend to my father, whose advancing age is increasingly marked by the deaths of the people whose conversation he values most.

Is anyone else getting loads of odd accounts each liking exactly three of your past replies? Obviously I’m blocking on sight but it’s a peculiar new tactic.

Please read the 🧵 below and consider joining me in supporting this vital organisation. Even a small monthly pledge will help young people from working class and marginalized backgrounds access arts education, networking opportunities and careers. You can change a young artist's life.

Arts Emergency@artsemergency.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Privilege doesn't trickle down on its own. Someone has to actively share it. That's why Arts Emergency exists.

👀 Nice historical research role: "‘The Making of Natural History, 1797 - Present' traces the rise of natural history in Britain in the nineteenth century, as a richly interdisciplinary subject that combined field observation of flora & fauna with local history, literature and illustration."

Centre for Place Writing@centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New Research Associate position with Dr Francesca Mackenney, Centre for Place Writing - new Leverhulme funded project - The Making of Natural History, 1797 - present: #AcademicSky #NatureWriting PleaseShare! manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

Currently just over 2k signatures. We need 10k for a government response. If you are in the UK please consider signing this petition.

Gabrielle Steele ⚔ Echoes of Chaos 24/9/26@eldris.thellian.com · 2mo ago

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

PhD funding available #skystorians #medievalsky #heritage #archaeology 🏺📜

Leonie V. Hicks@lvhicks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We still have a scholarship available for History, Archaeology or Heritage (or a combination) at CCCU. Deadline 3 July. This is an open call as long as your research fits with Cultures and Communities or Material Pasts. 1/ www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f...

Oh hell yeah @amnesty.org comes out swinging: "Amnesty International finds that standalone generative AI systems... are fundamentally incompatible with IHRL. As such, Amnesty International is calling for a prohibition of such systems." www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

A quick note from our friends at the Ceramics Research Centre and the Future Ecologies of Clay project: travel bursaries and free entry are available for any museum professionals who'd like to attend their forthcoming conference on 24-26 June. For more details, email ceramics@westminster.ac.uk.

Sweltering in the UK heatwave?? Why not visit your Local Archival Repository! Low temperatures and humidity GUARANTEED* And we throw in the history for free😍 *by regulatory standard BS4971:2017 Archives - Where the records are cool and so are you.

Nap time at the canal this afternoon.

We have a very exciting opportunity for someone to become our new Community Partnerships Curator! You'll lead on the co-creation of a major public exhibition, exploring and reimagining Britain’s relationship with displaced communities. Find out more and apply: jobs.reading.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

The real solution to helping historians do research is actually pretty simple: give archives more money. Money for conservation, preservation, storage (physical an digital), climate controlled facilities, and staff (paid at a living wage). You don't need LLMs, you need money.

Register now for the Future Ecologies of Clay project conference! London, 24-26 June. Keynotes include Florence Peake, Alun Graves, Keith Harrison, Daniel F. Herrmann, Deborah Smith, Phoebe Cummings, Emily Stone, Alexandra Hodby, Hanna B. Hölling, Clare Twomey and Linda Sormin.

Come work with us! We are recruiting for a 1 year maternity cover Curator (Science Collections). www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Fully-funded AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea University in conjunction with Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, examining the imperial and colonial associations of their natural sciences collections. Please share widely, and get in touch if you want to know more. Closing date 22 May.

History and Heritage Studies: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with Museum Wales (RS951) - Swansea University

We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

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Vessel with rodents! Vessel with rodents! Vessel with rodents!

This. This is how I feel as a curator right now - we’re doing all we can and we’re doing it together. We’re tired and angry but we really care about the stuff that matters.

frank: print witch@mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

just one more thing on this that I'll expand upon in my blog post - the programming & curation of the exhibitions I saw felt like a very deliberate middle finger raised to fascism, in so many ways and across every institution I visited. little rays of hope. which is part of what art should be

Funded PhD opportunity working with my ex-supervisor Staffan at Cambridge; a good fit for historians of insect-human relations, natural history collections and history of science. Information session online 24 March 11:00–12:00 pm BST www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Cambridge University Library, University Museum of Zoology and the University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities

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