Steve Murdoch
@profmurdoch.bsky.social
Professor of History, Swedish Defence University Research & Teaching: - The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) - Maritime Warfare & Law (1513-1713) - History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD - Atrocity & the Conduct of War Late onset academic #Dyslexic
The allocated funding seeks to accelerate Israel's control of historical landmarks across the occupied West Bank.
Israel approves $37m to seize more than 70 occupied West Bank sites
The allocated funding seeks to accelerate Israel's control of historical landmarks across the occupied West Bank.
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Ukraine's vile and brutal attacks on Wildberries in 2026 forced russia to start its defensive invasion in 2014.
🔴 NEW: The Scottish Government says the move was needed to tackle the "administrative burden" caused by the growth in AI-assisted objections to energy projects. Critics say it is a way to mute public opposition. Our latest: http://theferret.scot/ai-ban-emailed-objections-energy-projects
Well they didn't learn much from that decolonial project they launched five years ago, did they?
National Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claims
Exclusive: Outsourced guards, largely from minority ethnic backgrounds, barred from staff hub for mainly white employees
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At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza after Hamas accepts disarmament deal: At least 13 people, including several children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian officials. The Gaza Civil Defence Authority reported that Israeli m… https://ranked.news/1203575?u=b
So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
Your regular reminder that this is only the early stages of climate change and if we don't act soon we will trigger changes that no-one can limit or control as feedback loops kick in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert
Some 19 major Italian cities - including Rome, Milan and Naples - are already on red alert, and by Monday all but two will be.
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So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social: ‘EXCLUSIVE Nigel Farage struck secret deal for return as Reform leader months before election — challenging claim he wasn't involved in politics so didn't need to report gifts. In May 24 he showed deal to treasurer, who tonight acknowledged its existence’
Nigel Farage struck Reform comeback deal long before election
Supervised by the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, the agreement undermines Farage’s claim about when he decided to return to politics
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If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling
If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling
A New York school district has paused plans to bring an android into the classroom. Is this our educational future?
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Attacks kill four as Gaza Health Ministry condemns 'heinous' strike on medicine stores, days after disarmament deal https://aje.news/w5ywgk
Settler violence escalates, with illegal outposts and frequent attacks reported across Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus.
Palestinian children among those detained in Israeli West Bank raids
Settler violence escalates, with illegal outposts and frequent attacks reported across Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to take control of another West Bank refugee camp, saying the operation should follow the “Tulkarem, Nur Shams and Jenin model.” These words indicate more expulsion of Palestinians and more potential ethnic cleansing and war crimes.
Israeli Defense Ministry Plan Suggests Potential War Crimes
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israeli military on July 28 to take control of another Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank without identifying which one. He has said the oper...
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A Palestinian rights' group found that an Israeli settler killed Awdah Hathaleen but is still escaping justice.
New investigation shows how an Israeli settler escaped justice
A Palestinian rights' group found that an Israeli settler killed Awdah Hathaleen but is still escaping justice.
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“God has given every woman a good brain which she could put to good use, if she so chose, in all the domains in which the most learned and renowned men excel.” -Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) thehistorianshut.com/2017/01/02/c... #history #quotes
Christine de Pizan - The Historian's Hut
Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) “God has given every woman a good brain which she could put to good use, if she so chose, in all the domains in which the most learned and renowned men excel.” The Book ...
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What's gender go to do with it? Within UK SHAPE disciplines, women are 51% of academic staff (39% of professors). In STEM, that's 45% of all academics (27% of professors). What are the impacts of disproportionate SHAPE redundancies on those stats? Is anyone attending to gender equality? 1/2
Project X-Ray: The Unintended Consequences of a 1943 Military Bat Experiment #history #historyfacts #education #dailyhistory #historylesson
"To accountants, some courses or departments may be viewed as cost centres. But to lecturers and students, and the places in which they are based, they are cultural resources – repositories of knowledge built up over decades." bit.ly/4gOTZo2 #Skystorians
The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial
Editorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed
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‘Israeli settlers are in partnership with the army,’ say Palestinians after two shot dead in West Bank
‘Israeli settlers are in partnership with the army,’ say Palestinians after two shot dead in West Bank
Residents of Deir Jarir say series of raids late on Sunday, also involving security forces, is part of a pattern of violence Even by the brutal standards of militant settler violence in the West Bank, the raid on Deir Jarir late on Sunday night that killed two Palestinians and left another in hospital with a gunshot wound was extreme. Palestinians in the town said settlers from a nearby outpost arrived after 9pm on Sunday claiming that they were searching for stolen livestock. Israeli soldiers and police soon joined them, protecting them as they sought to take several villagers’ sheep by force. Continue reading...
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When will @andyburnham.bsky.social and the @labouruk.bsky.social step up and break relations with this genocidal state that appears to endorse policies uncluding "Lebensraum" viewing the indigenous population as "Untermensch". We have fought this shit before. #Gaza #WestBank #Israel #Palestine
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago‘Israeli settlers are in partnership with the army,’ say Palestinians after two shot dead in West Bank
Dear Sports fans ( if you are such). If, in watching your sport, you felt the need to mention #WW2, The #Belgrano #Falklands #Malvinas or similar provocations; Do me a favour, just fuck off and unfollow. We all need to be better than this.
Setting up illegal settlements, erasing cities and obstructing aid serve goal of forcing Palestinians out, analysts say.
From settlements to stalled recovery: Israeli strategy taking shape in Gaza
Setting up illegal settlements, erasing cities and obstructing aid serve goal of forcing Palestinians out, analysts say.
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Is AI really being used to make our lives better? There are growing indications that its indiscriminate adoption is having negative effects | Nazish Saad
The insanity of the AI carousel The insanity of the AI carousel The insanity of the AI carousel - Bylines Scotland
Is AI really being used to make our lives better? There are growing indications that its indiscriminate adoption is having negative effects
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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned. Universities’ finances are so precarious that redundancies are also occurring in business studies, law and English – subjects considered strategically important and traditionally popular courses. Continue reading...
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