Is it credible for James Orr to remain an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge?
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Researching links between the Church of England in Croydon &the slave trade Have ME, FM &mental health problems. Christian Also into knitting, gardening #TheArchers She/her Formerly known as foggyknitter
Due to the unique way the BBC is funded by you we can have a man stand in the sea wearing a shirt harassing desperate people fleeing Afghanistan
A-3440@redlester.bsky.social · 11h agoThey’ve actually got a reporter yelling at people on a boat “why don’t you do this legally?” Come on BBC let’s apply that same method to billionaires and businesses with dodgy offshore/crypto accounts etc. 🤬🤬🤬
3 SEPTEMBER 1776, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: William Howe writes his official report of the Battle of Long Island to Lord George Germain, including a description he will live to regret of the moment he decided not to storm the Continental fortifications at Brooklyn Heights:
The Canadian War Graves unit had a staffing problem named Lt. Jarche. He was the photographer who took photos of Canadian graves for families, and everyone thought he was an arrogant asshole. This letter was written after he got into a screaming fight with his driver. @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social
🧪 Very cool. Sheeppox is a gnarly virus for sheep, and thanks to a new study of the virus's DNA, we know more about when and how it emerged. How do we know this? Researchers isolated sheeppox from *medieval sheepskin parchment.* A fun one from @andrewcurry.com. www.science.org/content/arti...
Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment
Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged
science.org
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Transcribing a 1660 treaty that, amongst other things, forced the English and French into agreeing to abolish the slave trade in Indigenous Caribbeans in exchange for peace. Quite remarkable, and I'm happy to stand corrected if anyone has ever come across a treaty like this.
Rejected petition: "Make full eclipses an annual occurrence in the UK and a Public Holiday." #RejectedPetition
Rejected petition: Make full eclipses an annual occurrence in the UK and a Public Holiday.
Eclipses are an awesome phenomenon and it is unfair that Spain had a full one and we didn’t. I want a full eclipse in the UK every year and for it to be a Public Holiday.
petition.parliament.uk
Watching this show isn’t going to get you cancelled, you won’t lose your job, you won’t be tied to a flagpole in your underwear. It just makes you a shitty person, contributing to the wealth of a bigoted monster, against the request of the people she’s harming.
The Verge@theverge.com · yesterdayAs a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
*NEW DESIGN* The Tintype Hat joins my Tintype Collection with its elongated hexagonal short-row shape motif. Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... Yarn courtesy of Spincycle. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #knitweardesigner #craftsky
2 SEPTEMBER 1776, NEW YORK: Washington reports to Congress that the militia are deserting in large numbers after the Battle of Long Island, discipline is failing among Continental soldiers, and he asks for permission to burn New York rather than let it fall into British hands:
I've seen this guidance called 'Section 29¾' and honestly that's perfect, no notes.
THE GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE: oh my this is fun, oh what larks THE GREAT BRITISH REAPING BEE: well this is a spot of bother and make no mistake, what on earth
Anyone have a link to the original paper? This article *begins* to suggest 11th c Northern England’s many Scandinavian connections, but I’d love to know how the skull shape could tell us this man was Scandinavian (especially given 11th c Northern England’s many Scandinavian connections…)
Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · 4d agoResearchers find Britain’s 11th-century ‘Conquest Man’ was Scandinavian – but did he land with the Norman army? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Lecturers whose universities mandate lecture recording with automatic AI transcription express surprise that systems that mistake ‘present’ for ‘president’ are struggling with ‘prednisone’.
Katya King@katyavdgk.bsky.social · 3d agoDoctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
My email inbox: it's a bank holiday so spend spend spend!
Harking back to Britain’s manufacturing past risks distracting the government from today’s tasks. That’s dangerous nostalgia, not good old common sense
British politicians want a manufacturing jobs boom
It’s a poor way to achieve economic growth
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On a day where we learn that Cofnas has been given his role back at the Uni, in some form, after seeming pressure from the US, it may be useful to read the lovely things people have written about Professor Jason Arday. A tonic, in a world funding hate. leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...
Everything Good About Jason Arday
First-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students.
leilacancode.github.io
Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!
THREAD. My new book contains dozens of silly, surreal short stories. I'm threading some of the shortest here, as a taster. If you enjoy them you'll probably enjoy the book too. Signed copies can be purchased here from Blackwell's UK with FREE international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
This evenings #WildflowerHour challenge is #seedheads. Making this meadow mandala slowed me down, each seedhead asking to be closely noticed before finding its place. I cherish seedheads as much as flowers. A flower speaks of the moment; a seedhead holds the future. #Meadow #NoticingNature
Spotted this in some Parliamentary accounts from 1796, does anyone know what this refers to? It's not likely to be the electric telegraph as used in the #C19th given the date? #C18th #Skystorians 🗃️https://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.099164388?urlappend=%3Bseq=189%3Bownerid=13510798903533148-197
My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago. Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Hunger Foretold: The Coming 2027 Hunger and the Free Public Maps, Research and Reports That Are Predicting It www.4hunger.org/p/hunger-for...
Hunger Foretold: The Coming 2027 Hunger and the Free Public Maps, Research and Reports That Are Predicting It
Every impact of the coming hunger and prediction of where El Niño will do the most harm is already being reported by government scientists, in public, on a schedule that you can follow.
4hunger.org
Hi British and IOR scholars: anybody knows the provenance or have any information about Michael Robin Crompton who was the chief administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory from 1988-1990. I expect him to be in FCO, but I can't find any trace.
#MorningPrayer Holy Trinity, one God, may the breath of the Holy Spirit aspirate our faith, to open our hearts to the freshness of your call upon us today and every day that we may be ready to hear your word to us, whether it leads us in ways familiar or unexpected to follow you.