I can't help wondering how one goes about impersonating Trump's Chief of Staff

Binface would never refuse to attend his own count

Showing remorse for inciting anti-Jewish hatred by becoming an adviser to Badenoch is rather like showing remorse for wife-beating by beating someone else's wife

These days, you get cancelled for being an ex Nazi

Will be spending more time with his yachts

The Mill@manchestermill.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: George Holmes, longtime vice chancellor of the University of Greater Manchester, has been sacked. A spokesperson for the university confirmed the news in a statement to The Mill, saying that Holmes’ contract was terminated “earlier this week”. manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-geo...

Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.

If it goes to round 2 we'll be back on Monday

Things that used to be done well in the UK: counting votes

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The anti trans crowd was outraged by this study because it included clinicians who actually practice gender affirming care. Yet another systematic review that follows Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Utah, and Louisiana that finds this care is safe and effective with rare regret.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · last mo.

1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

We could have a PM North ... Lord North?

Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · last mo.

Whitehall officials offered move to No 10 North in Manchester. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.

Healey as Chancellor really would be a return to the '70s ....

What sort of country can't have the world cup final start on time?

Isn't jam best spread?

'Sorry, there's currently no vacancy in the Chiltern Hundreds or the manor of Northstead'

Just a thought, but did the BBC consider axeing the Today programme?

A lovely review article in PSQ doi.org/10.1093/psqu... @princetonupress.bsky.social

James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect: A Review Article

Abstract. Most scholars who study the history of American politics are so taken with the rich nature of Tocqueville's Democracy in America (1835) that they

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New review (paywalled, TLS) www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...

In revolt against the masses

If James Bryce is remembered today, it is as the elderly author of a report into German treatment of Belgian civilians in the First World War. In my

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www.liberalcurrents.com/smug-delusio...

Smug Delusions Won't Save Us

Adrian Wooldridge's "The Revolutionary Center" purports to diagnose liberalism's failings but instead merely embodies them.

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Will Clement@historywill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My first book, "Inspecting the home: Urban poverty and public health in nineteenth-century France", will be published by @manchesterup.bsky.social in February 2027 To find out more (or to add it to your wish lists...) see the link below: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183149/

Wonderful to see Liberal Worlds by @stuartjones.bsky.social reviewed by @jonparryhis.bsky.social in the latest issue of @lrb.co.uk! Read more here (£):

Jonathan Parry · Certain Kinds of Carpet: James Bryce’s Liberalism

If historians​ are remembered posthumously, it tends to be for their book titles, while the books themselves gather...

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@jonparryhis.bsky.social was the ideal reviewer...

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 3mo ago

... Susannah Clapp on the queen’s clothes @malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 Malcolm Petrie on Ramsay MacDonald Jon Day on Benjamin Myers Ardis Butterfield on the Psalms Jonathan Parry on the historian James Bryce and a story by Diane Williams. Read now at www.lrb.co.uk

... Susannah Clapp on the queen’s clothes @malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 Malcolm Petrie on Ramsay MacDonald Jon Day on Benjamin Myers Ardis Butterfield on the Psalms Jonathan Parry on the historian James Bryce and a story by Diane Williams. Read now at www.lrb.co.uk

London Review of Books

Europe’s leading magazine of ideas, published twice a month. Book reviews and essays (and much more online) renowned for their fearlessness, range and elegance.

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He really is desperate to stop Burnham www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield

The prime minister says Labour needs to "all pull together and fight", after a revolt against his leadership.

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Was the headline-writer having a joke? Not necessarily a good one www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Suspended Tory councillor hits out over 'hanging' threat

Worcestershire County Council has passed it onto the police.

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Sedbergh: in Yorkshire until 1974; Cumbria from 1974; 'close to Lancashire' in 2026 www.lancs.live/whats-on/cha...

Charming town close to Lancashire full of independent bookshops and cosy cafes

When exploring all that Yorkshire has to offer, if you're a bookworm or a coffee lover, without a doubt you need to make a stop here

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New Associate Professor role in modern British History, just advertised here at Oxford. @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @kelloggoxford.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Please help spread the news far and wide! We have a new, full-time, permanent Lecturer in Global History of Science job @stsucl.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the application of deadline of only 9 June 2026. This is an open search #histsci #skystorians 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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