In other news I regret having decided to start camping because now I am on a quest to find the biggest preloved tent for the lowest price and it’s quite consuming

150+ of you have already signed up since this went live on LinkedIn and on 3-4 JISC mailing lists since 9ish this morning. Still a week to go before the session!

Dr Zara Bain@zaranosaur.bsky.social · yesterday

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MR PRESIDENT A SECOND EMILY WILSON PIECE HAS HIT THE TOWERS

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Highly recommend!!!

Dr Zara Bain@zaranosaur.bsky.social · yesterday

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Someday the old witch will return and lift the curse placed upon you. Your human shell will crack open and a sleepy bear will emerge, growl grumpily, then hibernate for the next 1,000 years.

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the way my brain has now developed a sizeable space for thinking about marketing, audience journeys, audience growth and lead acquisition, lead qualification, and how to turn all of that into sales *and I'm not even that skilled at it all yet* is just... fascinating

I’ve said this often on here, but it continues to be extremely disheartening to hear colleagues proudly describe their research (or teaching!) process that includes AI and not see how what they do is not research. like it’s genuinely wild to me.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

The energy I'm bringing to planning the rest of the year's @aat-transcribes.bsky.social events programme

Academic Audio Transcription Ltd@aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 3d ago

“There is so much money right now in detaining people.” As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle.

As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle

"There is so much money right now in detaining people."

motherjones.com

"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

When your personal brand is strong

Citizen Helene / Galaxy Brain@citizenhelene.bsky.social · 2d ago

I made this years ago and have been waiting to send it to you for ages

In other news I’ve played myself because now I have to read some Kant

Dr Zara Bain@zaranosaur.bsky.social · 2d ago

Going to be in BRISTOL later this month to talk about Charles Mills, who wants to say hi

😢

Richard Moore@richardmoore.bsky.social · 2d ago

I thought you meant that Charles Mills would be in Bristol, where he wants to say hi. I was briefly excited, then remembered and felt a bit sad.

Going to be in BRISTOL later this month to talk about Charles Mills, who wants to say hi

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

So has Ricky Gervais done an adaptation of cats but with swearing and, one presumes, slurs nobody else finds it acceptable to say?

the history of medicine is bleak.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Am teaching a course on Pain & the humanities this yr, and I can't stop thinking about this 1950 experiment conducted in New York hospitals and Cornell University hospital, where physicians burned the hands of women in labor (IN LABOR) to create a measure for pain/study pain thresholds. #histmed

Fuck (if ever proof was needed between this and the four hour naps that I’m very tired)

roy 朗井@live.from.roys.house · 3d ago

okay i don't want to be a stickler but i do feel like maybe if you're advertising a transcription service your ad shouldn't have a typo (it says "transription")

This was fun but went like shit and knocked my confidence during a phase where making sales is like getting water from a stone so I’m angry cleaning my filthy home and being impatient with my kids

Dr Zara Bain@zaranosaur.bsky.social · 5d ago

🪎 In a somewhat surprise turn up for the books I’m going to be down Portobello Market tomorrow morning (Saturday 1 August) selling my late grandmother’s stash of vintage costume jewellery (and I should mention she was a child of diamond traders)—if anyone is in West London tomorrow, come and say hi!

Highly informative article about the recent record-breaking heat and wildfires in Europe. It dives into the science about the causes, quoting several experts. Worth reading! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Europe pays the price in a summer where heat went off the charts

Stefan Rahmstorf was holidaying in southern France when he came face to face with the climate future he has tried to fight.

abc.net.au

I can’t get into the Covid discourse of the moment, or the “but I’m disabled even though I’m not disabled and so disability benefits are farcical” discourse, my god what is going on

I fucking love this. Christopher Nolan has done exactly what a blockbuster director should do, and Emily Wilson is doing exactly what a classics academic should do. Top marks all round!

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 4d ago

I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...

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🪎 In a somewhat surprise turn up for the books I’m going to be down Portobello Market tomorrow morning (Saturday 1 August) selling my late grandmother’s stash of vintage costume jewellery (and I should mention she was a child of diamond traders)—if anyone is in West London tomorrow, come and say hi!

incredible discovery here: the 1762 original of the ha ha ha yes sicko cartoon courtesy of thomas waters new book “Magic”

The moment someone uses AI in ANY capacity, all their work is circumspect.

Sylvain Neuvel@neuvel.net · 5d ago

"I only plagiarize during research" doesn't sound as cool as some people think it does...

Do this please, thanks

Dr Zara Bain@zaranosaur.bsky.social · last yr.

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A few days left for our call for papers on Philosophy through Art, Games and Fiction, dedicated to Helen De Cruz think.taylorandfranc... I am convinced that being playful and creative makes us better philosophers. Prove me right! #philsky #philosophy

accidentally overslept for FOUR HOURS