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Averil Cameron

@averilcam.bsky.social

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Keble College Oxford, KIngs College London, posting on late antiquity and Byzantium and opinions, mum and granny, from Leek. Memoir: Transitions. A Historian’s Memoir (Brepols, 2024)

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Jun 24

One of the great contests in world affairs is now between the attention span of the US president and the attention spans of those following the news.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨🚨 #brexit anniversary: Office of Budget Responsibility predictions of £ 40 bn hit to public finances has proven correct according to research by top economist @johnspringford.bsky.social . www.thetimes.com/article/346e...

Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’

Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist

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Averil Cameron @averilcam.bsky.social · Jun 14

Only showbiz honours now?

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · Jun 14

15th. Go to the Military Museum as well. I still need to bribe my way into the back rooms of that one. There's rumors of even older stuff than the 14th century material.

But some of that material was almost certainly captured in 1453.

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · Jun 14

Ended up going with "slit-eared" (IYKYK).

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Jun 14

This is everywhere.

Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."

She makes half their salary.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · Jun 13

A friend is getting involved in politics for the 1st time. Went to local mtg where guys in charge said: we want to have a concert in 6wks. She asked ?s They had no venue, no bands, etc. She made a PowerPoint on tasks needed & a realistic timeline. Them: You're too corporate, not progressive enough.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · Jun 14

University is not a business, education is not a product.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Jun 14

🧵1/7 Proud to be one of the organisers (with @stipeo.bsky.social Ivana Bozicevic & Rieke van der Graaf), of an urgent open letter @thelancet.com signed by 479 health leaders from @who.int Collaborating Centres warning that cuts to WHO's funding are putting millions of lives at risk.

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Jun 12

We're hiring a Commissioning Editor / Senior Commissioning Editor (dependent on experience) for a one-year maternity cover. The full job description and details about applying are at the link below. Applications close on Monday 30th June.
bit.ly/JobVacSCE #PublishingJobs #JobsInPublishing

Job vacancy: Commissioning Editor / Senior Commissioning Editor (Maternity cover)

Liverpool University Press is hiring a Commissioning Editor or Senior Commissioning Editor (dependent on experience) for a one-year maternity leave cover starting from 1st August 2025. The successf…

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