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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1h

Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.

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Richard Haviland @rfhaviland.bsky.social · 5h

Loch Ainort, the Red Cuillin and a touch of evening light

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 5h

Glam Rock for grown-ups.

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 7h

Of all those past presidents who would be aghast and disgusted at the current administration, Eisenhower must be somewhere near the front.

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

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EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles

The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

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York Archaeology @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social · 8h

Check out our latest blog post!

Conserving Kilham: Grave Goods from a Bronze Age Cemetery 👇

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Conserving Kilham: Grave Goods from a Bronze Age Cemetery - York Archaeology - Commercial

Uncover the process that our Conservation team used to preserve the contents of a Bronze Age Cemetery near Kilham East Yorkshire.

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 11h

Forty years since the astonishing Orson Welles died. Thanks to Joseph McBride for the link to this documentary. youtu.be/ZK9myZTvJkA

Remembering Orson

YouTube video by Ray Kelly / WELLESNET

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 10h

UK at present poorly positioned in this context, regrettably.

john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 11h

75 (by the end of 2025)

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 11h

So much for the Albanian nomination then.

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 11h

So that nomination by Albania didn't swing it for him?

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 12h

other than teachers

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 13h

High-profile departures from the US - congrats to @econ.uzh.ch

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 13h

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social · 7d

📢We are searching for the next Artistic Director for the National Youth Folk Ensemble. 🎼
This is a freelance role for an exceptional folk music performer and educator to lead on the artistic vision of the National Youth Folk Ensemble.
Apply before 9am, Monday 17 November
bit.ly/3KtWdeh

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 15h

If this isn’t evidence of an AI bubble I don’t know what is 🫧

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15h

Rishi Sunak’s twin appointments mean he will be advising rivals in the push for AI breakthroughs. on.ft.com/3KNw22e

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 1d

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Times letter writers give thumbs down to Jenrick on ‘activist’ judges and racism

E P Thompson in his collection Writing By Candlelight saw Times letter writers at representative of provincial and often reactionary views. Thompson was determinedly provincial himself (from Halifa…

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 21h

AG James. "I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper." More like her and the Republic will stand.

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 18h

“ I don’t care if you’re the king, it’s time you started pulling your weight around here mister! ” - 15th century, Kantonsbibliothek, VadSlg Ms. 352, fol. 1-2, f. 83

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨Every now and then, on my travels, the light reveals unexpected beauty - here, unusually, the story of Samson is compressed between triumph over the lion and Delilah cutting his hair with shears - quite magnificent in the raking light at @York_Minster . A treasure worth seeing.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 16h

✨When I first stood with camera and tripod at St Michael’s, Upton Cressett, I lost the urge to press the shutter — spending a divine half hour simply watching light drift over the arc of the chancel arch. Here's the view of what I saw...

Sunlight pours through a narrow lancet window at St Michael’s Church, Upton Cressett, illuminating the simple altar and patterned floor beneath a dramatic Norman chancel arch.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

Foreigners and Outside Influences in Medieval Norway
edited by Stian Suppersberger Hamreis. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd 2017: The Cistercians’ arrived in the middle of the twelfth century. 'In this case, we have more evidence of who they were and 'where they came

The first Cistercian monastery, Lyse near Bergen, was founded in 1146 by monks from Fountains near York, at the behest of Sigurd, the Bishop of Bergen.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 1d

A Flemish Kermis with a Performance of the Farce ‘Een cluyte van Plaeyerwater’, Peeter Baltens, c. 1570

The farce is about a man – hidden in a pedlar’s basket – who catches his wife cheating on him with a cleric.

(Rijksmuseum)

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 1d

I guess he's written off the teachers' vote then.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

I for one wasn't aware they'd even started.

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Dee Lilley @deelilley.bsky.social · 1d

Safrano Roses at the Window, Henri Matisse 1925

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