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Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 1d

I think my previous post got censored, but I do think you need to see this little guy and his enormous tooth - as he points to where it hurts! 🦷
(From a medical ms - Edinburgh CRC ms 314)

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 1d

So this #SHOT2025 panel has nearly wrapped up. But if you want to read more about historical issues surrounding multimedia and the preservation of born-digital collections, check out this piece on #DigiPres at @theul.bsky.social.

(Thanks for bringing this to my attention, @rhiggitt.bsky.social!)

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 1d

Today is Décadi the 20th of Vendémiaire in the year 234.
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate the wine-press.#JacobinDay

More information on the wine-press

An old time-y illustration of a the Wine-Press.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 22h

Excited to find drawings of moths by FW Frohawk (1861-1946) in the archive of biologist William Bateson @theul.bsky.social.

They’re catalogued as ‘27 drawings of Milan Leps’, but think this should be ‘Melan[istic] Leps’? Do they look right for showing melanism, #TeamMoth? MS Add. 8634/J.3 #EntHist

Montage showing coloured illustrations of moths and the envelope in which they’re kept. There is blue handwriting on the envelope, which might read: ‘Frohawk’s drawings [o]f Melan[istic] Leps’.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 3d

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Nicolas Cadène @ncadene.bsky.social · 3d

#Badinter #Panthéon
« Le fascisme ne se lève pas comme la tempête en une nuit. Il est d’abord rampant, dissimulé, ordinaire. Il progresse par les voix de la haine, avivée par les difficultés économiques. Il s’empare des cœurs avant de pervertir les esprits puis de prendre le pouvoir. »
À méditer☝️.

Portrait de Robert Badinter à la tribune de l’Assemblée nationale.

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 2d

This, 100%. And when one finds themselves chair of an examining board, they have to enforce such systems, even when they know (and have experienced) others that are slightly fairer.

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 2d

NEW on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality buff.ly/89mzFbe

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Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #WorldOctopusDay

In this Attic kylix now in Boston, an octopus outsmarts the young boy fishing in the sea.

Attributed to the Ambrosios Painter, c. 510-500 BCE,
MFA Boston 01.8024 #archaeology 🏺
collections.mfa.org/objects/153702

Cup Interior tondo composition: A small nude boy is fishing as he crouches on a rocky ledge. He holds a woven bag in his left hand, and has a fish on the line. There is also a trap, shown under water, probably for the octopus hiding behind the rock. Above are the Greek letters: "P" "A" "S".

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 2d

Does anyone know if Sportula Europe is still in operation?

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 3d

So sorry to hear that. Get well soon x

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 4d

Words fail me. Of course apprenticeships should be well funded, but this zero sum game attitude is absurd.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.

Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 4d

Such little shoes - one that would fit a 4 or 5 year old, one for a 6 or 7 year old. Children of the workshop owners - or enslaved workers?

Nice to see discussion of how the oxygen-deprived conditions of the wells preserved these objects.

arkeonews.net/archaeologis...

Archaeologists Unearth a Roman Woodworking Workshop with Inked Tablets and Children’s Shoes in Isarnodurum - Arkeonews

Inrap archaeologists have uncovered a Roman woodworking workshop in Izernore, France, featuring inked writing tablets, children’s wooden

arkeonews.net

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social · 4d

Signing of the Admissions Books continues today in the Wren Library. Here's Isaac Newton's entry from 1667.

A book from 1667 containing the written entry of Isaac Newton when he joined Trinity College.

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 4d

A beautiful letter. Thanks for writing it.

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Talitha Kearey @talithakearey.bsky.social · 4d

Glad to see the Herald has published our letter (from the Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network) in today's paper:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2552...

Archived version (no paywall): archive.ph/BRTCY

SUJSN: www.jewishstaffnetwork.co.uk

Prominent Scottish Jews issue plea over reaction to Manchester attack

As Jews we absolutely reject the weaponisation of the Manchester attack to suppress protests against the genocide in Gaza

www.heraldscotland.com

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 4d

A 6th century pillar at St Llawddog's #Cilgerran #SirBenfro with a Latin inscription:

TRENEGUSSI FILI MACUTRENI HIC IACIT

'Trenegussus son of Ma(r)cus Treni, here he lies’

and one in og(h)am:

TRENAGUS MAQI MAQITRENI

'Trenagus son of Mac-Treni’

📷 Aug 2015

#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday

A stone grave marker inscribed in Latin stands in a grass covered cemetery

A stone grave marker with church in the background

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 5d

No words really.

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.com

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 5d

it literally isn’t though

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 5d

It was a very successful industry. Fees were not introduced that long ago. People like me moved to the UK because of its great UK HE system when there were no fees and great autonomy for academics. Most academics are against fees.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 6d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 5d

Always great to realise anew that (some of) the UK political class is prepared to sacrifice one of its very successful industries in this despicable way.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 5d

UK higher education has ‘serious problem’ with student visas.

Some institutions selling visas not education, says former shadow universities minister.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

UK higher education has ‘serious problem’ with student visas - Research Professional News

Some institutions selling visas not education, says former shadow universities minister

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 5d

What's interesting about this is that my rent goes up 5% every year

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d

'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.

Five UK universities tell staff they can’t afford pay rises

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 6d

When you study a language that has, say, 500 inscriptions surviving and someone out of the blue SENDS YOU FIVE MORE...! I don't think I've ever cancelled my plans faster than when Dan sent me these. So pleased everyone can read this wonderful publication.

Dan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 6d

If you remember last autumn when I was live-skeeting excavations at Rossano di Vaglio, the first report of that work has just been published (in Italian). Happy for it to see the light of day, and also very pleased to present five new Oscan inscriptions to the world...
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#ArchaeologyBluesky

Rossano di Vaglio, santuario italico: cronaca e nuovi dati dalla campagna di scavo del 2024 | Quaderni di ACMA

acma-digitale.it

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 6d

Went to visit this great exhibition today, after a special private tour yesterday of the Lawrence Room at Girton College to see the mummy of Hermione Grammatike (the teacher). The Fitzwilliam Museum - Made in Ancient Egypt.

Made in Ancient Egypt

Made in Ancient Egypt exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 6d

"The fact that the asphyxiation of British higher education does not instantly count as a national scandal underlines the extent to which the austerity mindset continues to constrain our political imagination" - @robbhawkes.bsky.social & Scott Ferguson's piece is excellent.

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 8d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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