Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

As a historian, I truly like the "foreverized pastness" part of this. And I agree, on a daily basis we are floating towards a permanent establishment of badly manipulated memories. A plural of nonsense histories. #skystorians

Why have American football and American soccer shared the same origin story from the 1860s? Find out more about the Boston Game and its curious afterlife with me, Mike Cronin and Kevin Tallec Marston on the new 'Rugby Reloaded': on.soundcloud.com/eZysXDAFx0x2...

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Ah yes the "radical left" is why the private equity firm decided to close a bunch of stores to garner higher profit margins, okay Claire's that MUST be it.

I am exhausted after watching that.

A searchable works list has been released to identify the authors’ works that were stolen by US Corporation Anthropic, to train its AI models. It includes UK authors whose works were copied without their permission or payment.

@nancycomics.bsky.social is an absolute joy.

And the cleaners, porters, and low-grade admin staff are not included; they're invisible to everyone in this picture because what they do to support teaching, learning, and research is completely taken for granted.

Yes! An absolute waste of good sugar.

I don't see the point in a biscuit existing if it can't be dunked.

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

With it being #Railway200 this weekend, here is a potted look at what @nfmofficial.bsky.social has in its collections related to football and the railways (plus the odd bit from my own research)

All aboard! 🧵🚆

For anyone who needs a break from the misery, this is a great listen.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Hi #GenHour - a railway-themed one for tonight!

This Saturday, 27 September, is a high-point in #Railway200: the 200th anniversary of the 1st steam-hauled passenger railway journey, on the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

So: what railway ancestors do you have?

#FamilyHistory

Today is the start of our new exhibit, Tracks Through Time: The Story of Hull’s Railways.

Come on down and find out how the railways helped shape Hull as we know it.
#RailwayHistory
#Hull
@railway200.bsky.social
@railwaymuseum.bsky.social

If you’re able to get to London on Monday 29 Sept, come to the launch of the new edition of one of the foundational texts of the history of sport in Britain (and I’m very chuffed to be invited as a panellist) - details below:

“A demonstration of the toxic melding of the inchoateness of popular discontent, the inability of the left to speak to working-class grievances and the venomous malevolence of the far right that shapes so much of politics.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Stefan Dennis is my #Strictly winner. Paul Robinson was a Melbourne Storm fan. 😂 #RugbyLeague

Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.

Okay, thanks. Will keep an eye out for the date.

Are the meetings always so early? I'd like to attend something like this but it's not compatible with leaving work.

Woah!

Yep, I'm not even in Manchester and they've come across my radar. This piece in particular was very interesting recently:
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-sh...