Alix Mortimer
@alixmortimer.bsky.social
I(i)mpact and engagement for my brilliant colleagues in politics, economics, social sciences @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Often I dream of islands.
🚢 ships
🏺archaeology
🏰 medieval history
🇭🇷 učim Hrvatski
🚢 ships
🏺archaeology
🏰 medieval history
🇭🇷 učim Hrvatski
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This is the best explainer I’ve seen on Ratcliffe’s motives for his racist outburst. We shouldn’t enter into any ‘debate’ on immigration on these terms. It’s a deeply dishonest and dangerous call to arms by cynical people who prioritise profit over everything else
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
This is the best explainer I’ve seen on Ratcliffe’s motives for his racist outburst. We shouldn’t enter into any ‘debate’ on immigration on these terms. It’s a deeply dishonest and dangerous call to arms by cynical people who prioritise profit over everything else
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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UK Humanities and Social Science researchers: If you want DSIT's metascience agenda to include your disciplines and subject areas, this is the prompt to apply by 23 April for up to £350,000 to make that happen. Don't be left out in the cold. #Skystorians
Metascience research grants: round two
Apply for funding to undertake cutting-edge Metascience research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting research and development (R&D), including the impact of artificial intelligence (...
www.ukri.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
UK Humanities and Social Science researchers: If you want DSIT's metascience agenda to include your disciplines and subject areas, this is the prompt to apply by 23 April for up to £350,000 to make that happen. Don't be left out in the cold. #Skystorians
Key stakeholders
February 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Key stakeholders
The shouty old right used to lay into the BBC for pro-European propaganda and the real reason millennials are pro-Europe was hidden from them all along because we had the volume turned down
The year is 1995.
You've finally got a tv in your bedroom. You pretend to sleep, before hearing your parents finally go to bed.
With the thrill of disobedience, you turn it on, volume right down. You cycle through the channels, to number 4.
You see whatever the fuck this is.
You've finally got a tv in your bedroom. You pretend to sleep, before hearing your parents finally go to bed.
With the thrill of disobedience, you turn it on, volume right down. You cycle through the channels, to number 4.
You see whatever the fuck this is.
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The shouty old right used to lay into the BBC for pro-European propaganda and the real reason millennials are pro-Europe was hidden from them all along because we had the volume turned down
*looks at swathes of colleagues with PhDs, looks at office work that needs to be done, studies interface between the two*
Is this a trick question?
Is this a trick question?
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
*looks at swathes of colleagues with PhDs, looks at office work that needs to be done, studies interface between the two*
Is this a trick question?
Is this a trick question?
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I can't be the only one who immediately thought of Belfast when I saw that photo.
February 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I can't be the only one who immediately thought of Belfast when I saw that photo.
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Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
Pleased to say I had never heard of Jim Ratcliffe before but he has wrong’un hair.
February 12, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Pleased to say I had never heard of Jim Ratcliffe before but he has wrong’un hair.
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I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
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You can’t offload emotional labor. Believe me, I’ve tried
February 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
You can’t offload emotional labor. Believe me, I’ve tried
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
Truly incredible number of projects slated to reach some sort of crescendo in late May, no way can this go wrong.
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Truly incredible number of projects slated to reach some sort of crescendo in late May, no way can this go wrong.
Right, I missed this, what the what now?
Now that the air travel has been shut down around El Paso for 10 days, the next thing worth looking out for is how far federal forces set up checkpoints around the city towards its links to the North and not just directly at the Mexican border
February 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Right, I missed this, what the what now?
This is the truth the January-haters cannot face.
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:48 PM
This is the truth the January-haters cannot face.
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#EarlyModern 🗃️
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
#EarlyModern 🗃️
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
Rosamund Oates is researching the history of early modern deafnes - see her P&P article, book out soon I think.
academic.oup.com/past/article...
Day 14 of The Cold starts with a sore throat so sore it woke me up, is the never-ending cold just a new thing we have to have now.
February 11, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Day 14 of The Cold starts with a sore throat so sore it woke me up, is the never-ending cold just a new thing we have to have now.
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A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
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And Epstein also was heavily involved in the Zionist project of using archaeology in the overtly political claim of land / deny Palestinian hist connections to place. The interconnections of his political aspirations and misuses of academia to support it, require a lot more investigation (2/2).
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
And Epstein also was heavily involved in the Zionist project of using archaeology in the overtly political claim of land / deny Palestinian hist connections to place. The interconnections of his political aspirations and misuses of academia to support it, require a lot more investigation (2/2).
This is an interesting thread because that little wrong-sounding note, *so* many people brush over those, in all kinds of decision-making, and there’s no obvious correlation with intelligence. Doesn’t immediately compute, ignore. And then you’re bought in to whatever grift/horror it is.
What actually happened was that Jennifer was also invited, but when we talked about her participation, we were told "she could go shopping with the other wives." The deep-rooted sexism of the whole enterprise couldn't remain hidden. Jennifer was repulsed, I felt likewise, and we said no.
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This is an interesting thread because that little wrong-sounding note, *so* many people brush over those, in all kinds of decision-making, and there’s no obvious correlation with intelligence. Doesn’t immediately compute, ignore. And then you’re bought in to whatever grift/horror it is.
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Two important lessons here:
(i) @mike-rat.bsky.social knows a lot of things
(ii) The LSE beaver is called Felix
The motto comes from Virgil: Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - happy is he who was able to know the causes of things
(i) @mike-rat.bsky.social knows a lot of things
(ii) The LSE beaver is called Felix
The motto comes from Virgil: Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - happy is he who was able to know the causes of things
There’s an excellent explanation of how LSE came by its coat of arms and the motto from Virgil in the 1920s. They acknowledge that Sheffield had it first; it had continued in use from Firth College.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
Devising the LSE coat of arms - LSE History
Find out how and why LSE adopted its coat of arms, motto "rerum cognoscere causas" and Beaver mascot in 1922.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Two important lessons here:
(i) @mike-rat.bsky.social knows a lot of things
(ii) The LSE beaver is called Felix
The motto comes from Virgil: Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - happy is he who was able to know the causes of things
(i) @mike-rat.bsky.social knows a lot of things
(ii) The LSE beaver is called Felix
The motto comes from Virgil: Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - happy is he who was able to know the causes of things
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Just love the absolute hutzpah of sharing this as if it's new information R&D have figured out, that's changed the grand plan - rather than something someone's granddaughter could have mentioned at her space themed 9th birthday party 🎈
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Just love the absolute hutzpah of sharing this as if it's new information R&D have figured out, that's changed the grand plan - rather than something someone's granddaughter could have mentioned at her space themed 9th birthday party 🎈
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'Launching in April and running until October, they will each offer researchers the opportunity of between £50,000 and £100,000 funding.' 1/2
ESRC to pilot two new applicant-led calls.
Existing schemes will remain open, says leader of Economic and Social Research Council Stian Westlake.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Existing schemes will remain open, says leader of Economic and Social Research Council Stian Westlake.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
ESRC to pilot two new applicant-led calls - Research Professional News
Existing schemes will remain open, says leader of Economic and Social Research Council
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
'Launching in April and running until October, they will each offer researchers the opportunity of between £50,000 and £100,000 funding.' 1/2
The oldest known image of an owl:
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
February 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Not over this. They are still posting. All the other videos are of children dancing, watching puppet shows, having faces painted etc.
February 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Not over this. They are still posting. All the other videos are of children dancing, watching puppet shows, having faces painted etc.