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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 14h

I’d wager that there’s a lot of Conservative Britain out there that agrees with this

Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 2d

God bless The Church Times for their ongoing insistence on responding moderately but forcefully to the Reverend Canon Nigel Biggar’s nonsense. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Even given all that Biggar writes about the universality of slavery and the complicity of Africans, three things might be said. First, Britain played a key part and, however others may want to respond to their own history, it is morally responsible to face up to our own heritage. Second, as a Tory, he might have made more of Burke’s view that society is a partnership not just between the living, but between the living, the dead, and those still to be born. Third, guilt is not the only spur to action. There are the obligations that we owe one another irrespective of any personal responsibility for atrocities in the past.

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 4h

"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"

on.ft.com/43eYeRZ

@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.

It's not just AI. And education still matters

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ridings of Yorkshire Society @roysociety.bsky.social · 23h

Time for another #ThrowbackThursday episode of #ROYSCast!

Back in 2023, @sophiewhittle.bsky.social
joined us to discuss Language and Dialect in Early Yorkshire History.

Listen again below: shows.acast.com/royscast/epi...

#Yorkshire #Skystorians #Language #Dialect #Linguistics #History #Medieval

Ep 12 - Language and Dialect in Early Yorkshire History | ROYSCast

Sophie Whittle joins the podcast to talk about her research and work as a linguist looking at historic language and dialects in the region

shows.acast.com

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 1d

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 1d

I'm giving an online lecture next Thursday evening, in aid of Peterborough Cathedral. I'll be talking about Oswald's cult at Peterborough and his continental connections. There will be arm relics and ravens! 💪 #MedievalSky

To book tickets: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/in-per...

ppt slide. Title "The surprising afterlife of a Northumbrian king: the cult of St Oswald in Peterborough and beyond". Image from a medieval German manuscript shows Oswald and Aidan at the Easter feast, with beggars. Gold background and architectural frame.

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dgplacenames (now in Orkney) @dgplacenames.bsky.social · 1d

A local history group I follow has started churning out ai assisted posts. They're all written in that easy to parody, faux profound style - this wasn't just a castle; it was a place of connection. I've not been able to find much published on the stylistics of ai slop. Any recommendations?

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 1d

Also available as a framed art print for c.250€ www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-pri...

Diploma of Philip I in Favor of the Abbey of St. Crépin in Soissons, with Signature by Anne of Kiev, Queen of France

Diploma of Philip I in Favor of the Abbey of St. Crépin in Soissons, with Signature by Anne of Kiev, Queen of France | Fine Art Print

www.meisterdrucke.uk

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 1d

Ah brilliant. Thanks Charles! I got part way there but got distracted by my tea…

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 1d

🤩 Where is this please Charles?!

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoyed showing students today the amazing 1063 charter signed by Anna, queen of France, in cyrillic.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 1d

This x100. Business degrees are cheap to run, easy to run badly, and face seemingly inexhaustible demand

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Something grimly predictable about the way that the conversation about 'ripoff degrees' in the UK is always about degrees that aren't rip-offs, but are instead fairly obvious 'this student has chosen something unlikely to pay off economically' rather than the short tail of crap business degrees:

Everyone needs educating in the fight over university degrees

Political confusion over the purpose of these institutions means the obvious fixes are being neglected

www.ft.com

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

"We used to ring up our GP and get an appointment on the same day," says Kemi Badenoch. She does not add: we're all looking for the guy who did this!

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 3d

Should anyone find themselves in central London on Weds 19 November, consider yourself invited to a book launch! @earliermiddleages.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050

Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3

www.history.ac.uk

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 3d

"long forgotten" 😂
(Great project tho)

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3d

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’

A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

No idea what this is supposed to mean. The 50% target doesn't exist and nothing in the Gove reforms said more people had to go to university. It's a demand led system.

Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 3d

Burnham says he never supported the 50% university "Blair target", which became "hardwired" by Michael Gove's reforms

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d

An astronaut, looking at the Earth: “Wait, it’s all social care obligations?”
Behind them, another astronaut, drawing a gun to shoot them in the back: “Always has been.”

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Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 3d

If you enjoyed the @pictishartssociety.bsky.social conference, you may like to know that our online lecture season is about to kick off. Talks on textual influences in Pictish art, aDNA and isotope analyses of Pictish burials, and a new approach to the Pictish symbols, among others. Details below.

The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 3d

Our new lecture season kicks off on Friday 24 October. Dr Mike King will explore texts that could have influenced the subject-matter of Pictish stone carvings - from ancient tales to hagiography, the bible and more. Lectures are for members only, but there's time to join before the season starts!

Lectures | The PAS

The Pictish Arts Society monthly online lecture syllabus for 2025-2026.

www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 4d

Leonard Rossiter as Reggie Perrin explaining why he was late to the office

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 5d

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 6d

This looks…😳

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 7d

Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...

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