Diane Purkiss
@janetanderson.bsky.social
I love books, reading, eating, cooking, and my French bulldog Bunty. I write history and I teach English at Oxford University.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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I think this article is pretty revealing of how Farage, despite talking of wanting to build up local party bases going back to his UKIP days, struggles to do so. He inherently attracts people who just want to cast emotive, symbolic votes rather than do the mundane but necessary governing work.
When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall
Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think this article is pretty revealing of how Farage, despite talking of wanting to build up local party bases going back to his UKIP days, struggles to do so. He inherently attracts people who just want to cast emotive, symbolic votes rather than do the mundane but necessary governing work.
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60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community
“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.
www.thepinknews.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community: ‘We have had enough’
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Hundreds of Oxford residents marched across Oxford to demonstrate against racism and in solidarity with migrants in an ‘Oxford Unity March and Rally’. Chants included ‘this is what community looks like’ and calls to ‘fight back’ against racism.
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hundreds of Oxford residents marched across Oxford to demonstrate against racism and in solidarity with migrants in an ‘Oxford Unity March and Rally’. Chants included ‘this is what community looks like’ and calls to ‘fight back’ against racism.
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Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
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Assistant Professor in Classics - Athens, Georgia, United States job with University of Georgia | 37915852
Position Summary
The Department of Classics at the University of Georgia invites
applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
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"The UK is rash to imagine it can, in isolation, pick and choose its alliances around the globe. It is geographically part of Europe."
"More Europe, not less Europe, is in the best interests of all the peoples of the continent, including of course the UK and Scotland."
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
"More Europe, not less Europe, is in the best interests of all the peoples of the continent, including of course the UK and Scotland."
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian P...
www.scotsman.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"The UK is rash to imagine it can, in isolation, pick and choose its alliances around the globe. It is geographically part of Europe."
"More Europe, not less Europe, is in the best interests of all the peoples of the continent, including of course the UK and Scotland."
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
"More Europe, not less Europe, is in the best interests of all the peoples of the continent, including of course the UK and Scotland."
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
Winter in the sky
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Winter in the sky
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.
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Rail worker who saved passengers from stabbings leaves hospital
Samir Zitouni's family say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Alessandro Farnese, later Duke of Parma & governor of The Netherlands, looking very dashing at age 15. Painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1560.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Alessandro Farnese, later Duke of Parma & governor of The Netherlands, looking very dashing at age 15. Painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1560.
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
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@catsofyore.bsky.social @weratedogs.com read in my local paper that food pantries are seeing an uptick in demand from pet owners.
Can you boost awareness of the great work pet food pantries are doing, and the need for donations?
Can you boost awareness of the great work pet food pantries are doing, and the need for donations?
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@catsofyore.bsky.social @weratedogs.com read in my local paper that food pantries are seeing an uptick in demand from pet owners.
Can you boost awareness of the great work pet food pantries are doing, and the need for donations?
Can you boost awareness of the great work pet food pantries are doing, and the need for donations?
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My newest monograph Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums is published with @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My newest monograph Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums is published with @uchicagopress.bsky.social
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Looking forward to preaching at @selwyn1882.bsky.social this evening about fauns and centaurs
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looking forward to preaching at @selwyn1882.bsky.social this evening about fauns and centaurs
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Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
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Rats have begun leaving the ship. To recognize what that says about the ship's future has nothing to do with Handing It To the rats
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Rats have begun leaving the ship. To recognize what that says about the ship's future has nothing to do with Handing It To the rats
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I need to introduce you to someone. This is my new friend Marcel who has moved in with us. He has one eye and FIV and he is perfect!
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I need to introduce you to someone. This is my new friend Marcel who has moved in with us. He has one eye and FIV and he is perfect!
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If the Democratic Party nominates Plastic Gavin Newsom in 2028, I will write my own name on the ballot, and the Democratic Party can burn in their own well-deserved corporate plastic hell.
(this article is not complementary, unless you're a craven centrist whose sole pursuit is power)
(this article is not complementary, unless you're a craven centrist whose sole pursuit is power)
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If the Democratic Party nominates Plastic Gavin Newsom in 2028, I will write my own name on the ballot, and the Democratic Party can burn in their own well-deserved corporate plastic hell.
(this article is not complementary, unless you're a craven centrist whose sole pursuit is power)
(this article is not complementary, unless you're a craven centrist whose sole pursuit is power)
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