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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 8h

Strong, but sad, piece about the loss of safe, relaxed, non-commercial, people-centred places for young people to just be themselves and do stuff.

#YouthCentres #YoungPeople #YA #stuff #hobbies #chat #quiet #support #austerity

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 1d

This is extremely delightful. Thanks for sharing!

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 2d

Marking John Wilkes's 300th anniversary (coming up next week), there is a short piece about him in the History Matters section of the latest @historytoday.com
www.historytoday.com/magazine

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 2d

Really interesting- and, I think, welcome- to see MPs sharing this kind of data about casework.

Casework is largely invisible (other than to the constituents it helps!) compared to what MPs do in the Commons chamber but is a huge part of MPs’ workload, and it’s really hard to get robust data on it

Dr Beccy Cooper MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social · 2d

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 2d

Wonderful to see the Jackie archives appearing on the British Newspaper Archive so we can see which hot to trot hunks the teen girls of 1964 were moistly pinning to their walls.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 3d

IDF propaganda videos presented as 'intelligence derived illustrations' include... "scans of the Scottish Maritime Museum boat building workshop. All have been dropped, without credit, into animations presented as “illustrations” of Hamas bunkers or Iranian weapons sites."

The Ferret @theferret.scot · 3d

"It is a sign of how little regard they have for the truth when they are incorrectly taking images from museums, and it underlines that we cannot trust a word that they say"
theferret.scot/idf-s...

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 4d

Milngavie.

Suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. Pronounced mil-guy.

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wendy copium @alicebennett.bsky.social · 5d

hello here are some sausage dogs on a rug painted by edvard munch

a painting of a colourful rug with five sausage dogs on it

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 8d

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 23d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 5d

I have zero nostalgia for anything, (not even an era I didn't experience: looking at you WW2!) But I did write about how the Barbie movie seemed to me to use nostalgia as a way to move to a better future lucyjanes.blog/2023/09/11/r...

Reclaiming nostalgia: archival lessons from Barbie

How Barbie shows us that nostalgia needn’t be reactionary; understanding our past can help us find new paths for moving forward.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 5d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 7d

Well, this is heartwarming! 🦉❤️

#Owls #birds #SaveTheOwls

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 7d

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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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 7d

This is grim. Solidarity with my Muslim brothers and sisters.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9d

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 9d

Demanding that the BBC puts "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" on i-Player immediately, in fitting tribute. #RIP #PatriciaRoutledge #HettyWainthropp #TVDetectives #BBC

Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers... Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0022nnw

Remembers... - Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers... Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Dame Patricia explains what attracted her to playing the woman who discovers a talent for sleuthing in her sixties, and why such roles are so vital in an industry that places such a focus on youth.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 10d

This week the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced the return of maintenance grants for students in greatest need.

In a new blog post, RHS President Lucy Noakes considers the state of access to history and the humanities in UK HE bit.ly/3KP5WMe #Skystorians

@artsandhums.bsky.social

Opening section and abstract of RHS blog post: 'The value and provision of history and the humanities: it’s time for a political response': "This week the government’s Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced the return of maintenance grants for students in greatest need. While we welcome recognition of the financial pressures and impediments many student face, it’s clear that this is a policy with nothing for the arts and humanities, including history. However, as Lucy Noakes, President of the Royal Historical Society, explains here, these pressures are equally acute for students in the arts and humanities. Moreover, as a new British Academy report on ‘Cold Spots’ shows, choice—in subjects including history—is being further eroded for many as the provision of higher education contorts to the financial crisis facing UK higher education. If the government is serious about choice, social mobility and access to education it needs to appreciate that provision of many degree subjects is now at considerable risk in a growing number of regions across the UK. For students to have greater choice and access we need the environments in which choices are made to be fair, balanced and accurate. For this we require political leadership to help us address structural failings and false narratives."

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 10d

Evil people: Migrants get free cake!

The facts: Migrants do not get free cake.

Starmer: We will end free cake for migrants!

Starmer defenders: no this is very clever because it reassures voters without changing existing policy

Voters: Evil people were right about cake! I think I'll vote Evil.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’ People granted asylum will no longer be given “the golden ticket” of resettlement and family reunion rights, Keir Starmer said, amid deepening concerns from charities that his words are demonising refugees. As the prime minister prepared to discuss illegal migration with European leaders, No 10 outlined plans to strip successful claimants of the right to automatically invite spouses and children to join them. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 16d

"“Could you do more chair scraping? No. Of course. No, you couldn’t.”"

National treasure Tom Hollander in a noisy garden centre. Nothing more perfect...

#UK #NationalTreasure #GardenCentre #lunch #JamesBond

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 16d

I watched everything Tom Hollander’s ever been in then had lunch with him. Someone tell Jeff Bezos he should be the next Bond.. villain on.ft.com/3KoBfgM

Actor Tom Hollander: ‘I would love to be a Bond villain’

[FREE TO READ] The show-stealing star on the ‘privileges of living in fiction’, why character acting is a misnomer — and how Tom Holland is keeping him relevant

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 17d

Sorry, perhaps I missed it, but what exactly is she wanting the £147,000 for?

Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 18d

Serendipitously read as I try to update my initial literature review and methodology statement...

#PhDLife

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 18d

Podcasts and "deep dive" media will try to convince you that you *now* know things, thanks to them.

A PhD, especially one with archival, observational, or observational components, will definitely convince you that you know next to nothing, thanks to the available resources & one's predecessors.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 18d

Second World War naval memorial in Kyiv.

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Statues of two male sailors at the foot of a stone column war memorial. One is looking forward and holding a gun, the other, behind him, leans on his shoulder and looks down at the viewer as they hold hands.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, indeed. They sold themselves for pale simulacrum of PR and a process which failed!

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