Dinah Roe
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
C19th literature. Victorian Poetry. Pre-Raphaelitism. Caregiving / Care. Editing Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti (Longman). Visit the Poetry By Carers project website https://carerspoetry.org/ for poems by caregivers.
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Dinah Roe
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey
Lucy Worsley reveals the surprising stories behind our favourite Christmas carols. From pagan rituals to religious conflicts, French dances and the First World War, carols reflect our history.
www.bbc.co.uk
For those who would like to see me dorking out over Christina #Rossetti's 'In the Bleak Midwinter' on Xmas telly, I give you:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Quelle surprise of the week.
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Quelle surprise of the week.
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Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honor his legacy by using the most powerful tool in our Democracy — our vote. Americans abroad: register and request your ballot today, International Voter Registration Day, at t.co/urEfjYVbUj
@pelosi.house.gov
#IVRD #Vote
@pelosi.house.gov
#IVRD #Vote
January 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honor his legacy by using the most powerful tool in our Democracy — our vote. Americans abroad: register and request your ballot today, International Voter Registration Day, at t.co/urEfjYVbUj
@pelosi.house.gov
#IVRD #Vote
@pelosi.house.gov
#IVRD #Vote
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Dora the orchid and what shows up when we view the world in monochrome for a moment.
substack.com/profile/3412...
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@preraphsrule.bsky.social
SJ Frideswide (@sarahfrideswide)
Dora the orchid against the backdrop of raindrops and I am thinking about hidden gifts. Quiet gifts. Gifts that don't announce their presence, but appear in disguise as something else until you unpack...
substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Dora the orchid and what shows up when we view the world in monochrome for a moment.
substack.com/profile/3412...
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
substack.com/profile/3412...
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
Sorry, what is the 'Theme' that is being sponsored? (somebody forgot to feed it into the predictive text generator that blurped this up)🙃
January 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Sorry, what is the 'Theme' that is being sponsored? (somebody forgot to feed it into the predictive text generator that blurped this up)🙃
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Honestly the amount of research ethics bureaucratic paperwork universities are drowning themselves/staff in for projects that are mostly not dangerous/contentious at all and marketing teams are just flinging stuff up onto the Nazi Sexualiser 5000 no problem
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Honestly the amount of research ethics bureaucratic paperwork universities are drowning themselves/staff in for projects that are mostly not dangerous/contentious at all and marketing teams are just flinging stuff up onto the Nazi Sexualiser 5000 no problem
Testify! And of course in 3.2.1..."ChatGPT can quickly handle many of the bullshit tasks that fill a professor’s day. It can [...] help me as a scholar and researcher. I use it to brainstorm ideas, provide critical feedback on my papers, and write extended summaries of research areas." 🤡🙃
Gotta say: it takes a white guy emeritus prof from Yale to proclaim that faculty life hasn't changed in 40 years — amidst adjunctification, platformization, public funding cuts, the substitution of tech for competent support staff, the disappearance of those jobs *my* senior advisors enjoyed...
Opinion | Why Professors Fear the Future
Academic life has barely changed in 40 years. Why? The faculty likes it that way.
www.chronicle.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Testify! And of course in 3.2.1..."ChatGPT can quickly handle many of the bullshit tasks that fill a professor’s day. It can [...] help me as a scholar and researcher. I use it to brainstorm ideas, provide critical feedback on my papers, and write extended summaries of research areas." 🤡🙃
'when it comes to hard news, paywalls don’t just limit readership, they create kind of a tiered citizenry, where one group can afford to know what the government is doing in their name and the other can’t'
January 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
'when it comes to hard news, paywalls don’t just limit readership, they create kind of a tiered citizenry, where one group can afford to know what the government is doing in their name and the other can’t'
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BLAKETY BLAKE! Wed 21 Jan, 19:30 (UK) on zoom. A new heaven is begun: the Eternal Hell revives! It must be the return of the world’s greatest (and only?) William Blake online quiz! This free event will emphasise fun and enthusiasm over academic prowess. Join us!
blakesociety.org/product/the-...
blakesociety.org/product/the-...
January 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
BLAKETY BLAKE! Wed 21 Jan, 19:30 (UK) on zoom. A new heaven is begun: the Eternal Hell revives! It must be the return of the world’s greatest (and only?) William Blake online quiz! This free event will emphasise fun and enthusiasm over academic prowess. Join us!
blakesociety.org/product/the-...
blakesociety.org/product/the-...
Is that Dante Gabriel Rossetti's picture of Annie Miller I see before me? Well, behind Sir Ian. *misses point*
Ian McKellen to star as LS Lowry in documentary revealing trove of unheard tapes
Ian McKellen to star as LS Lowry in documentary revealing trove of unheard tapes
Exclusive: Artist reminisces about his life in film using interviews recorded in last four years of his life
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Is that Dante Gabriel Rossetti's picture of Annie Miller I see before me? Well, behind Sir Ian. *misses point*
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An invaluable new report. A "premortem" is exactly what we need.
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM
An invaluable new report. A "premortem" is exactly what we need.
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This January, DAUK will hold a major phonebanking push to remind members that you must register to vote every year you want to vote: www.democratsabroad.org/freyaproudma...
New to phonebanking? We have a very easy training and resources to help!
Experienced phonebanker? We need your help!
New to phonebanking? We have a very easy training and resources to help!
Experienced phonebanker? We need your help!
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
This January, DAUK will hold a major phonebanking push to remind members that you must register to vote every year you want to vote: www.democratsabroad.org/freyaproudma...
New to phonebanking? We have a very easy training and resources to help!
Experienced phonebanker? We need your help!
New to phonebanking? We have a very easy training and resources to help!
Experienced phonebanker? We need your help!
In other news - Bear & Pope seen carrying toilet roll. Heading towards woods.
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being. n.pr/4pA3kkl
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 12:19 PM
In other news - Bear & Pope seen carrying toilet roll. Heading towards woods.
'And it’s worth pointing out who benefits. Isolated people are easier to sell to. They need more products, more hacks, more interventions to fill the gaps left by human connection.'
Been thinking a lot about how we are talking about health and society so I wrote down some thoughts about what happens when self-care replaces collective care, and why joy, connection, and shared spaces are as essential to a nation’s wellbeing as any diet
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
When “what’s good for us” stops meaning "us"
Wellness culture promises control and self-care — but what happens when it starts to hollow out our shared collective lives?
zoegrunewald.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:12 PM
'And it’s worth pointing out who benefits. Isolated people are easier to sell to. They need more products, more hacks, more interventions to fill the gaps left by human connection.'
*Rings timetabling to check* They say 'yes, it's too much to ask.'
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
*Rings timetabling to check* They say 'yes, it's too much to ask.'
Are you telling me you want tables that don't weigh 1200 tonnes and accommodate 6 students each and block the exits if you try to move them?
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Are you telling me you want tables that don't weigh 1200 tonnes and accommodate 6 students each and block the exits if you try to move them?
I recently attended a training event that took this shape, and though I grumbled about it / made fun of it incessantly beforehand, it worked really well. Am thinking of trying it in the classroom this semester. *thunder rumbles ominously* *vultures soar overhead*
theworldcafe.com/key-concepts...
theworldcafe.com/key-concepts...
World Cafe Method
Visit the post for more.
theworldcafe.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I recently attended a training event that took this shape, and though I grumbled about it / made fun of it incessantly beforehand, it worked really well. Am thinking of trying it in the classroom this semester. *thunder rumbles ominously* *vultures soar overhead*
theworldcafe.com/key-concepts...
theworldcafe.com/key-concepts...
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That thing where students are perfectly happy in group discussions but will not speak in front of the class even though you’ve said something like ‘one person from each group needs to summarise what you talked about’. Has anyone ever worked out a way to deal with it?
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM
That thing where students are perfectly happy in group discussions but will not speak in front of the class even though you’ve said something like ‘one person from each group needs to summarise what you talked about’. Has anyone ever worked out a way to deal with it?
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Oh, FFS.
Is AI this amazing tool that we must all use, fund and celebrate? Or is it (it obviously is) a rotten cancer at the heart of modern life?
Of course this idiot used AI. He's been told to use AI by everyone from the Prime Minister down.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Is AI this amazing tool that we must all use, fund and celebrate? Or is it (it obviously is) a rotten cancer at the heart of modern life?
Of course this idiot used AI. He's been told to use AI by everyone from the Prime Minister down.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Police chief admits misleading MPs after AI used in justification for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans
An intelligence report referred to a football game that never existed - Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will make a statement later today.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Oh, FFS.
Is AI this amazing tool that we must all use, fund and celebrate? Or is it (it obviously is) a rotten cancer at the heart of modern life?
Of course this idiot used AI. He's been told to use AI by everyone from the Prime Minister down.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Is AI this amazing tool that we must all use, fund and celebrate? Or is it (it obviously is) a rotten cancer at the heart of modern life?
Of course this idiot used AI. He's been told to use AI by everyone from the Prime Minister down.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
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Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🚨🚨Excellent news (and hope more will follow): Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on #X, because the social media platform “increasingly promotes and monetises an environment that is hostile to women and girls”. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Sport England suspends X social media account and takes aim at Elon Musk
Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on the social media platform X
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
🚨🚨Excellent news (and hope more will follow): Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on #X, because the social media platform “increasingly promotes and monetises an environment that is hostile to women and girls”. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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Has anyone thought about giving them laptops so they can produce the works of Shakespeare?
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Has anyone thought about giving them laptops so they can produce the works of Shakespeare?
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Oxford West & Abingdon MP Layla Moran has become the first Oxfordshire MP to quit X (formerly Twitter). She said “I can’t sleep knowing that I’m leading traffic to a site that actively enables sexual exploitation of women and children.” Her Bluesky profile is @laylamoran.bsky.social .
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Oxford West & Abingdon MP Layla Moran has become the first Oxfordshire MP to quit X (formerly Twitter). She said “I can’t sleep knowing that I’m leading traffic to a site that actively enables sexual exploitation of women and children.” Her Bluesky profile is @laylamoran.bsky.social .
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I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
This series features scholars of media history looking back at both familiar and lesser-known chapters in public broadcasting’s evolution. “Rewind” is presented in partnership with the Radio Preservat...
current.org
January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!