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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 2h

If only the university sector - one of the engines of our entire economy - had the same political clout as the fishing industry.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 2d

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

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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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 3h

My #Eurovision #NFC100
Clara Klingenström: Jag behöver inte dig idag
Erika Vikman: Cicciolina
SOA: Seule
Sara Siipola: Paskana
La Rappresentante di Lista: Ciao Ciao
Mileo: You're mine
Nicco: Nochentera
Coma_Cose: Cuoricini
Bess: Ram Pam Pam
Jone: Ekko inni meg
www.aussievision.net/post/the-eur...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 23h

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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tracconference.bsky.social @tracconference.bsky.social · 13h

Our closing keynote for TRAC-TiDA 2025 is 'Darkness unveiled: Confronting Roman imperialism... and why it matters for the present' by Professor Manuel Fernández-Götz, looking at how the violence of the Roman Empire is presented to the public (details in link)

www.trac.org.uk/trac-tida-20...

TRAC-TiDA 2025

Registration now open! We are pleased to announce that the The 33rd Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, TRAC-TiDA 2025 will be held between 22nd and 24th October 2025 in an online format thro…

www.trac.org.uk

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tracconference.bsky.social @tracconference.bsky.social · 1d

Our opening keynote is 'Roman Archaeologies 2025: Reflections on Theory and Practice' by Professor Dominik Meschek! (abstract in link)

We're rather excited for this!

www.trac.org.uk/trac-tida-20...

TRAC-TiDA 2025

Registration now open! We are pleased to announce that the The 33rd Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, TRAC-TiDA 2025 will be held between 22nd and 24th October 2025 in an online format thro…

www.trac.org.uk

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 5h

@classicstober.bsky.social #ClassicsTober25 Day 10: Hecate. She was often shown holding torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, and later depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied. She is associated with crossroads, night, light, magic, witchcraft, drugs, and the Moon. #ClassicsTober

A red-figured amphora with Hecate with two torches

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tracconference.bsky.social @tracconference.bsky.social · 2d

TRAC-TiDA 2025 will be held 22nd-24th October on Gather Town.

Registration is £15, session details in the link!

www.ticketsource.co.uk/theoretical-...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 6h

Quernstones from Hunsbury in Northampton. In the front, rings, beads and a currency bar (?). Iron Age. In the Northampton museum. #FindsFriday

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 16h

#Strictly #ItTakesTwo La Voix was on holiday until Saturday, but we can wait a more serious waltz. But Aljaz showed he has a sparkling sense of humour!

Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 16h

I hope to stay awake 😳

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 17h

In case you're wondering whether the Tr•mp is serious about persecuting people for the things they think and write about, consider the case of Mark Bray, a historian who writes about the origins and evolution of antifascism 🗃️

#Tyranny
#edusky
#signalboost

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 19h

The opening hours are not the problem but the price of a pint is!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social · 21h

Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

Because it undermines their ideology. Of course they do!

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 2d

2. The current rhetoric of those who mobilise racism for political gain proposes that those who investigate colonial history and modern racism are the problem. Not racism itself.

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Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkosto @uudenajanalku.bsky.social · 1d

Torstaina 16.10. klo 17 Tieteiden talolla Historian Ystäväin Liiton esitelmäillassa 1600-luvun sotahistoriaan erikoistunut historiantutkija Olli Bäckström esitelmöi juuri julkaistavasta kirjastaan Suursodan unohdetut kasvot. @gaudeamuskirjat.bsky.social
Lue lisää www.historianyst.fi/tapahtumat/e...

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Don O'Meara @donomeara.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke at the unveiling of a plaque to archaeologist Robert Blair, outside Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields last week. Great to see his contribution to the study of Roman archaeology in his local town recognised, and to have Mayor of South Tyneside Jay Potts and Mayoress Audrey Huntley in attendance.

Speaking at the gates of Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields, before the unveiling of the Robert Blair Plaque.

Mayor of South Tyneside Jay Potts and Mayoress Audrey Huntley after the plaque unveiling.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 2d

1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

No, the field should go navel-gazing on this. Shameful...

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

Today's small step to the right direction in UK. So happy on the behalf of these Gaza students.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK

Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home

www.theguardian.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'“It’s a strange mixture of feelings,” he said. “Being happy, being stressed, sometimes being overwhelmed. Living in Gaza for 27 years, then getting here and being in London, it’s completely shocking. The very basic things here are luxuries in Gaza.”'

Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK

Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

Kun digitalisation korostetaan liikaa. Historioitsijat TARVITSEVAT enemmän kuin yhden arkistoyksikön kerrallaan ja pääsyn paperiarkistoihin. #Historia

Mari Välimäki @marivalimaki.bsky.social · 1d

Kirjoitimme @utu.fi Suomen historian oppiaineen blogiin siitä, miten tutkijat kokevat Kansallisarkiston Digitaalisen toimittamisen mallin

blogit.utu.fi/suomenhistor...

📷Taina Saarenpää

Kuvassa arkistokärryssä useita paksuja niteitä

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

The Aalen Roman Fort, a World Heritage Site, was on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes in Germany. It was built in the 2nd century AD and was the largest cavalry garrison north of the Alps. The garrison was home to 1,000 soldiers of the Ala II Flavia Miliaria. #RomanFortThursday

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