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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering when, in the wake of a conversation in which I questionably proposed ideological overlap between Aphra Behn and Jilly Cooper, I produced this mashup:

APHRA BEHN: ROVERS. In the style of a Jilly Cooper cover, a woman (head out of shot) holds a lead on the end of which is a dog (only tail is visible)

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · 8d

The Magic Mountain Goats

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · 8d

Rules of the new semester: No matter how easy to find a given item may be on your module's VLE, if you are trying to guide a student to it in real time it will mysteriously disappear

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · 9d

Because obviously 'Basket of deplorables' worked really well for Hillary

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · 10d

Didn't Massive Attack have to change their name to Massive?

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 16d

Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

#earlymodern #economic #history

The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

Cambridge Core - Economic History - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

doi.org

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14d

this poem is astonishing and I am so grateful to Eileen for bringing it to our attention last year & again this year.

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 14d

Dear friends,
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · 18d

Oh FFS

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 23d

Michael Mann and Peter Hotez are leading experts on climate change and vaccines, respectively, and in recent years, have both been targeted by those who seek to discredit them. That experience led the two to come together to write the new book "Science Under Siege."
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Michael Mann & Peter Hotez on the 'organized,' 'deliberate' political attacks on science

Professor Michael Mann and Dr. Peter Hotez are leading experts on climate change and vaccines, respectively, and in recent years, have both been targeted by those who seek to discredit their expertise...

www.msnbc.com

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 28d

📢 Today the Academy launches a major new report urging action to tackle a growing crisis in our universities. Cuts to courses mean more regions than ever are ‘cold spots’ for access to many SHAPE subjects - with even more at risk. 🧵

📍Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education

This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Sep 4

An inspiration to portrait-defacers for centuries

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am eternally grateful for this edition and use it for exactly what @aidannorrie.bsky.social describes (among other things).

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Lisa Hopkins @lisahopkins.bsky.social · Aug 30

So pleased to see this special issue come to fruition.

Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social · Aug 30

New special issue, "Shakespeare in Asian Currents" now available, with criticism, performance, and a roundtable on future directions! #earlymodern #shakespeare www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/c...

Shakespeare

Special issue on ‘Shakespeare in Asian Currents’, guest edited by Bi-qi Beatrice Lei and Judy Celine Ick. Volume 21, Issue 3 of Shakespeare

www.tandfonline.com

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · Aug 29

@obscuredrama.bsky.social:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Christopher Marlowe: it’s time to read him and honour him | Editorial

Editorial: England’s second most famous playwright is the star of a new play. But his own works should be staged more, and he should be commemorated better

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Sustainable Soils Alliance @sustainablesoils.bsky.social · Aug 29

Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on the biostimulant testing 🪱, digital soil mapping tools 🗺️, nature loss and GDP 🦋, and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4g11bL9

#TheWeekInSoil

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 27

Does Donne's 'Since she whom I lov'd hath paid her last debt' count? Sorry if obvious/irrelevant.

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Dirk Maggs @dirkmaggs.bsky.social · Aug 27

BBC News seem suicidally bent on ignoring political parties with many more MPs, more rational policies and more supporters than Reform. Suicidal because one of the first things Reform would do should they ever get near real power is defund and throttle the BBC, founded to be impartial and unbiased.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 26

Loudly tooting this CFP, please retweet:
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

sites.google.com

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Skel-tones

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great to see _Mason & Dixon_, which I love, getting its due here. Slightly disconcerting to see almost half of the novels/collections dismissed as thematically interesting but basically incoherent.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Aug 15

we need to change direction and we need to be serious about it

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · Aug 14

Posting this again. Not enough electricity left to build affordable homes in 3 west London boroughs, because all capacity has been used by a data centre.

#affordablehousingUK

www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/repo...

Report: Home building to halt in West London, due to data center power demands

All the electricity capacity is already used up, GLA tells developers

www.datacenterdynamics.com

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 13

I mean, any course can be useless if you try hard enough.

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Corduroy Underground

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Irony Dan

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Cypress Hillock

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