Well let's see how this strategy of telling "white liberals" to "fuck right off" works out in the local elections

One of my personal conclusions was that divorce remains inequitable. Oh it's LEGALLY equal, but access is not.

I only managed to get divorced because civil legal aid still existed in 2012.

Divorce is cheaper now, but it's not free. It will never be free. So some women will always be trapped.

I had the most BRILLIANT, inspiring day at Northumbria yesterday, presenting at the Broken Bonds conference on histories of divorce. I talked about (failing to) escape domestic violence but there was such a rich variety of topics.

AND BARONESS HALE

@drjenniferaston.bsky.social is a hero

He forgot the central management at the unis with the dubious financial management...

He said: "By shifting the vast majority of university funding into the hands of the aggregate decisions of 17-year-olds, the English system of choice has become an enormous machine for finding out who has the best marketing department, with some world-leading research sprinkled in certain places."

Quite the quote from the John Blake, the former director of fair access at the Office for Students
www.thetimes.com/article/1cb6...

White Polish Crested chicken

Good morning, everyone!
Tuesday mood…

The Polycrisis? Historical roots and critical perspectives in modern British studies This conference will bring together scholars to discuss the shape of modern British studies in an urgently unstable global context, termed a ‘polycrisis’ (Tooze, 2023). Featuring panels on the environ...

This conference we are supporting in Birmingham in June has an amazing mix of 40 panels - a veritable Choose your Own Adventure through modern British studies. It’s also the inaugural event of the Association of Modern British Studies! Great stuff here
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

So much for the theory. Iran should allow fertiliser to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; America should not blockade urea shipments from Iran. Tragically, neither shows any inclination to do so. High petrol prices make biofuel more attractive to farmers, not less. And rich countries are in a selfish mood. Failure to act thus looks baked in. In the face of an avoidable disaster, that is shameful.

Fair but depressing conclusion from @economist.com - we could avoid some of the worst of the hunger, but we won’t
economist.com/leaders/2026...

'At the end of each module, students will engage in a “Socratic dialogue” with their AI tutor about the content to answer questions and reflect on their learning.'

On the one hand, studying Classics is passée, on the other hand, 'Socratic dialogue' is how you market AI tuition models. Hmmm. 3/3

And they do not give degree-awarding powers to federated institutions... 🤯

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...

A UK Parliament petition calling for a referendum on bringing the water industry back into public ownership is nearing 60,000 signatures, reflecting growing public concern over privatisation, accountability, and the management of a basic human necessity.

The reconstruction of the Suontaka burial, a rare XXY individual, see www.cambridge.org/core/journal... In the Vapriikki DNA exhibition in Tampere, Finland. #TombTuesday

Louvre Br1726: Urphe (Orpheus) and Lunc (Lynceus?) in a cave (?). Etruscan mirror, bronze, 4th–3rd century BC. Now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. #EpigraphyTuesday

Orange fluffy cat inside my car.

I have to go to work and this is not my cat.

Zoologist and author Desmond Morris dies aged 98 Morris, who was also a surrealist painter and broadcaster, was best known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape.

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

Birds drinking. From Santa Maria Capua Vetere, now in the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy. #MosaicMonday

The hours and pay depend on the self-employed...

Looking down an ancient paved road with people, Roman ruins and mountains in the distance

Looking down the Via di Mercurio from the Roman city wall of #Pompeii towards the forum, early one Saturday morning

📷 Sept 2023

#RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #Archeology 🏺 #AncientBlueSky

We need to win big on May 7.

Thousands of Green candidates are standing across England and Wales.

This is a real chance to change politics - to give communities a stronger voice and challenge parties backed by big money.

Support the campaign 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-deserve...

Colour image of people looking at exhibition in Sheen village hall.

Colour image of Sheen village hall in the sunshine.

And we're off to a flying start! #Archaeology #Medieval #Staffordshire #PeakDistrict

“We should never do anything that could be more inclusive or progressive because then the mean Republicans will be mean to me.”

If you’re this fucking pathetic and cowardly, don’t be a politician!

I am a Finn so drink coffee 😹

We are looking at the Tudor entrance to the Hall from an arched passageway. The sun is directly in front of us and flares slightly on the 1601 oak barge boards which are decorated in grapes and vines. It is quiet and serene.

Sunday!

May today be a day for exploring new places…

…or just sitting on your sofa drinking tea.

Either way have a great one!

We've now raised £50,000.

Anything you can spare, will go towards challenging this Labour Government and taking the fight to Reform.

And most importantly - to creating the hopeful alternative.

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🚨KEIR STARMER IS SPEARHEADING ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES IN MODERN TIMES YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

More than 3,200 lawyers including 300 top barristers and retired judges have called on the Prime Minister to drop his plan to restrict the right to trial by jury
youtu.be/x6NIiM9G5ag?...

It is a woman

Still looking for an interested survey maker. Makes a better @britishacademy.bsky.social small grant application when the self-employed is named and contributes to the methodology set-up. And has a CV. #MCRHumNetwork

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.