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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 19h

Two weeks after we flew back to Auckland, drat!

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G🅰️reth @gbentl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hello, in 1995 the first colony of penguins in the Scandinavian north pole were discovered. These penguins exhibited many intriguing behaviours such as living in Igloos. But it was their language that was most compelling. Joining us to discuss "Pingu" is Dr Joanne Simmons of Canterbury University

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

this still makes me giggle uncontrollably

I was thinking about why so many in the radical left participate in "speedrunning"
The reason is the left's lack of work ethic ('go fast' rather than 'do it right') and, in a Petersonian sense, to elevate alternative sexual archetypes in the marketplace ('fastest mario')

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Dropped Mike @rebrafsim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

[data center] yes hi I’d like one datum, please

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Anyway, my masters is done and so I'm looking for more project work and potentially the right permanent job if it comes along. If you've liked the cut of my jib and think I'm right for something, or know someone who might - you can check my website. www.jmoxley.co.uk

jmoxley.co.uk

John Oxley | Writer, Strategist and Political Commentator

John Oxley advises on strategy, public affairs and communications, with a decade working alongside senior leaders in politics, law and business.

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Martin P. @goobergunch.net · 30/09/2026

This story is wild generally but I'm extremely amused at the below justification for engaging in one of my hobbies:

The passenger says he called other Israelis on the flight to help hold back the man before returning to the cockpit as the aircraft was tilting sharply.

“I jumped back in there, grabbed the controls, started pulling the controls,” he says, explaining that he pulled backward and quipping that he knew what to do because “I watch Mayday,” referring to a Canadian documentary television program that examines air crashes.

“The plane started leveling out a little more, and then the pilot told me he was taking over from there,” he says.

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I accidentally spent £17,700 on 400 subscriptions to the LRB for Home Office staff and now the Life in the UK test is asking applicants to rank Derek Jarman films from most to least emotionally resonant?

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 30/09/2026

Best part: "'My wallet was stolen and my Italian ID was inside,' she said. With a looming holiday, she contacted the Italian embassy to ask what she needed to do, but to her frustration quickly realised that it would be faster to gain Belgian citizenship than to wait for a remade Italian ID."

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Why so many Italians are getting Belgian nationality

Belgium appears to be an easy place for Italians to come and be themselves. Many of those who do, love it and choose to formally become Belgian. But why?

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UW Bioethics & Humanities @uwbioethics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Come work with us! The Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor to join us in September 2027. Apply by November 30, 2026. apply.interfolio.com/193732

Aerial view of UW Medical Center - Montlake, a large urban campus beside lake washington, with multiple mid-rise buildings, tree-lined streets, and a major bridge spanning the water in the background. Cars travel along a broad road on the right, and marinas and neighborhoods line the riverbanks.

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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Crying at how the new intern at work was born in 2005 and knows about the Blair government because "we studied it in sociology".

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes I’m fundamentally humanist (renaissance, not secular Christian) about this; it’s our common inheritance, open to all of us, and is key to human flourishing

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A trip to dead souls bookshop, Dunedin

Quine word and object
A reader on the philosophy of time
Steiner’s antigones
Skinner’s foundations of modern pol thought
Hart, law liberty and morality
Gellner’s plough sword and book
MacIntyre’s whose justice, which rationality
Dworkin’s taking rights seriously

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The number of times I’ve beclowned myself has plummeted since medication.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Britain is one of the most fascinating countries in the field of racism

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tim Shipman Lucky the Bar for "Worst Shipman" Is Very High

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In news commentators are calling ‘inevitable’ I bought a book on 19c New Zealand government in Dunedin once owned by one of my grandfather’s relatives.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just drove past Cromer and Lowestoft streets. …in Balclutha, between Dunedin and Invercargill on the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In Dunedin. Hotel was staffed by someone called…. Finn. @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

went downstairs for a coffee, managed to walk past nyika + her supervisor + their students at the table, then after this being pointed out I somehow managed to launch my glasses off my face and onto the floor seconds after saying "well that's a new low".

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Too late. I have already portrayed myself is unflappable Xi Jinping and you as wincing Donald Trump.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sikh guy passed around his knife to primary school kids. The Sun turned up to the school gates.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am thrilled to announce that the American Studies Program at Boston University will be accepting new PhD Students for the 27/28 academic year. These are fully funded, unionized, 5-year positions, with 4 semesters of guaranteed dissertation fellowship in years 4 & 5.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2026
The American Studies Program at Boston University is a nationally recognized leader in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. Our students and faculty study the disparate yet interconnected cultures of colonial North America and the United States as seen in the ideas and actions of its people, and as expressed in a range of forms, especially culture, the arts, media, literature, and institutions - often seen through a global or transnational lens. Formerly known as the American & New England Studies Program, we maintain active collaborations with many cultural institutions in the region, especially in the Boston Area. Our large PhD program has produced tenure-track protessors, public historians, museum curators, and directors at major universities, museums, and other cultural and historical institutions.
Funding Opportunities
PhD students receive full funding for up to five years (12 months a year) under a collective bargaining agreement. During this time, they take courses, teach in their fields and disciplines of interest, and develop and write dissertations. The fellowship package guarantees four semesters of dissertation fellowship in years 4 and 5, with no service obligations Additional funding is available from Boston University for travel to conferences, for archival research, and for internships.
Current students have recently received outside fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Huntington Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Beinecke Library, the Corning Museum of Glass, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and the American Historical Association.
Graduate Student Association
The Program's own independent Graduate Student Association (GSA) is comprised of elected PhD students who sponsor events and programs for developing professional skills, while representing our students' interests to the governing faculty.

A list of affiliate faculty, available also on the program’s webpage

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The children yearn for the workshops.

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble

Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"

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Eustis Bell @eustisbellusaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

He lives!!!!

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

She immediately let the petrified mouse go, only to strut around with the air of someone who’s just bagged three deer for winter.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This has the air of those iranian and lebanese videos of military might and preparation that, invariably, precede military disasters. Not in the religious content, but in the "look at how mighty we are, we definitely haven't spent all our money on special effects" way.

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