Reposted by Laurence TotelinHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Other work by the Ladybird artists Llangollen Valley Artist: SR Badmin 850758
Reposted by Laurence TotelinDr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Never not going to be excited at seeing my books in an actual honest to goodness bookshop. #RomanFortThursday 1599
Reposted by Laurence TotelinChristine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For colleagues who do research in Belgium: the new Flemish government austerity budget cuts 47 million Euros in support to cultural institutions like archives, libraries and museums. It sounds truly awful. 🗃️ www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2340...brusselstimes.com'Difficult measures needed': Flemish government presents €2 billion in cutsThe Flemish government has approved nearly €2 billion in spending cuts, rising to €3 billion by 2029, to balance the region’s budget over the next three years. 41914
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Warning: the description of this botched execution is very distressing. 040
Reposted by Laurence TotelinAmnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tennessee’s botched attempt to execute Christa Pike, as witnessed by her attorneys, demonstrates why the death penalty truly is the ultimate cruel, inhuman & degrading punishment. All execution methods are inhumane & unacceptable. The death penalty must be abolished, everywhere. bit.ly/47stTB4bit.lyTennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses sayMedia witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday. 04830
Reposted by Laurence TotelinKatherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Looks like this would interest lots of @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social and #wccwiki people! 1119
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And it is not as if they destroyed fields without making deeply hurtful comments... because their comments are hardly better than what you read in some gutter press. But dignity at work y'all 050
Reposted by Laurence TotelinNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The fragility of senior managers as they literally destroy whole careers and fields of study has really been something to behold. Is it hot in that kitchen? 13110
Reposted by Laurence TotelinSquiddy @dr-squiddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nobody could have seen this coming (except for anyone who has visited a previous exhibition at the BM and has spent a few seconds thinking about the logistics around blockbuster audiences and the logistics of having one massive object). 5337
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The strange thing with this awful comment is that I have heard it made by people for whom English is not a main language ('native' can go and get lost in the sun in this context). And they confuse copyediting and proofreading. 020
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So glad to come back to campus after working mostly from home/travelling this summer, to find the building has been repainted everywhere in different shades of grey. 250
Reposted by Laurence TotelinStephen Green @stephenrgreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026UoN: "While we know many of our students will be unaffected by this action, the timing of this to deliberately disrupt the start of the new academic year for our students is particularly disappointing.” What about your timing to decide to fire a quarter of the academics at your university? 03713
Reposted by Laurence TotelinMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.' 29694
Reposted by Laurence Totelinrogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Corpus Numericum Gemmarum Antiquorum cnga.mecnga.meCorpus Numericum Gemmarum Antiquorum - Glyptic Art & Intaglio DatabaseDigital corpus of glyptic art and hardstone carving from the Hellenistic and Roman era - Over 6,000 intaglio gems for archaeology and art history research 093
Reposted by Laurence TotelinMark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I passed this 1930’s church on Bull Bay Road in Amlwch a few times and just had to take a look. This is the Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Winefride. It was designed by an Italian architect to look like the upturned hull of a boat reflecting Amlwch’s maritime history. 45310
Reposted by Laurence TotelinGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925281729
Reposted by Laurence TotelinWomen’s Classical Committee UK @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026TODAY!! Come join us this afternoon 🏛️ 042
Reposted by Laurence TotelinMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026'student representatives have described the proposal as “tone-deaf”, highlighting that two-thirds of undergraduates are now in term-time employment and describing an expectation for them to take on additional labour as “absolutely ridiculous”.'timeshighereducation.comPaid employment ‘biggest barrier’ to rolling out work placementsSurvey comes after vice-chancellors said they wanted every undergraduate in England to undertake work experience as part of their degree 36528
Reposted by Laurence TotelinRadcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is the last week of the wonderful @bodleian.ox.ac.uk exhibit : Pets & their People Our favourite part is the historical pictures of people with their pets are heart-warming. Check it out before it's gone in the Weston Library, Broad Street. 0199
Reposted by Laurence TotelinSarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We've decided to start a discussion series. Lunchtimes once a month, to remember why we 'do heritage' all welcome, please share with students and networks. 42719
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I don't know the answer to this question. What I know: if things continue as they are, and optionally dwindles, then they should be called 'courses'. 'Modules' imply some modularity. 150
Reposted by Laurence TotelinDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Automation did, in fact, drastically reduce housework, both in length and intensity of physical labour. What people were able to do with that time & energy is an intersectional issue. As usual. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-app... 2326
Reposted by Laurence TotelinSadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 21/09/202640 years ago Ahmed Iqbal Ullah was murdered in a racist attack at school. This article discusses his family’s remarkable attempts to tackle the root causes of the murder. Heading to a memorial event and wishing him, and his family, true justice and peace. hyphenonline.com/2026/09/17/a...hyphenonline.comThe legacy of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah's murder, 40 years on - HyphenThe racist killing would rally hundreds to campaign for justice. Now, his family feel a ‘duty’ to speak up again amid the rise of the far right 03619
Reposted by Laurence TotelinChris Millard @chrismillard83.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Universities have managed staff costs significantly below inflation,[between 2016-17 and 2023-24] increasing only 14% compared to the 41.2% increase in RPIX [measure of inflation]” Substantial real terms pay cut, which continues a trend existing years before that…gov.ukCost of undergraduate provision and qualifications in EnglandA study of the full economic cost of providing undergraduate-level higher education and other qualifications in England. 65538
Reposted by Laurence TotelinJen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We're hiring a (full-time, permanent) colleague to join us as Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage in @bbkhistorical.bsky.social and the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSY235/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Archaeology and Heritage at Birkbeck, University of LondonApply for the Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 11214
Reposted by Laurence TotelinChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I had no idea of this extraordinary episode. I reminds us of how easily people can be declared "illegal" or "immigrant" rather than native. These are not natural kinds, but administrative categories. Striking parallels with the Windrush scandal. Of interest to all, but tagging @spe07.bsky.socialtheguardian.comThe spectre of ‘remigration’ is haunting Europe. Slovenia in 1992 gives us a blueprint for this state terror | Miha MazziniIn February that year, the Slovenian government officially deleted 25,000 citizens, turning them overnight into illegal immigrants, says writer and film-maker Miha Mazzini 37041
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is very important! A meeting with HR in attendance is not informal! You have the right to adjourn meetings. I know that people fear that being a 'trouble maker' will expose them, but the reality is that there is often no rhyme or reason to who becomes a target 041
Reposted by Laurence TotelinSadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An insight into how staff are being treated across the sector while trying to convince students all will be well while expecting staff to also perpetuate the fiction. Staggering. 0176
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Solidarity with all colleagues. Reading the list of courses cut is important: mostly joint honours in the Humanities, many of which have a 'Celtic' or 'Scottish' element. Where is the duty of Universities to preserve knowledge? 230
Reposted by Laurence TotelinLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Edinburgh, have you received the data used to determine which courses were 'not viable'? Because Nous has a track record of (a) failing to capture the full sign-up because of varying course codes for the same course in different Schools (b) only measuring fee-capture, not cost-of-delivery. 3209
Reposted by Laurence TotelinDr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's not Caturday, but here's a #medieval description of "cattys mynte" (catnip), from the Middle English #herbal of Henry Daniel, written ca.1380: “cattes louyn it souerynly, in so mykel þat þey walwen hem þat ar yn & þeron, & eten it by þe grounde, but if þer be þe more plente of....static.klipy.comCatnip Kitty Enjoys CatnipALT: Catnip Kitty Enjoys Catnip 24919
Reposted by Laurence TotelinThe Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just a little tour of Livia’s garden fresco. #AncientBluesky🏺 0389
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026 "C'est le cancer Que tu as pris sous ton bras Maintenant Tu es en cendres, cendres La mort C'est comme une chose impossible"lemonde.frCatherine Ringer, célèbre voix des Rita Mitsouko, est morte à l’âge de 68 ansLa chanteuse s’était fait connaître grâce au succès du groupe Les Rita Mitsouko, formé avec Fred Chichin, et notamment de leurs tubes « Marcia Baïla » et « Andy ». 020
Reposted by Laurence TotelinÉditions Libertalia @libertalialivre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Iconique. Catherine Ringer (1957-2026). 221650
Reposted by Laurence TotelinPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I know all university leaders hate trades unions but at Brighton they’re about to find out what happens when their workforce doesn’t have a structure and negotiating team to represent them and to head off trouble. It won’t be pretty. Employees won’t submit - they’ll resist in unpredictable ways. 39731
Reposted by Laurence TotelinDaniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes: 13598709
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This ia beyond comprehension. Is this where we are heading in UK HE? 110
Reposted by Laurence TotelinLeonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today my heart is with all colleagues facing redundancy (some for the umpteenth time), who were made redundant over the summer or who have simply had enough and left. Our sector is having its guts ripped out. 212523
Reposted by Laurence TotelinSir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I love maths, I did a PhD in it, I do a job where I use maths everyday. But I also love history, music, literature, and they are as important as maths. And I studied maths because I like it, not because it "offers most value to the nation". We need all subjects in universities. 810921
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Chris McDonald studied chemical engineering, which is by no means safe in the current HE climate. Like many subjects that are expensive to teach, it was cross-funded by the Arts and Humanities, until the collapse that we are witnessing. 073
Reposted by Laurence TotelinWill Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026More positively I am really pleased that SNIFF: A HISTORY OF SMELLS is out today!! Published by @yalebooks.bsky.social and out in all good bookshops. It's a history of smell across time and space that takes in a panoply of pongs and perfume from paper and ink to stink bombs and whale oil. 1013641
Reposted by Laurence TotelinFrosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Perched on a Brentwood Heights hill, it's at risk of what’s known as “demolition by neglect.” Neighbors have reported seeing wildlife entering the house. news.artnet.com/art-world/fr...news.artnet.comFrank Lloyd Wright's Only Usonian Home in L.A. Is Falling Into DisrepairThe stunning Sturges House in Los Angeles, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, just joined the L.A. Conservancy's watch list. 106529
Reposted by Laurence TotelinThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A lioness and a leopard in this gorgeous art deco picture, I've noted as being by an artist called Maltsev, but on whom I can find no info (it's certainly not by the contemporary artist of that name). Anyone have any intel? It would be good to see more of his/her work. #Caturday #artdeco #art 24311
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026No compulsory redundancies is good news, but it means that management was successful in scaring enough people to leave. And that has serious implications, outlined in this thread. Solidarity 13414
Reposted by Laurence TotelinJenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is spectacular. 193
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What a giant she was. A great obituary www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...nytimes.comGloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. 010
Reposted by Laurence TotelinThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026autumn is fast approaching which means it's time for pannage: the ancient commoner's right of taking your pigs to the forest to feast on fallen acorns, chestnuts, and beechmast 151114177
Reposted by Laurence TotelinInternet Archive @archive.org · 01/09/2026🏛️ Before the Internet, computer clubs helped people learn, trade software & explore personal computing. A surviving binder of 50 Atari newsletters from August 1987 offers a time capsule of that world. Explore the Atari collection & more computer history: blog.archive.org/2026/08/27/a... 🧵 333080