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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 06/07/2026

The Manchester Odyssey 🏛️ This is the oldest known surviving copy of Homer’s Odyssey in book form on parchment, and brings us closer in time to Homer's epic.

The Manchester Odyssey - the oldest known surviving copy of Homer’s Odyssey in book form on parchment.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/03/2026

‘If Trump’s intention was to remove Khamenei from the political landscape, he may instead have fixed him in it, recast in the eyes of his devotees as a figure of sacrifice rather than failure.’ @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social on the US war on Iran, new on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together

The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 27/02/2026

The Greens comfortably won a key UK by-election, suggesting that they are able to outcompete Keir Starmer as the primary leftwing opposition to Reform in Labour heartlands. Follow our blog for live updates and analysis: ft.trib.al/diEVgAe

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Michael Douglas @mido24.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Latest and last The Ansible of 2025 is out now! Reflections on travels in the PNW and some late Autumn releases for the darker months - happy solstice all! #musicwriting #doom #blackmetal #blackmetalsky #doommetalsky #pallbearer #stygianbough #oneofnine #yelloweyes #drone #ambient #folk

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The University of Manchester Library @uomlibrary.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Announcement: 🏆The John Rylands Library has been awarded the FX Award for Museum or Exhibition Space 2025, triumphing in a highly competitive international category. 😀 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/the…

Award announcement for the 2025 Museum or Exhibition Space winner featuring Donald Insall Associates, Nissen Richards Studio, and The John Rylands Library.

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Michael Douglas @mido24.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The latest edition of my newsletter - videogame soundtracks, the genius of Hollow Knight and Silksong, composer Christopher Larkin and what these beautiful games can teach us about creativity in 2025! #silksong #hollowknight It's Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This. open.substack.com/pub/theansib...

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It's Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This.

Hello! Welcome to this edition of the Ansible and sincere apologies for the delay.

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n+1 @nplusonemag.com · 16/09/2025

“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

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Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

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Abundance @abundance-org.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

BOOK LAUNCH: Join us for the launch of our new book, Radical Abundance! 📆 Friday 19th September, 7-9pm 📌 Pelican House, London 🔗 Register your free place: www.in-abundance.org/latest/book-... @bertrussell.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @kaiheron.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social

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What Does Winning Look Like? Radical Abundance Book Launch

Aug 27, 2025

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Michael Douglas @mido24.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Latest The Ansible is out now! Thoughts on 28 Years Later and some albums and artists that carry it's fervent, heatstroke-induced atmosphere open.substack.com/pub/theansib...

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Sumer is icumen in

It actually feels like we’re getting a proper Summer this year in the UK.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 18/06/2025

Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.

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A Guide to Thesis Writing and a Guide to Life

Writing and research manuals like Umberto Eco’s “How to Write a Thesis” offer a vision of our best selves, Hua Hsu wrote, in 2015.

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Michael Douglas @mido24.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

My latest edition of The Ansible is out now - on 2025's edition of Roadburn festival, what a special place it was and how it might be the best festival in the world for any 40+ DIY Elders/Punks/Music Fans! #roadburn #thou #diy #festivals Redefining Heaviness open.substack.com/pub/theansib...

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Redefining Heaviness

“Outside the walls of civilization lies a wilderness beyond belief and without end!!!!!”

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Bert Russell @bertrussell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future is now available to pre-order! PLEASE do this directly via @plutopress.bsky.social rather than through Amazon etc. Their distro is from both UK and US. www.plutobooks.com/978074535135...

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Michael Douglas @mido24.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Casting out into the digital ether, my most recent piece on metal-punk miscreants Thou and plans for The Ansible over the year as I start gearing up for Roadburn: #thou #diy #punk #hardcore #metal #sludge #roadburn #roadburnfestival #roadburn2025 theansible.substack.com/p/by-enduran...

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By Endurance We Conquer

Traversing Life's Summits

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The University of Manchester Library @uomlibrary.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Welcome to the official BlueSky account for The University of Manchester Library! 👋 Follow us for Library news and updates, information about our resources, Library services and more. 📚 @uomlibrary.bsky.social #HelloBlueSky

A shot of Main Library from the side on, on a sunny day with blue skies, capturing the trees in front of the building and the benches

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Michael Douglas @mido24.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The latest edition of my Substack 'The Ansible' dropped last week - please read below! Thoughts on the further splintering of social media platforms (is it worth me posting here?) and new records from Drew McDowall and Rafael Anton Irisarri Ambient Nihilism open.substack.com/pub/theansib...

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Ambient Nihilism

I don't have to tell you things are bad.

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