Reposted by Gareth MillwardAlexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 4hClaude can’t stick Frasier on repeat, drink two bottles of M&S Malbec with a bunch of hayfever tablets, and text every single ex-girlfriend since 2011. 2456
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 3h(men det er jo måske forskellen mellem bokmål og dansk) 000
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 3hJeg tror, det bliver mere præcist at sige "Hvorfor for helvede" i den her titlen. 163
Reposted by Gareth MillwardThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 9hNo, competitive tendering and transparency in the award of public contracts would do. 19619138
Reposted by Gareth MillwardTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, said he would “lead by example” and not stand more than three terms to set a good example. Now that third term is coming to an end, guess what? Aleksander Ceferin is standing four a fourth term at the same time he has called for better governance at FIFA. 😵💫 414755
Reposted by Gareth MillwardChris Millard @chrismillard83.bsky.social · 08/10/2026teaching people to identify the situations where the human effort and investment of time and energy *is the point of the exercise* never seemed so urgent 2247
Reposted by Gareth MillwardMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yet again blocked someone for replying saying Traitors is not good. What is the point? Clearly I like it, it’s just rude to reply saying you don’t like it. It isn’t conversation. Please don’t do this. If you’re not interested or it’s not to your liking, ignore it. Read the next post in your feed. 152385
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(just realised it's over 25 years since I read it, so I will very easily crumble under the mildest push back on that) 010
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Well... Erm...static.klipy.comHomer Simpson Hiding in Bush MemeAlt: Homer Simpson Hiding in Bush Meme 030
Reposted by Gareth MillwardStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?” 6857771249
Reposted by Gareth MillwardJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Philip Larkin's search history 17910
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The NHS70 oral history project redirected towards COVID at one point to try to capture what was going on. NHS voices | NHS Voices of Covid-19 share.google/l0wDB6QwHZGr...share.googleNHS Voices of Covid-19The aim of the NHS Voices of Covid-19 project was to create a national collection of personal testimonies and in-depth reflections around Covid-19 as a permanent public resource for informing policy and practice. 110
Reposted by Gareth MillwardDr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There's still plenty of time to apply for this fantastic funded #PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948! Interested? Know someone great who should apply? Get in touch! #AcademicSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...jobs.ac.ukPhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of StrathclydeExplore a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today! 01536
Reposted by Gareth MillwardSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Rehabilitation can be a positive thing, if it could be rather more evenly applied 0234
Reposted by Gareth MillwardLiam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’m appearing on a panel tomorrow evening reflecting on the Battle of Cable Street’s 90th anniversary and you can come listen for free! 084
Reposted by Gareth MillwardIan M @marriotti67.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He probably thinks this award is about him. 1627052
Reposted by Gareth MillwardNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I agree! I keep conveying this reasonable advice to the fascists, but they keep assaulting the people having lunch, setting fire to the café, starting a pogrom, slashing lifeboats in the sea, attacking non-white people in the streets , etc. For this failure to cure ideological bias, I blame the left 57120
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Like, if you're going to be destroyed by the press no matter what, go down in glory standing for something worth standing for. 131
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There are some very silly people who think they are galaxy brain geniuses for pointing out the press can be biased (oh no!), so for the record: * yes, the press will be gunning for the Greens/left no matter what * stop being fucking antisemitic 172
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And culturally, the Muscovite-led Empire made deliberate attempts to be European, especially under Peter the Great. It's a European country. (And an Asian one, but it's definitely a European one.) 031
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you had to use an idiom for how much the officials attempted to distance themselves from using that word, which idiom would you say best fits the situation? 040
Reposted by Gareth MillwardJames Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026 🎉 I am delighted to announce that the 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History is awarded to to Galey, Forget, Allen, and Viglianti for their work ‘ApertureScience.Com: A Critical Edition’, Scholarly Editing (2025). Full details here ➡️ ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/10/2026...ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History - Digital History SeminarWe are delighted to announce that the 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History is awarded to Alan Galey, Ellen Forget, Brendan Allen, and Raffaele Viglianti for their critical edition ‘ApertureS... 112
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Anyway, when AFC Ardwick Cityzens is in the Northern Premier League next season with Haaland up front, we'll know. 030
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's Hereford United. We know it's Hereford United. We know it's Halifax Town. We know it's Chester City. We know it's Farsley Celtic. We know it's ... 100
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I am glad that community clubs can be reformed after bankruptcy/terrible ownership, but... 1) can we drop the convention of putting "(A)FC" before the name - it's soooo 2000s, dahlink 2) can we/the FA drop the pretence and allow them to simply take the old team's name? We know what they are. 100
Reposted by Gareth Millwardwill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026how convenient would it be to be the kind of person whose worldview is that most grievances are made up, and then to have the chance to develop technology that floods the zone and makes it impossible for real grievances to be heard 1101
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026if f1 is british bias how come they break down after a bit of rain makes u think 000
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Very happy for these services to be taken back into private ownership and/or far more democratic oversight. Not so happy with "government gets to choose which laws it follows". 020
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Replies to this suggest our only options are "the illegal seizure of private property" or "having no consequences or oversight whatsoever for the water companies"... 141
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It really jars to read it. It's like a real life version of that Garth Marenghi joke testimonial: "This book is ... very good at all" 120
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I am a firm believer that language evolves and there isn't necessarily a "wrong" way to use it *and* that this here is a war crime. 151
Reposted by Gareth MillwardKristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tenure track position for a social/cultural anthropologist here in Leuven, apply before 1 December: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... 11318
Reposted by Gareth MillwardRobin Johnson @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now" is clearly bogus. If we're allowing times in the past, the second best time is 19 years ago 310622
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gone up to a couple of colleagues this week with a cheeky "hvordan går det?" and an attempt to start a conversation. Have been met with the startled look of someone who has just seen a tree try to talk to them. 090
Reposted by Gareth MillwardDr Anne Hanley @drannehanley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Amazing #postdoc opportunity on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project "The Night Shift", run by @kristinhussey.bsky.social. #histmed #hospitals #sleep www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) at Newcastle UniversityAn opportunity for an academic position as a Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings. 0710
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026me, sobbing: look... I just want English (United Kingdom) as the default language m365: 030
Reposted by Gareth MillwardAnna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thrilled to see this out and open access! I was lucky enough to help Mark with some of the research for this piece. It's a fantastic read. What’s in a Name? The Inoculation of Smallpox in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain academic.oup.com/shm/article/...academic.oup.comWhat’s in a Name? The Inoculation of Smallpox in Early Eighteenth-Century BritainAbstract. The translation of smallpox inoculation from the Ottoman Empire to Britain is typically said to have depended upon social and medical luminaries— 0128
Reposted by Gareth MillwardDr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hey everyone, I currently have availability for freelance writing, researching, and/or teaching work between now and the end of the calendar year. Please see this document for further details, and share with anyone else who you think might be interested.linkedin.comAVAILABILITY FOR WORKHello everyone, This is just a notice to say I'm available for freelance paid work in the following areas until the end of 2026: WRITING: Whether for academic or public-facing audiences, in the areas ... 01729
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Two things can be true at once" does not, of course, therefore mean that the two things hold equal weight. Or that there aren't a lot more factors than the "two things". 100
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some are doing the below. Yes, no doubt the big clubs voted for FFP <insert percentage here> in self interest. But there was, and still is, obviously a massive problem of professional football clubs spending money they don't have that will destroy community assets. bsky.app/profile/mill... 110
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I do wonder the degree to which people still believe that FFP was *only* about protecting the biggest clubs. Which for those of us that remember the amount of administrations in the 90s-00s is plain silly. But... these are now the rules. And City willfully broke them and covered it up. 110
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lads, I landed in Poland. And then, right, then... I just walked out the front door? 000
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Show the population the joys of an intra-Schengen flight and watch those numbers change. Was genuinely mind-blowing to me. 330
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Can I say how much I love the naked "werewolf" joke? 100
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ah, I see. In which case, this discusses some of the practical issues around how "certain" one can be about the data generated or curated this way: ceur-ws.org/Vol-3019/Lin... And this one is critical about what it *can* do over human curation/intervation: doi.org/10.1080/0161...ceur-ws.org 130