Reposted by Moira Stoneanfearbui.bsky.social @anfearbui.bsky.social · 23hOld photograph, taken as the van passed. Plasterer with a sense of humour... 042
Reposted by Moira StoneAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago. 78941295
Reposted by Moira StoneArchives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Great opportunity here for a Trainee Archivist @shakespearesglobe.bsky.social recordkeeping-careers.org/job/trainee-...recordkeeping-careers.orgTrainee Archivist - Recordkeeping CareersShakespeare's Globe is currently seeking an Archive Trainee on full-time, fixed term basis (8 months). 047
Reposted by Moira StonesomecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yan, tan.. Yan, tan.. (Socks off) Yan, tan.. 999, Police! Daft lot of publicity stunt chasers need learn to count 🙄🙄 011
Moira Stone @moirakstone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nuffield Trust senior policy analyst @sallygainsbury.bsky.social "The health benefit the population as a whole gets from spending on new branded medicines is only half what it would get if the same spending was used to extend existing services such as GP care or operations from the waiting list." 110
Moira Stone @moirakstone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Catherine looked for what wasn't there - hardly any records or documents. She persevered, asked genuine questions & had the confidence when others suggested they were Famine bones. It’s about listening to people in the right way. She didn’t dismiss information she got, kept at it & didn’t let go. 120
Reposted by Moira StoneDeutsche Seemannsmission ⚓️ Support of Seafarers‘ Dignity 🌏🛟 @seemannsmission.org · 18/09/2026In Großbritannien werden Seenotretter von RNLI immer häufiger persönlich bedroht und auch körperlich angegriffen und verletzt. Eine Statue für im Einsatz gestorbene muss extra geschützt werden. Das Ergebnis von Hasskampagnen der extremen Rechten. Wer Lebensretter bedroht ist Menschenfeind! 24932
Reposted by Moira StoneSt Aldhelms Birder @staldhelmsbirder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is an interesting plan & something that looks like it will create better micro sites for wildlife, reducing rainfall hitting the drains, as well as, helping create a better place for people to live @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social 0112
Reposted by Moira StoneDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/... 11554891486
Reposted by Moira StoneThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201119886
Reposted by Moira StoneRachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴 752697760
Reposted by Moira StoneDr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Tha. Tha sin ceart gu lèor. 031
Reposted by Moira StoneAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121525979
Reposted by Moira StoneJustice and Home Affairs Committee @lordsjhacom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026'Engagement events' is a term we use to describe different ways committees engage with stakeholders other than public evidence sessions. In this case, we're keen to hear from people who have experienced jury service. Please do sign up if you'd like to take part! (3/3) 011
Reposted by Moira StoneJustice and Home Affairs Committee @lordsjhacom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Notes will be taken and published, but all participants will be anonymised, and the notes will be shared with participants to approve before they are published. (2/3) 111
Reposted by Moira StoneJustice and Home Affairs Committee @lordsjhacom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hi Moira! Thanks for the question. The roundtable will take place via teams, with ex jurors and members of the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee discussing the ex jurors' experiences and ideas. This will be in private. (1/3) 111
Reposted by Moira StoneJim Leary @jimleary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I paid my respects to the Bronze Age Egtved Girl in Denmark this week. Around 17 years old and 160 cm tall, she was buried one summer's day in 1370 BC. I went to the National Museum in Copenhagen, and there she was. Or wasn’t, since hardly any of her remains survived. 25314
Reposted by Moira StoneKen Appleby @kenappleby.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Help please? A friend has a late 1990s metal-framed Futon chair, in pieces and with no assembly instructions. It has defeated us. Can any kind person provide a link to a manual for this? #futon #manuals #futonmanuals 011
Reposted by Moira StoneJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Also serious reminder that if your kid DOES fail to get the results they need: 1) don't panic. 2) IT'S FINE. Don't rush. Ring unis. chat to them. Our phone line people are trained to help. 3) Consider Greenwich. Our entire thing is helping kids master study skills and become their best selves. 620329
Reposted by Moira StoneThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"The King's Highway" Protest, freedom of expression and the public-private law divide How the UK Supreme Court decided a fundamental rights case without using human rights law New, by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 38431
Reposted by Moira StoneBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026North British Hotel (now the Balmoral), Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1958, photo by Allan Hailstone. 1617
Reposted by Moira StoneRaven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping ~ Mr Rogers Kyiv Zoo continues their visits to the patients of the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialised Hospital zoo.kyiv.ua/en/supportin... 0104
Reposted by Moira StoneKathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Extremely niche--anyone know if in ancient regime France the day of a nun's profession might be termed her 'journee?' (Script is clear, abbreviations not an issue, inscription grammar is often...condensed.. so I'm brainstorming) 21727
Reposted by Moira StoneUnofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sheep farmer had hydatid disease from tapeworm parasite for yearsbbc.co.ukSheep farmer had hydatid disease from tapeworm parasite for yearsA farmer living with slow-growing cysts caused by a tapeworm says he had no idea anything was wrong. 114
Moira Stone @moirakstone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026On Trump and Iran. And on negotiating technique in general 000
Reposted by Moira StoneAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 30/07/2026This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from. 10774211639
Reposted by Moira StoneThe Scottish Farmer @thescottishfarmer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Scientists are warning that forgotten vegetable varieties are being lost despite their potential to strengthen food systems and tackle climate…thescottishfarmer.co.ukForgotten vegetable crops could help protect future food supplies 065
Reposted by Moira StoneCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29469622160
Reposted by Moira StoneCeline Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 17/07/2026#Skystorians I have a question on behalf of a German undergrad, who is looking for an Erasmus/Exchange program in the history of technology. I can only think of my bachelors program at Maastricht University (though that was more STS than history of technology proper). Any suggestions? #HistSTM 014
Moira Stone @moirakstone.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Egyptian princesses may have been experienced warriors 010
Reposted by Moira StoneAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/07/2026A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs 1072275865
Reposted by Moira StoneMet4Cast @met4cast.net · 15/07/2026Domestic abuse increases significantly when England lose big games like this. You are not alone. If you experience domestic abuse, there is help out there. 01715
Reposted by Moira StonePolitics UK @politicsuk.com · 08/07/2026🚨 NEW: Parliament has confirmed Count Binface will not be allowed to sit in the Commons wearing his space costume and bin head He remains the only main challenger to Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election 2611534
Reposted by Moira Stoneab34 @ab34.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@davidallengreen.bsky.social in the event Count Binface is elected, would the 1313 statute forbidding armour in parliament cause problems for him taking his seat? Would be very grateful for your opinion. 46911
Reposted by Moira StoneTorkild Hovde Lyngstad @torkildl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026You find yourself in Copenhagen, and experience macro-structural problems? Call the Sociolance! In a few minutes you will have expert sociologists at your side, advising you on anything from status inconsistency, via logit vs probit through agency/structure integration. 2217
Reposted by Moira StoneRobert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Pieces of long-lost Louis Sullivan building revealed on Chicago’s south lakefront (gift link)chicagobusiness.comPieces of long-lost Louis Sullivan building revealed on Chicago’s south lakefrontFirst noticed in the shoreline rubble in 2018 by a member of a landscape crew, they've now been fully documented by an architectural sleuth who revealed them last week. 1729681
Reposted by Moira StoneMedieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social · 29/06/2026We are recruiting for a Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts. For further details, and information on how to apply, please see the advert below. The deadline for applications is 12 July.ce0752li.webitrent.comPowered by MHR 01914
Reposted by Moira StoneIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 02/06/2026Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework 146107532607
Reposted by Moira StoneInternational Labour Organization @ilo.org · 25/06/2026Close to 90% of global trade moves by sea. 🚢 Seafarers make it possible. 👨✈️ 👩✈️ The Maritime Labour Convention sets minimum standards to protect them, from wages and safety to dignity. ⚓ #DecentWork at sea matters. #DayoftheSeafarer 097
Reposted by Moira StoneDr Nigel Fletcher @nigelfletcher.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Just heard someone on TV used the word "coronated." For the sake of my sanity in the coming weeks, the word is "crowned." 6846247
Reposted by Moira StoneAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism 19855762439
Reposted by Moira StoneJohn-y-Cash (vac) @john-y-cash.eurosky.social · 13/06/2026Simple, efficace ... #HumourDouteux #Caturday 49715
