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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Brothers Jerome and Robert wished the king had shouted “spoiler alert” before suddenly revealing the ending of the book they were copying - 12th & 14th centuries, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 066A, f. 67r

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Arthur C Clarke had a line in 2010: Odyssey Two about scientists and philosophers who insisted that AI supercomputers could only mimic intelligence and were not actually intelligent, and I think of that throwaway line *a lot*

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I really hope the Danes just printed the 1951 agreement and hid the date…

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Conservative policies to be unveiled at conference understood to include proposing a marriage alliance with the leading continental power, public works along the border with Wales, and war with Wessex…

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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Breaking: Donald Trump says “I’d love to see Ireland unified…. I think it would be a great thing. How could it be bad?” Oh my word.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Jeremy Corbyn was present, but not involved.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is obviously insane, but the bit about how he would ‘defeat the Marxists, then have supper’ is objectively hilarious.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Brilliantly, Antarctica is *way* easier to reach than the North Pole, by like a considerable margin...

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yeah I might have heard of Brexit actually, thanks GDPR training.

Text from GDPR training that starts with "You'll have likely heard of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, more commonly known as Brexit."

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Of all the Bayeux Tapestry parodies, this is surely the greatest.

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Andy Wyatt @andywyatt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"No problem." or "No! Problem?"

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 06/09/2026

At least Weimar managed a decent cabaret scene.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

1) Those boats at Dover are not small, they're just far away. 2) While we're on Father Ted references...

Father Ted telling Craggy Island's Chinese community that he isn't a fascist, he's a priest. Fascists dress in black and tell everyone what to do, whereas priests... more drinks!

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Daily Mail understood to have front page ready to go on Dover incident:

The infamous 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' headline and article by Lord Rothermere in January 1934.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

To be fair the dog will find any suspect milkshakes in no time.

BBC News live feed of the Reform conference:

“Search dog seen behind the stage
Security personnel and a search dog have athered behind the stage at the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham, according to the Press Association.
Events in the main hall are still paused ahead of Nigel Farage's speech.
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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can’t help but feel that, as bad as this current dispute is, there have been significantly worse moments for Russian-German relations.

Text from the news article:

Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia's foreign ministry, said Moscow would respond in a "mirror-image" fashion to Germany's measures while the Russian embassy described the measures as an
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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Is this responsible parenting? Asking for a friend that is also me…

An open gate leading into a garden. The iron sign above the gate says The Position Garden. The sign on the gate says These Plants Can Kill. With a skull and crossbone just so you really know they can kill you.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The 5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head: 1) That could be any mayor! 2) My work is done here… 3) That man never drunk a Duff in his life. 4) I think it was called ‘The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down.’ 5) Quick, they’re on to us, get him back to Seaworld!

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is great from both angles because: 1) If it's a lie, that's perjury, which is a crime. 2) If it's true, then he's just had to publicly burst his own bubble. And still not get bail.

bbc.co.uk

Andrew Tate exaggerates and does not own supercars in photos, lawyers claim

Prosecutors argue Tate and his brother Tristan are a flight risk and should not be released on bail.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you’re thinking ‘Who the hell is Hubert Darrell?!’ that’s the point. Forgotten nowadays, but in the words of one who met him: “With men like him, I could go to the moon.” That person also wanted to take Darrell on his bid for the South Pole. That person was Roald Amundsen. That’s praise.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

20- Cannot get across how much I loved this, a search for the fate of Hubert Darrell. History? ✅ Exploration? ✅ The Arctic? ✅ Canada? ✅ A century-old mystery solved by both archival research and some epic canoe trips? ✅ #BookSky💙📚 #BooksOf2026

The Audible page for ‘Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell’ by Adam Shoalts.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If the plot doesn’t have them breaking into the White House to find a clue on one of those deranged plaques Trump installed about presidential history, I’ll be severely disappointed.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Will this third one channel both of the other two and go on to star in: Spider-Man: A Clash of Civilisations?

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Looking forward to Avengers: Domesday, with the world’s mightiest superheroes helping a Norman duke survey the newly conquered England.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Had an inverse encounter today where I was stopped by my old history teacher. Hope my memory is still good enough to recognise people I taught 18 years previously…

static.klipy.com

Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man Meme

Alt: Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man Meme

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Update- My mother wants to know why they didn’t pre-warn everyone they were sending an emergency alert…

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“But I’m damned if I’m going to stand on a stage, having won a resounding victory, a ringing endorsement of all that I’ve tried to fight for, and you’ve tried to fight for, and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies”.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Reform’s electoral record at parliamentary by-elections: win by five votes when the previous Labour MP had literally decked one of his constituents. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Beat a novelty candidate with no ground game while doing worse than the Tories in the same seat in 2019.

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 14/08/2026

On the radio, Lee Anderson is rowing back a "credible threat" to "threats of planned disruption". No wonder their security bill is so high, it seems to be triggered by embarrassment

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The ‘credible threat’ was him looking like a mug on stage with all those other candidates.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 14/08/2026

This is fortunate, as the winner is unable to speak.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just because you were taught history at school at some point in the past it doesn’t mean the same things are being taught now. Similarly, you may have been taught it, but it was ages ago and you were a teenager who was (at best) half-listening, so you have in fact probably forgotten it.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Come to AI slop 14th century London for the new St Pauls, Tudor buildings, and plastic rubbish, stay for the weird human-donkey hybrid, the massive pigs, and what appears to be a domesticated hippo...

A closeup of one of the AI pictures, with a human having apparently merged with a donkey. A person in the background also appears to be a Gungan from the Phantom Menace.

A closeup of one of the AI pictures, with two giant pigs and what looks like a hippo...

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think what’s most important on exam results day is to talk about yourself to imaginary teenagers who don’t use this website.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Everyone: When will you ever use a GCSE in Astronomy? Me, 20 years later:

Me badly using a colander to badly project the solar eclipse.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Every British household for the next hour or so:

Trump looking at an eclipse with no glasses on. Melania is sensibly not looking, and had glasses on.

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Mr Murphy @murphyhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

But we won’t know him, as he goes to another school.

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