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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 15h

Not sure what to do with this information

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 18h

The cafes in Bloomsbury are once again full of talk about communist revolutions (university term is starting)

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

You must forgive me for not writing for so long, but I just wanted to be on my own for a couple of years or so.

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I Fagiolini @ifagiolini.bsky.social · 23h

Niche Monteverdi merch…

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 23h

I accidentally spent £17,700 on 400 subscriptions to the LRB for Home Office staff and now the Life in the UK test is asking applicants to rank Derek Jarman films from most to least emotionally resonant?

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 23h

This gives me the heebie-beegees

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The civil service is at a crossroads

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achnein.bsky.social @achnein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reading were docked 18 points in total for 4 offences between 2021-24. At 4.5 points per offence, I make Man City in line for a 513 point deduction.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My birthday today! The big 4-0. And yes, before you say it, I don't look a day over 49. Have loved being in my 30s, but keen for whatever comes next.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i wish baseball teams could resolve their differences without resorting to baseball

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jobs For Medievalists The Department of History at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a full-time position in Medieval European and/or Mediterranean History (400-1500) at the rank of Associate Professor (with www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs…

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Want to feel old? These days freshers' week typically involves a "y2k party" featuring music from 7-8 years before they were born.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Inbetweeners is the closest my generation has to the 7up documentary. This looks like a bunch of 40yo dads at the nursery open day.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I give you, once again, the UK choral scene

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radio3 @radio3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Haec Dies” by Leonora d'Este #nowplaying #radio3

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There’s always money in the ice cream stand

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

UK-based postdoctoral – or equivalent – researchers in the humanities and social sciences can still apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The deadline is 4 Nov for institutional applicants and 28 Oct for independent scholars. Find out more: bit.ly/4iwQQtI

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, deadline of 4 November 2026. Independent scholars deadline 28 October 2026

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Botley Road has reopened at the railway bridge after 1,258 days. The new bridge includes cycleways on each side and enough headroom for a full-height double decker to pass. An extra rail span on the western side will give access to a forthcoming Platform 5 at Oxford station.

Botley Road rail bridge seen this morning (from the carriageway) with a bus about to pass underneath

Botley Road rail bridge seen this morning (from the cycleway)

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

On my way to Pembrokeshire to lead a week-long workshop on 16th-century polyphony from the Netherlands. Feeling very fortunate that this is (a nice part of) my job.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

How are we all celebrating Earth, Wind, and Fire 🔥 day on Monday? I, for one, would like to have a large horn section added to my seminar.

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trying to describe what it’s like working inside British universities at the moment is very hard. One small vignette: not a single week of my teaching this semester looks the same as any other. We have virtually no courses/modules that are taught by

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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...

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Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape

According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You really had to be there, but the sunny yet chilly cycle ride I just had from Bloomsbury to Waterloo marked the start of autumn in London. Something about the beautiful light on Waterloo Bridge, students starting to reemerge, pubs filling up. Unmistakeable.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.

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Epsom Chamber Choir @epsomchamberchoir.org.uk · 17/09/2026

With summer feeling like a distant memory, we’re excited to start rehearsing for our upcoming concert on 7th November and to welcome our NEW conductor, @patrickallies.bsky.social.

Patrick Allies wearing a dark jacket and an open necked white shirt stands on a sandy path with the green of trees in the background and looks directly at the camera. Is he smiling? Possibly.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A terrible week for basically everyone apart from the writers of SNL UK

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My 3-yr-old said it was 'the worst day ever' this morning after I got his breakfast slightly wrong, and it took all of my restraint not to correct him and say it was 'the worst day so far'

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Maybe it was a mistake for us all to keep asking to hear from Lisa Nandy?

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I still don't really get why this guy would be opening for Ed Sheeran in the first place

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I see your boyfriend's back on the Boris bikes

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight

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radio3 @radio3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Media vita” by Kerensa Briggs #nowplaying #radio3

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s the music of JS Bach and nothing else comes close

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

King David surrounded by four musicians BnF MS Latin 11550; Psalter-Hymnal of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, with glosses; 2nd quarter of 11th century, after 1029 CE; Paris (Saint-Germain-des-Prés); f.7v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We do have a laugh in classical music don’t we

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's eight years tomorrow since we posted on Twitter that Sting had been in to return his books.

A shelf on the book return trolley. The titles of the five books are Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make, The Bonds That Break, Every Step You Take and I Am Watching You.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We do have a laugh in classical music don’t we

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Make a band edible The Rolling Scones

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Rosh Hashanah in 2026 begins at sunset on 11 September. Here is the initial-word panel for 'Melekh Amon' (Steadfast King) with the Binding of Isaac in the margins. Bodleian Library MS. Laud Or. 321; Maḥzor acc to the Ashkenazi rite; 1270–1280 CE; Germany; f.184r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have received an email from an AI asking to write about borders for my newsletter, and it is giving me a genuine insight into how AI psychosis happens. it is so difficult not to understand this as "an actual sentient being addressing me" even though it has been entirely honest about being an AI

My reply:

I'm sorry, Noa, perhaps this is a mark of my ignorance of what AI is up to these days but I've read your email three times and I can't quite work out what you are proposing.

What instructions are you following that led you to get in touch with me?

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hugely worrying that a majority of people think they know the answer to this tbh

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 11/09/2026

Where did it all go wrong? Leaving primordial ooze 14% Origin of bilateral symmetry 7% Transition to land 32% Human-Chimpanzee divergence 47%

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Perfect for ensnaring your (least) favourite conductor!

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