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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Myth: The iconic Charnia fossil was found by a 15-year-old Fact: The iconic Charnia fossil was actually found by a different 15-year-old

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This was attacked over on Twitter (by someone who should know better and consistently doesn't) but it's worth watching as a clear, comprehensible primer on intersectionality, positionality and inclusive teaching practice. youtu.be/2S8JUO3M_04

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BAME Awarding Gap Keynote Lecture: Engaging pedagogically with race and racism

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/08/2026

Watch this short clip to the end to understand what level (maximum) of white supremacy we're dealing with here. 1/n

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Watch them circle the wagons, again.

Lukas Degutis C @LukasDegutis
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Exposing lies and fraud should carry no guilt, no matter how anyone reacts to the truth, no less when they were happy to twist it. It's tragic and sad, but the media didn't hound him to this.
Believing that might feel better in the moment, for you, but isn't healthy.

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RIP Jason Arday. I never met you, never knew you and what I read of your work I found unimpressive. And yet I feel a sadness and loss at your death. You never deserved for it to end this way. You were used and even abused by others for their own ends. I do not believe you were in any way a bad person. Indeed there are many reasons to believe you were a good person. You needed help. Yet when you needed help it never came. Despite the huge pile on, nobody seemed to be there for you. You were left to die on your own, which only adds to the sadness. RIP Jason Arday. You were failed by those who had a duty of care towards you.

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 15/08/2026

Actual plagiarism is entrenched in the academic hierarchy, and it's professors plagiarising from their students, something that is not even really frowned upon. The plagiarism scandals usually amount to minor infarctions, deliberate misreadings of citation practice, or political instrumentalisation

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 15/08/2026

I've said this before, after a near-suicide in Germany because of plagiarism allegations: whatever damage plagiarism does in the university, the scandalisation of it does much much worse.

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Always amazed by the Rutland Arms' spice scale of baby -> posh -> ginger -> sporty -> scary

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This month we have a talk on the Kurdish Revolution in Rojava. Monday 27th July, 7:30pm, The Museum, Orchard Square, all welcome!

Europe in the Pub
Monday 27th July 2026
7:30pm The Museum
Public talk on
The Rojava Revolution
in Kurdistan

Last Monday of the month, 7:30pm
The Museum, Orchard Square, Sheffield
Monthly public talks on Europe, transnationalismand interculturality. All welcome.
Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub
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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Photos from our trip to Japan (plus our afternoon layover in Shanghai)

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Still recovering from Backrooms. Nasty, stressful film about bad AI art that can't understand doors or hands. They even got the piss filter. Great bit of A24ing.

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This month (a week early, on the fourth Monday!) we have the team from Sheffield Hallam's @nfsengland.bsky.social for England talking about their findings. 22nd March, 7:30pm, The Museum, all welcome! www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk

Europe in the Pub Monday 22nd June 2026 7:30pm The Museum Public talk by The National Folklore Survey for England Last Monday of the month, 7:30pm The Museum, Orchard Square, Sheffield Monthly public talks on Europe, transnationalism and interculturality. All welcome. Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub DM with questions & proposals

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Taking voluntary severance from Sheffield Hallam, weird times tidal.com/track/110108...

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Die Toten Hosen - Bye, Bye Alex

Listen to Bye, Bye Alex on TIDAL

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on here, the Greens aren't splitting the left vote because this Labour party isn't left wing.

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JPK 🇩🇪 @jpk-art.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Might have accidentally taken my new favorite photo today. 😉😊 #wildlife #nature #photography #deer #sunrise #morning

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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Reminds me of Helen Lewis once comparing transition to immigration, using the UK's violent border regime and immigration system to argue that there should be checks on what gender you're allowed to be. That whole set is reactionary across the board.

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

日本に行きます！イギリス、じゃあね！

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This month is in collaboration with Sheffield Anti-Raids Network, please note different time and location. Panos Theodoropoulos from @intrrgnm.bsky.social will talk on his book The Precarious Migrant Worker. Food 6:30pm, talk 7:00pm. Monday 27th April 6:30pm, Sharrow Community Forum, all welcome!

Europe in the Pub - Monday 27th April 2025, *6:30pm *Sharrow Community Forum Panos Theodoroupolos on The Precarious Migrant Worker - Joint with Interregnum Press and Anti-Raids Network Food from 6:30pm, talk at 7:00pm Monthly public talks on Europe, transnationalism and interculturality. All welcome. Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub DM with questions & proposals *Please note changed time and location

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Reading 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and it is mostly them doing this youtu.be/wwo8yXXgj40?...

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Homer Simpson Under The Sea

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Doing the exercise of drawing "leadership" in class and one of the students invented Hobbes' Leviathan entirely off their own bat.

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Also coming up this year: The Precarious Migrant Worker, Megaliths in Folk Horror and the @nfsengland.bsky.social.

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This month (in a change to our planned schedule) we have Edanur Yazıcı talking about a study on Migrant Exploitation in the Care Industry by @bristoluni.bsky.social and the Pan-African Workers' Association. Monday 30th March, 7:30pm, The Museum, all welcome!

Europe in the Pub
Monday 30th March 2026
7:30pm The Museum
Edanur Yazıcı on Migrant Exploitation in the Care Industry
Forthcoming talks
27th April: Panos Theodoropoulos on The Precarious Migrant Worker
25th May: Bank Holiday (no session)
29th June: Diane Rogers on Megaliths in Folk Horror (tbc)
Last Monday of the month, 7:30pm
The Museum, Orchard Square, Sheffield
Monthly public talks on Europe, transnationalismand interculturality. All welcome.
Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub
DM with questions & proposals
Pan-African Workers' Association
University of Bristol

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Tonight, for LGBT history month! bsky.app/profile/euro...

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This month we have @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social's own @marsnicoli.bsky.social talking about Queerness in European Cinema. Also coming up this year The National Folklore Survey for England, The Precarious Migrant Worker and Megaliths (tbc). Monday 23rd February, 7:30pm, The Museum, all welcome!

Monday 23rd February 7:30pm The Museum
Queerness in European Cinema
with Mars Nicoli
Europe in the Pub
LGBT History Month Special

Forthcoming talks
30th March: The National Folklore Survey for England
27th April: Panos Theodoropoulos on The Precarious Migrant Worker
22nd June: Diane Rogers on Megaliths (tbc)

Last Monday of the month, 7:30pm
The Museum, Orchard Square, Sheffield
Monthly public Humanities talks related to Europe, transnationalism and interculturality. All welcome.
Organised by Languages & Cultures at Sheffield Hallam
Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub
Questions & proposals alex.marshall@shu.ac.uk and a.louis@shu.ac.uk

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I think a reasonably frequent experience for junior academics is a life wherein they were the smartest person in the room in most rooms they were in (even some pretty fancy rooms) up until The Great Filtration suddenly puts them among a bunch of other people with the same life experience.

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

My main takeaway from this "automation bias", the assumption that if the AI says it it must be true. Basically "computer says no", market fetishism or (as my partner immediately clocked) the plot of Brazil.

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Some photos from @davidraho.bsky.social 's talk on AI to Europe in the Pub on Monday (and to @skepticsinthepub.bsky.social) #creenpy

A man standing in front of a projection screen and audience, holding a microphone. Behind him is a slide showing a word cloud, entitled "How Do We Think About AI?" and containing words like 'Threat', 'Opportunity', 'Disruptive', 'Creepy' and 'Creenpy'.

A man standing in front of a projection screen and audience, holding a microphone. Behind him is a slide showing four AI Mindsets: "Doomers", "Gloomers", "Zoomers" and "Bloomers"

A man standing in front of an audience, holding a microphone.

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Definitive ranking: 1) Days 2) Years 3) Bones 4) Weeks

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This month (different venue and earlier than usual) Europe in the Pub has another joint session with Sheffield @skepticsinthepub.bsky.social, and have @davidraho.bsky.social asking Should we be Resisting or Embracing AI?. Monday 19th January, 7:30pm, Farm Road Sports & Social Club, all welcome!

Should we be Resisting or Embracing AI? with David Raho

Europe in the Pub
Monday 19th January 7:30pm
Farm Road Sports & Social Club S2 2TP

Organised by Languages & Cultures at Sheffield Hallam and the Association for Skeptical Enquiry

From the glowing red eye of HAL 9000 to the chatbot currently sitting in your pocket, Artificial Intelligence has shifted from a sci-fi nightmare to a daily reality. But as the technology accelerates, so does the anxiety. In this talk, David cuts through the noise to ask the ultimate question: Should We Be Resisting or Embracing AI? Join us as we explore whether we should be barricading the doors against AI or inviting it in.

David is a PhD researcher in Law and Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, investigating the comparative adoption of AI in Probation and Rehabilitation across England and Wales, Brazil, and Japan. He combines this academic work with broad practical experience, working within Probation and more recently with the AI team at His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. He is both a Trustee and Fellow of the Probation Institute.

Forthcoming topics
23rd February 2026: Mars Nicoli on Trans Horror in European Film
30th March 2026: The National Folklore Survey for England launch
27th April 2026: Panos Theodoropoulos on The Precarious Migrant Worker
Public talks on Europe, transnationalism and interculturality through Sheffield Hallam Languages & Cultures. Usually last Monday of the month. All welcome.
Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub
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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Someone just addressed me as "Europe in the Pub guy", we're slowly building a profile @europeinthepub.bsky.social

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Also coming up: megaliths in folk horror, migrant exploitation in the care industry, and AI.

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This month we have Joel Mayfield from @unitetheunion.bsky.social talking about the ongoing strike at the Sheffield Veolia plant, which has now outlasted the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. Monday 29th September, 7:30pm, The Museum, all welcome!

Europe in the Pub
Monday 29th September 2025
7:30pm The Museum
Joel Mayfield on The Sheffield Bin Strikes Forthcoming talks
27th October: Diane Rodgers on Megaliths Onscreen in Folk Horror
24th November: Edanur Yazıcı on Migrant Exploitation in the Care Industry
*19th January: David Raho on Should we be Resisting or Embracing AI?
(joint with Skeptics in the Pub)
Last Monday of the month, 7:30pm
The Museum, Orchard Square, Sheffield
Monthly public talks on Europe, transnationalism and interculturality
Organised through Languages & Cultures at Sheffield Hallam
Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub
DM with questions & proposals

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Throwback to the time we saw a heron.

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Went to see more great crested grebes and their weird stripy chicks.

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Slight change to booking: we're downstairs this evening

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Alex Marshall @ralexm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

ATG Highlights 2025: - We Lost The Sea doing Departure Songs - Envy - Sugar Horse - Godspeed - Melvins - Walpurgis (all Sabbath covers) - Mars Volta channel

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

This month, a week earlier than normal, Europe in the Pub has Harriet Earle on Whose war is it anyway? Vietnam, the US and France in conflict... and comics! Monday 18th August, 7:30pm, The Museum. Come along, and bring friends.

Europe in the Pub
Monday 18th August 2025
Whose war is it anyway? Vietnam, the US and France in conflict... and comics! with Harriet Earle
We all know the image of the American soldier, fresh from jungle combat with a wild stare. He's the staple of Vietnam War pop culture created by the war's losers - the USA. In film and comics, the yank is a mainstay. Sometimes, we also see the French - not often, and not always favourably portrayed. But the war in Vietnam did not belong to either countries; it belongs to Vietnam. After all, in Vietnam, the war is known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ ('Resistance War against America'). Okay, enough word play. Where are the Vietnamese in American comics of the war? Are they capable warriors or childlike naifs? Are they monstrous or are they simply missing?
Forthcoming talks
29th September: Joel Mayfield on The Sheffield Bin Strikes
27th October: Diane Rodgers on Folk Horror
24th November: Edanur Yazıcı on Migrant Exploitation in the Care Industry
Last Monday of the month, 7:30pm, upstairs in The Museum, Orchard Square
Public talks on Europe, transnationalism and interculturality through Sheffield Hallam Languages & Cultures
Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub
Questions & proposals: alex.marshall@shu.ac.uk and a.louis@shu.ac.uk
Background image: a comic book drawing of a man in green combat fatigues and a helmet, his shirt open to show his ample chest, standing in front of an American flag shooting a machine gun.

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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Europe in the Pub @europeinthepub.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This month the University of Sheffield's Guy Cowman-Sharpe will give us the latest on the US tariff situation. Also coming up this year: Vietnam war comics, early Zionism and folk horror. Monday 28th July, 7:30pm, The Museum, all welcome!

Monday 28th July 2025 Europe in the Pub Guy Cowman-Sharpe Cowman- on US Tariffs & Trade Update Forthcoming talks 25th August: Harriet Earle on The Vietnam War in Comics 29th September: Alex Marshall on Early Zionism (tbc) 27th October: Diane Rodgers on Folk Horror Last Monday of the month, 7:30pm Upstairs in The Museum, Orchard Square Monthly public talks on Europe, transnationalism and interculturality Organised through Languages & Cultures at Sheffield Hallam Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram: @europeinthepub DM with questions or proposals

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