Reposted by Stephen GreggJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day. 571790374
Reposted by Stephen GreggPunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Released 49 years ago today Oh Bondage Up Yours! - The debut single by X-Ray Spex X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! (Twndish 1978) #punk #punks #punkrock #xrayspex #ohbondageupyours #punkrockhistory 212937
Reposted by Stephen GreggPunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In memory of Marc Bolan, singer, songwriter and musician, who would have turned 79 today Photo by Kevin Cummins #glamrock #punkrock #marcbolan #trex #history #rockhistory #punkrockhistory #otd 312828
Reposted by Stephen GreggPunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Released 49 years ago today "Problem Child" is a single by the Damned, and preview for the band's second album, Music for Pleasure. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat - Problem Child - Fan Club Live 1977 #punk #punks #punkrock #thedamned #problemchild #punkrockhistoy 06913
Reposted by Stephen GreggMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026'Asked by Kuenssberg if he would allow a programme to be made and presented by AI, Brittin replied: "I would do, within guardrails." He added: "We want to experiment with this technology and understand what it can and can't do, but I'm here because I believe in human creativity.'bbc.co.ukSome BBC channels and radio stations 'may well' have to close, director general saysThe BBC's financial situation "may well mean" some channels and stations close, Matt Brittin says. 131
Reposted by Stephen GreggMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪 14409171
Reposted by Stephen GreggLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026THEY GOT TO 2000 SUPPORTERS! Now in need of 3000 more in just under a year. LETS GO! #earlymodern #bookhistory #skystorians 14624
Reposted by Stephen GreggHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026To mark the Autumn Equinox, I offer you a biscuit tin. Designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe 1248659
Reposted by Stephen GreggProf MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For anyone who needs to read a story about persistence paying off and a hero winning a victory. 0229
Stephen Gregg @shgregg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Does anyone still use Voyant in DH teaching these days? I used to teach with it a while ago and just returning to it. I ask because it seems cranky and very slow #DH  voyant.lincsproject.cavoyant.lincsproject.caVoyant Tools 000
Stephen Gregg @shgregg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Humphrey Clinker one of my fav comic fictions of the 18thC! 000
Reposted by Stephen GreggRebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's happening! 'Killjoy Comedy: Willful Women and 1750s Fiction' is coming out with @uvapress.bsky.social in February 2027. @sinsleyh.bsky.social says it is 'a ROMP'. I am *floored* @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social #18thcentury #c18th www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10256/ 186414
Reposted by Stephen GreggDaniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How to do with books, especially bibles, when you live in a material world? Well, William Hogarth of 18th century fame reminds us of the typical re-using (of bindings). In this case, the leather binding is re-used for a shoe sole. #bookhistory #booksky 714637
Reposted by Stephen GreggBSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...bsecs.org.ukBSECS Annual ConferenceBSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference 01524
Stephen Gregg @shgregg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My poor whippet! Turner at the vets for a routine check up. Backing himself away from reception desk and wedged himself between chairs. 020
Reposted by Stephen GreggElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24650291562
Reposted by Stephen GreggJennie @unabridgedopinions.com · 04/09/2026one of the most beloved programmes of all time was literally Melvyn Bragg talking to two experts about a subject they knew an enormous amount about, with him knowing enough to ask erudite and pertinent questions. Come ON BBC. Not everything needs one historian and a comedian. 25413
Reposted by Stephen GreggElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 253116743316
Reposted by Stephen GreggJim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · 04/09/2026He is even the subject of a couple of fictional projects: 1) the Sir John Fielding novels of Bruce Alexander www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/SIJ/s... and 2) TV series City of Vice,featuring both Fielding brothers IMDb www.imdb.com/title/tt1044...penguinrandomhouse.comSir John FieldingBuy books online and find book series such as Sir John Fielding written by Bruce Alexander from PenguinRandomHouse.com 011
Reposted by Stephen GreggJonathan @jsench.bsky.social · 22/08/2026PBSA is searching for an Editorial Assistant! Review of applications begins September 1 and goes through the 15th. Information & instructions to apply are at the link below. Position manages logistics of journal processes. $5000 annual honorarium, 1 year w possibility of renewal.docs.google.comEditorial Assistant job descriptionPBSA Editorial Assistant description and qualifications The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA) seeks an Editorial Assistant. PBSA is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal published o... 01012
Reposted by Stephen GreggCRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 19/08/2026📚 The Politics of Rare Books: Colonial legacies, libraries, provenances 21 September Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4gcpiXM This event aims to advance conversations on how historical connections to the slave trade within library collections can be communicated to the public 13420
Reposted by Stephen GreggJohnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS. 11187843445
Stephen Gregg @shgregg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLocal media needs support if devolution push is to succeed, publishers sayShift from Westminster risks weakening scrutiny as regional titles battle hostility, big tech and ‘news deserts’ 010
Stephen Gregg @shgregg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Don’t normally post family stuff but can’t help feeling proud of my 15 year old boy who went and bought these two books for himself today: 060
Reposted by Stephen GreggTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 30/07/2026If there’s one thing Alexander Pope taught us, it’s that translators of the Odyssey are a calm bunch who never pick public fights with anyone 920629
Reposted by Stephen GreggAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Did I travel all the way to #JodrellBank this morning for a 5min TV interview? Yes reader, I did. Did I then persuade the fab e-MERLIN Director Simon Garrington to let me climb inside the Lovell Telescope? Well, if you can't flex a Royal title occasionally, then what is the point of having it? 😇🔭🧪 1439389
Reposted by Stephen GreggNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7778512571
Reposted by Stephen GreggProf Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The rather lovely Hogarth memorial in Bartholomew Close, where he was born 174
Reposted by Stephen GreggAdam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This would be another big blow for UK science. It's also a threat to a #WorldHeritage site which was only listed by the UK in 2019 after nearly a decade of work by scientists, advocates & government. Now it should go on the World Heritage "in danger" list. @unesco.bsky.social @icomos.bsky.social 🧪🌏theguardian.comJodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts supportScientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities 14212
Reposted by Stephen GreggHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/07/2026‘Great Inventions, 1961’ Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Artist: Robert Ayton 231141366
Reposted by Stephen Gregggeorgiosmasman.bsky.social @georgiosmasman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Happy #StrummerSaturday everyone. 0264
Reposted by Stephen GreggUniversity English @univeng.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The #EnglishCreates: Futures symposium brought together students, teachers, researchers, writers and advocates to celebrate the creativity and public value of English. We’re delighted to now share recordings of the talks for those who couldn’t join us on the day: www.youtube.com/channel/UCVL... 063
Stephen Gregg @shgregg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Wow. There’s a big rabbit-hole about foxing! #bookhistory 022
Reposted by Stephen GreggRobert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Visual work by Patricia Farrell: patriciafarrell.weebly.compatriciafarrell.weebly.comPatricia FarrellPatricia Farrell lives in Liverpool. She is a poet and visual artist. She co-organised the SubVoicive reading series in London in the 1980s and was a member of the arts group New River Project. She..... 052
Reposted by Stephen GreggHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Ladybird endpapers. London sunset ‘A Little Princess’, 1985 Artist: Shirley Tourret 321829
Reposted by Stephen GreggMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14/07/2026It's Harrison Ford's birthday, which means we are obliged to share this absolute banger from our archives: "No one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist’s tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver."buff.lyBack from Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied“As chairman of the Committee on Promotion and Tenure, I regret to inform you that your recent application for tenure has been denied by a vote of 6 to 1. Fo... 722367
Reposted by Stephen GreggMegan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Descriptive bibliography question for those who know more about the 18th century than I do: the book below is large and has a lot of plates, and seems based on signatures to be a folio in 2s. Is this a thing? I am used to seeing them in 6s. The binding is such that I can't ascertain directly. 6145
Reposted by Stephen GreggGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Sure it doesn't work, but have you considered that it makes middle-aged men feel like COOL SPIES? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 2299
Reposted by Stephen GreggRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/07/2026Book history/bibliography folks—doe anyone know of a bibliography/libguide/anything else where folks have compiled revisions of Robert Darnton’s famous “Communications Circuit" diagram? I’ve seen so many over the years—I kind of want to point students to a whole batch of ‘em for a class exercise 84226
Reposted by Stephen GreggMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/07/2026- Guy named Monty playing spoons in front of barrel fire - Minor league baseball game on radio in room next door at flophouse, 1953 - Timebuff.lyTom Waits White Noise Sound OptionsRumble of freight trains at dusk Tuesday delivery at scrap metal yard Broom sweeping floor of bar in Sheboygan at closing time 28214