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We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off. This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive". We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.

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My mum's uncle Edward, 11, drowned in the Thames in 1906. She knew it happened but didn't know his name, when, or anything. So I found him, and the man who tried to save him. Mr John Bannochie turned out to be SO GOOD. A printer and a printer’s son: grapplingwithhistory.com/other-writing/

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💔💔💔

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Well, this is a weird afternoon

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Enjoying the rejoicing of my rugby league uncle over Sir Billy Boston: definitely the first time I’ve ever seen him applaud news from Buckingham Palace

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Oxford’s Waterstones bookshop closes on Wednesday. The long-established shop at the junction of Broad Street and Cornmarket is relocating to Queen Street in the autumn, with the new shop expected to open in September. Sister company Blackwells’ three branches in the city centre remain open.

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Job researching plants and enslavement www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...

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Important to note that, despite positive press, modern languages at Cardiff University are far from saved. Ancient History and Religion lose their named degrees, but at least there is some commitment (for now) to teach those topics as part of other degrees.

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Bertie had some trouble getting in the cat flap for his breakfast this morning; he was licking the door instead of pushing it with his head. Wishing us all a smooth and practiced return to work today.

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Here’s to other forms of bilingualism instead

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I am wearing dungarees/overalls and gleefully remembering the translation exam where someone translated salopette as "little slut."

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question for humanities academics (would appreciate retweets). Has anyone made a large index of humanities talk series that are on Zoom or have Zoom components? It seems like something that might be useful.....

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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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Beautiful and typically combative tribute to MacIntyre by Geuss newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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Really excited about our upcoming interdisciplinary conference on the 'Legacies of Section 28' in contemporary history, education and activism, which will be held at UCL on 6th and 7th June. For more details and to register for this free event: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Important and frank thread from @kwissoker.bsky.social on the ever-more-parlous state of academic publishing and how keeping those great Duke UP books at affordable prices is a near-impossible feat, a vignette of the broader crisis

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In this thread, some of the things our team members have been excited about in our group chat:

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Looking forward to this discussion with Emma Claussen, Jérémie Foa (@anakroniks.bsky.social), and Jenny Oliver hosted by FISIER! Online to bring everyone together across the waters. More detail listed here for now: modernum.hypotheses.org/tag/xvie-sie...

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Story on the radio about the first bacteria a baby comes in contact with will protect them in later life. I heard it as the first STATUE, which is to say my cradle Catholicism sometimes prevents me hearing things properly.

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An inspiring story: U Mich president withdraws his signature on a letter defending academic freedom because he wants to leave and get paid to join Ron DeSantis's war on higher education, and then doesn't get the Florida job because he supports vaccination www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/06/haha...

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I gave a talk to 50 high schoolers today, who are visiting Yale for a summer leadership program. They all use AI, many every day, for every task you can imagine. And they also know it is not a great thing that they are doing this. They know they are deskilling themselves.

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I just had to read a bundle of articles on AI for a meeting tomorrow and could only get through it by stuffing cheese into my mouth while I read. AI would not do this, and this extra capacity for cheese consumption is what makes me better than AI.

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Oh no I was definitely not ready for the sexy Luther bust

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I don’t really believe there’s an afterlife that works like this. But I often pay attention to the cluster of deaths around those of people I love, and today am somehow comforted that Jarrod Hayes is introducing Edmund white to Pierre Nora + explaining that the lieux de mémoire need a queer update

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Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85

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I'll always be grateful for all of the work that the talented people at Oxford did to make my 1st book a reality, but between management's anti-unionism and moves like this, it's likely my next book will be with a different press: www.alpsp.org/news-publica...

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Mourning the brilliant, generous, hilarious scholar of Francophone lit, Jarrod Hayes, of Michigan + more recently Monash. I was so lucky to have him as an early mentor + luckier still to have him as a friend. And I was so glad to see his joy in his partner Nic and in their life in Melbourne.

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Took a lot of paper pushing but France has finally recognized me as Épouse ou mère. Choose your own adventure!

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Next week!! Do come talk about rivers with us on June 5 at lunchtime (if only for the free sandwiches if you sign up 🫣)

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“He lived a full life, fought a good fight.” RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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