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Courage and honor come in many forms.

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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

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On 7 March, we've an online event for anyone thinking about applying to join the #History subject panel for REF2029. The event will bring together former panel members and potential panellists, to discuss the work of the History panel, and the experience of members bit.ly/3QeQlVI #skystorians

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Thirty years ago (1995), Irving Kristol wrote that a 'neoconservative' was a liberal mugged by reality. Badenoch says he talked of a conservative being a liberal mugged by reality in 2005. She says she is 'not a neocon' in quoting the 'godfather of neoconservatism' as to why he was a neoconservative

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❗❗❗ former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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And here’s another part of the story we aren’t hearing enough about from the press.

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Most of the press are determined to fuel a far-right narrative of this election. It’s important to get the full - and rather different - story.

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So close, but they could just have altered the title slightly to ‘Spectator writers won’t get the right-wing government they were jonesing for’

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Young men are closer to the German national averages. Young women are not. That needs far more thought and explanation. (And it’s a great thing!)

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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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The young vote in Germany, by gender. 😳

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Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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My memory is cloudy, but I have a vague recollection of people saying we'd all be out of work because of' ICT' a few decades back...

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NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”

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STORY Tory Robert Jenrick forced to correct his own CV - after accusing Labour MPs of embellishing theirs www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

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No need for very sophisticated source criticism here.

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Musk gets the ball rolling: - prevented children getting medicines - stopped veterans’ support - pushed Nazi propaganda - destabilised allies - diverted taxpayer money to my own companies List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers www.bbc.com/news/article...

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#Vikings on TV tend to have a dark wild-looking aesthetic but finds from 10th century #Sweden suggest male interests in colourful fashions, silk, shiny buttons, & fancy hats - all to show status, something also backed up in textual accounts #medievalsky #britishmuseum

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I just cannot imagine this kind of thing ending well for the popularity of the Trump administration or of a certain head of DOGE

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In three weeks we're delighted to be hosting the distinguished Professor of Byzantine Studies, Claudia Rapp, for the annual British Academy Public Lecture. To find out more and register for your free ticket see ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

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This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.

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"The humanities may be as necessary, or as dangerous, as any other set of disciplines. They do, however, offer at least a means and a store of evidence for diagnosing our present discontents." @kfullagar.bsky.social, Vice-President of the ‪@austhistassoc.bsky.social‬.

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Trams for the West Riding .. Excellent news www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/traffic...

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I visited the asylum hotel in my constituency so that I could listen to the issues affecting the men. I spoke with a number of men who are keen to work & contribute to society, but can't due to the ban on them working. 💼 This is why I'm supportive of the #LiftTheBan campaign.

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One of David Dumville’s passions was palaeography. His private collection of manuscripts is spread between the universities of Liverpool and Aberdeen libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/...

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Memorial conference today in Cambridge for my former partner Prof David N. Dumville who died in September - a very touching event.

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What if I was to tell you that a deep recession was the plan all along?

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As usual, Private Eye hits the bullseye.

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Good for KS as well.

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Very good, recommended: the British Tories' disastrous embrace of Trump shows that their whole moral and intellectual system is decomposing. alexmassie.substack.com/p/the-rottin...

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Fancy two days of fantastic history talks - no book buying required? Historical Association Conference 2025 is in Liverpool - it’s open to everyone with general interest talks from leading academics and specialist sessions for history educators/teachers. www.history.org.uk/aboutus/cate...

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Rotherham’s All Saints Minster - the finest Perpendicular church in the North of England? Certainly a gem. 1/

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Make this @OfficialUoM press release viral “Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.” www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...

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HSBC delays its #netzero goal by 20 years - as CEO offered 600% bonus www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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UK 🇬🇧 public overall per YouGov 89% 👎 for Putin. (Only 4% 👍 …old Farage again. ) 73% 👎 for Trump. ( 22% 👍. (Ditto + Truss & Co) 64% 👍 for Zelensky (16% 👎. (Ditto)

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“Trump basically appears to be acting as though the Americans have the right to seize Ukraine’s national assets, in return for the assistance that they have given so far....It is an administration which is behaving like an organised crime syndicate.” Me in the Telegraph: www.cer.eu/in-the-press...

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University history lecturers spend much of the first year survey courses unravelling students' conviction that a source is useless because "it is bias (sic)". No, the bias or perspective is precisely what we're interested in.

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I haven't seen any Anglophone obituaries of R.I. Moore yet, but here's one in French (demonstrating the respect his work had internationally).

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A prescient and disturbing piece from the weeks before Trump’s inauguration on the ideas of right-wing ideologue Yarvin. Essential reading to understand what Musk and Vance think they are doing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Interested in vikings? Did you know there are prizes and funding available (especially for students and early career scholars) via the Viking Society for Northern Research? Deadlines through the year vsnr.org/prizes/ #medievalsky

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One of the greats. May he rest in peace.

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Agree -and the same things said in this thread could be applied to everything Rees Davies wrote.

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Just the latest of a long line of right-wing governments who’ve pulled this one.

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