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No, I wasn't, so thank you very much for posting ☺️ I just started the second of Olivia Manning's trilogies (another recommendation from someone posting here), so it might take me a while to get to it, but this is definitely on the list.

Panicky short term cuts (with long term detriment to come) is certainly what it looks like to me. As a valued colleague put it, "short term pain for long term pain!"

We’ve released the full data maps here looking at changing staffing in social science, humanities and arts (SHAPE) which especially shows how precarious things are for the pipeline of researchers www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/loss-of...

Today, on the 31st anniversary, we remember Srebrenica. On 11 July 1995, 8,372 men and boys were murdered simply for who they were. Fathers, sons, brothers. We remember the victims, the survivors and together we say: Never again means never again. #Srebrenica31 #RememberingSrebrenica

Leith claiming its independence as a separate town... first the shortlisting, next thing you know there'll be a tollboth at Pilrig.

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Yes. I’ll never understand it, which is why I’m not VC material. The latest at UoE is that we have cut our way to a surplus again, so we need five more years of surpluses to invest in excellence. Because I’m not VC material, my question is ‘when are you going to stop cutting and start investing?’

The cones are spreading! #edinburgh

A warm wind on the Marmara shore

Me: Tonight kedi, you sleep with the fishes Kedi: [stretches, settles in]

If Mudanya, then kedi pic

I love this. Unmute.

Guys, I think this lookmaxxing thing has been taken a bit too far

❗REMINDER ❗ This online event takes place on Tuesday 23 (next week). Phil Crockett Thomas @stirunicriminology.bsky.social will explore utopian temporalities and abolitionist world-building in her presentation. Just bring your lunch and your curiosity and we will see you there!

Are you living in a low-income household in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿? Need funding to help do a Masters at a Scottish university? The Carnegie Education Fund has launched a new Carnegie Masters Grants funding scheme to enable fair access to postgrad study. Applications now open carnegie-trust.org/new-carnegie...

Rešad Trbonja was a teenager in Sarajevo at the start of the siege. In his reflections he shares the feelings of losing his youth to war and the loss of the peaceful, carefree Sarajevo he knew before the war. You can read Rešad & others' testimonies on our website: srebrenica.org.uk/survivor-sto...

As govt is going to ban social media for kids, then they should also: - invest in youth clubs and social spaces where young people are welcome - put some actual money into libraries - mandate that secondary schools supply offline learning resources - implement effective regulation

‘Pioneering photography’: early images of Newhaven’s fishers – in pictures. David Hill and Robert Adamson captured the lives of a small Scottish community in the 1840s. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Bosnia’s storied World Cup qualification and opener against Canada are a reminder that this competition ultimately belongs to the players and the fans — and the fairytales they produce along the way. My latest for @euronews: www.euronews.com/2026/06/13/t...