Today's the anniversary of the Nazis executing Marc Bloch. Or, someone who could sit with uncertainty, champion inquiry & trying to understand, and recognise plurality & perplexity. And, in that knowledge, made the choice not to remain passive.
Bloch, Historian’s Craft (MUP, 1992), pp. 64, 119, 160.
Bloch, Historian’s Craft (MUP, 1992), pp. 64, 119, 160.
November 23, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Early Modern:
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With the twitter exodus: welcome, and here are some #earlymodern historians posting about early modern stuff (though I should update it now it’s more than 50 in those things) go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
November 8, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Early Modern:
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For paper: because gloves make you more clumsy and lead you to grip the (fragile) paper without enough sensitivity. Your bare hands make you more careful. Gloves are still better for metals etc.
March 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Here you go
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The weekend! Why not write a quick email to your MP to encourage them to stop #UKHE spiraling? With the change in leadership and Burnham's focus on regional strengths, there's a window to change government's strategy.
Template with suggested low-cost interventions: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Template with suggested low-cost interventions: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
July 7, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Here you go
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October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Come and join the COOLEST PROJECT at QMUL & Cambridge!
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#bookhistory! Material culture! #reformazing history! #earlymodern chaos! COOL SCIENCE TOYS!
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September 7, 2023 at 7:14 PM
With the twitter exodus: welcome, and here are some #earlymodern historians posting about early modern stuff (though I should update it now it’s more than 50 in those things) go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF
November 8, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Dream Team!! Kindly Phoenix, if we’re successful *please* don’t schedule us in parallel because I might be needing Chant Plants for my paper …
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Maybe we should plot to get some plants in the audience who are prepped and who make everyone else feel like it is the most natural thing to join in the chant…
September 22, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Dream Team!! Kindly Phoenix, if we’re successful *please* don’t schedule us in parallel because I might be needing Chant Plants for my paper …
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imagine seeing this and deciding what we really needed was some fanfic or goofy AI slop where Calvin inevitably marries Suzie Derkins and the omnipresent subtext that we never know if Hobbes is actually a toy or not (because who gives a shit) is inevitably made text bsky.app/profile/onsl...
December 31, 2024 at 10:47 PM
imagine seeing this and deciding what we really needed was some fanfic or goofy AI slop where Calvin inevitably marries Suzie Derkins and the omnipresent subtext that we never know if Hobbes is actually a toy or not (because who gives a shit) is inevitably made text bsky.app/profile/onsl...
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I'm regularly the lone medievalist at thematic conferences - I enjoy the discussion across periods. In fact, I'm doing exactly that next week. It's a shame that the decision was made for me and my colleagues.
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😔 ah, yeah, so sorry to hear. From what I heard there literally was just the one, which then seemingly was yours, and that programme compilers felt it would have been unfair to you, both fearing for attendance at your session and how you would experience the rest of the conference.
March 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm regularly the lone medievalist at thematic conferences - I enjoy the discussion across periods. In fact, I'm doing exactly that next week. It's a shame that the decision was made for me and my colleagues.
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Probably not selected as juror for this trial because I said 🧊 should not be allowed to carry guns and entered into the record that the Stockley police kettling was illegal. 🙌 Sooo, I’m close enough to Crown for a treat. #onsl
March 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Probably not selected as juror for this trial because I said 🧊 should not be allowed to carry guns and entered into the record that the Stockley police kettling was illegal. 🙌 Sooo, I’m close enough to Crown for a treat. #onsl
"Who suggested that instead of destroying the Orb of All Corrupting Dark Energy, we harness its power for Good?"
"Who is your kid's new stepdad with secret plans to ship them to Boarding School in this movie where you are DEFINITELY winning your ex back?"
"Who farted?"
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"Who is your kid's new stepdad with secret plans to ship them to Boarding School in this movie where you are DEFINITELY winning your ex back?"
"Who farted?"
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Honestly, to what question is Wes Streeting the answer?
🚨 BREAKING: Wes Streeting will meet with Keir Starmer tomorrow to ask how he plans to “get us out of this mess”
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May 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"Who suggested that instead of destroying the Orb of All Corrupting Dark Energy, we harness its power for Good?"
"Who is your kid's new stepdad with secret plans to ship them to Boarding School in this movie where you are DEFINITELY winning your ex back?"
"Who farted?"
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"Who is your kid's new stepdad with secret plans to ship them to Boarding School in this movie where you are DEFINITELY winning your ex back?"
"Who farted?"
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Much fun and release of exasperation about the state of media coverage of our present totalitarian takeover in discussion today with @davidrothkopf.bsky.social, @froomkin.bsky.social, and me on the @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social:
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Why is the Media So F*cked Up? - The DSR Network
The media coverage of the first few weeks of the Trump administration has totally sucked. Traditional outlets have offered tepid critiques and sterile reporting as the administration launches its onsl...
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January 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Much fun and release of exasperation about the state of media coverage of our present totalitarian takeover in discussion today with @davidrothkopf.bsky.social, @froomkin.bsky.social, and me on the @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social:
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OOOOO. Exeter's got Nous in as well... Of course... (@exeterucu.bsky.social, have you FOIed how much they're paid?)
Can we PLEASE put an end to the involvement of these consultancies? They have done nothing but vandalism.
Can we PLEASE put an end to the involvement of these consultancies? They have done nothing but vandalism.
A best practice approach to academic restructure at Exeter
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July 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
this thread pairs nicely with the excellent responses to which historians are beautiful prose writers: bsky.app/profile/onsl... #SkyStorians
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
this thread pairs nicely with the excellent responses to which historians are beautiful prose writers: bsky.app/profile/onsl... #SkyStorians
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Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds
The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Onsl and is ziek aan het worden met die extreem rechtse malloten. Wilders die denkt dat hij Trump is 🙈.
June 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Onsl and is ziek aan het worden met die extreem rechtse malloten. Wilders die denkt dat hij Trump is 🙈.
How fascinating. Because they started this s*** in August. And suddenly, within a week, they deactivate it.
Quite the sign of how experts don't actually use Grammarly and thus hadn't noticed until last week? And how stressed Grammarly is about potential law suits now that we do realise.
Quite the sign of how experts don't actually use Grammarly and thus hadn't noticed until last week? And how stressed Grammarly is about potential law suits now that we do realise.
March 11, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
While I’m being enthusiastic about Goscinny: the English translation is itself fascinating. bsky.app/profile/onsl...
God I love the English translations of Asterix. And yes, they're the perfect example for why you need humans to actually understand the text and the purpose -- word-for-word translations simply do not work.
See: how the initial translation failed, until translators adapted creatively:
See: how the initial translation failed, until translators adapted creatively:
August 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
While I’m being enthusiastic about Goscinny: the English translation is itself fascinating. bsky.app/profile/onsl...