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@r4g6.bsky.social

PhD Candidate in Classics and Ancient History University of Exeter / University of Reading / The Roman Baths SWWDTP funded https://knowles06.medium.com/

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I can take many personal insults but I will not stand for being called a yank

18.11.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"get beyond being in hock to the bond markets" is genuinely disqualifying stuff from Burnham

25.09.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2 hours in the same room as freshers and I contract TB (a sore throat)

25.09.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been to ONE lecture with students and I'm already ill

25.09.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The "negotiations" in question

24.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Political Science B.A.
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(realizing I was wrong) Perhaps I was right in a new and unusual way

Political Science B.A. @InternetHippo (realizing I was wrong) Perhaps I was right in a new and unusual way

tenured academics writing their second/third/fourth books be like:

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"making efforts" is an enormously load bearing phrase given that clean water in the occupied Donbas has been a problem since 2014

30.07.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It might be a skill in the sense that I've definitely failed at it before. But that might just be my obsession with "use by"/"best before" dates. I sometimes get home and find that what I thought was a 5-6 day shop was, due to the dates, only a 3-4 day shop.

26.07.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Journalists need to get on board with solving the housing crisis If we can’t build 170 houses in Flitwick without a media freakout, what’s the point?

I wrote something about those houses being built in Flitwick that made it to the Telegraph last weekend. Rage is a great antidote to writer's block, it seems. I'll write something Classics-related soon...

14.07.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's also a regular Spectator contributor (admittedly only in the Life section)

11.07.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now, if only I could wrangle some research connection to help me along

08.07.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canada has risen massively in my list of hopeful holiday destinations. I'd either like to see the Toronto IndyCar race or drive the length and breadth of Nova Scotia

08.07.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Corbyn when there's an opportunity to make Labour lose another election:

04.07.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reposting with ALT-text:

A group of over 30 MPs have written to the EHRC with their concerns about the draft code of practice and the consultation period.

Names of signatories in the thread below - if they’re your MP, send them a thank you message!

02.07.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 15

Thank you! I certainly will!

19.06.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Upgrade? Passed! Now to replace the fear of failing the upgrade with the fear of actually doing the rest of the PhD

19.06.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd question their definition of "splitting the bag" nowadays - especially in London

13.06.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A source has just given me this photograph depicting Elon Musk stepping out onto the balcony of the SpaceX launch center.

05.06.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 520    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 12

please explain

29.05.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One word review of the most recent arc? "phwoar"

07.05.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a mixture of impressing my parents by pointing them out and then bonding over Cambridge winning (they're both alumni)

13.04.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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>bonds, stocks, oil, and crypto are all now tanking at the same time now

09.04.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 5

"Why would they want to absorb Ukraine," man asks as Russia marks 3 years since launching a war to annex portions of Ukraine

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Olaf Scholz mocked British railways over β€œbroken tracks and bad trains”, claiming that "nothing works any more” in the UK. Turns out: Germany rail problems have become so bad that Deutsche Bahn long-distance service is less punctual than even the worst operator in Britain. www.ft.com/content/d3b6...

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UK housing market debt falls as older generations pay off mortgages Fewer first time buyers have been able to get on housing ladder, Savills data shows

"We must never repeat the mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis"
"No new homeowners, got it"
"wait"
"got it"

16.02.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

russia invading a country and getting what it wanted is a huge banner on the international arena reading β€˜NUKES WORK! GET NUKES’

12.02.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 713    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 8

One of the first gigs I went to was to see Ichiko Aoba in the basement of a Turkish restaurant in North London in 2019. We all (maybe about 30 people) sat on the floor and listened in complete silence. Sad to miss out on the Barbican :(

11.02.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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