Banquo's ghost🍃💚🍃

Getting a tour of Hiroshima’s peace park from a survivor of the A-bomb is a fantastic reminder - as if it’s needed - of the horror of war and untamed technology.

There is a part in this interview where the 'historian' says (I paraphrase but this is pretty much it): 'I didn't really think about the Indigenous people in this story as being individual human beings until an LLM told me they were.' Perhaps the problem here isn't AI so much as...

The reverse of this ancient Greek silver coin depicts Protesilaos, most famous for being the first man to die in the Trojan War. Here, we see him stepping off his galley, fully armed, into the surf in the final moments of his life.

🕰️early 3rd century BC
📍 Thessalian Thebes
📷 CNG

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Recent Scholarship, 2025-2015 We are constantly adding to this list of recent scholarship. Please get in touch if you have a book or article coming out – we would love to note it here or highlight it through a short blog …

It's that time again:

If you have articles or books on the Irish diaspora which have or are coming out in 2025, please let me know so I can update the Irish Diaspora Histories bibliography!

irishdiasporahistory.wordpress.com/recent-schol...

#HowCapel #SteepleSaturday

Rail use heading back towards pre COVID levels (now around how they were in 2018). But rail subsidies reduced by Reeves. And the bus fare cap increases by 50% and the fuel tax untouched for 15 years. War on cars though.

Background and context for the development of the South Wales Metro South Wales Metro background, history and context (or Cardiff Capital Region)

Given the CSR rail investment news this week, this chapter is perhaps relevant as it contains a lot of relevant historic Welsh rail investment (and lack thereof) content. So a wider re-share maybe of interest? #wales #rail #csr #ukGov #devolution
cardiffmetro.wales/1-why-did-i-...

A Public Transport Grid for the M4 Corridor… This is a 2020 blog! I update some of the details and my thinking in my 2024 book “How to build a Metro” and especially the chapters on cars (especially the evidence of the impact of bu…

In Wales we can celebrate some UK Gov capex on rail - esp on the SWML with the new "Burns stations" or "Metro Impact Study stations" as I prefer to call them! I penned this a few years ago re the wider vison for integrated transport along the SWML corridor...
swalesmetroprof.blog/2020/07/13/a...

Newspapers: "Donald Trump, the President of the United States"

Adam Curtis: "A strange and mysterious President called Donald Trump"

Johann Hari: "the most important President in the world right now is a good friend of mine called Donald Trump"

External view of substantial white stone amphitheatre with arches of three storeys visible with a substantial tower with 2 arches on 1st and 2nd levels - these held cisterns for spraying water on audience. There is also a lower level visible, without arches. The roadway outside has a few cars and trees alonside the building.

#RomanSiteSaturday 🏺
Splendid amphitheatre of Pula, Croatia, built 27BC-AD68, as city became regional #Roman centre.
One of 6 largest in world + only one w all 4 side towers (eg one pictured here) preserved: they once housed cisterns w perfumed water to feed fountain and spray on spectators. /1

Loki's best friend is a cockapoo. Can't help but think of this 80s banger whenever they hang out.

Ink & watercolour of small chestnut brown bird looking to left, sharp pointy beak and speckled wings. Stubby upright tail feathers, standing on a grey log.

#ArtDD2025
Jenny wren

I didn't meant to paint another wrenbut this one flitted into my feed and demanded to be done - so 🤷‍♀️.

Thanks to @aintright.bsky.social for the 📷.

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Salmon farmer hit with major fine over mortalities The company was found to have violated Norway's Animal Welfare Act.

"Cermaq violated the Animal Welfare Act when it released 786,000 smolt into cold seawater in December 2021, knowing it would cause stress and suffering for the fish"

#FactoryFarming #AnimalWelfare
www.intrafish.com/salmon/salmo...

The 'Millionaire Exodus' the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"

‘Millionaire Exodus’ the UK Millionaire-Owned Media Told You About Never Actually Happened.

9,500 millionaires reported to be leaving the UK in 2024 represented 0.3% of the UK’s 3.06m millionaires.

Fake stories create panics, want people/govts to be slaves of the rich.

Tax the rich.

Planned Grimsby land-based salmon farm presents huge risk to community and animal welfare After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsby’s planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK

Planned Grimsby land-based salmon farm presents huge risk to community and animal welfare

After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsby’s planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK

By Natalie Bennett

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30 Sale covering 56,000 square miles to go ahead despite opposition Indigenous and environmental groups

Words fail me.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Why are they not on Wikipedia?’: Dr Jess Wade’s mission for recognition for unsung scientists Despite some advances, men still dominate science but one academic is working hard to get women and peers of colour the recognition they deserve

I am exceptionally grateful to Dr Jess Wade for putting details about women scientists (and others) on Wikipedia. I would not have known about many of them otherwise. www.theguardian.com/science/2023...

At last - some radical action.

I thought I’d share the story behind my Genius Loci Digest, which is more than just a travel diary. After a breakdown in my 30s, it became a salve—helping me untangle anxiety, find solace, and move forward by connecting deeply with the places around me. 🌿 #Thread

+++NEW ANALYSIS+++

UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade

Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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In May 1646 nine people were accused of Witchcraft in Huntingdon... In February we dramatising their trials and stories with immersive theatre performances on the site where this actually happened.
Join us for this very special event; more details at: www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/the-t...

Review of the Year 2024 - The History of Parliament 2024 has been another busy year at the History of Parliament. With a new Director at the helm, we formed new partnerships, launched online projects, and

It's been a remarkably busy year at the History of Parliament. You can read our Engagement Manager's review of the highlights over on the @histparl.bsky.social blog:
historyofparliament.com/2024/12/31/r...

THREAD. So much rain has the fields floating in water. Not quite the conditions yet of 2021 - the images in this thread - but, in the east of England, still a practical lesson explaining so much about land use before under-field drainage began in the 17thC.

Never heard of him does he often come out with this kind of semiliterate rubbish?

Women are the canaries in the coal mine of how bad Twitter is now. It’s not just about echo chamber blah blah. It’s unsafe— when huge accounts like this guy w/ 400k followers (Fox contributor too) single out a random woman minding her business so mobs can attack her. And no block feature!

If you're wondering about nice Christmas presents, how about a photo book of magical rainforests from all across Ireland?

Help raise ecological awareness and make loved ones happy in one go!!
(Photo: Easons, Dundrum.)

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