Kate Louise Mathis

“And as I’ve read about the opening days of this pointless, stupid, awful, horrifying war, I couldn’t help but think that the everyday use of these machines is quite literally enhancing them.”

Two new positions with the #ERC-BROKENSONG project at Maynooth University. The first position is for a Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Postdoctoral Researcher to conduct analysis of the medieval Insular music corpus recovered, transcribed, and edited within the project. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

This episode’s guest is Dr Petra Johana Poncarová, a native speaker of Czech who has become a distinguished scholar of Gaelic literature and an award-winning poet in Gaelic. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿

Petra’s perspective is totally unique, and I’m very glad to share this conversation with you.

pod.link/1865430519

a blurry photo of a smiling young woman, holding a pet dog on the dockside in happier times. The only known photo of Madeleine.

black and white photo of a single stack, ex-merchant RN vessel

To mark International Women's Day, meet Lt Cmdr. Madeleine Barclay. First Officer on HMS Fidelity.

To my knowledge, the first woman to officially serve as First Officer on a Royal Navy vessel deployed on combat duty. Achieving this involved a three-way war between Navy, SOE and the WRNS /1 🧵 #IWD

"A spindle-whorl for a spindle-whorl", as the Old Testament says (vaguely remembered).
Here's one from Orkney for Women's Day, in Sc. Gaelic & ogham script (Buckquoy, S-ORK-005). It probably reads BENDDACTANIML "a blessing, soul of L".
🔗: ogham.celt.dias.ie/S-ORK-005
📷: @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social

Join the campaign to evict Trump's military from airports owned by the Scottish Government: greens.scot/TrumpsTroops...

Our pressure is working! The First Minister confirmed today that he is actively considering this proposal.

“The study suggests that acute COVID-19, regardless of Long COVID status, is linked to an increased risk of car crashes presumably due to neurologic changes caused by SARS-CoV-2. These findings underscore the need for further research into the neuropsychological impacts of COVID-19…”

The Israeli military is rightly banned from using government-owned Prestwick Airport because of their genocidal assault on Palestine.

The Scottish Government accepts that Trump and Israel's attack on Iran is in clear violation of international law.

The American miliary should now be banned as well

"This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?"

Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth Plummeting. 📉

It is a hideous scandal that they can publish a chart as obvious as this and not even mention the words 'covid infections'.

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

If you’re in London there’s a great show on of Becher’s typologies. Gas tanks, water towers, winding towers, framework houses and preparation plants.

spruethmagers.com/exhibitions/...

Ends March 28

EMCO Internship Programme A digital edition of the complete letters of Elizabeth Montagu 1718-1800 - ISSN 2753-9091

Elizabeth Montagu's Correspondence Online project @montaguletters.bsky.social has announced their next round of paid internships, focusing letters from Montagu to Classicist and poet Elizabeth Carter - emco.swansea.ac.uk/project/inte...

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‘We’ll run out of food this week’: how attacks on Iran leave Gaza under siege Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis * US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Israel closed all crossings into Gaza indefinitely when it attacked Iran, imposing a siege that has already pushed up food prices and threatens to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis. After more than two years of war, and with Israeli forces in control of about 60% of the territory, almost all Gaza’s food must be brought in. Continue reading...

‘We’ll run out of food this week’: how attacks on Iran leave Gaza under siege

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

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Evict Trump's troops from Scotland Evict Trump's troops from Scotland -

The Scottish Government have the power to take a stand. They can block US troops from using Scottish-owned airports.

Trump's troops must be evicted from Scotland.
greens.scot/TrumpsTroops...

I've got a journal article out! '"The Order of the Elephant": Symbols and Power in the Policing of Land Agitation in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland' - exploring medals awarded to police who arrested land agitators in the 1880s, one of which is on display @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social

Asymptomatic COVID: What is it? | Ada Health Explore Asymptomatic COVID-19 with Ada Health's guide. Can you have COVID-19 with no symptoms? Learn about the implications and their impact on public health.

I see so many posts with folks saying they don’t get COVID. Sadly the risks of asymptomatic infections have been forgotten. This is why we had testing. Please read about asymptomatic COVID. Infections still carry post infection risks and can infect others. ada.com/covid/asympt...

Fight the power – in your pyjamas: the film about the day Glasgow kicked out immigration enforcers A neighbour in nightwear, a local imam, a schoolkid, the activist known as Van Man – they and many more stood firm. The director of a prize-winning film about the battle of Kenmure Street reveals how ...

Sometimes it's easy to over-romanticise living in Glasgow but sometimes your heart bursts with pride at what decent Glasgow people achieved on one glorious day. Libby Brooks on Everybody To Kenmure Street... www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Long Covid ruled as occupational disease in nurses - Switzerland Long Covid confirmed as an occupational disease in nurses.

Think what this decision means to you all. Schools are full of covid. Over 120k UK children have long Covid and they have no rights. We know #Covidisairborne and that means indoors anywhere where anyone has COVID! www.europesays.com/ch/17407/

Agnes Owens in the archives | National Library of Scotland Join our speakers as they explore the collections left behind by Agnes Owens and discuss how her archives are being used to reappraise her legacy.

23 April @natlibscot.bsky.social – free, ticketed

Agnes Owens (1926–2014) was described by Alasdair Gray as “the most unfairly neglected of all living Scottish authors”. Explore how her archives are being used to secure her status as a major Scottish literary figure.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/agn...

Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights! Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.

Reform UK has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters.... www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Thanks, @bhanlon15.bsky.social Here’s a free link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

text says "There’s no way to know which COVID-19 infection will cause long-term illness. Each new COVID-19 infection increases your risk of organ damage, Long COVID, and disability, even if you have no other health conditions that you know of, and even if your previous COVID-19 infections were mild or had no symptoms. Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19, no matter your age or health history. Wear masks. get vaccinated. keep indoor air clean.” Graphics on the side illustrate people getting sick repeatedly until eventually they end up with long-term illness.

Every time you get COVID-19, your risk increases for Long COVID, organ damage, disability, & more, & there’s no way to know which infection will be the one to cause it! Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19. Learn more about Long COVID: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/a...

A New Wharton Study on AI Warns of a Growing Problem: Cognitive Surrender Casual users should pay special attention

This is a mental war that we have to win. It's not about being a luddite, it's about destroying or retaining the ability to think. It's about how insidious this becomes in a situation where generative AI is adopted and then subverted intentionally.

www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-new-whar...

Two mothers could be stoned to death. Sham trials. Coerced confessions. And a sentence of stoning! One million of us spoke up to help overturn a similar case – sign now to do it again.

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

Jen Stout · Short Cuts: Winter in Kyiv It was -10ºC outside and only 10ºC in Yulia’s flat, but she told me this was a good day: the radiators weren’t...

‘The newer apartment blocks are crippled without electricity. There are no gas stoves to boil water and no water in the taps – try walking up 25 floors with a ten-gallon water container.’

@jenstout.bsky.social on winter in Kyiv.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Risks after any infection last a long time, particularly Cardiovascular, GI and nervous system (neurological). Risk is cumulative, so the name of the game is to avoid catching COVID.

‘Disproportionate’ REF portability rules still dividing opinion - Research Professional News While some are happy with the long-form exception, others fear a “significant backlash”

‘Under the latest REF guidance, it is up to individual universities to decide whether to submit outputs authored by staff who have taken voluntary redundancy or have left at the end of their fixed-term contract.'

On wonders what submitting HEIs will opt to do in this extractive context. Not. 1/2

It never ceases to confound me just how many folks think the point of essays is to provide teachers with essays. That teachers just like, collect them, or need them for sustenance or something. Rather than the point of them being the *actual fucking act of learning how to think about shit*

Gaelic Week is under way! There are lots of special events in Edinburgh, including
Cruinn Còmhla Community Day, Saturday 28 February, 10am-4pm (ionaddhuneideann.org)
Discussion about the role of Gaelic media, Thurs 26th, 530pm (www.nls.uk/whats-on/gae...)
snagde.com/events/
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social