Gareth Millward

And when that happens "we're spending far too much on asylums" (source: the 60s)

2010s retro

Book cover for Gareth Millward, Vaccinating Britain (Manchester University Press, 2017). The image is of a syringe and a 1950s vial of vaccine.

Falling vaccination rates coming back into the news, is it?

The shameless plugs will cease when the MMR vaccination rate is back over 95%.

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A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou

(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)

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Yeah, at that stage of their careers, it looked like Phil would go on to be the more successful thirst trap.

My most charitable reading of this is that some people think "anxiety" is like "flu" (people colloquially use the term for an actual, very serious condition when they mean something milder, blunting the effect of the diagnosis).

But that's not it. They're just arseholes.

I think you'd enjoy the Swedish-Danish film Häxan (if you haven't already seen it). 1920s silent horror, probably one that historians of (imaginations of) witchcraft and medicine should see.

Reminder to the #histSTM #skystorian crowd that there's an online, free seminar this pm UK time which feels like it might speak to a lot of contemporary interests (including #EnvHist - see you there!

*gasp*

labour are like a referee who booked someone in the first five minutes for a 50/50 challenge and the game is now spiralling out of control and they’ve sent off over four hundred players

That's the joke.

VAR favouring Arsenal again..

Fun fact - this is where the term "central heating" originates.

It's not a war until you've faked some photos of soldiers, Piers

Jay D@@jay.bsky.team You could try a poster's strike. I hear that works crystal @cim.bsky.social your user base consists entirely of people who are willing to migrate from social media websites that turn on them

It’s funny because it’s true

As an Englishman, I must strongly disagree. Cheese on crackers is a delight, but the key to a biscuit is it needs to be dunkable in tea.

A selection of biscuits (cookies) at Føtex.

@decafjedi.com @bvigeant.bsky.social OK, lads. Biscuit shelf at my local supermarket (a small Danish one).

Bluesky team having a moment, and the only thing to say to them is: "maaaaaaaaaaate".

Obvs, this is from my late C20 bias (and UK English), but my impression is that the im- emphasises changing nation state, and staying long-term in a country. Migrant is, like you say, more temporary - but I think more intranational? Might just be my own reading, though.

“With police accompanying them”

Yep.

this is great, I just hope the new showrunner doesn't let her down

... as Third Eye Blind once sang.

What do innocent Jewish people in Britain have to do with genocidal war-crimes in Palestine? Who is making this connection?

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Classic Welsh response to flags appears on bridge and people are loving it "I've been feeling so downhearted but this is glorious"

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Danish, are they?

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I'd weigh in, but since we can't question the premise of the scenario, I will have to ditch all of my suggestions (which are various versions of crafting butter, flour and sugar into something that can be rammed into my face).

Not directly naming because it looks like a small org, and was shared by another small org trying to do their best on small budgets, but come on...

AI generated image for "Top 10 Webinars for September 2025". An older-looking woman is staring into the distance with a book in front of her, a mouse in her right hand, and the monitor behind her left shoulder. For some reason, there is also bunting.

Not going to directly name. But do people actually look at what AI churns out?

Like... not all old people are so clueless with computers that they put the screen behind them and try to type with a fucking book, lads.