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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 2h

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alistair pomegranate 'lappy' percival @lappypercival.bsky.social · 3h

the hustle pages are posting theresa may inspo content now

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 2h

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

Also the assumption that a) indigenous groups chose to live in a desert rather than b) pushed into that area by another group / a collapse or c) climate change causing desertifications

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 4h

Fire alarm went off twice during the night.
Both times I apparently just… turned over and went back to sleep?

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 16h

...possibly shouldn't have described myself as the neighbourhood drug dealer when offering our landlady some catnip for her cat.

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 19h

When it's a scene at night, books should switch to white writing on a black page

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 18h

'race debates'

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19h

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 22h

Always looks like ted k is going to pop out

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

GET OFF MY VINES

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Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society @gwsfhs.org.uk · 5d

"Analysis by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) found a higher proportion of individuals born in Italy identifying as Roma than expected. Officials concluded that some census respondents born in Rome, which is called Roma in Italian, may have ticked the Roma ethnicity category in error."

Italians mistakenly identify as Roma in Scotland's census

Italians born in Rome may have accidently selected the Roma ethnicity category in the country's last census, officials say.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

Back in A&E (kidney problems this time).

A woman turned to me earlier and said - out of nowhere - "are you afraid of getting old"?

I'm in a Beckett play.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no

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Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social · 1d

3 more weeks to apply for this... please continue to share widely.

Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social · Sep 10

We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI):John Rylands Library

Key collaborators are the Coptic Church in Stockport, Manchester, and the Coptic Church in Llandudno, Wales. The project has an extensive and international advisory board. A PDRA seeking an academic career may find the balance between traditional research and co-creation appealing.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

Sure am glad I moved to New Zealand. Now to take a big sip of l&p and check the nz parliament #nzpol

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 5d

Seat Projection:

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

Email from Alan Tarica

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

‘Merged directly into master’

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 2d

Frankly, if your name sounds like a non-custodial alternative to Horny Jail you should just stfu in general.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

United States Congressman calls for the deportation of all Muslims from the US.

All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.

Tweet from Congressman Randy Fine: "Muslims calling for the destruction of Israel — after the peace deal.

It was never about Gaza.

Why did the UK allow these demons in?

We must ban Sharia in the United States and deport them ALL before this becomes us.

Religion of peace."

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

2012

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Nyika @puzzledbyadream.bsky.social · 1d

The book containing my first published chapter is out today! The rest of the contributors are all cracking as well. Ask your library to buy it! bookstore.emerald.com/working-clas...

Working-Class People in UK Higher Education

Guided by a collaborative and community oriented editorial process which embodies the ethos of working-class communities, chapters focus on five main section areas: academics, students and student journeys, pedagogy, teaching & learning, non-academic staff in Higher Education, and a final section dedicated to practical steps for the future.

bookstore.emerald.com

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

RECREATE the inexorable march of zombies in night of the living dead by simply trying to keep your seedlings free of snails

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

Was about to send a pitch, only to then discover someone had written almost exactly the same article 6 days ago for another magazine.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

John Ganz on odd lots is v good

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 2d

I think he’s clearly a prick, but that shouldn’t lead to his firing. It’s also not being truthful to suggest he’s being censured for ‘pro Palestinian’ remarks

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 2d

He said mossad was behind the firebombing of a synagogue.

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