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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 5h

Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 7h

For reasons, I have taught Malthus twice in the last week or two. In both rooms, I have forgotten to wipe the whiteboard clean, so I like to think that it looks like someone is going around writing FAMINE DISEASE WAR just to freak people out.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 6h

These tiles are from a group commissioned by the Gonzaga family after the marriage of Francesco Gonzaga to Isabella d'Este. 13 cases of large floor tiles, decorated with Gonzaga mottoes & emblems, were delivered to the Castello San Giorgio on 1 June, 1494. (V&A Museum, London)

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 8h

Harry Wingfield, of the Ladybird books and others, is among the most underestimated illustrators of C20.

One of the best exhibitions I have been (I have been to 100s) was a retrospective of his original work in Walsall.

Follow @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social for regular servings of Ladybird goodness.

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 8h

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)

Photo realistic close-up in watercolour of a large slice of cream filled Victoria sponge

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 7h

#TilesOnTuesday medieval tiles in the Sanctuario Di Santa Caterina #Siena

Medieval tiles in the Sanctuary of Saint Catherine of Siena

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 10h

A 1943 self-portrait by the great Margaret Bourke-White during her time with U.S. 8th Air Force.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 11h

A tree in Wales was damaged by a storm.
Instead of cutting it down, chainsaw artist Simon O'Rourke set to work ...
#wood #carving #sculpture #art #nature #photography #nature

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Dee Lilley @deelilley.bsky.social · 11h

Barrow Hill, Malcolm Midwood Milne 1939

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Ellen Clarke @ellenclarke.bsky.social · 12h

@leedsprhs.bsky.social
Our vacancy for a Lecturer or Associate Professor in Social Philosophy has now been advertised: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please spread the word! The closing date for applications is 5 Nov 2025.

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy

Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 11h

excellent stuff

image of a whatsapp message sent by Gavin Williamson to Boris Johnson on 8 February 2021. Reads as follows.

PM, I always like to be polite in our conversations but I must confess to feeling a little hacked off.

Not only do I get completely fucked over by decisions on the 4th January that I took the shit and abuse for I then get my legs cut from under me by an appointment that you don't have the proper courtesy to discuss with me and get screwed over again. Must confess even less happy about that. I then get No10 leaking the story of the appointment and yet you guys don't even have the basic level of competence to line up the appointment as the guy was going to turn it down because it hadn't been sorted and then at that point I then have to be deployed to sort out No10's cluster fuck. But in answer to your question we are working well with Kevan and I am sure he will come up with some excellent evidence based policies that we are all very enthusiastic about. But the last time I was treated like such an utter piece of shit by No10 was in the 1st May 2019 and that didn't work out well.

As always G

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 11h

another pinpoint cross

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 12h

to boldly grow

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 14h

Here's a nice compact account, with some context.

700th Anniversary: The Battle of Byland

In the 700th year since the Battle of Byland, Dr Charles Kightly investigates the fall of Edward II of England at the hands of the Scots.

www.english-heritage.org.uk

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Yorkshire Wolds Weather @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social · 16h

Autumn Colours and Grey Skies. 13°C. Apples.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 18h

An owl (Rijksmuseum), c. 1650 - c. 1675

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18h

Important to see the shooting feet policy as a tool to run faster

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 19h

Righty-o.

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 17h

never trust a man with a visible button fly

john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 17h

Homage to Liz Truss?

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 18h

stumbled on it last night. there was a program before they repeated the first 3 episodes introducing the series, which is also well worth a watch: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Remembers..., Professor Angie Hobbs Remembers... The Great Philosophers

Professor Angie Hobbs gives a modern view on Bryan Magee’s highly influential 1987 series.

www.bbc.co.uk

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 18h

coincidentally, BBC Four has seen fit to put this 15 part series up on the iPlayer. it's nearly 40 years old, but these are very interesting discussions: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The Great Philosophers

A history of western philosophy in 15 parts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 21h

By autumn 1322, Robert the Bruce held the upper hand. Edward II’s failed invasion of Scotland had ended in famine and retreat, giving Bruce the chance to strike south. In October, his army swept into Yorkshire, where Edward was staying at Rievaulx Abbey. OTD 14 October, the

Memorial commemorating the Battle of Old Byland

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 18h

The pass at Sutton Bank is likely where the Scots pressed their main frontal assault.
The decisive outflanking is thought to have been further round the headland via Hell Hole, near Scotch Corner.
(aka the Battle of Scotch Corner, not to be confused with the well-known A1 junction further north.)

screenshot of OS map showing the steep wooded escarpment on the west and south edge of Scawton Moor. Sutton Bank is an oblique pass on the western section, nowadays the route of the A170. Hell Hole is a direct ascent from the south.
Rievaulx Abbey is around 5 miles away, across the moor, to the north-east.

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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 22h

Well worth reading

Age of Invention: Joel Mokyr's Nobel

A triumph for history and the importance of ideas

open.substack.com

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 21h

✨ If doors could speak, this one tells a tale of monks, kings and queens and scholars. Built into the abbot's house of St. Mary's Abbey. It saw Henry VIII and Catherine Howard, became a portal for the King's Council, then a place of learning.

The door is full of latent memory.

An ornate doorway at King’s Manor, York, with a carved stone surround and Stuart coat of arms above, set into weathered red brick walls.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

Is he the Messiah? Maybe he is. A lot of people are saying it. A lot. Maybe it's true.
thecritic.co.uk/bles...

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john bone @johnbone.bsky.social · 1d

“we can model many situations using so-called game theory”

No, it’s not a 50yr old archive piece.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 1d

How did cooperation emerge in a cut-throat world? There are clues in the prisoner's dilemma experiment, says Peter Rowlett

Learning to play nice with other people

How did cooperation emerge in a cut-throat world? There are clues in the prisoner's dilemma experiment, says Peter Rowlett

www.newscientist.com