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CRICKETher @crickether.com · 2d

Or… and I appreciate this is never going to happen, because too many powerful men have too much to lose… just abolish the distinction between Full and Associate membership?

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 2d

What a people!

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 2d

A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag

A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."

cbsn.ws

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 3d

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 2d

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The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland @snsbi.bsky.social · 2d

Our next name story is the surname Fox and is written by Peter McClure, Honorary Professor (Name Studies) at the University of Nottingham.
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
@namestudies.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social @placenames.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social

Fox - SNSBI

What might link the family names Fox, Gough, Todd and Redknap? If you're foxed, you should probably read this family name story...

www.snsbi.org.uk

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome to BlueSky, the Digital Hearth tax Project:

gams.uni-graz.at/context:htx

#History

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Hip Priest @hippriest.bsky.social · 5d

We will fight them on the quiches

Poppy pizzas, clearly not quiches before you pipe up.

Regurgitated from my Twitter account

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 5d

it's real, it's really real, debating overt racism, a complete disgrace

Peston @itvpeston.bsky.social · 5d

Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?

Join LIVE at 9PM on X & YouTube or on ITV1 at 1045PM 📺

#Peston

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Another great paper, and now onto Elizabeth Hopkins (University of York), 'Scandinavian influence on English place-names in the dative plural'

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Back after the break for: Ellie Rye (University York) and Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill (Placenames Branch, Dublin), 'Ad Saltum Salmonis: a name from abroad, but is Leixlip English or Norse?'

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Birgit suggests that some of the current popularity of some 'English' names in Denmark are down to the popularity of certain sounds, such as the vowel hiatus (combination of two separate vowel sounds next to each other), as in the name 'Elliot'.

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Different waves in the modern era saw rise of 'trendy' English names in the 19th C, then decline due to lower class association in early 20th, then another rise after the 2nd World War (even if some lower class stigma attached to them).

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

In the 16th C Scottish migration led to some name exchange, e.g. by the 18th C we see surnames like 'Angusdatter'.

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

One of the very few Viking Age exchanges from England -> Denmark is:

Botwulf > Bōtulf > Bodel (seen in Bodelsen)

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Now we're onto Birgit Eggert (University of Copenhagen) with her paper: 'English first names in Denmark – a changing history'

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

A really interesting study of changing names as a way of portraying different identities, as a means of ensuring economic survival. 👏

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

He later became a performer, taking the stage name of 'Chief Luale', and used the official name on his company records 'Chinaka Chanda Kaila Luale'.

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

His wedding certificate claims his name was 'Henry William Jackson' and this father's was 'Watson Jackson'.

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

One reason for Chanda Bulaya's name change was to make it sound more Caribbean, as Black Africans were less likely to find work than e.g. Bajans in England at this time. He was also variously known as Samson Bulaya, depending on the source and context.

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Now it's Osward Chanda (Stellenbosch University) with his paper ‘Identity Switch for Survival’: From Chanda Bulaya to Samson Jackson, A Black African in England, 1914-35'.

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Lasse is investigating the language of usernames used in various online spaces, including football fan forums, darknet drug marketplaces and sex chats 😳 @snsbi.bsky.social

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Starting off with they keynote by Lasse Hämäläinen (University of Heskinki): English or local language? Language choices in online usernames. @snsbi.bsky.social

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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Just settling in for the (online) @snsbi.bsky.social conference: Names Abroad: Names From Abroad, organised by Peder Gammeltoft (University of Bergen). I'll try to post some highlights from the papers. Looks like a great line up: www.snsbi.org.uk/2025_autumn_...

SNSBI: 2025 autumn conference

www.snsbi.org.uk

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 8d

why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 9d

Research should inform policy but that’s tricky if it is almost entirely driven by policy. The independence of research is key to change because if you fund only research that responds to policy (even good policy) you’re less innovative, creative & responsive to the open options of the future.

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