Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Dr Calonddu @drcalonddu.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and tie is playing drums .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is playing drums .

media.tenor.com

1

Dr Calonddu @drcalonddu.bsky.social · 2d

Cheese ploughman sandwich. Astoundingly average

1 2

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · 2d

On World Bread Day I'm celebrating this tweet cos every time I make toast i think "cook it again"

tweet from a guy named Josh that says:

I fucking love toast, what absolute genius took a bite of bread and was like "cook it again", unreal

11 35 140

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

NewsThump @newsthump.com · 3d

NEWS! I am still the greatest computer of all time, insists ZX Spectrum 48k newsthump.com/2025/10/15/i...

I am still the greatest computer of all time, insists ZX Spectrum 48k

In a defiant press conference held in the back of a dusty loft, the Sinclair Spectrum 48k has once again declared itself “the undisputed heavyweight champion of home computing,” despite being plugg…

newsthump.com

7 9 54

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 7d

It’s Bookshop Day! Go and support your local bookshop and help them resist the dominance of Amazon

And if you want personally signed and dedicated copies of any of my books, buy from the lovely Kirstie at @foxlanebooks.bsky.social

Fox Lane Books 🦊 (@foxlanebooks.bsky.social)

🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts...

foxlanebooks.bsky.social

3 22 84

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Chris French @profchrisfrench.bsky.social · 7d

Free talk by me on "The Psychology of Ghosts and Hauntings" at 8 pm on 16/10/25 for Hampstead Scientific Society at Hampstead Community Centre: hampsteadscience.ac.uk/talks.html

hampsteadscience.ac.uk

1 3

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 8d

Wife Kate did her first public event advertising her new arts venture Stitchety. She runs crochet, patchwork and sewing workshops for schools. I got to be her roadie for the day! She's not on here, but I'm sure she'd love a follow at www.instagram.com/stitchety if anyone's into that sort of thing!

Selfie of Kate Tilley and Simon Partridge in a large white art gallery space. there are paintings on the far wall behind them.

Artist Kate Tilley wearing a colourful patchwork apron standing behind a table upon which are various items of sewing and crochet. Bottom left her hand rests on a wooden case full of pre-threaded sewing needles. Her other hand rest on an A3 sign advertising Stitchety.

2 7

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 9d

Amber in the shadows . Thanks to @BELLEGREENWICH for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay

8 52 480

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 17d

I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

In this lecture, Catherine Clarke will re-visit the question of what makes history radical, asking what kind of radical history we need in our public life and contemporary context today. In particular, she’ll explore ways in which popular history – trade publishing for a wide public audience – has the capacity to be radical, drawing on experiences and examples from her own new book A History of England in 25 Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, September 2025). Catherine’s lecture will move towards a manifesto for how research-led, scholarship-driven popular history can and does make necessary, vital public interventions – from opening inclusive conversations and confronting the rise of AI, to modelling radical empathy and imagination.

6 44 110

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 22d

We have 20 years of UK evidence that says Rachel Reeves is correct about this.

Deeply depressing that some in government (let alone other parties) seem incapable of grasping it.

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br....

14 65 160

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 24d

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone

www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone

24.09.2025 - A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been b...

www.pik-potsdam.de

3 25 51

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 26d

Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26d

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.

So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

27 310 890

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 26d

Did you miss me - in the excellent company of poet Andrew McMillan and writer Saima Mir - on #StartTheWeek this morning? It's repeated at 9pm tonight and available on BBC Sounds. I loved speaking some of Caedmon's Hymn aloud in the original #OldEnglish! ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

4 13

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Humanists UK @humanists.uk · Sep 18

Leaving religion can come at a high personal cost – not only socially or culturally, but mentally and emotionally. Yet the psychological impact of religious trauma and deconversion remains one of the most overlooked issues in mainstream mental health discourse. 🧵

humanists.uk/events/apost...

Apostasy Conference 2025 | The effect of apostasy on mental health

humanists.uk

1 6 22

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Sep 18

Impassioned plea for more mixed-methods research (quant & qual) from @timharford.ft.com

"The hard data is never as eloquent as a good story. Humboldt would measure the cactus but also sketch it; drag his barometer up a volcano, but spin a yarn about the epic climb."

www.ft.com/content/d419...

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration

It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there

www.ft.com

6 42 120

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social · Sep 17

Hey friends, if you're in THE NORTH (and why wouldn't you be?) then the agency who rep me, Johnson and Alcock, and @newwritingnorth.bsky.social are running a competition for emerging writers with a 2.5k prize and it opens in November. newwritingnorth.com/johnson-alco...

Johnson & Alcock to deliver new award as part of the Northern Writers' Awards - New Writing North

Literary agency Johnson & Alcock will support a new award – the Great Northern Read Award – for debut writers...

newwritingnorth.com

1 28 31

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Silkabelli (mutazione-piromane Edition) @silkabelli.bsky.social · Sep 16

Queen

140 4.2K 10K

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Sep 15

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

English Roundabouts

They’re making the roundabouts great again
by painting the flag of St George
to keep our circular road systems safe
from the dark, satanic hordes.

What do they want? Patriotic junctions!
When do they want them? Before it’s too late.
Good old-fashioned English roundabouts,
as decreed by Alfred the Great.

Behold the sacred intersection,
this blessed plot, this septic isle.
English roundabouts for English people,
draped in red and white and bile.

St George is cross, as well he may be –
whipped-up hate, he’s seen before.
Give way to the right, the road signs rage,
and the far right most of all.

Brian Bilston

46 570 1.4K

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · Sep 13

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"

So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

86 620 1.3K

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Humanists UK @humanists.uk · Sep 11

'The meaning of life is to live it, as wholly as we can, as abundantly as we can, as bravely as we can, here and now.' A wonderful words by child psychologist, educationalist and humanist James Hemming ❤️#TheLittleBookofHumanism

The meaning of life is to live it, as wholly as we can, as abundantly as we can, as bravely as we can, here and now, sharing the experience with others, caring for others as we care for ourselves, and accepting our responsibility for leaving the world better than we found it. James Hemming.

11 35

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · Sep 10

Never became as popular as "ET Phone Home" did it

A drawing of ET waving at us on the cardboard packaging for a 1980s product called "E.T. Punch Balls"

As this is a repost of a Feb 2023 tweet of mine, found here https://x.com/DemonTomatoDave/status/1623464715077795840?s=19 , I have taken this photo from the No Context E.T. account who posted it there, and who originally I retweeted.

55 1.2K 3.5K

Dr Calonddu @drcalonddu.bsky.social · Sep 10

At least. And if shenanigans were also on the table, much longer.

1

Dr Calonddu @drcalonddu.bsky.social · Sep 10

Where in Wales?

1

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · Aug 29

BEST WIKIPEDIA PAGE EVER:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of common misconceptions about history - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

4 25 59

Reposted by Dr Calonddu

Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Aug 31

EXCLUSIVE - ASK NIGEL is back!

This week an anonymous Prime Minister asks, 'How can I stop fixating so much on foreigners?'

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

Ask Nigel

An anonymous Prime Minister asks 'how can I stop fixating so much on foreigners?'

open.substack.com

4 62 210