🚨 Applications for the CUHK Faculty of Law PhD programme are now open! 🚨
💰 In general, every PhD student receives funding, either through the HKPFS or directly. 💰
🕐 The first deadline for admissions (and the HKPFS) is 1 December 2025 🕐

"Merveilleux Moyen Âge". Cette chouette expo se tient en ce moment à Lyon au musée d'histoire de Lyon, expo pour laquelle j'ai donné un p'tit coup de main (merci @vincentferre.bsky.social ;-) ) comme vous pouvez le voir sur la 2e photo très médiévaliste.
Si vous êtes dans le coin, foncez la voir !

Fragments d’une peinture étrusque. Saisis par les carabiniers dans le port franc de Genève, ils faisaient partie de l’exposition « Colori degli Etruschi. Tesori di terracotta alla Centrale Montemartini » en 2019.

True story: One day when I was a child, living on a country lane in Nottinghamshire with my family, not very close to anywhere, there was a knock on the door. My mum answered it, & waiting behind the door was a pantomime horse. Without uttering a word the pantomime horse then turned & trotted away.

Thieves steal more than 1,000 items from Oakland museum in ‘brazen’ heist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"A French data scientist and lawyer, Damien Charlotin, has catalogued at least 490 court filings in the past six months that contained “hallucinations,” which are AI responses that contain false or misleading information. The pace is accelerating as more people use AI, he said.

🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨

cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

Aktuell in Arbeit und bald bestellbar, schon mal vormerken! (Knoten ins Taschentuch machen) Das gibt es nur in lümüted Edition und abzüglich Produktions- und Versandkosten geht alles in Form von Winterfutter an die Esel.
#Kalender2026
#Esel
#Eselliebe

🐾 🚪 For #AdoorableThursday a door knocker in the shape of a small dog, 15th or 16th c., Spain.

🏛️ Met

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #earlymodern #spain #Dog #dogsofbluesky

A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Former PM Trudeau stood in a room at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics and competently explained quantum computing. And got a standing ovation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBL...

A terracotta figurine of a dromedary carrying two large amphorae on each side of a load frame.

From Egypt, Roman period, 2nd/3rd century AD.

📷 me

The photo was taken at the Caesar and Cleopatra exhibition in Speyer, having been loaned by the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Name of Maya Queen Identified.
archaeology.org/news/2025/10...

Don't be afraid of getting high-quality, research-specialist transcription support this Halloween.

Tell us about your gruesome projects quoting code SPOOKY10 for 10% off our services before midnight on 31 October--after that, the offer's gone, like a ghost 👻

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Tablecloth https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-primachenko/tablecloth-1976

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies.

www.euractiv.com/news/interna...

The emphasis should be on the recipient's not the gift giver's taste and always let the recipient have a graceful way of refusing. Bella doesn't seem to give him that, and maybe should consider why exactly she needs to buy him things to express love.

🐁🐶🐄🐰🐒🐍THE ZODIAC PILGRIMAGE🐅🐉🐗🐎🐓🐐

In the Chinese Zodiac 2026 will be the 'Year of the Fire Horse' (written as '馬', '马' or '午'), aka the 'Red Horse Year' (赤馬年).

Kyōto has a special pilgrimage made up of 12 religious sites dedicated to the 12 animals found in the zodiac.

#Kyoto #京都 #zodiac

I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read: www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...

VOTING HAS STARTED FOR NOVEMBER!
Cast your vote now...
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Starting the morning on Cookie kisses - a blessing from the bunny gods 🥹🥹🥹

#ACookieADay #BlessYourTimeline

Ancient DNA reveals pathogens that struck Napoleon’s army

Scientists identify 2 previously unsuspected bacteria that potentially contributed to the mass death of soldiers retreating from Russia. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪

Slightly off at a tangent: She might need to check her iron levels as it can manifest as a craving for ice.