Christopher Guyver
@cguyver.bsky.social
NHS substance misuse service administrator. Writing a biography of King Leopold I of the Belgians. Beautiful Surrey.
French friend sent me this: common problem for naturists
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
French friend sent me this: common problem for naturists
Reposted by Christopher Guyver
this is reviving an old resentment I had against my tutors at university: 'well you lot all got Firsts you bunch of smug sods'
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
this is reviving an old resentment I had against my tutors at university: 'well you lot all got Firsts you bunch of smug sods'
AI is awful but fear of failure, esp. in a setting where there is assessment that can affect the rest of your working life, is surely rational?
"And I guess that’s why I hate AI in the classroom as much as I do. Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection."
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
AI is awful but fear of failure, esp. in a setting where there is assessment that can affect the rest of your working life, is surely rational?
As a historian I reflect on failure a lot.
"And I guess that’s why I hate AI in the classroom as much as I do. Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection."
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
As a historian I reflect on failure a lot.
Colleague has brought in some home-baked bread. Just wish he could have brought in processed food like a normal person.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Colleague has brought in some home-baked bread. Just wish he could have brought in processed food like a normal person.
Rest in peace until you become an archaeological curiosity
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Rest in peace until you become an archaeological curiosity
Beautiful Surrey
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Beautiful Surrey
Come on people why are you all leaving it so late?
Our near neighbours have their Christmas decorations up.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Come on people why are you all leaving it so late?
Beautiful Surrey
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Beautiful Surrey
Joanne Scanlon isn't bad at all in Riot Women: previously I've thought she overacted
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Joanne Scanlon isn't bad at all in Riot Women: previously I've thought she overacted
Reposted by Christopher Guyver
What life is really like inside a naturist club 😊
www.huckmag.com/article/wher...
www.huckmag.com/article/wher...
Where did the naturists go? Inside one of the UK’s last nudist…
Peaking in popularity in the mid-20th century, the alternative lifestyle movement faces extinction as self-image anxiety rises and technologies change.
www.huckmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What life is really like inside a naturist club 😊
www.huckmag.com/article/wher...
www.huckmag.com/article/wher...
Reposted by Christopher Guyver
I don’t read Ethiopic (tusk tusk). Can anyone assist?
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I don’t read Ethiopic (tusk tusk). Can anyone assist?
Beautiful Surrey
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Beautiful Surrey
Broke: IOW
Woke: IoW
Bespoke: I.o.W.
Woke: IoW
Bespoke: I.o.W.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Broke: IOW
Woke: IoW
Bespoke: I.o.W.
Woke: IoW
Bespoke: I.o.W.
Beautiful Surrey
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Beautiful Surrey
Reposted by Christopher Guyver
Forgot to share this: 100 e copies available of the first book in my The Future King series, a near-future retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his knights set in high school in a dystopian Britain. Available to entrants in the US! 💙📚 #giveaway #KingArthur www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Logres (The Future King, #1) by M.L. Mackworth-Praed Nov 01-Dec 01, 2025
Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 01-Dec 01, 2025. Win a copy of the first book in The Future King series: a near-fu...
www.goodreads.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Forgot to share this: 100 e copies available of the first book in my The Future King series, a near-future retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his knights set in high school in a dystopian Britain. Available to entrants in the US! 💙📚 #giveaway #KingArthur www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Historian thought: I've been thinking a bit about the paniers-percés plot of late 1841. At the time thousands if not millions were at the very least thinking about it. Today, I'm v. probably the only person alive thinking about it, at least before posting this.
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Historian thought: I've been thinking a bit about the paniers-percés plot of late 1841. At the time thousands if not millions were at the very least thinking about it. Today, I'm v. probably the only person alive thinking about it, at least before posting this.
Beautiful Surrey
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Beautiful Surrey
I hope your day isn't ruined by illegal migration
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Laura Kuenssberg: Illegal migration 'dividing our country', home secretary says ahead of asylum policy shake-up
Shabana Mahmood says the government
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I hope your day isn't ruined by illegal migration
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Beautiful Surrey
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Beautiful Surrey
Maybe Starmer could be Trump's lawyer. He'd welcome the change for a few weeks.
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Maybe Starmer could be Trump's lawyer. He'd welcome the change for a few weeks.
Funny how nearly all the main cities in Belgium have English versions of their names, e.g. Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, but not Liège.
I reckon it's because there weren't as strong trading links in past centuries (& it was an independent prince-bishopric).
I reckon it's because there weren't as strong trading links in past centuries (& it was an independent prince-bishopric).
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Funny how nearly all the main cities in Belgium have English versions of their names, e.g. Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, but not Liège.
I reckon it's because there weren't as strong trading links in past centuries (& it was an independent prince-bishopric).
I reckon it's because there weren't as strong trading links in past centuries (& it was an independent prince-bishopric).
Which year was the 60s-est of the 1960s?
My gut feeling is 1967...
My gut feeling is 1967...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Which year was the 60s-est of the 1960s?
My gut feeling is 1967...
My gut feeling is 1967...
Beautiful Surrey
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Beautiful Surrey