Dr Joseph Graly
@drjosephgraly.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Geography and Environmental Science at Northumbria University. Main gig is subglacial geochemistry, side interests in languages and music. Jew-ish.
Oh goodness, it's this lot:
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Oh goodness, it's this lot:
It sounds like his Methodist lady-friend dumped him or something based on the bit about "good wives"
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It sounds like his Methodist lady-friend dumped him or something based on the bit about "good wives"
The same is true in science, btw. Often the "brand new exciting science" articles in newspapers cover science that is anything but.
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The same is true in science, btw. Often the "brand new exciting science" articles in newspapers cover science that is anything but.
The sent around a staff "engagement survey" the day after having an all staff briefing about this. I can only imagine the sort of feedback they got on what was meant to be a general survey about job satisfaction.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The sent around a staff "engagement survey" the day after having an all staff briefing about this. I can only imagine the sort of feedback they got on what was meant to be a general survey about job satisfaction.
Well, if you kill the nickel either the dime or the quarter has to go too, otherwise it won't always be possible to make change.
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Well, if you kill the nickel either the dime or the quarter has to go too, otherwise it won't always be possible to make change.
I mean there were women who sang Blues and adjacent music in the period of course...
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I mean there were women who sang Blues and adjacent music in the period of course...
All roads in central Italy, perhaps?
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
All roads in central Italy, perhaps?
You might not have seen them, but they very much saw you...
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
You might not have seen them, but they very much saw you...
It's effectively a 10.9% pay cut. And it's absolutely a violation of our contract.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's effectively a 10.9% pay cut. And it's absolutely a violation of our contract.
Two humps is better than one. 🐫. Something to lean back on and something to hold onto.
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Two humps is better than one. 🐫. Something to lean back on and something to hold onto.
Also, they sometimes lose the next piece, and you can't get the roll at all
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Also, they sometimes lose the next piece, and you can't get the roll at all
Now that is basal sliding!
October 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Now that is basal sliding!
Modern versions of the same that I know of are an eye (i.e. the blue glass eye symbol popular in Greece and Turkey) and an eye within a hand (the Hamsa of Jewish and Arab culture). A Hamsa might vaguely suggest anatomy apart from the hand, but both have an eye against The Eye as the main idea.
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Modern versions of the same that I know of are an eye (i.e. the blue glass eye symbol popular in Greece and Turkey) and an eye within a hand (the Hamsa of Jewish and Arab culture). A Hamsa might vaguely suggest anatomy apart from the hand, but both have an eye against The Eye as the main idea.
I did vote today, but with very mixed feelings. Are we actually going to stay united this time and win? Or is the union as divided and dysfunctional as during the last strike?
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I did vote today, but with very mixed feelings. Are we actually going to stay united this time and win? Or is the union as divided and dysfunctional as during the last strike?
I don't often disagree with Bernard Sanders. But when he amps the idea that *all* jobs will be done by robots, I've got to call BS.
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I don't often disagree with Bernard Sanders. But when he amps the idea that *all* jobs will be done by robots, I've got to call BS.
Does he really have the power to order one built without congressional approval? As the article states, even in Roman times, their construction was the perogative of the senate.
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Does he really have the power to order one built without congressional approval? As the article states, even in Roman times, their construction was the perogative of the senate.
If you want to see a Green Wall, look at the border of China and Mongolia on Google Earth. Let's just say China isn't the green one.
October 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you want to see a Green Wall, look at the border of China and Mongolia on Google Earth. Let's just say China isn't the green one.
Hematite's red
Kyanite's blue
Can only choose one
What do I do?
Kyanite's blue
Can only choose one
What do I do?
September 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hematite's red
Kyanite's blue
Can only choose one
What do I do?
Kyanite's blue
Can only choose one
What do I do?
Do you have an estimate of what percentage of their total take in eels the rent would have been?
September 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Do you have an estimate of what percentage of their total take in eels the rent would have been?
Though arguably the purpose of that was to put the church under secular control rather than the state under church control.
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Though arguably the purpose of that was to put the church under secular control rather than the state under church control.
Arguably Andorra still is a theocracy, with a Prince-Bishop as co-president.
September 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Arguably Andorra still is a theocracy, with a Prince-Bishop as co-president.
Only three souls over budget...
September 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Only three souls over budget...
I feel those sorts of legends are fairly common regarding impressive Medieval architectural feats. I remember the cathedral in Metz boasting a legend that the architect bought the plans from the devil and is therefore buried in the wall (I guess the devil could only get him in the ground).
September 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I feel those sorts of legends are fairly common regarding impressive Medieval architectural feats. I remember the cathedral in Metz boasting a legend that the architect bought the plans from the devil and is therefore buried in the wall (I guess the devil could only get him in the ground).