"Jack is 30, a barrister's clerk, newly engaged to Chloe and has taken part in research at UCL to turn his diagnosis into a positive." "But he'd always known he was destined to share his father's fate, until today." Wow.
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"Jack is 30, a barrister's clerk, newly engaged to Chloe and has taken part in research at UCL to turn his diagnosis into a positive." "But he'd always known he was destined to share his father's fate, until today." Wow.
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Deal with people being different from you.
It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
So much this.
Always nice to see the community in action… XD
Classic quackery.
I’m guessing the collapse of the NHS is just a bonus to him. Brits have no idea how bad things might get if this happens. People over here complain about parking costs at hospitals. What will happen when they have to pay for their heart surgery or appendectomy?
Autism does not need to be cured Ableism does The end
What “fascism” means Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DO6EvDz...
The 3,000-year-old gold Shropshire sun pendant was dicovered in 2018. Crafted with incredible skill and decorated with intricate geometric patterns, it symbolizes the importance of the sun in Bronze Age society. As scientific analysis has indicated, the pendant...🧵1/2 📷 me #archaeology 🏺
But why would you want to anyway! XD
Great news! Congratulations to your family!
Makes him look like an old man - weird choice of appearance. :/ But I LOVE the elephant!
How embarressing. :/
We can dream. :/
Just to emphasise the point: The campaign to smear Jeremy Corbyn as an antisemite that led to people describing his pronunication of 'Epstein' as a dogwhistle was spearheaded by a man who was Epstein's "best pal" and who defended him when he was jailed for soliciting minors for prostitution.
Aki Opening Bouts Posted! In the sign that the September tournament is almost upon us, the pairings for the first two days have been released. The link takes you to the day 1 bouts, but you can use the toggle at the top to see the day 2 matchups as well. A few highlights: Onosato opens with…
It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”
So after two straight days of Republicans saying trans people and the Left did this, threatening full on violence, it turns out the suspect is a politically unaffiliated white dude who was trained to use guns by his Republican law enforcement dad? Do I have that right?
Tell me about it!
Yes! Gaius #caligula and Phasmo crossover in the Mail for me today!
Sad news! ;_; RIP Mom of Mitakeumi.
The Phantom. London teacher William Lowder used one of these. :3
Yes, transmutation!
:/ Who wants to bet this means history because the government can’t think of a way to monetise it for themselves. Way things are in CERTAIN COUNTRIES it could just mean medicine though. Let the bodies pile high and all. >\
Seven-headed dragon, now ascribed to Leonardo Da Vinci. (British Museum)
Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.
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Absolutely insane gold thrymsa from Norfolk in the latest @currentarchaeology.bsky.social. Never seen anything like this, wtf is going on
It sucks. I hope you’ll all be ok. <3
So it's us then. We're the first 😭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
Very sad news. I’m so sorry you found out this way. Employers’ behaviour is shocking sometimes.
Great that they’re doing this project but this stuff should not be volunteer work. Pay people. “But we don’t have money!” Yeah I know, us either, tax the rich
How widespread were medieval technological objects, and who owned them? Read about where they were found in medieval households in a new DALME feature essay by Dan Smail. dalme.org/features/a-n...
Leave it where it is! ;_; It’s not worth risking its integrity.
Normal people will struggle to understand why this is to me the most exciting news story of 2025 so far www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And don’t tell me - he’ll just happen to be selling this ‘Folate’ like a true quack.
Too right.
This is important. I loathe Angela Rayner and Starmer and all their Labour-destroying cronies. But I can see the selective pearl-clutching going on here as clear as day. Morals only apply to certain people. :/
"Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency, but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given that he already owns other properties."
It's still not been a month since the release of Tiny Bookshop, and we already sold over 300,000 copies across both Steam and Switch! At this rate, Bookstonbury is going to face over-tourism, and we'll have to call in more seagulls! 😳✨
I watched it he trailer. I derisively curled my lip at it. That will be the extent of my engagement.
A vignette from 1633: one of the Merchant Taylors' almswomen on Tower Hill is sick and the Company buy her a flock bed, bolster, rug and blanket for her comfort.
What a moron. His sad little brain cannot cope with the reality of other people having different experiences from his.
I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺 www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
3 Sept 1623: George Heriot, jeweller to James VI & I executed a 'disposition and assignation' to #Edinburgh council announcing his intentions #otd to found a hospital in the city (Edinburgh University)
Favourite (attributed) Gaius quote. :3
I missed Gaius’ birthday!
Several people have written about this since the 1590s. I have addressed how James defended his claim (against the doubters and the haters!) here: www.routledge.com/James-VI-Bri... #earlymodern
BANZUKE!
YES! Thank you... Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants". - seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
I am furious.
Ouch…
Microsoft Windows Task Bar from 1995-2022
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh announces the launch of a new website, The People’s Dispensary featuring a digitised and transcribed collection of 18th century case notes of the Edinburgh Public Dispensary from its foundation in 1776. buff.ly/UzShOzg
Oh, what a surprise! BA investigated itself and found itself totally innocent? I am shock! :/ How disgusting.
The root of our problems in America come from spending decades responding to the dumbest shit possible with “let’s hear him out” instead of saying “shut the fuck up.”
There is lots of hope to be had in this old world, even during the darkest of times. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
Finally starting a series on YouTube, re: #Hephaistion #Hephaestion, marshal for #AlexandertheGreat. This first one is all about his NAME. It's *weird*, for Macedonia. And what that means. With curse tablets and fun digital projects. #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #ancienthistory #epigraphy
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
My lovely friend is just about to have his latest book published. This one's on Roman Magic and looks like a great read. www.amberley-books.com/current-mont...
Scary. :(
Sure. But at this point, the marginally lesser evil is better than nothing. :/
Go for the eyes Boo!
I know it is. It feels very scary.
Let’s go!
I found a cool Shakespeare thing. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
A strong start to your 1600s surgical textbook when you begin with allegorical winged and cloaked death images like these – a stark reminder to all medical students
Never watched it, but it looks like rubbish. I’ll stick to chaotic good YTers like Markiplier and Insym. :3
Nero….. If only he could have been born a theatre kid in a theatre family. 10/10 off the rails. I mean. Sporus. That’s all I’m saying. Sporus. Nero was kinda doing averagely crazy until whatever actually happened there…
I feel this.
You know what never gets old? People in inflatable t-rex suits visiting t-rex skeletons in museums
\^_^/ I love a bit of good news. :3
Here’s the actual train. www.bridgestone.com/bwsc/stories...
Wrote one of my favourite research books Gatherings from Graveyards’. :3 A treasure trove of information about burial grounds in 19thC London.
Tomorrow and Wednesday! Come hear me and my illustrious colleague Siobhan Ward talk about body donation, graverobbing, legislature, and broken umbrellas, in the halls of @oldanatomytcd.bsky.social for a set of special #heritageweek tours: www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...
https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/7430 『TETRIS つまんでつなげてますこっと』発売！テトリスのブロックをカニカンで下につなげられるよ！ "TETRIS Pinch and Connect Mascot" now available! Connect Tetris blocks downwards with a lobster clasp! #ガチャポン #gachapon
Fox News falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
Beautiful. Goals!
No online option?
One of the talks I'm most looking forward to at the British Science Festival! Seeking out the stories of 18th - 19th century women who were obscured, dismissed, ridiculed, or undocumented, but were THERE for some of science’s biggest moments, participating, discovering, challenging... #BSF25
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Get on with it!
He can be tempted back to this fateful location now that it’s smart and boutique. <3
Hilarious!
Thank goodness! xxx
When I said the various Rowlings and Linehans of Britain were assuming and hoping for the public to act as the unpaid enforcement arm of their crank movement, this is precisely what I meant.
XD
These men are only interested in protecting women when it serves as a prop for their brand of masculinity. Also noticeable that women woukd need less ‘protection’ if many men weren’t shitty.
^_^b
Vomit.
JOB ALERT: amazing 4-year post in postwar British history and refugee studies at @uniofreading.bsky.social Humanities! A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
'Jockey Jack': a talented C18th horse-rider & groom who fell on hard times & ended life as a pauper in Nottinghamshire. He was found, after his death, to have been born a woman Love little snippets like these... #18c
Anyone who belongs to any minority group needs to be aware that what is being done to trans people can and will be done to them. In a decade we have been stripped of our rights to exist in public spaces by a press campaign and a well funded lobby.
*nod nod*
Who’d want to go there any more? :/
Still on the old maternal impression?! XD