Addymax
@addymax.bsky.social
Historian in Wales. Tennis and cat fan.
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'ok I'll read one article on something before starting on my grant proposal'
the article:
the article:
This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
www.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:02 PM
'ok I'll read one article on something before starting on my grant proposal'
the article:
the article:
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Anytime some yahoo says, “all serious historians agree…” I want to say:
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Anytime some yahoo says, “all serious historians agree…” I want to say:
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
1. What is a “serious” historian?
2. Have you ever actually been in a room with more than one historian? We can’t even agree with how long the 19th century was.
Novak Djokovic stayed in the same Australian hotel room as me before being deported in 2022. About seven years after I was there.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Novak Djokovic stayed in the same Australian hotel room as me before being deported in 2022. About seven years after I was there.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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Be careful out there.
December 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Be careful out there.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social journalist doesn't seem to know what RN stands for.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@skynewsrss.bsky.social journalist doesn't seem to know what RN stands for.
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Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.
Lime and Forest are on their "last warning" if they don't fix "persistent problems" with rider behaviour and dangerous parking.
Council demands “urgent action” from Lime and Forest hire bike operators to “fix persistent problems”
Islington Council has threatened that e-bike hire companies Lime and Forest are on their “last warning” and face losing permission to operate in the borough unless they deal with the dangerous parking...
road.cc
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.
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Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
What the heck is an image like that doing in the Times Higher
Opinion: Employers in many industries may soon conclude they can train, assess and credential employees more effectively than universities can, warns Ali Hindi
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/how-long-will-he-be-able-protest-its-job-relevance-ai-era
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/how-long-will-he-be-able-protest-its-job-relevance-ai-era
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
What the heck is an image like that doing in the Times Higher
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Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch (Official Video)
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
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We pour billions into saving an economically tiny steel industry whilst actively destroying one of our largest export industries. (Yes, higher education to overseas students who already massively subsidise UK students, are counted as exports).
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We pour billions into saving an economically tiny steel industry whilst actively destroying one of our largest export industries. (Yes, higher education to overseas students who already massively subsidise UK students, are counted as exports).
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I ask again why any Government is still on X.
Grok has clearly been shaped in its owner’s image and likeness
I would very much like to know what Governments’ and journalists’ red lines are if this sort of thing is not.
apple.news/At85Jo9xFRzC...
Grok has clearly been shaped in its owner’s image and likeness
I would very much like to know what Governments’ and journalists’ red lines are if this sort of thing is not.
apple.news/At85Jo9xFRzC...
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I ask again why any Government is still on X.
Grok has clearly been shaped in its owner’s image and likeness
I would very much like to know what Governments’ and journalists’ red lines are if this sort of thing is not.
apple.news/At85Jo9xFRzC...
Grok has clearly been shaped in its owner’s image and likeness
I would very much like to know what Governments’ and journalists’ red lines are if this sort of thing is not.
apple.news/At85Jo9xFRzC...
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Great to see the new book on Carthage by @gevemac.bsky.social in my local bookshop
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Great to see the new book on Carthage by @gevemac.bsky.social in my local bookshop
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'The Student Working Lives report, published by HEPI with the University of Lancashire and three partner institutions, provides something that previous polling (including our own Belong survey work with Cibyl) couldn’t – linked institutional data on actual academic performance and attendance.' 1/3
Long hours and poor working conditions hit students' outcomes hard
Conference, [students] time at college or university should be spent learning or training. Not working every hour God sends.
wonkhe.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
'The Student Working Lives report, published by HEPI with the University of Lancashire and three partner institutions, provides something that previous polling (including our own Belong survey work with Cibyl) couldn’t – linked institutional data on actual academic performance and attendance.' 1/3
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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when the bouncers have reluctantly let me into the club but immediately realise they’ve made a horrible mistake
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
when the bouncers have reluctantly let me into the club but immediately realise they’ve made a horrible mistake
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Citation is power. Citation is epistemology. Citation is the creation of legitimacy and the gifting of authority.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Citation is power. Citation is epistemology. Citation is the creation of legitimacy and the gifting of authority.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
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Again, don't try this at home.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Again, don't try this at home.
No thank you www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff redevelopment of Howells site with 11-storey tower - BBC News
New plans show a red-brick 11-storey tower could form part of Howells site revamp.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
No thank you www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is so important
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
bigbookoftorcs.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is so important
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Each one of those 98/99% of failed applications represents dozens or hundreds of hours of work for the actual applicant; a vast stack of emails about budgeting, cost-centres, reviews, approvals, HR, Finance Office, Research Support...
Pissed. Up. A. Wall. For the sake of only picking "winners".
Pissed. Up. A. Wall. For the sake of only picking "winners".
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Each one of those 98/99% of failed applications represents dozens or hundreds of hours of work for the actual applicant; a vast stack of emails about budgeting, cost-centres, reviews, approvals, HR, Finance Office, Research Support...
Pissed. Up. A. Wall. For the sake of only picking "winners".
Pissed. Up. A. Wall. For the sake of only picking "winners".