Gareth Millward
@millieqed.bsky.social
Historian, Univ. Southern Denmark, working on the history of the British Welfare State. Erstwhile Birmingham, Warwick, LSHTM.
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or you could take the bullshit at face value because you think it makes you seem savvy, your choice
February 5, 2026 at 3:58 AM
or you could take the bullshit at face value because you think it makes you seem savvy, your choice
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“But FA, we spent so much money!” is not the argument I’d be making if I had 115 charges.
February 5, 2026 at 6:52 AM
“But FA, we spent so much money!” is not the argument I’d be making if I had 115 charges.
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🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
warwick-careers.tal.net
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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Oh good, *Dangermouse* is about to start.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Oh good, *Dangermouse* is about to start.
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It seems even more unlikely that Wes Streeting will ever be Labour leader or PM now and I think that's worth taking a minute to appreciate
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It seems even more unlikely that Wes Streeting will ever be Labour leader or PM now and I think that's worth taking a minute to appreciate
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Too many people on Bluesky think that relentless expressions of despair are a sign of intellectual sophistication.
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Too many people on Bluesky think that relentless expressions of despair are a sign of intellectual sophistication.
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After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
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Appointing Peter Mandelson as the ambassador to the US against explicit security vetting advice is the resigning issue that the press spent an absurd amount of time trying to convince us that "he had a beer and a curry" was.
February 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Appointing Peter Mandelson as the ambassador to the US against explicit security vetting advice is the resigning issue that the press spent an absurd amount of time trying to convince us that "he had a beer and a curry" was.
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Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
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The Ai slop British Musem Scandal is worth being aware of, mostly for the BM’s absolute bonfire approach, which so far has been:
Post Ai photos for promo to instagram
Remove Ai photos after backlash
Deny any connection to Ai
Unfollow the content creators who pointed it out AND YET
Post Ai photos for promo to instagram
Remove Ai photos after backlash
Deny any connection to Ai
Unfollow the content creators who pointed it out AND YET
February 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The Ai slop British Musem Scandal is worth being aware of, mostly for the BM’s absolute bonfire approach, which so far has been:
Post Ai photos for promo to instagram
Remove Ai photos after backlash
Deny any connection to Ai
Unfollow the content creators who pointed it out AND YET
Post Ai photos for promo to instagram
Remove Ai photos after backlash
Deny any connection to Ai
Unfollow the content creators who pointed it out AND YET
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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I'm sorry but it's very funny to me that the legislature of a G7/P5 country of 70 million is currently drafting the "Fuck This One Guy in Particular Act of 2026."
Also, imagine tolerating a system of privilege so entrenched you need to rewrite centuries-old rules just to get at one douchebag.
Also, imagine tolerating a system of privilege so entrenched you need to rewrite centuries-old rules just to get at one douchebag.
UK govt drafting legislation to remove Mandelson peerage, has referred information to the police www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
Government refers material to police after review of Mandelson Epstein emails - live updates
PM Keir Starmer calls allegations that Lord Mandelson passed on sensitive government information to Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I'm sorry but it's very funny to me that the legislature of a G7/P5 country of 70 million is currently drafting the "Fuck This One Guy in Particular Act of 2026."
Also, imagine tolerating a system of privilege so entrenched you need to rewrite centuries-old rules just to get at one douchebag.
Also, imagine tolerating a system of privilege so entrenched you need to rewrite centuries-old rules just to get at one douchebag.
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It’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Gervais cited his own 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged winners not to use their acceptance speeches "as a platform to make a political speech."
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February 3, 2026 at 2:20 AM
It’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice
Authoritarian law enforcement is immoral and does not work...
*someone brings bike onto rush hour tram*
... but we need to revisit this.
*someone brings bike onto rush hour tram*
... but we need to revisit this.
February 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Authoritarian law enforcement is immoral and does not work...
*someone brings bike onto rush hour tram*
... but we need to revisit this.
*someone brings bike onto rush hour tram*
... but we need to revisit this.
And so, who is to blame?
"It's the spineless dems not providing opposition!"
"It's the republicans doing the actual evil things!"
"It's the spineless dems not providing opposition!"
"It's the republicans doing the actual evil things!"
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
And so, who is to blame?
"It's the spineless dems not providing opposition!"
"It's the republicans doing the actual evil things!"
"It's the spineless dems not providing opposition!"
"It's the republicans doing the actual evil things!"
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If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
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‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
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February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
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Have found it quite underreported in the UK that the Norwegians are speedrunning a total collapse in approval for the monarchy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Norway’s crown princess had years of contact with Epstein, files suggest
Mette-Marit apologises for ‘poor judgment’ as documents reportedly include scores of email exchanges with child sex offender
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Have found it quite underreported in the UK that the Norwegians are speedrunning a total collapse in approval for the monarchy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
how fucking dare you
That thing where "Millennials" are perpetually snowflakes in their 20s, whereas they're mostly just very tired middle-aged people now...
this is obviously very true but it did also remind me of the time I was offered the deputy social editor job at a national newspaper at......I'm pretty sure I was 23 still? so I mean: there was some truth to it back in the day lol
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
how fucking dare you
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It’s a ‘how to pay for healthcare’ sort of day for me. Glasgow bound and lecturing our PGT students on healthcare financing, plus CPP published this late last week.
...2. The Scottish Budget and the politics of the NHS 🩺
@profellenstu.bsky.social examines the NHS featuring as a headline of the budget announcement, writing that the increase of the health budget ‘is modest, if not tight'.
Read:
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
@profellenstu.bsky.social examines the NHS featuring as a headline of the budget announcement, writing that the increase of the health budget ‘is modest, if not tight'.
Read:
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 AM
It’s a ‘how to pay for healthcare’ sort of day for me. Glasgow bound and lecturing our PGT students on healthcare financing, plus CPP published this late last week.
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Mandleson, of course, is by all account still a member of the Labour Party. Worth remembering Neal Lawson, the head of compass, was almost expelled from the party for retweeting someone who called for tactical voting in a local election. www.ft.com/content/1728...
Jeffrey Epstein sent Peter Mandelson $75,000, documents show
Newly released files include three payments from disgraced financier’s JPMorgan account to former UK power broker
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Mandleson, of course, is by all account still a member of the Labour Party. Worth remembering Neal Lawson, the head of compass, was almost expelled from the party for retweeting someone who called for tactical voting in a local election. www.ft.com/content/1728...
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Anyway, here's some wrestling promotions you can watch that are better than WWE and aren't currently doing a show in Saudi Arabia in an arena built by enslaved people (I'm going to skip AEW as they're hopefully already well known):
January 31, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Anyway, here's some wrestling promotions you can watch that are better than WWE and aren't currently doing a show in Saudi Arabia in an arena built by enslaved people (I'm going to skip AEW as they're hopefully already well known):
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What the fuck does "appear to show" mean? Isn't there a mainstream journalist left who can just report what they see?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Epstein files latest: photos appear to show former prince Andrew crouching over female
Elon Musk and former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson among those named in newly released documents
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
What the fuck does "appear to show" mean? Isn't there a mainstream journalist left who can just report what they see?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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feel like that's just called "living in a society", if you're used to living in the world and interacting with your fellow man you'll be used to the feeling of "fuck this person is tedious BUT their heart is in the right place", if you can't deal with it you're simply too online and/or anti-social!
people don't know how to handle a mostly virtuous person who is also massively annoying
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
feel like that's just called "living in a society", if you're used to living in the world and interacting with your fellow man you'll be used to the feeling of "fuck this person is tedious BUT their heart is in the right place", if you can't deal with it you're simply too online and/or anti-social!