Dr Michelle Walker (/Moffat)
@moffski.bsky.social
Historian of war & society in WWII Scotland/Britain
Proud NZer 🇳🇿
Research Assoc. @Manchester Met Uni
FRHistS
Loves sewing, coffee, cycling & squirrels
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-scottish-society-in-the-second-world-war.html
Proud NZer 🇳🇿
Research Assoc. @Manchester Met Uni
FRHistS
Loves sewing, coffee, cycling & squirrels
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-scottish-society-in-the-second-world-war.html
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Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
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We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
"a powerful, concentrated group of fossil fuel corporations are not only dominating global emissions but are actively sabotaging climate action and weakening government ambition.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM
"a powerful, concentrated group of fossil fuel corporations are not only dominating global emissions but are actively sabotaging climate action and weakening government ambition.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
Aah New Zealand 😆
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Aah New Zealand 😆
Can anyone point me in the direction of articles looking at Five Eyes response to the US interference in Venezuela and talk re. Greenland? Not necessarily academic, just news/analysis. Thanks!
January 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Can anyone point me in the direction of articles looking at Five Eyes response to the US interference in Venezuela and talk re. Greenland? Not necessarily academic, just news/analysis. Thanks!
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🧵The thug with the aluminum baseball bat is neo-Nazi Jake Lang.
He beat Capitol police officers with that bat for 2 1/2 hours near a Capitol entrance.
Trump pardoned him, and he is now running in Florida's US Senate special election this year to fill Rubio's seat.
He beat Capitol police officers with that bat for 2 1/2 hours near a Capitol entrance.
Trump pardoned him, and he is now running in Florida's US Senate special election this year to fill Rubio's seat.
January 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM
🧵The thug with the aluminum baseball bat is neo-Nazi Jake Lang.
He beat Capitol police officers with that bat for 2 1/2 hours near a Capitol entrance.
Trump pardoned him, and he is now running in Florida's US Senate special election this year to fill Rubio's seat.
He beat Capitol police officers with that bat for 2 1/2 hours near a Capitol entrance.
Trump pardoned him, and he is now running in Florida's US Senate special election this year to fill Rubio's seat.
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Prof Patman swinging here "It's a direct challenge for countries like New Zealand, which support the view that international relations should be based on rules, procedures and laws"
That goes straight to the rhetoric party leaders like to use about the rules based international order
That goes straight to the rhetoric party leaders like to use about the rules based international order
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Prof Patman swinging here "It's a direct challenge for countries like New Zealand, which support the view that international relations should be based on rules, procedures and laws"
That goes straight to the rhetoric party leaders like to use about the rules based international order
That goes straight to the rhetoric party leaders like to use about the rules based international order
Happy New Year all 🥳
I'm excited for 2026 - I've already made this pretty dress, and in April I'll begin the research scholarship I've been awarded by the Gerda Henkel foundation, which means I can stay in the UK 🥳🥂
I'm excited for 2026 - I've already made this pretty dress, and in April I'll begin the research scholarship I've been awarded by the Gerda Henkel foundation, which means I can stay in the UK 🥳🥂
January 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Happy New Year all 🥳
I'm excited for 2026 - I've already made this pretty dress, and in April I'll begin the research scholarship I've been awarded by the Gerda Henkel foundation, which means I can stay in the UK 🥳🥂
I'm excited for 2026 - I've already made this pretty dress, and in April I'll begin the research scholarship I've been awarded by the Gerda Henkel foundation, which means I can stay in the UK 🥳🥂
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Soldiers from the Royal Flying Corps Kite and Balloon Section rehearsing the pantomime Cinderella at Bapaume, France, 2 January 1918. Photo by David McLellan. Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Soldiers from the Royal Flying Corps Kite and Balloon Section rehearsing the pantomime Cinderella at Bapaume, France, 2 January 1918. Photo by David McLellan. Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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72 years ago this evening at Tangiwai, 151 people died in NZ’s worst railway disaster, including 148 of 176 second-class passengers. One of those 28 survivors was my Grandpa. A year ago in the @jds-disasters.bsky.social, I published my most extensive piece to date about the effects of this disaster:
muse.jhu.edu
December 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
72 years ago this evening at Tangiwai, 151 people died in NZ’s worst railway disaster, including 148 of 176 second-class passengers. One of those 28 survivors was my Grandpa. A year ago in the @jds-disasters.bsky.social, I published my most extensive piece to date about the effects of this disaster:
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"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
High praise indeed! I'm so excited to hear people are enjoying my work.
Thanks Jessica 🥳😊
In a completely unrelated note, you too can experience Jessica's joy by ordering at your local bookshop or direct from Edinburgh University Press 😉😉
Thanks Jessica 🥳😊
In a completely unrelated note, you too can experience Jessica's joy by ordering at your local bookshop or direct from Edinburgh University Press 😉😉
Best book I’ve read this year from @moffski.bsky.social. Great insight in to Scottish life during the #SWW. 5🌟
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
High praise indeed! I'm so excited to hear people are enjoying my work.
Thanks Jessica 🥳😊
In a completely unrelated note, you too can experience Jessica's joy by ordering at your local bookshop or direct from Edinburgh University Press 😉😉
Thanks Jessica 🥳😊
In a completely unrelated note, you too can experience Jessica's joy by ordering at your local bookshop or direct from Edinburgh University Press 😉😉
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"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Yes, because this is the purpose of a university education... 🙄😒
New Zealand’s universities will need to demonstrate improvements in their completion rates, the earnings of their graduates and industry uptake of their research to mount compelling arguments for government funding, under arrangements outlined in a new education strategy
https://ow.ly/L8oX50XAC1X
https://ow.ly/L8oX50XAC1X
‘Unapologetic’ focus on economic growth in new NZ strategy
Jobs and achievement the new mantra in a ‘refocus on what matters most’ in the tertiary system
ow.ly
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Yes, because this is the purpose of a university education... 🙄😒
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Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
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Looking forward to speaking at the Institute of Historical Research Seminar in King's College London next Wednesday evening. I will present research from the @erc.europa.eu COLVET project. Open to all but pre-registration required to attend. Thanks to the organisers www.eventbrite.ie/e/colonial-v...
Colonial Veterans and Citizenship in the French Empire
Presenting research from the project, Ex-Soldiers of Empire; Towards a Comparative History of Colonial Veterancy in the Interwar Period.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Looking forward to speaking at the Institute of Historical Research Seminar in King's College London next Wednesday evening. I will present research from the @erc.europa.eu COLVET project. Open to all but pre-registration required to attend. Thanks to the organisers www.eventbrite.ie/e/colonial-v...
Thinking of my friend Jacinda today, who lost her life serving in Afghanistan in 2012.
We will remember them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08...
We will remember them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08...
Woman among three slain New Zealand soldiers
New Zealand PM John Key vows not to "cut and run" from Afghanistan after three soldiers, including a woman, die in a huge roadside bomb blast.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Thinking of my friend Jacinda today, who lost her life serving in Afghanistan in 2012.
We will remember them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08...
We will remember them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08...
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🗣️ When we speak of camps in Sudan, we mean thousands of people fleeing atrocities to live in fields, putting straw on sticks or mud bricks, foraging for vegetation, fruit and even rats to eat.
📩 Read our latest InDepth newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/why-sudan-...
📩 Read our latest InDepth newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/why-sudan-...
Why Sudan is the worst humanitarian situation in the world right now
The story of El-Fasher’s fall is being told by aid workers, satellite images and fleeing survivors, building a picture of something horrifying and historic in scale, writes Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
channel4news.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🗣️ When we speak of camps in Sudan, we mean thousands of people fleeing atrocities to live in fields, putting straw on sticks or mud bricks, foraging for vegetation, fruit and even rats to eat.
📩 Read our latest InDepth newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/why-sudan-...
📩 Read our latest InDepth newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/why-sudan-...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
Timeline cleanse! Lovely holiday in Scotland two weeks ago, visiting Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Timeline cleanse! Lovely holiday in Scotland two weeks ago, visiting Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.