Giles Bergel
@chapbookpro.bsky.social
Book historian; digital humanist.
An essential primer - www.versobooks.com/products/146...
Anyone But England
Anyone But England is a timely and entertaining exploration of the bonds which the English cricket to the English nation as both face apparently inexorable decline.Mike Marqusee, an American who has l...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An essential primer - www.versobooks.com/products/146...
Not I think a ballad, at least not one I've seen, and unfortunately our visual search engine's offline at the moment. I'll give it a go once it's back up. It's great, though!
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Not I think a ballad, at least not one I've seen, and unfortunately our visual search engine's offline at the moment. I'll give it a go once it's back up. It's great, though!
Albeit this is on the basis of the public records in SOLO: I know the Bodleian has a lot of provenance information held elsewhere
May 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Albeit this is on the basis of the public records in SOLO: I know the Bodleian has a lot of provenance information held elsewhere
My impression (would be interested in yours) is that Oxford college-owned books often have much more CSI than Bodleian books?
May 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My impression (would be interested in yours) is that Oxford college-owned books often have much more CSI than Bodleian books?
I saw The Breeders last year. Rarely or never have I seen a room explode with as much joy as when they started to play that song..
May 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I saw The Breeders last year. Rarely or never have I seen a room explode with as much joy as when they started to play that song..
I never knew it was originally an early-modern tune
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I never knew it was originally an early-modern tune
Solidarity to all the friends and colleagues in this list (and elsewhere) who have had their amazing work impeded by MAGA's cancel-culture.
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Solidarity to all the friends and colleagues in this list (and elsewhere) who have had their amazing work impeded by MAGA's cancel-culture.
Reposted by Giles Bergel
If you'd like to see all the canceled NEH grants at variance with agency priorities that allegedly will fail to inspire your confidence in use of taxpayer funds, go explore impact.ach.org. Then contact your representatives about this outrageous cull.
NEH Grants 2025
NEH Grants 2025
impact.ach.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you'd like to see all the canceled NEH grants at variance with agency priorities that allegedly will fail to inspire your confidence in use of taxpayer funds, go explore impact.ach.org. Then contact your representatives about this outrageous cull.
Reposted by Giles Bergel
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
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April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Just missed out on My Bloody Valentine, but my kid and their parents get to see Chappell Roan at the Reading Festival
April 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Just missed out on My Bloody Valentine, but my kid and their parents get to see Chappell Roan at the Reading Festival
This is devastating. Ending such an amazing initiative is just stupid and cruel. Love and solidarity to all Booklab staff, students and affiliates.
April 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is devastating. Ending such an amazing initiative is just stupid and cruel. Love and solidarity to all Booklab staff, students and affiliates.
The former, because the AI has not been trained on all the questions to which the answer could be "I don't know".
March 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The former, because the AI has not been trained on all the questions to which the answer could be "I don't know".
They are also incapable of saying "I don't know" in response to a prompt - also an essential skill.
March 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They are also incapable of saying "I don't know" in response to a prompt - also an essential skill.
Us too - see you there!
March 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Us too - see you there!
it would be better if they'd considered taking over the old Debenhams or one of the corner locations on Carfax. More passing trade from tourists and more of a boost to the rest of the city centre.
February 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
it would be better if they'd considered taking over the old Debenhams or one of the corner locations on Carfax. More passing trade from tourists and more of a boost to the rest of the city centre.