Huw TD
@huwtd.bsky.social
At Southampton there is a house I have admired, because from the side it looks so flat.
Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Manchester
Egyptian literature, literacy, textual transmission, and religion.
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Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Manchester
Egyptian literature, literacy, textual transmission, and religion.
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Huw TD
@huwtd.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Out in print today: The Transmission of the Book of the Dead in New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transmiss...
Also available Open Access from the Bloomsbury website
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transmiss...
Also available Open Access from the Bloomsbury website
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My favourite part of this ancient Assyrian letter to an ancient Assyrian goldsmith, is the last bit where the writer basically declares that the “house where they purify silver” absolutely does not pass the vibe check.
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My favourite part of this ancient Assyrian letter to an ancient Assyrian goldsmith, is the last bit where the writer basically declares that the “house where they purify silver” absolutely does not pass the vibe check.
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
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wow i didnt know countries could do that
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
wow i didnt know countries could do that
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They got 2% of the national vote the next year (tripling their support from the previous GE). All that happened was that a cannier racist who loves pints came to town.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
They got 2% of the national vote the next year (tripling their support from the previous GE). All that happened was that a cannier racist who loves pints came to town.
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Train companies spend millions of pounds a year in arbitration fighting each other over who pays delay repay? Of course they do.
My water company has lied about dumping waste but the regulator isn't fining them? Of course not.
My water company has lied about dumping waste but the regulator isn't fining them? Of course not.
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Train companies spend millions of pounds a year in arbitration fighting each other over who pays delay repay? Of course they do.
My water company has lied about dumping waste but the regulator isn't fining them? Of course not.
My water company has lied about dumping waste but the regulator isn't fining them? Of course not.
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I know Glenn Close when I see her.
A Paris wax museum has unveiled a new figure of Princess Diana in a black dress that has come to be known as her "revenge dress."
Paris wax museum unveils new Diana figure in ‘revenge dress,’ decades after her death in the city
A Paris wax museum has unveiled a new figure of Princess Diana in a black dress that has come to be known as her "revenge dress."
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I know Glenn Close when I see her.
delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand BLUSTRUGS (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; monarch of all monarchs, taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the centre, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod t
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand BLUSTRUGS (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; monarch of all monarchs, taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the centre, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod t
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This has to be the funniest @churchtimes.bsky.social headline of the year, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This has to be the funniest @churchtimes.bsky.social headline of the year, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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We are open today from 10am-1pm - come and visit us and explore our collections!
#garstang #museum #Liverpool #visitus #explore #livuni
#garstang #museum #Liverpool #visitus #explore #livuni
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We are open today from 10am-1pm - come and visit us and explore our collections!
#garstang #museum #Liverpool #visitus #explore #livuni
#garstang #museum #Liverpool #visitus #explore #livuni
Oxford is no longer a university.
See also Curtis Yarvin's remarks in a recent Oxford lecture:
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Oxford is no longer a university.
Shifting British economic discourse by referring to Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York, and Hull as "the Pentapolis".
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Shifting British economic discourse by referring to Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York, and Hull as "the Pentapolis".
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The South-East is the centre of the country's wealth because since time immemorial much has been extracted from what some witheringly call the provinces. Not to say that things are all gravy down there by any means, I don't want to be parochial about this, but I get tired of southerners sometimes.
it remains incredibly funny to me that the "new right" in UK politics is uh, just Enoch Powell
hey guys i'm not sure if you know this but the whole point of the "new" was to avoid the fusionism
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/0...
hey guys i'm not sure if you know this but the whole point of the "new" was to avoid the fusionism
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/0...
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The South-East is the centre of the country's wealth because since time immemorial much has been extracted from what some witheringly call the provinces. Not to say that things are all gravy down there by any means, I don't want to be parochial about this, but I get tired of southerners sometimes.
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Look, you can't expect UK politicians or journalists to know anything about Denmark. Is Denmark part of the USA? Is it near Ohio? No, so of course they don't know anything.
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Look, you can't expect UK politicians or journalists to know anything about Denmark. Is Denmark part of the USA? Is it near Ohio? No, so of course they don't know anything.
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"We're going to build a wall and make foreigners especially Europeans pay for it"
Reform’s £25bn p/a savings plan. A theme emerges:
- ending foreign aid
- increase immigration health surcharge paid by foreigners
- deport foreign criminals
- end UC payments to foreign nationals
- ending foreign aid
- increase immigration health surcharge paid by foreigners
- deport foreign criminals
- end UC payments to foreign nationals
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"We're going to build a wall and make foreigners especially Europeans pay for it"
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Do you have a steady hand and an eye for detail? We're looking for volunteers to help us with our conservation work! This is an exciting opportunity to help us look after the past for generations to come.
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do you have a steady hand and an eye for detail? We're looking for volunteers to help us with our conservation work! This is an exciting opportunity to help us look after the past for generations to come.
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
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"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible"
Haunting prose.
Haunting prose.
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible"
Haunting prose.
Haunting prose.
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Ah, I see the ‘protect our women’ brigade are doing themselves proud
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ah, I see the ‘protect our women’ brigade are doing themselves proud
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"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds
Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Increasingly think Britain's problem is that we're governed be people who are really fucking thick.
July 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Increasingly think Britain's problem is that we're governed be people who are really fucking thick.
Looked at the Other Place earlier, and they are once again being weird about Emily Wilson and her translations of Homer.
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Looked at the Other Place earlier, and they are once again being weird about Emily Wilson and her translations of Homer.
[In a publisher's office]
PUBLISHER: ... So this "Metamorphoses" of yours, can we market it as romantasy do you think?
OVID: ... I'd say it's more enemies-to-plovers, honestly
PUBLISHER: ... So this "Metamorphoses" of yours, can we market it as romantasy do you think?
OVID: ... I'd say it's more enemies-to-plovers, honestly
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
[In a publisher's office]
PUBLISHER: ... So this "Metamorphoses" of yours, can we market it as romantasy do you think?
OVID: ... I'd say it's more enemies-to-plovers, honestly
PUBLISHER: ... So this "Metamorphoses" of yours, can we market it as romantasy do you think?
OVID: ... I'd say it's more enemies-to-plovers, honestly
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Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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Not forgetting this banger
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Not forgetting this banger
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I have said it once and will say it again, the “good ol’ days” always strangely coincides with the timeframe when people were 6-16 years old.
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have said it once and will say it again, the “good ol’ days” always strangely coincides with the timeframe when people were 6-16 years old.