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We’re at 79 universities that are reducing their staff and programmes: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo....

Any delay in even asking how to this has all gone so wrong risk losing the knowledge basis you need to have a functioning higher education (and, by consequence, informed citizenry)

A lot of my colleagues don’t like teaching Nashe, but along with having a lot of fun with his stylings, I rarely have such engaged conversations about political satire, invention in a time of scarcity, punching up rather than down, the value of literature and the arts…

There are certain moments that define one's life. In my case, for example, the full force of the realization that the world has gone mad struck me when I found someone had paid $6.2 million for a work of art consisting of a banana and a piece of duct tape.

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

I'm new to Bluesky, and one thing I can't figure out is how to see the context of a comment. Someone posts something, I comment on what they post, I get a notification telling me that they replied to my comment, and when I click on that all I see is their reply. I can't see the rest of the thread.

I've set up an early modern religion feed. It won't catch everything, but it should pick up on quite a lot of relevant stuff and perhaps help to cut out the "noise" from other posts.

Feedback welcome!

I've started a Starter Pack on open-access education and taken the liberty of adding a few names to it (let me know if you don't want to be included!). Anyone interested in joining this, please contact me.

I have made a starter pack for people interested in Reformation Studies. Please share and comment if you would like to be added!

go.bsky.app/9vP56oW

I’m talking about Thomas Overbury’s letters from the Tower, dramatic courtiership and Inns of Court learning on 28 November. Email MappingInns@gmail.com if you’d like the link. mappinginns.wordpress.com

I've created a "Starter Pack" on early modern religion, and taken the liberty of adding a dozen or so likely candidates (I hope that's OK; please let me know if not!). Anyone interested, just contact me and I'll add your name!

The Early Modern Newsletter for November 2024 is out!