The Danelaw
@the-danelaw.bsky.social
Jörvikshire Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Court of the Bretwalda in Wülferhampton. Bloody Foreigner and Wülferhamptonian. Been a bit of a Cnut since 865AD. Skön. No jam, no cream.
Been there. Done that. Bought the T shirt.
September 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Been there. Done that. Bought the T shirt.
It’s quiet in Wülferhampton these days. Perhaps it’s the silly season. Perhaps our Glorious Leader has invented golf and gone off to thrash some balls in a bunker somewhere.
I’ve been on my regular summer pillage. Did I miss anything?
I’ve been on my regular summer pillage. Did I miss anything?
August 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s quiet in Wülferhampton these days. Perhaps it’s the silly season. Perhaps our Glorious Leader has invented golf and gone off to thrash some balls in a bunker somewhere.
I’ve been on my regular summer pillage. Did I miss anything?
I’ve been on my regular summer pillage. Did I miss anything?
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Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
February 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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Someday this photo will be on the front of textbooks.
(from the NYT scrolling coverage of Patel's hearing: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...)
(from the NYT scrolling coverage of Patel's hearing: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...)
February 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Someday this photo will be on the front of textbooks.
(from the NYT scrolling coverage of Patel's hearing: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...)
(from the NYT scrolling coverage of Patel's hearing: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...)
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Sieg Heil?
No thanks. Let’s all join European Movement and build the resistance to this.
No thanks. Let’s all join European Movement and build the resistance to this.
European Movement
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sieg Heil?
No thanks. Let’s all join European Movement and build the resistance to this.
No thanks. Let’s all join European Movement and build the resistance to this.
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He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
Ah-hoo…
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
Ah-hoo…
January 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
Ah-hoo…
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
Ah-hoo…
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It also means undoing copyright on academic works, which (as we keep on saying) is called 'plagiarism' and gets undergraduates in trouble on the grounds of academic integrity but apparently poses no problems at all if it's AI doing it. *internal screaming*
The British Library is a copyright deposit library. If this means a wholesale undoing of copyright to redefine books, art, movies etc as 'data' to please the techbros, the creative industries and all of us working in them are screwed. And viewers and readers will get unoriginal, derivative slop.
Listening to #radio4 discussion of 'sovereign data' such as the British Libraries books as a resource that can generate income by being leased to Ai tech companies. Rather wish government had recognised its sovereign data status for the rest of us when the Library was hacked. #AcademicSky
January 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It also means undoing copyright on academic works, which (as we keep on saying) is called 'plagiarism' and gets undergraduates in trouble on the grounds of academic integrity but apparently poses no problems at all if it's AI doing it. *internal screaming*
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Cake was finished on Monday. Still got mincemeat in , so may use some in a light cake in a few weeks.
A colleague told me his wife had brought him a gluten-free, sugar-free carrot cake. Tbh, that just sounds like a carrot.
A colleague told me his wife had brought him a gluten-free, sugar-free carrot cake. Tbh, that just sounds like a carrot.
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Cake was finished on Monday. Still got mincemeat in , so may use some in a light cake in a few weeks.
A colleague told me his wife had brought him a gluten-free, sugar-free carrot cake. Tbh, that just sounds like a carrot.
A colleague told me his wife had brought him a gluten-free, sugar-free carrot cake. Tbh, that just sounds like a carrot.
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Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...
petition.parliament.uk
January 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US AND HAVE DONE FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME.
January 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US AND HAVE DONE FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME.
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!
January 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!
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For history’s sake, record of a late stage capitalism life arc
January 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
For history’s sake, record of a late stage capitalism life arc
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#Wülferhampton! Good night you beautiful people!
Remember to buy your copy of Jazzing with @wulfhelm.bsky.social at The Mead Hall. Let's make it Christmas No. 1! 🔊
Remember to buy your copy of Jazzing with @wulfhelm.bsky.social at The Mead Hall. Let's make it Christmas No. 1! 🔊
December 22, 2024 at 9:35 PM
#Wülferhampton! Good night you beautiful people!
Remember to buy your copy of Jazzing with @wulfhelm.bsky.social at The Mead Hall. Let's make it Christmas No. 1! 🔊
Remember to buy your copy of Jazzing with @wulfhelm.bsky.social at The Mead Hall. Let's make it Christmas No. 1! 🔊
Merry Yule to Governor Wulf Helm of Wulferhampton , whose Citizens' Taxes are far too high, but if they become our vassal their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World.
December 26, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Merry Yule to Governor Wulf Helm of Wulferhampton , whose Citizens' Taxes are far too high, but if they become our vassal their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World.
Colour me unsurprised.
Big up the Jörvikshire Massive.
Big up the Jörvikshire Massive.
This is cool! A lovely new archaeology project from my Alma mater, the University of York
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
Previously unseen artefacts show invading forces included communities of men, women, children, craftworkers and merchants
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Colour me unsurprised.
Big up the Jörvikshire Massive.
Big up the Jörvikshire Massive.
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Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage)
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
December 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage)
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
Our Mead Hall is bigger than yours.
December 6, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Our Mead Hall is bigger than yours.
I’m not happy. I always thought discovering Vinland was a mistake. The people there are as mad as a bag of spiders. Apparently they’ve reinstated their previous Liege Lord, who is a fruitloop.
November 8, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I’m not happy. I always thought discovering Vinland was a mistake. The people there are as mad as a bag of spiders. Apparently they’ve reinstated their previous Liege Lord, who is a fruitloop.
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Trump’s Director of White House personnel John McEntee has posted a video saying “Sorry, we want male only voting. The 19th might have to go.”
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
October 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Trump’s Director of White House personnel John McEntee has posted a video saying “Sorry, we want male only voting. The 19th might have to go.”
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
So many of the jumpy little beggars. Who knew?
October 30, 2024 at 8:31 AM
So many of the jumpy little beggars. Who knew?
Happy Friday to all the free People of Wülferhampton! Oh. That would just be me then.
a figurine of a viking with horns is standing on a round base .
ALT: a figurine of a viking with horns is standing on a round base .
media.tenor.com
October 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Happy Friday to all the free People of Wülferhampton! Oh. That would just be me then.