Just found out that Taylor & Francis has sold access to all Routledge Books data to Microsoft to train their AI. This includes my publications. I get no payment for using my research labour, never mind the bigger problems of this energy-intensive extractivism...

Please share this amazing opportunity widely! 3 funded MA studentships in Black British Local History for the coming academic year based at Centre for Regional and Local History (HyPIR at Leicester University of Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities) in partnership with BCA More info: le.ac.uk/english-local-…

RBST CEO, Christopher Price has a letter in today's Times, challenging the use of Mangalitsas rather than native pig breeds in ecological restoration projects.

A challenge for the new government? University application rate for UK 18-year-olds from the most disadvantaged backgrounds is 27.0%. For the most advantaged it's 57.6%. In Wimbledon, 70% of 18-year-olds go on to HE compared to 13% in Barrow and Furness. hepi.ac.uk/2024/07/18/fiv…

Ucas plans to drop personal statements for UK university applicants theguardian.com/education/arti…

Forgot Liverpudlian and Mancunian nominations for Britain’s second city: London.

Ready to lead your own research team-?😎The Max Planck Society offers you the chance to head an independent Research Group at a participating Max Planck Institute of your choice - the next open topic call starts on Sep 9, 2024. Stay tuned for updates!🌟 mprg.mpg.de

Dear Mogg Should I put one of these bandage thingies on my ear? If only I had left with some kind of wound, when the traitors did for me, and then my loyal followers could have worn a bandage for me. It would have been like a rock star's fans' tribute. Elasto plasto glasto Boris

*Cronch* I ran over a rock and found crystals inside! It's pure sulfur. (And no, it doesn’t smell.) Elemental sulfur is something we’ve never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet, but my team is excited to investigate. go.nasa.gov/4bPdSow

*NEW: spotter: clara_goodfarter; east beach nap; 1228hrs 18/7/24

And that’s a wrap on the Malahuma 2024 fieldseason! Nearly a 1000 mapped remains of Stegodon, rats, birds, reptiles, and stone tools. Plus the best view in the So’a basin ☺️ (surface find stone tools in the photo) Thanks again to the The Leakey Foundation for support.

Well worthy of #FossilFriday is this superb Miocene beetle labelled Ancyclocheina which I stumbled across last month in the NHNUK fossil collections. Oeningen, Germany.

A mass IT outage has hit airports, businesses, transport links, supermarkets, and broadcasters around the world. The outage appears to be affecting Microsoft Windows operating systems 🖥 Here’s everything we know so far 🧵🔽

Stunning! Our rare #GreatYellowBumblebee is bee-utiful 💚

Dozens of local councillors became MPs for the first time on 4 July and there is no legal impediment to an MP continuing as a councillor, but it is generally not seen as possible to do both jobs properly at the same time. This posed no problem for the former Tory MP for

The Autumn period for this year's Winter Gull Survey is fast approaching! There are plenty of sites to choose from across Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Get involved this September and help with essential monitoring. 🌍➡️Visit bto.org/wings to learn more and sign up #WinGS_UK Wetland Bird Survey

🥼Another #heritagescience job! Our member, Durham University is hiring an Assistant Technician for the Durham Archaeology lab. Apply by 31 July 2024. More info: durham.taleo.net/careersection/…

Appeal to anyone and everyone: what the heck is this little figurine? Made of lead, solid cast, flat on one side, crudely incised face and hair in a bun. Diagonal base does not seem broken. Looks like an owl person. Baffled again! 😩 #FindsFriday #AskAnArchaeologist

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