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Don't trust "AI" for anything but especially don't trust it with your health

The Danse Macabre was a Middle Ages art style that depicted dead people from many social classes dancing in a graveyard or mimicking human habits. It represented how death eventually comes to everyone. Such dances of death were believed to happen in graveyards on Halloween. #FairyTaleTuesday

The Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of South Florida invites proposals for its Annual Conference on the theme: ‘The Medieval Reception of Greek Antiquity’. The deadline for submissions is 5 Jan 2027.

New Medieval Books: The Birth of the Anglo-Saxons www.medievalists.net/2025/10/new-... #books

Dress as your research Halloween Party this evening. Great fun for students and staff. #leedsmedieval

A newly published Syriac text on the death of John the Baptist and Herodias and the postmortem adventures of John's body

"The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." --The Treaty of Tripoli, unanimously ratified by Congress on June 7, 1797

Ousted dictators used to flee to Moscow. Now, apparently, they flee to the United States. www.cnn.com/2026/10/27/a...

I was in Devon with friends over the weekend so no hobby but with a bit of work today, I’ve managed to get 2 of the 15mm jungle huts pretty much finished. Just need to base them now. The other three are all but there as well. #15mm #spreadthelard #wargaming #terrain #CoC

This is vital. Writing helps us think. So many students are saying they turn to LLMs because they don’t know what to say, and need to hear that not knowing is normal as one starts to write.

Race Across The World but it's Flávio and Bibi on the run from Lula and the ICC

Although the Ottomans quickly rebuilt their fleet after the Battle of Lepanto, recruiting enough rowers proved more difficult than replacing ships. The state orders to the officials in charge reveals the increasing level of pressure. #MaritimeHistory #oarsmen

Trump says he might not continue the Iran war if Bibi loses. So if this war is about stopping Iran’s nuclear programs, why does it depend on Netanyahu staying in power? His own words suggest the bomb was the excuse—and Bibi’s political survival was the real objective. www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...

Looking forward to chatting about Niall Ó Súilleabháin's excellent new book on Thursday with @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social, Alice Taylor and Spike Gibbs here @kingshistory.bsky.social. All welcome - you can join in person or online, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

The U.S.-Funded Plan To Kill Infants In Africa By Withholding Vaccines Has Been Thwarted defector.com/the-u-s-fund... #RFKjr #CDC #vaccines #Blues

All right! Fine! I just couldn't resist adding some battleships to my #navalwargaming fleets. #wargamerproblems #Nerdlings

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Nothing says you were lying about your devotion to your country quite like leaving it at the first opportunity you get.

#OTD in 1942, El Alamein area. Apparently, some Scotsmen on a Bren gun carrier. #WW2 #HISTORY

Really looking forward to the launch tomorrow night of “The Culture Wars” by @timdunlop.bsky.social, moderated by @paulbarclay.bsky.social @readingsbooks.bsky.social here in Melbourne. It’s a terrific read about a complex and crucial aspect of Australian political #history. #auspol

27 October 939 King Æthelstan died. He was the son of Edward the Elder and King of the English from 927 to 939. Historians view him as the first King of England and one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings. He never married, had no children and was succeeded by Edmund. #History #HistoryMatters

That's right, Prime Minister Sanchez. Tell that orange dipshit bully to go fuck himself. Spain doesn't negotiate with terrorists.

"A deep dive into what I found out - and what remains secret - after my 13 freedom of information applications relating to the AUKUS pact over the past five years" writes Daniel Hurst, freelance journalist. Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/8vawUhiC

🚨🚨🚨 Russia's Black Sea Fleet repair trap is becoming increasingly clear. 🗣️🇺🇦 On October 26, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said Russia can no longer safely use its repair facilities in Crimea.

Speech by #KennyO'Brien at Byron Festival is an absolute cracker. Read it below. MP's will deny it but #democracy in Australia is in serious decline and not just in #Parliament. It is hugely aided by mainstream & social media irresponsibility.

"The report found Israeli authorities and forces had continued to 'commit genocidal acts' even after the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, 'with the intent to destroy the Palestinian people'." No surprise that this got hardly any mainstream coverage. #GazaGenocide www.nine.com.au/world-news/m...

"Hopes that the NACC might be resucitated by a change of leadership have been dashed", writes @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol #NACC michaelwest.com.au/nacc-declare...

Hey Axios, the “model” didn’t do this, the person who told it do this, did this. We are facing a massive propaganda campaign to get us to believe that there is no one to blame when AI tools are used to commit crimes. That’s simply untrue and irresponsible “reporting”. People do this deliberately.

Can we stop with the model did this or that? They did the same thing with the Medicare one. Let's be extremely clear, people did this, not models. They are not sentient. A person somewhere gave these agents a task, and they set out to complete it. The people are responsible.

"Anthropic model accessed voter information" Yes the info is publicly available (for a fee) but "the model bypassed a paywall in accessing the information, according to Georgia officials and Anthropic." www.axios.com/2026/10/25/a...

The Moorish style William Rae Wilson Mausoleum in the Necropolis in Glasgow. Born on Paisley in 1772, Wilson spent the latter half of his life travelling and became a well-known travel writer of the late Georgian era. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #glasgownecropolis #cemetery

Keep foreign money out of UK politics. 80 per cent of donations to Reform UK in the past 12 months have come from donors or companies based overseas. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

LAST CALL: Book your tickets & beat tomorrow's deadline for an exciting conference at Royal Museums Greenwich. Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places & Practices, 1500-Present, takes place on 11-12 November. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat... @uophistory.bsky.social #maritime #history

We keep telling the government - we don't want automated robo-debt, or data centres everywhere, or aged-care assessment by algorithm, or non-professional NDIS decisions. Employ real people. Pay real wages. Fix hospitals & schools. Tax the squillionaires & giant companies. Can't be any clearer.

Today It's Bibi's Turn.......

Segal’s role ( which she is getting paid an obscene amount of money for) should include a trip to Gaza to experience the horror of genocide we are exposed to every day streamed into our homes & then report back to ‘her’ Jewish community

#OnThisDay: Alfred the Great died on 27 October 899. Pictured is the stunning Alfred Jewel, which you may recognise from our avatar. It has been dated to the late 9th century, in the reign of Alfred the Great, and is inscribed "AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN", meaning "Alfred ordered me made".

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