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So, in combination with his salary as an MP (90K plus change), plus top up for being Prime Minister, @andyburnham.bsky.social gets around £174,00 per year. Please conemplate why any University manager should get more than the man with the responsibility to govern a country. #JustSaying #UCU

The first UHI Institute for Northern Studies Annual Lecture is now on our YouTube Channel. @profmurdoch.bsky.social youtu.be/El4OI17K0_c?...

Colleagues, be sure to get the following IMH Seminar dates in your dairies. Speakers, time and place via the link below #History #MilHist 🗃️ lnkd.in/p/dCpfCkDE

Seven killed in Gaza as Israel targets university campus and other sites https://aje.news/p67591

"A belief in military force as the sole ingredient for success has enabled a lazy and destructive foreign policy that ignores the will and motivations of both allies and adversaries. Such thinking also elevates tactics above strategy." Great piece by @jkdemp.bsky.social

The First UHI Institute for Northern Studies Annual Lecture will be held on 7pm - 9pm Wednesday 21st October 2026 at UHI Perth Scotland and remotely for those who can't make it to Perthshire. tinyurl.com/4kwhxnxm

⚡Russian troops executed Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, military says. Russian forces are accused of executing Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) on the Huliaipole front in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a Ukrainian military spokesperson told Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 17.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW | Donald Trump’s White House is finally falling apart

Attacks hit several areas as UNICEF reports more than 340 children killed since 'ceasefire' began a year ago.

Veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine, who was on assignment for the Washington Post, was hospitalized after Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank attacked her and a group of Palestinians during the annual olive harvest. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/4edEMKU

Banning bookes ys terrible. But cutting entyre fieldes of researche by defunding universityes and closing departments doth also destroye knowledge & freedom. Universityes are the source of bookes on specialized topics. Yf you fighte booke bans, plese consider following news about universitye cuts.

Looking forward to this talk. It has made me review so much of the extant literature on these individuals. Broad hint, some of these men were continuing their service from the #ThirtyYearsWar - but most were fresh out of Scotland. Why? (And where did they go?) 🗃️🪖 #17thCentury #EarlyModern #MilHist

This week IMH welcome @camillerocher.bsky.social (Doctoral student, Université Bordeaux Montaigne) – to speak on “Degrees of Fidelity: A Spectrum of #Jacobite Engagement among Scots, Irish & Englishmen in Sweden and Russia 1688-1746” 14th October 2026 lnkd.in/p/dFYxuinB #Jacobites 🗃️ #EarlyModern

Since August, Israeli settlers have blocked Palestinians from Umm Safa from reaching the village's only cemetery. Residents say it's the latest in a series of escalations by settlers — backed by the Israeli army — who are trying to expel them. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/in-t... #Palestine #Israel

And don't forget that we have a cheeky little starter pack to make things extra easy, too. 🤓

One year after a ceasefire agreement took effect, Israeli forces continue to kill and wound civilians and deny sufficient food, aid, and water to Palestinians in Gaza. https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/10/10/gaza-ceasefire-anniversary-marks-year-of-failed-promises

Colleagues, for those interested in #Jacobite #Hanoverian and other #18thCentury #History topics, say Bonjour to @camillerocher.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social @hermiston.bsky.social @nguthrie.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social @mcfras15.bsky.social @emmaforsberg.bsky.social #Jacobites #18thC

Robert Monro, Expedition, p.196 Here the good colonel reminds his reader that scholarship is important to the soldier, and that there is much to be gleaned from the science of war as practiced by previous generations. Who Knew? #MilHist 🗃️🪖 #EarlyModern #Vegetius @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

We spent a generation telling students the humanities are moribund, and they should all study STEM, only for the greatest advances in STEM in recent years to raise fundamental questions about the nature of personhood and identity that require the humanities to answer. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

The Uncovering of the #Gaza Genocide theorkneynews.scot/2026/10/03/t...

In a list of 'dead, absent and poor' hammermen is an entry for one who went off to fight in the Dutch wars (c.1575). He is described as 'called candy to the wars' (cannon fodder?). Has anyone come across this phrase before? @profmurdoch.bsky.social @aberjack.bsky.social @weegiegraeme.bsky.social

This is wonderful film @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social Thank you to all involved in its making www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JxK...

Two months after Israeli settlers forced them out of their house, a Palestinian family was able to return to their home – only to be attacked again by more than 100 settlers, with some storming the house and setting it on fire. https://cnn.it/4AEn6BV

EXCLUSIVE: 'Catastrophic' new images have exposed the devastating scale of destruction inflicted on Gaza by Israel's genocide Read the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 New satellite pictures lay bare Israel's destruction of Gaza

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

Actual living beings are currently experiencing real pain. Human beings and other animals are suffering in quantifiable, measurable ways and are asking for help. Fuck off with this embarrassing shit.

Commentary: Donald Trump, the most corrupt president in American history has been preparing his entire life to co-opt the government for personal gain. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Secretary has been blasted over his response – revealed via FOI – to an alleged pro-Israel 'smear campaign' of a group of Scottish educators 🗣️ 'At best, Mr Alexander's response was irresponsible'

Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank The springs are vital for drinking water, tourism and agriculture, but are increasingly inaccessible to the 2.8 million Palestinians living there.

FWIW, in 17 years working for @uniofstandrews.bsky.social I encountered only 1x case of accent bias towards a student by another, & never from a colleague. Noone ever negatively mentioned my Aberdeenshire accent, my state school background or my frequent use of #Scots #JustSaying

At the end of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unhinged rant at the UN, he recited a seemingly obscure Bible verse. But it’s actually a dog whistle for genocide. mondoweiss.net/2026/09/neta... #Palestine #Israel

At a moment when history is under attack, communities across the country are sending a clear message: We Want More History! Hundreds of events are happening nationwide Sept. 25–27. Explore the #WeWantMoreHistory calendar and find one near you:

Last week all my students hand-wrote their own pledges, according to their terms, to write in my courses without AI. Some of them were quite moving—their anger at AI’s attempt to steal their educations, their determination to learn & create anyway.

I love that film, and you will never be able to embarrass me over that.

We are pleased to welcome Prof Beatrice Heuser to IMH this Wednesday Prof Heuser will deliver a lecture on “How Britannia came to rule the waves: the 16th-century roots of maritime strategy”. Date: 23rd Sept Time: 15:00 Stockholm (CET) Location: RAAB or via Zoom #EarlyModern #Naval #Maritime 🗃️ ⚓

'Wake up' or 'face conflict': Penny Mordaunt on issues raised in The Wargame

Security minister Dan Jarvis on updating 'war books' in 'very dangerous' world

Dear @andyburnham.bsky.social , Please watch Love Actually before your meeting with #Trump. Get some inspiration .... youtu.be/WITlM2pY_a4?... #POTUS #UK #USA @labouruk.bsky.social @ukgovcomms.bsky.social

Just gonna light this bag of dogshit on fire and walk away from the doorstep, but the people in media I hear saying AI has made them "more productive" appear to be producing less than ever, and worse things than ever. I wonder if they can even tell.

On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe - ask your MP to be at the debate, and push to rejoin the EU www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...

Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Israeli troops shoot Palestinians including women, children and babies in the head almost daily. That this guy was unrepentant matters not, as noted by the military he denied doing anything wrong as Palestinian lives are seen as worthless to the Israeli regime. www.middleeasteye.net/news/death-t...

Drones targeting UK military sites nearly every day as threat from Putin grows

'Why Does Academic History Matter?' bit.ly/4yB8MYQ With contributions from historians Martha Vandrei, Susan-Mary Grant, Joy Porter and @davidandress.bsky.social Free to read for 7 days @historytoday.com #Skystorians

Trump is destroying all of this because it is a tribute to JFK, not to him. And this drives him insane.

HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...