@moffski
Historian of war & society in WWII Scotland/Britain Proud NZer 🇳🇿 Research Assoc. @Manchester Met Uni FRHistS Loves sewing, coffee, cycling & squirrels https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-scottish-society-in-the-second-world-war.html
University of Otago campus, 4 March 2026. Features blue sky, white rose bushes in foreground, Leith River in the distance, grassy banks, and lots of trees and greenery.
Well, at this rate I might be stuck here but thankfully I have all three!
I've certainly brought the good weather! Everyone keeps telling me how bad their summer has been, but almost every day has been beautiful 😊
Photo of me standing on a rock with Banks Peninsula and lyttleton Harbour in the background. Sky is blue, one big, long white cloud in the sky, sun is shining.
New Zealand has the best scenery 🥰
Interesting, thanks Donal!
What do you think it was that gave them this impression? Given the reference to sentimental mentality, was it about lack of outward display of emotion or writing letters to absent sons/husbands?
#jobfairy this is an intriguing one - 18 month research fellowship for an object-focused historian, museums studies person or similar at Chatsworth House! £48k + £11k travel, outreach etc #skystorians
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK358/d...
Join us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social
Prof. Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB
Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
Upon surrender, Finnerty faced a Japanese officer who spoke perfect English. His words were chilling: 'Before this war, my best friend was a Scotsman. If I had him here now, I would treat him exactly as I am going to treat you'. (RAF POWs and Rangoon jail in pics) #WW2 #Burma #HistoryPod
Can you give any info about the photo? When was it taken? Some of those guys look in pretty rough condition 😟
For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
For my war graves network people, this includes Australian graves...
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
On Wednesday 4th February, Dr Sebastian Graf (Visiting IMH Researcher) will give the paper
“War, Memorialisation, and Digitality: Mnemonic Practices of Ukrainian Virtual Museums in the Russian War against Ukraine"
📆 4 Feb 2026
🕝 15:00 CET
📍RAAB or Zoom (dm for link)
Trigeminovascular system. Whatever that is 😅
Is this something that gepants can help with? I've not long started them for chronic migraine and the reduction in pain is incredible. I know they're different conditions, but they have something to do with trigeminal something 😅
Thought it might be worth suggesting.
A really interesting here about burial of war dead, particularly in light of it being an active conflict zone.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Worn papyrus with drawings of figures, symbols, and writing in Coptic. More here https://smarthistory.org/coptic-magical-text/
Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
"a powerful, concentrated group of fossil fuel corporations are not only dominating global emissions but are actively sabotaging climate action and weakening government ambition.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazing! Is this Wellington harbour?
Page of information outlining the aims of the Locating Loss research project which explores the histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. This project aims to bring scholars from a wide range of disciplines together in 2026. Please DM me if more info is needed and this alt text is not enough!
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
Aah New Zealand 😆
Can anyone point me in the direction of articles looking at Five Eyes response to the US interference in Venezuela and talk re. Greenland? Not necessarily academic, just news/analysis. Thanks!
Great, informative thread, thanks 💐
Jake Lang beat Capitol police officers for 2 1/2 hours with an aluminum bat on Jan 6. Pardoned by Trump, he's running to fill Rubio's Florida Senate seat.
🧵The thug with the aluminum baseball bat is neo-Nazi Jake Lang.
He beat Capitol police officers with that bat for 2 1/2 hours near a Capitol entrance.
Trump pardoned him, and he is now running in Florida's US Senate special election this year to fill Rubio's seat.
I hear this! I had a conversation with a teacher friend last week who said she 'couldn't do her job' without AI. I don't know if this is accurate, but if it's anything like universities, they fired most of the administration staff so now everyone else has to do admin on top of their other work 😣
Prof Patman swinging here "It's a direct challenge for countries like New Zealand, which support the view that international relations should be based on rules, procedures and laws"
That goes straight to the rhetoric party leaders like to use about the rules based international order
Thanks Paul! It feels like a real breakthrough.
Hope you've had a lovely Christmas 🎄🥳
Me wearing mint green with white polka dot wrap dress, holding an elderflower cocktail
Me attempting to flex my muscles as finally winning research funding after 4 years of trying makes me feel strong!
Happy New Year all 🥳
I'm excited for 2026 - I've already made this pretty dress, and in April I'll begin the research scholarship I've been awarded by the Gerda Henkel foundation, which means I can stay in the UK 🥳🥂
