Historian of the environment, science, and popular culture in Britain.
Darby Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford.
Max Long
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'Protecting what matters': a new government policy paper identifies history as central to social cohesion.
At the same time, history teaching and research, in our schools and universities, is at risk as never before. To ensure cohesion, we must protect what matters: bit.ly/3QyZQCO #skystorians
As high-profile websites vanish, it’s a reminder that the web has no built-in archival layer.
But some publishers are now blocking the Wayback Machine.
What’s at stake if the web stops being archived? Our new FAQ explains: preserving the public record matters. 🌐📚 help.archive.org/help/faq-pub...
If you pour out relentless lies & misinformation, you can dupe the disinterested. Did you know -
▪️It’s illegal for minors to have gender change surgery, despite politicos lies
▪️Puberty blockers are banned for trans kids, because they are supposedly‘dangerous’ but still prescribed for non-trans kids
trans rights and women’s rights are not in opposition, they are in fact two fronts of the same war, and cis women should support trans folk not just because it’s the morally correct thing to do but also because an attack on trans folk is an attack on us
The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK.
Read now: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05...
Post lunch #mbs26 panel on environmental history. @julialaite.bsky.social puts extractivism and imperialism into the shared frame of the global commons, witnessed through Beothuk Newfoundland.
