Dave T-W @davoloid@social.cleverlibre.org

Call out to anyone in the @ucl community, staff or students: #LearnHack is back in January - will sign up for this if schedule allows!
https://sites.google.com/view/learnhack/next-event-learnhack-7-0
#UCL

3rd day of a flu that's knocked me for six. Likely miss the Xmas gathering tomorrow. :(

@hosford42 I'm never sure if that's just an appropriate response to the state of the world. And being run down makes that harder to reconcile. But it's a good idea to find some support.

@neil That's definitely Blue Christmas.

Evening walk around central London and I couldn't be any less festive. Rampant consumerism, piped jollity, this prison camp of brightly lit entertainment, and yet there's so much darkness and suffering in the world.

@MsUppity A real life Walter Mitty character - but how was he allowed to get so far in politics?!

Kiddo' claim her English teacher has banned the use of "won't, don't and couldn't" as they're americanisms.

I told her to reply "Very well, I shan't be using them any more."

@fulelo see also great post from historian Marci Shore a couple of weeks back on the 10 year anniversary of the EuroMaidan. Putin's reaction to that movement was the spark.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/ukraines-maidan-revolution

That was awesome. Also put me onto the lavish 2016 BBC production of War and Peace, which also has pretty decent representation of battles, in terms of the grand view and individual bloodshed.

E.g. https://youtu.be/lpHLr5-zpx8

@MsUppity Had to think for a moment if the Obama one was an actual quote.

@neil Hey Elon, did you sort out that thing where our adverts would be associated with clearly fascist posts? No? Ok then.

@jalefkowit I can't see the rest of the thread, am I missing something?

I've shared that series before but those are here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_&si=Lq0I00nFzu0GMlvf

Mostly talking, so easily watchable in the background, but it's also available as a podcast. https://open.spotify.com/show/0gwIT6SlDmPVdjAnN6NHft?si=O1KZiyYnRPuTzS4Usu8YRg

New initiative aims to develop a better understanding of #Ukraine's #history. Snyder's lectures on YouTube showed how the area and people played such a key role in European history over thousands of years, yet is misunderstood by the West and misrepresented by "Russia". And there were lots of lessons about nationhood, language and culture that apply to many other locations.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/29/historians-come-together-to-wrest-ukraines-past-out-of-russias-shadow

@neil Yeah, that might suggest the Head, Chair or the Diocese haven't been very active or open in understanding what skills and experience they need for the governing body. Lots of companies encourage staff to volunteer.
You could ask if they've had a skills audit recently and where you would contribute to that.