Rí Rua with the typos @[email protected]

On a similar topic, I love this artwork, and look for it when visiting the National gallery in Edinburgh, but it's sad that John Duncan only added gulls rather than St Bride's servants, as part of it
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/17484

Reflecting on St Bride.
An oystercatcher, gille-Brìghde, the servant of St Bride, this morning.

To kick off #BlackHistoryMonth I'm going to drop a link to the biography for Olive Morris.

Morris was a member of the British Black Panthers and a leading figure of radical feminism during the 1970s. During her time in activism, she established black women's magazines, organisations to support women of colour and pioneered London's squatters movement with the occupation of several vacant buildings in Brixton.

She's one of the most important figures in post-war British radical history and someone that more people need to know about.

The Wikipedia article on Morris is incredibly well sourced and put together, so if you read it and want to know more, check out the references at the bottom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Morris

@Shrigglepuss another good one to add is Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

part personal memoir, part history of colonialism and racism in Britain

https://www.waterstones.com/book/natives/akala/9781473661233

October is #BlackHistoryMonth in the UK. It's often overshadowed by American Black History, but still very important to learn about, especially if this is where you live, like.
The starting point I usually suggest to people that aren't Black is the opening chapters in Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race because it's important to understand the history and context of our racism here and this book packs a lot of key things into a small space:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870570/

Scotstober! Inktober! Scrievetober!
https://twitter.com/DrMDempster/status/1565432844532473857

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.

I'm an astronomer, so one way I am working on reconcilation is to learn a bit more about Indigenous astronomy, and (carefully and respectfully) start teaching parts of it to my students, because this is really important for all Canadians to learn, whether or not they are Indigenous.

Here are a few resources I've been using to learn:

Here is an old Glaswegian band, Urusei Yatsura, with the delightful "Phasers on Stun"

https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=CwGYdhcLeKE

Oh my God I have worked here for two weeks and I am only just now finding out they call cumulative folders CUMs. There’s a big sign that says do not bring CUMs out of the office. Help

Google kills off Stadia, just like everyone predicted.
https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/

Britons: what does the phrase "three legged race" mean to you, if anything?

Paper due tomorrow. Need metaphor.