Adam Mosley

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Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· 12d

Screenshotted, because dunking on the author with a quote skeet would be unfair. But, wow -- as pure an example of 'I know history of science is a thing, but I cannot imagine the existence of historians of science' as I think I've ever seen.

Screenshot of part of a skeet saying: 'I love reading about the history of science. Is there a paleontologist who can tell me why we just... didn't dig up any dinosaurs until the 1800s?'

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· 29d

A favourite railway roof...

An angled view of the interior of a domed glass roof, formed of a dense radial pattern of grey-painted metal dividers and translucent white glass. At the base of the dome is a green band, divided into panels by carved wood pillars. In each panel, pose a pair of putti, connected by a crescent of flowers and foliage. It is in the Edinburgh station waiting room.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Jul 3

The gardeners at Swansea University are amazing...

A garden scene, including flower beds with bright pink and purple flowers, a bench, a conical bush, and two fountains. It is part of the Seansea University Park campus.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Jun 6

A slightly shy Venetian flag for Pride Month: Happy Pride!

A window in a pink wall, a street lamp projecting in front of it. The window has a closed blind, and green shutters. There is a windowbox, with a range of different plants in flower. On the left, a pride flag is visible, but it is not fully unfurled. It appears to be wrapped around something -- presumably the stick, to which it is attached, which has been stuck into the windowbox. It is the corner of a street in Venice.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Jun 3

Sadly, CIO Views Magazine doesn't appear to have made it to Bluesky, but I'm sure they won't mind me informing you all that being featured in their 10 Most Impactful Leaders in Education issue costs $3500 and is worth nothing.

Screenshot from an email: 'I hope this email finds you well. I'm Cynthia Andrews, Business Development Manager at CIO Views Magazine. I'm pleased to present an editorial feature that could highlight your achievements in our upcoming edition.

Upcoming Edition: The 10 Most Impactful Leaders in Education, 2026.

In this highly anticipated issue, we celebrate education leaders who are redefining the feature of learning through innovation, leadership, and transformative vision. Your outstanding accomplishments and forward-thinking approach position you as a strong candidate for this distinguished feature.

Featuring Fee: 3500 USD'.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Jun 3

University rankings are deeply problematic in all sorts of ways. Also (unifresher.co.uk/uni-prep/ran...)

A History University Rankings table, with rows for universities and columns for: Graduate Earnings, Satisfaction, Teaching Quality, Academic Support, and Score. University of Worcester is listed as #1, Bath Spa University as #2, Durham University as #3, and Swansea University #4 jointly with Northumbria University.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Jun 3

Makes sense. Books can be deadly weapons in the right hands...

A shop window full of books, in a honey-coloured wall. Above the window, a painted street sign: 'Rio Terra dei Assassini'. It is a place in Venice.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Sep 22

Well the weather sign could be worse for the first day... Happy New Academic Year to those of you who celebrate.

A view over the dunes of Swansea beach to the East of Swansea Bay. The sun is rising over the hills.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Jul 12

Time travel would be useful in my line of work, but it turns out that my superpower is actually spotting astronomical prints being used as set dressing in tv comedy-dramas.

Nicole Kidman in a blue and white dress and a young male actor in a white polo shirt sit on a corner sofa; there is a cup and saucer on the table in front of them, and they are holding hands. (Kidman is playing the younger actor's mother in this drama). On the wall behind are two mounted and framed reproductions of prints from a coloured copy of Tycho Brahe's Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica (1598).

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· May 11

Oh, and this part of Smith's 'thinking': _sacrifice_ future earnings? Has the Minister for Skills given up entirely on the rhetoric of the 'graduate premium' as the basis for the 'rational choice' to go to university?

Screenshot from online newspaper article. Text reads: Universities should focus on what they're best at, so that the whole sector is stronger. As Jennie Lee put it, "only the best is good enough" for students prepared to sacrifice their time and future earnings to gain a degree from an English university.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Apr 15

A page from a bound book. At the top of the page is some Latin text in manuscript. In the lower half is a hand drawn diagram of an astrolabe plate inside a mater. The diagram is coloured in yellow, red, and green inks, with black-brown lettering.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Apr 15

A page from a bound book. The page is mostly filled with handwritten Latin text, but there is a manuscript diagram which occupies the bottom and right-hand parts of the page: A man holding an astrolabe sighting the top of a tower. There is a figure balanced improbably on the top of the pointy-roofed tower, holding in his left-hand what appears to be a staff with something coming out of its far end. The diagram is coloured in pink, yellow, and green.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Apr 15

A paper instrument attached to a page of a bound book. The instrument is a volvelle, drawn and lettered by hand, with a thread attached to its centre. Parts of the instrument are coloured in green, yellow, pink, and red. Title text states that it represents the epicyle of Mercury. There is further text at the bottom of the page.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Apr 15

I know Sebastian Muenster's Kollegienbuch (1514-1515) has been studied by historians of cartography and geography. Does anyone know if it has been studied by historians of astronomy, instruments, and practical mathematics? Because... (a picture thread).

A paper astrolabe attached to the page of a bound book. The instrument is coloured with yellow green and red washes over the rete and limb; the lettering and symbols are handwritten. The instrument is supported on the page by two Atlas-Hercules figures: bearded, with leaf-crowns in their hair, and furry animal skin for clothes.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Feb 10

@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social -- I hope that you don't mind that I'm using your tweet from 2023 (which no longer exists) in my lecture on early modern news media this week.

Screenshot of tweet from Tobias Wilson-Bates (@PhDhurtBrain): The internet is not an archive I'm realizing, it's far more like broadsides and pamphlets. The vast majority of its content from even 7 years ago is gone.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Dec 6

Well, an HEI not a million miles from where I'm sitting now would like to disagree with you -- see table below. And said institution is currently mobilising all of its pedagogic leads and the teaching staff they guide to go through a process of curriculum reform guided by it....

Screenshot from a university website of a table with two columns. Left-hand column lists Bloom's taxonomic categories (Remembering, Understanding etc.). Right-hand column assigns these to levels of study. For example, Remembering is assigned to levels 3 and 4, and Creating is assigned to levels 7 and 8.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Nov 29

Who says predatory journals don't have standards?

Screenshot of a quarantined e-mail notification. Key text reads: Article Submission open for Original Article(s) if (1) plagiarism of the article is less than 15% including references. (2) article is within scope of journal. (3) article is original and result oriented.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Nov 5

STOP THIS IS A CUTE ANIMAL PIC CHECKPOINT. PLEASE SHARE A MINIMUM OF ONE (1) CUTE ANIMAL PIC BEFORE PROCEEDING. THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO PRESERVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THIS SITE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. Meet Zephyr: cute, not so smart, not mine, an Angelino house cat.

A fluffy back and white cat seated on a white-sheet covered bed. One leg is raised; he looks a bit goofy, maybe a bit startled.

Adam Mosley@adamjmosley· Sep 14

I think this Lisbon hotel may be aimed at an (independently wealthy) academic clientele...