18 May 1580: Fynes Moryson matriculates at Peterhouse #Cambridge#otd. A voluble travel writer, on #Ireland memorably : ‘the #Irish are naturally given to religion & naturally to a #monkish life of ease'
8 May 1438: #Cambridge university protests the preaching of Philip Norris of #Dundalk against the friars. #Oxford had praised his preaching 2 years earlier as ‘sonora sancte praedicacionis tuba’ - the resounding trumpet of sacred eloquence! (BM)
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“We demand that the University of #Cambridge: discloses and divests from its financial and professional support for Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza; re-invests in affected academics; and protects all forced migrants and protesting students.”
Welcome to the People's University for Palestine in Cambridge.
Cambridge students (and local residents) have set up an encampment on the King's College, Cambridge University grounds on King's Parade. Events and rallies planned each day.
Rally at 12noon today. Come and support the encampment, follow @CambridgeForPalestine on Instagram and get involved. #StudentEncampment#StudentsForPalestine #FreePalestine#FreeGaza#CambridgeForPalestine#Cambridge4Palestine#Cambridge
Hey #Boston#Cambridge#Somerville#Biketooter! Super last minute offer, but it's a lovely evening out and I'd like to practice my photography skills. Specifically, I'm looking to do portraits of people on bikes.
I'll be at North Point Park from 6:45 to 8 pm tonight, Monday May 6th, with my camera if you'd like some nice quality photos of you and your bike.
Totally free, photos are yours to keep, just find the guy with the camera, satchel, and purple helmet walking around and say hi!
5 May 1579: William Calverley enters Clare College #Cambridge#otd On 23 Apr 1605, he killed his 2 sons & tried to kill his wife & youngest son. Pressed to death at York Castle on his refusal to plead. A drama version was attributed to #Shakespeare, appears in 1664, 1685 Folios
5 May 1549: Martin Bucer & Paul Fagius theologians are presented to Edward VI #otd In 1557 the bodies of Bucer & Fagius would be exhumed in #Cambridge & retrospectively burnt for heresy (BM)
For prospective students: we have just installed a rock wall inside the bell tower of our new auditorium, with auto-belays. One more good reason to choose Pembroke College.
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WMBR News presents a special report on the encampment set up by the MIT Coalition for Palestine last Sunday near Kresge Auditorium on MIT's campus. We speak with members of the MIT community including pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel students about the protest and its goals, as well as antisemitism and free speech at MIT.
'“We need to ensure that every child can walk or cycle to school safely”: All political parties – except the Conservatives – agree “children’s safety should be prioritised over the convenience of motorists” on “red-rated” road network, families say'
This is really exciting for me, because it's now very likely that I'll be able to bring a working 4MB #Psion Series 3mx to the Festival of Portable Computing in #Cambridge next month. As far as I know, it'll be the only one in the world!
Climate activists smash windows of Cambridge Energy Institute
The group responsible, ‘This Is Not A Drill’, claimed that the IEEF researches “harmful tech” that aids the extraction of new fossil fuels. They also accused the University of “letting oil execs push their agenda” and failing to address their “dodgy industry ties”