What Britons really think of student loans ‘Most people think the top rates of interest are too high, while 44 per cent think debts should be written off, new polling finds.’ #ForgiveStudentDebt www.thetimes.com/article/8e22...

Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads. £25,000: 37% £50,270: 51% £100,000: 71%

Everyone should support this campaign as a start in righting the wrongs of the horrible student debt my generation has visted on the young www.rethinkrepayment.com

Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.

This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.

#sunset #photography

'At the University of Buckingham, 52 per cent of students achieved firsts in 2023-24 – compared with just 17 per cent in 2010-11. According to the OfS, 73 per cent of these grades are unexplained by modelling – the highest of all universities in the data.' No one can imagine how this has happened.

Sector colleagues and friends with kids all whispering about just how low the A-Level grade offers are from 'prestigious' UK universities. It's crazy stuff - surely it'll destroy the perceived value of A-Levels entirely over time.

Any comment @scaramucci.bsky.social ?

Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.

Temperatures have dropped. For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal. Alert Streetlink now👉 orlo.uk/AboiG if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and Streetlink will help get them out of the cold.

Looking for a low-cost open goal to advance Labour's battle against misogyny? Why not a government pledge to leave Musk's platforms by the end of the month, in response to Grok and X's disgraceful and persistent contributions to the problem? @torstenbell.bsky.social

What the KENNEDY Center used to be… Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.

'Using a content analysis of 391 editions and 1,885 panellist appearances, this study finds that the programme takes a transactional approach to constructing a balance of views, relying on a relatively small number of heavily featured guests.' 1/2

“We should … remember that the small seeds of large issues find space to … flourish wherever prejudice, discrimination, victimisation and persecution are permitted to go unchallenged.” Moving, courageous & articulate explanation from Chloë Deakin here about why we should speak out against injustice.

Old Ladybird books updated. ‘Daddy learns to get involved' (1964 and 1974) Artist: Harry Wingfield

Who took photos like this one? They are so posed, so constructed to look ‘natural’. Who took it? And why? #Epstein

Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW goodlaw.social/8f6640

‘Palestine Action hunger strikers “set to die unless minister acts”’ David Lammy needs to step in now.

British Academy's pioneering 'cold spots' work now replicated by HESA. 'University "cold spots" are developing in some parts of the country, new data analysis suggests, with courses in some subjects no longer available to students in certain regions.' 1/2

The kind .. you find … in a second hand store

What’s in a name? I should’ve called this article ‘Othello’s African Mother, or, The “Wonder in the Handkerchief”’. Not just’ The “Wonder” in the Handkerchief‘. Missed a trick there. #Shakespeare

An extraordinary article

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

#FoxOfTheDay @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social

When is *a ceasefire* not a ceasefire at all? When it is a Trump- Netanyahu one

Lots of good advice to the Beeb here.

"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...

'Many of the campaigners and organisers giving speeches at the march said they felt the recent rise of the far right had led to people feeling “more confident” in racially abusing women – and men – on the streets.'

Working on my sunburst skills.

But who paid for this trip, and why would one take a taxi for a journey of this length rather than a train? Unless someone else was paying I suppose. I sincerely hope it wasn’t the taxpayer footing the bill?

C’mon @norfolkpolice.bsky.social The attack resulting in significant injuries only occurred a week ago ”because there’s no CCTV at the scene” However did we manage when there was NO CCTV? By old fashioned police work. It rather looks as if you don’t even want to try.

There’s a special place in hell for anyone who can watch this and feel joy. And for the ones just standing there doing nothing, you’re not much better…

Some good news about Eastern Australian humpback whales.

Some good news for a change

Amazing, beautiful photographs

‘As well as the dukedom, he will also now no longer use the other titles given to him on his wedding day – the Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh.’ So utterly ridiculous. When are we going to dispense with all this nonsense?

‘Sayra Tekin, legal director of the News Media Association, said: “There are no circumstances in which an institution such as a university should be granted anonymity in this way. To do so represents a gross breach of the principles of open justice.“‘

‘“I am concerned that the compact by its nature and by various provisions would restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission,” [Brown’s] president, Christina H. Paxson, told Trump administration officials’

Brown rejected the compact! www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

‘Creating Horrid Henry’s gang of characters with alliterative names (Moody Margaret, Anxious Andrew, Sour Susan, Lazy Linda), each with a unique characteristic, was directly inspired by the medieval concept of the four humours: sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, melancholic.’

US President Donald Trump told Israel’s parliament that PM Benjamin Netanyahu had often asked him for weapons during the Gaza war, including “some I’d never heard of.” More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Unbearably sad, like so much of the news these days.

Anyway. Free Palestine and End Antisemitism. These are not remotely conflicting statements.