This is, as they say, the good stuff.

Disgrace even by standards of Cardiff University It's fundamental violation of trust: the Salisbury Collection is a national possession of rare books, not an institutional asset to be discarded at whim The new Welsh Govt must intervene at Cardiff nation.cymru/news/fears-f...

Timid librarian in plea to save my workplace from making a huge mistake. A whole floor of Cardiff University's main library is under threat of being repurposed to teaching facilities with the removal of 7km of shelving holding valuable books. Pls share x you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

I’ve given half dozen talks to uni Ss past few weeks & in all of them have gone off on Ai & how we can’t give up what makes us human, the importance of struggling, of making mistakes, & all the decisions & surprises along the way that makes us who we are. We won’t be robbed of this. Ss don’t want it

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Hello cooks, chefs, cookbook lovers! How about we create a list of our favourite cookbooks? Please give us your picks, with a short explanation why. Maybe we could make a 100 best cookbooks list? #FoodieBluesky

This is a bit of a niche one, but we need all the help we can get at the moment

We already nailed The Odyssey, we can move on to something else.

One amusing byproduct of the Labour leadership candidates advocating the UK returning to Europe is that Farage will be forced back onto what is now, for obvious reasons, his least favourite subject: Brexit. Let’s see him forced to defend it in every interview.

And you maye aske yourselfe "Why ys thys bow made of burninge golde?" And you maye aske yourselfe "Wher are my arrowes of desyre?" And you maye telle yourselfe "These are not my spear and unfoldinge cloudes" And you maye telle yourselfe "Thys ys not my chariot of fyre"

has there ever been a mirror-universe Trek episode where the "normal" universe is the evil one and their utopian counterparts have to pretend to understand things like "hierarchy" and "killing people with a phaser"

straight-cut, french, curly, home-style, steak and waffle.

I wonder how far I could throw a party? 🤔

Name 10 bands you've obsessed over at some point: #musicchallenge Electric Light Orchestra The Enid The Pogues The Howling Sleepers The Dostoyevskys The Ukrainians Blowzabella The Reptile Palace Orchestra 16 Horsepower The Dreadnoughts

My actual parents

I long for the tranquil beauty, the life on the lilypad, hidden in the wardrobe, through the secret door. But, alas, life gets in the way and I can't visit there anymore. By India Rose Crawford

G'kar

The far right might be loud. But we know that hope is louder, love is brighter and unity is stronger. We won’t let division define us. 👉 Share this post to make it clear: the majority stands for love over hate.

Important announcement: a staycation is where you have time off and stay at home. It is not a holiday away from home in the UK. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

@brigged.com Birthday felicitations!

Off to Deadwood - for my first proper bit of LARPing. (I'm nervous and excited, and I've no idea what to expect)

I think airports could be more liminal tbh, let's weird them up a bit.

Seems more like a Data slightly off-centre tbh

How much has Brexit cost the Welsh economy?🤔 We asked people in Cardiff, and they were shocked to learn the real figure. 💰💰💰

C'mon Cymru. Let's be rational. If you're considering voting for Reform, you're voting for an English nationalist party who basically despise the devolved nations and probably Wales in particular. They also are on record as wanting to get rid of the NHS which in Wales is devolved. Think on that.

It doesn't save you time ... and it makes you vulnerable to the agenda of anyone who builds these models. I grew up when you had to go to the library and read reference books until you stumbled upon info to learn ... search engines & the world on the internet definitely did save time.

Don’t worry – the robots aren’t coming for your job Trillions of dollars of investments rest on one assumption: you can trust AI agents with real work. Now, a landmark, peer-reviewed study says you can’t – no wonder Wall Street is getting nervous (Bahahahahaaa!) open.substack.com/pub/thenewwo...

Please... Don't vote for the Russians on Thursday. Don't vote the way Putin and Trump would want you to.

I’m sorry, but everyone now knows exactly what Reform stands for, so if you vote for them, you’re a nasty racist with no respect for other humans. No ‘I didn’t know’ or ‘the other parties have let me down’ excuses now. Shame on them and shame on you.

So. Blue sky hivemind... What's your favourite Western? (Ideally that I can stream on Netflix/AmazonPrime/BBC/Now/Film4 in the UK)

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

Green people!

Weird email spam today. Do I want to buy a new tractor? Um. It's not actually near the top of my shopping list, no. I might unsubscribe from this list. 🤨

Enantiomorphic buns. Q: clockwise or anti-clockwise?

That touches your birdhouse of a soul

Q: Is the current slang "Neurospicy" to be contrasted with "Neurobland"?

Nice little thread from Ian McQue on sketchbooks...

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr, dc, marvel, disney, pixar, dreamworks, spielberg, cameron, wachowskis, or ghibli.

GNU Terry Pratchett, whose words will echo long after we, and our children, and our children’s children have moved on thank you, as always, for making me a better person (quote from Reaper Man)

Noodle plays with an old ACME whistle in the studio.

The house nextdoor has what I call a "wish garden"

“AI is here, so we have no choice but to accept it” so are immigrants and trans people, but I guess that’s a skill issue

Excellent reference!

You know what day it is tomorrow? (25th April) It's the perfect date! (Not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket!)

CCR? Creedence? Yes. Damn, that was a fine gig at Tramshed this evening.

This warning... 😜

There is a crow. You should pay more attention.

In Cardiff Market today, I chanced upon the glorious little Wunderkammer of Words that is "Stories for You" manned by the charming Adam - who extemporized an excellent short story for me, while I sat surrounded by art, curios and twinkly lights. I felt like the protagonist of a cosy-fantasy.

A TV advert, for supposedly 'targeted' adverts on linkedin doesn't seem very well targeted. I mean, most people who are just watching TV (such as myself) aren't really in the market for buying advertising services.