@thehiveworcs.bsky.social is everything a library should be and every town deserves one like it. Like most parents I know, we were broke when ours was little but she never went short of books and now she’s a librarian herself ❤️ #librarieschangelives

@thehiveworcs.bsky.social is the best library in the country and we need to hang on to it, along with every other library - please help out by doing this! Any chance of a reskeet to help out a new library account @stuhennigan.bsky.social?

I did this on Twitter years ago and got some amazing answers. Let's see if we can get #LibrariesChangeLives trending and show what amazing things can grow from properly funded public services and the value of providing free access to books, reading and educational resources for all.

meme via Richard Clarke (who I've warned to be careful, as critics of Reform Ltd Worcestershire may be liable to get legal threats ... "Reform council leader in legal threat over Facebook videos" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Hive hosts several language cafes Aimed at intermediate and advanced language learners who want to improve fluency, these monthly gatherings provide a relaxed environment within which to practice your language skills. It’s free to take part and you don’t need to book, just come and join in.

Join us for lots of fun activities at the Hive this Easter! 🧩🧻🎬📖⚙️🌱 https://tinyurl.com/HiveEasterEvents

Definitely do this if you love creeping dread and gradually unraveling narrators. I’ve just finished my NetGalley copy and loved it from page 1.

Hey #worcestershire and #library people

I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy. All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n

Ofqual doesn’t tell us the proportion of GCSE and A-level grades that contain marking mistakes, says Dennis Sherwood, but deciphering the available data raises the possibility that it’s an alarmingly high figure

Less than a week to go until this great event... register here dollshousehaunted.eventbrite.co.uk

Incredible story

Landmark television every bit as significant as The Ascent of Man

They flashbanged a car full of kids. A car full of fucking kids.

Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education." www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

BLOG POST: Another batch of spooky stories, mostly made for TV, that I think capture something of the vibe of the Lawrence Gordon Clark era of BBC ghost stories for Christmas. precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/12/11/a...

“There are rock bands that sing in Frisian, but we don’t have a Kneecap unfortunately. We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Can’t breathe

Some of the best advice this year

the new policies cross so many red lines that no-one who considers themselves to be an anti racist could in good conscience remain a labour member. at this point the morality of it is as clear cut as could be: remain supporting and working for a party enacting far-right racist policies, or leave

"Centrists" have commitment issues

It also includes this banger of a William S Burroughs quote: ‘What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity.’

Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.

Weekend reading about keeping fallen leaves around your plants - and how this helps the plants too! www.wildway.info/p/importance...

Immigrants don't suppress your wages Bosses do

31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating. It was a White man attacking Non-White people. Where is the apology from this hateful racist?

Andreea and Christian will be presenting at EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD (30.9.25) Get signed up here and come and join us! Book by 8am on 26th Sept buff.ly/xQmMHMg

I mean, call me a Loony Lefty if you want, but it *is* starting to look a bit weird arresting disabled pensioners protesting peacefully one day and telling coked up bellends attacking you to “calm down” another day the same month. Obviously, just my opinion. I might have got it wrong.

Spot the difference.

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

Amnesty UK Chief Executive Sacha Deshmukh sat down with @politicsjoe.bsky.social about Amnesty's decision to issue an Urgent Action against the UK govt for their crackdown on freedom of expression & misuse of terror legislation to criminalise peaceful protest. Watch: amn.st/63320ADOJO

This is outrageous news. Amnesty International is deploying trial monitors to observe these hearings. These charges should never have been made. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

War on women’s voices

This is a really thoughtful reflection from Deborah Cameron on the ideas of Robin Lakoff (who died earlier this month) and her legacy. debuk.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/r...

Hi folks - yet another piece of British film history is about to be erased, please consider signing! www.change.org/p/keep-the-h...

63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months 8% of people think it fell Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023 [It is falling further in 2025] Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least

150. Gallup, 1989: "If you could have one of the following cartoon characters for a household pet, which one would you choose?"

We’ve been sent this.

A Labour MP posted this, but according to the sensible centrists I’m supposed to vote for them so Reform don’t get in.

You've GOT to be kidding me! The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...? So incredulity aside, what about the list itself? Let's go Debunking! 1/34

In February these Journalists celebrated the Ceasefire and the return of civilians to Northern Gaza. Israel has killed every single one of the Journalistsin this video.

BBC Radio 4's hourly news headlines today have been an unrelenting Two Minutes' Hate against immigrants. The UK's national broadcaster is deliberately fomenting hatred against some of the world's most vulnerable people, while license fee payers pick up the tab.

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

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+WREN'S NEST (LIVE AV SHOW)+ Delighted to share the trailer for a forthcoming edgeland horror AV project by Hidden Britain. 'Wren's Nest' will combine an immersive live soundtrack with cinematic storytelling, and premiere in the UK in late 2025. Ticket details coming soon. YT/info link in the bio

Our new study in Psych Science @psychscience.bsky.social reveals many interesting-- and concerning -- things about the language on kids' shows, including a grammatical bias in favor of men and boys as agents or "doers" 👇