How did I not know there was a new Muse album out? Also, on track 1 I think Tobias Forge would like a word. I'm not complaining

Happy 100th birthday Mel Brooks. This remains one of the funniest scenes in all of cinema, but then so is every other scene in this film. youtu.be/SCUzSmCyDUs?...

Just joyful. All this AND he got to marry Mrs Robinson. 🥰 A lovely bit of writing too. Many happy 💯 returns to, quite possibly, the real comedy GOAT:

Didn't really have a strong opinion until you did this but: Fuck AI Fuck Bitcoin Fuck VR Fuck Stupid Dancing Robots That Get Dragged Off The Stage Fuck Nonce Goggles Fuck you Thank you for this opportunity, Surallann

Mel Brooks at 100 is a good thing. Blazing Saddles changed my life and the other stuff isn't bad either.

The 2000 Year Old Man turns 100. Happy Birthday, Happy Centenary, Happy Everything, Mel Brooks.

From liars like Johnson, Farage and Gove to incompetents like Cameron, May and Corbyn, here are the guilty men and women responsible for a nightmare ✏️ Jonty Bloom

I wrote a monthly column on Higher Education for the Guardian for about 12 years. Every month I’d send it off and think ‘I have nothing left to say.’ But then the government or university sector would do something annoying enough to stir me back into action. Every month. Just like now.

I wonder what would happen if people started contacting professional acquaintances and saying, “Given that false content is being injected into mail comms by tools I cannot disable, email cannot be considered a trusted comms channel. We can no longer use it.”

A reminder of just how cool, hip and enigmatic Obama always was. Trump meanwhile looks like dim witted nepo baby who's been at the dressing up box.

This is possibly the greatest story idea I've ever heard.

It’s Saturday afternoon, so obvs I’m watching Close Encounters on BBC2. And no, I will not be getting something in my eye right at the end. Honest.

Journalism now: "Here's an objectively good thing. We've asked complete morons what they think about it"

Yeah, and so are mullets. And they’re fucking awful too. But at least mullets are mostly harmless

Certainly describes my situation: facing redundancy from a humanities job in weeks, no chance of another academic role, and at a university that went from teaching 15-20 languages to none.

The crisis in UK higher education is worsening week by week — Exeter University is one of the best in the UK, with superb lecturers (and several You’re Dead To Me guests), but it’s planning massive job cuts in History, Archaeology, Classics — see the petition below to lend your voice in support

The value of the humanities is more than just what people are willing to pay for it — it can’t just be a business decision. The arts and humanities are fundamental to the flourishing of our society; knowledge gathering, critical thinking, and creativity should be defended as sacred things

secure the perimeter

IT'S THE BIG ONE! I've always wanted to cover the 30 year war between Ken Barlow and Mike Baldwin on Coronation Street. The alpha dogs of the cobbles. So I did, to the sound of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Enjoy your day!

Research is a core part of the work of universities, just as teaching is, and it's about time we stopped making out it's a 'treat' or a 'hobby'.

And this at the university known for Edsger Dijkstra's principled, foundational and mathematical contributions to computer science and programming. bsky.app/profile/czec...

"Compliant digital golems" is fucking BEAUTIFUL

@cheeseford.bsky.social to whole state: "are you lookin' at my bird?"

The timing of the BBC redundancy of its Eastern Europe correspondents is impeccable - after the so called Belarus staged ‘bus attack’ last week, today’s news warns of Intelligence threats of an imminent staged ‘provocation’ in the Baltic States by Ruzz as it tries to hide its mortal wounds.

It's not even redundancy. As we're freelancers, BBC News will not pay any severance. And they've made it clear that they're too busy dealing with staff cuts to offer any assistance to the freelance correspondents they are cutting loose. But indeed, this is a region you ignore at your peril.

You can’t say anything anymore, apart from constantly saying ‘You can’t say anything anymore’. Makes you think.

Thriller idea: man with world's second smallest penis has to stop him.

The end of an era - After almost a century we said goodbye this morning to our great companion of the airwaves Radio 4 198 LW. I shall miss her warmth and crackle. Here’s the final sign off at the end of #theshippingforecast before she fell silent… ❤️

Mel is 100! LA 2016

A fun game to play is "how would we all live without this new thing that somebody is selling?", and the answer is often "just fine, maybe even better".

Preparing to say goodbye to the mighty BBC Radio 4 Long Wave broadcast. The first service began 101 years ago. The transmitters at Droitwich, Westerglen and Burghead will be switched off at 0100 BST on Saturday. The 200 metre long AM signal at 198 Khz goes right through you and sounds fabulous!

I wonder what it feels like to write something like the keyboard riff to Are Friends Electric. I suspect Numan punched the fucking air #totp

This really did sound astonishing at the time. It still does. #totp

@areamancm.bsky.social told me once that Tarrant on Capital played this one morning and called it 'Are Friends Eric'. #totp

Oh YES GET IN YOU LITTLE BEAUTY #TOTP

YA FUCKIN’ DANCER #totp

GERCHA! #TOTP

GERTCHA! Result! #totp

Disco Bonnie. And a film theme! (She’s still not well, it appears, so get well soon) #totp

Oooh. Not Baker Street. And still gorgeous. #totp

Now cut off his goolies #totp

The wholly white background was a staple round this time wasn’t it? #totp

My learned colleague has noticed that the Redundancy Implementation Plan claims they've had 1266.5 hours of meetings with the 34 affected staff. That would be 52 days of non-stop meetings. Now we're wondering whether the plan they swore they'd worked hard on is…AI generated.

Memories of Grizzly Adams, and Saturday teatime now #totp

Lena Lovich is your mum’s cool friend who would turn a blind eye when you nicked her cigarettes but would absolutely make sure you got home safely and wouldn’t grass you up for being pissed #totp

Bloody love Lena #TOTP

Gwan Lene bab #totp

Lene! BOOM! #totp