Ok fashion that’s a no from me

I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'

Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career https://theonion.com/slipknot-travels-to-india-to-begin-psychedelic-free-love-phase-of-career/

You’ll be surprised what the Student Loan interest rate really is! How much it really costs, and why you may not pay it…

REVIEW We drank Snoop Dogg's wine, Cali by Snoop (red). Soft, easy-drinking red, not very complex but easy on the palate. Would drink again. 7 pimps out of crib, ma.

REVIEW We saw A Simple Favor, with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively (both great). Much more my speed: thriller-y, dark comed-y, twisty-turny who's the bad guy (they're all the bad guy). Also strong fashion looks and martini recipes throughout. Great stuff. 9.5 mysterious disappearances out of 10.

REVIEW We saw The Martian. It looked amazing, and great central turn from Matt "Matt Damon" Damon; did not expect it to be quite so much about botany. I kept waiting for the twist, forgetting perhaps that Scorcese is not Nolan. Great visuals though. 8 abandoned astronauts out of 10.

REVIEW We saw Freakier Friday. Interesting expanded setup; however, few involved seem to have realised that a large chunk of why the 2003 film works is the exceptional performances of Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. They're both still great, the other cast members less so. 6 bodyswaps out of 10

REVIEW We saw the new Naked Gun. It was good - right balance of wit and visual silliness, gentle 90s nostalgia, and just a sprinkle of tender moments. Liam Neeson excellent, Pamela Anderson also really good. 9 police squads out of 10.

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The headline increase for Thames Water was an astonishing 31%, the standing charges however have almost doubled since this time last year. I couldn't believe it when our bill arrived a few days ago.

*gasp*

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Achievement unlocked: 200 Premier League games for The Arsenal ✅ Congratulations, Bukayo 👏

Can we all accept that Actually Romantic is this scene from Mean Girls set to a Pixies riff

Relatable

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time

Closest I'll get to being part of a NASA launch. I'll take it.

WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

Shocking red: behind the scenes on classic horror Don’t Look Now – in pictures

It is completely unsurprising to me that LLM essays and essays by real undergraduates are identically structured when PEE and TEEEL and 5 para 3 point essays have been absolutely drilled into school pupils, certainly in the UK where GCSEs are totally unforgiving and teachers must teach to the test.

I think every campus has one. It's part of the Dark Charter that they have to sign in order to obtain degree-conferring powers; a bit like accreditation except that the Otherworld are actually quite relaxed when it comes to quality-assurance paperwork.

📌 #3 Added to playlist: "Hey Music Lover" by S'Express

‘Trippy’: the Pina Bausch classic being revived by its original cast – dancing with their younger selves

A one day event for the culture sector on speaking up in troubled times. The emphasis of the day be on sharing, nourishing and empowering each other.

I wrote up the whole book club placement specialist weirdness on the blog - do feel free to pass on to other academics so more folks are aware that this is a thing. #academia #AcademicSky

Masked men posing as ICE agents are kidnapping and assaulting women—taking advantage of the chaos and fear Trump's detention and deportation policies have fostered. Guest writer Cammy Pedroja exposes how Trump’s fear-driven immigration crackdown is endangering immigrant women.

Yes sir we're chanting "Release the Earhart Files"

I’m just going to say as someone who lived in London for eleven years and is currently seriously considering going back precisely because of the far right theocratic fascism of Trump, that he’s talking out of his fucking asshole.

2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint. She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:

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Here’s me on returning to classes at The Place London, only about 40 yrs after I first went to the evening school there. www.instagram.com/reel/DO_ZdLs...

Ten!

Why do they all wear such shitty blue suits? Badly-pressed, too tight, too brightly-hued cobalt blue suits are the new red braces. Nobody can possibly imagine they look good in the things, they must be worn purely as some kind of social marker.

Millions spent on Trump visit. Red carpets, Royals in coronets and golden dining services too. And all he offers in return are petulant racist insults about our capital city and our mayor. What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig

On this we agree wholeheartedly.

Christianity in much of America has lost its true meaning and teachings.

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here? For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

We might ask ourselves why the hell everyone in a position of power is bending over backwards to appeal to Reform voters, but not to appeal to anyone else.

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In these difficult times, it is essential to adopt our recommendations.

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

20th September #otd in 1978 - Joy Division's TV debut - on a Granada TV show hosted by Tony Wilson. Great footage here youtube.com/watch?v=0LdE... "To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you..."

Reform followers have been trying to out the Fabians as a mysterious secret socialist society for a while now, it's hilarious. They've made them sound really cool and edgy.

Very odd watching BBC News talking about the Lib Dem conference and mentioning how the party has struggled to break through in the media like it's nothing to do with them.

This is (unsurprisingly) a clear-sighted and straightforward account by @nickhillman.bsky.social of the financial challenges facing higher education in the UK www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/09/20/w...