Very sad that Marjane Satrapi has died and so young. Persepolis is a brilliant graphic novel and taught me a lot about Iran's recent history www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Really great that we’ve devised a national train system that is actively hostile to the idea of travelling with a pushchair 👍

Minor peeve: organisations with acronym names who post on email lists with a broad international membership and never spell out the name or explain who they are. Yes I could look it up, but why should I if you're encouraging me to attend your webinar or conference 😤

Need to look at all the options but hedgehog is a no-brainer 😍

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🚨 Opposing the EHRC guidance – we need your voice MPs will decide on the guidance in the next 30 days — and we need to show them the reality We need you to tell us why it is unworkable and the real life impact it will have on you in your workplace 📩 Email us: [email protected]

*Immediately pins to phone front page* Adore RTT and the long-awaited app, I’m delighted to say, does not disappoint in the slightest.

Oh here is a handy thing for Londoners on hot days: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

This is so good. Genevieve from the community media org is an uncredited star

It ought to be clear that the only way to uphold trans people's rights in the aftermath of the court ruling which changed the meaning of the Equality Act from that which was intended when it was passed, is to change the law to have that original meaning. Guidance alone was never going to fix this.

Give this a share if you get chance please. So many cisgender women who do not want this for the trans+ community or the division it causes for us all notinourname.org.uk

this is, yes, a very specific message to a very specific group of cis people but hey we are overrepresented on this app so: when your otherwise well-meaning friends say they don't understand being trans the answer is "you don't have to"

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Librarians of Bluesky assemble 📚

Sad not to feel able to watch Eurovision tonight because of who they'll let in to launder their reputation, especially as the UK entry sounds great on paper. On the bright side, leaves us a free evening to go see the excellent @robinince.bsky.social in London! www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/com...

personal lifelong side quest to fix these every time I see it. the red cord needs to hang all the way to the ground so people can reach it if they fall.

Yes this - I've finished eight and of those I'd only recommend two without hesitation: Kindred by Octavia Butler and A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Delighted to see the London Cable Car referred to as the Dangleway on BBC London this evening @diamondgeezer.bsky.social

Does anyone need an excellent research librarian? Like can do clinical and public health and pharmaceuticals really really well? Also knowledge, skills, and personal interest in the environmental and marine sciences? Can write scientific/technical reports? Permanent or contract work? Let me know!

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London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan is offering unlimited daily bus journeys for the cost of one fare over six weekends during the school summer holidays. The Weekend Hopper promotion will run from July 25 until August 30.

Worth scrolling up the thread to see what got Paul here

The child taking a bite out of a raw head of broccoli is my favourite detail

Logged off for the long weekend and immediately developed a fever 🤒

Check your Sertraline if you're on it in the UK www.gov.uk/government/n...

A different model of Herman Miller chair sorted my lower back pain when I'd not even realised my old cheap office chair was the problem. Highly recommended!

Eight years since I started the day admiring cherry blossom with a sore leg, and ended it in A&E getting treated for a pulmonary embolism. Feeling grateful as ever for the NHS saving my life, that I escaped long-term harm, and that it didn't happen two or three years later.

Antifa National Trust Pin Badge by folk musician Johnny Campbell, a response to the continued efforts by Restore Trust to take over the NT. Brilliant, £6, not an official product (yet) #NationalTrust johnnycampbell.co.uk/merch/ols/pr...

To enter: 1. Donate to the Sameer Project. Each £5 is one entry eg. £10 = 2 x entries • UK donations (GiftAid) www.justgiving.com/page/thesame... • Others linktr.ee/thesameerpro... 2. Screengrab donation and send to the maker with your name by their deadline linktr.ee/WoodfiringFo...

If you like beautiful ceramics and supporting families in Gaza, you should enter the Woodfiring for Palestine raffles. Sample prizes in the pictures, entry info at linktr.ee/WoodfiringFo...

If you like beautiful ceramics and supporting families in Gaza, you should enter the Woodfiring for Palestine raffles. Sample prizes in the pictures, entry info at linktr.ee/WoodfiringFo...

We didn't deserve this day.

It is really not normal to stay up late to keep an eye on whether the US is going to commit genocide tonight or not. Good news: probably not

The two types of librarian conflict management as illustrated by Richard Scarry. Which are you?

Love and solidarity to all trans folk this Trans Day of Visibility and every day, whether or not you feel able to be visible. I'm commemorating with the brilliant Kae Tempest's latest album which gives me goosebumps youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Saw this lager at the pub the other night and was briefly horrified at what I thought was a new novelty beer flavour

Reminds me of the contents of my ovarian dermoid cyst, if you told AI to make a cute mascot from a description

This is horrific, solidarity with the librarian. Absurd censorship including using AI to come up with reasons to withdraw books... 📚

It's a lovely post, genuinely a breath of fresh air to read

Lovely story - from near where I grew up but new to me

Sangs soft drink factory Baxters factory (of beetroot and tinned soup fame) I also remember a lifeboat station visit, but that's not quite so regionally specific!

Cutty Sark DLR station will reopen next week, Transport for London has confirmed, after a ten-month closure to replace its worn-out escalators. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/16/c...

The National Theatre will stream The Importance of Being Earnest starring Ncuti Gatwa for free. The performance from the winter 2024/25 run will be on YouTube from 12 March. A watch-along premiere will be at 7pm GMT, during which viewers will have the opportunity to interact through chat/polls. 👜

The spring Interrail sale has rolled round - 15% off all passes bought before end of March. (Amusingly for me, this has launched during the 7-day free cancellation period for some passes I bought on Saturday. I will definitely not *ahem* be acting accordingly.) allaboard.eu/interrail

A consultation on the future of the BBC closes at midnight tonight. If you're in the UK and have a bit of time this evening, Campaign For The Arts has guidance on completing it www.campaignforthearts.org/reports/a-st...

I think we could all do with some 400-year-old flowering ume (flowering Japanese sour plum-apricot) bonsai in our lives. This is the 75th anniversary Nagahama Bonbai (ume bonsai) Exhibition. And this incredible 400-year-old tree is Furo, meaning Eternal Youth. #JohnDoesJapan

On the plus side, thanks to CN I've just found out about @henselpushers.bsky.social which is possibly my favourite username ever

I looked up the original Lancet article and deliciously it referenced an earlier one. Learn more about the unhealthy, unjustified source of mischief of reading in bed. Source: The Lancet, 8 Dec 1888, p1145-6 (Annotations)

Would you like to come and work in my team? Feel free to get in touch to chat about the role.

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