This is incredibly funny to try because even if it *was* true, then it would mean Streeting was defending Mandleson in September for the love of the game.

Not only does the University of Edinburgh have net assets of £3.1bn, but they have a surplus of £43mn. Yet, in the name of savings, the university continues to pursue redundancies which harm students, staff, and the institution itself. An utter disgrace.

@gianttank.bsky.social was interviewed for Into the Noise, great wee podcast with some other interesting episodes.. give it a wee listen eh 🥰❤️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

TFEH screams in the face of the January melancholy with a triple bill of experimental music & oddball sound, primed to scare yr Seasonal Affective Disorder away: EILIYAS / PRICK OF CONSCIENCE / OFF BRAND at @fruitmarket.bsky.social , Edinburgh on 23/1/26: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi...

this is a Must Read the reality of how these apps work is much worse than you've imagined

It’s a TFEHstivus miracle! 15 more tix made available for Friday at @fruitmarket.bsky.social due to popular demand! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi... #Edinburgh #ExperimentalMusic #Noise #FreeImprov #Electro #Weirdo #ArtAgainstTedium #TFEHstivusForTheRestOfYiz

Less than two weeks for this non-denominational TFEHstive party for fans of experimental sounds & other largely unpopular musics at @fruitmarket.bsky.social , Edinburgh….. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi... #ExperimentalMusic #Noise #FreeImprov #Electro #OutRock #Weirdo #ArtAgainstTedium

The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

This is *right up there* with all of the other horrendous betrayals Labour have enacted since July 2024. Members of affiliated unions should start pushing to end affiliation immediately - I certainly will be www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

Nice guy Neil Simpson keeps folks abreast of all musical hings out-of-the ordinary in the Scottish Central belt and beyond with his gig listings. Check ‘em oot & subscribe… unusualmusic.substack.com/p/unusual-mu... #Scotland #ExperimentalMusic #Noise #FreeImprov #Glasgow #Edinburgh #Dundee #Fife

For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...

We've joined Cantilever Music, a new artist centric streaming service that really focuses on music, first up we've gone into the archive with Loraine James - 'Gentle Confrontation' with some accompanying words that look back at the release: www.cantilever-music.com

Help us out, will you?

Mr Former Human Rights Lawyer, once again demonstrating his commitment to the removal of human rights from as many of us as possible

All of this white paper is heinous in the extreme but this is hideous [Alt text added]

To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.

Just imagine the Krakatoa of enraged, flailing bullshit we would get, if it looked like Ed was going to thrash Streeting in a leadership election.

Celebrate @gianttank.bsky.social birthday by coming along and watching some more great music! It’s also a special lady, who we loves big brilliant 50th birthday! So let’s party!

Thanks NPR Music

We have 12 online tickets left for Sunday 12 October.. grab em whilet uou still can - www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi... @gianttank.bsky.social

Kind of drives me insane that there isn't a journalist who has access to these people and says "yes, that's exactly what it means what are you on about?"

I'm available for private lessons (on zoom) on Max & Ableton, in areas such as: - composing electronic music - sound design & synthesis - algorithmic music and weird shit I'm a Senior Lecturer in Music & Sound Design at LSBU with 10+ years experience teaching at Goldsmiths, Brunel & Newcastle unis

Hope to see everyone for the return of another bunch of Giant Tanks TFEH events @fruitmarket.bsky.social on Sunday 12 October www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi...

Open Call: Scottish Sculpture Workshop x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 2025 marks the 5th year of the collaboration between SSW and Counterflows Festival offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. Info & how to apply: ssw.org.uk/open-call-ss...

Read this very carefully: *61%* of all the people who have died of starvation in Gaza over the past 22 months have died in the past *3 weeks*

Holding important meetings, lamenting bad things, urging people to do good things. The same routine for 20 months. And all the while the arms exports continue, the surveillance flights continue, trade and investment continues, normal diplomatic relations continue. Complicity in genocide continues.

I'm genuinely gobsmacked that the Home Office think this is a good idea. How do they envisage "training" technology to verify the age of a young person from (say) Darfur or Iraqi Kurdistan? They might as well get the calipers out and start doing phrenology

BBC host: ".. how long can people survive.. obviously people are appalled by the images we are seeing" Juliette Touma from UNRWA "We should be more than appalled. We've passed the threshold of being appalled many months ago... the people of Gaza are being deliberately starved"

“ 'I’ve been searching for something to feed my children but there is nothing.' Daily 🆘 messages are coming in from our starving UNRWA colleagues, every day. Food is available only a few kilometers away. Inaction is complicity and makes us lose our humanity." - UNRWA Commissioner-General

Roll up, roll up….. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi...

🚅Our Changing Gear callout for artists closes this Sunday - don't miss the train! 🚉Read about it and apply here: yorkshiresoundwomen.com/news/apply-n...

Firas Khnaisser, Armin Sturm & Ali Robertson perform a last minute trio as Vole Invasion through West this Sunday. Be nice to see some of Glasgow weirdo familia! www.citizenticket.com/events/pop-m... #PopMutations #Glasgow #ExperimentalMusic #FreeImprov #Weirdo #SundayMiniSesh

TFEH goes for broke in the final chapter of their spring/summer programme for weirdo experimental sound enthusiasts at @fruitmarket.bsky.social. Get tix now as ye’ll miss us when we’re no here….. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi... #Edinburgh #ExperimentalMusic #Noise #FreeImprov #TheEndForNow

getting kicked out of the tech leaders slack for continuing to call weekends "microdosing sabbaticals"

A key thing to remember is that the players who make billions of dollars from these tech bubbles do NOT need the tech to actually work in order to personally profit. If you have access to capital, you get in early, spend years hyping up "disruption", then time your exit before the bubble deflates.

Lab concert tonight at Piehouse in London! Link below to register for free tickets.

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The first time I encountered a diagram explaining horseshoe theory, it inspired me to do this one

Only two days ‘til our next TFEHxtravaganza at @fruitmarket.bsky.social. Scoop tix now for a triple bill of experimental performances by a gaggle of Central Belt oddbods: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi... #Edinburgh #ExperimentalMusic #Noise #Performance #FreeImprov #Weirdo #ArtAgainstTedium

Palgrave is now doing Companions (long edited collections focused on a specific figure or method/approach) & I would love pitches for Palgrave Companions to: Beyoncé Boy Bands Kendrick Lamar Dolly Parton Any major music genre

When your weird uncle has had a few too many and declares he's "still got it, who said I don't?!" and decides to prove it by squaring up to an unattended horse.

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

PLZ WELCOME TFEH BACK TO FRUITMARKET, EDINBURGH THIS SUN. BUY TIX NOW: www.ticketsource.co.uk/tfeh/tfeh-pr...

from “of course i couldn’t survive on benefits, i have a mortgage to pay,” to “what if i took my child’s pocket money away” there’s a concerted ideological push from Labour to imply those unable to work due to disability are not fully-formed members of society and it’s disgusting

Corey Doctorow: "Even by Amazon standards, this is extraordinarily sleazy: starting March 28, each Amazon Echo device will cease processing audio on-device and instead upload all the audio it captures to Amazon's cloud for processing, even if you have previously opted out of cloud-based processing"

See you tomorrow (Sunday, 16.03.2025) at Kühlspot, Berlin! I’m playing a solo set, sharing the bill with Sofia Borges’ trio with Jonathan Aardestrup and Lisa Ullén. ℹ️ busterandfriends.com/performances

friends, I am preparing an application for Assistant Professor in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) position. if you taught any of my papers in class or used my work to support AI policy/regulation, please let me know or direct me to some sources 🙏🏾🙏🏾

I’m seeing a lot of chat about how the abolition of NHS England “takes us back to the pre 2012 NHS”. No. It doesn’t. There are some more important things to unwind. One is the #DutyToProvide healthcare, which had already been watered down by previous governments but was nuked in the 2012 Act.