This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, This ain't no boots on the ground.

Actually, the correct plural form is "Taylors Lautner."

I'm afraid this March 27th I'll be celebrating National Al Literacy Day.

Brilliant photo of a brilliant day. Striking is hard, a last resort, and no-one wants to do it. But if you have to do it, you want to do it with people who understand and share the struggle - for fair pay and conditions, decent pensions, education to be proud of, in a city that deserves the best.

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line today. You can see that, because it says so. We never put a foot wrong...

A statement on the IOC's decision to reintroduce mandatory sex testing for women. Please share widely. Alt text follows in the following posts.

If you borrow a book from Max Shachtman, you best return it before you die. He WILL make inquiries about your archival collection.

Well, that's good to hear, but a chief constable shouldn't have been speeding in the first place.

I occasionally remember that John Thaw was 36 when the *last* episode of The Sweeney aired and have to go lie down for bit.

A clear message from the hundreds who turned out yesterday: we are not having it. At Northumbria University, staff are refusing to be forced into worse pensions or pay cuts. This is organised resistance to an organised attack.

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social. United against bosses @northumbriauni.bsky.social who want to rip off pay and pensions, rip up contracts, and rip us out of national bargaining. United for a better future, for staff, our university, our students, our community. Join us.

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social in full effect!

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social - yeah, what this says. We're fighting with strength and pride for a future with decent jobs, amazing education, and opportunities for students in our city, region and community. The solidarity and support as we do is incredible - thanks everyone.

Unless the movie ends with Ryan Gosling turning to camera and saying, "I am a space communist now. Vote Blue in 2026" then it's not political. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

organizing gets the goods

"... they just happen to have much larger, and harder, muscles than most..."

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social fight on to save pay and pensions.Thanks to everyone who came today, and honoured us with their time and energy: @drjogrady.bsky.social, @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @nasuwtnewcastle.bsky.social, @ntyneside-nasuwt.bsky.social, @newcastleucu.bsky.social, @ducu.bsky.social

@ucu.org.uk @georgeclarke.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk @danhollandnews.bsky.social @julietterowsell.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @ucea.bsky.social @qatar.bsky.social @stateofqatar.bsky.social www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Telegraph sub-editor:

✊✊✊THIS IS THE ONE! Today's @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line and rally banger! 👉👉👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbyrOBVDtR4. See you there.

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

"Oh, *your* left. Sorry."

Is it a giant wooden horse

Question for mutuals who follow global events: any reason for this?

Hey, will you be in or near Newcastle City Centre tomorrow (Wed 25/03) around lunchtime? If so, you should come to this UCU rally! #ShyBairnsGetNowt

I wonder if at any point while he was counting all the non-white actors in a National Trust ad (and he got to 50!), Charles Moore thought, "Is this a good use of my one precious life on this earth?"

Northumbria management says it needs to cut £25m. But it spent £39.6m on capital projects last year an eightfold increase in four years. Staff are being asked to pay for that gamble with their pensions. Rally tomorrow: Newcastle Civic Centre, 12.30pm. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1444...

I've never quite understood the hostility to laugh tracks. It's like getting mad at the music cues because you don't need a song to tell you how to feel.

Me, watching 'Reacher': "This is fun but so implausible. No one in real life would try and fistfight that large man."

Keir Starmer shows his contempt for our country's proud Christian traditions by refusing to celebrate important feast days like "Mournday Thursday," "Super Tuesday," and "Easter Egg Sundae."

Zuckerberg later this year:

Also worth remembering Matt Goodwin's definition of "white British" (born in the UK to British parents) excludes Boris Johnson, Richard E. Grant, and King Charles III.

"Sometimes you don't need to state your influences because they are obvious - at least to people who read books." Cool story, bro, did you make up these quotes or not?

"WITCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK"

Bessent thinks Göring died in 1945. Russell Crowe will NOT be happy about this.

Me, when I get on the wrong escalator:

'Good news, sir, very few people have noticed the "Scott BOTTOMS Governor" campaign logo...'

So far melodramatic threats of apocalyptic violence haven't worked so Trump is pivoting to a new strategy: melodramatic threats of apocalyptic violence.

Let's do one called "Newer York."

🎶 Parasitized human minds, Bathing in the ideological solace Of suicidal empathy.

The most bewildering part of this article is that the far-right conspiracy theorist who thinks he can teleport to Waffle House is apparently a competent federal administrator.

Just incredible to think that 9 million of these guys voted Labour in 2024.

Lol, the spokesperson really thought they had something there.