In memoriam...

Remembering Cissy Houston on her birthday. I love this version of JJ Cale's Cajun Moon that she recorded with Herbie Mann youtu.be/t8Cm1HzqatQ

This only happens to you once

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Damn, he's good, and right.

Michael D’s finest moment: the President of Ireland calls for Israel to be excluded from the UN. Why can’t other leaders speak the truth about Gaza like this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsZ...

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text: caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

'Maybe it's time we stopped putting dodgy men in these jobs of huge power and privilege in the first place.' The Peter Mandelson row is 'an insult to everyone else who could have done his job brilliantly', @maitlis.bsky.social tells @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social.

That is literally the opening of Les Miserables.

wow

For there to be no comment from the government on Musk's call for violence, let alone action against X, is unconscionable. An utter dereliction of its responsibility for national security and an affront to every member of an ethnic minority, who is being put at risk by this rhetoric.

Hi! I was homeless. That's me he wants to kill. If you don't know me, hi, I am pretty nice, I think. I'm a privacy lawyer. I drive a cute yellow Bronco. I do art. I have two really fluffy Maine coon cats. I volunteer at food banks when I can. This guy would have killed me for being homeless.

Timeline cleanse

The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says. There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Scene: Jim Ratcliffe's Monaco office, the air hangs heavy with the overpowering stench of defeat and tax-free income. Minions cower. "Sack more dinner ladies. SACK THEM ALL!"

Hello it’s me Sam Altman I have a zillion dollar idea it’s a chat bot that tells teenagers to kill themselves and you can generate csam with it and it poisons the air and water and it’s wrong most of the time and we’re going to put it in your refrigerator and stuff 👍 I need more money for this btw

Holy fucking shit

Multi-ethnic working class area where I live: no flags. V.white middle class area where I grew up: flags everywhere The latter unlike the former has not been "forgotten by Westminster" or "left behind by globalisation". These people are mostly just racists. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

In just 10 years, the UK's electricity sector has gone from #1 emitter to #6 emitter... what a transformation 👏🇬🇧 Now to see what clean power can do to help cut the other sectors..

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‘What is striking about [Israel’s double strikes on Nasser hospital] is that each individual element – the targeting of a working hospital, of journalists and rescue workers, of civilian injured already under treatment – would be expected to draw accusations of a war crime in its own right.’

This photo will be shown in history books as an example of deep and unabiding cruelty. You can't reform this.

Sucks for Britain's media and political establishment just how much of the best live music at all the festivals (including KKR-owned festivals 🤢) is provided by Irish musicians who steadfastly refuse to STFU about the genocide in Gaza.

Of course there's no room for complacency but some context: a lot more people saw Port Vale lose at home to Doncaster on Saturday than took part in the Daily Hell's 'exploding' far right protests this weekend

We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I agree: so we should abolish landlords and capitalists

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Some thoughts from me on the legal issues surrounding the proscription of Palestine Action

Watching videos of police dragging away grannies for holding an anti genocide bit of card, thinking about the time the Met buried reports that one of their officers was a predator, then after he used police ID to kidnap, rape & murder a woman, they then arrested women for holding a vigil for her.

MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.

Absolutely incredible scenes in Italy over the (formerly BBC) Good Food website's cacio e pepe recipe British ambassador contacted, Italian journalists seething www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.

the guy who invented the merry-go-round and the guy who invented the ferris wheel never actually met, because they travelled in different circles

Wow

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

gosh only just realised 6 Music - and the whole of the BBC! aren't on Bluesky. Some good BBC journalists are, but nothing as an organisation I can see

Nietzsche abhors a vacuum www.worldofmoose.com/products/nie...

NEW on Wonkhe: The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not buff.ly/D7hmHQP

aww Martha's Vineyard is like his second favorite island 😥

Motherfucking wind farms…

Of the many culture shock moments in law school, one that still sticks with me is learning how *wealthy* most of my classmates' families were, and the notion that it's going to be functionally impossible for lower-income students to attend going forward is really hard for me to contemplate

Turns out legislation.gov.uk is 15 years old today. How the time flies @jenitennison.com!

I think it is hard to underestimate how important this website is for the Rule of Law in the UK. Before 2010, if you wanted to find out what statutes were actually in force you essentially needed a subscription to a very expensive commercial product like Halsbury's Statutes.

It seems like people have gotten pretty comfortable with putting academic articles in ChatGPT, etc. to help summarize/digest. Is there a consensus developing that doing so is fair use? What about licensing restrictions if you're accessing a paid resource? What if you know the author is against AI?