"I wonder why the public aren't aware of much of the amazing research that goes on in universities..."

My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸 (sadly, without credit)

Arsenal are going to come third in a two horse race aren't they? 😬

Volunteering at this morning's Leazes parkrun, with a few new obstacles. 😃 Congratulations to the Couch to 5K graduates! 🏃‍♀️

Find it rather soothing waking up to the exasperated tone of Test Match Special.

Mocking the World Cup draw whilst knowing perfectly well that I'll be eagerly watching Switzerland v Qatar at 2 a.m. next summer 😬

"Because to be a football fan is to belong to the world's biggest family."

Excellent to see this from The Economist. We are slow walking into a constitutional crisis driven by the electoral system, and very few people are taking it seriously enough yet.

🎁 Our Vintage Poster Sale is live. Over 50 original posters from Side’s archive, and 25% off when you buy two or more. Holiday posting: orders before end of 15 Dec will be processed before we close for Christmas. Later orders ship from Side in the new year. Shop: shop.amber-online.com/colle...

Details of the New Years Day Run (at Newcastle) on Thu Jan 1st - 'enter on the day - 10K - two laps on the Town Moor': www.northeastraces.co.uk#2026-01-01-n...

Ever wondered what installing a new computer in your office looked like 50 years ago? For today's #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYADigital here are 3 digitised photos of the process of installing a new computer in our Claremont Tower from our University Archive.

Niche email subject headings.

Not to sound like a stuck record, but '400 jobs to be lost in city as car plant/steel works/aerospace facility closes' would be treated somewhat differently, I suspect.

Close call, but I feel I'm leaning towards the 'some readers' category here. 🤔

Not sure she had the lead role in her penultimate year primary nativity either, as claimed. Yes she was Mary but that year the narrator had more lines and thus was quite clearly the lead, not Reeves.

Every moment when I wonder “what will it take?” I have to remind myself “the limit does not exist.”

Rachel Reeves claimed to be familiar with Roland Barthes’ post-structuralist works of critical theory but then went on to outline the deconstructionist principle of ‘Différance’ as put forward by Jacques Derrida instead, and so she should obviously resign

Bazball on a football pitch. 😵‍💫 #fulmci

I remember watching the pro-Brexit Grace Blakeley describe EU free movement of people as "combating the demographic problems of northern Europe by exporting and extracting fertility from the periphery of Europe", because "most of those emigrants [from Poland] are young people of child bearing age"

Re-watching all six series of Canal Boat Diaries. Festive viewing sorted. 🎄🤶

I’m sure Andreas Whittam Smith would have wanted people to struggle to read his obituary in The Independent using a smartphone

"Shhhhhh!!"

The death of Philip Larkin 40 years ago today devastated his friends, colleagues and loved ones. The Philip Larkin Society, founded ten years later, continues to provide a forum for the discussion and celebration of his work and has members from all around the world.

🥳🥳 Wordle 1,626 2/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Heading into the Channel Tunnel today on train 9044 and celebrating a historic moment: on 1 December 1990, 35 years ago, French and British teams broke through and met under the sea for the first time. Thanks to their achievement, our Eurostar trains now cross the Channel in 20 minutes.

Liquid football. 🥰🥰 #bcfc

Paik that one out! #bcfc

Amid all the hoohah around the cancelled/reinstated fast 7am Manchester to London train, it's worth remembering that the journey time with HS2 built in full was projected as 67 minutes...

Strong “last message ever posted on social media before deadly space virus wipes out humanity” energy

No, YOU'RE party

Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary: His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

Oh, that's where I know him from

I've spent my life being in the wrong place at the wrong time in terms of music, sport etc, but the top times I actually managed be there when it happened were: 1. Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, Lyttelton, 1993 2. Pulp, Newcastle, 1995 3. Dugarry v Southampton, 2003 4. Asafa Powell WR, Gateshead, 2006 ❤️

Goodbye to the master. ❤️

incredible quote lol

Maybe we should build HS2 in full and increase capacity on the network. It was never just about speed.

Astonishing. Just a thought, but perhaps publishers should pay peer reviewers for their time and expertise, rather than expecting free labour. I know, silly me. Or, maybe this never went near peer review. I spent hours recently reviewing a manuscript for Scientific Reports. Did I waste my time...?

They should do this like the FA Cup draw

This weekend, it's Ouseburn Open Studios! 29 & Sun 30 Nov. 10am - 5pm. 36 Lime St in the heart of Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley spans five floors of a Grade II listed building & is home to artists, ceramicists, designers, printmakers, musicians & a puppet maker. Info/access here; 36limestreet.co.uk

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

Here's another shout out to our Digital Showcase, where you can explore curated insights across our unique and distinctive collections. Take a look online digitalshowcase.ncl.ac.uk

It's easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of the freeze on fuel duty.

"Would you support or oppose taxing Not You, without any explanation or understanding of the inherent trade-offs involved?"

This used to be "unrealistic" photoshops of an idea future. Now it's before/after how did we live like that?

No. 😱

Czechs express zero gratitude for our efforts says Chamberlain

What the FUCK is this?

New socks have been broken in. 👍