Encounters with MPs in retail environments is exactly the kind of bank holiday weekend content I'd like, please do keep them coming

REVIEW: “Are We There Yet?” by Allison Mulder sffreviews.com/2026/04/02/r...

CRediT has been updated so we can more honestly attribute contributions!

this is HILARIOUS therepublicjournal.com/essays/ai-an...

Every cat has their own slogan. Goldie's was "not a toy!" The kittens' is "no liking!" They like licking things SO much.

i went through my archive to find that one breakdown about the ai startup that had to massively increase their prices and discovered that it was also one of your threads. they're saying you don't miss?

The truly sad part is that half those tokens are used to say things like: “You’re right to call me out.” “I was wrong and I own that” “You’re right, I provided incorrect information” “Because of my failure you wasted 2 hours, that’s on me” “You trusted my results, and I let you down”

I have solemnly sworn not to purchase another bottle of ink until I have completely depleted at least one of the current ones. So far, my resolve is steady. (So far...)

Every once in awhile I remember that the floorboards in my bedroom used to be in one of the mental asylums in Morpeth, and then reflect on how weird that is.

Oh, to be a green eyed cat in the sun on Caturday.

Last week we launched a new programme to help historians, resident outside the UK and Ireland, to undertake research in the UK. Closing date: Friday 8 May #Skystorians

*Prince voice* Little Moist Owlette.

Gosh, I hadn't realized he's been pope for almost 500 years.

A few years back I was trying to read a random paper every week and write about it on my blog. That didn't last very long, but I did read two v. interesting articles about (a) whether Aquinas would baptise aliens diaryofdoctorlogic.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/r... and

The Guardian has an article running about the discovery of a rare tongue-shaped fungus in Europe, and every time I see the headline I read it as "fungus-shaped tongue," and honestly, I'm not sure which is creepier.

REVIEW: “The End of the World, Simon et al.” by T. L. Xue sffreviews.com/2026/03/27/r...

Fairly certain I'm the only person in the building, meaning I can blast this as loud as I want and not disrupt any of my colleagues.

New: Wikipedia has officially banned AI-generated content. After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of LLMs, volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the online encyclopedia www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

It's Hamburger Helper rebranded! www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i have exciting newssss Rowling: there'ss a new harry potter out King: a new harry potter?!?!?! King: OMGG I AM SO EXCITED! Poe: steve, no! Poe: we discussed this Poe: you know what the harry potter profits are used for King: i King: yes of course King: King: but

This is a fabulous thread of what research looks like in the humanities.

also, there is a dark side to "chosen one" narratives. you don't want to be that kind of special; that's adults exploiting you to do the things they refuse to take responsibility for. what you wanted was to be loved, protected, and to belong just the way you were, without having to earn it.

I'll be giving a short speech along with the other international guests about Chinese #scifi and these writers. Join us in celebrating these 7 fantastic authors on Thursday 26th March, at the PageOne Bookshop in Beijing or online (link and code in poster). 11am GMT (7pm Beijing Time).

A workshop today and tomorrow ended up getting cancelled at relatively short notice. I'd already put in my OOO that I'd be out of the office these two days. With the exception of a quick 10 minute meeting, and an hour to read part of a student diss chapter this morning, I've spent all day writing.

FINALLY had time to sit down and work on this massively overdue piece. Three hours ago, I had two blog posts and a set of slides. I now have just over 3000 words and can probably finish the paper tomorrow.

We are excited to welcome 5 BSHP Ambassadors! Jack Beaulieu (Magdalen College, Oxford) Luca Dondoni (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Liz Frissell (Nottingham) Xingding Liu (New South Wales) Maria Cristina Mennuti (Tübingen) More information about this newly launched scheme👇 bshp.org.uk/society/bshp...

I look at the clock. It is quarter to two. A few minutes later, I look at the clock again. It is almost quarter after three. An eternity passes and I look at the clock again. It is three forty. #lifewithADHD

It's a small venue but a gig's a gig

This sounds like one for @dlbowman76.com to draw.

This interview is absolutely fascinating.

The thing about having everything everywhere overdue all at once is that no matter what or how many tasks you accomplish in a day, they are always The Wrong Ones simply in virtue of not being any of the other tasks that are also vastly overdue. So you keep all the guilt and get none of the virtue.

I remember being genuinely shocked to find a friend's mom was left-handed. Prior to that, all the women I knew were right-handed, and all the men I knew were left-handed. I deduced that handedness tracked gender.

Seriously digging the new BTS album. Not through any transferred preference from my kid, but legit in its own right. It *sounds* like them, but it also sounds ... new. Grown-up. "Normal" is an amazing song, whether you like K-pop or not: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qye9...

It's the first day of Easter break! Maybe I can catch up on my overdue grading, and then write a bunch of papers that were due in the last 2 months, and THEN clear out my inbox! Hahahahahaha.

If the ‘20 years of Twitter’ things has made you wonder what you’ve achieved in life, spare a thought for Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, born on this day 290 years ago, who lived to 70 and was a respected architect, but never got to... ~ahem~ erect this building

Last day of term! I survived! And even had about 1/3 of my students show up for their final logic lecture at 2pm (including two who told me afterwards that they prioritized coming to my lecture over being on time to their Nowruz party, then showed me photos of all the food they were off to enjoy.)

Trajectory of a VC Step 1: Destroy university by bad leadership Step 2: Depart with payoff Step 3: Become "HE consultant” advising others how to run universities Step 4: Join Gov't inquiry into failing universities Step 5: Produce report expressing “serious concern” about sector governance 😉

Oh no!!! She hasn't died?!?! She was my favourite philosopher!

REVIEW: “Float. Sink. Tread. Swim.” by Shelly Jones sffreviews.com/2026/03/15/r...

REVIEW: “The Piano Made of Fingers” by Abigail Koury sffreviews.com/2026/03/13/r...

I'm at the "making the border" stage of an afghan. It took me ALL DAY to do one round. I just realized I did it wrong. Now I've ripped it all out and am starting it again. Arg.

Having grown up in a place where mothers are celebrated in May, Mothering Sunday/Mother's Day always catches me by surprise in the UK. Which is why I totally did not expect the adorable scrapbook page my kid made with a bunch of photos of us together, and some coupons for free tea and biscuits.

It has been an exceptionally eventful and exhausting 2026, with some significant events still to come... But last night after having dithered for a month and a half, I bought myself a ticket to see LYKN in London for my birthday.

I’m back on my bullshit and I need your help. I need to book £15k of work for me and my team at @aat-transcribes.bsky.social this month across transcription, captioning, & access consulting. I’m looking for 5 research projects with 12+ hours of interviews needing transcription. Is that you?

In parts of the Netherlands where basically everything closes on Sundays, they solved this problem by pharmacies setting up a rota of who was the one apotheek in town open on a Sunday. There was a website you could consult to find out which one. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Durham Uni's student newspaper, Palatinate, interviewed me for International Women's Day, and the print copies were distributed this morning! You can read the article online here: www.palatinate.org.uk/women-in-dur...

REVIEW: “Moss Senses” by Beth Goder sffreviews.com/2026/03/11/r...

This is rather lovely and somehow relaxing - an interactive map of lighthouses of the northern seas lighthouse-atlas.netlify.app#3/48/-30

Crochet math is weird math. You can only use natural numbers, but sometimes distinct finite ordinals have the same cardinality.