“The morning is wiser than the evening.” — The House with Chicken Legs, by Sophie Anderson (It is. Go to bed.)

Don’t forget to submit your work! 🫏

It's the last 24 hours for this project from @wraithmarked.bsky.social, which features a long introduction from me as well as lots of illustrations and other excellent stuff. If you're a Douglas Adams fan, this is gonna be something you want to check out. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...

This goes for any achievement someone’s happy about. Do not do the “so what, I did it X times quicker/faster/harder/better” thing. It’s not impressive. It just makes you look like an arse.

"If you have skeletons in your closet, the best thing you can do is pull them out and teach them how to dance." And she worked at Uber so she knows. Melanie Ensign on why transparency beats shame in #cybersecurity #CriticalPointWarStories

Life is all about perspective. If you think about it, the monster under the bed probably thinks of you as the monster over its head.

For most of human history, one thing has been true – we LOVE shiny things. Gems are the crown jewels (pun intended) of geology, but what are they? Where do they come from? And are they actually that special? youtu.be/eKnl_Jp8jsg

A STARRED REVIEW! My three-headed dragon book got a starred review in Booklist! www.booklistonline.com/products/982...

This looks like a fascinating book (I’m forever interested in what we don’t see/hear/notice)

Reform UK instructed Havering Council to cancel their Pride flag ceremony to mark the start of Pride Month. People did it anyway. Good 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The QI article inspired by your request from August 2024 has been updated with a 1905 precursor citation @chronicleflask.katday.com Quip Origin: In Ancient Times Cats Were Worshipped As Gods; They Have Not Forgotten This quoteinvestigator.com/2024/08/11/c... Did Terry Pratchett craft this quip?

Excellent summary of Thomas Midgley, the “one-man environmental disaster” It’s particularly good to hear about Antarctic data with the ozone hole story, as that sometimes gets left out. Also note that more than one woman flagged concerns about both lead and CFCs early – and were dismissed.

🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

Buried deep in this article: “Low-emissions technologies are the cornerstone of Kenya’s electricity mix, with geothermal, hydro, wind and solar sources accounting for nearly 90% of power generation” 😭😭😭 90% of electricity generated in Kenya is renewable! 60 million people live there!

Really interesting thread on AI in university exams & marking. The takeaway - students using AI to write essays are disadvantaging themselves - and most students know this!

Trust celebrates birth of rare lemur quadruplets. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The morning is wiser than the evening.” — The House with Chicken Legs, by Sophie Anderson (It is. Go to bed.)

"You have improved," the swordmaster said. "Thanks to my new sword," said the student. The swordmaster studied the blade and frowned. "This is enchanted?" "You know about cursed swords that whisper that you should kill?" "Yes?" "This tells me I'm loved and valid." "Ah. Well. It's not wrong."

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“If you don’t use Ai you’ll be really bad at spotting Ai” is certainly… an interesting take www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Lol nicely done

What gives smoked foods their flavour, and where do these flavour compounds come from? This edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social has the answers: cen.acs.org/articles/104...

Mr Stevens, Head of Catering youtu.be/7p5KpjR93SE?...

For #LoveConquersAllDay 💜 🎵 It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes, But it might just save your life 🎶 youtu.be/wBl2QGAIx1s?...

Everything I know about economics, I learned queueing at Alton Towers as.ft.com/r/21e56ef4-2...

"Listen, forget it," said Ford, "forget all of it. Nothing matters. Look, it's a beautiful day, enjoy. it. The sun, the green of the hills, the river down in the valley, the burning trees."

🔤 Where did the English alphabet come from, and how do we know this? 🎙️ In this episode of Curiosity Meets the Past, linguist and writer, Dr. Danny Bate @dannybate.com, guides us through the archaeology and linguistic history behind the letters many of us use every day 🏺 youtu.be/wGuQEV9zsWQ

Ooh, yikes! Wear gloves when picking berries, folks! 🫐 www.devonlive.com/news/uk-worl...

Due to a pronoun mix-up, this is now a much BETTER story

Some good news! “The net zero economy, which is worth more than £100bn a year, benefits all of the UK, according to the CBI Economics analysis commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit thinktank” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Summer thunderstorms are hitting here ⛈️ Whenever you see a flash of lightning, you’re seeing the trigger for atmospheric chemical reactions. Learn more in this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2018/07/31/t... #ChemSky 🧪

Alongside colleagues, I have tabled a motion to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. We cannot support it, and we have a responsibility to our trans constituents to resist it. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240.

When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

One of Australia's biggest banks is worried about the rising costs of AI in return for basically no productivity improvements "You can use AI to create an enormous amount of volume, noise and waste" Pretty sure @edzitron.com predicted this...... www.afr.com/technology/b...

Support Jamie: his pins are fantastic! Here’s my Bunsen burner pin ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

I am *deeply* suspicious of the phrase “profits will be donated to deserving organizations doing good work in the LGBTQ+ community!” If they can’t specify a cause they genuinely support, it screams “oh, yeah, better try to appear as though we’re doing good, maybe it’ll boost sales after June…”

The House of Commons yesterday debated the laying of the EHRC code of practice. Functionally, it didn’t do very much, there was no opportunity to dis-apply it, but it was an important opportunity to get oppositional voices into the media and build awareness. No Green MPs turned up.

I took a little trip to the Rollrights yesterday. Yes, science, yes, but also this IS gnarly country. The energy in this place is deep and strange and quiet. If you’re ever nearby, make time to go.

Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol.

Yes. Yes! And you can do this with horror too. It doesn’t have to be unrelentingly bleak. You can have a flicker of hope. In fact, you know what? It’s often easier to see the light against the dark. Take the light to dark places. (As a wise writer once wrote.)

LAUNCH DAY! There's no fee to enter, and on top of the winning publication, EIGHT authors will receive $100 each. THAT'S $2,300 of community-raised funds! See inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark/ for more details!

This genuinely made me cry. You never know who you’ve reassured today 🏳️‍🌈💜

Ed Davey and I have written to the Minister for Women & Equalities, asking her to withdraw the EHRC Code of Practice. The Government have repeatedly assured trans people that they have protection from discrimination, yet this guidance does the opposite, breaking decades of precedent.

The Fire Brigades Union has made a statement on the proposed EHRC Code of Practice on Services. Our message is clear. Equality matters, solidarity is essential, and we will continue to fight for both.

the universe is woke and wishes you a happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈🌌

Could be worse, could be a— Never mind. Let’s not start that again.

Happy Pride month, listeners! Have a spooky one!

Gods this is horrific. “The three letters – "FOH" – that she had written on a whiteboard next to names of heavily pregnant women were not there to alert colleagues to women having a specific medical condition … The "F", a swear word. The "O", standing for "OFF". The "H", short for "HOME".”

“Introducing the panel, Cadwalladr said: ‘I think this might be a Hay first, in which we have an author in a hostage situation. Blink once if you can hear us, Sarah, twice if [Mark] Zuckerberg is an asshole.’”

Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.” Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”