"You can't say anything awful these days."

I've finally been forced onto the new MS operating system, but they can't force me to accept co-pilot interventions (yet). I don't know how a system that (figuratively) shouts words while you're writing is going to save you time. It's like trying to write while my kids are shouting at me.

Our June Newsletter is now out! Take a look for: > An insight into our upcoming headline theme: Signals > Updates on our events for May (including pictures!) > Opportunities to get involved with our research community All this, and more, in this month's edition 👇

Really excellent letter. 👏🏻

There are two weeks until this Reimagine Ageing event on Loneliness and Ageing, but places are very limited now. If this is something you would like to attend, you'll find more details - including how to register - below 👇

One for Bluepals here in the UK: have your say on which animals should be on our banknotes. On the topic of finding joy in small things, imagine booting Churchill off the money and replacing him with a puffin ♥️ www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...

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.

Join our next Insight Series session for an introduction to Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty 📅 Tues 23 June 🕚 11am - 12pm (GMT+1) 🌐 Online In this webinar, Dr Chris Hassall and Prof Aylwyn Walsh explore 'flickering', and how this can be applied across disciplines 👇

Our Global Crucible pump-prime funding applications have now been assessed, and we'll soon be announcing the successful projects. In the meantime, if you'd like to see the kind of early-stage research ideas this work helps to generate and fund, take a look at last year's projects 👇

My homeland is leading the world right now.

As part of the rich and diverse activities supported by the Healthy Buildings Network Leeds, You are invited to join Sonic Belonging, a traditional Chinese music performance on University of Leeds campus. 📅 Thursday 4 June 🕜 1.30 - 2.30pm 🗺️ Wellbeing Hub Lounge, University of Leeds

Earlier this year Poppy Leeder led a session on interdisciplinary collaboration with members of @extinctionleeds.bsky.social. Within this, and ahead of our new Headline Theme launching later this year, participants were asked to think about what Signals means for them, and in their discipline.

Can we all agree to have a day off from talking about AI? Let's just all pick a date and have radio silence on the issue. Then, if that works out, we can try a week, then a month, a year, a decade, and so on... So much time and energy wasted in such pointless, circular conversations...

Can’t do a full day of work without a quick trip to the boozer? Shouldn’t be deciding on our laws and national policies then.

Reminder: If generative AI platforms & data centres were erased from the Earth…we’d be fine. They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.

Register for the workshop 👇

Register for the presentations 👇

Join Reimagine Ageing for a two-part event on Loneliness and Ageing, with a fantastic lineup of speakers followed by an interactive workshop. 📅 Wednesday 24 June 🕛 12 - 2pm, and 1.15pm - 3pm (or 12 - 3pm, if you'd like to attend both) 🗺️ University House Booking details for both in the thread👇

Ball, a 91-year-old former Parachute regiment officer who intends to reach 100, said: “Some have gone higher and said it’s approaching 90%. But I think 80% seems about fair.” Sounds rigorous 🙄 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Million pound a year man by @mortenmorland

A Reform voter tells me: "[Farage] cares about working people. He will make this country great again.” Such devotion, such faith in one so unworthy. It does my head in.” You and so many of us @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social Disgusted by the man and the abject failure to hold him to account iPaper

Fascinating conversations from the participants today - looking forward to seeing lots of interesting collaborations emerge from this over the coming months and years 🌱

“When humanitarian missions are stopped and people trying to help are treated like this, something has gone very wrong.” The Green Party's Zak Khan after returning from the Global Sumud Flotilla, the rest of which has been forcibly stopped by Israeli navy this morning.

Thank you to everyone who attended this morning's Insight Series session - particularly speaker Dr Curie Scott (PhD, MBBS) and everyone who shared their thoughts and creations with us. We will soon be posting a blog and a recording of the session over the next couple of weeks...

One week left until this event, and very few places left. If you're interested in #Neurodiversity in older adults, and would like to attend, register on the link below 👇

Still a few places left for Monday morning's Insight Series session. Details below!

"The secluded property has been subject to several applications for extension and redevelopment... It is one of four owned by Farage, whose partner owns a fifth that he uses in his constituency of Clacton." Even without his partner's house... FOUR properties? FOUR! Absolute grifter.

NUJ responds to Farage doxxing a photo journalist who was doing their job. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

I can't quite tell if the 'Let's wait for Andy' thing is to kick the can down the road, or sheer arrogance. 1. There's no by-election scheduled, is there? So are they going to expect an *elected MP* to stand down? 2. What makes them think they'd *win* a by-election - popular candidate or no?

When Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social shared his article about why universities were in trouble and why they need investment, a Labour MP jumped in to say they weren’t a priority for her. She may be surprised at how many people are employed in universities and how important they are to the economy.

Are you interested in the microbiome and its relationship to the health of our indoor spaces? Join members of the Healthy Buildings Network for a one-day, in-person event at @universityofleeds.bsky.social next Tuesday. To register, and for more information, please visit this MS Form 👇

A reminder that this session is in one week's time! We've had a lot of interest in Dr Curie Scott's session, but there are still places if you'd like to join us. Details below 👇

"Reform UK has banned newly-elected members charged with running a county council from speaking to journalists, an editor claimed...The party’s chairman in Ipswich, told [an editor] his councillors had “no need to offer you a sound bite” after they took control of Suffolk County Council."

In case you missed it (I did)... #trans

"if you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open, and you can leave" An old clip, but good indication of how this started. Delivered when I was still a Labour member, I did as instructed. Seems many others did too, and they won't be the last. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...

🎉🥳💚 Congratulations to Calderdale Green Party Councillors Martin Hey and Dan Wood for being re-elected in Northowram and Shelf ward!!! 💚💚💚

🚨🎉🥳 Huge congratulations to Hannah Mickleburgh-Benn and Margot Puddepha, our (and your) two brand-new @calderdalegreenp.bsky.social councillors for Hebden Bridge and East Todmorden!!! Thank you to everyone who helped make this historic win happen. 💚💚💚

Kids dropped off, voting done ✅, and I haven’t even had a coffee yet (next on the agenda). If you’re in the UK, make sure you remember to vote like our local services depend on it. And don’t forget your ID!

Our spring newsletter is now available: sway.cloud.microsoft/CS5965UkOuHr... Read on for updates on: - Our recent conference - Farm updates - Research project updates and much more!

Operation Epic Fury sounds like something my six year old would come up with when we tell he's not allowed to have more chocolate. These people shouldn't be running a state.

A USAF KC-135 refuelling aircraft declared a code 7700 emergency before dropping off radar over the Strait of Hormuz.

The time you save in writing your AI-generated document, is additional time you allocate for the reader trying to make sense of the nonsense. Or for someone to edit it into something meaningful. GenAI doesn't save time, it just moves the balance from you to someone else.

Our newsletter is now out! Take a look at some of the highlights over the past month, as well as opportunities for you to get involved with our work - and the work of our research community - over the coming months 👇

The range and extent of unlawful behaviour (comtempt of court) by Northamptonshire police to cover up grossly unethical & unlawful conduct is astonishing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Healthy Buildings Network have been developing their interdisciplinary community for more than a year now, and will be bringing together researchers, research professionals and cross-sectoral partners for an interdisciplinary showcase event this July. Book your place via MS Forms👇

There's still time to book your place for the @reimagineageing.bsky.social in-person seminar on Neurodiversity in Older Adults, on campus at @universityofleeds.bsky.social 📅 Thursday 21 May 🕛 12 noon - 4pm 🗺️ University House, University of Leeds Book your place via Eventbrite 👇

What happens when people from different disciplines try to think together, but lack shared language or assumptions? Join Dr Curie Scott (PhD, MBBS) for our May Insight Series session on Drawing-As-Thinking 📅 Monday 18 May 🕚 11am - 12pm (GMT+1) 🌐 Online 👋 Open to all Book your place 👇

Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies landing a $24 million Pentagon contract

If you get a chance, read this piece from @reimagineageing.bsky.social on the serendipitous meeting between two people from very different disciplines - and how this sparked a project helping patients better understand and communicate their experience of pain 👇