Burger King turns to #AI to flame broil employees who aren't friendly enough - www.theregister.com/2026/02/26/b... I predict this will become common, alas... #surveillance

Somehow, an 8th-c. English liturgical manuscript ended up in Mount Sinai (where it was palimpsested and written over by a Christian Arabic scribe). For more info: Michelle Brown, austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572%2...

Intime et radical, l'art de Tracey Emin au coeur d'une rétrospective à Londres

Easter is coming... 😔🐇

The Venus of Brassempouy (or Lady of Brassempouy) is one of the earliest representations of the human face. It was sculpted in mammoth ivory about 25,000 years ago. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892.

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New article out about what a million satellites could do to our atmosphere. It's bad. https://theconversation.com/a-new-space-race-could-turn-our-atmosphere-into-a-crematorium-for-satellites-276366

George Takei: ‘I’ve spent two minutes longer in zero gravity than Shatner’

I've taken the paywall off this piece I wrote about the wonderful art my mum and dad have been making in their 60s and 70s, which is also about the general (underacknowledged) concept of late-blooming creativity. I hope a few of you might find a moment to read it: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

New from Free Movement: How to apply for an administrative review | Mala Savjani freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply...

We are hiring .... Because John Nightingale is retiring... for a Tutorial Fellowship in European History 400-1000... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP650/t...

Me, in The Guardian, wanging on about a Cetti’s warbler. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

....Help us celebrate those who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure their firms/Nfps could keep serving clients and keep doing their life changing work despite the disruption. Nominate your support staff colleagues for a #LALY26 award! lapg.co.uk/news/nominat...

Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this with a brain that’s tinier than a pinhead."

Nominations for the 2026 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards are now open @lalyawards.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/70213

Book launch event coming up at Treadwell's Books in London on 21 May! Francis Young and myself will be talking about the paperback edition of Paganism Persisting. www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/pag...

I'm sorry, but if the examples in the sample test are anything to go by, everyone from admin to academic will be doing a hell of a lot of extra work, even if there is pre-sessional language tuition.

Feels like the first day of spring...

Hide from Meta's spyglasses with this new Android app

An opportunity for a medievalist to join the team at Cambridge: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ346/a...

Puzzle Binding! Tricky! These are almost as rare as hen's teeth, and we just... Had One??? And, it includes HOW Many Books? (Five from Germany c. 1601 and a blank one at last count...) #Vexierbuch #DosADos @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .966)

Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away

The rise of rejection sensitive dysphoria: ‘My chest feels like it’s collapsing’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Hello British dual nationals: If you have been, or know anyone who has been, refused board on a flight, ferry or train to the UK in the coming days, they can share their story here. Or email me direct - email in bio. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Sixty years ago, Jennie Lee's vision created The Open University 🎓 Welcoming all backgrounds, millions have started life-changing journeys. #OUfamily #TheOpenUniversity #OU60 💙

Tracey Emin: A Second Life review – this show of undiluted love, heartache and pain left me a teary wreck www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Russian spies turned properties across Europe into "Trojan horse" sabotage infrastructure — churches, islands, cabins near military bases in a dozen countries, the Telegraph reports. Intelligence officials fear some already hold explosives, drones, and operatives ready for activation in a crisis.

New: this app warns you if someone is wearing smart glasses nearby. Meta plans to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses. A 404 Media reader made this app after we showed men filming people w/o their consent, and DHS officials were wearing the glasses www.404media.co/this-app-war...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1507 3/6 🟩⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wordle.louan.me

#Ukraine Anniversary FAO the non-political world of Archaeology "As of 11 February 2026, there are 519 cultural sites...verified as damaged (153 religious sites, 270 buildings of historical and/or artistic interest, 39 museums, 33 monuments, 19 libraries, 4 archaeological sites, 1 archive)." UNESCO

Artists! I'm looking for anyone experience printing on fabric (or who knows someone who might)? Looking to have a photo printed on silk (or similar) for an upcoming project. ~50" w x 38" h

A Lovejoy episode had some prayer plaques from the abbey that was in the M.R James episode A View From A Hill www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Happy Independence Day to Estonia! 🇪🇪

SRA puts conditions on practice of controversial solicitor Milne zurl.co/tFjLo

Good article on #ME/CFS, and the combined hells of feeling awful most of the time and struggling to get anywhere at all with doctors, while being tempted by woo. It also took me about an hour to read because my ME/CFS is particularly thick and foggy this morning...

One of the worst things about AI, for me, is that it takes away from people the sheer joy of writing. Schools don’t often make this point, but writing should be fun. Putting words together, finding ways to express yourself, the pure pleasure of a well-crafted sentence. 1/5

I'm keeping this piece free to read for another day, in the hope it might persuade a few more people to sign up for my newsletter. If you like it you'll probably generally like the sort of writing I send to your inbox every week...

Just a note to say that if you're ever approached by a @mojomagazine.bsky.social writer on Facebook/X promising to cover your music/band/record label for "a modest fee" THIS IS A SCAM. MOJO and its writers would never do this but many a clever scam account does.

A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this

Scientists warn our rainfall extremes are decades ahead of models. Prof Rupert Read says our focus should be on nature restoration, flood resilience and community strength as immediate defences against mounting disruption that’s already happening. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @rupertread.bsky.social

Imitation fashion youtu.be/bqNH8Cahuz8?...

My colleague @nicolettaionta.bsky.social and I got our hands on the first draft of a controversial EU deal with the United States, which could see American authorities get access to European travellers’ sensitive data. Read our article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

New conspiracy theory dropped - doctors in the pay of "Big Knickers" Soon undies will be WiFi connected subscription only services; you'll be able to download and print them...

It’s so common to come across the assertion that books were luxury objects exclusively for the elite in the Middle Ages that I want to guest curate a massive exhibition called “Meh-nuscripts: Books for the Many,” which features just workaday or unremarkable objects.

Wild Cat https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-primachenko/wild-cat-1977

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...

Another case of possible sensoneural hearing loss and poor treatment. I wish her luck getting the help she needs. "I lost my hearing overnight in my 30s - and nobody knows why" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nishikigoi bespoke tshirt www.masato.co.uk/products/nishikigoi-bespoke-tshirt Released on Friday and sold out of XL and XXL already Japanese cotton fabric is limited #koi #shopindie Small Medium and Large only

Taz would like to invite you on a short sunshiny bimble on this sunny Sunday! 🦄☀️