Allies of the popular mayor say he supports the plan to feed the shark until it is no longer hungry and leaves everyone alone. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I take refuge in the dhamma; I take refuge in the buddha; i take refuge in the sangha. Open to debate on the the nature of any of these. In reverse order: i look to (my) community; there are guides; and this shit will work itself out in time.

Virtual Assembly of the Critical AI Network, 27th-29th May, online. 27 amazing talks + 3 keynotes + plenary discussions. AI/Education, AI/Law+Politics, AI/Environment. Registration & network sign-up: cpct.uk/2026/05/09/p... Full programme: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Consulting Richard Scarry to see what jobs will be left after the AIpocalypse. I’m feeling hopeful about ‘wheel tapper’.

Pope likes reading and I continue to commend it to my students

damn, this hits

part of me believes that if every American could have a gap year in which they experience functional mass transit, including high speed trains, it would transform the way we get around in this country inside a generation

enjoying being trailed round Waitrose by security because I’ve picked up 2 packs of rechargeable AAA batteries; entirely fair play, and yes I really do need six of them just to power my pepper grinder #innovation #bailgofundme

you can tell I’ve had a catastrophic drop in cortisol since I finished marking as I’ve spontaneously started listening to Four Seasons in One Day by Crowded House; unbelievable levels of chill

Lectern out by 6pm, we reckon? Can’t be long now, I reckon.

‘Life’s what you make it’ drops in my headphones as I walk into work and I probably do need someone to make me listen to this on repeat rn because things aren’t going to get any better, are they?

It is part of our evolutionary inheritance that we forget the pain of marking. Otherwise no one in their right mind would ever do it again.

I am Toad, slowly coming round to this actionable insight

when you get a student so good you have to remind yourself what categorical marks are available above 70 (UK context)

Praying that this is real 🙏 💃

truly it is amazing the level of interpersonal skill you can get away with not demonstrating if you are a man absolutely astonishing

sensing that adaptability is not meaningfully prized in the workplace; will adapt accordingly

it would be so nice www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rsw...

no honestly I really appreciate having the opportunity to be a bit of a daft numpty sometimes it’s positively rejuvenating and I for one cherish these spaces

one (of several) reason(s) why I don’t really grow my nails long is so that I don’t morph into ‘older woman who pecks at her smart phone with long nails’, which is not really my vibe very occasionally I find myself having to take my glasses off to read a thing though so

weeping my way through Saturn in The Planets as I do about once every two years. These are the true clanging chimes of doom.

walking into SKD to Sponge Bob Big Guy Pants OK, serious academic mood

remember kids, it’s a viva voce not a mortua voce. Liveliness is the WHOLE POINT.

Helpmeet AI

when the 💩 hits the fan, you need someone who has no expectation of being cool I present Perimenopausal Woman

Me: Do I look ok? Partner: Well, you’ve got a Holland power-farming vibe

the commitment to making staff aware of our stress this month is nonpareil 👌 💯

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

egrets, I’ve had a few, but then again

going into your nests, borrowing your shiny things; that’s me

god-tier subtweeting on main

today my aspirational spirit animal is the cockroach, aiming to become absolutely bomb-proof; imma keep scuttling along under my carapace of barely scrutable facetiousness

collared by the police, shouldering the blame

they’ll be unionising next hhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says

Running for the train IS my cool shot also my heat activation

I’m lying; stabbing my face periodically with needles remains an ongoing project

A taxonomy of AI aversion presents labels (AI hater, AI vegan/vegetarian) and voices like Sean Boots, Jenny Zhang and Anthony Moser, summarizing critiques—IP risks, low-quality outputs, hidden labor, environmental costs and potential job displacement affecting adoption and policy.

this looks amazing, and [thinks back to my gap year working 6am shifts in logistics; shudders] might even be… healing?

i appreciated this point in particular about "ai psychosis": "But, such a framing is also a way of (dis)placing the phenomena onto individual users, as having personal mental health issues." AI is an attack on shared context. We make sense of the world together, or it doesn't make sense.

me, immediately thinking they’ve got Crowded House in to play: Oh

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sometimes they cut the toasties in half at Pret; sometimes they do not today is an uncut day, so to speak

This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got. Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean? Last line is especially ominous

Adding a line of achievement to my annual review as I can say with some confidence that I always ‘avoid taking multiple pieces of fruit in one sitting’. 👍

dancing to Thootie in the kitchen with the 4yo

The Lancet playing the long game here

the fragility, majesty, authority and froideur of Neil Tennant’s voice in Later Tonight are pretty much the entire basis of my (hilariously ill-achieved) aesthetic m.youtube.com/watch?v=ecyK...

ok so I’m cool with partnering with Anthropic now, brb let me know if anything changes