Spread calm. Tell the truth. Defend vulnerable people who are under attack. Getting stuck in a reactive mode is exhausting, and exhaustion can make us weak.

I've been out of the loop, but am loving hearing @lintonstephens.bsky.social on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast. A fabulous voice for easing gently into the day 🌤️

Funding commitments, success and failiure - and the demolition of grant-making standards in the US. From @lizneeley.bsky.social 's excellent Newsletter on the beleaguered scientific landscape in the US (+ resonance far beyond). Sign up here: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

Blimey: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Somebody tell Grok, there is a white South African getting massacred

Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean politician who climbed the fence of the parliament to get inside and vote against martial law, has been elected president. Pretty cooool

heimildin.is/grein/24581/ Oh...... "Carbon capture - the Theranos of the energy industry”

I wrote a dystopian piece imagining just that a few months ago open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Guidelines were described as: “fuelling a culture of hostility and suspicion towards abortion and pregnancy loss”. We can see where this is leading…

Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry. The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale. Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs. 1/2

Britain's university system is now in freefall. In the last two weeks, redundancies at: *Aberdeen *Arts Uni Bournemouth *Bangor *Durham *Exeter *Falmouth *Greenwich *Keele *Newcastle *Nottingham *Plymouth *Trinity St Davids

Excellent 🧵 from @robertsaunders.bsky.social that’s worthwhile reading 👇 - the dangers and allure of authoritarian democracy and why liberal processes matter:

I’d like to flag that if you have 45 minutes at 14:05 today, Talking Pictures are screening A Home Of Your Own with Bernard Cribbins, Ronnie Barker et al. A bit of a classic - no spoken word, lots of cups of tea drunk by lots of builders and very elegant comedic storytelling.

Listen closely to the Kneecap furore. You’ll hear hypocrisy from all sides | Dorian Lynskey

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

@gw4alliance.bsky.social Crucible lab 2 came to a gentle close today; new friends and exciting collaborations at odds with fresh cuts at member universities. A reminder that good people are vital to good research - here’s to strong relationships 💪 🔬

Great first day of Lab 2 @gw4alliance.bsky.social Crucible in Bath. A day of blue skies in every sense - tiring but invigorating!

These are the headlines we need:

Black Mirror wishes it had thought of this.

Blimey. CBS reporting the chief executives of Walmart and Target privately warned President Trump this week that his sweeping tariff policy could disrupt supply chains and lead to empty shelves in the coming weeks Way to go www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart...

I've been loving the GW4 Crucible program from @gw4alliance.bsky.social on creative cultures - along with @harrietahunt.bsky.social and Chloe Asker, we reflected on the first residential retreat!

Easter Sunday! And how Tradition works. By @nakedpastor.bsky.social

Less than two months after taking office, US President Donald Trump has reportedly spent $18.2 million of taxpayers' money on his golfing hobby, despite his and Elon Musk's DOGE campaign to slash federal spending.

If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is! truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?

🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

Excellent article by @davidgauke.bsky.social on the inconvenient truth of prison sentencing (so glad his brain is being harnessed for the public good)

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.

If you love funny, colourful design with an inclusive and upbeat flavour, I can heartily recommend following Hello Dodo 👇 Beautiful humans making fab clothes and the world a better place 🌈

@hellododo.bsky.social hello hello! 👋 delighted to find you here after following you for many moons on Insta. Loving your work on all platforms ❤️🌈

Lovely to know that viewers of #TheTraitors have donated as much as Alexander would have won.

@marc-majewski.bsky.social hi Marc 👋 love your work which I follow on Insta, great to see you here!

Absolutely brilliant thread on the AI revolution that DeepSeek heralds, packed with sources. Thanks @karenhao.bsky.social , you’re a marvel

@dremmahepburn.bsky.social 👋! Lovely to see you over here - I discovered you on Insta many moons ago, and am a huge fan of your work 🙌 - v much enjoying my Latnem calendar for 2025 thank you, fantastic cause and it really brightens up January 🤩

Perhaps you’re considering a January detox: herbal teas, mud baths and the like. By all means knock the booze on the head for a bit. But the rest of it? Total bollocks. Because you already have a liver and kidneys. Here’s something I wrote a while back. www.theguardian.com/global/2017/...

The hospital’s CEO held a staff meeting about Dr. Weiner. “Don’t be surprised if black suits show up,” he said, according to court records. One nurse said, “You walked out of there feeling like, ‘Was I killing people?’” By @davidmcswane.bsky.social

Lawks, I hate Google Meet.

Great thread - the old lesson that never gets learned, we don’t need more police. We need better policing that serves *everyone*

NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t? This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it? 1/8 @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...

Excellent additions here from @stevensenior.bsky.social . I’ll add a few more: - ⬆️ psych load for wearers - fosters attitude of more monitoring = better healthcare - furthers spurious personalisation of healthcare, widens health inequalities & overlooks social/commercial determinants of health

This is 100% worth doing. Thank god for Firefox

If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.

@regretteruane.bsky.social thanks for the follow

@rwjdingwall.bsky.social thanks for the follow :)