Three to beam up Scotty

The next visitors to the Emerald City.

Oh look, vaccinations work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

which is why it voted Brexit a decade ago.

"And did you wash your hands afterwards?" "I can't remember, let me think." #G7

Just a reminder, the company you work for does not care about you. You could drop dead today while working and they will replace you in a short amount of time. I say this only because we collectively need to stop giving these companies all of our energy even when we’re off the clock.

Can we finally get an apology from all the oh so sensible commentators who have spent the past ten years insisting Nigel Farage isn't part of the far-right

Thanks to the marvellous Izzy J for raising the profile of this plea.

How much does #Brexit cost Britain in under 30 seconds:

David Hockney (July 9 1937 - June 11, 2026)

“Leonard Nimoy as Doctor Strange and Lee Meriwether as Clea in the 1970 ABC pilot MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS.”

There's probably never been a better time to remind you that when David Hockney first took his Mum to California she remarked 'all this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out'.

I've always been a little suspicious of calling any artist 'the greatest' as though there were some league table. But as the years passed, and the work continued it's restless advance, and the way of seeing never faltered, it became clear to me that David Hockney really was ours. RIP.

In a world where stuff is designed to break, a Pitsmoor crew are fighting back www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/email/a23a1b...

I am lost for words at what is happening at Sheffield and other Universities. If you think you adding your contribution can help, please sign.

I don't usually post about my day job, but the University of Sheffield is planing a restructure and compulsory staff redundancies within Chemistry. 20% of staff are under threat. You can sign an open letter opposing this decision here #SaveSheffieldChemistry savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app

"The mob violence in Northern Ireland is appalling BUT..." Shocking stuff from the Times.

Young people can't afford to live. They've done everything they were told to do, studied, went to university, they are the best "trained" generation ever, but it's not enough anymore. If you don't think this ends in a major upheaval or uprising in the next few years, you're blind

Had to switch off #r4today with Justin quoting NF that white people are the victims of racism. Why not just broadcast his “speech” live?

Breaking news The Summerisle Band ‪ has dropped out of the #Freedom250 concert.

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This is an excoriating long read in the #LRB. As this quote shows it highlights so much that is wrong, not just in Universities, but in society as a whole. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#r4today Blair has now taken up the Roll Thatcher had in the Major/New Labour period - a resentful, RW backseat driver. A Greek Chorus no one wants.

This is dreadful. I studied humanities at UH and without the skills it taught me, I would never have had the career I've had. The idea of a university without humanities is so ridiculous it seems barely possible. What are they thinking?

Just an observation: a few years ago, when this guy was in the Labour Party, he professed to be Bennite.

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#BoC The Wow! signal www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Nl...

Make Hate Weird Again.

I wrote this about how stupid it is that politicians are looking for antisemitism everywhere but amongst the Nazis (including quotes from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @david-k-clark.bsky.social ) - tashthinks.substack.com/p/its-stupid...

This front page is designed to suggest 200k people arrived this year - the “record toll” - while not breaking the rules by saying it… it’s so shady

Surely the cost of living crisis should be named The Trump Crisis? #r4today

this is an absolutely extraordinary scoop by Guardian: Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: University of Sussex wins judicial review of OfS free speech fine. High Court overturns English regulator’s decision to impose £585,000 fine. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

“The Special Relationship” is a parasocial relationship. I am memory banking that one.

#r4today Justin loving this story - it gives him a chance to bring out all his culture war obsessions

One for @keithbeard.bsky.social to keep an eye on?

Ffs

“Wee” Are we turning nto this infants? Why not use “urine”? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#r4today Ezra Cooper parrots Trump’s take that the USA was there for Europe in Ukraine but no support for the US in gulf. One was an attack on Europe the other is started by US. Of course Justin Webb doesn’t point out or question him on difference

The people who insisted this wingnut be foisted on the country really should be held to account

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In shock news, motorists have switched to public transport to avoid paying the Oxford Congestion Charge. A spokesperson* said: "This is exactly what was meant to happen, and it did."

Imagine someone, anyone, saying "actually, pensions are a benefit".

Britain's 'patriotic' press cheering on the latest attacks on us by a hostile foreign leader