also, you cannot just roll out AI - or worse, have people using it as a side thing - you absolutely have to do the work of training people. Train them on how it works, what its limitations are, how to use it *responsibly*. Have processes in place for disclosure; have guardrails, have leadership.

Maybe something like: Letter to Hermione Life On Mars? Aladdin Sane Sweet Thing Young Americans Station to Station Warszawa DJ Love is Lost (DFA remix) Lazarus

Musk: "Why is the government so fascist?" (10/1/2026) Musk: Calling non-violent people fascist "should be treated as incitement to murder" (26/11/2025) Musk: "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.” (13/1/2025)

This is just stunning. James Murphy turning in an epic remix with a lovely nod back to Ashes to Ashes. #Raveyardshift youtu.be/VpXleysIs90?...

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

Deep into my Christmas cake era

Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation

How many other people have spotted that APT by Rosé and Bruno Mars shares a good chunk of its melody with Suppose You Gave a Funeral and Nobody Came by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine? Double figures globally? Single?

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Support your local podcaster. They’re up against this huge machine of posh lads, production companies with huge PR budgets, and lazy millionaire comedians. It was once a steam rally, now it’s a car show.

Making sure everyone knows that Kate Bush's 1979 Christmas special is available to stream on YouTube and it's VERY worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BP...

I tell you what, that Santa Claus has got real presence about him

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

All right Aristotle.

'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.' Photograph by Daniel Ibanez

Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.

"A viral essay has caused outrage in the US with its argument that the poverty line for a family of four is now $136,500. But is this so wrong?" Yes.

This is very helpful

I remember lapping this up when I found it a few years ago. A masterclass on writing.

I've mentioned this quietly, but - since the summer my hobby has been making this ambitious murder mystery podcast. A story. Narrated by me, with a mouthwatering cast. Partly interactive. Trailer is coming tomorrow but if you like the sound of this, please follow @murderbastard.bsky.social.

This is an excellent piece of work. It is a playbook of vexatious litigation. It’s written for the leaseholders in the case reported by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social but it is useful for anyone facing lawfare. www.facebook.com/100064191813...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Something has gone badly wrong when I'm agreeing with Jeremy Corbyn.

You can't. It's a disgrace.

Asylum claims have been around 100k/year for the last few years. (Around 3/4 eventually get their claims approved) Gross visa grants: work migration+dependants are around 400k Live births are around 600k/year These are gross figures (immigrants and ppl born in UK also leave) 1/n

Was reminded of what we use to say in the UCL BA Philosophy handbook. A more eloquent version of: The Philosophy Department does not regard philosophy as something the teaching staff have exclusive access to but rather regards tutorials as a mutual search for the truth.

This is probably the coolest thing you'll see on the internet today. itiner-e.org

This story. Bloody hell. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

“70.6% of all newly registered cars in October were electric cars, and among private car buyers, the figure was even higher: a full 88.9% chose electric cars. Aka: electric cars have become the standard choice in Denmark.” 🇩🇰 “VW Group strong, taking 8 out of 10 in the top 10” ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #alwaysbecharging

Can't believe I've just listened to @johnrain.co.uk attempt a series of limp puns connecting golf with the demise of Hitler without once saying the word 'bunker'.

The Haunt, 1969, painting by by L.S. Lowry (The Lowry). #NorthernArt

Goodnight from Lizzie Foster, starting to doubt the wisdom of listening to her dolls when they asked her to take them out for a midnight picnic in Toft Woods. Goodnight from Chris Downs, freaked out by spotting a door in his house that wasn’t there yesterday. Goodnight from Hookland.

🌳 As a #NationalTrust member I’ve just voted for the recommended slate to keep out the bogus, right-wing entryists of “Restore Trust”. Anything this creep wants is bad for Britain and bad for our heritage. 🌳 If you’re a member, vote Recommended Slate now: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

The international hit version of West End Girls by #PetShopBoys was released 40 years ago today, Mon 28 Oct 1985. It launched their chart career, going to #1 in the UK and USA. My new book, #IntoTheGroove, the history of 1980s pop, has plenty on its origin and background, and it’s OUT NOW.

They should never live down backing this. It's not a minor mistake or data quibble. It should end careers, frankly.

Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR

(if anyone would like to maybe start some sort of campaigning or pressure group of and on behalf of immigrants with ILR and settled status in Britain then I would be interested in helping, or indeed trying to get it off the ground myself, email in bio, etc)

Think we’ve crossed a pretty major threshold – and a very bad one – if a journalist working in the lobby for a major newspaper group can tweet like this without professional consequences.

Home of the most generous free tapas in Granada.

Here’s another classic Pulp chorus

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

"When political parties are democratically accountable to their members, you get policies that the British people want and need." Citation, never more needed

Traitors is a good demonstration of how the worst strategy in the game is to try and apply logic. Just leads to people saying “well a Traitor would say that!! I’m going to keep in the nice grandma because a nice grandma could never be a Traitor!”

Policy Number 2 of my new centrist party, Go Outside!, is that you can't object to a noise that has been in the area longer than you.

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

This is a really excellent point. It's fine that Taylor Swift's last two albums haven't been very good. She's been at the top longer than anyone can reasonably expect. (But also it's either "Heroes" or Graceland, depending on how you're counting.)

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

The Mail says that they can run a false front-page headline by the smallprint attributing the false claim to Mr Farage