Unisex facilities are only going to work when men learn to stop pissing on the floor.

It's not 1536, but Anne Boleyn has taken over the news. Recently a team of computer scientists, electrical engineers and a historical novelist think they have discovered the “true face” of Anne (& her mother) by applying AI-based computational facial recognition to Holbein sketches. The catch? /1

Want to understand who “Tommy Robinson” really is? This page sets out the facts: his history, criminal record, networks, funding and latest activity. hopenothate.org.uk/who-is-tommy...

Please do not try to clock “balanced list of threes” as an AI tell because that’s been classic rhetorical structure for going on three millennia and it’s baked into all our writing now, I‘m begging people to read more old things

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

University workers in Cambridge are on strike today. Demands are a Cambridge weighting to help with living costs.

Her comment about the 4 in 5 reveals a fundamental misunderstanding about the economic importance of HE as a sector, partnerships with local industry and the NHS, and that other rather important work of universities alongside teaching - research.

This is what our Labour government should be doing, instead of backstabbing and infighting. Tax the rich, sort out woeful public services, return to a kinder country.

I wrote about being inundated with AI writing at every turn, unwittingly turning my brain into the AI police, and how shitty AI writing is randomly showing up in my real life outside of the internet www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...

Many fair points made about the "apolitical" nature of Eurovision... Currently, I don't think it's fair. The public vote is being abused by countries encouraging multiple partisan/patriotic votes. It should be about the best song, and at the moment, it often isn't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I was a local councillor for a while back in the 1990s. This ⬇️ is true and right. It's unglamorous and hard work. All newly elected councillors need to learn this fast.

The only consolation is that Reform councillors are in for a terrible ride: little control, dwindling resources, huge workloads. Local elections are all fun and games until you’ve got to actually do the job.

The turkeys are voting for Christmas again I see.

Fam! We were trying to be funny in our earlier post (we should know better)! Nice to know we're loved, though. Thanks. We’ll be back soon with new content – watch this space...

Interesting thread re the Met Gala, art, museums and culture, and the funding of the above.

We might be going OTT but the point is serious. It's tough for everyone at the moment, museums and cultural institutions are finding it particularly challenging. All we can do, if we are permitted is to keep sharing our histories and to hopefully bring some joy. Love you @romanpalace.bsky.social

It's crazy that "the authorities" don't seem to realise that 12.5k followers and daily engagement is the best publicity they could ever get for a historic site in the UK. Considering the amount of cash Sussex Archaeological Society needs, this is a poor decision... /1

This is the most specific job I have ever seen sharing it on the off chance one of you know someone who: - Is UK based - Looking for flexible, part time work - Has an academic/research background - Wants to build a research grants program - Loves hedgehogs 🦔🦔🦔

Many British progressives feel horror at Christian Nationalism's many policy successes in the US, from abortion bans to library censorship. They say: 'It couldn’t happen here. Britain is different.' This complacency is dangerous. fabians.org.uk/more-tea-les...

I have a post for that!

The cyberattack on The British Library in October 2023 knocked out ebooks and almost ever other computer thing there for years. Ebooks just came back. They were knocked out everywhere using the BL’s license (legal deposit libraries I think? More libraries?) Distributed physical copies matter.

This definitely counts as shenanigans @in-otter-news.bsky.social BBC News - Otter caught by vets after Closeburn garden centre 'break-in' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The very idea that stocking these books is a breach of the statutory safeguarding duty... how else are they supposed to learn?

‘Britain is not a Christian country. This is not a radical ideological statement; it is a basic demographic fact.’ Preach it. Wisdom from my spiritual guru.

We have been screwed over by #Eurostar, who have failed to offer any level of customer service that meets the definition of service.

Oh my god... this thread #WoefulAI #Hallucinations

We need to keep this conversation going. The article linked to below makes some very salient points about school library collections and informal censorship.

The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary.

This is beyond belief. We should fight for the right of school librarians to use their libraries to educate and inform young people, not indoctrinate them in a political viewpoint through censorship. Solidarity with "Emily". Shame on Greater Manchester.

Imagine seeing British people at prayer and thinking “this is a great chance to stoke fear, hatred and division”. People who do that should have no place in British politics. Freedom to worship is a fundamental British value – one the Conservative Party used to believe in.

Almost two weeks after our online booking with #Eurostar went wrong, with fhe website changing the dates to ones we didn't want, #Eurostar customer service still haven't sorted it out. I say "customer service" but there was no service. Appalling. They have sat on their arses since 8 March.

More info about the abortion amendment in this thread

Peers in the House of Lords have backed plans to decriminalise abortion. This country is a secular country. A woman has the right to choose what to do with her body. The opinions of a religious minority do not have the right to interfere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I designed a thing. Three things, in fact. Colour sudoku: chromoku-play.netlify.app Sudoku with animals, for the kids: animoku-play.netlify.app Sudoku with flags! flagku-play.netlify.app. Hope you like!

OH FOR FUCKING FUCK'S SAKE

Use this link to email the lords it only takes a few seconds. Please share bpas-campaigns.org/time-to-act/...

what is the largest animal you are confident you could expel, singlehandedly, from a medium-size bookshop? RULES: - you have no resources beyond what is available in the shop - you must remain more or less uninjured - bookshop has 2 floors; animal is on ground floor, you can choose where you begin

Thinking of Terry this week. It's hard to believe it's been 11 years. GNU Terry Pratchett. He was our patron, and he is sorely missed.

So the House has considered World Book Day... hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026...

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

The aim of the World Book Day charity is to get books into the hands of children who do not own a book. Perhaps the funding should instead go to public and school libraries, who might have more success getting kids reading than a school day of dressing up. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

This just beggars belief - Travelodge are absolving themselves of responsibility when they enabled a sexual assault by happily giving a man a keycard and room number of a woman staying at their hotel. How Travelodge in Maidenhead gave sex attacker key to woman's room www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's World Book Day! Which should be focused on books and reading, not clothing children in fancy dress for a day.

Copyright in the UK should be strengthened, not diminished. Nobody wants what the government is proposing. It's a sop to the tech bros. @charlotte-cane-mp.bsky.social please speak up for creatives in our country.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

Gemini: 'I deeply regret the time and effort you spent searching for references that I fabricated. My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors and an attempt to cover those errors with more artificial information.' www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gemini-...

UK government inquiry into the use of “AI” in education is accepting comments. Have at it friends: committees.parliament.uk/work/9642/th... (yes I will do the housework in a bit)

Huge congratulations to Robert Aramayo for his #BAFTA wins. If you haven't seen #ISwear yet, you need to - it's an extremely well-acted, moving film about John Davidson and his life with Tourette's Syndrome. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Walking away from a high-speed RTA with one scratch from flying glass often indicates to others that you are ok. The mental effects are often not considered, but they are real. I found talking about it helps, but it took more than a year before I could do that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here's two baby otters having a snooze. Enjoy!