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I don't know why, but '20 cheese omelette' is my favourite

'To some the contemplation of eel pies, smoking rounds of beef, rumpsteak pies, and pen-orths of pudding, shining in the glory of dripping, and radiant with raisins, is almost as satisfying as the absolute possession of those dainties.'

I swear half the London publishing industry has just been through the salad aisle at the m&s next to the Eurostar terminal #fbf25

The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls? nomouse.org

We call people 'guys' because of Guy Fawkes: originally it meant scruffy-looking men, like the straw effigies that were/are burnt on Bonfire Night, and it travelled from British to US English and then back again

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

The UK is about to ban access to Wikipedia, just remember this bill was originally pitched as a means to protect kids from accessing porn.

I wrote this to explain how we reached this point, in the hope it would be a resource for people arguing with friends and family, people with questions, perhaps even people thinking of joining a protest. Do share with anyone who might find it useful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent piece by @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social about how AI scribes don't save time or provide useful summaries Doctors, beware the AI scribe - www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

📽️On this day, 104 years ago

Nice reference to Øresund as 'the eponymous strait' @secondmentions.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Three Men and a Little Lady

10 writers by whom I've read more than 5 books (finger on the pulse of contemporary literature, me): Charles Dickens Virginia Woolf P.G. Wodehouse Patrick Hamilton Dorothy L. Sayers F. Scott Fitzgerald Ford Madox Ford Samuel Beckett Evelyn Waugh George R.R. Martin

"beautiful even in its obscurity" Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein's 1966 TV documentary on modern pop music shows Brian Wilson working on Surfs Up, hammering it out on the piano and singing. Stunning. Wilson's vocals are so touching and vulnerable. I first heard this ripped on napster.

@pressfuturist.bsky.social vicar with a .22

Do I win a prize for correctly guessing what the word was?

This is brilliant and extremely depressing

Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case: What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...

Me, having a fun day at the office

Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing. www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...

Well I never. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

For those of you already incensed by the government’s plans to weaken UK copyright protection who like me responded to their consultation on #AI, this from the latest Private Eye 1644 #tonedeaf

Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.

While we’re banning apps, Microsoft Teams is right there.

An interesting history of the phrase 'of a certain age' as used by Gr*gg W*llace debuk.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/w...

The comments in this thread about the AI-generated Comp Lit course at UCLA are all spot-on. The prof uploads her course notes to a commercial platform to produce a textbook (proof-read for free by a recent graduate) which the students have to pay for (and won't read) and which makes her redundant

Nothing wrong with the occasional tepid bath of managed decline

HEPI report on Student use of AI - 53% using GenAi for assessments, but 65% think their institution can detect GenAi content. Mary Blomley, University of West London at #UKSGForum2024 cites www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/02/01/p...

Really enjoying Jane's emphasis on collaboration between these 'spheres of influence', e.g. libraries and vendors. 'Metadata knows no boundaries' #uksgforum2024

Tell us your birth year by sharing the cover of an album that was released the year you were born.

I’ve always liked this one too. “I have no great opinion of it” is a fantastic burn.

Doing some research for and upcoming painting and I found Distracted Boyfriend the Nick Cave edition!

This thought was burning a hole in my mind... open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...

BBC sound archive now free to use, I learned on Twitter: sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?cat=M...

My cartoon for Guardian Books’ autumn reading special.