theyre just all so fucking stupid and we were told we had to be respectful and treat their stupid fucking opinions seriously even though we knew its all bull shit and now here we are

Striking that Reform have now overtaken Labour as the party people would most like to vote against - very much matches what we heard in Gorton with many voters primary concern less merits of Lab/Green but who could best stop Reform.

An incredible retraction by the Daily Telegraph today. They have apologised for publishing an article last year headlined: “We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t afford to go on five holidays.” The entire story was fabricated; the family did not exist.

Tuesday

'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by the cyanotype process were the first ever to be published #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

Cool! My household income has actually gone down and my tax burden has gone up but really happy it's being put to good use. Lots of love x

Graduate Trainee job

This post has inspired some lovely posts and little threads on the importance and influence of books and magazines left lying around. Have a look.

Fine, ignoring *gestures* ALL THAT... Does anyone have a good print-and-bind service in London that will do better than those spiral plastic bindings and produce something more like an A4 book/folio? I have a thing I need to do.

“Over a two-year period we have seen a £33m loss of income, and we have to take action to address a predicted financial deficit of over £10m in the next financial year." (Principal Mairi Watson) Drop in international student recruitment blamed. 1/3

Come on Josiah, that money is for essential services. £35k would cover almost 1/3rd of the cost a private car parking space for a Reform council leader, for example. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

it is actually impressive how bewilderingly shitty we've made the simple act of buying a train ticket in this country

We are training undergrads (18-22) to digitize vcr tapes, cassettes, and vinyl. We introduce phrases like "rewind" into their vocab and made diagrams of what a tape looks like from 6 angles. And we get questions like "how do I rewind a record" which is understandable but turns my bones to dust.

I’ve just done two learning walks at local infant and junior schools and WRITING is the focus—starting in nursery and going all the way up! Writing stories is critically important to us, in order to flourish! I would argue that science is all about telling stories… Some schools DO focus on this…

Well, if the apocalypse is upon us, I'm going to go out on a high and make the 15 hour potatoes. Stay tuned to see if I finish the recipe before nuclear Armageddon.

I love when people reminisce about the 60s as a more innocent time.

Richie: It's a Noddy video. Correction, a BLANK Noddy video Eddie: Correct! Merry Christmas! Richie: Well what use is that? Eddie: Well you can use it to record Noddy on

At #PMQs this week Kemi Badenoch claimed “youth unemployment is at its highest ever”. This isn’t correct for either the unemployment rate or the number of unemployed 16-24 year olds, according to ONS data.

St David’s Day/Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant: Ferns & Daffodils (c.1850s) by Welsh botanist & photography pioneer, John Dillwyn Llewelyn. His sister Mary Dillwyn was also drawn to photography & was probably the 1st female photographer in Wales. They produced many images of flowers, animals, people, & places.

There's possible reverse causality, there's potential reverse causality, and then there's the fear that young people living with their parents will hurt their job prospects.

I know #moss is @rachelburch.bsky.social thing but… #Dartmoor

Is it the data that's sensitive or the badgers?

A list of things to do today: Wake Up Eat Breakfast Get dressed Go to Frog’s house Take walk with Frog Eat lunch Take nap Play game with Frog Eat supper Go to sleep

Spencer’s victory speech an object lesson in grace while Reform’s man rages | John Crace

The lighting of the light - look at the exposure on this tremendous shot. I had no idea it was orb of flame; It’s like the opening act of the universe, something the James Webb telescope will eventually photograph for us.

Potentially underplayed: Andrew Gwynne As well as the dim public response to its national policies, Labour’s chances were hurt by the a scandal over WhatsApp messages where the former local Labour MP had mocked local voters Several people brought it up with me and were visibly angry

Walcott, Norfolk – aerial image. This coast has retreated for centuries, with deadly floods in 1953 & damage again in 2007 & 2013. Today the seawall, rock revetments, groynes & Bacton–Walcott sandscaping scheme battle ongoing North Sea erosion & rising seas #Walcott #aerial

Reposting this due to the incredible news that I, just this minute, had a full, half hour catch up with Sr Veronica for the first time in over thirty years. I can confirm that she is back in Glasgow, still extremely lovely, and one of the funniest human beings alive.

Yuja Wang accuses Radio 3’s Norman Lebrecht of misogynistic bullying

Open invite for volunteers tp make a whole wetland tomorrow. Flooding a field on the river by smashing a land drain, building a few leaky dams with live willow, and propagating willow cuttings to see how many we can sneak past the deer. Park at Angelfish Cafe and hike in! w3w.co/large.tunnel...

I wrote a blog about a wonderful experience I had this past weekend at Pensacon.

Libraries, easy. They buy the books and if they're checked out a lot, they sometimes buy extra/replacement copies. Plus they are a public good that should be supported. (Used bookstores are cool too! Local economy ftw!)

It’s worse than it looks too. Cuts to admin staff have massively increased admin workload across the board and they are considering including PGR supervision as research time = taking it off the workload. Meanwhile university valued research = desperately chasing funding but no buyout after success.

I cannot recommend highly enough this free, open access resource for anyone teaching about slavery in the UK uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...

why does Jeremy Corbyn, a man who clearly does not enjoy leading political parties, keep running political parties

Mike Tapp demonstrating all the communications skills we have come to love from this government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Most notably the bill’s proposals on regulating donations from abroad and from the very rich have more holes than a Swiss cheese, leaves measures which compromise the independence of the Electoral Commissoon unaddressed and it does nothing to reform FPP, an electoral system no longer fit for purpose

This is so so good. Covers pretty much all the big issues facing universities right now. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

Puzzle Binding! Tricky! These are almost as rare as hen's teeth, and we just... Had One??? And, it includes HOW Many Books? (Five from Germany c. 1601 and a blank one at last count...) #Vexierbuch #DosADos @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .966)

University dropout inadvertently illustrating the downsides of dropping out

Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/f...

Hopping Holiday, Kent, 1951. This photo was part of a Picture Post feature depicting Londoners taking a working holiday to pick hops in the Kent countryside by renowned British photographer Bert Hardy (1913–1995).

A great reminder of the power of local journalism. Credit to @lukebeardsworth.bsky.social and our sister publication @theleaduk.bsky.social Lancashire who drew attention to this story first! national.thelead.uk/p/prime-mini...

Horses were shot and rendered down into glue when their economic usefulness came to an end.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir with his son Jean, who became a great film director. Another Pierre Bonnard photograph from the same shoot.

This is a great example of how economic geography works. To a business, the Elizabeth Line is effectively a massive pool of labour. To people, it's a massive pool of jobs that two people can access from the same home. For both, having the Lizzy Line makes them more likely to want to be in London

Attention all churchcrawlers : I'm doing some photographic archaeology - I took this in the late 70s, but where ? Can anyone tell me where this beauty is ? Somewhere on the oolite belt, clearly.

Gen X told you. The only way to win is not to play the game.

I sincerely hope they are asking students for explicit permission before they feed their work to AI. As I pointed out earlier *students own the copyright in their own writing*. nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/2...