Starmer is refusing to allow debate time for the Early Day Motion about the EHRC ‘guidance’, despite it being signed by over 140 MPs. If we get 100,000 signatures on this petition we can force a debate.

You will never have spotted all the visual gags in Airplane! Case in point: I have lost track of how many times I have watched it, and yet had never noticed until seeing this still that the upholstery on the girl's seat is posher.

I mean, sure it's an unworkable system that will disrupt children's lives, make it impossible for them to legally access such dangerous materials as mathematics videos on YouTube, and fails to deal with the actual problem, but have you considered it might stop some of them realising they're trans?

Got to say my 14yo offspring is really annoyed at the forthcoming need to spend 12 seconds setting up a VPN.

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I think those Arab oil states are feeling quite happy with this investment.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

We truly live in the future. Robots can get absolutely hammered, fall over on the dance floor and need to get dragged home by their mates.

Wigan cuisine seems to have gone global.

Do you know what else those automated taxis have trouble detecting? Someone putting a bunch of caltrops under their tyres when they pull up in a cycle lane.

Of course, the change is entirely cosmetic. All hummus is already haunted.

This is exactly what I have been saying for the last couple of years but better articulated and with the receipts.

From now on this is the only way I will travel.

All the people who have been protesting about "public acts of worship" in London will be along to criticise this any minute now, I'm sure.

If you saw something like this in an animation or computer game you would be laughing at how unrealistic it is.

This is perfectly crafted. I thought all those Trump tweets berating Obama or Biden for doing things he's doing now were good, but this is another level.

So how long before we see Labour MPs defecting to the Greens? If it does happen, I also predict that Polanski will welcome the actual socialists who correctly surmise Labour is no longer their natural home, but will tell the careerists to sod off.

okay, here it is, the five key takeaways from this by-election: 1. Denton Kebab House 2. The Crispy Cod, Denton 3. Reddish Tandoori, Gorton 4. Cottage Chippy, Gorton 5. The Continental Takeaway, Denton

I'm absolutely delighted to see the good folk of Gorton and Denton elect the candidate who actually gives a damn about them with a huge majority. I have previously said Labour needs to stop courting the fash vote and abandoning their core. I'm rethinking that in the light of this result...

Outstanding work by whichever Guardian subeditor wrote that headline.

Men

I’m stepping back into a HOD role. I have my own experiences from the first HOD role but what would your best advice be for going into a new dept and what do you wish you’d have been doing from the start? Please share to get more voices. (And answer yourself) @themathsbazaar.bsky.social

Introduce yourself with five gigs you've been to Metallica Lawnmower Deth Motorhead James Brown Ladysmith Black Mambazo

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

"When I was younger, in the NORTH I killed someones FATHER and TOOK THEIR SWORD. I'm a different person than I was then, but I still worry about what became of that kid."

"I am the sole inheritor of a lost kingdom. I come from THE NORTH and carry my FATHER'S SWORD. I swear VENGEANCE upon those responsible for the kingdom's downfall... once I figure out who they are. Was it YOU?!" (ok, yes, this one is for @drmarcushill.bsky.social) #out

Now you can turn any game into an overpriced version of Progress Quest!

So the USA has invaded a southern neighbor and deposed their dictator. Seems like a shining example for other countries *cough*Canada*cough*

Paul Sinha with a strong early entry for 2026 pun of the year.

If you have never watched The Big Knights, drop everything and go to YouTube to correct this oversight.

OK, we've got about six hours. Any of my Manchester-adjacent friends want to go downtown and re-enact this classic scene?

No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.

I would share a photo of my academic origin story book, but I cannot for the life of me remember to whom I lent my copy of Gödel, Escher, Bach a few decades ago...

Wondering how I did it? I boiled water and added two tablespoons of vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice. I soaked it for 20 minutes, and after that, it looked the same, so I bought a brand new one.

My thoughts exactly.

If your business can't survive without being allowed to break the law with impunity, it doesn't deserve to survive. This applies to privatised utilities just as much as it does to Gen AI. Fine Thames Water into bankruptcy, renationalise it by paying shareholders pennies, then stare at the others.

(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)

Is it bad and wrong that the first song I thought would be fun to use for this idea was Lawnmower Deth's "Can I Cultivate Your Groinal Garden?", the entirety of whose lyrics are the title?

*pushes glasses up nose* acshually

I have seen a lot of comments on this, and I like to think that someone at the BBC is aware of both how many people pay attention to the Reith lectures and of the Streisand effect, and has shouted to the world that Trump is corrupt in a lawsuit-proof way. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Well, there was a film about a guy named Denis...

This is a fun game.

Someone needs to tell @herring1967.bsky.social that Hitler may well have actually been a monoballer...

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."

My reaction exactly!

There is only one acceptable backstory: "I come from the North bearing my father's sword seeking vengeance after Orcs [or setting equivalent] massacred my village." I will not be taking questions at this time.

She claims to be "on the side of children" whilst saying she will battle the unions who know better than she does that testing will do nothing in itself, and teachers can monitor the impact of the real changes that are needed (which cost more than tests) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Does this mean we will now need to start calling him "the Andrew formerly known as Prince"? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

This article fails to address the questions many of us will have: what are these documents, can we get copies, and where can we put them so they will be ingested by anyone training their LLM without explicit permission from people whose data they use? www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2025...