I couldn’t be more thrilled about this nomination. Every award and every finalist nod is fab, of course, but this one feels incredibly meaningful — because writing about accessibility, and changing the industry’s approach, is so important. You can support this work at theupfront.media/subscribe

🌞 Hot Weather Reminder 🌞 If you're taking antidepressants or antipsychotics, your body might struggle to regulate heat. Stay cool, drink water, find shade 🌳 #Summer #Weather

Yes, I agree. Only billionaires should be allowed on this mission. As many of them as possible. We wouldn't want any of them to feel left out! What an exciting opportunity for all of us.

Is it morally defensible? No. But is it a coherent response to a difficult situation? No. Ah, but is it effective in bringing down fuel prices? Ha, you're not going to believe this...

"No watchdog appeal in University of Sussex free speech row"

The Society of Legal Scholars and the CLSJ are holding a two-day conference: 'The ICESCR in the UK at 50: future directions and threats.' Both in person (free registration) and online attendance are available. For the programme and registration please see: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

💔🙏AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER👑🗡️ Banbukyō-ji (萬無教寺 aka Manmukyō-ji) sits on the Philosopher's Path beneath Zenki-san (善気山). Thanks to its links to Hōnen, it is better known as Hōnen-in, and because of the many camellia that grow here it's nicknamed Tsubaki-no-dera (椿の寺).

It took me about 15 years to use up a 100m spool of pink tape at home. Bought a replacement, which turns out to be 1000m. Failure to spot the extra 0 in the advert means I can’t now retire until 2176. Damn.

KITTENS ON THE PICCADILLY LINE

“Good for you for getting out of the house and doing exercise, that’s very inspiring.” Yes thanks random woman in the car park, I’m glad I’ve inspired you.

Icon behaviour tbh

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

I've hit middle age and suddenly a 'fun summer holiday' is a week of para Badminton training camp in Sweden...not where I saw my life going.

Matt Goodwin should run in every Manchester by-election until he wins a seat.

Good piece, brief and to the point from @drjogrady.bsky.social Gen Sec of UCU: “We are calling for direct government intervention before the crisis spirals further.” Intervention is cheaper than most think, and pound for pound excellent investment in our future economic prosperity.

I for one welcome our new confused Robotaxi overlords

Maybe we'll get some spoons in our tearoom with all the extra cash...

The Timms Review must be shaped by disabled people’s evidence and expertise. DDPOs see every day the impact PIP has on people’s freedom, independence and access to daily life. This toolkit helps bring that evidence together and make it count.

⛈️🙏🐎THE AOI FESTIVAL🐎🎎🌿 The Aoi Matsuri (葵祭) is one of the oldest festivals in the world. It dates to the the reign of Emperor Kinmei (欽明天皇 509-71), when a series of crop-destroying storms were attributed to the Kamo deities (賀茂の神), angry at the lack of respect shown to them by the people.

New in our Meet the Book Authors series on the JLS website: Alex Green and Jennifer Hendry discuss their new book, “Legal Pluralism: New Trajectories in Law”. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/legal-p...

Life imitating art - futbol is life -

My take on the UKSC's Dillon judgment - it is a combination of regressive and dubious reasoning. It radically reduces the range of cases in which Art 2 is applicable, in reasoning which flies in the face of the UK Government's promises over the provision: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/14/c...

Can you think of any Cambridge cycle paths that need repainting or a narrow cycle path near you that could be repainted slightly wider? We want to collate a list of small actions that would make a big difference to better cycling. We'd love to hear your ideas - thank you!

I've had to pull the car over to let you all know I've just spotted a van advertising a doggy day care centre in Norwich called... Scent-a-Barks. SCENT-A-BARKS

weird how many contexts the simple question "have you tried being pleasant to be around?" seems to unlock these days

Other major differences between British Steel and a University: 1. government, not ‘the market’, sets the price of education, 2. gov determines who can buy the product (through visas and other access costs). 3. gov regulates how the product should be delivered (OFS). Stalin would be proud.

A fellow Labour Party member once described Wes Streeting to me as Zippy from Rainbow if he'd been radicalized by Mumsnet. which is a very specific set of references but also disturbingly accurate.

“nagging feeling that the cambridge school is nesting in the attic? demographers using all your wifi? postmodernists under the floorboards attacking collections and possessions?” who you gonna call? that’s right: the 1 and only science-backed historiography pest control business” historyonics.com

Social care reform, immediately. Bon the commission, give task force 3 months to propose final recommendations building from Dilnot proposals, implement immediately with penny on basic and higher rates of income tax to pay for it. Immediately transforms local govt fortunes too…

The ongoing DESTRUCTION of the administrative state's ability to actually HELP anyone... Parallel with the "Renters' Rights" set-up - how many cases will take years to resolve, while people suffer on?

This article & the MP’s comments feel like they are bending over backwards to *not* make any mention of WORKERS! As if a university consists of only the consumer —students— in a vacuum, without any other expertise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK retains 22nd place with a score of 44%, two points less than last year. Drawing on last year’s Supreme Court decision, a High Court ruled that trans men cannot be automatically registered as a parent of their children, causing the country to lose its point on automatic co-parent recognition

oh is Starmer banging on about steel again

And also how/when to speak truth to power. As Sir Peter Scott writes of Sasha Roseneil, the current vice-chancellor, and the University of Sussex council, 'Many, perhaps most, universities would not have displayed the same determination and courage,' in contesting OfS's investigation and fine. 3/3

Also, can I just say, personally, I think it is fully insane that a lot of soft left MPs have decided that Louise Haigh doing something daft at the start of her career re: a lost mobile phone is electoral Kryptonite but Angela Rayner's May 2025 home purchase is no big deal.

It’s why university closures will matter - and why universal basic infrastructure is essential www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ubi-for... 2/2

Did a wasp write this?

Non-medical support provided through the disabled students’ allowance system can play an important role in the ability of young disabled people to succeed at university, according to research commissioned by the government. #DSA #DisabledStudents www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...

It never ceases to amaze me how many election pundits don’t understand the dynamics of First Past the Post, and how vote-splitting works under the UK’s electoral system. John Curtice does. Listen to John Curtice.

'They called the wasp Attenboroughnculus tau in recognition not only of the incredible work that Attenborough has done to show us the wonder and beauty of nature, but also to inspire generations of scientists to pursue careers in natural history.'

The job fairy's been! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL119/r...

someone in a Labour strategy meeting crosses out "BE MORE RACIST" on a massive flipchart, thoughtfully picks up a marker, writes "BE EVEN MORE RACIST??"

Meanwhile radio keeps replaying clip of David Lammy saying ‘you don’t change the pilot during a flight’ and loyalists I think you need a metaphor that doesn’t immediately conjure up images of crashing into mountains

Delighted to discover that the marketing team with all the subtlety of a Michael Bay Transformers movie put the voiceover about our medical ethics degree covering disability over footage of me traversing campus with my wheelchair

This language of 'opportunity' is pervasive and corrosive.

Chatting with pissed-up stags in Spoons at Bristol Airport at 6am, caught the Bantervirus

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