She's just sacked a police chief for believing in the power of AI.

Strange isn't it... the people who actually live in London overwhelmingly think it's safe.... almost like everyone else is falling for a lie

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Connect More is running again in May 2026 and @jisc.bsky.social are looking for submissions from FE and HE practitioners on the theme of "be empowered to transform education through practitioner-led, ethical digital innovation". Deadline is the end of January! www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...

NEW: A report from @hrw.org has raised the alarm on the severe protest crackdowns in the UK. Instead of repealing restrictive anti-protest laws, the current Government are bringing in a wave of new measures that will further repress our fundamental right. www.hrw.org/report/2026/...

I've heard through the grapevine about a few UK universities using research metrics to make redundancy or performance management decisions, and it's really troubling, but I think there is scope to push back and hold institutions to account. #AcademicSky

Is academic research experiencing the same ‘enshittification’ that Cory Doctorow identifies in online platforms? Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes! A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

Sad news. Her autobiography Moll: The Making of Molly Parkin is excellent.

Found out thanks to Cookdandbombd that there's a new series 'just dropped' of Things You Should Have Done, with reportedly absolutely zero BBC promotion. I really enjoyed the first series, it had an inspired level of daft to it. Anyway, it's here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Every year I put up my favourite songs of the year. This year it’s in Qobuz so i dont know how many will actually be able to listen! open.qobuz.com/playlist/444... I recommend Qobuz as an alternative to Spotify & it’s easy&free to move your playlists over. What songs have you enjoyed this year?

Merry Christmas/ Nadolig Llawen from Cyprus where I’m celebrating my first Christmas abroad. I could get used to this! I hope everyone is looking after themselves and enjoying in whatever way you find best for you.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Came across Clarissa Dickson-Wright’s autobiography in a charity shop. It is everything a devotee of weird history could hope for

Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

People keep writing about the London crime wave, but I’ve just walked past a policeman on his phone outside an Iceland. “It’s well boring, bruv, no one is robbing anything.”

In October 2025, Palestinians in the #WestBank faced over 260 attacks by settlers. This is the highest number of attacks recorded in one month in 20 years. The violence is not only physical but also causing deep psychological harm. Watch Abu Sari, a patient, share his account.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 'The UK is letting these people die'

I bring my son up between Farage's constituency and Anderson's. Yep, really. Don't ask. Saw this in action last week. Accompanied by a billion DIY flags, it looks insane. And POINTLESS. We know where we are? Not confused and wondering if it's France?! WHAT is the POINT. Wasteful, tatty, bullshit.

Public libraries are quite possibly the most glorious things ever invented and the fact that most of us know far more about how, I dunno, the military works than about libraries is a horrific indictment of our culture

If anyone wants me to become the British Ambassador for your country I promise I would do a good job. I would be happy to travel around and sample your local (vegetarian) food and drink while posing outside your libraries. In return I can tell you about lots of our music, books, art and culture.

* CURRENTLY RECRUITING * Do you have experience of hearing loss? Do you regularly listen to music? If you can answer yes to both questions, then we would like to hear from you. This study is concerned with understanding the link between everyday music listening, mental health & wellbeing. 1/4

🔴British taxpayer's money is being used to fund violence and death on the border with France, rights groups say. In one instance, a 16-yo autistic boy had a gun held to his head by smugglers. Four people have been shot dead in northern France. bylinetimes.com/2025/12/09/k...

Richard House children’s hospice — the oldest children’s hospice in Newham — is at risk of closure as it’s got a massive gap in its finances. There’s a petition here to put pressure on local and national government to support it, please considering signing:

Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects

Our alumni community of @jisc.bsky.social Community Champions grows each year, and keeps building on the brilliance of previous years. Still got 10 days to get your nominations in for our 2026 cohort. Get your nominations in! #Digifest26 communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/11/2...

Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness. “Never used to be like this,” he insists.

I was one of my local Scouts first intake of girls. It was the 90’s. I can’t believe (well, actually I can) how far backwards anti-trans obsessives want to take us.

Nothing says feminism like forcing women to do something they have been vocal about not wanting to do.

Yet another strike day for the three unions at Imperial. It was a good turn out for the picket and rally with numbers bolstered by the fact the Student Union have voted to support the strike. #ICLstrike

🚨 Day 2 of 4: Staff strike at Imperial. UCU & Unite are on the picket lines Tues–Fri, followed by two weeks of UCU teaching-targeted action until the end of term. What began as a pay dispute has become a serious governance crisis. 🧵(1/)

First of four days of strikes this week and we’re in the Times Higher Education (even if it doesn’t mention the other two unions in the union that are also striking: Unite and Unison) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/imperia... #ICLstrike

This HEPI data suggests over half of the levy impact would be on these 20 institutions. (about 55%, £300-330m, across 20 institutions affected by £9m+ each). And about £270-280m across the other > 100+ institutions, again not evenly spread

This auction is live NOW! Bid bid bid! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

Of course, the other good thing about spending the day at a book festival (London’s only free one!) is that I can’t watch Wales play rugby 😫

Programme with free tickets for tomorrow www.ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...

Had an interesting day at Whitechapel Idea Stores’ WriteIdea Festival. Just finished listening to @ellenjones.bsky.social talking about her book Outrage, how people can stand up for LGBTQ+ rights, importance of intersectionality and her love of libraries. Plus she complimented my jumper!

This is what we have to see every day, while struggling for employment, healthcare, housing and being treated like human beings

Thing I found out today: if you're on Universal Credit (or other means-tested benefits) you can get into Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, or the Tower of London for £1 (and 50% off at one cafe per site too). Because poor people deserve days out too www.hrp.org.uk/one-pound-ti...

I'm glad to have signed this statement in support of queer and trans staff at the National Library of Scotland, who by the sounds of it are going through an awful time at the moment: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Keir Starmer's spokesman insisted on Monday that "clearly these changes will not be retrospective" for those already granted asylum, as Reform have been demanding. Now we learn they will be inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Latest count showed at least 13 killed. It is the first strike on Ain al-Hilweh (Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp) since last November’s ceasefire. Israel previously struck there in last year’s war. The attack comes amid Israeli threats of a military escalation on Lebanon

Llongyfarchiadau Cymru! I’m so used to dealing with heartache I was not expecting that score! Diolch yn fawr tîm pel-droed

Worth reading Laura’s whole thread, and try to give blood if you can! Lots of altruistic reasons to do so but also free biscuits and a shiny badge if you do it enough.

This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation

Yet another strike day for Imperial staff today. Here are some of us on yesterday’s picket line- a much sunnier day than today! #ICLstrike

On my way to yet another picket line as this week’s round of strikes starts again. Management are still refusing to reopen negotiations with the unions. #ICLstrike

I FINALLY got around to cancelling my Spotify account. I've signed up to use Qubuz instead. Moving my playlists over was free and easy to do. It seems to have all the songs I've searched for too. However, it would be great to have more playlists @popjustice.bsky.social - please move yours over!