'Ruth Bale, in the Design Department, said: ‘Goldsmiths has announced they are seven million pounds in debt, again. Their response is to initiate re-structuring programmes that will see a lot of staff made redundant'

It’s fine not to like writing. It’s fine not to be good at writing. There are plenty of other things to enjoy and to excel at. No need to pretend you can do it by using A.I.

Medieval grimoires contayne spelles to summon demons that kan teache difficulte topics to scholars yn a short amounte of tyme or answere any question. Lyke the Chatbots of todaye. The desyre for easye knowledge, for shortcuts thrugh the necessarye harde worke of learninge, hath a long historye...

I've just remembered how they treated Johnson hiding in a fridge to avoid journos as fun and games, and responding to his pocketing a journalist's phone with "ooh cheeky Boris, what is he like?" Imagine if someone vaguely left-wing did either of those things.

We had years of talking about covid, the EU and antisemitism in the Labour party, and most people wouldn't be able to tell you how a vaccine works, what the difference between the customs union and the single market is or if a criticism of Israel was antisemitic or not. All basic media failures.

Well done Hay Festival! When tech companies use their wealth and power shut whistleblowers down, there are ways to make that silence speak volumes... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Rishi Sunak tells Radio 4 that "AI is changing every aspect of our economy and our lives, and if I was back in office and looked at my diary and where I was going to spend my time, I would spend it on that" At no point does he or the BBC mention the £373,000 given to him every year by an AI company

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Trying to Tell Myself I'm Cultured by Listening to Radio 3 in the Car But Then This Happens

…just another Wednesday

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

Mamdani for President 💥

Not sure this new pornhub category will take off

Ed Miliband (walking into number 10): “we’re rejoining the EU, get Ursula on the line.” SPAD: “we can’t just do that at no notice! It’d be total…” Ed Miliband (putting on sunglasses): “Chaos?”

All the "is Miliband popular/competent/acceptable after losing 11 years ago" is missing the most crucial point: that the most dramatically satisfying ending is that the guy who lost the election after which everything went wrong comes back and fixes it all. Ask Chekov. Ask Aristotle

AOC: It's not a secret the disdain Ted Cruz has for people who work working-class jobs

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Porn titles are getting lazy.

Design legend Margaret Calvert is 90 today. Look at that cake! If you've ever admired a road, rail or metro sign in Britain it's likely she had something to do with it. One of Britain's design heroes - happy birthday to her. Photo by: @oshgallerylondon (IG) Cake by: mybaker.co

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

It's absurd we even have to have this argument.

My 8yo asked if I would post something to Bluesky for her, then grabbed a piece of paper and made this So here is your advice for the day:

This deserves to be circulated. A former Red Cross staff member got in touch. She testifies about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's role. For transparency: her name is Brea Thibodeau. The whole thing is a desperate smear.

Goodnight from Leah Flitford, yet again scrubbing ectoplasm off the skirting boards after a séance gone awry. Goodnight from Pengrove Primary School, where all the leaves and twigs on the nature table have twisted themselves to spell the words: ‘WE KNOW’. Goodnight from Hookland.

Come with me to help our local Daisy Scouts get their government badge in Queens! 🍪 (🎥✨ Trying out vlogging for the first time - let me know your thoughts/tips/tricks!)

"You’re not imagining it. Smaller portions. Higher prices. Worse service… From restaurants and retailers to vets and care homes, many of the brands we rely on are no longer being run as long-term businesses, but as investments designed to generate fast returns." Neelam Tailor on private equity:

One political leader made hissing noises behind his Jewish classmates; another is actually Jewish. Guess who our billionaire owned press accuses of anti-Semitism? (Hint: it's the one who wants wealth taxes.)

Whoever came up with the name “Ewok Powell” to describe Tommy Robinson should take the rest of the year off.

I’m sure Starmer will call this out any moment and will stand in solidarity with Polanski.

How Volodymr Zelenskyy manages to survive in a literal war without a ballroom to keep him safe is just shocking to me.

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COACH SULLY: “Shift your eyes to this monstrosity… one year. One President. Donating his salary is just a headline. It doesn’t offset the BILLIONS Trump is accumulating elsewhere.” 💰

Bette Midler is awesome 😂👇

#TRAITORTRUMP "We're supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us. He's everything that's wrong with not just America but being a human being." Jeff Daniels, on Donald J. Trump

Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be.

I don’t think the majority of American Christians really “get” Christianity

One way to reign in the tech incels 😏

Witness the mesmerizing murmuration of starlings in Italy, a stunning display of nature's coordination and beauty as they dance through the sky in unison.

So let me get this fucking straight… MAGA wants Trump reading the Bible in the Oval Office and the Ten Commandments in public schools, but the Pope should stay out of politics? Be fucking serious

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

theguardian.com/books/2026/a... I know nothing about recipes for chocolate cake, but I do know that @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social makes magic out of life's finest ingrediants: wisdom, wit and kindness. Happy Birthday!

On the anniversary of Tim Curry’s birth I would just like to say that there are few actors who are as good as him at putting exactly the right amount of unhinged overacting and camp into a role to make it memorable. The man is quite literally an acting genius and we are all better for knowing him.

In East Anglia they even put their civic/ football beefs on road signs