Every mathematical theorem is called The Shoe Theorem and the statement of the problem is "you know how shoe shops only sell shoes one at a time in a blind bag so you don't know if you're getting a left or right shoe? Well—"

Love the chutzpah with which this email is written, esp given the content of the PDF book of cartoons attached. (I left out the most racist*, fatphobic and sexist-bordering-on-misogynistic ones.) * believe me, the cannibals one is relatively benign in comparison

We will not comply with the EHRC 'guidance', and neither should you. Take action for trans liberation.

there is a full fledged national debate over whether ADHD meds should be allowed meanwhile sitting members of Congress have investments in Kratom and it is sold at gas stations

I drew Robin Ince

I drew Robin Ince

I worked out years ago that industries do better if they make things people want and need, put me in charge of Microsoft, I'm at a loose end

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 7mo ago

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

A dark day for human rights.

This is my favourite picture from this week's life drawing

What if someone told you there's MORE than one horse? Have you ever considered that?

jesus, would you look at the time

The first person to say the word "shit" on television, now angling to be the first person to have the word "cunt" in his obituary.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.

Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.

Earlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...

UKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global race

Two new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader.

ukri.org

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You're telling me a Silksong dev waited a long time to come out?

NESbot@nesbot.bsky.social · 2w ago

Team Cherry's lead programmer came out as trans www.resetera.com/threads/15...

A strange aspect of transphobia is the way they're always specifically misogynistic, but also specifically misandrist, and also specifically enbyphobic. Like, can I interest you in consolidating all your existing prejudices into one manageable monthly misanthropy?

Bríd 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦@brid.bsky.social · 2w ago

Everything else obviously wrong with this aside, sex testing in women’s sports also perpetuates the misogynistic and false idea that cis women are just inherently kind of bad at sports

There are ways to trim your videogame development budget, and then there are *ways* to trim your videogame development budget.

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The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c

A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs

*in history* Chortle

Barchart@barchart.com · 3w ago

JUST IN 🚨: SpaceX $SPCX drops below its $135 IPO Price for the first time in history 📉 📉

permanent daylight savings doesn't go far enough

The comparison of "rejecting cars in favor of horses" is very appropriate considering that the mass adoption of cars and reshaping of the world around them in the twentieth century is one of the greatest catastrophes in human history

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 3w ago

George Lucas says AI will make it 'much easier to make movies' • Says rejecting it is like rejecting cars in favor of horses • AI has risks, but he believes the tech will provide its own solutions "There’s nothing you can do about it ... That’s progress, it’s the future" (via A Rabbit's Foot)

You might need this little soapstone carving of a whale today… (1200-1600 CE, Chumash culture, California, held at Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal)

Society of Authors: Did you join the legal fight against AI? Rowling: Sure did. Sponsoring legal actions against Amnesty International, just like you said. Society of Authors: Wait, what?

I made this because as far as I can see nobody else has?

The great thing about Britain is you're free to think whatever you want to think and say whatever J. K. Rowling's lawyers permit you to say.

In Clacton by-election news, the guy dressed as a giant fox has pulled out, calling the vote "something of a farce".

Protect the Wild on Instagram: "I’m quitting the Clacton by-election!"

6,970 likes, 126 comments - protectthewild__ on July 13, 2026: "I’m quitting the Clacton by-election!".

instagram.com

Why stop at 64 teams? I say we should let any team that wants a go be in the World Cup! It would increase travel costs, but we could offset that by breaking the early rounds into regions and hosting the games in the competitor countries.

Gianni Infantino opens door to 64-team World Cup

Plans for a 64-team men's world cup are set to be picked up and assessed in detail after the 2026 tournament with Fifa boss Gianni Infantino saying football needs to be "for the whole world".

bbc.co.uk