Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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Lessons to be learned from the FE sector perhaps. Starved of funds since 2010 but now of course central to Burnham's plans for local democracy. "Second chance" often used by the likes of Gove et al to describe the sector says it all really.

We will- I have no doubt- look back at this as one of the greatest scandals of our time. It he killing of the golden goose for the UK. A destruction of one of the most profitable and successful sectors.Yet, for now all politicians have their head in the sand on this one… A critically important read.

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3d ago

Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

Music brings such joy and connects us all. Beautiful❤️

Acid Rain@bearysweet.bsky.social · 2d ago

And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic

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Stop Palantir bullying our NHS and public institutions

Please join me and add your name to this emergency open letter

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The euro, eh? It needs to be argued for as an integral part of Europe, as aspirational, by pro-Europeans Incidentally, @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social is a genuine democrat and his reply to the piece is well worth resding Me in @eastangliabylines.co.uk 👇 eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

Mike Galsworthy is wrong – the UK has to back the euro

Pro-Europeans should make the positive case for the euro rather than trying to avoid the debate

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Shocking news about redundancies in the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, despite their exceptional research activities. I have signed the petition against these actions: it would be great if you would as well: c.org/kDQynZV7J4 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social

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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.

Women fought for our rights over the centuries, the Suffragettes fought for our vote, & the Dagenham women fought for equal pay. No poxy Reform Party are going to take our rights away. Women of the UK, I call on you to take the poll👇 www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Novara hasn't always been good on trans issues, which reminds me: another thing you could do is write directly to media outlets, especially left-wing ones, encouraging them to take the war on trans people more seriously. Anyway, here's Juliet Jacques on what to do: novaramedia.com/2026/05/29/t...

Trans Segregation Is Becoming Law. What Can We Do About It? | Juliet Jacques

‘Single-sex spaces’ must now exclude trans men and women, according to new guidance from the EHRC. We aren’t taking seriously just how dangerous this will be, write Juliet Jacques.

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A fabulous innovation. Good for you physically and emotionally. And what a beautiful design too. BBC News - UK's first rooftop intensive care ward opens at King's College Hospital - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK's first rooftop intensive care ward opens at King's College Hospital

The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.

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How this can build up with reinfections and increase anyone’s chance of long covid. So we need to start preventing infections. #CleantheAir #Vaccinate #Ventilate Reconsider wearing an ffp2/3 if you don’t already do this. #WeShareTheAir

This is Dr Rae Duncan, she’s a cardiologist and expert in long covid. Long covid can affect anyone of any age. Now this video is an emotional watch but she essentially talks about COVID infections and how they cause blood vessel damage. 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRl...

Dr Rae Duncan explains Long Covid as a vascular disease

YouTube video by Sally Bourliakas

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"Using AI to write not only nullifies the entire peer review concept – we’re here to workshop each other, not to workshop AI slop – it also guarantees a weakening of the muscles needed to wrestle with writing." I love to wrestle with writing, creative journey process is essential to human endeavour.

Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU@mtutelteam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The danger isn’t that AI will replace writers or render the workshop obsolete. It’s that students are becoming accustomed to bypassing the friction that once revealed their process."

There are now 95,882 signatures on the 'Rejoin the EU' petition, and rising fast. Reaching 100,000 gets it debated in Parliament. Could you be the 100,000th signature? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...

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Thank you for the discussion and the examples. Yet another reason not to use AI in scholarship.

“History will judge them harshly“ “Not if there’s no history“

Caitlin G. DeAngelis@caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

If you think your single vote doesn't matter, remember that authoritarian systems spend millions trying to suppress it. They know its value. Do you?

France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks.

The last few leaders were seriously flawed characters. At this point there’s nothing to stop Starmer going big. He has nothing to lose, at least he’d genuinely believe in what he’s doing and the country would be better off. Back in to the EU or as close as possible.

I would also note that Labour MPs were all happy to follow Starmer since the last GE and only recently, as polls declined, started to voice concerns. Where were their concerns about policy and party direction before?

Contrary to Labour MPs saying people ‘hate’ Starmer, I don't hate him and their scape-goating of him misses the point. It is Labour policies and Brexit red lines that are the problem and I see no leadership candidate, indeed no Labour MP addressing that.

Reform is a protest party. A protest against decency, integrity, kindness, expertise, and progress. It's a party of pettiness and hate, and it is made up of petty and hateful people from the grassroots to the very top. What it doesn't have is competence. So good luck with the bins and potholes.

More horror. Never been to Teesside but one excellent colleague came from there, and it was of course home to the English Subject Centre leaders, so I’ve always felt some affection for the place.

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 3mo ago

Dozens of professors face the axe at Teesside University with cuts possible as soon as next month. Management claims strong finances yet staff are being pushed out at speed. You don't strip decades of experience overnight without consequences. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1449...

Dozens of professors face the axe at Teesside University with cuts possible as soon as next month. Management claims strong finances yet staff are being pushed out at speed. You don't strip decades of experience overnight without consequences. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1449...

Great article filled with shocking details, such as ‘Craig Garrett….discovered that his then kindergartener had been reading to the Amira bot in class all year’ and ‘The city D.O.E. official overseeing the guidelines is a current recipient of a fellowship jointly offered by Google and GSV Ventures’.

‘The child brain’s tendency toward delightful non sequitur and unpredictable meanderings is not aligned with an L.L.M.’s orientation toward speed and sleekness and summary, toward frictionless, rational outcomes.’

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What the hell www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

I just signed Dame Judi Dench's petition, calling on the urgent restoration of our ancient woodlands. Please sign this important cause and share it: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Stand with Judi Dench - Sign the Petition

Join Dame Judi Dench and help save our ancient woodlands. Add your name to the petition and share it with friends and family.

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