We need two Arday inquiries: 1) Into racist (and misogynistic) bullying by UK press and social media accounts (see also Diane Abbott); and 2) into the duty of care that HE has for its minority staff - a duty of care that in my repeated experience is reserved primarily for white male sex offenders.

Tes magazine@tesmagazine.bsky.social · 6d ago

The death of Jason Arday shows us that all leaders in education need to speak out against racism – saying nothing in the face of prejudice is not a neutral position, writes Sufian Sadiq

6yo came home from camp last week with a very large box of raisins in her backpack and has been very tightlipped about their provenance. Finally she told me yesterday, “I don’t know how to explain it.” 🤷‍♀️

Gosh that hits different when they don't warn you about the warning before sending the warning

I wonder how ancient admissions tutors would have interpreted an eclipse the night before Clearing

This, plus the excellent "looks like slop" button on LinkedIn, is what it looks like when market research shows that people hate AI Is there hope yet for desloppifying Facebook and TikTok? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spotify to introduce AI badge after fans make feelings 'clear'

The new feature, starting from mid-September, will tell listeners if an artist is AI-generated.

bbc.co.uk

yiiiiiiikes

I just found out there's a creature called a puffleg hummingbird, that wears a tiny pair of fluffy white trousers.

Spent the past week in France wondering where we went so wrong with bread

"We've got those... what're they called? Zoopraxiscope? Are, are they, lobsterscopes? No, no it's a stereophoroskop! Wait, no, an electrotachyscope. A craboscope? A theatograph? A zinematograph? An anarithmoscope? An X-ograph? C'mon, someone help me out here! Is it a katoptikum?"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."

Got a good job down at the Data Center. I work on the line, and it's hard work but it's honest and the wage is fair; my family and I are grateful for it. I rivet the word "absolutely" onto the little apologies that chatbots do when they misunderstand a prompt.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...

LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button

Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.

404media.co

@adamroberts.bsky.social just discovered I had been blocking you for the last few weeks. Don't know why, wasn't intentional...!

water ye garden while ye may

What an amazing world cup final this is

a letter from Bridget Phillipson's successor will be on its way to universities shortly

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · last mo.

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham is set to increase international aid spending to 0.7% of GDP [@Independent]

this is very, VERY funny #iykyk

Three Lions won't scan again until 2046, in case you've been wondering

think my centrist position here is that we should saw one leg off that Argentinian player, for touching Jude

Could we play *this* France in the final?

what is Andy Burnham going to do about the dinosaur affordability crisis? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tyrannosaurus Rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold

The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.

bbc.co.uk

They're called Baker Days

Greg Jenner (Historian)@gregjenner.bsky.social · last mo.

“Verify your age” I recorded my band rehearsals on Sony minidisc

This should be mandatory

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · last mo.

Give it Tuchel until the end of the Ashes

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · last mo.

Oh! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

it's probably time to stop ordering brand new buses with panoramic sunroofs, isn't it

the new vape is called "GCSE Mathematics" and it tastes like kalamata olives

not strategic, not priorities, and no longer a grant

Arts Professional@artsprofessional.co.uk · 2mo ago

Performing and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of “difficult decisions” about spending priorities, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.

there's hope for us all

The Rest Is Strategic Plan 2025-2028

Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska@ransomwaresommelier.com · 2mo ago

What kind of sociopath has EVER looked at a PDF document and said to themselves, "This could be a podcast?"