There’s a lady on this train with a Notorious B.I.G. tote bag. That feels… odd? Like Metallica handwash or an Eminem ylang ylang scented candle.

5 August 1874 | A Polish Jew, Majer Tepper, was born in Mrzygłód. A farmer. In #Auschwitz form 16 April 1942. No. 29748 He perished in the camp on 31 May 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

It’s disgusting for the Conservatives to ask Jewish groups to meet their ex-neo-Nazi candidate, presumably in the hope he will charm them and they’ll offer their blessing. They should not expect Jewish people to sanitise this appalling choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.

bbc.co.uk

It’s insane. It’s the perfect distillation of how Brexit has epically fucked the Tory party. 10 years on and they’ve binned off every sane and thoughtful member and replaced them with simpletons, liars and lunatics. All to keep the Brexit/far right myths alive.

That's great if government also mandates paying of invoices on time. The reality is that many self-employed people end up subsidising the deliberate slow payment policies of their clients.

Last chance to respond to this consultation - it closes today! Annoyingly they haven't put the exact closing time on it, but the cut-off is usually 11:59pm on the day

Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · 2w ago

Self-employed people! Sorry to put a downer on your Sunday, but in case you'd not seen, the Government wants us to pay our tax *monthly* like we're employees or something With the World Cup and all the politics, I'd missed the consultation they put out last month, which is here: 1/

This is a fabulous thread on AI, by the man who observed and then coined the phrase "enshittification."

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2d ago

The greatest magic trick of them all is *lying*. The reason you can't figure out that coin vanish even after the conjurer performs it three times in a row is that they *didn't* do the same trick three times in a row! 1/

Few people understand that the UK university system is in crisis, but even fewer realise that many of the people losing their jobs are amongst the best in their fields

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d ago

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

2 August 1928 | French Jewish girl, Marcelle Borruel, was born in Bordeaux. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 20 January 1944. She did not survive.

Pretty sure Jean-Paul Sartre wrote Huis Clos after sitting by a hotel pool.

Tammy Beaumont, man. What a player. #WT20Blast

Happy BBC Proms day to all who celebrate. And especially to all who celebrate standing up.

He obviously doesn't want to present the World Cup after all.

Comedy only truly exists in the room while it’s happening, and translating that to film makes it something else entirely Join me in Cardiff 19Jul to help me nail down A Passion for Passion and the WIP of Oh Man! https://gfsboxoffice.com/event.php?id=69225 https://gfsboxoffice.com/event.php?id=69226

How many AI models does it take to change a lightbulb? That's a great question, which shows that you care about illumination! You don't just want to see - you want to be seen. Unfortunately no such thing as a lightbulb has ever existed or will ever exist.

Finally Rob Key has broken the shackles and rid himself of Brendon MacCullum. Think what deeds he might now at last achieve.

I see Lindsey Graham's going to be on the 'Those We Have Gained' montage at the annual Hades Awards.

Waiting for the video of MacCullum telling the women's dressing room he's leaving as Capsey comes on to bowl.

Hugely enjoyed Billy Budd at Glyndebourne yesterday. Soprano was a bit quiet, but other than that? Marvellous.

There we go. Tammy B off the mark. Will always be one of my all-timers. A privilege to have got to watch her in an England shirt. 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇳

Repping the outgoing queen at Lord’s this morning for the women’s test against India. 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇳

I’d love it if Count Binface turns out to be Banksy.

CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt

Turns out Breeders is on Sky Comedy later! Not my sort of thing, but you might like it.

Just went and made a return. The man seemed very upset.

Ah. The terrible day has come. Tammy Beaumont, one of my all-time favourite cricketers, is retiring from England duty. A swashbuckler of the first order. I’ll never forget watching her 102 against NZ at Canterbury in 2021. Real end of an era stuff. Go, as we must say these days, well, TTB! 🫡🏏

Cricinfo@cricinfo.com · 4w ago

• Player of the Tournament at the 2017 World Cup • England’s leading centurion in Women’s ODIs • First English woman to score a Test double-hundred Tammy Beaumont will sign off as one of England’s greatest 👏

I found gospel music impossible to understand until I found my Rosetta Tharp.

British drama school training is the envy of the world and, as more film + TV jobs are moving to the UK, our drama schools are the backbone of a global industry. These cuts are artistic vandalism and economic stupidity.

Arts Professional@artsprofessional.co.uk · 4w 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.

This has legit made me cry laughing for the last five minutes.

Patrick W. Reed@patrickwreed.bsky.social · 4w ago

*shaking my wife awake* KRAKEN HAS SUSPENDED WITHDRAWALS OF BONK

*shaking my wife awake* KRAKEN HAS SUSPENDED WITHDRAWALS OF BONK

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4w ago

Kraken has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals of Bonk due to an ongoing incident affecting the token, according to its website.