JRZC
@jrzc1962.bsky.social
Husband to Matthew, dog dad to Buddy, fan of gardening, theatre and (until lately) politics. Cochabamba BO > Austin TX > Winchester UK
Just remember this message is aimed at your children not theirs.
When you don't listen for *years* to what loads of us who actually understand universities say, when you listen to a load of know-nothing frauds from think tanks and consultants and media loudmouths instead, this is the university disaster you make. Govts could have listened. They didn't.
A sight you don't wake up to every day (unless you live in Bristol I suppose)
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
I've just been down a swearing rabbit hole. Fascinating stuff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_...
Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia
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Laundry ✔️ Bathrooms ✔️ Hoovering ✔️ Bed changed ✔️ Dog walked ✔️ Groceries ✔️ We've been extraordinarily efficient this weekend. Speaking of groceries - anyone who shops at ALDI notice a shortage of their own-brand ground coffee of late?
"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.
futurism.com
Made a Trailer Trash Niçoise for dinner, using tinned tuna and cucumber in place of haricot vert. It won't be going in @nigella.bsky.social's next cookbook but it was quick and very tasty.
Today the Senate is set to take its first votes on the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act. With 84 cosponsors it's expected to move fast and pass. Unfortunately, it's a bad bill that is unlikely to achieve its stated goals. The bill has 3 major flaws, if you read closely- 🧵
I'd very much appreciate it if you took a moment to read the alt text on this and follow the link below. Thank you. www.tom-cox.com
Athletes being real and speaking their minds is a beautiful thing.
www.instagram.com/reel/Da5s6MY... #TeamBinface
marshfamilysongs on Instagram: "As of 4.00pm today the candidates were confirmed, and the race for the #Clacton by-election is officially on between @countbinface …"
As of 4.00pm today the candidates were confirmed, and the race for the #Clacton by-election is officially on between @countbinface & Nigel Farage. So here's our #parody of "Englishman in New York" by @theofficialsting (originally about another eccentric icon) - titled "Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - to reflect on the bizarre figure leading the challenge ... 🎶🚀🗑️Full lyrics and version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9NH5JpqrIzY#noaiused#baddancemoves#ukpolitics
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Straight people haven't cornered the market on hypocrisy. It's right that he's resigned his leadership position. That doesn't mean the party's position on the issue is right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
German politician faces calls to resign over child born with US surrogate
Surrogacy is banned in Germany, a policy firmly backed by Jens Spahn's Christian Democrat party, and several years ago by Spahn, too.
bbc.co.uk
James Talarico: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. He wasn't their intended target. But he looked like their intended target. Lorenzo was a child of God, endowed with infinite worth. His life was invaluable. His death was senseless. Our neighbor, our fellow Texan, deserves justice.
Only the good die young. Anne and Lindsey were not good.
Amy Remeikis@amyremeikis.bsky.social · last mo.The Devil’s really just calling in all his dues, huh.
Hermes, the original Demon Twink (from the Winchester College Treasury)
Seems fitting the last British man standing at Wimbledon is an immigrant
Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen at scale Cambridge Uni made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...
Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen . . .at scale.
A Cambridge University team made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production
anthropocenemagazine.org
He’s not even in office anymore and he’s still more presidential than the man who is.
The perfect book for your summer seaside reading, now in the perfect size for your summer holiday travels. A truly novel take on friendship finding home.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.PUBLICATION DAY! Signed ones available Blackwell's, who also do FREE international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... Extract here: www.tom-cox.com/one-week/ You might like it if you like the sea, walking, knitting, old records, community, crows, dogs, silliness, folklore or the sea.
