The USA has helped maneuver Ukraine into this position, where the Russians will murder masses of Ukrainian civilians. Thanks to America! www.reuters.com/business/aer...

EXCLUSIVE: North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says

The missile unit could be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers.

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53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

The proof!

does anyone know of any work that’s been done on career trajectories of (UK humanities) academics who have been made redundant? eg information about how many go into school teaching, early retirement, independent research? appreciate this is complex, sensitive and much data is too recent

I heard this, too. Current US policies are a clear and present danger to the survival of Ukraine in particular and the ‘Free World’ in general.

Ed Wilson@eddwilson.bsky.social · yesterday

Kyiv warehouses are being struck with ballistic missiles, as Putin demonstrates that he knows Ukraine has no Patriots left, and Trump holds back from his promise even to licence production to Zelenskyy. #R4Today

Three years ago there was a dearth of insects in the garden; but now they have returned in force! This Purple Loosestrife is covered in (not so easily spotted ;-) pollinators.

Any Tory or ex Tory who says anything about criminal justice should be shamed for doing nothing about it during 14 yrs of government.

When #r4today quotes "business" on growth, productivity or the economy, it's quoting one side of a negotiation. The other side (workers, unions, employees) are structurally absent. That's not balance. That's a brief.

Thank God that there are still enough profit-gouging capitalists around - keeping wages low, and prices high - to preserve us from Socialist Traps, eh?

Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 2d ago

Just like all those munitions I'll be using. And those veteran benefits I'm sure are coming despite not having served in the armed forces, or the schools I'm paying for, despite not having kids....

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Sorry but unless you, as a media outlet, have managed to get someone from the Navy (probably a former sailor because those currently serving maybe disbarred from commenting) to explain that this is extremely unlikely to happen for legal reasons, then, arguably, you haven't really done your job.

Politics latest: Reform wants to use Navy to stop small boats after Burnham vows to be 'relentless' in tackling crossings

Reform UK says a Nigel Farage-led government would send the Royal Navy into the Channel to intercept all migrant boats - and is accused by Labour of "reheating" old proposals. Follow the latest.

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This should be self evident but clearly isn’t. From @lewisgoodall.com

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 · 4d 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)

Your regular reminder that this is only the early stages of climate change and if we don't act soon we will trigger changes that no-one can limit or control as feedback loops kick in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert

Some 19 major Italian cities - including Rome, Milan and Naples - are already on red alert, and by Monday all but two will be.

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Hospital staff and unions are raising concerns over plans to outsource hospital shift management to a private company. Workers warn that reduced pay for extra shifts could lead to severe staffing shortages and put patient care at risk. Full story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.

Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

The sec of state who has seen at least 15000 academics lose their jobs just said this. Out loud. Mercy me. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘It hurts to lose a job you love’: Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson fights on despite cabinet demotion

Exclusive: The former education secretary on her new role as Labour chair and continuing as the minister for women and equalities

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The Modern World’s take on an Ancient myth raises ethical issue, as this poster proves. (See: The Guardian, July 16th for an update on this situation.)

FiSahara@fisaharafilmfest.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Sahrawi artist @mohamed-sleiman-l.bsky.social spoke like this to @theguardian.com in the latest edition of #FiSahara. From April 27 to May 3, FiSahara returns to the Sahrawi refugee camps — a unique opportunity to experience it firsthand. #WalkingToOurLand www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Oil companies make a killing out of war - but at the heart of this is ‘casino capitalism’ - we don't pay for oil and gas on a cost plus basis, a price linked to what it costs to produce - we pay the ‘market price’.

We need fair votes before the next election In 2024, Labour won 411 seats with 34%. As the landscape continues to change, next results could be even more disproportionate. Democracy must reflect our views - not distort our votes. Tell us what you think: digitallibdems.typeform.com/fix-politics

I reckon that Alistair has got his place in the bunker booked. 😡

Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org · last wk.

I’ve known this was coming and so has everyone else. It doesn’t exist, keep burning, it doesn’t exist, keep burning, oh, it *does* exist but it’s too late to do anything, so keep burning. The sheer cynicism should carry a jail sentence.

My mother had Alzheimer's, and it lasted a decade. That wilderness she descended into was made far worse by a state that essentially said "good luck" and "goodbye" having to navigate care and selling her house and worrying that we'd run out of money to finance it all. If anyone can fix it, good.

Listen to the noise from this data centre. It's torture

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”

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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Exactly so! My whole life and especially my education has been enriched by the political, social and economic transformations of post-war Britain brought about by Atlee’s Labour government. Way to go (again ;-)!

Pauline Stafford@pstafford.bsky.social · 2w ago

‘the NHS replaced the vocabulary of class with that of citizenship’ - great insight of E P Thompson on 1945

Not to mention a National Care Service due to be announced next week.

Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱@dailyherald.bsky.social · 2w ago

UK: July 2026 • British Steel Nationalised • MerseyRail nationalised • £2 Bus Fare Cap back • Hillsborough Law • VAT on electricity 0% • Scrapped Digital ID • Opened No.10 North • Cut Business Tax for pubs by 20% • Paused Prisoner Release Scheme • Rough Sleeping Edict

More than a touch of British understatement here, perhaps? It’s a gross betrayal of a generation as a result of financial structures created by the Tories in the 1990s.

Caroline Dodds Pennock@carolinepennock.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh dear.

I fear that is already too late for his generation…

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2w ago

Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.

New PM Andy Burnham holds his first No.10 in the North meeting in Manchester: Yorkshire secedes.