Mark O’Neill 🐻
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Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire. Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji “O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?” Was @marxculture on Twitter
George Holmes departs as University of Greater Manchester vice-chancellor amid ongoing police investigation into the institution www.timeshighereducation.com/news/george-... via @twilliamsthe.bsky.social
George Holmes departs as Greater Manchester v-c
Governing body terminates contract amid ongoing police investigation into financial irregularities
timeshighereducation.com
Are these children or genetically engineered jockeys?
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 15m ago‘This is our Olympics’: Day one of the 151st Dublin Horse Show
Look, all I'm saying is that *my* space start up has never had a runaway payload crash into the Moon.
Really good piece. I've followed lots of this stuff but hadn't quite realised how bad adolescent sleep disruption is at the moment. As a chronic (but relapsing-remitting) insomniac, I'm surprised how blasé people and institutions are about the destructive effects of sleep deprivation.
Will Davies@will-davies.bsky.social · 5h agoI've written about Neets for the LRB. It is odd listening to recent debates about this completely ignore the overwhelming fact of this current crisis, that it is one of inactivity, disability, mental ill-health and neurodevelopmental disorders (as I discuss) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
BREAKING: Badenoch announces that the Conservatives are changing their name to The Donner Party.
The Tories living out the Goat Joke
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 2h agoBonehill-Paine was convicted of racially harassing the then Labour MP Luciana Berger, who is Jewish, in 2016. On X he says other parties will “spend all their time focusing on my past rather than the work I’m doing today” if he stands
Need a new favourite song? I’ve added some fresh gems to SpinCycle, my never-ending playlist inc Tavinho Moura, Pollyinthedirt, Tom Waits. Now over 1500 songs. 104 hours. 22.5k saves. Find it at linktr.ee/benwatt 🤘
Matt Walker always wanted a dog, but he had allergies. So he started a biotech company and engineered pups to lack a major dog allergen. One of the dogs lives with him now, and Walker has never had an allergic reaction. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/gene-e...
Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies
A startup has created beagles without the gene that causes runny noses and watery eyes for allergy sufferers.
wired.com
look, I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up but I think I may have discovered something incredible on worldcat
Bloody Zack Polanski is at it again ! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cyclin...
Tour de France Femmes 2026: Officials check riders' clothing amid concerns about bra padding
Officials at the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift will check the clothing worn by riders to prevent attempts to make "aerodynamic gains".
bbc.co.uk
IDK, maybe just stop doing the things that make you feel bad? Especially the gambling and porn?! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Some 64% of Young Men Who Trade Stocks Daily Feel Like Failures
Surging retail trading isn’t just transforming markets; it’s also highly correlated with demoralization in young men, according to a new study.
bloomberg.com
Scuse the clickbait headline which i didn't write, but the iPaper asked for some thoughts on the non-listing of Keshed despite huge public clamour. Actually a piece about diversity in publishing and advocating for small presses. This link sans paywall archive.is/QghKz inews.co.uk/culture/book...
The Booker is a shambles - and everyone in publishing knows it
Plenty thought my novel would make the list – it didn't. Here's why I don't give a toss
inews.co.uk
Captain Shirahama is the mascot for a glass-bottom boat tour in the coastal town of Shirahama.
London cops handed victim's new address and number to her stalker, watchdog says
London cops handed victim's new address and number to her stalker, watchdog says
Met ordered to improve safeguards after two preventable data breaches
theregister.com
I had a rough time with my trilogy: I debuted at the peak of the pandemic. A steep drop in sales for Book 2. Had a bone removed from my hand weeks before Wolfskin was published. But word of mouth is critical for authors. So if you're a fan of space opera like Mass Effect, please give it a chance.
