Just tuned into Radio6 Indie Forever and heard a better song first in - Le Tigre "Deceptacon" - than often in several hours of a whole show A win-win...for 50 somethings where their futures are all behind them

Yet they missed “Man’s penis mightier than a lighter”

Royston@voodooroy.bsky.social · 5h ago

Arson Wanger.

That means he gets to keep it now, yes?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 9h ago

Andy Burnham reveals wife’s reaction to third Labour leadership bid

I think it’s lucky for Badenoch that the former nazi councillor story has broken so far out from the next GE It’s a PR disaster no matter what else The idea of a broad enough church to take power needs woolly centrist one nations to be brought back in

The actions of many illegal settler groups meet the British definition of terrorism which also applies to overseas actions. The s15 offence of fundraising for terrorist purposes is not dependent upon an organisation being proscribed.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 21h ago

Charity Commission to investigate donations to illegal Israeli settlements

And so it starts, albeit a little later this year These are not “staycations” These are people taking a holiday in their own country I will almost certainly die of a heart attack on this hill so cross does it make me

Sussex@sussexuk.bsky.social · 14h ago

Hot weather prompts staycation boom, owners say #Sussex #BBCNews

Unless they come from the witty raconteur region, you have to call racist paedophile commentators “fecking c***s”

Uh oh, Clacton… one of your deckchairs is missing

It is incumbent on racists, I’d suggest, to get the terms of their racism right

If you think London is pricey, my daughter’s just been charged £4 a pint …of lemonade Yes, that’s The Tiger Inn, East Dean in Sussex where everyone’s made of money Outrageous

Map making of the area outside Gate 1 of Lakenheath RAF where protesters were arrested for various offences including wilful obstruction of the highway. Quite fun work! Do you know what offences you might commit if standing/protesting in the various areas?

A good and interesting thread on the (what seem to me too) obvious problems of OfS ex post award scrutiny of PhDs

Dr Matt Lodder@mattlodder.com · yesterday

Getting the OfS involved in PhD examination would be an incredible, disatrous and egregious assault on academic independence.

Getting the OfS involved in PhD examination would be an incredible, disatrous and egregious assault on academic independence.

Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social · yesterday

Calls for the Office for Students to investigate Liverpool John Moores University, after it passed Jason Arday's PhD thesis despite plagiarism and the thesis being 38,000 words over word count. He says received just one supervision in 2.5 years. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Noice haul Figs can only get better Sorry @graemehayes.bsky.social for the trolling

I really wish the BBC dropped the “early release” tag I appreciate it’s far clumsier but it’s an “earlier than previously planned” release As it stands headline could easily be conveying release after 1/3 rather than full term www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

PC Harper's mother 'devastated' as killers still set for early release, despite policy change

People guilty of rape, serious child sex and grooming offences will be excluded from an early release scheme in England and Wales - those guilty of manslaughter may still be eligible.

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Grateful for any help Last week’s front garden tree haul - 90% sure mirabelles Tonight’s back garden haul - different sort of plum I’m sure but which? Plant identifier - no use Thanks

Infantino coming undone through the sighs of Wales www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Gianni Infantino: Wales withdraw support for Fifa president

Wales withdraw backing for Gianni Infantino's bid to continue his leadership of Fifa.

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I don’t know much about History at University of Hertfordshire though its REF results speak volumes but the best UK historian of protest that I know of was among the faculty and her work has consistently been top drawer Shocking and shameful decision to close it

This was astonishing I’ll admit I don’t spend much - eat out only a bit, cinema & comedy and music a fair bit, rarely buy new clothes, cycle around Norwich as much as I drive but the amounts admitted to here are bonkers I ummed & aaahed this week spending £60 on a vintage Swatch as I had in 1986

‘£5,800 on a watch?!’ What happened when five couples kept separate money diaries – then revealed all to their partners?

Rachel forked out £700 for beauty treatments, Kojo confessed to a £25 cigarette habit, and Jake indulged his love of fancy timepieces. Were their other halves forgiving or furious?

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Letter from the executive director of the Modern Language Association to the Uni of Exeter VC: ‘We are aware of no university on the financial footing of Exeter that has seen the need to make dramatic cuts to the humanities such as you propose.’ #DefendExeterUni

www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... You can now download my book for free and enjoy interviews with some of your favourite comedians and producers and even Lord Michael Grade about what makes the cut in political entertainment, what doesn't, and why.

I’ve just listened to Don’t Rein Me In for the first time, having heard it’s just spent a record 19 weeks at No1 Goodness me, what a strange world we live in And of course a bit weird that it’s passed me by

I don’t think we should be asked to support people who feed children to police Serious point: grammar really matters That this passed a/some subs and an editor is a woeful indictment

Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after...

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(1/2) High Court issues declaration that prohibition on public display of gang insignia is inconsistent with right to freedom of expression under s14 of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. Limitation on right had not been justified under s5; rationally connected to objective of Act but disproportionate.

Mrs S-M “I do want to see The Odyssey but do I really need to see it in iMax?” S-M Jr “You do yes, or you’ll end being very confused by what appears to be dozens of cyclops in most of the scenes”* * joke works best if you know that iMax reduces footage being cropped Neither of us did

Unless I’ve massively misunderstood, reform of social care needs to be tied to a look at inherited wealth My recent experience is a sole beneficiary of my dad’s estate - my mum and sister died years ago - and a reasonable sum BUT also £250k less than in 2019 as he’s had live-in care 24/7

We're excited to launch our new report: One Day In Brighton: The policing of the Carnival Against Fascism in Brighton on Saturday 13th June 2026. 3pm Friday August 7th, The Plaque Junction of Frederick Place and Trafalgar Street, right by the Prince Albert pub. See you there.

Sharing some good news.Having shared bad of good few grant rejections over the years.Just learnt that a lengthy piece (coauthor @suzmd.bsky.social) will be taken by a VG journal Needs some revision but with two outright rejections to its name in past 18 months, I began to despair & question myself

Launch of a report by colleagues @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social Trew's Law: a campaign to introduce automatic reviews of cases involving police officers later found to have engaged in serious misconduct. 6:30, 10 Sept Lambeth Town Hall www.eventbrite.com/e/trews-law-...

Trew's Law: Right Bent Cops' Wrongs

Trew's Law: The Case for Automatic Reviews of Imprisoned Police Officers’ Files for Miscarriages of Justice

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If you want to read more on the earlier history of protest clothing see my article #SewingBee www.cambridge.org/core/journal...