"A student’s essay on Macbeth has no value as a product. It’s what you learned in the reading and writing that created it – the swiftness and resilience and suppleness of thinking you built, along with the knowledge gained of a literary marvel, of something unsummarisable – that was the point"

In vino veritas…

Naomi Smith@pimlicat.bsky.social · 5h ago

Activists are being told to avoid drinking and Tweeting because its own members are “the biggest threat to Reform”. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/11/r...

Shouldn't this article mention that Brexit campaigners like Boris Johnson, Gisela Stuart, Jon Moynihan, Mark Littlewood and Matthew Elliott promised British citizens in the EU that their status wouldn't change after Brexit? @lisaocarroll.bsky.social

The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday

British widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 years

I was bemused by this in a charity shop window — I’ve not heard of “a sixpence in your shoe” before. Is it a recent addition?

Watching The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and I find out that Ilya Kuryakin is actually Ukrainian! I always preferred him to Napoleon Solo, and this just confirms I’m right. (S2E4, 1965)

#SundayPixChair A chair is something with four legs that one person can sit on, right?

#SundayPixChair Zach’s new favourite chair (made by @craftycow.bsky.social )

#SundayPixChair The favourite chair of all the 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 🐕 (and humans who visit) Sadly I have no pix of the inimitable Simba on the chair.

Spur of the moment visit to Somerset to catch up with a friend who’s over here from Kent for the weekend. I had to find an hotel at sort notice and have ended up in the most gorgeous place, with absolutely amazing restaurant! We. Have. Dined. Well. ☺️ www.phelipsarms.co.uk

amazing how this is still relevant a year after i posted it

Ed Morrish@edmorrish.com · last yr.

if “tens of millions” of british people wanted a “full blown revolution” they would be protesting outside parliament. as it happens, dozens of british people are chucking bricks at asylum seekers, so i’ve come to a different conclusion about what it is these people want

I’ve never wanted a tattoo, but I may make an exception… “If you don’t want cat hair on your clothes, stay off the FURniture.”

For the Love of Missy@missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 3d ago

When visiting my house please remember: I live here. You don’t. If you don’t want cat hair on your clothes, stay off the FURniture. To you I’m just a cat. To my mom, I’m her baby & she loves me & spoils me like one. Be nice to me & I’ll be nice to you 💕

Before I forget what day it is again here is the early warning for you #SundayPixies The theme this week is #SundayPixChair This maybe a favourite chair for it's comfort, it's looks, it's memories, it's view or even who used to sit on it. This is my favourite in my garden and Max's too.

The continued political silence over the spread of these anti-migrant, anti-refugee pogroms in the UK is a disgrace. This one has been going on for three nights in a row now and the Home Secretary and Prime Minister haven't said a single word about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Norfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plans

Homes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in Thetford

theguardian.com

I knew a white ‘Professor’ and chair of his subject who was very quietly dismissed when it was found he’d lied about getting his doctorate. I don’t recall anything in the local news, let alone national.

Posh Nigel@nigel-hewlett.bsky.social · 5d ago

Surprised me too. I wondered if it'd been a white professor, would it have got the same level of coverage?

Posting this now so I can pretend to be psychic when it turns out in a couple of months that 40-70% of the men arrested for 'protesting' in Thetford were wife beaters, rapists and/or nonces

I relaunched my online w'shops last night after my breakdown but no takers yet.They used to be the majority of my income so it's scary tbh. I've taught creative & mental health classes on BBC Countryfile,the V & A,Bronte Parsonage & even Highgrove. 🧵cont'd.. workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

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Daniel Labelle's Fast Window Cleaning

Alt: Man in tracksuit and hoodie ‘cleans’ a window by throwing a bucket of water at it, giving it a quick swipe with a pink towel, then running off

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NationCymru@nation.cymru · 5d ago

Reform UK's first Chief of Staff in the Senedd has stepped down after just two months in the role ✍️Emily Price wp.me/p8Mk4U-1qxG

Yet again: Wales is not a country, it’s a village 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿@paulsandars.bsky.social · 5d ago

BBC News - Radio host trying to link everyone in Wales says global fame is 'bonkers' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You really have to take a moment and think about how insane this is. That’s a quarter of the entire output of the country’s public infrastructure going to support about one hundred sites.

StephDickenson.bsky.social@stephdickenson.bsky.social · last mo.

“Data centres accounted for almost one quarter of the electricity consumed in Ireland last year, up from 5% in 2015, the CSO said today. A total of 7,663 gigawatt-hours of electricity was used by data centres in 2025, up 10% from 6,973GWh in 2024.” www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Up at the park & paddling pool in the village with Mel 🐕. For young lads are alternately splashing around and playing with her. One tells me he doesn’t like his little brother. “Can I whisper in your ear?” “Yes, okay” “He bit me in the balls.” Cue unseemly laughter, for which I apologised 😆

FAO @museumblueskies.online

Rick@calder12.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is cute, but all you have to do is look at the state of the world to know a Dog isn't in charge.

Shout it from the rooftops

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · last wk.

Finally, there's an *economic* coin-trick: "AI will destroy jobs." Sure, yes, AI is destroying jobs. But there's a vast difference between "You got fired because an AI can do your job" and "You got fired because your boss was convinced that the AI can do your job, even though it *cannot*." 45/

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

Minder was (and is) a terrible show, but Dave the barman was solid gold.

A lovely little bit of physics that you might have spotted if you ever play with a slinky. We should all play more, because we should all embrace our curiosity. And finding out how the physical world works is fun!

“Synthetically angry” is a useful term in these days of misinformation.

A STATE PENSIONER@statepensioner.bsky.social · last wk.

Dasia Taylor,now 22, developed a surgical suture that changes color in response to pH changes associated with wound infections. #Invention #Innovation #MedicalBreakthroughs