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Sign the Petition Save the Ultimate Picture Palace

The future of Oxford’s much loved independent cinema, the Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP), is at great risk

Help us persuade landlord @orieloxford.bsky.social to extend our lease so we can stay where we belong.

www.change.org/p/save-the-u...

A bit blokey, a bit end-of-the-world-y...

Rewrite the constitutions for local government. Too much scope for gaming the system, as we know.

Yup. It should be £9.30

Making do with Saturday Guardian - I still miss the Review.

Good to know.

Agreed. It works against the certainty of safe streets for kids, pedestrians, getting people out of cars.

We've opened a few roads in Oxford to taxis replacing our bollards with ANPR (not blue light only). I wouldn't recommend.

Really?

So, so thrilled that @onejen.bsky.social is included on this incredible @womensprize.bsky.social longlist for her 'astonishing' memoir, 'Don't Let it Break You, Honey' @littlebrownbooks.bsky.social

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

Nice one Ireland!

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Don't Let It Break You, Honey Jenny Evans

Congratulations @onejen.bsky.social who has been longlisted for the @womensprize.bsky.social 2026 for her astonishing memoir, 'Don't Let It Break You, Honey' @hachetteuk.bsky.social @littlebrownbooks.bsky.social

The kids know it's a scam. But they have no choice. They know that to get a job, they have to get through the 'AI interview' then the second 'AI interview' in the hope a human being might appear from behind the curtain and speak to them.

...and REJOIN THE EU

Who's the Evil Empire now?

I'm old enough to remember the 23 June 2016.

Agreed.

It also speaks to the role of councillors who are unpaid volunteers. In 2003 the basic allowance was introduced, a few hundred pounds a month for a job that takes over your life.

Local government needs reforming.

Jackhammering Into the Sewer A look through the Epstein files.

For in-depth reporting from the USA, you need to read @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...

Dear @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

What is the point of a Secretary of State for Education
who does nothing to protect and fund HE?

Yours
UK kids

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

“How can you have a city without a university?” he asks. “It’s shocking.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fucking hell.

Follow the money...

YOU'RE INSANE.

FIX THE POTHOLES!

(vote winner)

They always talk about 'campaign resources' as though campaign resources don't exist for the specific purpose for campaigning. What tosh.

no thanks

Apparently there's been a 33% drop in graduate jobs in the last 12 months. What's the plan?

We need radical reform.

Where are we with PR, reform of the second chamber, a written constitution...?

Local Government reorganisation is surely not a priority.

Merrick Garland's Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Installing His Mafia Regime Sarah Kendzior, author and commentator, examines how Attorney General Merrick Garland’s 2½-year delay in indicting Trump for his crimes paved the way for his election victory and the imminent installa...

Worth a read.

btlonline.org/merrick-garl...

Things are falling apart: where to look for leadership? …. in the most unlikely places.

Thanks @annpettifor.bsky.social for this heartening read; lots to consider.

annpettifor.substack.com/p/things-are...