I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
Good news for young people.
The UK will rejoin the Erasmus programme 5 years after ending its participation as part of the deal to leave the EU.
Via BBC
This #lichen foliose. can’t remember substrate - was walking through bush on Lee side of an embankment, beach and pacific on other side. Most likely a bark then. Thallus green and cool yellow. Thaline rimmed apothecia some orange inside some a little greener. Is it a green Xanthoria P. #FungiFriends
Bertha Lamme Feicht (December 16, 1869 – November 20, 1943) was an American #engineer. In 1893, she became the first woman to receive a degree in engineering from the Ohio State University. #womeninstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_...
Grace Awani Alele-Williams (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of #mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate.
#BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM #BlackWomenSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_A...
History won't be written by the winners, it will be hallucinated by scraping uncurated student film descriptions from the internet.
#llm #genai #copilot #bullshit #frankfurter #save #us #scraping #slop #hallucination
4/4
Front view of a dunnock perching on a branch with a background of blue sky and red hawthorn berries.
Dunnock at Rodley Nature Reserve. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
Mega heat pumps are coming. It’s great to see that so many projects are now underway around the world.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
This enquiry is welcome but far too late and its scope too narrow
I was calling for this after the EU referendum back in 2016
Why is the government afraid to seek evidence of Putin's involvement then?
The nexus of UKIP/Brexit/Reform and Putin is not a coincidence
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A photo of a horrifying star-nosed mole with giant claws an a nose that suggests two bright red anemones
You ever think how Star-nosed moles are just out there existing without permission, all the time, even while you’re sleeping.
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're on ship, or the D if you nasty. Captain Picard stares vacantly. "Someone grabbed me from behind."
Good choice
*Nigel farage doesn't like this*
About bloody time
Also, about bloody time
Preliminary thought is that this apparent quote indicates his lawyers have no evidence show was watched in US:
“Documentary's publicity, coupled with significant increases in VPN usage in Florida since its debut, establishes the immense likelihood that citizens of Florida accessed the Documentary“
US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice.
Trump doesn't honour agreements. It's about dominance.
Demands that UK ends digital services tax on US tech companies and it's food safety rules which bar certain US agricultural products.
Say NO to Trump slavery. Better off joining the EU
Nope. More please
This thread is a thing of beauty and wonder...
This is figure 4, which shows handaxe and pyrite fragments from palaeosol.
Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence in Nature. The findings predate previous evidence for the deliberate lighting of fires by around 350,000 years. go.nature.com/4oKHAS4 🏺 🧪
Some stories are so fascinating you have a hard time keeping them under the maximum word count. For me, this was one of those.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
And great news, of course
Excellent opener, Dan...
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
Constance Tipper as young woman, B&W head & shoulders photo
Constance Tipper #metallurgist #crystallographer specialised in metal strength effect on #Engineering problems. #WWII solved brittle fracture in #LibertyShips. Reader #mechanicalengineering & 1st female full-time faculty @cam.ac.uk d. #OTD 14 Dec 1995 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan...
“We have common enemies. At least that’s how it has been in the last 80 years. We need to stick to this, this is the only reasonable strategy of our common security. Unless something has changed,” he added. /ends
Shortly after it was published, PM @donald-tusk.bsky.social addressed his “American friends” on social media, telling them that “Europe is your closest ally, not your problem”. /10
🚨🚨This is worse than we could have imagined: Full version of #Trump's national #securitystrategy reportedly calls for “pulling Poland away from #EU”. 🧵 notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
#TrekComics #AdventCalendar
DC Star Trek Vol 1. #14 (1985)
And what are the current Labour leadership doing to curb the obvious Russian interference in social media to divide the UK, EU & US from within by fuelling the far-right? Starmer et al are fuelling the far-right; they’re giving the Russians exactly what they want.
No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
