A beautiful piece of writing.
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A beautiful piece of writing.
In the end there’s no getting away from the fact that the government has decided to go far further than any previous govt, Labour, Tory or coalition, has ever thought it decent or sensible to go, and that these changes will divide & exclude people, not help everyone become equal parts of society 4/
Then there are new channels like GB News. While BBC producers sit with stopwatches ensuring that political parties all get a fair say, GB News can do what it likes, thanks to the government's decision to shut down broadcast regulator Ofcom. That has allowed the channel to act as a daily booster for one political party. It is impossible to imagine that, had the Department of Culture and Ofcom not shut their doors in 2024, a "news" channel would have been allowed to have a political party leader as a regular host (indeed, had Labour not also abolished the Electoral Commission, it might have been interested in how a channel whose last set of accounts show it losing £33 million can afford to pay Farage more than £400,000 in less than two years).
Rob Hutton’s evisceration of DCMS was the funniest and angriest thing I’ve read in response to what has happened to UK broadcast media
thecritic.co.uk/bring-back-d...
syntax error, does not compute: “too much cheese on toast”
Verity Sharp implies the existence of Falsity Flat
If you could remember the exact circumstances when you created a new drink, you didn’t create a very good drink
I think a lot of people would be wondering why not locked up for life.
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."
Just saying it right out loud now.
newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
Printed dial titled 'anti-slavery dial'.
Want to know more about Manchester's textile history and the moral implications of business practices of the era?
Free Cottonopolis tour led by exhibition curator Professor Edmond Smith with researcher Dr Haig Smith.
📆Thursday 19 March
1.30-2.00pm. Meet in the gallery on level 1.
So, we are taking Northern Soul Orchestrated to Newcastle City Hall tonight (12th March) and my question to you is...where were the places to go, dance, shop etc if you were a Geordie Northern soul fan back in the day?
Sample Windows dialogue box with text ‘Modal error message You must stop what you are doing and acknowledge me now Click Close to certify that you have read me carefully. Close’
A tiny version of the icon on this one, you mean? Yeah, I guess. The X symbol at that size looks pretty close-button-y to me though.
were you just looking? 👀
come back and take another look!
leave me alone website
i left because your wretched items are not worth wasting my eyes on
Screenshot from Microsoft Teams with a red banner reading ‘We need you to sign in again.’ Left of the text is a red circle with a white X in it, which is NOT A BUTTON.
Just figured out after much clicking that this red close-button-like thing is NOT a close button, just a decoration. 😡
The cursed M8 motorway that blights Glasgow could be removed if enough people say that’s what they want! Respond to the consultation via the guidance here!
removethem8.org.uk
Daily Mail Headline: Pupils' drawings could be blasphemous under Islamic law, Labour councils tell schools - while music and dance classes may go against the teachings of Islam
Oh boy! What a headline...
Ask yourself:
"What am I being asked to believe?"
"Who am I being told to blame?"
Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on.
Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵
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I think I’d miss a backlit keyboard. But like you, what I’d really love is a new, thin, sub-1kg Air.
As Tories attack Starmer for the state of the military let’s have a look at David Cameron’s 2010 Strategic Defence Review. The Tories wanted a 10-20% cut in the defence budget and it ended up with a 8% reduction.
Umbrellas are the caravans of the pavement.
I sometimes think that everything would be better if everyone - or possibly even just I - would go back to doing everything on a Powerbook 165 with ten megabytes of RAM, which as I remember it was just fine.
Although to be fair this could be one of those ‘I just want to be 26 again’ things.
I’m fairly certain that it USED TO, but they either took the feature out or let it rot.
So perhaps the Labour MPs on here might want to let us know if they agree with this position and if they entered politics to replay the Trump Muslim ban.
What does it say about Farage that he would trust Kwasi Kwarteng with his money?
Bob Mortimer reading from a card on Would I Lie To You
bsky.app/profile/worl...
This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got.
Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean?
Last line is especially ominous
Over the past few months, I've been meeting Duncan Ivison, who in my view has the most important job in Manchester. I wanted to ask the vice chancellor of @officialuom.bsky.social about its reliance on China, the threat of AI and its relationship to the city.
manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-hell...
Time to put the fluffy stuff about community and relationships aside so the grown-ups can take charge?
No: my latest piece explains why this would be a dangerous mistake.
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/what-to-do...
Kenny Everett, who made this joke in the 1980’s
I think it’s code for ‘stuff that is called science but we don’t really think it deserves to be’.
Drink! Feck! Working clarse!