Dr Samuel McLean - This Meeting Could Have Been A Fistfight

1) This is beyond horrific; 2) this does not encourage me to visit the US; 3) I don't think ticket sales for the World Cup and the Olympics in LA will do very well as more people hear about stuff like this.

it's almost 20° outside so we've opened a bunch of windows in the house

Lennox has deemed the crackers a success

Sad thing is that as early as the 1920s, NZ's Public Works Dept recognised the need for hydroelectricity to power trains, urban and interprovincial. And in the 1940s, coal strikes made electrifying the NIMT a priority—a homegrown source of power. Alas, we've become dependent on imported fuels anyway

go Scotland! alba gu brath

Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is lent to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’

Oh this makes me cross. I've spent years teaching mature students w/o A-levels. This totally depends on the student, their background, their spark to learn & the support they get. Seeing them light up w their love of learning & changing their lives for the better.

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Real Housewives of Melbourne were true innovators for boldly making one of the genre’s most beloved guest star archetypes - “Psychic Who Is Confidently Wrong About Everything” - a linchpin of the main cast

thrilled the new London one has done the same with “Hot, Ruthless Gay Man Who Knows Everyone”

I grew up on the 90s reaction against an 80s TV culture where moral education was seen as one of the main points of TV. It’s weird to see that viewpoint return.

66. Submarine cables In this episode, Douglas Guilfoyle and Tamsin Phillipa Paige are joined by Dr Tara Davenport (NUS Centre for International Law) and Dita Liliansa (UNSW Sydney) for a deep dive into the law, history, a

New #CalledToTheBar: submarine cables, the invisible infrastructure carrying ~99% of global data.
Colonial origins, UNCLOS, grey zone sabotage, and why relevant LOAC is alarmingly undercooked.
With @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, @taradavenport.bsky.social & Dita Liliansa.
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Just envision that a Government came to power and cancelled a whole raft of essential programmes which would reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels, only for there to be a once in a century oil crisis.

homemade crackers in a container

homemade sourdough discard crackers.

sourdough discard, melted butter, Parmesan, thyme, black pepper.

if Ashley likes them I'll start making them a lot more because I like crackers.

I need an offset spatula though

So I guess that pro se plaintiff was an attorney. But, still.

To paraphrase Le Guin: fantasy is escapist, and we must take as many with us as possible.

There is no greater feeling than knowing something I wrote helped another soul escape during difficulties. I’ve been through many hospital visits with many books, myself. 💙💚💜

i got rejected for a permanent captain job today at the City and I'm pissed because they said I don't meet the basic qualifications and that's not true

Latin beisbol fans are very enthusiastic in general, but Nicaraguan fans seem to bring it to a new level.

🚨 THE DOMINCAN REPUBLIC HAS A HOME RUN JACKET🧥⚾️🇩🇴🚨

I’d like to see someone take the USA to the woodshed in this tournament, but I’m pretty sure Brazil was a likely candidate.

Astonishing try from a 139kg prop! Loved how the Guardian live blog put it: “romp[ing] like a reanimated oil rig to the line”

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here's one for you.. though I could have sworn I've heard you talk about text/textile before

I've ordered a new phone. should arrive next week. hopefully it means you'll start getting less fuzzy photos

I'm excited to be chairing the American Society for Legal History Projects and Proposals Committee this cycle. We look forward to receiving funding applications for conferences, museum exhibits, pedagogical experiments, and more! We are accepting submissions until Sept. 1.

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view of Toronto, top half is clouds, from Ward's Island

[foghorn noise] day 4/5

an almost complete sleeve placket

I bent my last needle today, hence the haul.my sleeve plackets are getting better. this one is 80% done

needles, snaps and a tool for hitting them

today's sewing store haul. I bought two different packs of needles and the tool and hammer snaps.

Monday I'll go to the library and use the overlocker, then do the cuffs and snaps, then wash my shipsuit then it can go to work on Tuesday

going to launch a bunch of grievances against management next week. no more screwing around

Cymru am byth!

okay I need to get up and do some sewing

New escalation: Ukraine accuses Hungary of unlawfully detaining seven employees of the Oschadbank at the border and stealing two vehicles carrying $40 million, €35 million and 9 kg of gold.

"The whereabouts of Oschadbank employees are currently unknown," the bank says in a statement.

Ok Hungarian govt now says they will deport the Ukrainian hostages. I guess whatever they are up to with the seized cash is up to courts now. Glad people are out of harm's way at least.

There I was the other day, tutoring a student for his MA dissertation, a student I first taught as an undergraduate in 1994, straight off an Access Course, who became a teacher, and is now the head of an International school in India.