🧵👇👇👇 Until now, bosses at Northumbria University have said the institution is 'financially robust' - they even put that in a recent job advert for a new Deputy Vice Chancellor. So if these shocking revelations are true - and not just 'project fear' - ... www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Tory MSP 'could' be making things up to get re-elected.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
I am coming to this a day late, but it is a delightful story - and one that highlights the value of charity shops.
“It’s not just about selling books. ... It’s about conversations, shared interests and sometimes helping someone finish a search they thought might never end.”
#CharityShops
Tandem + folders deserve representation too! Long live 20” wheels!
People say BlueSky is an echo chamber but we have road cyclists, gravel cyclists, mountain bikers, single speeders, fixie riders, cargo bike riders, e-bike riders, hybrid riders, recumbent riders, bikepackers, randonneurs, and I'm sure we even have a few unicyclists among us
The Sudan crisis will not be resolved by military actors grabbing for power. It will require civilian engagement, supported by international actors.
Continental Divide:
😁 @privateeyenews.bsky.social
My Zimbabwean colleagues visit London and post about 'discovering' the Thames 😁
A question about possible flat evictions for Edinburgh folks from @jim.londoncentric.media...
If you recognise the pub, the story or have any intel to share, you can contact Jim here and help him investigate: www.londoncentric.media/p/contact-lo...
Open sesame! Historic Environment Scotland works to mitigate the castle rockfall have enabled this much loved local cut-through in Princes St Gardens to reopen.
Work still to do to open remaining closed parts of the garden 👷
I spoke to @apache.be about the dispute over colonial-era geological archives from Congo held in a Belgium museum.
New demand for copper and other minerals has given long-neglected mining archives a new economic significance:
apache.be/2026/03/03/c...
📕It's world book day! So how does favourite children's book vary by voting intention. Despite having been dragged into the culture wars, Paddington is top choice of Tory and Reform voters, for Labour voters it's the Snowman while Winne-the-Pooh comes out on top with Green voters
Have finally figured out the point to using Teams chat at work - saves having to come up with an awkward subject line in the email....
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock
Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.
yeah, but they already have that don't they? Walnuts look different - paler and lumpier.
aren't those pecans in the picture?
My latest at @talkingpointsmemo.com:
War With Iran? A Blood Moon on Purim? For Some Christian Influencers, That Can Mean Only One Thing: The End Times talkingpointsmemo.com/news/iran-bl...
Helpful analysis from @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social for @theconversation.com
Iran’s targeting of airport, ports and hotels in reaction to US strikes has forced Gulf nations onto front lines of a war they want no part in
theconversation.com/irans-target...
The Reddit Baron
How I arrived on Bluesky
A rapper who sings about never taking bribes, crashes weddings to the delight of his supporters and takes selfies with Gen Z fans is dominating the race to become Nepal’s next prime minister ft.trib.al/6RcaJOA
Interesting Holyrood poll this. Reform fall back down to fourth place behind the Greens. Labour recovering but still way behind the SNP.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
The number of debate competitions and youth parliament debates we had on Double Daylight Savings.... those were the days...
Such an odd boast.
Check out this amazing new MA Race and Empire programme at SOAS in London!
www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-c...
£10,000 fee waivers available for international students!
Programme launches in September 2026.
A morsel of food for thought. When STEM funding is between a rock and a hard place, many STEM learned societies write the Science and Technology Committee, which clearly does take note, and asks relevant ministers to respond.
How many SHAPE learned societies do? If not, why not?
A position apparently too nuanced for many British politicians & pundits.
A headline from GB News stating: Motorists switch to using public transport to avoid paying £5 daily congestion charge
In shock news, motorists have switched to public transport to avoid paying the Oxford Congestion Charge.
A spokesperson* said: "This is exactly what was meant to happen, and it did."
