For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

After more than a year of disastrous political direction it looks like Labour MPs are finally questioning McSweeney's judgement. Remember - this is the man whose strategy is for Starmer to become a Farage tribute act with no solutions

I am pleased to share that my students’ research on circular economies in design education, co-authored by @keith-colton.bsky.social and me, will be presented at #E&PDE2025 in Malta next week.

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#EduSky #HigherEd #DesignEducation #CircularEconomy #EandPDE2025 #AcademicSky 🌍

"I’ll get so much done on the train" I tell myself.
Reality check: the file with the embedded video never downloads, the tablet dies halfway there, and my travel mug tastes foul. The September commute is officially back. Solidarity to those chasing deadlines between stations. #AcademicSky #EduSky

It’s been tough to push beyond an outline lately between a journal abstract, a funding application, and a pile of life admin, but revisiting moments like this reminds me why the work matters.
#academicsky #edusky

Pulling together my slide deck for September’s #EPDE conference hosted by the #ied and #thedesignsociety, where I’ll be presenting on the #Low-Tech #Hackathon we ran in Châlons-en-Champagne. This photo captures some of the energy of that event, students gathered around questioning, testing, learning

I didn't either until I'd seen it, not knowing enough about its life cycle I can't comment on how it survives but there it is.

Close to Carbury castle in county Kildare there's quite a few oaks with mistletoe. It seems to do best on the telegraph poles though.

Great to see Plaid Cymru join others demanding Parliament’s immediate recall over Gaza. Accountability cannot wait.

Within the lab we are challenging perceptions around material streams. Our focus is on building material intelligence in students and communities. The Lab is about more than materials, it’s about narratives, resilience, and design practice that connects people and resources differently.

Proud to see the Materials Intelligence Lab featured in TU Dublin’s sustainability news - a space where waste becomes possibility, and design education meets open experimentation.

bit.ly/41OhLIe

#EduSky #HigherEd #DesignEducation #OpenLabs #AcademicSky 🌍

Reform UK has come under strong criticism after failing to condemn two notorious fascists who have been organising pro-Reform stunts at road bridges in south Wales ✍️ Martin Shipton

Best of luck Zack! I just read this article now and while I understand the reticence of the incumbent hierarchy I think the next election could be the most important election in a century. Now is a time for defined actions, not gentle growth.

MetroLink and the misleading €23bn headline: The Irish Times can’t have it both ways irishcycle.com/2025/08/15/m...

Oh that's much worse! I hate editing back, I really need to take a long break and come back with fresh eyes or I have no chance.

Sometimes the hardest part of writing isn’t the words, but making space for them. After weeks stuck in routine, I took my notebook outside. A change of place, a patch of sunshine and the thoughts began to untangle. Clarity often comes when we step out of our usual patterns. #EduSky #AcademicSky

Israel is being mythologised as exceptional rather than inevitable.

www.planetcritical.com/p/one-day-ev...

A huge congratulations to all those involved in this brilliant campaign to save Capel Rhondda and protect Welsh heritage ⛪️

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm219nyk79jo.amp

#Wales #History

Any one of the charges here against the former Sun editor should stop Keir Starmer appointing David Dinsmore.

When you look at them all together - it's an absolute outrage.

Sign the petition 👇🏼

www.hackedoff.org/campaign-act...

We know for a fact that the smear machine will now go into overdrive… Corbyn is a huge threat to fascists and far right neolib elites!

But the evidence is crystal clear:

The “People are Desperate for Change”.

www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/new-corbyn...

That is an awesome t-shirt so good to see Zack has taste too

Colonialism - the perfect example of destruction, the very opposite of anything you could call "progress"

phys.org/news/2025-07...

So I’m asking: what are you seeing in your spaces – classrooms, museums, libraries, studios? Are there programmes pushing back? Places protecting access to design? Where do we look for hope?
#EduSky #HigherEd #Design #ArtsEd #Sustainability #MaterialCulture #EngineeringEd #DesignHistory

This matters. Design is where systems meet people, where sustainability, engineering, visual culture, and lived experience converge. Losing fluency in design thinking, design making, and design heritage weakens our ability to shape equitable and resilient futures.