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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
@thetimes.com I think Saturdays crossword may have phrased the clue to 46 across the wrong way around... Should it not have been' Repay kindness with ingratitude'
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
@thetimes.com I think Saturdays crossword may have phrased the clue to 46 across the wrong way around... Should it not have been' Repay kindness with ingratitude'
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Mackenzie Crook puts all the correct birdsong in the stage directions of Detectorists. Respect.
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Mackenzie Crook puts all the correct birdsong in the stage directions of Detectorists. Respect.
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It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator
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imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
27D should have read "worn" not "worth"
September 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
27D should have read "worn" not "worth"
Typo in my copy of The Times today
September 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Typo in my copy of The Times today
"I like your globe that glows red like our crypton sun. But not this irritating noise.." RIP General Zod
August 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"I like your globe that glows red like our crypton sun. But not this irritating noise.." RIP General Zod
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There are many ways of destroying the integrity of #science. But one of the most critical is deleting data or failing to collect data or firing the people or destroying the instruments that collect the data that contradicts your preconceived notions.
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There are many ways of destroying the integrity of #science. But one of the most critical is deleting data or failing to collect data or firing the people or destroying the instruments that collect the data that contradicts your preconceived notions.
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
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Nerdy joke warning. 😁 I've been planning this since I first saw the Newton for Hyde sign.
August 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Nerdy joke warning. 😁 I've been planning this since I first saw the Newton for Hyde sign.
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For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
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The season finale of Strong Songs is about "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers. 🎶
It's also about Withers' music more broadly, and why such a seemingly ordinary guy might write such extraordinary songs. I think it was a great note to go out on.
I hope you all dig it - thanks, as always, for listening!
It's also about Withers' music more broadly, and why such a seemingly ordinary guy might write such extraordinary songs. I think it was a great note to go out on.
I hope you all dig it - thanks, as always, for listening!
S07E10 - "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers
For the Season Seven finale, Kirk takes a look at Bill Withers' enduring hit "Lean On Me." In the process, he takes a broader look at a bunch of Withers' other most famous songs to better understand h...
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July 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The season finale of Strong Songs is about "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers. 🎶
It's also about Withers' music more broadly, and why such a seemingly ordinary guy might write such extraordinary songs. I think it was a great note to go out on.
I hope you all dig it - thanks, as always, for listening!
It's also about Withers' music more broadly, and why such a seemingly ordinary guy might write such extraordinary songs. I think it was a great note to go out on.
I hope you all dig it - thanks, as always, for listening!
The roast beef dinner and now the ancient oak. Is there anything that makes england special that Toby Carvary will not desecrate?
April 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The roast beef dinner and now the ancient oak. Is there anything that makes england special that Toby Carvary will not desecrate?
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That fucking "Riding Shotgun" song.
March 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
That fucking "Riding Shotgun" song.
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You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
Clue for 57 across in today's Times Jumbo crossword is missing. At least in the printed edition I have. By process of elimination I think perhaps it should be....57 across: a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
February 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Clue for 57 across in today's Times Jumbo crossword is missing. At least in the printed edition I have. By process of elimination I think perhaps it should be....57 across: a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
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You may not think of yourself as an optimist, but you still try to quickly tick the 'remember me' box on a login page after you've clicked 'submit'.
October 2, 2024 at 1:49 PM
You may not think of yourself as an optimist, but you still try to quickly tick the 'remember me' box on a login page after you've clicked 'submit'.
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Keep seeing references to UK food security.
Since the mid-19th century UK food security has meant the ability to keep the sea lanes open and imports flowing in. Not the ability to produce domestic needs at home.
Since the mid-19th century UK food security has meant the ability to keep the sea lanes open and imports flowing in. Not the ability to produce domestic needs at home.
November 18, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Keep seeing references to UK food security.
Since the mid-19th century UK food security has meant the ability to keep the sea lanes open and imports flowing in. Not the ability to produce domestic needs at home.
Since the mid-19th century UK food security has meant the ability to keep the sea lanes open and imports flowing in. Not the ability to produce domestic needs at home.
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I was in two minds whether to post this image because I think it’s both a little niche and a little arch.
November 17, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I was in two minds whether to post this image because I think it’s both a little niche and a little arch.
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Sceptic is misapplied as suffix on vaccine-, climate- euro- etc. Scepticism is healthy practice of withholding confidence pending evidence. If you recoil from evidence and demand your own alternative pretend evidence it's denial.
November 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Sceptic is misapplied as suffix on vaccine-, climate- euro- etc. Scepticism is healthy practice of withholding confidence pending evidence. If you recoil from evidence and demand your own alternative pretend evidence it's denial.
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What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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interviewer: give me an example of a time when you took control of a situation
me: no, YOU give ME an example
interviewer: lol okay, that was pretty impressive
me: I’m afraid we’re going to have to let you go
interviewer: *being led away by security* what is happening right now
me: no, YOU give ME an example
interviewer: lol okay, that was pretty impressive
me: I’m afraid we’re going to have to let you go
interviewer: *being led away by security* what is happening right now
July 3, 2023 at 3:04 PM
interviewer: give me an example of a time when you took control of a situation
me: no, YOU give ME an example
interviewer: lol okay, that was pretty impressive
me: I’m afraid we’re going to have to let you go
interviewer: *being led away by security* what is happening right now
me: no, YOU give ME an example
interviewer: lol okay, that was pretty impressive
me: I’m afraid we’re going to have to let you go
interviewer: *being led away by security* what is happening right now
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"A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter." defector.com/what-the-fuc...
What The Fuck Is A "Vaccine Skeptic"? | Defector
At darker moments, contesting this kind of stuff in the wake of the 2024 election—and all the shameless, shameful, unforgivable work the American media did to produce that election’s outcome—feels as ...
defector.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
"A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter." defector.com/what-the-fuc...