For reasons, I have taught Malthus twice in the last week or two. In both rooms, I have forgotten to wipe the whiteboard clean, so I like to think that it looks like someone is going around writing FAMINE DISEASE WAR just to freak people out.

I said months ago that Badenoch was trashing a key convention regarding opposition in matters of security.

Today was sadly a continuation of it. Imagine declaring that it's UK criticism that has "strained relations with Israel", rather than Netanyahu's war crimes.

Desperate, immoral, and so cheap.

Do you have any cherished family photographs? National Trust photo curator Catherine Troiano takes a look at some beautiful photographs from the Victorian and Edwardian periods - and explains the tell-tale clues that help to date them:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Sisyphus, but for obscenely wealthy people - every day they generate untold wealth and then it all gets distributed to the population and they have to get up and do it again tomorrow.😈

Day 287 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Pablo Rochat is an artist who turns everyday ideas into witty magic

I honestly feel many people are sick of performatively confrontational presidential candidate debates.

The constant interruptions, prickly haranguing, random hypotheticals, repetitive dredging of controversy instead of hearing about values, character, vision.

We deserve smarter discourse.

#Aras25

Maybe instead of asking about candidate's pets a week before polling day, media could ask candidates their view on existential threats like #climatechange? Just a thought..

#Áras25 #SpéirGorm

Really important reminder of how Reform aren’t just Little Englanders, but part of an international far-right network which wants to take away fundamental rights we all take for granted - and wants to use “free speech” as a lever

This is why those banking on the Israeli "opposition" convince very few...

Yair Lapid, head of Israel's opposition:

"Those who demonstrated against Israel in London, Rome, Paris... were deceived by propaganda... The truth is, there was no genocide, no intentional starvation."

Great result. I'd like to applaud the protest, the review of police action and the fact that an apology was made, and to amplify your point that vague & broad laws result in unlawful policing. But I can't share because of that 'forced to' in your image - it's unhelpful & detracts from the real win.

History in your hands within an hour(ish).

Here's how quick and easy it is to register for a history card and start ordering up 1000 years of documents.

Register now: www.thelondonarchives.org/your-researc...

#Archives #LondonHistory

Off to teach at Oxford Brookes this afternoon. I'm an associate lecturer on their Publishing MA. To give you an idea as to how university finances are going: a few years ago I did 36 hours of teaching on this module, this year I'm doing 6.

Coloured tarmac replacement help: in possibly my most niche question of all-time, does anyone know a solution for replacing small patches of coloured tarmac?

Issue is if you lay a red cycle / bus lane, you should use tarmac which has red all the way through it.... (1/3)

Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...

Farmers along the Shannon Callows have said their livelihoods are being destroyed by rising water levels in the area, which takes in large stretches of land in counties Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Right-wingers do seem to love Russia
And Russian money.

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

Any police officer who vows to quit depending on the results of an election is openly admitting that they are partisan, that they swore an oath but it was conditional, and that they believe the work they do as law enforcement is tied to a particular political party.

All of these are damning.

I found the comments almost as interesting as the thread, which is brilliantly argued. Am now thinking about the fact that once I'm into a long series I can find scaffolding useful because I already know the principal characters. In standalone, it's the opposite. Am currently writing a standalone.

This is worth reading and sharing.
Also, his name is not Tommy Robinson.

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.