Key in times of international crisis is clear and consistent messaging

Rachel Cunliffe O @rmcunliffe.bsky.so... • 1h This is such a facile argument. Sure, let's have a conversation about how universities should be funded. But let's also talk interest rates, debt that functions like an extra tax, repayment thresholds, and what that's actually doing to millions of young people who did everything they were told to do Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky... • 7h 2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to" 2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees

If marketising higher education has proven to be an astonishing, insanely destructive avoidable calamity that has brought institutions to wrack and ruin, kicked tens of thousands out of work and made students slaves to punishing debt - are there any broader lessons we could learn from this?

This would matter if anyone in the country gave half a fuck what Badenoch says -but her and the remaining Tories appear utterly insignificant right now

Austin Powers first learned about Margaret Thatcher's existence from a history video the night before, and it immediately became his go to, what a king

Renting out a second home should be rent-capped, with price tied to average 30-year mortgage rates for that type of home.

Renting out a 3rd+ property should have the same cap, and also have income taxed at 50%+

Building a network of serfs to pay for your property empire *should* end in beheadings

The piss tank on the ISS is now 5% full.

The piss tank on the ISS is now 8% full.

Scott Parker looks like a good manager. Shame he's not.

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls. That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents sho

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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Sound familiar?

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

@archiert1.bsky.social I just listened to your @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social interview on Wirtz, and I absolutely adored the joy and sheer love of football you brought to it - always happy to see your name pop up!

The honest reason I don't have microtransactions/season pass/ads/100 DLCs/etc in Balatro isn't just about the ethics of those practices but because when I play other games that have those things it makes me want to put my computer in the dishwasher and set it to pots & pans

Lee Jae-myung going beast mode

Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean politician who climbed the fence of the parliament to get inside and vote against martial law, has been elected president. Pretty cooool

Tech has entirely turned on the customer
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Luigi didn't do shit!

If you were wondering, Manchester United have edited their website from being "the most successful English club" to being "one of the most successful clubs in world football."

A trans pride flag blows in the wind in front of the Elizabeth Tower (also known as Big Ben) as in London. The sky is blue, with clouds, and there are some leaves at the edges, framing the photo. It was taken at the emergency trans rights protest to take a stand against the Supreme Court ruling in the past week.

a world without trans people has never and will never exist 🏳️‍⚧️

Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:

- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court

- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse

I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually

If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.

Kudos to the European Union for securing the 10% tariff 'Brexit benefit' four days after the United Kingdom.

Unfortunately due to the tariff postponement I, a straight man, will now be forced to be gay for the next three months.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Welcome to the dumbest administration

Revealed preferences theory suggests that Wall Street executives value their ability to call their subordinates gay at approximately 8 trillion dollars