Kammerkonzert, by Squarepusher 14 track album

this is rather fun :
squarepusher.bandcamp.com/album/kammer...

This is also excellent

reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...

This is rather good, for adults as well as 'young adults'. Her writing is just so ace!
www.ursulakleguin.com/gifts

Added to my ever growing list...

More for less? Employment, productivity and reform in Scottish public services | IPPR Yet there is currently widespread dissatisfaction with the services that the devolved public sector in Scotland provides. And concerns over their future vi

⚠️ Scotland could be sleepwalking into austerity ⚠️

🔴Our new analysis warns looming public sector job cuts could hollow out essential services just as demand rises.

📢The choices made now will shape Scotland’s public services for years.

Read the report ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/mor...

OK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."

Head Teacher - ARB17632 | Argyll & Bute Council | myjobscotland View details and apply for this headships role in with Argyll & Bute Council on myjobscotland

Do I know any teachers who fancy moving to the west coast of Scotland, a great wee school in a thriving rural community looking for a new head teacher....

myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/arg...

Bluesky! Does anyone have any links of neurodiverse friendly recruitment processes?

Pricking out alder seedlings when you growing trees?

My service? Postal.

I'm addicted now.....

My switchblade? Strawberry.

My stones? Rolling.

My street preachers? Manic.

A headline from the Daily Record that reads "Glasgow Council to hike tax by 5% and borrow £30m to tackle refugee homelessness" in white writing on a red background superimposed over a photo of Glasgow City Chambers.

Absolutely irresponsible reporting from the Daily Record here - @paulhutcheon.bsky.social I hope you enjoyed the extra clicks that headline got you.

Said it before, and I’ll say it again, but for people like me, this would be transformative - it would stabilise our incomes, and allow us to plough more time into creative work and less into stuff anyone could be doing.

AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.

We might be a small island, but perhaps our Colonial legacy might have something to do with us being the 6th largest economy?

Afaik the authors don't get paid, the reviewers don't get paid, the editors don't get paid....so I'm not sure where the money goes, but yeah it totally creates a vacuum that disinformation can thrive in.

A screenshot from the Sage website that says "Get full access to this article View all access and purchase options for this article."

Not a particularly originally thought - but I'm getting increasingly frustrated at how so much academic literature is just so inaccessible. And yeah I know that it can usually be found somewhere, but such a waste of time, and then you can't find the paper you want. grrrrr......

Taken from 12 Bytes by Jeanette Winterson.

Of course it was Ada's idea.....

PS. Not too late to tell the government what you think about their proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain - the public consultation is open until 12th Feb.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains? People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.

'for an estimated 4% of people, this mental imagery is weak or absent. When researchers ask them to imagine something familiar, they might have a concept of what it is, and words and associations might come to mind, but they describe their mind’s eye as dark or even blank.'

Black Books - Bernard Avoids Doing His Tax Return YouTube video by pupchops

Me = m.youtube.com/watch?v=A10P...

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

Building the First Library in Gaza After the Genocide There are moments in history when the creation of a library becomes an act of freedom itself.Here in Gaza, after the genocide, Omar and Ibrahim understood that dreams protected by books do not yield —...

Building the First Library in Gaza After the Genocide chuffed.org/project/firs...

Black Books - Bernard Avoids Doing His Tax Return YouTube video by pupchops

youtu.be/A10PvpbPJZw?...

So that's why they need Greenland...another island....

There's some great new research going on about the politics of heating in the 20thC.
www.shu.ac.uk/centre-regio...

hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk/carbonbodies/

Here ya go. Enjoy Cats vs Bears😂😂😂