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15 minutes; no questions; government got the blame; my department to have 60% of us sacked. Apparently sacking us will lead to a ‘new, improved’ curriculum. No voluntary scheme, straight to selection and legal minimum redundancy payment.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

In a sane administration, the FBI Director doesn’t go on the morning news to prove he’s not a drunk, the Defense Secretary doesn’t quote Tarantino to prove he’s a man of God, and the President doesn’t take multiple cognitive exams to prove he’s not insane.

Russian soldiers in Ukraine turn to witchcraft as belief in the supernatural surges Witchcraft interest surged in the final years of the Russian Empire – when faith healer Rasputin's influence over the tsar's family caused ⁠public outrage

Witchcraft interest surged in the final years of the Russian Empire – when faith healer Rasputin's influence over the tsar's family caused public outrage, reports Alessandra Prentice. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

This.

Capability!

Ulster University to cut up to 450 jobs It is not clear which parts of the university, which has campuses in Belfast, Londonderry and Coleraine as well as in Qatar, will be affected.

Paul Bartholomew, Vice Chancellor of Ulster University, has free house, car & driver. He earns ~£300k with big pension

Highest paid staff get plush treatment

Lower grades are told 'to do more with less' or sacked

Austerity only ever travels downward

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Arnold Schwarzenegger receives Honorary Doctorate from Ulster University Arnold Schwarzenegger receives Honorary Doctorate from Ulster University

Astonishing story of mismanagement at Ulster University

Management were too busy handing honorary PhDs to Arnold Schwarzenegger & pouring money into flagship Belfast campus to remember someone has to pay the bill

Turns out the staff will have to pay

www.ulster.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

With the SNP set to dominate the constituency vote, they’re likely to win few, if any of the 56 regional seats.

In 2021 over a million SNP regional votes produced just 2 seats, while the Unionists took 46.

"Both votes SNP" only benefits unionist parties unless the second vote goes to the Greens.

This is wonderful news. The UK has officially signed up to rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+ scheme from 2027

It means students, apprentices and young people will be able to study and work across Europe 👏

SHE 2027. Vienna. CFP. Emotions in Adversity.

Many thanks to the people of Shetland for their warm welcome.

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Am reading Patricia Lockwood’s new novel Will There Ever Be Another You in which she describes the taste of Irn-Bru as a ‘pink electrocution of the tongue’ , and I honestly think Barr’s should consider it as a marketing slogan

“Google has created a misinformation crisis. Studies have shown that people tend to trust what AI tells them without question…Another experiment found that users still listened to AI when it gave them the wrong answer nearly 80% of the time—a grim trend the researchers dubbed “cognitive surrender.”

I don't think anything more usefully summarises the UK than seeing the "left wing" government kick the fuck out of one of the few genuinely successful export sectors of the last ten years because racist pensioners who will never vote for them don't like foreigners.

Incoming Hungarian PM Péter Magyar calls for the UK to rejoin the European Union:

"I remember when I was a diplomat in Brussels... We were able to influence decisions. At the time, the Brits were also part of the EU. Let's hope they will rejoin."

Guessing this is why he's having 'Executive Time' until 2 PM today ... 😉

It’s been said many times before, but he is floridly insane

My uni’s marketing department: we won’t advertise your course. It’s not a ‘hero’ course.
Management: you haven’t recruited. We’re shutting you down.

Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage Just thanked Viktor Orban at the end of the Hungarian Presidency for being our secret weapon and helping us bring down the EU project. Jul 5, 2011

Nigel Farage MP@Nigel_Farage Keep going Viktor Orbán in your battle against EU migrant quotas and taking on George Soros. Mar 5, 2018

Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU's biggest nightmare. Apr 9, 2018

Nigel Farage tweet Apr 4, 2022 A big win against the globalists and a big win for the conservative movement whether you like Orbán or not. GBN LIVE HUNGARY VOTES ORBAN means a headache for the EU Nigel Farage Apr 4, 2022 Congratulations to Viktor Orbán!

Nigel Farage has been a big Orbán fan for a while

Scottish Greens manifesto to call for Russia-style sanctions against Israel

EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Greens will push for Russia-style sanctions against Israel in their manifesto, the Sunday National can reveal

Let’s be clear. Israel is not “striking Hezbollah” targets in Lebanon. They are levelling civilian buildings so they can extend their borders. War crimes.

Inside Alligator Alcatraz, Wasserman Schultz finds men crammed in cages, smell of urine, inadequate food ‘Everything about this screams inhumane and unnecessary, and the cruelty is the point,’ U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said about the Alligator Alcatraz detention center in the Everglades.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz made an unannounced visit to the Everglades concentration camp where she describes the inhumane conditions she witnessed.

I've heard there was a favourite arm
That has its own erotic charm
But dont ya really care for sea-sex roadies?
It goes like this, not fourth or fifth
Or seventh, eighth: the third one lifts
In briny hanky-panky Octopodes
Octopodes
Octopodes
Octopodes
Octopodes
www.newscientist.com/article/2521...

This is truly your finest work yet

It blows my mind that the international community has allowed one little man, wanted criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, to commit genocide, commit ethnic cleansing and destroy entire towns in multiple countries, so that he can stay in power and avoid prosecution for corruption.

What the president is doing is batshit crazy.

So @tom-richmond.com is out with a report on the Great Universities Disaster today... Lots to agree with, in particular (1) numbers caps and floor teaching standards to stop bad behavers destroying the entire sector; (2) much more financial prudence and headroom. (1/3)
www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/a-de...