This is bleak. Essentially, lecturers as middle managers between students and chatbot.

Ditto. But not really a surprise given his narcissism. Nobody else matters to him - least of the military personnel who are involved. In his warped mind any successes are due to him, any failures will be the fault of others.

Trump says "lots of bombs will start going off" if the US-Iran ceasefire expires without a deal.
Ok, so that means lots of bombing on Wednesday thru Friday. The oil price skyrockets. Then White House officials speculate on falling oil prices. Trump then announces the mother of all deals on Sunday.

British politics are in a depressing state and anybody who feels gleeful about recent events, perhaps because they enjoy the excitement of seeing the world burn, or because they dislike one of the people involved, is a short-sighted moron.

Why not fly in Seal team & do standard assault by night? They are the experts & well proven tactic

Struggling to understand USN tactics.
Hope they have Tug have ready to take it to port & apart from USA which country would accept port long term cluttered with damaged & disabled ULCC?

Oh Great. FUBAR that is MFTS just keeps rolling on🤬

What about EU students coming to UK that Brits will brainwash? Far more of them. Indeed Brexit argument agin Erasmus was that more EU came to UK than UK went to EU. Surprise (not) & all except Brexiteers would regard as advantage to UK!!!

APStylebook Y @APStylebook • 19h We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing "the" labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant. • 9,742 LT 19.4K • 43.8K 企 AP The Associated Press @AP Replying to @APStylebook The use of "the French" in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and has caused unintended offense. An updated tweet is upcoming. 12:18 AM • Jan 27, 2023 • 382.8K Views

Dusting off my favorite tweet

Trump can heal the sick, cure the halt & the lame, raise the dead, etc., so minesweeping by remote thought is minor stuff

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La guerre à la maison | Le Grand Continent Le culte masculiniste du guerrier professé par le Secrétaire de la guerre de Donald Trump est un cheval de Troie pour toutes les démocraties libérales. Une pièce de doctrine signée par l'ancien légio...

"The masculinist cult of the warrior professed by Donald Trump's Secretary of War is a Trojan horse for all liberal democracies."

An absolute must-read from @noorryan.bsky.social

legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/04/1...

No room for brain cells in Hegseth's macho image world

Great News - leaving Erasmus was massive own goal.
By the way whatever happened to the Turing scheme - Dead Duck?

Behold, another second coming. But this one is Donald Trump – WAY BETTER than that Jesus guy | Marina Hyde The Middle East on fire, a spat with the pope – and he posts himself as Potus Almighty. Will his disciples now see that their messiah has feet of clay, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

glorious intro from Marina Hyde:

"You hear such a lot from Maga Republicans about how liberals think Trump voters are stupid. But not nearly enough about the far more salient point: that Donald Trump thinks Trump voters are stupid."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#OTD 15/4/1953 #RememberRCN -HMCS CRUSADER destroys three Chinese supply trains in 24 hours off Tanch’on, Korea. Bringing the destroyers total to a record breaking four trains destroyed. To honour this accomplishment, her UN code name was changed from "Leadmine" to "Casey Jones."

Image of the certificate of The Scottish Register of Tartans to the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Edinburgh.

The Consulate General Edinburgh's tartan.

Designer Emily Redman presenting the registration certificate to Consul General Christiane Hullmann.

Our colleagues at the Consulate General in Edinburgh have their very own tartan! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Inspired by the German flag 🇩🇪, it represents the Day of German Unity: 3 colours, 10 stripes and 90 black threads for 3 Oct 1990, the date Germany was unified.

Debuting at Edinburgh Tartan Parade!

This is a Ukrainian boy, Bohdan. He will forever be eight years old.

Yesterday, a Russian drone killed Bohdan as he was playing on a playground in Cherkasy.

Bohdan sang in the church choir.

Deepest condolences...

Russian terrorism must be stopped.

Does Eurostar still employ any people at all to answer their phones? I have called them about 10 times over the last week and no matter when one calls, there are always too many calls and one is asked to call back before the call is terminated ?! 🤨

A photo of the front cover of issue 1673 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” The main headline reads “HUNGARY: ORBAN LOSES HISTORIC ELECTION.” The central image shows Viktor Orbán standing on stage alongside JD Vance, both raising their arms in front of a cheering crowd with Hungarian and US flags in the background. A speech bubble reads, “Who says America can’t achieve regime change?” A strapline at the bottom reads “HUGE TRIUMPH FOR MAGA (SURELY MAGYAR? ED.).”

Hungary: Orban loses historic election

The new Private Eye is out now.

Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust is using genAI to promote its upcoming HMS Erebus exhibiton. I want to say something but it feels futile, a losing battle. I see so many smaller museums resort to AI slop.

This is so dreadfully inaccurate that hard to find anything right about it. AI Slop is too kind comment - a human looked at it but did not freak out & reject it out of hand

Putting Tenacious back in class & fit for sea will not be cheap. £1.5M+ my guess, & she is notorious money pit.

Back in Oct 2023 JST finaly collapsed & barque Tenacious joined Lord Nelson in lay up. News that Tenacious has been sold though neither owner nor flag state known. Odd composite construction - wood, epoxy, steel, & notoriously a money pit, interesting to see what happens next.

A terracotta figurine of a dog standing on four legs, holding a small animal in its mouth. The dog has a slender body, pointed ears, and a slightly curved tail. The surface of the sculpture is rough and textured, with patches of white primer. The small animal in the dog's mouth appears to be another quadruped, possibly a hare or a smaller dog. The sculpture is displayed on a white surface against a neutral beige background.

Timeline cleanse! 🐶🐕

A Terracotta figurine of a dog holding his pup (or a prey?) in his mouth.

Greek, Boeotian 1st half of the 5th century BC.

A lovely Sunday, everyone!

On display at Antikensammlung München

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A lifejacket on display in a museum showcase.

At least one Chindit - RAF signaller Arthur Willshaw - had a bright idea to help with the river crossings. He liberated a Mae West from stores and carried it with him throughout Longcloth. Later used by his kids as a seaside beach toy in the 1950s, and now in #IWMLondon.

Ok on a serious note, it cannot be exaggerated how bad formalized Iranian control of the Strait is for the world. The entire global economy rests on an American guarantee of free commercial shipping. That guarantee is gone. We don’t know exactly what will happen but none of it will be good.

Remember when Richard Nixon took credit for being “at the joystick” of Apollo 11?

Me neither.

“With Trump at the joystick, moon mission launches patriotism ahead of America’s 250th”

Yup & if Trump's 2026 Iran war is claimed a success then Suez 1956 was as well