It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺

The Iran war is difficult for advanced economies, but much harder for small Islands and sub-Saharan African countries that are net oil importers

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“Comparing photos from the report in the Evening Standard’s 2005 print edition (left) and the Stack BTC website (right) isn’t conclusive” 😂

Wittenham Clumps sunrise with a "steam train" of blossom.

I know we've all seen it already. But I honestly think this is the defining moment of our time. Past generations couldn't have believed it would happen. Future generations won't believe it could have happened. But here we are, bang in the moment. Lucky, lucky us.

Mechanisms underpinning the mental health impact of arts engagement - Nature Reviews Psychology Engaging in the arts can have mental health benefits among clinical and non-clinical groups. In this Review, Fancourt et al. identify 50 causal processes by which arts engagement influences mental health outcomes and integrate them into a theoretical model, the ‘arts exposome’.

A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology identifies 50 causal processes by which arts engagement influences mental health outcomes and integrates them into a theoretical model, the ‘arts exposome.’ 🔒

No way the fall of Rome was this cringe
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Corporations as vectors of chronic disease, @nejm.org
Calling out 6 commercial products that contribute to 31% of all deaths globally.
Chemicals include pesticides, PFAS, manufactured.
And counterstrategies to address
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I see the University of York is offering a fixed-term post in public history for the same salary (£37k) I earned for a fixed-term post in public history, also in Yorkshire, in 2012. Had the rate risen with inflation it would now be £53k.

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

No. More plumbers means lower income for individual plumbers.

Hearts and minds

In response, Iran sanctions itself. Hadn’t thought of that, had you Scott?

He had the opportunity to observe Corbyn. Oh, … I see your point.

Thanks for fighting for this worthy cause.

Thanks, I will listen to those more. Best of all worlds for me is songs written by Dylan and sung by Richard Manuel or Rick Danko.

Harsh but fair. What about Dylan’s singing? Opinions are … divided.

Thank God Starmer is in charge, really. If it had been any of his immediate predecessors, we'd currently be at war with Iran, playing lapdog to a deranged US administration, unable to say what we were doing or why.

Guilt is an emotion our species acquired in Vienna between the years 1910 and 1920.

“Rise up and help us overthrow your government while we destroy your economy”

The head and wings of a red kite. Its head is grey, and its hooked beak is yellow and black.

Low-level red kite this afternoon.

It's so rare that we see photos like this one of an Iranian schoolboy. Maybe we need to see more of them.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

"If annual net migration were to be 200,000 lower on average than the OBR’s current assumption over the five years of its forecast, the cumulative 1mn hit to labour supply could add up to £20bn per year to forecast borrowing." 👀

Yes, tell Labour councils to start taking down those racist flags.