Hopefully he’ll sever one of his own limbs

I spent 32 years in the UK civil service. I knew a handful of people with PhDs, all in mid-level management positions*. The doctorate was regarded as a hindrance to be overcome in the battle for credibility

*I’m excluding psychology PhDs and MDs which were necessary for relevant professional roles

Thoughts and prayers. It’s shockingly bad.

No. We are all going to have to experience some pain before we come out of the other side of this one.

It is obvious that outsourcing intelligence comes at a cognitive cost, and yet it is alarming that the cognitive cost is so catastrophically high.

😬

Admittedly the university and cathedral both had events to mark the occasion, but perhaps this might have been an opportunity to do some public history? I bet the local libraries would have enjoyed that a lot more than the absolute bollocks they are being made to do for George.

“Make your own St George’s flag”
Which will take all of five minutes. Maybe ten if you put some effort into getting the lines straight 🙄

I didn’t notice the council putting the same effort into celebrating St Cuthbert’s day a few weeks ago, and his shrine is in Durham cathedral. Also Cuthbert was a MUCH better saint than George, and properly embedded in the history of the region.

#TeamStCuthbert

Fighting Iran and the Pope simultaneously is basically 21st century evangelical Christian nationalisms wet dream.

An AI-free OS for an AI-free product line with a written guarantee from Apple not to insert AI into users’ devices at a later date.

Irony is, the council effectively cancelled the successful multimillion generating Lumiere arts festival because a few grumpy gets complained about traffic, and have replaced it with- knights on unicycles

Well done lads *slow handclap*

Before the flag nonces got hold of it, the only reason I was even vaguely aware of the date was because it’s also my late mother’s birthday.

And I speak as someone who is actually interested in early medieval history.

Interestingly most of the (non-bot) comments are from people asking the council to take down the tatty Temu flags if they really want to show some patriotic pride.

From Reform-led Durham County Council’s Facebook page:

'St George’s Day will also be dominating the social media pages of County Durham Libraries’

‘Dominating’. Not ‘featured’, or ’showcased’. Dominating.

He’s himself, and I like that.

That was a brilliant final and a properly lovely presentation from Miriam Margoyles at the end #UniversityChallenge

We want the mouthy northerners

#universitychallenge C`mon The Mancs!

Blimey! Amol's jacket would not disgrace Max Quordlepleen #UniversityChallenge

It’s the tuxedo equivalent of flock wallpaper

Team Madgwick all the way #UniversityChallenge

I see that Amol Rajan has upped the sartorial twat quotient for tonight’s #UniversityChallenge final then.

He fundamentally misunderstands what research is.

Imagine being so weird about women (and men) you think society will end if women have beliefs, ideas and opinions upon which they act.

LET THE DUCK IN, YOU SHITS.

I’m getting more and more annoyed by this. I now want them all to lose.

#Mastermind

What absolute PERVERT thinks it is desirable for a 15 year old girl to become pregnant? Anyone who voices this publicly should lose their job and be permanently shunned by society.

Yours from the UK.

a man and a boy are standing next to each other in a room . Alt: Jay sprays Manny with water in Modern Family "No...no...no"

The ridiculously awkward contestant introduction films on #Mastermind

It negates the whole _point_ of Mastermind doing this