You'll get more sense from a drunk tank than a think tank.

134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.

Jacobin endorsing Keith Michael Baker's book on Marat makes perfect sense

This will be great!

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

A nation of slumlords.

No Nenil's showed up as a first name in the 1926 Census. Speaks volumes

Hosted by Amazon aws. Guessing this is an AI problem. Haven't seen anything about corrections either

Searched for Tone as a first name. Someone who looks like they were possibly named after Marie Antoinette turns up

Looking at a free state census record image, and then the transcription. It has mistaken Do (short for Ditto) for N/A so only one person per page in the household has any religion. How did.this get past?

How Big Tech Lobbied the EU to Hide Data Centers' Environmental Toll The European Commission has adopted industry-drafted language shielding data center emissions data from public view, report Nico Schmidt and Ella Joyner.

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their data centers, Investigate Europe reports in collaboration with Tech Policy Press and other media partners.

Amidst the Church of England Pope discourse, some of us remember Rowan Williams

1917 editorial cartoon in the New York Tribune

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A people in a country that is not Britain: We are not British

Nodern British Historians who hate imperialism: au contraire

Absolute profiteering. Scandalous

For me, there is something sadly timely about the publication of this collection, as Ulster University announces the propose loss of 450 FTE. Given the levels of part-time work on campus, this means that more than 450 people could be without work and income. This is how class 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 on campus.

Old Bruce Wayne: If video games make children more violent, why do they all keep losing street fights against me?

#DCAU #BatmanBeyond #memes #BruceWayne

Ulster was named THE University of the Year in 2024, to much fanfare, in "recognition of its role as an anchor institution in a region" and to "honour" the completion of Ulster’s £364 million Belfast campus.

The baubles don't matter. The jobs do.

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Sorry to see this Stephen. Brutal and unnecessary. Hope the campaign against it has success

Peasant Movements and Land Agitation Symposium - full recording YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies

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I’m old enough to remember caramel before the Great Saltening.

Been rewarching V so misread this as Marc Singer and was expecting something about lizard aliens

Grant proposal reviews are always like "but I don't see how this is going to revolutionise the field" while article peer reviews are always like "stop saying that you're going to revolutionise the field".

How keen on cooperating with the KPD was the SPD? Their three arrow symbol might be speak to this

Everyone should read this

It seems like a good day to bring up St. Napoleon, whose feast day was on 15 August, the same day as Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday.

(Taken from Gallica)

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I feel a visit to Paris is due soon

Say what you want about the Irish state but it has consistently protected the same class interests over decades.