A picture of a majestic humpback whale leaping from the seas with the caption “humpback whales are forming super-groups”, rather than simply admire the wonder of nature I am making a poor quality music gag

This is why whale punk had to happen

Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities By this Interim Final Rule ("IFR"), the Department of Justice ("Department") is revising the regulations implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to extend the compliance d...

At the 11th hour, the DOJ has pushed back their accessibility compliance deadline by 1 year, citing objections that 'the Department underestimated the costs and burden of the 2024 final rule for small public entities'
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

I remember that being brilliant. David Morrissey, Steven Macintosh, Anna Friel etc?

@rickanderson.bsky.social suggests 80% of publishing folks are introverted, which I'm not going to argue with #uksg2026

Naturally everyone's sitting at the back for this one #uksg2026

Funny, but this is obviously American and nothing to do with the NHS

a group of people are standing in a line playing musical instruments . Alt: The good people of Summerisle marching and playing instruments, many wearing animal head masks, as part of a pagan ritual in The Wicker Man (1973)

Altogether now: Summer is icumen in...

So, just to recap, we have two random DOGE bros with basically no knowledge or experience in the humanities (and at least one of whom is a college dropout), who just went around terminating grants that had gone through a full grant application process by feeding in a list of culture war grievance terms, selecting out the grant titles based on the appearance of seemingly “woke” words, then asking ChatGPT “yo, tell me this is DEI” and then sending termination emails the next day from a private server and forging the director’s signature. This is what “government efficiency” looks like in practice: two guys with zero relevant experience, a keyword list built on culture war grievances, and a chatbot confidently spitting out 120-character verdicts on federal grants that went through actual review processes. The experts who might have explained what these grants actually do? Locked out. The director whose signature appeared on termination letters? Couldn’t tell you which grants got cut or w

Ever wondered how your grant got cancelled? No we know. Some college dropout asked ChatGPT "is it DEI/woke"?

www.techdirt.com/202...

I got a job with Stanley
He said I'd come in handy
He started me on Monday
So I had a bath on Sunday

Rare Video: Vince Guaraldi’s First Televised Performance of “Linus and Lucy” (1964) In 1964—a year before the release of A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi gave the first televised performance of “Linus and Lucy.” Filmed for public television, the performance featured Guaraldi ...

Rare Video: Vince Guaraldi’s First Televised Performance of “Linus and Lucy” (1964)

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I don't know why, but '20 cheese omelette' is my favourite

'To some the contemplation of eel pies, smoking rounds of beef, rumpsteak pies, and pen-orths of pudding, shining in the glory of dripping, and radiant with raisins, is almost as satisfying as the absolute possession of those dainties.'

Steve Morrow Never Knows #beatlesfootball

Diamonds are Always Already Forever

A fash and a pish and the land is ours #McMorrissey

Now my Heart is Fulton Mackay #McMorrissey

The only film I have loved of a book I loved is Terence Davies's The House of Mirth

I swear half the London publishing industry has just been through the salad aisle at the m&s next to the Eurostar terminal #fbf25

Wow, I just tried this myself and got Oslo, Bern, and Ankara, which isn't even in Europe

The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls?

nomouse.org

We call people 'guys' because of Guy Fawkes: originally it meant scruffy-looking men, like the straw effigies that were/are burnt on Bonfire Night, and it travelled from British to US English and then back again

Google Scholar Is Doomed Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

The UK is about to ban access to Wikipedia, just remember this bill was originally pitched as a means to protect kids from accessing porn.

That's a proper advertising slogan too

Targeted by the right, Britain’s asylum hotels are places of fear and disorder. Bad political decisions made it so | Daniel Trilling In the frenzy of racism and culture warring, the issue of why hotels are used gets overlooked, says author Daniel Trilling

I wrote this to explain how we reached this point, in the hope it would be a resource for people arguing with friends and family, people with questions, perhaps even people thinking of joining a protest. Do share with anyone who might find it useful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's worse than that - they're not consultants, they employ a whole team of full-time Brand Managers and Brand Officers

Yes, exactly this!

This is why I don't use AI minutes for meetings - I don't want a bland summary of everything that was said, I want someone (usually me) to think about what the important points were amid the waffle. The thinking part is often more productive than the meeting

Doctors, beware the AI scribe The time I spend editing my computerised medical notes outweighs any productivity gains I get from not writing them.

Excellent piece by @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social about how AI scribes don't save time or provide useful summaries
Doctors, beware the AI scribe - www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...