Had to go look it up myself...well, OK then

I am hoping this is AI generated and no real...because otherwise...I honestly do not know what to say to this chap...

*Vo Nguyen Giap has entered the chat

Event poster for 'All Tomorrow’s Parties: What Central and Eastern Europe Teaches Us About Party Politics'. In person event.

What can Central and Eastern Europe teach us about party politics? Join us for Prof. @allansikk.bsky.social's Inaugural Lecture to find out more.

🗓️ 13 May at 6pm BST
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a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is making a funny face and smiling . ALT: a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is making a funny face and smiling .

'Memorised'?

Wait, it's not 'free', I have to buy this shit to read it (well yes, or from a library )

My colleagues look at me with blank expressions whenever I say, "The Chronicle of Higher Education is not a trade magazine for colleges & universities. It is a trade magazine for Higher Education managers." Even when they include faculty voices its always edited from the perspective of the managers

I honestly do not know...quite possible I suppose

a man wearing a tuxedo and bow tie has the year 2024 on the bottom left ALT: a man wearing a tuxedo and bow tie has the year 2024 on the bottom left

Yorkshire's Black Dyke Band...

batman and robin are walking side by side in the fog . ALT: batman and robin are walking side by side in the fog .

Good point

Wait, you only get 1? I want two!

Looking forward to getting my laser eyes

Less laughs TBH

Dr. Martin Peterson writes that educational censorship at Texas A&M forces students to “settle for less.” Read his story at: pen.org/snapshots-of... Take action to defend academic freedom at Texas A&M at: pen.org/dont-censor-...

Spain, Slovenia, Ireland push EU to debate Israel pact suspension In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the three governments say Israel is violating 'human rights'.

In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the three governments say Israel is violating 'human rights'.

That's a good point.

Former Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © Philip Butler

Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © John Maltby

NEWS: The former Odeon Cinema in Morecambe (1937), now a hardware and bathroom supply shop, has been Grade II listed following support from C20 Society.

The Streamlined Moderne style cinema was one of 7 designed for Odeon by architect William Calder Robson; 3 of which survive, all are now listed.

Olly Robbins is the guy who instigated the laying off of some 2000 diplomatic staff from the FCDO, isn't he?
Or if not instigated was dedicated to seeing it through?
More of a question than a statement

BBC Proms 2026: James Bond and Prog Rock among the line-up Concerts celebrating Benjamin Britten, Steve Reich and Miles Davis also appear in the programme.

Bondian Prog-rock?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sacked Foreign Office chief describes 'pressure' from No 10 and 'dismissive' attitude to Mandelson vetting Olly Robbins is giving evidence to MPs after Keir Starmer accused Foreign Office officials of deliberately withholding that Lord Mandelson initially failed security vetting.

More exciting than Eastenders

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

Western alignment without looking East Habermas’s insistence on the need for negotiation with the Putin regime stemmed from a failure to comprehend the eastern European experience of totalitarianism. The argument that regime change is not…

Western alignment without looking East
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Claus Leggewie
17 April 2026

www.eurozine.com/western-alig...

Sir Oliver Robbins questioned on Mandelson vetting by Foreign Affairs Committee YouTube video by UK Parliament

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_nX...

committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Dame Emily Thornberry MP
Chair, Foreign Affairs Select CommiƩee
House of Commons, London
21 April 2026

It’s probably a fantasy, but I like to imagine one day a UK government will have a need for a Humanities academic in a specific field for some cultural mission to another country, and simply won’t find one there; and finally that there might be a passing embarrassment, even if only for a moment.

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

There are currently 6 permanent full time history jobs in the whole UK. 500+ PhDs being produced a year - not all of whom will want to pursue an academic year but likely most, and of course years will stack up onto each other. What a sector.

Minions & Monsters is a period piece set in the 1920s about a group of minions looking for another evil boss to serve. https://bit.ly/4crk3BG

#CinemaCon2026

Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins gives evidence over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live Robbins was forced out as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Mandelson vetting revelations in the Guardian

Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins gives evidence over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...