Do you want to know the time? Or do you want to know what time it was at this time yesterday? Because today I will tell you both.

One of the things that made George Michael unusual as a popstar was his activism. Whether it was speaking out about apartheid, AIDS, or the Iraq War. My new book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: the Meaning of George Michael is published soon. sathnam.com #GeorgeMichael #Wham #TTMSSL #Iraq

International Women’s Day website owners urged to stop ‘exploiting’ day Hundreds sign open letter calling for owner of website, from which UN has distanced itself, to ‘contribute meaningfully’ More than 900 people have signed an open letter to the owners of the website internationalwomensday.com demanding that it “contribute meaningfully” or step aside. “It is our strong belief that you have been exploiting a social movement for financial gain, without addressing any of the genuine structural issues the day was founded on,” stated the letter, authored by two UK-based professionals and circulating widely on social media. Continue reading...

International Women’s Day website owners urged to stop ‘exploiting’ day

Screen grab of a Facebook post, headline reads 'The safest UK towns to live in if WW3 breaks out including one in the East Midlands'

Screen grab of a Facebook post. Headline reads 'Medical conditions that exempt you from being drafted into the army'

Screen grab of a Facebook post. Headline reads ''New Nostradamus' grim prediction has already come true-worse. May follow'

Is everything ok at Leicestershire Live?

ForcesWatch » Roadshows, robot dogs and fairytales: How Britain's largest weapons company targets schools Why schools need to reconsider giving the UK's largest weapons company a platform to influence young people

For 20 years, BAE Systems has run STEM roadshows for over a million children, while selling fighter jets and weapons linked to tens of thousands of civilian deaths.

Michal Grant explores why schools need to reconsider giving the company a platform to influence young people.

#STEM4peace

Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

Mahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse' The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.

Every UK university should be objecting to this shameful decision.

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I think China is probably only spying via Labour MPs for entertainment purposes.

Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’ With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war

📌 ICYMI — Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’

With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war

A dark chocolate hot cross bun on a paper bag, about to be eaten.

M&S double chocolate 'hot cross bun'. It's a chocolate bread roll. Not unpleasant, but not a hot cross bun.

Much worse! Particularly since AI 'tools' were introduced to Microsoft 365. Spelling checks are useless and as someone is dyslexic, I find the autocomplete deeply distracting.

Sorry for the slow reply, I was anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.

The Campus Crisis Toolkit

Hey Higher Ed peeps.. put this one on your “ To Read list”. Great collection from the front lines of the polycrisis and lessons of solidarity to fight back! #wearetheuniversity
Gratitude to the authors and editors, @lisa DiBartolomeo and @thetattooedprof.bsky.social
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How tech turned against women As AI-generated sexualised images proliferate and app-facilitated abuse spreads, we are sleepwalking into a new age of gender inequality. It is time to regulate properly

"large language models such as ChatGPT were consistently advising women to ask for lower salaries than men in recruitment processes,... AI tools already in use by more than half of England’s councils were downplaying women’s medical conditions, potentially resulting in unequal care"

My son is 14 and I can still barely bring myself to write out my birth experience.

Your experience of maternity and neonatal care in England

National call for evidence on maternity and neonatal care in England consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/your-experie...

We've just updated our briefing for parents facing exactly this!

The resource is for parents, students and teachers concerned with military and arms industry activities in their school 👉 www.forceswatch.net/resources/fo...

If you are concerned about how the armed forces engage with schools and colleges, you are not alone.

ForcesWatch has free resources for parents, students and teachers who are concerned about military and arms industry activities in their school or college.

How shameful to weaponise a tragedy. And then attack our city for the sake of headline-grabbing. Leicester’s true story is written every day by its people, not by fear-mongering narratives. It is a story of culture, respect & unity with communities showing up for each other in tough times and challenges. Like many, I am proud to call this city home, and I will always stand up for it. In reference to a headline that reads: "Leicester is no multicultural success - it is a strark warning to the rest of Britain" with an image of police tape after a student was tragically stabbed to death.

How to resist like Minneapolis Meet the block, shop the indies, and check on your people.

“The arc of history is not self-bending, but mittened hands with simple tools are working on the moral side.” Beautiful piece by @dessadarling.bsky.social on resistance and community.

My son is on the best school trip today. A visit to a Chinese supermarket followed by an all you can eat Chinese buffet. Genuinely jealous.

I am deeply disappointed in the school.

It's making my kids cringe. That's the impact that counts.

It's the most I've written all year. Can you submit an email to the REF?

Today my 13 and 11 year old children were subject to an hour long recruitment event by the British Army during their school assembly today. I'm using the fantastic resources at @forceswatch.bsky.social to draft my complaint.

remain surprised. the killing of human beings and the devaluation of human life (in killer and killed human) should remain a shock

I had to call security yesterday on the way out of uni. Poor security guard was stuck deciphering the ramblings of a tired perimenopausal women. ‘He was trying to break the metal things the cars drive though!’ ‘The…barriers?’ 'Then he got one of those plastic things you put in the road.’ ‘A … cone?’

ABOLISH ICE | Reading List The targeting of immigrant communities has reached extraordinary new levels of shamelessness, drawing activists to the streets in protest and sparking fiery confrontations against the state's militari...

Abolish ICE reading list care of Verso. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

Why do I never learn 😭

HEllo, I'M a bLacKBoaRd ANnOUnceMenT THaT HeLeN sPENT 15MinS FoRMAtTIng.