For info, I'm uninstalling Twitter app (not closing account, but likely won't read it). Anyone who cares probably already found me on Mastodon (see profile) but just in case...

The University of Kyoto in Japan allows students to wear anything they want for their Graduation ceremony. This is the way.

Yes AI can make you arresting photos like this but can it tell you that the Baby Viking Summer Camp should be better known as the Norsery?

Anglicised pronunciations only

🧵For some reason, my mind turns to Cicero's second speech against Catiline. Let me translate it for you... At last, Romans, we have expelled Lucius Catiline, raging with audacity, exhaling criminality, wickedly plotting damage to his country, issuing threats of fire and weapons

Don't Miss: A modern Moodle interface for the Open Science Laboratory: Sam Marshall, The Open University at #MootIEUK23 next week on Monday 14:00

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Is there really "overwhelming" evidence that smartphones and social media are having a "catastrophic" effect on kids' mental health? I don't think so! Here's my long article where I read though the relevant studies and note some serious weaknesses: https://t.co/h5TaikWou7

A river of boiling shit flows through your town. You haven’t seen a tomato for 18 months. MOTD is 3 minutes long and narrated by a parakeet. Your salary is paid directly to British Gas. You solve a riddle to speak to a GP. You feel people come here because they want an easy life

WE ONLY WANT BRITISH PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE UK'S MODERN SLAVERY SYSTEM, THE ENVY OF THE WORLD'S SLAVERY SYSTEMS

Our favourite bedtime story. Night night. #WorldBookDay2023

If you have a USS pension you might be interested in this super-detailed run through of the story so far! (If you don't then um... probably give it a miss.)

Is it just me or does recreational geology sound a bit naughty? :)

BREAKING: NOTICE SERVED ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYERS 18 days of strike action in February and March 1 Feb 9, 10 Feb 14, 15, 16 Feb 21, 22, 23 Feb 27, 28 Feb. 1, 2 March 16, 17 March 20, 21, 22 March RT if you back our members UCU and PROUD #ucuRISING

This is my 6th year at @FactCheck and every winter England’s NHS has been in crisis. So when I started looking at the latest stats I was expecting to do a story about history repeating itself. But it’s not repeating. 2022 was *so* much worse. I can prove it in one graph.🧵

Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started

I’ve had two 6+ hour waits at A and E with my son in last 12 months. If you’re unlucky enough to have an A or an E you are gambling with your life. Why are we standing for this?

Milton Keynes, city of roundabouts, has a brand new one! Such a happy moment for the new city. I'm pleased that they've gone for the classic look for the design and made it round. Yes, it's a really common shape - especially in MK - but it's a design classic for a reason.