Dinah Roe

Bad Bunny holds a football that says Together, we are America.

Unidos somos América.

Of course, the REAL reason that genAI has become so widespread, so quickly, is that it LETS YOU CHEAT.

It's a labour-saving device that hides the saving. It's "care less, do more", for environments where, as we see with the Epstein emails, caring is something you make the little people do.

300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity

Good to see some Labour MPs showing a backbone, but the problems with these proposals on settlement aren't limited to being applied retrospectively: they also favour the well-off, discriminate vs disabled people, women & people with caring responsibilities and are probably unworkable

4 chatgpt prompts to help you launch a side hustle in 2026

We are quickly moving from “the inevitable future of existence” to “multilevel marketing wine club hustle”

Really glad to hear it! In the UK we're losing them left and right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy Birthday to John Ruskin,b #otd 1819.
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social kindly lent us his study of a wild strawberry for our 'Beauty of the Earth'
A writer, artist & visionary, Ruskin influenced many radical thinkers of 19th & 20th C. Read more in my book:
www.waterstones.com/book/to-see-...

I made a whole guide about finding free-to-use, openly licensed and public domain images! pressbooks.cuny.edu/studentguide...

Overseas student and worker curbs will cost UK business £40bn, say official estimates Home Office assessments come as new Labour government presses ahead with curbs on immigration

Grim.

Innnnnnteresting.

See also libraries.

Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants

I hope those who condemn Reform for their comments about "mass deportations" but continue to support Labour's inhumane treatment of migrants are paying attention.
Labour's policies are all about deportation and framing migrants as criminals. It only leads one way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Cease this lazy misogyny immediately! Nearly every woman I've ever known over 40 is a wondrous, vibrant original, and is doing the free labour of 5 people and pretty much holding up the world unsung. And sparkling like diamonds.

My cultural awakening: Bach helped me survive sexual abuse as a child For pianist James Rhodes, the composer’s music expressed feelings that he could not put into words – and kept helping him as his mental health suffered in adulthood

My cultural awakening: Bach helped me survive sexual abuse as a child

a meme — the top says “My dog just got a haircut and now he looks like he gave up drinking and got his life together” and underneath are 2 photos of a dog (a schnauzer i think?). on the left, the “before,” he’s scruffy and in need of a haircut and a bath. and on the right, the “after,” he’s clean and clipped and wearing a jaunty red bow tie and looking very dapper indeed.

i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this

This is absolutely lovely, and a timely reminder of who we are, and why we do what we do as researchers. In spite of it all.

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

Hey everyone, this recall has been expanded. If you formula feed, please check your supply.

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

This looks great. Catch it if you can!

Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?

DG Rossetii gets it right: 'The action is laid in Hell – only it seems places & people have English names there '🔥

"we cannot begin to talk about freedom and justice in any culture if we are not talking about mass based literacy movements."

bell hooks 1997

we cannot begin to talk about freedom+justice in any culture now if we are not talking about mass de-literacy cognitive-incapacitating industries.

Screenshot of text reading: Osborne, now Head of OpenAI for Countries, reflected on the discussions in a LinkedIn post following the event, where he wrote that governments were “actively looking for ways to partner with us so its benefits reach more of their people.” He added that while enthusiasm for AI was high, Davos also surfaced “the emergence of a new challenge: a growing capability overhang between how some countries are making great use this new technology and how others are not.”

Sorry but *what*? How did I not know that George Osborne - the architect of British public sector austerity - was now OpenAI's head of "OpenAI for Countries" pushing AI for the public sector, education and skills, and doing so at Davos and on LinkedIn? www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/george-...

Well, there goes my weekend.

'On 5 February, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) announced that staff had “overwhelmingly” voted to approve the branch’s acceptance of the latest pay offer from the British Library.' 1/2

Photo of a Victorian decorated clay pipe in the mud, with one of its sides exposed, clearly showing the shape of a hand.

1/4: Such a perfect find, in many ways... It was the end of a morning's search; I was returning across the foreshore with the incoming tide, when I spotted this clay pipe, moments before it was about to be covered by the tide... Can you see the hand already?

If you’re around NYC 6 March and want to chat about care, vulnerability, and the Gothic, you should truck down to the Columbia Irish Studies Seminar

Europe Accuses TikTok of ‘Addictive Design’ and Pushes for Change European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.

EU regulators released a preliminary decision on Friday that TikTok’s infinite scroll, auto-play features and recommendation algorithm amount to an “addictive design” that violated European online safety laws.

Black cat rising up behind me in bed, baring his teeth like Dracula about to chomp! (He's just yawning.)

He is the night!

This reminds me of 'women are paid less because they don't negotiate for higher salaries'. *negotiates for a higher salary* 'no, not like that. and also, you think too much of yourself. have some humility'.

Look what's arrived! It seems crass to be talking about it after everything that's happened this week, but I think my new book on the Blair years is fair, balanced and judicious. Available at all good bookshops: www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...