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a double decker bus with an advert for Birmingham City University, which says "Beyonder. Reaching beyond.".

BCU says 'hold my beer'...

i do think it's good to point out it's in coventry. too many people have been tripped up by that

A banner advert for the University of Warwick, which says "Beyond ignores curiousity". This is a spelling error.

The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.

But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.

Ajay Teli on how cultural storytelling is shaping the future of education at the University of Warwick Chief communications, marketing and content officer Ajay Teli shares how branding helps unite, inspire and drive impactful change at the University of Warwick

chief comms guy at warwick
vogue.sg/university-o...

did you see the Vogue profile?

this game has potent vibes

UK railways ‘Access for All’ audit This is a blog covering the status of the UK railway stations provided with ‘Access for All’ (AfA) funding to provide step-free access. The ‘Access for All’ funding programm…

Now updated. It's a sorry tale of delay, apathy and corporate opacity, with no sign of a much needed culture change in sight.
@transportforall.org.uk @kingqueen.org.uk @christiane.link @sarahowen.org.uk @ruthcadbury.bsky.social
julianvaughan.blog/2024/09/10/u...

Shoutout to the individual I saw on the way to friends tonight who was driving an impeccable wine-red convertible with the top down and a goose in the passenger seat wearing a colour-coordinated bow tie. I hope you had a great night.

wait what

"utterly lifechanging."

"I'm loving having the bike, have used it for many rides for pleasure and also commuting to and from work. It's great getting such good exercise."

"I have not seen her smile like that while exercising; it's amazing to watch. The difference the cycle makes to her confidence in terms of balance is amazing."

"I had purpose."

We are so proud of the impact our cycle loan scheme with has been having.

Having access to a suitable cycle can be life-changing and the feedback we've received demonstrates just that.

Share with your networks to help us get more people cycling and find out more at:
wheels4me.co.uk

siiiick

the future has arrived, mouth wet and eyes hungry. you can say anything these days backchannel an emollient for a slurried mind a work in progress by sean morley "insane, beautiful" - chortle "a one-of-a-kind comedian" the skinny "defies any sort of description" - the guardian monkey barrel comedy (mb2) 12:05pm 10th - 14th august seanmorl.com/fringe bring a smartphone if i was in charge of british saturday night live all the sketches would be about how bottle lids don't twist off all the way anymore backchannel is a show about how we interact with each other when the contexts get big

dragging my guts up to the fringe this weekend for a 5 run WIP of Backchannel.
tense, cluttered and full of open questions. intricate, yet stupid. i hope never to complete it.

tickets: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

my love language is carefully picking out literally relevant but tonally jarring emoji reactions

Our website is currently down, if you tried to apply this morning please drop our recruitment team an email: recruitment@transportforall.org.uk
We'll keep our applications open until midday so nobody misses out!

17 is wiiiiiild

we were constantly told off for taking them out and were constantly insisting that they needed cleaning

he was the only male teacher at the school until 1997 and therefore responsible for IT lessons, but the only thing i remember is a (tbf extremely valuable) practical demonstration of how to siphon cheap ink into a printer cartridge so you don't have to buy branded ones

whaaat

i want to say we sung Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds but looking at the lyrics they're not that familiar. we definitely sung Eleanor Rigby (and yellow submarine but that feels kid appropriate)

just had a memory of my primary school assemblies resurface. the singing was led by a male teacher in his sixties who just happened to have a guitar, and while we occasionally did a kid-friendly hymn, a lot of it was folk songs and the beatles??

maybe some of the lonely guys could talk to each other? idk

Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say IPC alert reports mounting evidence of widespread starvation and says ‘worst-case scenario’ is playing out

“This is unlike anything we have seen in this century.”

Ross Smith, Emergency Director of the World Food Programme.

Gaza needs an estimated 62k tonnes of food staples per month.

Israel admitted <20k tonnes in May, < 40k in June.

None in March or April.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Not to keep going on about it, but I see a lot of well meaning takes on the left about the Ian Dunt thing saying, "Well it's bad that when boys search for 'why don't I have a GF?' fasc stuff comes up, but it's complex...."
Pals, Justin is *doing this work on the left and you can help fund it.*

i haven't updated bluesky so can be a dm go-between if that turns out to be necessary

a plate of slightly overdone scrambled eggs with chunks of green pepper, tomato and tomatoes, with a gleaming pain au chocolate on the side.

turkish eggs and pain au choc. you might wonder if i really expect another pastry to beat last week's head-size almond croissants. but we're not looking for greatness, we're looking to establish a complete tier list of this bakery's offerings in case they're out of our faves and i need to substitute

L’il guy just ran over carrying a rose then proceeded to eat it front of me. Not sure how to interpret this omen.

YouTube video by Chronically Jenni 7 Everyday Hacks You Wouldn’t Have Without Disabled People! #DisabilityAwareness

Props to Chronically Jenni for outlining how things made with the disabled in mind ended up helping literally the entire world.

me stood in front of a blackboard under a wooden pagoda in a sunny park. i'm wearing a green button down shirt over a black vest top and shorts, white, green and pink trainers, and sunglasses. i have my hands in my pockets and im looking up and off to the side, very nonchalant and cool-like.

this is what i looked like in july

august Taylor Swift · folklore · Song · 2020

welcome to august

my mum did cloth nappies for us. i can't keep on top of laundry for two adults with bowel control and im not looking after a baby at the same time