Alex Preston

Germany suspends sale of arms to Israel over planned invasion of Gaza.

6 years ago tomorrow, from the result of misjudged planning, I ended up traveling up to John O'groats alone on my birthday, ready for the start of an epic adventure.
We started 2 days later and in 10 after we were in Lands End having raised £3500 for the Combat Stress charity.
Best.Adventure.Ever.

There is nothing wrong with being a Freudian, a relationalist, an interpersonalist, a self psychologist, or whatever, as long as one does not succumb to the delusion that their school has a monopoly on truth and there is nothing to be learned from other approaches.
- Arnold Richards

If you are using ChatGPT to pass any academic screening then please consider why.
The screening process is to check that you'll be able to work at the level expected throughout the course. If you can't, it will become evident quickly.
A.I. is not your friend when it's you that needs to be able.

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This is utterly joyous.

The idea for this paper came about after a chat with Dr Romana Farooq. The ideas apply equally to low & high intensity CBT & whilst paper is sprawling, we hope this first attempt resonates with some people & if so encourages reflection.

Lots of conversations have fed into this paper - thanks below!

So nice to see this out. Thanks @thwaites.bsky.social for getting us together and making it happen ⭐️

UK and 25 other countries accuse Israel of depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’ David Lammy has joined other foreign ministers in condemning the Israeli government for depriving Gazans "of human dignity" as they called on the war to "end now".

BREAKING | Israel depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’, says UK and 25 other countries in call to end war now

Dropping the needle on the LP and repositioning the speakers on the hearth. Lying down with my head between the bellowing Wharfedales and hearing the thud, guitar and crackling daftness of "I am Ironman". 9 yr old me was always going to be a metaller!
RIP Ozzy, the Bat Protection League rests easy.

Suzy Izzard receives honorary doctorate from University of Sussex The actor and comedian spent a large part of her childhood in Bexhill and Eastbourne.

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Love to see this

UK and 24 nations accuse Israel of 'drip feeding' aid to Gaza civilians as they condemn 'horrifying' killings In a joint statement the countries call for an end to the war and the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

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At last!

AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it, that they must become more productive, and that becoming an AI-first company is the strategy that will save them from the old failed strategy, which itself was the new strategy after other failed business models. The only journalism business strategy that works, and that will ever work in a sustainable way, is if you create something of value that people (human beings, not bots) want to read or watch or listen to, and that they cannot find anywhere else.

This is very good.

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Not really, it's like the Tapeworm providing nutrition

We’re calling on Bridget Phillipson to rethink approach to early years.

Children need play, not pressure.
The science is clear, school readiness shouldn’t come at the cost of child development.

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#PlayMatters #RethinkEarlyYears

Thank you for your service

They did a wonderful job with Andre's character that could've easily become stale (writers and actor).
I do think that future watches, and 99 deserves future watches, will just polish the gem that is Joe.

Joe lo truglio, say it with me.....Joe lo truglio

The second time of watching this, as my cleanse from the world, made me appreciate everything he does more. Some episodes are nothing without his scenes and delivery.

No detriment to the others as they're all fantastic, he is the low key nucleus.

I'm fairly sure that's Jonas Vingegaard.

Another reminder to read the X & Y before looking at the graph points

The Salt Path couple are responsible for every perforated bit of kitchen roll that doesn't fully tear off

In the same way that scrolling on Google Earth is traveling! Bonkers.

I see what you did there 👍

The go-to chap to make stats less painful

Ceci n'est pas une poubelle

For balance, I'm English and although we have free (at point of use) healthcare, our mass transit system is awful. And this definitely has nothing to do with it being sold off from public ownership in the 80's. Pay no heed to the fact that the public owned ones are the only that make profit.

It was this or something similar that really introduced me to weird and subversive cinema (I think Channel 4 did similar). But it was the strange and weirdly interesting story telling that I took from it.
Better to be confused for ten minutes than bored for ten seconds.

The irony being that John Major's father actually was a circus performer (Tom Major-Ball), with what i believe to be apocryphal the tale that Bowie saw his listed poster as 'Major, Tom performing' which led to the lyrics.

For the first time today I was asked to sign a book I co-authored.
I completely get that when you are incredibly famous and it's a big task that it seems a similar big ask.
But when you're a little author and the book wasn't designed to make money for anyone other than the publisher, it's lovely.