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Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future – an astonishing look at how tech is changing disabled people’s lives Prepare to have your perspective shattered by the comedian’s visits to our US tech overlords. The upcoming advancements for those with disabilities are life-changing

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

22.11.2025 11:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fantastic many congrats

20.11.2025 08:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

18.11.2025 08:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Feel a connection to a celebrity you don’t know? There’s a word for that ‘Parasocial’ crowned Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year as ‘unhealthy’ relationships with celebrities rise

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www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

18.11.2025 08:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'Pluribus' fans, you can now read Carol's 'Bloodsong of Wycaro' Apple Books has released an excerpt from "Bloodsong of Wycaro," the fictional novel by "Pluribus" lead Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn).

mashable.com/article/plur...

17.11.2025 08:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thousands of retirees die before pensions row settled New data reveals scale of backlog facing the Teachers’ Pension Scheme administrators Capita

Investigation: Thousands of retired teachers and leaders potentially entitled to better pensions following the landmark McCloud ruling have died before even receiving statements outlining what they could receive

schoolsweek.co.uk/thousands-of...

14.11.2025 13:45 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2

…and with @shaftowheed.bsky.social of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Dr Carina Spaulding of @readingagency.bsky.social as well - join us tomorrow to share ideas on reading for wellbeing! Thank you to @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for making the event possible 📚

10.11.2025 11:04 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Make hope normal.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani is the new mayor of New York.

Amdani, Mamdani!

(Amdani - 'go for it' in welsh)

05.11.2025 07:27 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Amdani, Mamdani!

05.11.2025 08:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

So looking forward to this event, and hearing from Dr Nenna Orie Chuku, Dr Katharine Smales, and Prof Sam Duncan - our thanks as always to @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for generous support of this research #reading #wellbeing @sharpweb.org @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

04.11.2025 16:29 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z Danielewski – House of Leaves author returns with a 1200-page western A quarter century after that landmark cult novel, this new epic has aspects of brilliance but seems designed for academic study rather than readerly enjoyment

‘I felt like that character on Trigger Happy TV with his enormous mobile phone. “Look,” I seemed to be telling the passengers scrolling Instagram on their devices, “I’m reading a book!” ‘

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

04.11.2025 08:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Many congrats to @charlottejohanne.bsky.social for this award winning #ComicsStudies article which we are delighted to have published in Studies in Comics! Free to read at the link below.

02.11.2025 20:05 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Lilac top border with text saying ‘call for chapters’. Below is an image of southern hemisphere of the globe drawn in swirling blue and brown lines. Text below reads ‘Companion to International Comics Studies’.

#AcademicSky Please share this call for #ComicsStudies chapters for our proposed Companion to International Comics Studies as widely as possible. Full details here ow.ly/5vY050XipXT and deadline for proposals is 31 Jan 2026.

02.11.2025 20:15 — 👍 10 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

The Livraria in Porto

So the self styled ‘most beautiful bookshop’ in Porto was a big disappointment. 10 euro entry long queues and not much by the way of books but plenty of ‘merch’

30.10.2025 19:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

:-(

24.10.2025 17:24 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The 10 best e-readers in the UK, from Kindle to Kobo and beyond – tried and tested In a world where books have to vie with smartphones for attention, a brilliant ebook reader is more necessary than ever

www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...

24.10.2025 08:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

24.10.2025 07:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New Mr Poirot and Little Miss Marple books to be published Agatha Christie’s popular detectives feature in new Mr Men and Little Miss stories – Mischief on the Nile and Muddle at the Vicarage

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

23.10.2025 09:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again The results are astounding and a major advance, say surgeons involved in international research using the pioneering technology.

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

20.10.2025 12:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Study by Welsh university examines how joy is found in academia A new study by researchers and students at Welsh and Swedish universities explores how joy is found in academic life against the backdrop of challenges in the higher education sector. Conducted by Ban...

nation.cymru/news/study-b...

15.10.2025 16:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kobo just got a very cool new accessory — a remote for your e-reader On Nov. 4, Kobo is launching its first ever remote, compatible with their full line of e-readers. Here's everything we know about the Kobo Remote, coming soon.

mashable.com/article/kobo...

15.10.2025 07:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems) We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems to join the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art.

Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

10.10.2025 09:52 — 👍 37 🔁 36 💬 0 📌 0

Witness History - The secretary who made millions from her typos - BBC Sounds In the 1950s, secretary Bette Graham invented correction fluid to cover up her errors

Short BBC podcast about the history of Tippex, invented by Bette Graham 😍 - will be of interest to history of the book, and history of tech folks... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

10.10.2025 08:46 — 👍 26 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0