Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 13hOK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/ 28997554
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 12hMinisters have repeatedly promised to let communities share & use the renewable energy they generate. I keep asking. They keep promising. But we're still waiting. Community energy projects should benefit the people around them. The Government must set out a clear timeline & get on with it. 042
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialGaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 11hExtraordinarythebookseller.comFaber to no longer publish Sally Rooney in UK due to Palestine Action legislationFaber, the publisher of Sally Rooney, has said it will "no longer supply her works in the UK in any format" following legislation on the Palestine Action group from the UK government. 810257
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 14hThis speaks to the deep trouble the Tories are in. Retired military men with a code of honesty & concern for national security used to be core Tory voters. If the party has lost these people, what is its constituency? 33623
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialLaprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This essay by Jordan Sand on how LLM chatbots—including the officially licensed “expert” campus version—produced entirely false versions of a primary source should be required reading for every history student #skystorians 🗃️hnn.usAI Is an Anti-Primary Source MachineReal voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. 217892
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialDr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social · 12/10/202630,000 job losses in one of the few sectors we are still genuinely world-leading, and zero national conversation beyond tuition fees and loans. UK Higher Ed is sinking and apparently no-one has noticed. 610462
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Proposing analog to,”racism can explain every weird thing in America” is, “women are busy working for money is the secret reason everything we miss about a society is now dying.” 261924420
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialDavid Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Help save Pothole Studio, a much-loved local resource. We need 2,000 supporters before the end of today. One click and you'll feel good for the rest of the week. Sign here: www.change.org/p/save-our-p... Thank you! #ceramics #pottery #davidandgoliath #urbanarts #cultureforall #Londonarts 12523
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Buckinghamshire Archives, reopening in spring." 0627
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialGuardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 07/10/2026Wanted: children to rear harvest mice at home for wild release in Devontheguardian.comWanted: children to rear harvest mice at home for wild release in DevonTeenagers Eva Wishart and Emily Smith launch project to breed and release 250 of the tiny animals by September 01611
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 574216154215
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialProfessionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My inbox tells me it is a day for my archives memes 24512
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026the UK has three industries: higher education, whisky, and Games Workshop. 421033160
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialThe Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We have up to £3,000 in funding available for academics, writers and other creatives carrying out research into alpinism, mountaineering and the mountain environment in 2027. Applications close on 1 December, so you have just 8 weeks to submit your application. Details here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5cxa9hyc 0613
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialOnni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 05/10/202641% staffing cuts in the Faculty of Arts at UoN. We're entering a wilderness of creativity and critical thinking. 1617186
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialKirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is just great www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWolverhampton dancers reunited 50 years after disco photoThe people captured in a celebrated photograph are reunited nearly 50 years later. 25818
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image. 5428481093
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Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialBirmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Happy 45th birthday to Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club, released as a UK single on this day in 1981 youtu.be/aCWCF19nUhAyoutu.beTom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Official Music Video) [4K]YouTube video by RHINO 929072
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950. 11940303
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialDamian Cruse @damiancruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Did anyone happen to mention to the Labour party at their big celebration last week that the second largest city in Britain hasn't had recycling collections in over 18-months? 073
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 01/10/2026it is once again 𝕾𝖕𝖔𝖔𝐤𝐲 𝕾𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 419442
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is what it's like doing social media in heritage 011312
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialIlluminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very good Eddy Frankel initiative @theguardian.com - a weekly guide to free shows in commercial galleries, where often some of the best and most interesting art can be found, but which is often ignored by critics; good tips in this first all-London edition. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comExplosions of colour, cold war paranoia and hyper-erotic intimacy: five free shows to seeIn a new series, we review the best art exhibitions currently showing in commercial galleries, where entrance is free 054
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition is not going very well They've sold far too many tickets and the space cannot cope with the physical number of people - how did they not do basic crowd flow/control calculations? Embarrassing that the British cannot organise a queue properly (Not my photo) 4329667
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialBen Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Some fascinating Collaborative Doctoral Awards on offer here at the BL, including a great history of sexuality/book history/library history project relating to the Rund Collection of 19th/20thC erotic books and ephemera www.bl.uk/services/res...bl.ukCollaborative Doctoral Landscape AwardsFully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas. 33942
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialJack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Slight tangent but I'm constantly told about the appetite from government and public to fill these sorts of shortages from the domestic labour force (and curtail work visas to that end) but, like, I had no idea that there were 40,000 scaffolder vacancies? No discussion of possible remedies etc. 274
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialEmily Higgs Kopin (spooky) @ehkopin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026sound on 293
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Members of fraternities are three times more likely to be rapists than male college students who aren’t members of fraternities 39741
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm having to read this story in little snippets, as it's so distressing -- more incredible reporting by @samirashackle.bsky.social who is doing the best work exploring the treatment of international pupils and students in the UK at the moment. 41911
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Huh, it's almost like the death of the highstreet is not being caused by individual lifestyle choices but by a grabby class of landlords who'd prefer to squat on property than let it out at lower profit margins or, you know, sell it to someone who actually wants to use it. How unpredictable! 16929
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574022211831
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialBrian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026man, it can be way too easy to find yourself contributing to an internet pile-on a really good read here about that from someone on the other side 57412
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I can’t think of many government funding schemes that are run like Glastonbury tickets (first come first served). A lot of unhappy farmers. Defra might consider partial randomisation as we use for our small grants scheme. At least everyone gets a fair shot www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Worse than the scramble for Oasis tickets’: England’s sustainable farming funds run out in just six hoursEntire £253m budget for 2026 allocated in less than a day, leaving thousands of farmers disappointed 1359
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18634441861
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 19/09/202619th September 2026 06.48 318016
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialTheAmazingNeena @janineveazue.bsky.social · 17/09/2026AWWYISSS! 063
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Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialJo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is ludicrous. The basic shape of the UK’s fiscal problem has been visible from space for years. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 810725
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m saddened to hear of Bonnie Greer’s death, she was a passionate advocate of the arts, culture, education, and decency in society, and she will be missed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBonnie Greer: British-American author and critic dies at 77Her husband says the playwright and cultural and political commentator died after a brief illness. 737377
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.” 675741285
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialStephanie Tuerk @stephanietuerk.net · 16/09/2026This sounds like I'm joking but I'm not: the idea that this much structured data could potentially get flattened into plain text feels like a major loss. (Someone should write something about web preservation vis-a-vis the history of architectural preservation) 2194
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialMelissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A decade or more ago I stopped engaging with entertainment (books, tv, film, even music) where the central premise is a woman gets killed or tortured. It cuts down stuff to a manageable choice and has done wonders for my feelings of wellbeing and trust. Because, fuck that for funsies. 128621
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My understanding is that the evidence shows LLM-based assessment gives better 'marks' to LLM-written things (essays, grants etc). So by choosing to use LLM-based assessment, UKRI will likely penalise every academic who actually writes their own grants unassisted. Grim. 412744
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialSexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening 171188399
Reposted by @katvessel.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026*looks directly at camera* 2143036