Everyone's pointing out how horrible this must be for neurodivergent kids, and of course it must be. But it looks pretty unpleasant for neurotypical kids too, tbh.

In fact, the only possible winner is Mr Harris.

But even he has the air of a hostage trying to get a message out.

Another perfect case.

It would be wrong to say GenAI has created a new problem here.

It would be equally wrong to say this is pure user error and AI is not a factor.

What's happened is that AI has made familiar (and colossal) user errors much more tempting and easier to make.

This is genuinely impressive.

What I mean by that: he's meeting the baseline expectations you'd normally apply to a responsible adult with a job. But he's a politician doing an interview, so the fact he takes the situation seriously at all is mildly astonishing.

If only.

Love this. Sort of thing Top Cat would do.

Today's 'Not long now before lollipop men are called Darren' incident is:

Good that Private Eye Magazine is taking note, but do we really have to pay the 'former polytechnics' tax to get this coverage?

They've been universities for over 30 years now, having been polytechnics for 23 years at most. It's like calling ITV 'an Associated-Rediffusion successor'.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A WAR WITH IRELAND

As redundancies accelerate I UK HE, a reminder that a post is made redundant, not a person. Any choice made on personal characteristics (eg sickness is the last year) is highly problematic. Won't stop this happening, but keep evidence.

To be fair to Ofcom, the conspiracist weirdness of the channel presents some pretty exotic problems for the regulator. Is due impartiality being observed by presenters who say that ALL politicians are the puppets of shadowy forces bent on one-world government?

Excitingly the criteria my university are going to use to decide who is made redundant actively punishes those who have been successful in securing external funding buyout, those with responsibility for research leadership, and those who publish. So our whole REF submission 🤪

Hang on what were they protesting about