👏👏👏👏 to Surfers Against Sewage for organising hustings and holding local election candidates to account - we deserve better for our rivers and seas. #StAgnes tomorrow 29th June👋sas.org.uk/water-quality/…

Even Financial Times are throwing their hat into the ring. Seems like it really might be happening after a truly dreadful 14 years of Conservatives #Election2024

It's less than 100 years since women won the right to vote. Wherever you are, make sure you get out there and vote. Treat yourself to an ice-cream while you're there. Talk to a stranger. Think about what a better future looks like - and how you'll help to build it

As ever Jonathan Pie summing up what so many of us feel.

Google already has a major advantage versus its AI competitors: Web pages can't risk blocking its scraping bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

The The Washington Post has published its first story using its new in-house AI 'Haystacker' tool. It's built specifically for journalists, enabling them to sift through large data sets including photos and videos. -via Sara Fischer axios.com/2024/08/20/was…

We are encouraged to 'lean in' to new experiences. Swimming 10km down an english river must surely qualify. It's for a good cause. Kind (shocked) friends and bewildered (horrified) colleagues have been very supportive... Wish me luck. bit.ly/3yO59FM

The power and eloquence of this woman is extraordinary and inspirational. ow.ly/joWb50T3QK2

.DEC – the largest funding mechanism for NGOs in the UK – has decided not to launch an appeal for Gaza amid Israel’s assault on the embattled territory, sparking fury among aid workers. Reported by Will Worley for The New Humanitarian ow.ly/silt50T3R3n

Tagic tale. theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Funded PhD studentships available at Falmouth. Looking for people interested in 📻Futures of Audio and podcasting 🎧 falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd-m…

Never argue with a genius....

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But, at the same time, this... theconversation.com/data-centre-em…

Shame on us for allowing atrocities like this - now so commonplace - to continue virtually unchallenged bbc.com/news/articles/…

Huge #respect for #MusicMatters by Clive Myrie. Binge listened to all of them. Blown away. Immediately overwhelmed with inadequacy: for not pursuing journalism career - and for holding musical tastes that no producer would have wanted to hear... bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b…

The thread below contains vital info for South African researchers. Look at the light blue bar below—that's the (dwindling) proportion of the NRF's budget that pays for postgraduates and research grants. And govt is cutting science by R3bn over the next 3 years.

Not sure why I can't listen to the episodes of #MusicontheFrontLine with John Suchet and Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social ? Rosie Boulton /Must Try Softer Productions Clive Myrie - don't seem to be available on BBC Sounds anymore....

I condemn in the strongest terms the arrest and detention of Dhara Blessed Mhlanga HSTV today. Dhara is spending the night in police custody accused of “Transmission of data message inciting violence or damage to property.” This follows HStvNews broadcast of an interview with Blessed Geza. This