Could towns and cities become forests one day? youtu.be/rdPPUp8QJK0?si… via YouTube A really interesting question. The Open University The OU in Wales

This is "I Put Up Tariffs" 🎶- perhaps the first ever parody song (?) to make reference to the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930. It's based on #BobMarley's legendary "I Shot the Sheriff" and sung from the point of view of #Trump, unleashing his frenzy of #tariffs on the USA & the world.

Absolutely true. I experienced this at our Open University UCU meeting last week. A 1hr meeting, of which 45 min was spent discussing procedure, allowing 15 min for debate on UCU LGBT+ charter and associated transinclusivity statement.

So glad to see this. Common sense prevails. #adulthumanfemale Congrats to For Women Scotland

Looking forward to taking part in this. Happy memories of giving the lectures in 2003 Royal Institution (now on Bluesky) Prof Saiful Islam

I know it’s a bit obvious - but Mendelsshon’s Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream also features a braying donkey BBC Radio 3 #playlister_challenge

Congratulations to our former Head of Space Exploration, Sue Horne, who has been awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours for her contributions to space exploration and Mars science. 🚀🔴 Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/14/for…

Freedom of expression can be a gift that keeps on giving!

A worrying read, but welcome. hope that UCU takes note, as they also have failed to support academics. UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds theguardian.com/education/2025…

Surely it should be vain condition ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ ?

Watching the ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ with the new cabinet members arriving. Well done to ⁦Larry the Cat⁩ for making sure that all is correct and above board 😊

Waiting for the lunar eclipse - and the clouds have rolled in. Absolutely typical! #astronomyinBritain #weather

Been doing some serious revision to prepare for #TheHallmarkedMan. Re-read #Strike books 1 to 7 over the past 10 days. Good job I’m retired and on holiday. Robert Galbraith is as great a weaver of tales as J.K. Rowling

Question to J.K. Rowling -apologies if asked and answered many times before. Apparently, you wrote the last chapter of the final #HarryPotter way before writing all the books. Have you done the same for #CormoranStrike?

I’ve signed. Will you?

Wonderful. Absolutely adored #CelebrityTraitors . Congratulations to Alan Carr Alan Carr Chatty Man Great TV. Really entertaining. BBC at its best.

Morning all. Just about to go live on BBC Radio 5 Live with @proftimob.bsky.social and #NickyCampbell. Talking about space and the Lovell Telescope

Dame Jenni Murray: I left Womans Hour after 33 years due to the trans issue. I rejected the word ‘cis’, said I wanted single-sex spaces and received threats of violence in return. The BBC response was ‘never talk about this issue again’ (via Daily Mail) dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

Well done The Open University. It's nice to be able to say that.

This makes me hopping mad. #sexmatters Sex Matters