Chairman of Society for Nautical Research makes statement on multinational technology companies flagrant disregard of international copyright law. Response to recent revelations books & journals have been used to train generative AI and their content has been pirated. A concern for many.

I thought the VAT from school fees was to go on state schools? Not housing. You can’t even get your lies straight. By the way what’s the latest estimate of how much the VAT will raise minus the cost of those leaving private education for the state system? Enough to build a

The Laughton and Corbett Centre will merge into one Research Centre on 18 June 2025. Look out for details of the new website, business continues are normal such as when the maritime seminars restart later this year.

UK universities have engaged in all these practices widely over the past 10 years. From 1 August, they will be against the law. All those who care about academic freedom should welcome this strong clear guidance. Read our full summary here: afcomm.org.uk/2025/06/19/off…

Essentially, Annual Budget Cycle accounting leads to the MOD not valuing assets, only caring about operating expenditure. This leads to a culture of cuts and a waste of taxpayer money. Oh and this is before any thought of military capability.

There *are* scenarios in which Euro-NATO might look to tactical nukes… 1. If losing a conventional war vs Russia, to try to attrit enemy force concentrations,* 2. If winning a conventional war vs Russia, to deter Moscow from similar resort to its own such weapons, and… 🧵

That is so tragic.

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You have got to be... "kidding" me... Was the maintenance budget threatening to be thruppence over at the end of the financial year, or something...?

What this vignette encapsulates well is the ability of the MOD, including its senior military, to inhabit a mental model where they convince themselves that jam the day after tomorrow is a perfectly acceptable answer to today’s starvation. 1/3 spectator.co.uk/article/how-wi…

It is a great place to work...

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

When the school bully accidentally punches himself in the face…

It doesn't matter if the Chagos deal will cost £30bn or £3bn. A single penny is still too much. Me in UnHerd. unherd.com/newsroom/labou…

If Putin is such a 5 dimensional strategic chess master then why is he entering year four of what was supposed to be a one week war to conquer Ukraine?

Shashank Joshi Russia giving in writing guarantees is one of the most bogus offers in the history of International Relations. Ukraine needs a full military pact with the US and the EU. Anything less is just a green light for Russia to invade again in a few years.

Not sure I’ve heard anything coming from the FCDO in the last 18 months, from carriers to the Red Sea to this, that suggests they have the first idea how this navy lark works. #availablefortasking🫡

Very few of the public are aware that universities are among the UK’s biggest exporters, writes Bobby Duffy thecritic.co.uk/we-drastically…