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It is vital we discuss the F word or we risk facing regret forever.

Saved Photo Wired, July ‘97, deep in the Long Boom futurology boom. Perversely pessimistic at the time.

Petition that all interviews with Conservative MPs should be accompanied by the “Benny Hill music” until this crisis is over x.com/nickfthilton/s…

Anyone who wasn’t asking ‘is there a scarf’ needs to have a quick word with themselves…

How did you end up working in student recruitment?

Blank Canvas: Art school creativity from punk to new wave by VLAD exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/blank-c… #WebWiseBlog

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Sad news about the legend Pele. The great man will forever be connected to Argyle. It'll be 50 years in March since he and his Santos side graced the Home Park turf much to the delight of 37,639 Argyle fans. RIP Edson Arantes do Nascimento. #Pele #pafc

The great British public information film: accidents, injuries, and death, death, DEATH!

Nepotism in the UK differs to nepotism in the US in the same way that Ricky Gervais’ The Office differs to Steve Carrell’s: It’s subtler, nastier, and arguably more effective in achieving its aims vice.com/en/article/3ad…

Have you ever noticed that the save icon is a floppy disk, even though they became obsolete twenty years ago? That's called a "skeuomorph" - when something new takes on the appearance of what it replaced. And once you start to look, they're everywhere...

The relaunch of Plymouth Museum as The Box, Plymouth makes this one of the best museums outside London - with exhibitions rivalling any in the capital. With one of the best natural history and geology exhibits I’ve ever seen! I was lucky to see it in the making with Jan Freedman

He will kill again

On #InternationalWomensDay 💚 Partou Zia (1958–2008) arrived in London from Tehran in 1970 as a political refugee. Her paintings combine childhood memories with the quietness of life in Cornwall. See this work at #TateStIves Flowering Rod 2006 © Partou Zia

William Morris wasn’t just a brilliant artist and designer; he was also a committed socialist who raged against the injustices of capitalism and imperialism. From his political essays to his utopian novel, Morris left us with a vital legacy. jacobin.com/2023/04/willia…

⚠️ University of Essex have proposed a new Academic Framework, including (among other things) a *45-week* teaching period, up to *3* entry points for students within the year, and sweeping rigid changes to module structure. Staff are currently being "consulted" about these proposals.