I would like to note the use of the phrase "taking the weekend off". Surely we should all be taking the weekends off to focus on non-work things? I appreciate that, as an academic, the notion of 'switching off' is a depressing misnomer, but one should always dream 😅

I stumbled across my first ever 'clearly AI' adverts recently. Agreed about the weird uncanny vibe that just feels wrong. I have no idea how they're effective, I've never been less interested in giving a business my custom after seeing that 👀

Nice to see that the BBC is doubling down on its faux impartiality by explicitly referring to the discussion of transgender people as "the controversies currently surrounding trans ideology." Also the only web link in the news article is to a tweet by JK Rowling (notable expert on pregnant people)

We had the Tories for almost 15 years. Despite us apparently having an election last year where the government swung to the left, it feels like more of the same

That is fantastic news, congratulations!