Jonathan Portes

jdportes.bsky.social

01 November 2026 08:15

The exemption for care workers is very welcome. However - as @jamesbowes01.bsky.social & @sundersays.bsky.social have indefatigably pointed out - this still puts tens/hundreds of thousands at risk of forced emigration/remigration. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sam Ottewill-Soulsby

samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 15:47

Writing a paragraph on Umayyad Sindh but I keep getting distracted picturing governor al-Murri (723-726) as a pub landlord.

Melissa Terras

melissaterras.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 10:20

Libraries remain one of the few places in the modern western world where you can go to be quiet, be human, and spend no money. Oh wait a minute, someone has noticed that: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Margot Finn

eicathomefinn.bsky.social

29 Oktober 2026 17:03

'The University of Lincoln said it was "standard practice" for lectures to be filmed, and confirmed that was a change from it being "best practice" in the previous academic year.' The 🐘in the room may instead be student recordings of lectures and lecturers.

Stephen Bush

stephenkb.bsky.social

29 Oktober 2026 09:24

Short story that would be fun to write: what life would be like if household finances actually *were* like government ones. Your mortgage rate sharply going up when you buy a red sports car and start flirting with your receptionist, or leave your fulltime paid job to start a YouTube channel.