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Academics in traditional graduation robes are seated on stage facing a large audience in an auditorium.

Found a cosy corner of RSA House to get a few hours’ work done.

A cozy reading nook features turquoise upholstered armchair with a bag on it, surrounded by bookshelves filled with books and accompanied by a tall floor lamp with a matching turquoise shade.

Meta Glasses are speed running the Google Glass privacy curve. They’ve gone from “cool tech” to “pervert glasses” in months just as Glass wearers became glassholes, over a couple of years.

As long as creepy people exist, this tech is going to be problematic.


Manton Reece:

The mission has never changed: post short posts (and everything else!) to your own blog, which makes the web better, and also opens opportunities for smaller, safer communities.


David Aaronovitch on Russell Brand’s new book:

Brand is the simpler man – a straightforwardly narcissistic monster, who now identifies with Jesus and, believing in himself, believes in Christ. I think he may be months away from declaring that he is the Messiah and a few years away from re-enacting Jonestown or Waco.


London rises.

Two distinct modern skyscrapers, one with a rectangular design and the other with a curved, glass facade, stand prominently against a clear blue sky in an urban setting with pedestrians and traffic signals below.

The past 48 hours have been incredibly good at exposing who in British politics — and journalism — has no sense of humour.


Lovely sky patterns.

Wispy white clouds stretch across a vibrant blue sky above a line of lush green trees.

Preparing for a workshop tomorrow.

Two DJI microphones with furry windshields are placed on a wooden surface, one in front of the other.A DJI wireless microphone system with an attached Lightning connector is placed on a wooden surface.


Seaford seafront, evening

A man is walking on a paved path next to a pebble beach with white chalk cliffs in the background under a clear blue sky.