Essential repair work to the riverbank is set to close two sections of towpath in Oxford, say Oxfordshire County Council The first closure will be between the Sir Geoffrey Arthur building & Marlborough Rd on the Grandpont side of the river starting on 9 September. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/thames-towpath…

Fleurets has put up a "for sale" sign on the Crown & Thistle pub in Old Road, and you can see it advertised on this link as a “refurbishment opportunity”. (I have used my old photograph as the current sight is too depressing) fleurets.com/properties/w-4…

Rare spanking monkey at Covenham 😁

incredible magnet poetry happening on my friend’s freezer

Could Department for Education publish this analysis, data sources and evidence researched please.

Hole in the government’s finances £22bn. National road building programme £27bn Seems a no-brainer ⛔️😬

Hey cycle.travel ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH I have a 4yo and a full load on my Tern. And you drag me off through fields and now THIS. Never using it ever again.

Two half naked blokes, smoking cigars and working out in a warehouse is the gayest thing I’ve ever heard of.

"Why's everyone so cynical and depressed about politics all of a sudden?" maybe cos you crushed the broadband communism let's plant some trees guy and replaced him with a guy who lied in his leadership campaign and is now promising only cuts and pain and Tough Decisions

I asked AI to give me eggplants and I instantly regretted it 🤦‍♀️

So now I'm told that when cats bring in dead mice, they aren't "trophies", but a critique on your own ability to hunt and feed yourself. Which is a bit rich from an an animal that gives it the big leg rub when it fancies a pouch of salmon & herring, the grifting whiskery pricks.

Here, as elsewhere, we risk falling into the AI Productivity Myth where we think anything we spend time on should be automated, and disregard the value of thinking about our work, and the relationships we build with each other through doing so. techpolicy.press/challenging-th…

Psyched to host a benefit concert for two of my favourite charities, Asylum Welcome 🧡 and Donnington Doorstep, on Saturday 28 September at 7:30 pm Caper. Also on the bill are Lou Lyne, Claire LeMaster, Sam Taplin, and Spoken Folk. wegottickets.com/event/631803/

I too have heard this, & am wondering if next time the furry oaf is watching me I should make more of a show of smacking a tube of Pringles about a bit before skinning and eating it. x.com/NickMotown/sta…

This headline manages to reinforce several pillars of rape culture at once, one being that sexual violence is a private act and coming forward about it publicly is a transgression, another that any attempt to seek justice for sexual violence is a form of violence in itself

the cycle ☺️

Word of the day is ‘struthious’ (18th century): prone to ignoring unwelcome facts and letting a situation worsen without any intervention. From the Latin for ‘ostrich-like’.

waking up in a shady French hotel to find your legs have been replaced

More evidence of why we need to stop burning wood theguardian.com/environment/ar…