Dr Bryony Armstrong (she/her)
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Freelance editor of academic and educational writing • PhD from @durham_uni: the modernist kiss • @wtppod_ host. I love great books and bad TV.
“We’re going to stop the government funding dead end university courses” Shadow education secretary Laura Trott says her party would stop funding courses that “don’t deliver for young people” citing some creative arts courses as an example #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Lady in blue, "Will student loans be the next misselling scandal?" #BBCQT Oli Dugmore, "My three year course, £9,000 a year for the tuition, on top of that a maintenance loan, I left uni with £37,500 of debt" "From the day I was charged RPI interest" "Since I went to uni in 2012, the amount of interest I have accrued is £32,000" "Was it missold to me when I was told it would cost me £9,000 a year? Yes" "On top of that its a regressive system" "If you're wealthy enough to pay the fees up front, you don't get charged interest - if you're rich enough you don't pay the same as me" "The government changed the terms of the agreement, I call that loan sharking" Fiona Bruce, "How else would you pay for university?" Oli Dugmore, "How did you guys pay for it?" "The state paid for it, didn't they?" Fiona Bruce, "They did" Oli Dugmore, "Good enough for you, good enough for me?"
Erika Kirk called the protests against ICE and Trump “demonic”
ICE agents only receive 47 days of academy training — The Atlantic
I know the constitution doesn’t really exist anymore, but it’s still pretty shocking to me to hear a federal cop say, out loud, “I can hear you have a different accent than me …. you look different than me, that’s why I’m asking you if you’re a citizen.”
AI constantly makes mistakes. I have personally seen companies attempting to replace writers by feeding an LLM a complex prompt, and the LLM literally ignores parts of the prompts.
Last surviving example of a Georgian bowed shop window in Liverpool. Wavertree High Street.
Happy one year anniversary to the post that turned my quiet little life upside down and allowed me to build the one I always dreamed of. To the smell of success 🥂
Sally Rooney: “I too support Palestine Action. If this makes me a “supporter of terror” under UK law, so be it. My books, at least for now, are still published in Britain, and are widely available … I want to be clear that I intend to use these proceeds of my work, as well as my public platform generally, to go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide in whatever way I can.”
Israel kills famous Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza on.ft.com/3UTswFn
Important piece @washingtonpost but who killed them? Why is the framing passive and anonymous?
