It's the time of year (where I am, anyway) to post a link to one of my favourite things I have written: southerncultures.org/article/pickin…

"...a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to 'financially ruin' the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement." AI has been stealing from us. They owe us $

🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal. Our investigation: bit.ly/3Jo0pLT

Nineteenth-century historical name of the day, for a deserter from an Ohio regiment in the Civil War: Wash Venom.

A pipe burst inside a nuclear weapons facility in 2019 flooded a Trident processing area. Contaminated water drained into Loch Long, a loch popular with swimmers and divers. Documents confirm radioactive tritium was found days later bit.ly/45wDs0N

For authors who wish to join the suit: lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-auth…

We can’t be transparent about our admissions or hiring decisions, then we’d spend all our time defending our decisions.

The Ardara Distillery launches new Ardara Single Malt Irish Whiskey - donegaldaily.com/2025/08/11/the…

Watch as our newsroom tries the latest viral trend involving Irn-Bru and an espresso 🤔 Gaining tens of thousands of views online, the concoction has really divided opinion, with some branding it 'rank' and others 'lovely'

Sinn Féin's Irish and Gaeltacht spokesperson, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, has requested an urgent meeting with the Ollscoil na Gaillimhe authority to discuss the status of the Irish language at the university rte.ie/news/regional/…

News from Newcastle. No job losses mentioned, but then that is never in the first part of the plan. UK universities explore merging language courses as enrolment falls ft.com/content/d949c6…

NEW: A serious nuclear incident has taken place at Faslane. Deemed 'Category A' by the MoD - the most serious category - it has led to calls for an investigation and fears over the public health impact 👇

Kiran Oza They don't mention that they're deferring this year's pay award until 1st July 2026 & that it will not be paid backdated. Hard pushed, over stretched staff are being punished for the gross misconduct of the former senior managers, who left scot free with 6 figure golden good byes

Faslane and its nuclear arsenal doesn’t exist to keep us safe. It exists for one reason and that is to save the UK seat on the UN Security Council and maintain the delusion that this country is still a global superpower, writes Ross Greer ✍️

Completely finished (edited & turned in!) my new biography of Lillian Smith, the bestselling author, civil rights activist, & FIRST white Southerner to publicly call for integration. Out September 2026 from St. Martin’s Press. Excited to share her amazing story with the world.♥️

EXCLUSIVE: SNP education chief holds recovery talks at Dundee University as 600+ job cuts proposed thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/53…

🚨Catherine Connolly speaking a lot of nonsense in The Irish Times today Among MANY red flags she raises, she has absolutely NO clue about the Defence Forces For clarity the Defence Forces is made up of 3 main services - ARMY, Naval Service & Air Corp irishtimes.com/politics/2025/…