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British Prime Minister tenures (normalized)
Kier Starmer: 1 Starmer
Rishi Sunak: 0.87 St
Liz Truss: 0.07 St
Boris Johnson: 1.53 St
Theresa May: 1.53 St
David Cameron: 3.07 St
Gordon Brown: 1.40 St
Tony Blair: 5.07 St
John Major: 3.20 St

My colleague John "Spike" Hughes just retired. To celebrate, the visual computing group did a "reverse lecture": others each presented a favorite result of his, and he commented. Lots of fun, and a very accessible look at some great graphics/HCI results.
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Justice Jackson slams Supreme Court's handling of rush appeal in Louisiana redistricting case (John Fritze/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-case
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p55#a260519p55

"John Ashby, ... raped a Sikh woman in her own home in the Midlands on the misapprehension that his victim was Muslim."
No mobs trying to evict white residents in Wandsworth.
As in other cases of assault and murder.
Only if a perpetrator is black or brown do the far right (Farage, Lennon, Musk) incite the mob.
The far right turns crime into culture war | Morning Star

Had a PhD student visiting today, the brilliant Sam Frohlich. Walked her around campus and took her to the wonderful John Carter Brown Library to see the 1776 exhibit, labeled "Foundations of Revolution". Then realized she's from the UK…so quietly led her right back out. (-:

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Percy Grainger, Benjamin Britten, John Shirley-Quirk, The Ambrosian Singers & English Chamber Orchestra:
🎵 Shallow Brown
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Duke Ellington & John Coltrane:
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Sir John Goss, Clare College Chapel Choir & Timothy Brown:
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