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  1. Cambridge Day: “Binge Thinking” aims to provide an antidote to doomscrolling. “[Sara] Wasserman, an associate professor of neuroscience at Wellesley College, was the featured speaker for the pop-lecture series, ‘Binge Thinking.’ The lecture series, which invites local professors to give talks at Boston and Cambridge area bars, is the brainchild of founder Rory Madigan, who works at a think […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/12/cambridge-day-binge-thinking-aims-to-provide-an-antidote-to-doomscrolling/
  2. Cambridge Day: “Binge Thinking” aims to provide an antidote to doomscrolling. “[Sara] Wasserman, an associate professor of neuroscience at Wellesley College, was the featured speaker for the pop-lecture series, ‘Binge Thinking.’ The lecture series, which invites local professors to give talks at Boston and Cambridge area bars, is the brainchild of founder Rory Madigan, who works at a think […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/12/cambridge-day-binge-thinking-aims-to-provide-an-antidote-to-doomscrolling/
  3. Ah, behold! The grand quest to measure how many #pubs are jammed into every corner of the #UK while conveniently pretending #Northern #Ireland doesn't exist. 🍻🤔 Because clearly, counting how many places you can drown your sorrows is the pinnacle of modern #data #science. 📊🤣
    knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/maps #humor #statistics #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Ah, behold! The grand quest to measure how many #pubs are jammed into every corner of the #UK while conveniently pretending #Northern #Ireland doesn't exist. 🍻🤔 Because clearly, counting how many places you can drown your sorrows is the pinnacle of modern #data #science. 📊🤣
    knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/maps #humor #statistics #HackerNews #ngated

  5. The Conservative Westminster councillors draft policy decreed that newly licensed pubs should have to serve last orders at 10pm, would ban #VerticalDrinking, and require table service.

    And it will absolutely fry their tiny, islamophobic minds that their abominable plan has been vetoed by a Muslim mayor. ❤️🤣

    The right doesn't understand 21st-century London.

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #ukpol #islamophobia #pubs

  6. The Conservative Westminster councillors draft policy decreed that newly licensed pubs should have to serve last orders at 10pm, would ban #VerticalDrinking, and require table service.

    And it will absolutely fry their tiny, islamophobic minds that their abominable plan has been vetoed by a Muslim mayor. ❤️🤣

    The right doesn't understand 21st-century London.

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #ukpol #islamophobia #pubs

  7. London mayor orders council to drop plan to ban new pubs and restaurants in Soho and West End
    By Helena Horton

    Exclusive: Sadiq Khan urges Westminster council to adopt ‘positive vision of economic growth’ of nightlife

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #London #Hospitalityindustry #SadiqKhan #WestEnd #Politics #Pubs #Restaurants #UKnews #Business #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  8. London mayor orders council to drop plan to ban new pubs and restaurants in Soho and West End
    By Helena Horton

    Exclusive: Sadiq Khan urges Westminster council to adopt ‘positive vision of economic growth’ of nightlife

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #London #Hospitalityindustry #SadiqKhan #WestEnd #Politics #Pubs #Restaurants #UKnews #Business #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  9. The Guardian: Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears. “When Meta used superstar Kylie Jenner to promote its sleek new line of ‘spy glasses’, the social media company hoped the devices would reach the same broad acceptance that tablets and smartwatches have found before them. But those plans have hit a snag in the UK, where venues from elite restaurants […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/08/the-guardian-restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears/
  10. The Guardian: Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears. “When Meta used superstar Kylie Jenner to promote its sleek new line of ‘spy glasses’, the social media company hoped the devices would reach the same broad acceptance that tablets and smartwatches have found before them. But those plans have hit a snag in the UK, where venues from elite restaurants […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/08/the-guardian-restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears/
  11. For what it's worth, I flagged up the whole 'vertical drinking' issue ages ago. I saw this coming.

    Granted, I didn't think I'd ever be proven *right*. But that's worse, if anything

    #verticaldrinking #pubs

    open.substack.com/pub/theneuro

  12. For what it's worth, I flagged up the whole 'vertical drinking' issue ages ago. I saw this coming.

    Granted, I didn't think I'd ever be proven *right*. But that's worse, if anything

    #verticaldrinking #pubs

    open.substack.com/pub/theneuro

  13. Could Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ be banned across the UK? - The Latest
    By Presented by Lucy Hough with Kirsty Major ; produced by Bryony Moore and Sam Gruet ; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin

    With more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming the world’s most popular new gadget.

    theguardian.com/technology/vid

    #Meta #Wearabletechnology #Privacy #Pubs #Technology #Worldnews #Hospitalityindustry #Business #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #PresentedbyLucyHoughwithKirstyMajor #producedbyBryonyMoore #SamGruet #seniorproducerRyanRamgobin

  14. Could Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ be banned across the UK? - The Latest
    By Presented by Lucy Hough with Kirsty Major ; produced by Bryony Moore and Sam Gruet ; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin

    With more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming the world’s most popular new gadget.

    theguardian.com/technology/vid

    #Meta #Wearabletechnology #Privacy #Pubs #Technology #Worldnews #Hospitalityindustry #Business #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #PresentedbyLucyHoughwithKirstyMajor #producedbyBryonyMoore #SamGruet #seniorproducerRyanRamgobin

  15. Literacy Bar.
    Pal's Lounge, Mid-City New Orleans.
    Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans.

    #NewOrleans #bars #pubs #reading

  16. Literacy Bar.
    Pal's Lounge, Mid-City New Orleans.
    Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans.

    #NewOrleans #bars #pubs #reading

  17. 🧵 1/2
    the-independent.com/life-style

    Terrible stuff. The recommendation that sales of alcohol and food should be “by waiter or waitress service only” is entirely at odds with what a pub should be.

    This draft licensing policy from the Conservative controlled Westminster City Council reflects the influence of...

    #London #Pubs #Verticaldrinking

  18. 🧵 1/2
    the-independent.com/life-style

    Terrible stuff. The recommendation that sales of alcohol and food should be “by waiter or waitress service only” is entirely at odds with what a pub should be.

    This draft licensing policy from the Conservative controlled Westminster City Council reflects the influence of...

    #London #Pubs #Verticaldrinking

  19. Literacy Bar.
    Pal's Lounge, Mid-City New Orleans.
    Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans.

    @noladon

    #NewOrleans #reading #bars #pubs

  20. Literacy Bar.
    Pal's Lounge, Mid-City New Orleans.
    Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans.

    @noladon

    #NewOrleans #reading #bars #pubs

  21. I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all? | Simon Jenkins
    By Simon Jenkins

    The time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose out

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Pubs #Socialetiquette #Healthwellbeing #London #UKnews #Socialmedia #Smartphones #TheGuardian #SimonJenkins

  22. I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all? | Simon Jenkins
    By Simon Jenkins

    The time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose out

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Pubs #Socialetiquette #Healthwellbeing #London #UKnews #Socialmedia #Smartphones #TheGuardian #SimonJenkins

  23. Homes for sale in former pubs in England – in pictures
    By Anna White

    From a house in the country once used as a drovers’ inn to a high street landmark in a bustling part of London

    theguardian.com/money/gallery/

    #Property #Pubs #Money #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #AnnaWhite

  24. Homes for sale in former pubs in England – in pictures
    By Anna White

    From a house in the country once used as a drovers’ inn to a high street landmark in a bustling part of London

    theguardian.com/money/gallery/

    #Property #Pubs #Money #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #AnnaWhite

  25. ‘It is British life’: Downing Street vows to stop councils trying to restrict standing in pubs
    By Helena Horton

    Westminster council has recommended banning ‘vertical drinking’ or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policy

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #London #Localgovernment #Fooddrinkindustry #Hospitalityindustry #Pubs #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  26. ‘It is British life’: Downing Street vows to stop councils trying to restrict standing in pubs
    By Helena Horton

    Westminster council has recommended banning ‘vertical drinking’ or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policy

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #London #Localgovernment #Fooddrinkindustry #Hospitalityindustry #Pubs #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  27. Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
    By Helena Horton

    Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at all

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Technology #Wearabletechnology #Privacy #Pubs #UKnews #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  28. Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
    By Helena Horton

    Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at all

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Technology #Wearabletechnology #Privacy #Pubs #UKnews #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton