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29 Jul 2023
For info, I'm uninstalling Twitter app (not closing account, but likely won't read it). Anyone who cares probably already found me on Mastodon (see profile) but just in case...
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15 Jul 2023
The University of Kyoto in Japan allows students to wear anything they want for their Graduation ceremony. This is the way.
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Yes AI can make you arresting photos like this but can it tell you that the Baby Viking Summer Camp should be better known as the Norsery?
I’ve learned that there’s a Baby Viking Summer Camp, and I have questions and also may become obsessed.
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30 Jun 2023
Anglicised pronunciations only
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9 Jun 2023
🧵For some reason, my mind turns to Cicero's second speech against Catiline. Let me translate it for you...
At last, Romans, we have expelled Lucius Catiline, raging with audacity, exhaling criminality, wickedly plotting damage to his country, issuing threats of fire and weapons
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10 May 2023
Don't Miss: A modern Moodle interface for the Open Science Laboratory: Sam Marshall, The Open University at #MootIEUK23 next week on Monday 14:00 eu1.hubs.ly/H03K78g0
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25 Mar 2023
Is there really "overwhelming" evidence that smartphones and social media are having a "catastrophic" effect on kids' mental health?
I don't think so!
Here's my long article where I read though the relevant studies and note some serious weaknesses:
inews.co.uk/news/technology/…
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14 Mar 2023
RT @frankieboyle: A river of boiling shit flows through your town. You haven’t seen a tomato for 18 months. MOTD is 3 minutes long and narr…
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7 Mar 2023
WE ONLY WANT BRITISH PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE UK'S MODERN SLAVERY SYSTEM, THE ENVY OF THE WORLD'S SLAVERY SYSTEMS
7 Mar 2023
If you come to the UK illegally:
➡️ You can’t claim asylum
➡️ You can’t benefit from our modern slavery protections
➡️ You can’t make spurious human rights claims
➡️ You can’t stay
ALT If you come to the UK illegally you will be denied access to the UK’s modern slavery system
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2 Mar 2023
Our favourite bedtime story. Night night.
#WorldBookDay2023
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12 Feb 2023
If you have a USS pension you might be interested in this super-detailed run through of the story so far! (If you don't then um... probably give it a miss.)
12 Feb 2023
A Sunday afternoon thread 🧵on the history of USS and the disputes, for those that are interested. #USSMess; How we got here.
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10 Feb 2023
Is it just me or does recreational geology sound a bit naughty? :)
9 Feb 2023
The intransigence of my employer means I’m on strike today with @oubucu colleagues for fair pay, pensions and working conditions in higher education.
So having withdrawn my labour I am out doing RECREATIONAL geology. #ucuRISING
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BREAKING: NOTICE SERVED ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYERS
18 days of strike action in February and March
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RT if you back our members
UCU and PROUD
#ucuRISING
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18 Jan 2023
This is my 6th year at @FactCheck and every winter England’s NHS has been in crisis.
So when I started looking at the latest stats I was expecting to do a story about history repeating itself.
But it’s not repeating. 2022 was *so* much worse.
I can prove it in one graph.🧵
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Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started techdirt.com/2023/01/04/jour…
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2 Jan 2023
I’ve had two 6 hour waits at A and E with my son in last 12 months. If you’re unlucky enough to have an A or an E you are gambling with your life. Why are we standing for this?
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Milton Keynes, city of roundabouts, has a brand new one! Such a happy moment for the new city.
I'm pleased that they've gone for the classic look for the design and made it round. Yes, it's a really common shape - especially in MK - but it's a design classic for a reason.
22 Dec 2022
🦺 Walton Drive Roundabout, H9 Groveway
MK's newest roundabout is now constructed and this section of the H9 Groveway will reopen to traffic from tomorrow afternoon. (23 Dec)
MKCC was commissioned to design and install the roundabout on behalf of MKDP.
@tvp_mk @Bucksfire @SCAS999
ALT New roundabout located at H9 Groveway
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Solidarity to all health workers striking today. Poor pay and conditions are part of the very bad problem in our health and social care system.
Today, some services may be affected due to strike action.
You should continue to call 999 if you need life-saving care. Ambulance services will be prioritising the most clinically urgent cases. If it is not life-threatening you may have to wait longer than usual.
ALT If you need help, continue to use 111 online, and in emergencies please call 999.
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