Reposted by Alex BuckleyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Universities cannot expect researchers to take risks if they are repeatedly at risk of redundancy while losing professional services support, grappling with the gratuitous vagaries of home and international student number swings and both teaching and assessing in an age of unregulated AI. 520677
Reposted by Alex BuckleyKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 01/10/2026Yes, yes, dogs saying "sausages", but this video of dogs in a pub catching squirts from a soda siphon is the greatest That's Life video of all time. youtu.be/IahcZyBsDG8?...youtu.beThree German Shepherds In A PubYouTube video by kd fr 85416
Reposted by Alex BuckleyMichael Bench-Dracula @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Now that I think about it Man City did seem to be spending a lot of money 042
Reposted by Alex BuckleyMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17071331954
Reposted by Alex BuckleyRachel Forsyth @rmforsyth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Me too, fire truck manufacturer, me too. 076
Reposted by Alex BuckleyJohn Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Really important graph for any debate about triple lock commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri... 62610
Reposted by Alex BuckleyBen Chu @benchu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What's happened to crude oil flows from the Middle East since the US war on Iran began? 🛢️ Has Iran effectively choked off the Strait of Hormuz? Or is the Strait now basically open as the US claims? & what's happened to other exit routes? Here's a helpful way of visualising it...📊 👇1/8 22815
Reposted by Alex BuckleyAl Robertson @alrobertson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking forward to the updated FCA warnings: "Remember that the existence of your species may go down as well as up." 1138
Reposted by Alex BuckleyDavid Kernohan @dkernohan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...wonkhe.comGraduates now cover 84 per cent of the cost of a degreeThe effects of little-noticed threshold freezes 002
Reposted by Alex BuckleyBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Like ok I get that you don’t like this other Labour Party member who thinks you have crap music taste/ are too ‘lads lads lads’/ said something mean about where your parents live. But that’s not really a philosophy of government. 41008
Reposted by Alex BuckleyLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359802004
Reposted by Alex BuckleyJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 25/09/2026That's a huge success for the British cultural industry on the world stage. We should maybe even start considering it a major 21st century British export industry, maybe even get a ministry to oversee it? 26912
Reposted by Alex BuckleyMichael Bench-Dracula @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Victor Frankstein like oops sorry everyone my guy has gone rogue 0235
Reposted by Alex BuckleyDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Quite fed up with these crowds of fighting age men who refuse to integrate. 0607
Reposted by Alex BuckleyThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034391279
Reposted by Alex BuckleyStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026'Although most of the players are not English and their presence in the England team erodes an important part of English identity, I support them' - no, you don't. 965639
Reposted by Alex BuckleySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One vaguely serious party.... it's all I ask for. 1320717
Reposted by Alex BuckleyChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Probably Liberal Democrats" is, to be sure, a far more accurate description of the Liberal Democrats than "Liberal Democrats" 91189
Reposted by Alex BuckleyTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Man shows ignorance of entire of human history - very particularly ignorance of entire female human history - film at 11. 1817614
Reposted by Alex BuckleyKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 20/09/2026This is a bit long but a nice skewering of the arrogant twats locked in their little bubbles who are driving the "AI is going to kill us all" nonsense. 5172
Reposted by Alex BuckleyJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The feeling is mutual. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 10759
Reposted by Alex BuckleyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC. 18751215
Reposted by Alex BuckleyLaura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am the local LD councillor and I have not supported this campaign. No one asked me to, presumably because they knew what I'd say. This just absolutely, categorically untrue. 12585206
Reposted by Alex BuckleyJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This valuation makes sense (only?) for safety decision making, where some valuation is needed to decide how much to spend on safety improvements. The (controversial) methodology is to extrapolate from small decisions (eg how much would you pay for a smoke alarm, or extra wage for dangerous job). 192
Reposted by Alex BuckleyWonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NEW on Wonkhe: Last seen around the time of the Augar review, KPMG has updated work on the costs of teaching. DK finds evidence of cost cutting everywhere buff.ly/D0cu2Xu 014
Reposted by Alex BuckleyPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Got the formal notification of my half-sacking. Apparently congratulations are due! 11518138
Reposted by Alex BuckleyRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers. 1062352687
Reposted by Alex BuckleyMartin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 13/09/2026This is a very disappointing response that does little to help the millions of students already struggling with student loans! My view on the govt's reponse today to the Treasury Committee student loan report... 1213249
Reposted by Alex BuckleyAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 11/09/20263/ Basically: if AI can become plug and play, why do most students need to learn "AI skills" via formal courses? Sure, you need to churn out people who can make plug and play easier, which has some implciations for IT/engineering programs. But apart from that? Really not clear to me. 191
Reposted by Alex BuckleyTom Clarke @deworde.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The story I heard was of a lecturer talking about this who at the start introduced the class to his favourite pencil, "Penny", a gift from his daughter. Throughout the lecture, he'd every so often note something down and say "thanks, Penny". At the end, he snapped the pencil in half. 521544
Reposted by Alex BuckleyPeter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Not long ago, Just Stop Oil activists were given long sentences for simply discussing blocking infrastructure. In contrast, the balaclava-wearing gangs now do much the same with apparent impunity. One could almost call it two-tier justice.” 610053
Reposted by Alex BuckleyRonald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Instead of trying to impose a top-down corporate culture that is so clearly inconsistent with the successful functioning of a university, why not lean in to its bottom-up nature?" #HigherEd astromikemerri.substack.com/p/how-univer...astromikemerri.substack.comHow University Management Does Not Understand Universities(And How To Fix It) 002
Reposted by Alex BuckleyBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Breaking: The British Public respond 99% 'Don't Know' when asked to review whether the Tokugawa Shogunate's policy of sakoku promoted internal stability during the Edo period. 620635
Reposted by Alex BuckleyDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As I keep pointing out, does no one understand Ricardian comparative advantage anymore. FACT: China produces over 1 million engineering graduates per year FACT: To date, China has not produced a single internationally marketable game show format Where does it look like our advantage lies? 37652182
Reposted by Alex BuckleyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026'Nearly three-quarters of researchers are unclear about what uses of artificial intelligence should be disclosed in scholarly work, while almost half admit to under-disclosure, according to a survey by Oxford University Press.' Sounds rather like our taught students. 1146
Reposted by Alex BuckleyBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me 365224746
Reposted by Alex BuckleyLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ah, yes, look at us all, basking in our “financial certainty”. Thanks, Baroness. #UKHE 34112
Reposted by Alex BuckleyTom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This does suggest Britain is a) very good at integration b) actively attracts the world's smart and ambitious people who want to get on and do well for themselves Both of these are very good, competitive qualities to have and should be celebrated. 936298
Reposted by Alex BuckleyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing". "No, sir". "One or the other, not both". "Precisely, sir." 07810
Reposted by Alex BuckleyStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026'The British knee is firm, the British knee is muscular, the British knee is on the march to victory!' 106923
Reposted by Alex BuckleyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sad to hear Ed Davey peddling this. The *overall* tax take in the UK is historically high, but taxes on low/medium earners are low by historical standards & among the lowest in the G7. The cost of living crisis is not due to high personal taxes. Pretending it is just does the Right's work for it. 1221551
Reposted by Alex BuckleyDavid Kernohan @dkernohan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Which neatly demonstrates that intensively teaching knowledge-rich curricula towards high-stakes tests is a great way to ensure your country does well on PISA. 071
Reposted by Alex Buckleytunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 425174293863
Reposted by Alex BuckleyProfAFinlayson @profafinlayson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Stephen Bush, in the FT today writes that Labour “has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point”. A key question of political analysis is why Lab (and/or the British state) can’t/won’t be more decisive (x/?) 813359
Reposted by Alex BuckleySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration. 602405851
Reposted by Alex BuckleyJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't. 12730279
Reposted by Alex BuckleyPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The day has started gloriously with a PhD supervision: her dissertation on evolving theology underlying New Model Army-adjacent preachers' concepts of priestly identity is absolutely brilliant. Downhill from here: it's (allegedly) Sacking Day - when they announce compulsory firings in my dept. 1516016
Reposted by Alex BuckleyTeaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026REMINDER: Special issue on the politics of assessment! 🚨 We are calling for abstracts with a deadline on 2 Nov 2026. Share with your colleagues, too! See the original post for details! 012