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Caroline Proctor

@caggles.bsky.social
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UCU NEC member (Midlands), UCU Commons member, interested in higher education, food, LARP, meteorology, Sea Cadets and naval history. Occasional Arma3 content because we all need a hobby.

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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Very important and in depth discussion going on among my friends right now - if you had to fight one womble, which one would it be and why?
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Just want to put out there that the Sea Cadets are fully inclusive. And also we get to sail which is pretty awesome too.
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
There's something hugely satisfying when you're developing a new system and you've spent weeks doing architecture and writing helper functions and securing data, and then it all comes together into something you can SHOW people in a few days.
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I am not built for heat. There is an entire swampy ecosystem building up under my boobs and I don't think I'm ready for that kind of responsibility.
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I’m watching parliament’s women and equalities committee grill Baroness Falkner and the EHRC so you don’t have to, follow along with this thread for a summary of what’s said
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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
** Latest ** This is the latest video from the Trans Exile Network, it is a very short speech (7 mins) which I made to the national GMB Union Annual Congress on 9th June 2025, yesterday as I post this. youtu.be/6LCWFzf4vRs
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GMB 2025 Speech
YouTube video by Trans Exile Network
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Michael Washington @adefwebserver.com · 11/06/2025
#NoSleepForICE #ICEOutOfLA - Hilton Garden Inn in #Arcadia
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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
by framing peaceful protests as only those protests that do not destroy or damage property the state/media/ideological apparatus(es) designate property as that which must be protected and citizens as those who can be subjected to violence *in order to protect property*
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UCU Commons @ucucommons.org · 29/04/2025
We've written a blog post full of steps everyone can take, right now, to support trans people following the Supreme Court ruling and the EHRC interim guidance. Thanks especially to @hagenilda.bsky.social for all her work on it! 🏳️‍⚧️ open.substack.com/pub/ucucommo...
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Take action now for trans rights.
Some practical ways you can show your support for trans people in the wake of the 16th April Supreme Court ruling.
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
In solidarity with the principles of trade unions, I will not be crossing a picket line this Friday, and I will therefore not be attending NEC as representative for the Midlands. I urge UCU to work with Unite UCU to establish positive actions for resolution of this dispute.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/04/2025
Auditors have raised serious concerns about Coventry University's financial future, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. UCU is calling for urgent transparency. Staff and students deserve clarity now. bit.ly/44m741F
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Coventry University staff seek urgent answers following auditors' warning on institution's future
University and College Union (UCU) has called for immediate transparency from Coventry University after its recently published Annual Report and Financial Statements revealed a concerning warning from...
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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.
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Amy Ryall @amyryall.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Solidarity with Nottingham University UCU as job cuts are announced. They must be really missing their brilliant Agnes Flues too, more than usual.
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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Me again on another dimension of the UK universities crisis. This time I'm thinking about the huge risks to national security and government ability that it represents, and not in the ways you might think either.
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Why Isn’t the UK University Crisis a National Security Emergency?
It really should be.
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Seriously sprained my elbow a couple of weeks back, and it's still recovering. Going to the Skunk Anansie gig last night at Rock City didn't help, but I didn't care because it was absolutely epic and painkillers are wonderful things! Today, though? Today I have painful regrets in my right arm.
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
On today, trans day of visibility, as on every other day I stand and shout that trans rights are human rights. Solidarity, love and support for all trans colleagues and friends who face utter bullshit every day for just existing.
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Dr Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
For #UCU migrant members: UCU Migrant Members' Standing Committee is running a vital survey to gather member experiences of institutional support for visa-related expenses. The survey link is here: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Migrant-s... Deadline for responses is Friday 11th April.
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Migrant survey 2025
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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
My thruppence on the current crisis across the UK university sector: THREE cheap easy wins that the government could implement to solve the short term issue, thereby helping us discuss the long term ones. tacity.co.uk/2025/03/26/t...
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Three Immediate, Cost-Free Interventions to Avert Collapse in UK Higher Education
UK higher education (HE) is undergoing a profound and deeply unsettling crisis. Universities across the country including Newcastle, Cardiff, UEA, Dundee and many others (seemingly by the day) are …
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Shout out to our UCU colleagues across the Midlands + the UK, esp Coventry University UCU for their Alternative Open Day this Sat (15/3/25). Coventry is just one of many UKHE institutions whose VC is pushing redundancies + reductions of terms and conditions for staff.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Sounds worrying - despite the presence of copious water, as the old COSHH sheets call it, fire on ships (especially ships carrying very flammable stuff) is a very dim prospect indeed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
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Oil tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Sea
Lifeboats and firefighting teams are on the scene, after two ships collide off the coast of East Yorkshire.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Stunning new visualization of global temperatures since 1940, from @hausfath.bsky.social www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
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DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The sad thing is that email and admin have taken over academic life so much that many of us have to squeeze in the poisoning of minds on evenings and weekends.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“Many say that while they still love their work — and particularly working with students — they don’t know how long they can maintain their current pace. ‘Most of us are working seven days a week just to keep up… That’s not sustainable at all.’”
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Higher Education Is Exhausted
Some don’t see a future in a sector battling for its very existence.
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Michael Abberton 🇺🇦🇸🇩 @michaelabberton.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Vitally important that people vote in the UCU elections - to reclaim our union and for a union that is member-led and seeks to listen to - and not educate - its members. #UCUelections #CampusTradeUnions www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/stri...
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Striking over pay amid the UK’s financial crisis is misguided at best
The work of lobbying policymakers to make HE a higher priority is undermined by the endless pantomime of UCU’s internal politics, says Dyfrig Jones
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 05/02/2025
This is huge. My petition got approved. It challenges the UK government to the lift the Puberty Blocker ban on the grounds that it contradicts article 8 of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child. Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️‍⚧️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
We want the Government to reverse the restrictions it has introduced relating to the prescription of puberty blockers to children. The Government introduced legislation banning them from being prescri...
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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I'm voting for @dyfrigjones.bsky.social as UCU Vice President. I think he has a convincing plan to make our union function again, so it can do the crucial work of stopping the constant rounds of redundancies. You can read more about his campaign here: dyfrigjones.com/about
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About Me — Home / Cartref
Cefndir Dyfrig
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Dyfrig Jones @dyfrigjones.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The news out of Cardiff University today - 400 jobs at risk - should be a massive wake-up call for UCU. It’s utter nonsense us to be balloting on pay when so many members across the UK are at risk of redundancy. It’s a distraction, a waste of union resources, and makes us look entirely unserious.
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Dr Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Today is ballot drop day for UCU NEC elections! The decisions of NEC, HEC and FEC can make or break our union and our action, so please VOTE. I am running for the LGBT+ rep seat in HE alongside other incredible UCU Commons candidates. You can view our statements here: ucucommons.org/nec25/
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Fantastic job by Coventry Sea Cadets drill squad at the weekend, smashing out a 3rd place in Warwickshire. Smart, disciplined, teamwork all the way, and a cracking vibe across the whole squad. These guys earned it. What other young people could put on a show like this? #seacadets
9 sea cadets in best number 1 uniform, looking incredibly smart, with caps removed.
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
If you fail to raise an IT ticket after being asked to instead of poking your head in the office door, and then complain that your issue isn't being dealt with, you deserve the special hell reserved for people who talk in the cinema and put after eight wrappers back in the box.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/01/2025
Have you ever wondered what those lines, symbols, and colours on a weather chart really mean? 🌍 In this video, we dive into the fascinating world of synoptic weather charts, revealing the science behind isobars, pressure systems, weather fronts, and more! 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBh...
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11/01/25 - How to read a synoptic weather chart - Met Office explains - Met Office UK Weather
YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
First Arma3 mission of 2025 back in CheltNam. I love gaming with the Tactical Distractions guys and girls, because it's genuinely about the teamwork. The medic, the RO, the engineer, and even I as the combat photographer each has a unique role to play to defeat the enemy and tell a story.
Seven in-game US marines in the Arma3 game, lined up for a platoon photo back at base in black and white.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
OF COURSE THERE HAS TO BE A STUDENT NUMBERS CAP PER UNIVERSITY, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE SECTOR KNOWS THIS FOR GOD'S SAKE ARG 😡 www.thetimes.com/article/e569...
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Top universities poaching UK students ‘will force rivals to shut’
Britain’s longest-serving vice-chancellor has called for a cap on campus numbers to prevent institutions having to close as international applications plummet
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Safe, orderly routes is the only thing that will "stop the boats" and save lives #RefugeesWelcome www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Refugee Council urges UK to introduce special visas in effort to stop deaths in the Channel
Record number of deaths in 2024 leads to call for safe and legal routes for people to travel to UK to stop them resorting to smugglers
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Lang may yer lums reek!
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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
hey just in case you forgot: progress doesn’t have to be seen, celebrated or validated by others to be real
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Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Dec 24, and I know it's a rough time of year for many. No matter how much I may disagree with you on one thing or another, how much you think I'm a damn idiot or worse, please remember that the world is better with you in it. If you're struggling: 116 123 is the Samaritans. Be alive for 2025.
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Paisley "Pumpkin Spicy" Peinforte 👻 @p3.paisleypeinforte.co.uk · 21/12/2024
This holiday can be stressful and painful for many. If you are feeling overwhelmed this season, please contact a helpline. the world is better with you in it. National Suicide Prevention Hotline UK: 0800 689 5652 US: 1-800-273-8255 Canada: 1.833.456.4566
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
when I was a kid I heard another kid arguing about why he had to do service for others in the gurudwara and his parent was like "if you won't help others what is the point of you" and I've never forgotten that line.
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Ruth! @ruthholliday.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Raising a glass to all those in HE being made redundant this Xmas. Know that this is not your fault. UK HE is being reshaped according to what international students want to study. You qre talented. You are genius. You will go on to accomplish great things. 🥂🍾✊
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UCU Commons @ucucommons.org · 20/12/2024
🚨Our report from last Thursday's Special HEC, when the motion calling for an immediate industrial action ballot was passed. You can read about all the ins and outs of the meeting here: ucucommons.org/2024/12/20/s...
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Special HEC Meeting Report, 12th December
By UCU Commons HEC members Headlines HEC were warned that an HEC vote for an industrial action ballot could jeopardise the progress in negotiating improvements to casualisation, workloads, and ineq…
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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Didn’t know you could get appointed to government roles to explain how NOT to do it? Under his tenure, the uni dug a £100 million pit. He’s, with questionable legality, pushing staff onto awful contracts of the subsidiary he is CEO of. Truly, government is listening to the best of our #UKHE sector
Screenshot of an article. Title: Coventry University Vice-Chancellor to advise the government on business and trade

Picture of Professor John Latham, CBE, Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University
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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Did you know that Oliver Cromwell banned work emails at Christmas, claiming they were a hangover from paganism? They were only brought back at the Restoration in 1660.
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S🌟tella @havishaf.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Romantic movies are so relatable. I, too wake up with perfect hair and make up, then I stand around wrapped in a sheet
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🚨Ballot results are in🚨 Our members have today overwhelmingly voted YES in our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture industrial action reballot. 75% of members voted to strike & 82% for ASOS on a 69% turnout #ReclaimUCU
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/12/2024
Gisèle Pelicot stood with her head held high in a courtroom in Avignon, France, on Thursday as the verdicts in the four-month rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men were read. Her image has become a symbol of female strength around the world, our critic writes. Read more: nyti.ms/49MwR3U
ALT: Gisèle Pelicot is seen in close-up, smiling. She wears her light brown hair in a short bob. She has on a black zip-front jacket with a white scarf at her neck. Text reads: "The Face of Courage." Photo credit: Clement Mahoudeau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🚨We’ve broken through the ice shelf! Our crack team of hot water drillers have melted their way through 587.96m of the Ross Ice Shelf to reach the ocean cavity, providing crucial access to the climate secrets hidden in the seafloor below. Well-deserved ‘victory toasties’ all round! 🧪 📷Ana Tovey
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