Reposted by Dave21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 14hVice Chancellors pontificate that UK Higher Education needs to get its credibility back From the very people who presided over their own eye-watering pay rises, baffling decisions & erosion of public trust Irony stands at the podium of the conference www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-he-n...timeshighereducation.comUK HE ‘needs to get its credibility back’, Labour conference hearsScandals about franchised provision have undermined the sector, and universities need to ensure failings are not repeated, vice-chancellors say 297
Reposted by Dave21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 14hGiulio Regeni was a Cambridge PhD student abducted, tortured & murdered in Egypt Egyptian security agents have now been convicted of his kidnapping Cambridge forgot about him Lofty ethics rhetoric looks rather different when the scrutiny turns inward www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...independent.co.ukThe Egyptian spies, the Cambridge student and the vicious Italian kidnappingMore than 10 years after the violent death of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni, his family receive the verdict in the trial of four Egyptian security agents accused of kidnap. Alex Croft reports 076
Reposted by DaveAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you've got an opinion you want on here - submit it to the form: forms.gle/1gNMupaNHQf8xeRE6 1214013
Reposted by DaveZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We have the chance to cut bills, end the sewage scandal and stop the rampant profiteering. But instead it's more half-measures, and kicking the issue into the long grass. 23540178
Dave @davedeadfool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good #nerdlings UK Games Expo bans games and art made mostly using AI — UKGE enforces booth shutdowns and bans after deleted-comment debacle, says that the ‘central creative process must be conducted by humans’ | Tom's Hardware share.google/4xNbmiaslXou...share.googleUK Games Expo bans games and art made mostly using AI — UKGE enforces booth shutdowns and bans after deleted-comment debacle, says that the ‘central creative process must be conducted by humans’Robots aren’t welcome at UKGE. 050
Dave @davedeadfool.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My army of ginger lunatics! #nerdlings #warhammeroldworld #visuallyimpairedpainter 0213
Reposted by DaveIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 329184523849
Reposted by Dave21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cambridge University has compulsory course on active bystander responsibility What happens if institution itself is the bystander? Vice-Chancellor was criticised for retaliation against a whistleblower at Tribunal Maybe she needs the online training herself? www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comUniversity of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunalProf Wyn Evans, who raised concerns over treatment of female staff at Institute of Astronomy, was subject to ‘baseless’ investigation, judge rules 0117
Reposted by DaveStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Tufferman *Boxt *Haltonlifts *Dialaflight *WeFixLondon *AllClearTravel *Dobel *Elmhurst *Maxus *Dreams2RealityCompetitions *CopperhouseFilms *Love2Stay *ThomasPaineHotel *YourUnbelievaBowl *ArdenParks *AcornStairlifts *AgeCareBathrooms *AquaWarehouse *Sonori 22513
Reposted by DaveZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We're having the best time in Holborn & St Pancras! The opportunity to win and push the Government on housing costs, tackling the climate crisis and for international justice. And so much more. We can't stop now. This is it. Sign up for the final 12 days below 👇🏽 6515143
Dave @davedeadfool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Film you've watched more than six times with a GIFstatic.klipy.comRambo: Coming HomeALT: Rambo: Coming Home 020
Dave @davedeadfool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Deamon Slayer for my #warhammertheoldworld slayers army. #visuallyimpairedpainter #nerdlings #warhammmercommunity 091
Reposted by DaveDOMINA LAVEAU⛓️ @minalaveau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Of course it’s not headlining that a Black former stripper was found dead in a TRASH CAN in Brooklyn. I’m so enraged about violence against sex workers. 39055
Reposted by DaveDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 25/09/2026To lose on one charge of breaching financial fair play rules might be misfortune. To lose on 114 of them begins to look like carelessness...static.klipy.comLady Bracknell in The Importance of Being EarnestAlt: A very sassy looking Lady Bracknell from The Importance of Being Earnest 101088
Dave @davedeadfool.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reinforcements for the Minutemen for #falloutfactions from @modiphius #visuallyimpairedpainter #nerdlings 0101
Reposted by DaveKate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Eh, what now? This is awful. This is unacceptable and goes against UKRI policy, which clearly states: "Assessors...must not use generative AI tools as part of their assessment activities except for language refinement purposes". 47426
Reposted by DaveRichard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"I'm the underdog but I can win" in Holborn and St Pancras insists Zack Polanski www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...standard.co.uk'I'm the underdog but I can win' in Holborn & St Pancras insists Zack PolanskiExclusive: Green Party leader rejects suggestions his party has reached the limits of its recent surge in popularity and said he hopes to pull off ‘one of the biggest upsets in British political histo... 011531
Reposted by DaveAndrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@zackpolanski.bsky.social says he can pull off 'one of biggest upsets in British political history' and win Holborn and St Pancras by-election 👍 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...standard.co.ukPolanski: I can win by-election in 'one of biggest political upsets in history'Exclusive: Green Party leader rejects suggestions his party has reached the limits of its recent surge in popularity 612434
Reposted by DaveMadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪 15311136
Reposted by DaveDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cannot tell you how much I hate this & how ashamed & angry I am that @ukri.org have taken this step. We KNOW this sort of gAI is socially biased, we KNOW it favours slopAI output over human-written. Our research landscape is falling apart due to underfunding, & they do this? it's *appalling* 718589
Reposted by Dave21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cambridge University is running 3 investigations, two into Jason Arday, one into the Whistleblowing Tribunal Several of those who remain in post are conflicted & implicated in the matters under review The reviews will fail to effect any real change. That is their purpose. 21percent.org?p=4399 198
Dave @davedeadfool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cerberus unit from @warlordgames for #konflikt47 #nerdlings #visuallyimpairedpainter 030
Reposted by DaveJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it. 501556415
Reposted by DaveBold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Zoë Garbett, the Green Mayor of Hackney, joins Zack Polanski in Kentish Town for a chat about the campaign so far. 111630
Reposted by DaveThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/09/2026Time's up on Thames Water. Since privatisation in 1989, Thames has handed out over £10 billion to shareholders, while racking up over £20 billion in debt. Now a consortium of US hedge funds want to take control... Get private profit out of water. Nationalisation now. 7350139
Reposted by DaveThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/09/2026“We’re the only party looking seriously at how we can build a sustainable, thriving economy that doesn’t leave the planet broken for our children and grandchildren.” Rachel Millward on why electing Greens means choosing a future where people and planet can thrive. 6371126
Reposted by Dave21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 07/09/2026No objection to paying high salaries for talent Universities are paying eye-watering salaries for managerial incompetence -- putting people in positions of power who lack the humanity, vision, or basic foresight to understand the consequences of their own decisions inews.co.uk/news/educati...inews.co.ukThe seven elite universities losing millions of pounds… while bosses' pay risesRussell Group universities are axing jobs and cutting courses as the sector faces a financial crisis fuelled by a drop in international students 0129
Dave @davedeadfool.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Beep boop! It's more robot infantry for #konflikt47 #visuallyimpairedpainter #3dprinted #warlordgames #nerdlings 0130
Reposted by DaveSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us 9186251859
Reposted by DaveAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Happy seventh anniversary to that time Stuart here told the Polis in Aberdeen “How do you like that?” after farting in their general direction, and they did not like it at all. www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/crim... 3719
Reposted by Daveleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There’s no such thing as neutrality. Its silence and silence is complicity.johnpavlovitz.substack.comEd Sheeran and The White Privilege of NeutralityI know singer Ed Sheeran. 901502428
Reposted by DaveWilliam Butler Yeets @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026i need to know what happened 309163063164
Reposted by DaveAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We don’t do the Daily Express, but we *do* feature fruitcakes commenting on Royal family stories in the Daily Express. 1313016
Reposted by DaveJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Got incredibly bored and read up on the Falkland Islands and their entire history of settlement and like... What do you mean? We are? Actually in the right? On this one??? This is an unfamiliar feeling as an Englishman. I don't know what to do about it. 1776694
Reposted by DaveNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips. 341530327
Reposted by DaveRhapsody Angel @rhapsodyangel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I found an old postcard of Piddington and messed around with photoshop. 1192
Reposted by DaveScarlett, The Mouth of Madness @scarletttheharlot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026if this gets 50 likes, i will reveal what is inside the box 5556
Reposted by DaveHugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This image makes me laugh every time 533276
