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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 19/09/2026

Lol, massive job cuts looming at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, but funds for two temporary hired guns to come spend 2 years "managing change". Wonder how much their consultants charged them to advise adding these roles...

Job listings for two change manager roles at university of Edinburgh, one of them senior. Salaries from 41 to 61 thousand.

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 12/06/2026

I feel like these need to be in virtually every public building, and many large private buildings like shopping centers or museums

two drinking fountains / water fountains, one of which has a bottle filling station built in

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 01/05/2026

Happy #MayDay y'all. Remember this is a day for long walks in nature with your friends, celebrating the fight for worker's rights.

dinosandcomics 3 panel comic. A dapper dino says "teamwork is very important", a group of dinos stand before them holding up a sign saying "union", the dapper dino says "not like that."

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter! He is risen 💛

Screenshot from the performance art piece "Shia LaBeouf" with an image of Jesus' face pasted over the Shias and the caption altered to say "Wait! He isn't dead! Jesus surprise!"

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 17/03/2026

your last meme saved is your moral philosophy

An orange cat sits on a forklift, the caption says "this cat does not comply with osha regulation..." bc he has no reflective clothing, he's not wearing a hard hat, and is sleeping during forklift operation

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 15/01/2026

Yup, different for me as well

Bluesky trending showing: BTS, Reform Party, Tory Dynamics, Kemi Badenoch, Bandido, AEW Wrestling

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 16/11/2025

Finally got to go to mass for the first time in weeks of traveling. The servicet St Joseph's Cathedral in Hanoi was lovely. Alhamdulillah!

Picture of St Joseph's Cathedral in Hanoi, partly obscured by green hedges in the plaza

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 01/11/2025

At the #INLG2025 gala getting a taste of Vietnamese culture

Performers in Vietnamese traditional clothing are seated on a stage, some with instruments, performing a song. In the background we see the name of the restaurant Dong Son Drum and a screen announcing this is the conference gala dinner for INLG 2025

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 27/10/2025

At the airport for my flight to Hanoi for #INLG2025!!!

A white enby with hair pulled back smiles at the camera with their eyes, rocking their denim jacket and an FFP2 mask. A backpack strap is visible.

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 26/10/2025

Mailed my ballot in today as part of the #WeAreTheUniversity campaign. It is unacceptable how employers are failing the public and their employees, and it is shameful that the prev gov't sacrificed public goods on the Altar of Austerity and that this gov't isn't willing to fix the problem

Dave stands in front of a red Royal Mail postbox holding their ballot envelope in the vote for strike action. In front of the envelope, they hold the insert explaining why you should vote Yes to strike action and Yes to action short of a strike!

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 13/08/2025

Today @ehudreiter.bsky.social let me take a look at his old copy of the #ACL proceedings from 1993. The proceedings for the entire conference fit into about 300 pages and you received a physical copy. My how the times have changed!

Cover of a light Grey book with red text indicating that it's the proceedings of the 31st annual meeting of the association for computational linguistics

Showing page 299 of said book, nearly at the end!

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 01/08/2025

Hello from beautiful Saarbrücken 💛💛💛

A Dave wearing glasses with long blond hair smiles and toasts you with their Bruch bier

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 21/06/2025

Happy Pride lovelies 💛💛💛 I love you, God loves you, be queer and live your life

Wearing my colorful dungarees and a purple shirt holding up my big B with the T placard posing with a queer affirming reverend and others at St Augustine Church during Pride

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 20/06/2025

This week @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social had a strong presence at #HealTAC2025, a conference on NLP in healthcare. We had a demo from the ASICA project, work from an undergrad working with NHS Grampian, and two PhD students presenting work to help patients! Adarsa Sivaprasad even won best poster!

Seven researchers from University of Aberdeen pose from the balcony of the Glasgow University Union's debate chamber. The balcony and its seats are warm wood colored and the stage behind them gives a similar theatre vibe. The welcome slide for the conference is displayed on a projector above the stage.

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 02/06/2025

If you haven't already, please sign this petition to #StopTheCuts! UK Higher Education ( #UKHE ) is in dire straits after years of neglect by the UK government. Institutions are at a breaking point and we will lose this public good if the government doesn't step up: stopthecutspetition.org.uk

Texts in the colors of the UCU reading "Stop the cuts: fund higher education now!" with stylized scissors and bits of background cut away. A pound sign lurks in the D of fund.

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 25/04/2025

At His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen for Seagully Blonde! I was expecting Aberdonian parody of Legally Blonde, but it's even better than I imagined!!! Definitely come see it if you're in the 'Deen and get a chance today or tomorrow🔥🔥🔥

Dave poses in front of a pink poster for the show "Seagully Blonde" wearing their denim jacket and holding a beer

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DM Howcroft 🦔 @davehowcroft.com · 26/09/2024

Woke up early this morning to join #INLG2024 virtually! Thanks to the organisers (@siggen.bsky.social) for letting me present even though I couldn't attend in person, and thanks to the folks who came to the poster :) Paper is on the #ACL Anthology if you're curious: aclanthology.org/2024.inlg-ma...