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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 6h

... Maitland, you unconscionable bastard!

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 6h

How do they know that's what's happening? Could be the owl's levitating the squirrel with nothing but the power of his mind.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 7h

I can see a way for England to win this #ENGCRO

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Higher Education in the UK is a bin fire placed carefully in the midst of a shitshow, which itself is lost on the barren burning wastes of managerial stupidity and government neglect. On the other hand, the first years are lovely. Really lovely.

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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Very cool CFP for a Journal of Beckett Studies special issue on Beckett & Entropy. Specifically seeking submissions on how materiality, colour, climate, desire, language and affect tend toward concinnity, unpredictability, irreversibility in Becketts writing. samuelbeckettsociety.org/2026/09/25/c...

samuelbeckettsociety.org

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Beckett Studies

The Editorial Board of the Journal of Beckett Studies has published a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue. Titled ‘The Colours of Entropy in Beckett’s Work’, the numbe…

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Smash hit musical West Side Story is being rereleased with an extra four minutes of footage, linking it to Avengers Doomsday. Rooftop scene: music: Men: I think that I'll be an Avenger Ok by me as an Avenger Spandex for free as an Avenger Women; (scornfully) Land on your knee as an Avenger

cast of West Side Story performing America

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⤵️ @bryce.lol · 27/09/2026

If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend; And, as I am an honest Puck, Show is over, off you fuck.

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot)

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'University students have raised concerns over the software used to submit assignments and check them for plagiarism, amid fears their work could be used to train tools which use artificial intelligence.'

bbc.co.uk

York Uni students' fears over Turnitin essay-checker AI plan

Students are "scared" about proposals which could see their work used to train AI, their union says.

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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You're going to be needing specialists in: languages, narrative, history, psychology, information, mythology, conspiracies, etc, etc. then? #humanities #socialscience

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What if you can't do seal impressions? ...Yes, it has been a long day.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 19/09/2026

bugs bunny: what’s up, doc? therapist: no, bugs; we’re here to talk about *you*, not me. what’s up with you? bug bunny: [bursts into tears] no-one has ever asked me that before

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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Careful, Your Holiness.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

thebritishacademy.ac.uk

British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Having just come off BBC Radio Scotland, sending good thoughts to all my fellow AI researchers also drowning in media requests this week and trying to fight a multibillion-dollar gilded firehose of bullshit with spray bottles of reason and facts

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

1) Piddington declares independence. 2) Far Right march to Piddington, because 'they're not English'. 3) Lisa Nandy says Far Right have 'legitimate concerns'. 4) Piddington on fire. Vicarage holds independence referendum, as Piddington 'unsafe for decent people'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received - and that consequently, this country is at war with Piddington.

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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Holy shit, I am pleasantly surprised by the news for once? For friends abroad, that’s the UK’s national federation of unions. It’s about time the beast awakened.

leftfootforward.org

TUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans people

Delegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable'

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Got a book coming out; one of the sections points out that developments in the aesthetics of Heavy Metal mirror developments in Horror as a genre. Feeling vindicated.

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is utterly idiotic. We don't know what skills future workforces will need. We do know that will change & that students perform best if they study something they're actually interested in. And for the pig-ignorant in the back row, fewer than 50% of STEM graduates ever go into STEM employment.

theguardian.com

Can you futureproof your career by choosing an AI-resistant degree?

Humans will have to compete with AI-powered virtual employees in the near future. Here are our tips for the last human holdouts

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Lizbeth Myles @lizbethmyles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If I have to contribute to nuclear weapons, Sharon can damn well contribute to a kid’s lunch.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Labour's stupidity around universities is driving me insane

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today I have to start populating a spreadsheet. In terms of the sheer joy activities spark in me, this one's right up there with toenail extraction.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

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alice @alicebennett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Moodle Champions explaining how to drag and drop files into a VLE. I’ve watched Learning Technology Advocates demo mentimeter in the dark of a sparsely populated lecture theatre. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Deeply sad to see this news. The Gate was first theatre where I worked as Literary Manager, in its original Notting Hill home, from 1998-2000. We won a Peter Brook Empty Space award "for the range and quality of the programming". Great international home. www.thestage.co.uk/news/gate-th...

thestage.co.uk

Gate Theatre to close after almost 50 years amid ‘hand-to-mouth’ funding climate

The Gate Theatre in London is to close at the end of October after what it labelled ‘several years of survival in a precarious funding climate’

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Last minute check of the Friday emails, and there's one from Routledge. My book's coming out on the 7th October 2026 It'll be available in hardback and paperback, and, ok, I know this is a shallow thing to say, and a lot of work went into it, but I like the cover. I really do like the cover.

The front cover of my book Theatrical Performance and Popular Music. It's a large silver statue, designed by Es Devlin, and used on The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn tour.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

So he spent the £5 million on pyro?

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today is turning into a rather pleasant day.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wow. Watch Channel 4 News now Nigel Farage discussing elicit funding for reform U.K. from a foreign donor All on secret camera

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And a step back; but I'd bet that there's now no goodwill left in the Exeter workforce.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ChatGPT, how do I deal with this? ... ... ... Any suggestions? ... ... ... Any at all? ... ... ... Hello?

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just found out that this piece of retro virtual strangeness has been placed in the British Film Institute archive. I used to freak out students and family members with this in 2002. Now it's been saved for the nation. I feel obscurely vindicated. replay.bfi.org.uk/video/a50f8d...

replay.bfi.org.uk

We Like The Moon | Replay

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/09/2026

Fatima's next job may be in ballet.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Been reading old Bowie interviews for a thing I'm doing, and oh, the stench of authentic 1970s homophobia... need to crack a window open, let in the fresh air...

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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In today’s Programme for Government, the First Minister announced an artists minimum income pilot We will continue to work with the Culture Secretary to ensure Government keep this promise, and deliver a truly inclusive artists basic income.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Erm... Starmer. Keir Starmer. Give me a minute. Pretty sure I've heard that name somewhere.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Finishing the documentation on a book proposal. Section describing the book: IT'LL BE WONDERFUL, IT WILL LEAD THE FIELD, NOBODY HAS DONE THIS BEFORE, LOOK AT THESE CHAPTERS, IT'S JUST FECKIN SPECTACULAR Brief bio: ... er right ok well I've done some stuff and erm yeah

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ach, well. RIP Tim Curry. If there's a Heaven, I hope this is how he arrives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWoY...

youtube.com

The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Sweet Transvestite" (1975) - (4K)

YouTube video by VideoXL

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