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Medr @medr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's been great to connect and share our vision for the future of apprenticeships in Wales. Over recent weeks, we have met with 150 stakeholders across three regional events, presenting our proposals for a new Apprenticeship Programme. Have your say by 19 June: www.medr.cymru/en/News/medr...

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

23 July 1995. Cardiff Arms Park. REM Cranberries Belly I have not a single photo from the gig but flipping heck. ♥️

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Gregynog Hall Gifted to the University of Wales in 1960, Gregynog hosts conferences, often academic, and will I suspect be known to many UK academics If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing a half-timbered manor house, three stories plus attic rooms, with ivy, slate roofs, white stucco and black beams, set in verdant countryside. It is a very appealing image

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Thanks to @emmaraczka.bsky.social we now know that this parade was walking up Station Terrace, and my guess is then turning right to go to what is now the rugby club, but back then might well have been playing fields So probably St David's College v Cardiff Uni, but what year?

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

So has anyone actually ever done a mashup of The Smiths’ Girlfriend In a Coma + KC And The Sunshine Band’s Give It Up?

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ColegauCymru | CollegesWales @colegau.cymru · 09/04/2025

📢 VACANCY ✨ We're looking for a 🌟 SENIOR ADVISER - POLICY AND PARTNERSHIPS 🌟 to join our busy Team! 📅 Closing Date: 5 May 2025 👇 Visit our website for further details:👇 www.colleges.wales/en/page/care... @rachcable.bsky.social @davehagendyk.bsky.social @kellyledwards.bsky.social

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I’m not sure what’s worse: That Puma thought it was a good idea to shoehorn some odd lyrics about running into a comedy pothead anthem; or that they completely disregarded the apostrophe.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

If you were to create a 2010s higher education themed cocktail called the Pump Prime, what would it include?

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Medr @medr.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We are looking for our first permanent Chief Executive, to oversee £1 billion of investment and lead a team of 120 experts. Closing date: 12 midday, Monday 14 April 2025 Salary: £140K Candidate assessments: From 5 May Panel interviews: 27-30 May

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Medr @medr.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We're looking for 3 Apprenticeship Managers to join our team. £38K-£44.5K 🟢Online info session: 14:00, 26 March 🟢Closes: 3 April Apprenticeships are an essential ingredient of economic success and a vital tool in building a stronger, fairer and more equal Wales.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Gwnewch y pethau bychain. A reminder to live your lives just as Blink 182 would have wanted.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Netflix desperately hoping I’ll miss the fact that the subscription is going up by calling it a ‘price update’.

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Medr @medr.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Have you been inspired this week to employ an apprentice, or become an apprentice yourself? There’s a wealth of information available: buff.ly/4gQBGLD #AWWales2025

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Important article about the very real impact on victims. So much digital naivety from the authorities and those responsible. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Woman's deepfake betrayal by friend: 'Every moment became porn'

Australian teacher Hannah Grundy was left to track down the man posting deepfake pornography of her.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

@hayleyclarke.bsky.social Hi Hayley! Is there any chance please of updating this to reflect that OfS is only the regulator for HE in England (the article starts with a Cardiff student + the story also features on the Wales page, but OfS has no remit in Wales). Diolch! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I have spent so long muting six nations discourse on social media that I didn’t even know it was starting tonight.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Why would you ignore the circumflex on Llŷn? Little bit annoyed at the lack of use of the Welsh diacritic in popular news items, particularly when you see Éowyn done right in the next paragraph.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Band names based on popular spam: Japanese Insole Lickme 2037 Huusk Knives Mystery Box Big Wins CloudStorage High County Casino Youthful Brain Salt Water Trick SHRIMP Warning Bladder Relief Play Now Shipment Notice Lucky Day QuikHeat Executive Order Impact Cadbury

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The first six notes of Dana International’s 1998 Eurovision winner sound like Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Six paragraphs in is too too far in before mentioning that this applies only to England, though, according to me. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Government to implement university free speech law

Labour paused implementation of the act after taking power, due to concerns over student welfare.

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Medr @medr.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Job opportunities | Senior Manager (various roles) - £47.5K-£55K - Closing date: Thursday 16 January We have Senior Manager posts available in the Apprenticeship and Development, Investment and Performance Teams. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Have Twitter migrants missed my education devolution policy content?! Today I am asking: If you’re a publication that’s writing about skills gaps in different UK nations and English regions, have you thought about asking for comments more widely than just England’s Department for Education? Or…

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Oes angen poeni / do we need to worry?

Mistar Urdd. He’s an anthropomorphic triangle featuring the white, red and green colours of the flag of Wales / Cymru / 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A squid game sniper in a pink jumpsuit and a black mask featuring a triangle

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

1990s Spanish taxi drivers. “Ah, Mark Hughes!” 2000s Spanish taxi drivers “Ah, Ryan Giggs!” 2010s Spanish taxi drivers “Ah, Gareth Bale!” 2024 French waiter (born in Turkey) “Ah, John Toshack!” Points of reference when you tell people you’re from Wales.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Casually scrolling the socials, and totally mixing up comments about H1B with those about HS1. Why is Musk bothered about the 109km rail line between St Pancras and the Channel Tunnel? And why are travellers from the UK saying that skilled tech immigrants to the US should stop in Kent?

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

It would seem wrong not to mention the flurry of excitement round our way in the 1980s when former US President Jimmy Carter went fishing with my old primary school headteacher in west Wales. www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...

independent.co.uk

Obit: Champion fisherman Moc Morgan who fished with Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter met Morgan while he was on holiday in west Wales in 1986

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Every time I open Blue Sky, I have to sing its name in the style of this Kajagoogoo song, and now you will have to too, mwahahahaha etc. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rkpG...

m.youtube.com

Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Acting ages are wild aren’t they? Gail from Coronation Street’s on-screen mum is 8 years older than her irl. There are 5 years between the actors who play Alma’s (off of Not Normal) mum and nan, aka Alma’s mum’s mum.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

But then there's at least 70 other journalists, some who fall under TUPE but have no other rights, or the option of pay-off. And then the 'freelancers' - critics, writers, columnists, photographers, editors, subs - all with Guardian contracts. Who, this week, all got canned. 4/

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Oh wow - her son really does look a bit like Scott Mills.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

What was more eye-wateringly boring as a kid than your parents bumping into their friends at the supermarket / on the street while you tagged along and they had a jolly good catch up while you were like

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a woman is making a funny face while sitting on a stage .

ALT: a woman is making a funny face while sitting on a stage .

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

“Flipping put them in quarantine, NOW!” Me, worrying about anyone novichok-adjacent in Netflix’s Carry-on.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I honestly thought we were now selling Clwb biscuits in Cymru.

It’s a packet of orange club biscuits in the box on a shelf in the co-op. The packet is slightly bent so that the U looks a bit like a W at first glance. Clwb is Welsh for Club.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Imagine being a publication that’s so proudly and angry-facedly “anti-woke” that it forgets to bother with basic fact-checking. No, the HE Freedom of Speech Act will not cover “Britain’s”universities.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Exciting times! If you want to forward a safari news article from your iPhone and need point to a key bit for the recipient, just highlight the interesting section, click send and - voilà! - their own personalised link! Jermazing.

BBC News article that with highlighted text on - quote - i live about a mile away and regularly suffer from altitude sickness," said one!

Full text says

In a Facebook post that has attracted hundreds of comments, it said: "We think it's pretty accurate. The monumental, Himalaya-rivalling peaks of Old Buckenham are frequently visible on a clear day."
'Skiing holiday sorted'
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i live about a mile away and regularly suffer from altitude sickness," said one!
"Worked at Snetterton circuit and lived just over that mountain," added another.
"Hell of a bike ride!"
"Little wonder that dualling the A11 took so long," joked one man.
Others simply saw an opportunity.
"That's my next skiing holiday sorted then.
"Norfolk Alps it is - no airport queues and less than two hours drive."

Examples of two iMessages sent about the same article, but after having highlighted two different sections of text before sending:

First message
"I live about a mile away and regularly suffer from altitude sickness," said one.

And

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Little wonder that dualling the A11 took so long," joked one man.

Netflix Senna drama's Norfolk
'Alps' mocked on social media
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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

An AI-generated song is the *best* gift for anyone’s [checks] thirty-secondth birthday.

An ad for Mozart AI. A family of three having a pleasant time inside a car, with the following text beneath:

This custom song
turned into an amazing gift
32 candles lighting up the way.
/ Who is the song for?
Evelyn, my wife
What is the occasion?
32th Birthday
Lyrics customization
Jacky and I are so lucky to have you.
App Name: Mozart Al

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

*Timetable changes from 15 December - please check your journey.* My journey’s last train home - 22.43 - is still impossible to catch after a live event. 😞 Boo!

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Organisations - please could you start saving your docs in the latest docx Word format rather than Word 97-2003; and please find the tick symbol ✓ ✔on your system so you stop mis-using square root √ . 🙄 #NotAllOrganisations Diolch.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Elis James nos yfory de. Feri gwd! Edrych mlaen. 👏

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ColegauCymru | CollegesWales @colegau.cymru · 22/11/2024

📢 VACANCY ✨ We're looking for a 🌟 COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS ASSISTANT 🌟 to join our busy Policy and Public Affairs Team! 📅 Closing Date: 13 January 2025 👇 Visit our website for further details 👇 buff.ly/439x0t9

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

*Checks if the Slow Horses theme tune was sung by Jemaine Clement.*

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

TfW Rail feeling my pain when they asked me to submit my delay repay claim by getting me to identify all the buses in the grid.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Windows:would you like to shut down and restart? Will take approx 5 minutes. Easy! Also Windows: I have switched myself off after 4 minutes. Re-enter login. Update will take a further 7 minutes. Re-enter login. 7% there. 96% there. Off we go again! Re-enter login. You wanted to do some work today?

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

“Definitely don’t need an umbrella today.” Oh.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Remembering when we all used to host Virgin Vie parties and wear shimmer body lotion around 20 years ago.

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Emma Rączka @emmaraczka.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Shoe vendors! If I’m trying on a delicious pair of footwear, please believe me whenever I say they’re too narrow / long / rubby / owchy. 1. No, they don’t fit me properly. 2. Yes I know they’re lovely. 3. No, I still won’t buy them (see 1, above).

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Remember, it’s only a starter pack if it comes from the Start region of France, otherwise it’s just a sparkling echo chamber

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