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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 20h

This is a really important point.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Explore, Grow, Challenge, Connect, React. It's like something that would be burnt onto driftwood and sold in Dunelm.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great post articulating v real concerns: 'political pressures cd lead to diversion of RD&I funding to more immediate and politically salient priorities. Pressures to satisfy too many constituencies, combined with weak governance, cd lead to [dividing] funding into large number of sub-critical pots'

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am not sure there are many things I wish to do less than complete annual review forms.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wow: that's quite a fact.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is amazing. Like a character out of an Ishiguro or Auster novel.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Nice antidote to our complacent acceptance of the miracles of modernity.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Looking in the card section and this font seems a bit off.

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Chauman @chaudman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Norris McWhirter would be so conflicted.

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Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hey @theguardian.com feel free to devote a few headlines to the total crisis afflicting literally most of the HE sector and the government’s complete abdication of responsibility for it. Or just keep going on about one guy at one place who might or might not have been over-promoted; whatever…

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Boaty McBoatface and @countbinface.bsky.social should have their own module in the 'Life in the UK' test.

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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.net · 09/07/2026

Bonnie Tyler's death, although terribly sad, does give us an opportunity to revisit the weirdest thing that any vice chancellor has ever done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lznd...

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Dominic Shellard Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University I Need a Hero full video 7 November 2012

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I love that the @financialtimes.com has produced this graphic, with a straight-faced listing of 'Binface' against the other political parties. www.ft.com/content/e68d... @countbinface.bsky.social

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Michael F. DuBois @michaelfdubois.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🚨 FINAL CHANCE: Registration deadline 16/03/2026 🚨 @easternarc.bsky.social & #ICCI @kent.ac.uk are hosting a #creative #practice #research 'Confluence'. Over 25 practitioners, academics and doctoral students will be presenting: find out more + register here 👉https://easternarc.ac.uk/confluence/

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I've not been on here since forever, but had to just see what-ahem-the reaction was following #GortonandDenton. In doing so, I stumbled across the Allister Heath Headline Generator. This one's for you, research funding wonks stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The deadline for abstracts is Monday 2 June. We've had a lot of interest, so do submit a proposal if you want to be part of the conversation on 10 Sept!

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Eastern Arc @easternarc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

We've got a vacancy for a researcher for our DALE project, which will look at accessibility to our lab environment for those with disabilities. Deadline: 12 May: easternarc.ac.uk/news/vacancy...

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Vacancy: Researcher for the DALE project - Eastern Arc

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Eastern Arc @easternarc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A quick repost for our open call for our #sanctuary conference in Sept. Do submit a proposal if you have an idea for a session!

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS* The call for abstracts for the #EARC2025 is now OPEN! This year our focus is on Sanctuary Solidarities and we're looking for a wide and diverse group of academics and stakeholders to join us! Deadline 2 June 2025. easternarc.ac.uk/news/sanctua... @easternarc.bsky.social

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/04/2025

Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20/03/2025

interesting

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Go to Google Search "Gulf of Mexico" Click the 3 little dots next to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" Choose "Send feedback" Click "Gulf of America" Click "Inaccurate content" Click "Incorrect" Tell Google the correct name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...

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Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

If you feel bad about not getting a grant, worth keeping in mind ESRC's success for: new investigator is ~14% standard scheme is ~9% secondary data analysis scheme is ~9%. These are on par with acceptance rates for the most competitive journals in the field...

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Oof. Listening to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 6:30 comedy slot for the first time in - oh - decades. Good to see the quality hasn't changed. How can it be so consistently terrible?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

This is why you don't design curricula around "jobs of the future". We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Well, not surprising, but very depressing nonetheless.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I know where he could find some out of work fact checkers, if that's any help?

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Morning everyone! The first day back; I hope you all had a peaceful break. To ease you back into the world of work, here's a piece I wrote for @hepi-news.bsky.social on the #IndustrialStrategy over the hols. Events have moved on, but I'd welcome your thoughts! www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/31/i...

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Industrious Efforts - HEPI

The consultation on the Industrial Strategy Green Paper closed at the end of November. Phil Ward, Director of the Eastern Arc research consortium (which comprises the universities of East Anglia, Esse...

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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Coming back from my West Kent Orwell Odyssey. All the workhouses he stayed in have become upmarket (and sometimes gated) housing developments, and the hop farm he worked at a vineyard. Time marches on!

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Setting out for a mini-tour of West Kent based around George Orwell's time hop-picking and workhousing. So here's a challenge for all you #Blueskyers: which UK county has the most literary connections?

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

This week's local, volunteer-led museum: the museum of freemasonry in Canterbury. A lot of displays of men in aprons and, bizarrely, plastic food. And guides insisting they're not secretive. All a bit surreal.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

A little afternoon sketching in Canterbury Cathedral.

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James Glen @jamesglen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Do steamed hams count as sandwiches?

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

So much to unpick here. Breakfast sandwiches? A steak for lunch - without breaking to cook it? Is it raw? Or does the 'lunch for wimps' ideology only apply to those with hired help? And who's making her touch moist bread? So, so much to unpick.

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

At this (musically) stressful time of year, when it's understood that we must listen to a handful of well-worn songs on rotation, it was amazing to hear @sainsburys.bsky.social playing Bowie's 'Changes' this morning. Like drinking from a mountain stream. The Rebel Alliance has clearly seized control

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Phil Ward @frootle.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I've always thought that universities are world leaders in the production of corridors. No-one else comes close.

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