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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My good thing for today is @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social's chapter in this book. An interesting read that I will definitely be sharing in our discussions about assessment and AI.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Candidate selection meeting for my council ward is taking place on Friday, but members have not been told who is standing or how many candidates have put themselves forward. Poor form from the party to not even let us know if it is a competitive selection.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This could also lead to random Labour members standing as independent candidates. There would be no obligation for them to toe the party line and the party couldn't do anything to stop them. Party members could stand as candidates and explicitly oppose the leadership and the official campaign.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If Labour aren't going to bother running a candidate in my area, why should I bother being a member? Why should I bother giving up my time to keep the local party running? Why should I donate anything when the central party comes asking for donations again?

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It is really important that the two leadership candidates, the deputy leader, and the members of the SEC publicly say this proposal is nonsense and won't happen. I don't think the senior sources involved realise how bad their proposal is.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Small-town band proves artistry is better than exploitative capitalism.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Ancient war criminal vows revenge on ageing admiral. Ancient war criminal fails.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Man attends estranged wife's work Christmas party. It doesn't go well.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I haven't given up on the Local Hero episode yet. Martin Quinn's Scotty in the Peter Capaldi role would work nicely. "Are there two Ls in dilithium?" "No, but there are two Gs in bugger off."

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There have now been episodes inspired by Casablanca and The Muppet Christmas Carol (with Spock in the non-puppet role). The Casablanca episode was good. The puppet episode was fine, until it became the early-noughties Crossroads revival and revealed that the story had been a dream.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Last week's epsidoe of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds was basically Event Horizon. This week it was basically The Hangover. What's next? Local Hero?

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

On the point about where questions can be asked, I am not at all sure about that. An informal LinkedIn group could be created for Blackboard users to ask questions and share information.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I have used h5p accordions to add those to Ultra pages.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Most of that blog post could have (and probably was!) written after the 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024 parliamentary elections - not to mention most local government and European Parliament elections over that period.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"that statistic should set alarm bells ringing across our movement" Except it won't set off any alarm bells in Scottish Labour. CLPs, the SEC, the SPF, and probably other acronyms too, will continue timidly accepting decline with a confused shrug.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A nice trip through to Edinburgh this weekend to see Camanachd Leòdhais progress to the next round of the Chieftan's Cup against Tayforth Camanachd. Lewis were 4:1 winners in the end after a closely contested match. #shinty #iomain #camanachd #sport #ScottishSport

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Either the estate agent captured a magical blue van in this video, or they used GenAI and didn’t check the output.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

As ever, I can't resist a few black and white edits.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

An injury hit Glasgow Mid Argyll were knocked out of the 2026 Balliemore Cup yesterday following a 4-0 loss to Beauly Shinty Club. #shinty #iomain #camanachd

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Some people make a career out of being ineffective and unwanted.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It would be quite funny if Burnham was allowed to be on the shortlist for a by-election and his opponent in the selection was David Miliband. Not good, but funny.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

To be fair, if I was Prime Minister and I knew my time was up I would be inviting a random assortment of people to Number 10 to see the reaction. “Why are Sean Dyche and Bradley Whitford from the West Wing at number 10?”

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

“Defeated candidates did not take part” in the online meeting to identify what went wrong in the Scottish Labour campaign. Examining what went wrong in a political campaign by asking only those who were elected doesn’t sound like a way to get useful answers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

@maffewgregg.bsky.social Does the leader of Scottish Labour chopping Grado and cutting a promo with a title belt on his shoulder meet the high standards of the Cultaholic Video Podcast’s hall of fame? youtu.be/TZUJvdiYbss?...

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Can Anas Sarwar Really Become Scotland’s Next First Minister? | Grado Goes To Holyrood

YouTube video by LBC News

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The scene about Turk's burnout was particularly good.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A bit less wild these days (thankfully) now that most players wear helmets. I think highlights of last year's Camanachd Cup Final might still be on iPlayer.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

(I'm not even a Skye fan, I just really like the name of that YouTube channel)

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Sounds like you are following the wrong sport. Skye Sports has the home matches for Skye Camanachd available for free on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@SkyeSports

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

There is also at least one university that uses Belgium as a unit of measurement.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

As a further example of the council choosing not to release data, here is a screenshot of councillor attendance at full council meetings since early 2024. The council stopped publishing this data for full council and committees in late 2023, so the data on the site since then is misleading.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If this relates to East Dunbartonshire releasing data: good luck. They haven't published councillors' registers of interest in more than a year and they are not fulfilling requests to share them through either FoI requests or messages to their service desk.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

All the best with your recovery, Frank.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

If the connections with Stranger Things are that tenuous (and if they think the story is worth telling) why not make it a series in its own right instead of a spin-off? Not every TV show or movie needs to be part of an interconnected universe.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

If Vine is coming back, will other defunct social platforms follow? Looking forward to MySpace and Bebo making a return.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I really hope this proposal is rejected. Party members should choose the order of list candidates.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The Dukat account is one of the finest pieces of satire this century.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

A standardised approach is a good idea that institutionas are not willing to put the time, effort or political capital behind. We can all agree it should be done, but then who is empowered to follow up on the plans.

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Natalie Lafferty @nlafferty.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

#altc25 The perennial question of how to communicate with students is posed to the student panel and the perennial response not email, use social media. Yet not all students are on social media and in the world of work you have to navigate email, Teams and multiple information channels.

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Rules Don't Work @rulesdontwork.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Getting people to understand how LLMs work is a safety and health emergency

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Learning technologists - what's the most annoying thing about working with academics/what don't we understand about your job that you wish we did? I am writing a blog for #ALTC25, be as honest as you like 😅

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The obvious one would be that (in most circumstances) we are not IT support. Most learning technologists I have worked with develop knowledge and skills in learning, teaching and assessment that can make us valuable advisors, but it is rare for us to be able to help with broken printers.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The role will be focused on our move to Blackboard Ultra, supporting both staff and students with the effective use of the platform and helping staff get up and running in the new environment. I am happy to have an informal chat about the role and our Ultra project with anyone who is interested.

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We are looking for a Learning Technologist to join the Academic Development and Student Learning (ADSL) team at Glasgow Caledonian University on a 12-month contract. myjobscotland.gov.uk/education/gl...

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Learning Technologist (1.0FTE/FTC 12 months) - GCU01868 | Glasgow Caledonian University | myjobscotland

View details and apply for this student services role in Glasgow with Glasgow Caledonian University on myjobscotland

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Jason Miles-Campbell @jasonmilescampbell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Skates on, Scotland and NI! We're looking for speakers for Jisc's next Connect More (2-3 Dec) to showcase what they're doing/what they've learned in learning and teaching technology. Themes and the speaker suggestion form are at www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit... - by the end of THIS FRIDAY (10 Oct).

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John MacMillan @jmacmillan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Will Netflix be showing North Tonight?

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