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Marc Welsh

@marcwelsh.bsky.social
208 followers 226 following 483 posts

Eclectic, inert, nerdish, a collection of spare parts. Niche Doctor Who references a forte. Masquerades as an academic with a political bent, tho mostly moans about how and why the current system doesn't work. Once wrote something something resilience.

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Just. Be. Kind.
Never fail to be kind - the Doctor.
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
In this world of deep fakes and AI I saw this and assumed it was one or the other. I've checked. It's real. This is the President of the United States of America.
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
*Pop*
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Jesus. This is quite something. Who knew Len Deighton would be quite so prescient ?
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Hmmn. GMB have said they are NOT balloting - though our comms say they are (maybe we know something the GMB members don't?). I believe Unison have a policy of disaggregated ballots. And Unite haven't said they will aggregate yet. Might be some hyperbole at play here!
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Can we say it out loud yet THE?
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I think this a fairly lightweight article (generic overview not substantive analysis) on a serious topic. It raises the profound question "are institutions really letting students down - or is the expectation placed on them part of the issue?" without reaching a conclusion.
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
All hail Mr. Ring-a-ding. Classic RTD era Love and Monsters style Doctor Who. (Psychic Circus. Let them entertain the gods on eurovis night - that's all I'm saying ...)
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We need a UCU HEC shenanigans bet-o-meter. I'm betting HEC went with the "let's get our ducks in a row and then call a BDM and SHEC to convene a ballot" motion rather than the original December preference to "shoot ourselves in the foot now" one.
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This has been recognised by some of HEC & UCU officers including the GS, who have advocated for wider consultation and strategy development involving members - the 'bank and build' faction. Others have a suspicion of changing our 'democratic' procedures and showing weakness - the Cobra Kai faction.
Strike First, Strike Hard
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally:
Adric - Doctor Who - Earthshock - boom
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
So this far-right Tomeh Robinson promoting jumping man-baby weirdo has seemingly just 'followed me' on bluesky. If real? - someone is presumably paying someone else to follow accounts/automating the 'follow' process for ... reasons. If fake? Well bravo faker. I'm hoping it's the latter.
Elon Musk followed me.
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
In pictures - my 10 films of 2024 - in no particular order (though No. 1 would be a toss up between Monster and Hundred's of Beavers!).
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Finally got round to seeing Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Monster' and it is stunning, in all respects.
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Ahh. The winter solstice at Stonehenge, live streamed by English Heritage. Nice to see an event where most people are there to experience it, rather than take selfies of themselves experiencing it.
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
For good reason!
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Minority Report screen shot
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This is bizarrely compulsive. At this rate I reckon it'll hit 17.5 million by midnight. bsky-users.theo.io
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Taken at face value I read that statement as suggesting that research like that reported in Sci Am below or statements by US government agencies like NOAA will become 'problematic' and penalised in practice under the new regime.
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