Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ah shit, here we go again. @ucu.org.uk @ucuglasgow.bsky.social 000 0
Reposted by Orson Le GuinTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing . 11158461558 5.8K
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Love this series and hate that it's fallen between the streaming cushions and can't be easily watched anymore. Just been reading the book and to be fair to the TV show it's a key part of hours character (flaws). 1170 17
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I know nothing about biology but this feels like a theatrical representation of a body fighting infection 060 6
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026"the need to reorientate society/ institutions to defence & national security..‘whole of society’ approach moves beyond gov-only actions to involving individuals, communities, defence industries, financial services, trade bodies, schools, academic institutions, to work towards societal resilience" 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026There's going to be SO much more of this. This funding call is illuminating: www.gov.uk/guidance/app... lots to say, but the general public need to know that the UK has a militarisation plan that involves co-opting them and their kids. They talk about the "whole of society approach"gov.ukApply to become a founding member of the Defence Universities AllianceApplications are now open to become a member of the Defence Universities Alliance (DUA). 100 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I literally finished reading this for the first time yesterday and... oooft! A brilliant book! 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Palpatine in prequels: 4d chess, got everyone running about exactly per his plans, runs rings round everyone making it look easy Palpatine in ROTJ: *whining* why won't this kid join us?! *commits genocide and starts lasering all the kids best pals to death* "he'll definitely want to be my pal now" 0150 15
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026These people trying to convince themselves they can keep going 010 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Calloo callay no work today! Classic walrus! 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 28/04/2026@iwriteok.bsky.social Just did 4 episodes on JS on the Behind The Bastards podcast and covered a lot of this very thing! The links to Thatcher's tories and the royals are especially eye watering. Even as someone who thought they were paying attention at the time it was... instructive to listen to. 150 5
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Getting the big calls right... now where have I heard that before...? 010 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Into the mud scum queens is next level quoting and I love it! 010 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Is that what cool kids write for this? (Surely there's a cafe called this that sells these) 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Is this what they mean when they talk about 4d chess...? 010 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I love how this sits with all the folk who've suggested LLMs are sentient. Like, the ceo of anthropic suggested it only a month ago! Omg my calculator just wrote BOOBIES upside down I think it's sentient... and horny... 0212 21
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but if, given the current geopolitical climate, your April Fool prank doesn't cause significant panic in the stock market and a number of companies to go under and a military escalation somewhere... then you're. Just. Not. Trying. Hard Enough! 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I love those books. And her ansible books. Sidenote:Studio Ghibli ruining Tales From Earthsea was such a massive surprise and disappointment (I know it was Goro Miyazaki's debut. but still ..) 010 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026This will be the perfect off ramp for so many who were nervous of spooking the horses and the chaos (and blame) that would follow. Now anything that follows can be laid at the door of the attacks on Iran and not the fault of the madness they are truly engaging in. 020 2
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I give it a year before Trump administration goes after the UN and makes up a bunch of bs reasons as cover and then Trump has a press conference to explicitly say it's actually about the UN headquarter building in NY and how he's always wanted his name on it and that the US should take it back...etc 150 5
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Trump's press conference announcing invasion targets looks like this and uk gov saying it doesn't quite rhyme so they can't comment 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Imagine if they had done it now because they saw Amorim is suddenly available and Desmond wants to splash cash to quell fan discontent... 😜 010 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025New Tucker Carlsen origin story just dropped 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025This is crazy. If there's no group of death is it even a rugby world cup?! 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Frantically pitching new shows: Fucking the Manor Homes Under the clawHammer Bland Designs Would 100% watch a show where mansion owners tearfully install astroturf or get you to fuck the place up with a hammer. 020 2
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025The Rowlingification of discourse (he who must not be named). 000 0
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025This reminds me of that Arthur C Clarke short story The Nine Billion Names of God... 1232 23
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Very cool and love that it makes me think of one of my favourite bit part Simpsons characters - Karl. To Homer: "Stand naturally, Mr Simpson - let it all hang out." To the tailor: "You. Conceal it." 1880 88
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Take as old as time Hard times create floppy men. Floppy men create good times. Good times create unfloppy men. Unfloppy men create hard times. 0120 12
Reposted by Orson Le GuinZarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Live tracker of the Madleen freedom flotilla: freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/ 25690301 690
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025These people did not have a "strategy" beyond take credit when things are good (nothing to do with them), pretend all still good when it's clear political decisions are going to torpedo intl student numbers, take money until the last minute before running away to let their staff suffer consequences. 010 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025HE sector is broken and it starts at the top. People unqualified to manage a single line budget are tossing words like "strategy" around constantly. As if just using that word confers some kind of wisdom or ability to plan ahead. 100 1
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Solidarity with Dundee University staff. 632 job cuts is atrocious. And an investigation into what went wrong? What went wrong was principals and SMGs high on unsustainable international student numbers, but they were getting too many bonuses and salary increases to quit. 120 2
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025People - experts within the institutions themselves - were warning about this for years. And now people will lose their jobs across the UK. Not the people who have responsible. Because they are not accountable. The workers on normal salaries will pay for senior mismanagement. 061 6
Orson Le Guin @orsonleguin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Are we seeing senior management lose their positions for disastrous mismanagement? No. They're still pocketing hundreds of thousands in bonuses and busy with their knighthoods. It's these student numbers to blame. Just blame the numbers. Nothing to be done about it. Who could have foreseen it? 1110 11
