Stuart Grieve @sgrieve.bsky.social · 17hAnd who's going to employ them after you've destroyed all the universities? Aquaman? 010
Reposted by Stuart GrieveUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Day 2 of the UCU workers' strike at the University of Edinburgh. The 1,800 jobs UCU estimates will be cut is unprecedented in Scottish higher education. It is happening in the wealthiest Scottish university, and the third richest in the UK, currently sitting with over £3billion reserves. 36559
Stuart Grieve @sgrieve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My 'the UK is not on the slide' tshirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my tshirt 000
Reposted by Stuart Grieveda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NOW DO IT NOW - dashare.zone ADMIN 0462160
Reposted by Stuart GrieveInstitute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 01/09/2026⬡ Today, we become the Institute for Research Software. For 15 years, we've worked as the Software Sustainability Institute to make research software more sustainable and properly recognised. 13325
Reposted by Stuart Grievelex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 26/08/2026Godspeed, Space Comrade. o7 212231
Reposted by Stuart GrieveGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Universities' lack of aggression and fight defending themselves when they're clearly in the front line of a gathering zero-sum conflict is astounding. And pathetic. They won't throw even a single rhetorical or political punch. They are pitiful.static.klipy.comThe Simpsons: Principal Skinner - PatheticALT: The Simpsons: Principal Skinner - Pathetic 24613
Reposted by Stuart GrieveAndy Clark, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Mike D: They're saying my homie is mentally Beastie Boys: ILL Mike D: But he might get better if we give him this Beastie Boys: PILL Mike D: Some saying ADHD is now Beastie Boys: EMERGENT Mike D: I'm sayin' my boy's just Beastie Boys: NEURODIVERGENT 220360
Reposted by Stuart GrieveJohnny Normality @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS. 11187853444
Reposted by Stuart GrieveInstitute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 10/08/2026🧭 Applications for the 2027 round of the SSI Fellowship Programme are now open! Find out all about it, the dates, and the support available at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-fel... 047
Reposted by Stuart GrieveJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I see that Toby Young had written about an elite university messing up by elevating someone who may not have been actually qualified to be there. Interesting stuff 29791127
Stuart Grieve @sgrieve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Not a single mention of climate or the environment in this article. 010
Reposted by Stuart Grievewood man @wood-man.bsky.social · 07/08/2026LLMs appear useful in writing/coding for the same reason cars appear as a good choice for transportation. Because they let the users reap the benefits while outsourcing a majority of the costs to the rest of society 05612
Reposted by Stuart GrieveStephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Parents Parents 2026 BCE 2026 CE 🤝 "These kids and their damned tablets" 235232959
Reposted by Stuart GrieveOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It’s the 88th anniversary today of this immensely enjoyable headline 🧵 231441579
Reposted by Stuart GrieveUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 06/08/2026The EHRC Code of Practice comes into force this week. This is an attack on trans+ people. It is guidance, not law. It does not remove rights or make harassment legal. UCU stands in solidarity with the trans+ community. Join the lobby for trans equality, 9 September with Trans+ Solidarity Alliance 311757
Reposted by Stuart GrieveJim Trinca @jimtrinca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Imagine your name was Ross Cosmos but you weren't the Russian space program 162
Reposted by Stuart GrieveAnnette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 01/08/2026August as an academic 82073290
Reposted by Stuart GrieveHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 31/07/2026This has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukReform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to copsEXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after... 471395599
Stuart Grieve @sgrieve.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Huh. The lying and plagiarism machine made a mistake?! 000
Reposted by Stuart GrievePlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I’ve said it before and I’ll no doubt say it again. Universities are roughly 1000 years old. They predate most operating models including capitalism and have lasted for a reason. Installing insecure, helpless managers who ape business methods results in bad businesses, not good universities. 5358121
Reposted by Stuart GrieveProf Rob Dover @robdover.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The sec of state who has seen at least 15000 academics lose their jobs just said this. Out loud. Mercy me. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘It hurts to lose a job you love’: Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson fights on despite cabinet demotionExclusive: The former education secretary on her new role as Labour chair and continuing as the minister for women and equalities 20571230
Reposted by Stuart GrieveWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 29/07/2026#OtD 29 Jul 1962 fascist Oswald Mosley tried to march with the Union Movement in Manchester, UK. However, he was attacked by anti-fascists and had to be rescued by police. A Mosley speech later was drowned out by a crowd of anti-fascists. More info: www.patreon.com/posts/e37b-6... 7506202
Reposted by Stuart GrieveSimon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago. 13815171
Reposted by Stuart GrieveKirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Earlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...ukri.orgUKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global raceTwo new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader. 10433250
Reposted by Stuart Grieve21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 24/07/2026David Latchman has been appointed Vice Chancellor of University of London He was found guilty of research misconduct by University College, London. He blamed his postdocs. Nice to see strategy, networking & playing the long game win out in the end 😉 12416
Reposted by Stuart GrieveSimon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Don't remember this episode of Red Dwarf. 239072
Reposted by Stuart GrieveKat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 16/07/2026Horse owners, animal staff, neurodivergents, veterans, humans – finally, a consultancy on fireworks! www.gov.uk/government/c...gov.ukFireworks and pyrotechnics in the UKWe are seeking views on the regulation of pyrotechnics and fireworks in the UK. 56537
Reposted by Stuart GrieveDr Áine O’Brien @aineclareob.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"DeepMind’s AlphaFold was trained on the Protein Data Bank, a repository filled over decades by synchrotron crystallography. Without the beamlines there would have been no training data and no AlphaFold." 001
Reposted by Stuart GrieveMS-DOS Games, Programs, Trivia, Pixels, Grog @scumm-bar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026 45310
Reposted by Stuart GrieveLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Indeed we do! docs.google.com/document/d/e... I would add a line about the stupidity of cutting even further in the Strategic Priorities Grant, but may need to stop seething about that first. Do contact your MPs, many of them are too reliant on deeply stupid briefings from the DfE.docs.google.comUKHE MP template 02019
Reposted by Stuart GrieveMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026British Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.thebritishacademy.ac.ukBritish Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damageAs course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia... 0114102
Reposted by Stuart GrieveLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026#UKHE! You know how we're told that 'students want less choice' against what we know to be reality & against pedagogical & disciplinary needs? Finally found the Nous report that supposedly backs that up, & it's based on a survey that asks about the *choice of major* nousgroup.com/assets/docs/... 13221
Reposted by Stuart GrieveMichael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIs AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not goodReliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. 4722031167
Reposted by Stuart GrieveIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19/06/2026www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-... 9800265
Reposted by Stuart GrieveLiLBaz @lilbazza.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Analytically, this is why it's important to consistently talk about the political media class, to treat them as a single ecosystem of shared & mutually reinforcing interests, rather than as members of different parties & discreet professions that also overlap or interact 14370164
Reposted by Stuart GrieveJojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Brianna ghey has become the face of a social media ban for young people Despite the fact that her killers knew her in real life, at school, and she was socialising with them outside when they killed her And the reason they killed her was the traditional print media moral panic Truly sickening 9776245
Reposted by Stuart GrieveEvie Devers 🎮🍂 @sinebadger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Every pitch I’ve heard for how AI can make my job more efficient starts like this 61698586
Reposted by Stuart GrieveKate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Yowser. 'Edinburgh’s response goes even further. Any staff member not partaking in the boycott but who refuses to take on extra marking will have their pay deducted by 100 per cent.' Being financially punished for other people’s strike action?! Draconian. 064
Reposted by Stuart Grievehorror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 12/06/2026how many cars are on fire 127571
Reposted by Stuart GrieveBroken Chanter @brokenchanter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Absolutely craven and pathetic. A disgrace. 042
Stuart Grieve @sgrieve.bsky.social · 10/06/2026static.klipy.comRalph Wiggum: I'm in Danger!ALT: Ralph Wiggum: I'm in Danger! 000
Stuart Grieve @sgrieve.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Remember that according to @royalsociety.org this kind of behaviour is apparently acceptable conduct for a Royal Society Fellow. 010
Stuart Grieve @sgrieve.bsky.social · 09/06/2026If these AI tutors are so good, why not give them to the kids of rich people, and let the kids on free school meals slum it with human tutors? 021
