David Ealey
@ealeyd.bsky.social
Retired HE professional,now trying to relive my youth by going to lots of gigs and listening to, and buying, lots of music. Will mostly mutter about ITFC, HE mismanagement, data, music and other random stuff. Very personal views
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Wrote this a couple of weeks ago. Feels more relevant still after today. And it’s a deficit of self awareness which goes far beyond some members of the BBC board.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Wrote this a couple of weeks ago. Feels more relevant still after today. And it’s a deficit of self awareness which goes far beyond some members of the BBC board.
This will be good, and if CMAT had not had her wisdom teeth out, I would have been there
This time next week.
Never before screened debut live New York show + band Q&A hosted by @davehaslam.bsky.social
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1635438363...
Never before screened debut live New York show + band Q&A hosted by @davehaslam.bsky.social
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1635438363...
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This will be good, and if CMAT had not had her wisdom teeth out, I would have been there
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Sign the Petition
Moth Club Faces Second Building Planning Application
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November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @uniofreading.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @uniofreading.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Royal Agricultural University
The building is every bit as splendid as it looks, and there are still sheep there or thereabouts
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The building is every bit as splendid as it looks, and there are still sheep there or thereabouts
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Royal Agricultural University
The building is every bit as splendid as it looks, and there are still sheep there or thereabouts
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The building is every bit as splendid as it looks, and there are still sheep there or thereabouts
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
One of my favourite records of all time
One of the strangest, greatest, queerest hit singles of all time. Still jaw-dropping even now. RIP youtu.be/vdH_xOIlbbk?...
soft cell - say hello wave goodbye - 12 inch version - 1982 original vinyl
YouTube video by TheBuslisormi
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October 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
One of my favourite records of all time
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This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
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If fans of an English team went to a foreign city, attacked locals, damaged property, sang racist songs and songs praising racist violence, literally every authority in England would support banning them from travelling. There would be zero caveats about how the locals had behaved towards them.
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If fans of an English team went to a foreign city, attacked locals, damaged property, sang racist songs and songs praising racist violence, literally every authority in England would support banning them from travelling. There would be zero caveats about how the locals had behaved towards them.
One of my favourite Fall tracks
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
One of my favourite Fall tracks
2 years ago Jo Grady was on every platform claiming Universities had plenty of money to settle that year's pay claim. If people wonder why HE is not getting a hearing, this is one of the reasons it has little credibility.
Universities in the UK are heading for a financial calamity like the 2008 crash, the head of @ucu.org.uk has warned
@drjogrady.bsky.social told @matildamartin.bsky.social: "The people who should be either governing from government or governing institutions are asleep at the wheel"
@drjogrady.bsky.social told @matildamartin.bsky.social: "The people who should be either governing from government or governing institutions are asleep at the wheel"
Universities Are Heading A Financial Crisis Like The 2008 Crash, Warns Union BossBoss
The head of the University and College Union, Jo Grady, has warned that universities face a financial calamity similar to the 2008 banking crisis, ...
www.politicshome.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
2 years ago Jo Grady was on every platform claiming Universities had plenty of money to settle that year's pay claim. If people wonder why HE is not getting a hearing, this is one of the reasons it has little credibility.
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Janet Kay - Silly games - Top of The Pops 1979
YouTube video by Betaman31252
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October 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Incredible greed and incompetence strikes again. There is NO excuse for this and then people wonder why Universities have gained such a poor reputation
"International students left in limbo by UCL after university exceeds visa allocations"
International students left in limbo by UCL after university exceeds visa allocations
Hundreds of students accepted on courses facing costs and even deportation after being told to defer studies until 2026
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Incredible greed and incompetence strikes again. There is NO excuse for this and then people wonder why Universities have gained such a poor reputation
One of the quaint things about going to gigs, where there are a lot of young people, is that they all turn up and queue before the doors are even open.
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One of the quaint things about going to gigs, where there are a lot of young people, is that they all turn up and queue before the doors are even open.
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On prison, on getting out, on getting clean, and fighting the good fight. This is Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social, in Ordinary Decent Criminal.
Written by Ed Edwards. Directed by Charlotte Bennett.
Out on tour from 7 Oct.
painesplough.com/productions/...
Written by Ed Edwards. Directed by Charlotte Bennett.
Out on tour from 7 Oct.
painesplough.com/productions/...
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On prison, on getting out, on getting clean, and fighting the good fight. This is Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social, in Ordinary Decent Criminal.
Written by Ed Edwards. Directed by Charlotte Bennett.
Out on tour from 7 Oct.
painesplough.com/productions/...
Written by Ed Edwards. Directed by Charlotte Bennett.
Out on tour from 7 Oct.
painesplough.com/productions/...
This is a simply brilliant piece of work.
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is a simply brilliant piece of work.
Favourite Dexys song
September 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Favourite Dexys song
This was a brilliant way of spending a Sunday. One of the best examples of Scottish Pop.
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This was a brilliant way of spending a Sunday. One of the best examples of Scottish Pop.
There's nothing that makes you feel old than going to your daughter's 30th birthday party
September 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There's nothing that makes you feel old than going to your daughter's 30th birthday party
Have been lucky enough this year to have twice experienced something I was not expecting again. Seeing Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt live after so long has been one of the highlights of the year.
August 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Have been lucky enough this year to have twice experienced something I was not expecting again. Seeing Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt live after so long has been one of the highlights of the year.
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Hanoi Polytechnic, Vietnam; now the Hanoi University of Science and Technology
The university was founded in 1956, after the partition of Vietnam following the French defeat
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The university was founded in 1956, after the partition of Vietnam following the French defeat
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August 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Hanoi Polytechnic, Vietnam; now the Hanoi University of Science and Technology
The university was founded in 1956, after the partition of Vietnam following the French defeat
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The university was founded in 1956, after the partition of Vietnam following the French defeat
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Energetic stuff tonight from The Linda Lindas at the O2 Academy in Islington
August 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Energetic stuff tonight from The Linda Lindas at the O2 Academy in Islington
Another cracking gig in a small venue. This time the rather brilliant Brigitte Calls Me Baby at the Omeara
August 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Another cracking gig in a small venue. This time the rather brilliant Brigitte Calls Me Baby at the Omeara
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
I'm guessing - judging by the building styles - that this postcard dates from the 1980s
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I'm guessing - judging by the building styles - that this postcard dates from the 1980s
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August 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
I'm guessing - judging by the building styles - that this postcard dates from the 1980s
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
I'm guessing - judging by the building styles - that this postcard dates from the 1980s
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Nothing like small venues to see bands in. Tonight Being Dead in Hackney
August 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Nothing like small venues to see bands in. Tonight Being Dead in Hackney
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Watching German Shopping cart archery can be very satisfying.
August 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Watching German Shopping cart archery can be very satisfying.