Hashtag_Ian
@hashtagian.bsky.social
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Pointless posts
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Idiot
Green tea drinker
Cat tamer
Pointless posts
(Topics listed in reverse order of probable appearance)
@musicologyduck.bsky.social, your time is NOW!
Oh well, Twitter is down again...
January 22, 2026 at 5:26 PM
@musicologyduck.bsky.social, your time is NOW!
I would also very much like a weirder version of this (perhaps one step away from the 1987 cosmic keyboard though),
But I wonder if in 2026, we could all use a little more bland in our lives. Reality is weird enough.
But I wonder if in 2026, we could all use a little more bland in our lives. Reality is weird enough.
I don't know. I was kind of hoping for something a little...weirder I guess. This looks pretty bland #MastersOfTheUniverse
Masters of The Universe – Official Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I would also very much like a weirder version of this (perhaps one step away from the 1987 cosmic keyboard though),
But I wonder if in 2026, we could all use a little more bland in our lives. Reality is weird enough.
But I wonder if in 2026, we could all use a little more bland in our lives. Reality is weird enough.
Once (last year!), on a call with my local MP, I mentioned that the average US university student debt was lower than the average UK university student debt (it is).
Not only did the MP not know this, but the response was 'well, not based on the Americans I know'.
Not only did the MP not know this, but the response was 'well, not based on the Americans I know'.
January 22, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Once (last year!), on a call with my local MP, I mentioned that the average US university student debt was lower than the average UK university student debt (it is).
Not only did the MP not know this, but the response was 'well, not based on the Americans I know'.
Not only did the MP not know this, but the response was 'well, not based on the Americans I know'.
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The news is mad. Dystopian. Surreal.
The US President is unhinged & dangerous.
Putin’s being left to his own devices.
A Dane said ‘fuvk off’ in Parliament & it felt appropriate
Macron’s being tough…in aviators.
Netanyahu and Putin have been invited onto a board of peace. Ditto Blair
Help
The US President is unhinged & dangerous.
Putin’s being left to his own devices.
A Dane said ‘fuvk off’ in Parliament & it felt appropriate
Macron’s being tough…in aviators.
Netanyahu and Putin have been invited onto a board of peace. Ditto Blair
Help
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The news is mad. Dystopian. Surreal.
The US President is unhinged & dangerous.
Putin’s being left to his own devices.
A Dane said ‘fuvk off’ in Parliament & it felt appropriate
Macron’s being tough…in aviators.
Netanyahu and Putin have been invited onto a board of peace. Ditto Blair
Help
The US President is unhinged & dangerous.
Putin’s being left to his own devices.
A Dane said ‘fuvk off’ in Parliament & it felt appropriate
Macron’s being tough…in aviators.
Netanyahu and Putin have been invited onto a board of peace. Ditto Blair
Help
Yes.
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Yes.
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Good morning. It turns out that heads of universities can still be changed.
Goldsmiths's VC is booted out??? GOLDSMITHS'S FRANCES CORNER IS OUT???
The 'with immediate effect' and these three sentences being the full extent of the webpage is quite revealing of just how much drama we're not being told about: www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/vc...
👀 @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social #UKHE
The 'with immediate effect' and these three sentences being the full extent of the webpage is quite revealing of just how much drama we're not being told about: www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/vc...
👀 @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social #UKHE
October 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Good morning. It turns out that heads of universities can still be changed.
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This is the best thing anyone working in UK Higher Education can do today, particularly if you're at Kent or Greenwich.
As a union we're stronger together.
Support your local branch.
As a union we're stronger together.
Support your local branch.
Join the Union ASAP.
September 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is the best thing anyone working in UK Higher Education can do today, particularly if you're at Kent or Greenwich.
As a union we're stronger together.
Support your local branch.
As a union we're stronger together.
Support your local branch.
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New Green Party advert just dropped explaining why you should vote for them. And its a cracker!
April 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
New Green Party advert just dropped explaining why you should vote for them. And its a cracker!
Start of some really helpful commentary/summary of the HE funding committee today here: Shoutout @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
We're back, with UCU and NUS among those addressing the sector's challenges: committees.parliament.uk/event/23854
8 April 2025 - Higher Education and Funding - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
09:30 - The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
committees.parliament.uk
April 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Start of some really helpful commentary/summary of the HE funding committee today here: Shoutout @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
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“A colleague asked me if I really expected the union to win. He could not understand why we were doing it; he thought our failure an inevitability. I relayed this to a union comrade who responded, ‘we’re a trade union in 2022, of course we don’t expect to win!’” (Zara Dinnen, 2025).
March 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“A colleague asked me if I really expected the union to win. He could not understand why we were doing it; he thought our failure an inevitability. I relayed this to a union comrade who responded, ‘we’re a trade union in 2022, of course we don’t expect to win!’” (Zara Dinnen, 2025).
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Morning Bluesky.
In Türkiye, Erdogan has arrested his biggest rival and the man likely to beat him in an election, the mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Several members of his close circle have also been taken into custody.
Now a full-on autocracy.
In Türkiye, Erdogan has arrested his biggest rival and the man likely to beat him in an election, the mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Several members of his close circle have also been taken into custody.
Now a full-on autocracy.
March 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Morning Bluesky.
In Türkiye, Erdogan has arrested his biggest rival and the man likely to beat him in an election, the mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Several members of his close circle have also been taken into custody.
Now a full-on autocracy.
In Türkiye, Erdogan has arrested his biggest rival and the man likely to beat him in an election, the mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Several members of his close circle have also been taken into custody.
Now a full-on autocracy.
Realised today that there's not a UK contemporary dance starter pack on here, maybe there shouldn't be, but I made one
go.bsky.app/QCLedGm
go.bsky.app/QCLedGm
March 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Realised today that there's not a UK contemporary dance starter pack on here, maybe there shouldn't be, but I made one
go.bsky.app/QCLedGm
go.bsky.app/QCLedGm
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Some days I just want to sit here and read a whole heap of petty UK Arts Sector beef.
But instead I have to read about a former gameshow host plunging the world into crisis.
But instead I have to read about a former gameshow host plunging the world into crisis.
February 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some days I just want to sit here and read a whole heap of petty UK Arts Sector beef.
But instead I have to read about a former gameshow host plunging the world into crisis.
But instead I have to read about a former gameshow host plunging the world into crisis.
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All of these issues become really acute now. But they have been visible and challenged for a while. You just didn’t want to listen and prevent then.
February 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
All of these issues become really acute now. But they have been visible and challenged for a while. You just didn’t want to listen and prevent then.
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Can we not re-write the past decade though? Lots of people have seen this issues while they were being set up and called it out all along the way. Glad you’re with us now, and support the insight you newly gained, but don’t gaslight.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/perfect...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/perfect...
February 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Can we not re-write the past decade though? Lots of people have seen this issues while they were being set up and called it out all along the way. Glad you’re with us now, and support the insight you newly gained, but don’t gaslight.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/perfect...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/perfect...
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We’ve just added a further tranche of @ucu.org.uk branches to our UCU branches and regions starter pack - see here 👇
sending so much solidarity!
And practical bluesky stuff: @leedsucu.bsky.social pulled together this starter pack which allows you to follow all other ucu branches (and be followed in return, once added :))
go.bsky.app/H8xiSXj
And practical bluesky stuff: @leedsucu.bsky.social pulled together this starter pack which allows you to follow all other ucu branches (and be followed in return, once added :))
go.bsky.app/H8xiSXj
February 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We’ve just added a further tranche of @ucu.org.uk branches to our UCU branches and regions starter pack - see here 👇