sam marshall

Moodle developer, random geek.

Mastodon (eh for now?) @[email protected]

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

For info, I'm uninstalling Twitter app (not closing account, but likely won't read it). Anyone who cares probably already found me on Mastodon (see profile) but just in case...

[Rob @thegallowboob]

The University of Kyoto in Japan allows students to wear anything they want for their Graduation ceremony. This is the way.

[Doug Clow @dougclow]

Yes AI can make you arresting photos like this but can it tell you that the Baby Viking Summer Camp should be better known as the Norsery?

[Classical Studies Memes @CSMFHT]

Anglicised pronunciations only

[Natalie Haynes @officialnhaynes]

🧵For some reason, my mind turns to Cicero's second speech against Catiline. Let me translate it for you...

At last, Romans, we have expelled Lucius Catiline, raging with audacity, exhaling criminality, wickedly plotting damage to his country, issuing threats of fire and weapons

[teaching and learning community @IEUK_TEL]

Don't Miss: A modern Moodle interface for the Open Science Laboratory: Sam Marshall, The Open University at #MootIEUK23 next week on Monday 14:00 https://t.co/rD2kvRR2Aw

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

@lonita With initials like that they kind of had to, really.

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

@lonita Have you seen https://t.co/X5n9RrG4qY? It's like Wordle but for NetHack. (Actually, sadly, the game engine is super basic and nothing like NetHack, but still entertaining.)

[Stuart Ritchie @StuartJRitchie]

Is there really "overwhelming" evidence that smartphones and social media are having a "catastrophic" effect on kids' mental health?

I don't think so!

Here's my long article where I read though the relevant studies and note some serious weaknesses:
https://t.co/h5TaikWou7

[Frankie Boyle Updates @frankieboyle]

A river of boiling shit flows through your town. You haven’t seen a tomato for 18 months. MOTD is 3 minutes long and narrated by a parakeet. Your salary is paid directly to British Gas. You solve a riddle to speak to a GP. You feel people come here because they want an easy life

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

@dougclow Maybe smoke alarms might be in the category of things people usually don't buy themselves (like they come with the house or whatever) which usually leads to terrible quality?

[Nish Kumar @MrNishKumar]

WE ONLY WANT BRITISH PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE UK'S MODERN SLAVERY SYSTEM, THE ENVY OF THE WORLD'S SLAVERY SYSTEMS

[Bantshire University @BantshireUni]

Our favourite bedtime story. Night night.

#WorldBookDay2023

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

If you have a USS pension you might be interested in this super-detailed run through of the story so far! (If you don't then um... probably give it a miss.)

[Mark Taylor-Batty @cupofassam]

A Sunday afternoon thread 🧵on the history of USS and the disputes, for those that are interested. #USSMess; How we got here.

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

Is it just me or does recreational geology sound a bit naughty? :)

[Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climate_badger]

The intransigence of my employer means I’m on strike today with @oubucu colleagues for fair pay, pensions and working conditions in higher education.

So having withdrawn my labour I am out doing RECREATIONAL geology. #ucuRISING

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

@steve_p_uk Related: how can you tell if paying more for a kettle will get a longer-lasting one vs 'more stylish' etc... Ours has lasted ~a decade but my parents had the same model which died after a couple years so I guess we're just lucky (also we don't drink as much tea as my mum)

[UCU @ucu]

BREAKING: NOTICE SERVED ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYERS

18 days of strike action in February and March

1 Feb
9, 10 Feb
14, 15, 16 Feb
21, 22, 23 Feb
27, 28 Feb. 1, 2 March
16, 17 March
20, 21, 22 March

RT if you back our members

UCU and PROUD

#ucuRISING

[Georgina Lee @lee_georgina]

This is my 6th year at @FactCheck and every winter England’s NHS has been in crisis.

So when I started looking at the latest stats I was expecting to do a story about history repeating itself.

But it’s not repeating. 2022 was *so* much worse.

I can prove it in one graph.🧵

[sam marshall @leafdigital]

@dougclow @Tesco @coopuk Got a dozen eggs from Tesco in our online shop yesterday (the exact kind we ordered, not substitution) so presumably patchy/variable...