Plashing Vole Now On Bluesky

Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencing, cycling, UCU. Barnau fy hun. Same on Bluesky.

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This thread will now only be updated on Bluesky. Thanks everyone, I’ve loved my time here but between the enshittification of the app and the owner’s viciousness it’s time to leave.

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This thread will now only be updated on Bluesky. Thanks everyone, I’ve loved my time here but between the enshittification of the app and the owner’s viciousness it’s time to leave.

[Plashing Vole Now On Bluesky @PlashingVole]

Diolch o galon / thanks very much to friends who persuaded me to buy this book: a gritty tale of nuclear fear and motherhood split between Chernobyl and Wylfa. Really very good.

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The next book was RF Kuang’s fantasy dark academia novel, Babel. Oxford University is complicit in the British Empire’s brutal exploitation; only a small group of foreign scholars can stop it. Liked the militancy; didn’t like the constant hammering home of the point. Way too long

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@BenHalligan @phlaimeaux Thanks Ben. I must get it!

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@21percentgroup Ah yes, that happened to me: accused of bullying, disrepute and intention to breach my contract. On an account that never names me, my institution or managers. Most charges beaten, one upheld. Several people accused of running the account before they got to me.

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@Disology1 @robwmedia @g_gosden Thanks - hadn’t spotted it. Looks great!

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@TanithCarey A triumph!

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@kikigee24 @Goldsmiths_ @UniversitiesUK That’s certainly what the ongoing HSE investigation into Birmingham University suggests. I hope every other VC is sweating about this.

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@MrsJLMorrison @MorrisSteam That’s beautiful. You’re all so glamorous. Saw Sherri today - she’s ok but hates going home to an empty house.