Alec Edworthy
@alecedworthy.bsky.social
Wrangles networking and limited quantities and qualities of code. Whisky & craft beer lover. Loughborough Uni UCU H&S Rep. Views are all my own.
Shivers down my spine. Beautifully done @xkcd.com
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Shivers down my spine. Beautifully done @xkcd.com
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Selling some haunted paintings (in #Nottingham) to raise funds for my cat shelter, please spread the word among your arty / under-ghouled friends
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
Facebook
www.facebook.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Selling some haunted paintings (in #Nottingham) to raise funds for my cat shelter, please spread the word among your arty / under-ghouled friends
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
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Another superb occasion last night at our third twice-yearly @loroshospice.bsky.social charity quiz. Our winners took home a fabulous voucher for a First Class Lunch on the Great Central Railway, and the grand total raised for the evening was a magnificent £710 💙
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Another superb occasion last night at our third twice-yearly @loroshospice.bsky.social charity quiz. Our winners took home a fabulous voucher for a First Class Lunch on the Great Central Railway, and the grand total raised for the evening was a magnificent £710 💙
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always remember: Terry Pratchett said trans rights
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
always remember: Terry Pratchett said trans rights
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
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As someone who saw my pension erode significantly when I switched from TPS to USS, this cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.
These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
www.megaphone.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
As someone who saw my pension erode significantly when I switched from TPS to USS, this cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Have you voted in the #WeAreTheUniversity ballot yet?
If not, vote now and vote YES!
@ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
If not, vote now and vote YES!
@ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Have you voted in the #WeAreTheUniversity ballot yet?
If not, vote now and vote YES!
@ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
If not, vote now and vote YES!
@ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
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Looking to talk to someone who makes YouTube content or streams - preferably not personal finance content! Maybe something arty? Open to ideas, suggestions welcome
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Looking to talk to someone who makes YouTube content or streams - preferably not personal finance content! Maybe something arty? Open to ideas, suggestions welcome
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
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Picking up on the day's news via Bluesky.
"Jamaica?"
"Ozymandias?"
"Nonce?"
"Jamaica?"
"Ozymandias?"
"Nonce?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Picking up on the day's news via Bluesky.
"Jamaica?"
"Ozymandias?"
"Nonce?"
"Jamaica?"
"Ozymandias?"
"Nonce?"
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This really is a shame.
In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.
In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This really is a shame.
In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.
In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.
Yep, did this, very easy.
And if you're under the NHS (don't know if it's all 4 nations) you can get MMR vaccines for FREE if you were born between 1970 and 1990 www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Yep, did this, very easy.
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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I mean... she's right. It's worse.
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman's website when she was younger is "not the same" as Rachel Reeves failing to get a £900 rental licence for her home.
news.sky.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I mean... she's right. It's worse.
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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Hey so UoBham colleagues - if you know anyone in Comp Sci who uses Uno as a teaching technique then give them a heads up they should do a blurb about privacy in the classroom next session because one of their students is a redditor & is posting pictures taken in-class.
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hey so UoBham colleagues - if you know anyone in Comp Sci who uses Uno as a teaching technique then give them a heads up they should do a blurb about privacy in the classroom next session because one of their students is a redditor & is posting pictures taken in-class.
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Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot
1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.
1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot
1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.
1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.
Another @ucu.org.uk vote goes in the post. Your union needs you ✊ #weAreTheUniversity @lboroucu.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another @ucu.org.uk vote goes in the post. Your union needs you ✊ #weAreTheUniversity @lboroucu.bsky.social
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Not going to pretend Tolkien isn’t flawed but this thread is bang on. Tolkien couldn’t be more explicit that the Hard Men of Gondor are *doomed to fail* no matter how Tough they are. The victory against evil is brought about by pity.
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Not going to pretend Tolkien isn’t flawed but this thread is bang on. Tolkien couldn’t be more explicit that the Hard Men of Gondor are *doomed to fail* no matter how Tough they are. The victory against evil is brought about by pity.
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Cats really are the most insane creatures. They're true apex predators in a body the size of your calf, they have night vision, agile, fast, jaws strong enough to break bones, have a purr that can help heal bones. And to top it off, they can survive a fall at terminal velocity.
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Cats really are the most insane creatures. They're true apex predators in a body the size of your calf, they have night vision, agile, fast, jaws strong enough to break bones, have a purr that can help heal bones. And to top it off, they can survive a fall at terminal velocity.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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It’s POTS awareness day—a blood flow problem common after Covid.
POTS can be subtle—I often wonder how many people who feel rundown, anxious or distracted have this treatable condition.
Main criteria is heart rate going up >30bpm when going from laying down to standing—smthg you can check at home!
POTS can be subtle—I often wonder how many people who feel rundown, anxious or distracted have this treatable condition.
Main criteria is heart rate going up >30bpm when going from laying down to standing—smthg you can check at home!
October 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s POTS awareness day—a blood flow problem common after Covid.
POTS can be subtle—I often wonder how many people who feel rundown, anxious or distracted have this treatable condition.
Main criteria is heart rate going up >30bpm when going from laying down to standing—smthg you can check at home!
POTS can be subtle—I often wonder how many people who feel rundown, anxious or distracted have this treatable condition.
Main criteria is heart rate going up >30bpm when going from laying down to standing—smthg you can check at home!