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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 30m

The Cybermen made their first appearance OTD in 1966 #DoctorWho

A picture of the Strictly Come Dancing contestant Tom Skinner in silver trousers.

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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 19h

You can read 'Caryl Churchill's Eco-Socialist Feminism' by Elaine Aston (published by Cambridge University Press) for free online until 22 October:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Cover of Cambridge Elements title: Caryl Churchill's Eco-Socialist Feminism by Elaine Aston

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19h

Something grimly predictable about the way that the conversation about 'ripoff degrees' in the UK is always about degrees that aren't rip-offs, but are instead fairly obvious 'this student has chosen something unlikely to pay off economically' rather than the short tail of crap business degrees:

Everyone needs educating in the fight over university degrees

Political confusion over the purpose of these institutions means the obvious fixes are being neglected

www.ft.com

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22h

At some point these imbeciles are going to realise that arts courses are *funding* the courses they do like and if they cut those places unis will just go bankrupt so no maths or science either.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 21h

I think that's a good point: we've got so used to thinking of the Tories as the natural party of government (as they would have it) that the idea of a Conservative leader being, frankly, irrelevant hasn't really sunk in.

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Alison Goldie @alisongoldie.bsky.social · 23h

My English/Drama degree gave an ordinary girl from Birmingham an entree into people and worlds I would never have known, gave me critical thinking, made me a maker and consumer of theatre, telly, film and books, as well as a writer and teacher, and gave me a rich and wonderful life. #kemibadenoch

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 23h

Badenoch.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

She's nothing if not predictable, is she? I know the Tories aren't keen on anything Green these days, but pretty much all they've done this week is recycle stuff they've been banging on about--for the most part fruitlessly--for the last decade and a half. And today it's "Mickey Mouse" degrees. 🙄

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English

The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

inews.co.uk

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

Seems that Badenoch looked at the Tories’ current polling and thought ‘Hang on. We’re way too popular.’

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.

Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

Aah, I see you’ve met the parents.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

Seems that Badenoch looked at the Tories’ current polling and thought ‘Hang on. We’re way too popular.’

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.

Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

Script meeting must’ve been wild… ‘ok Will, you’ve got the sexual assault, the mutilation, the killing, anything else we need to know before the rehearsals hang on he cooks them in a what?’

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

You can actually see him losing maturity as he speaks. By the peroration, he's crashed backwards through puberty and he sounds just like a posh, squeaking little boy.

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Anthropic class action - an update

The settlement website is now live + includes comprehensive information about the case + settlement, including a searchable tool to see if your books are included in the settlement + a claim form

Find out more 🔽

writersguild.org.uk/anthropic-se...

Anthropic settlement website – update for writers - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Following on from our update for writers last month about the Anthropic class action in the United States, the settlement website is now live and can be found here. The …

writersguild.org.uk

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 2d

Off you go and find out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 2d

Poirot: Mon cher Hastings, the proof? That we could not find, even though we searched, mon Dieu, how we searched?
Hastings: Yes, Poirot?
Poirot: It was in the pudding! Enfin, all the time! In the pudding!
(pause)
Hastings: Have a seat, Poirot.
Poirot: The pudding! All the time!

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 2d

Should we be worried that one’s fought free of the packaging?

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 2d

Chessene. And instantly The Two Doctors is double the fun.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

Frodo: I wish it need not have happened in my time.

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Frodo: I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 2d

Today, I am working on my book. I am doing the reference list. I have always been doing the reference list. I will always be doing the reference list.

The MC Escher drawing which creates an infinite, circular staircase.

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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 3d

huge drama at the dad's taylor swift new album listening party as steve's opened the cellophane with a phillips head screwdriver and scratched the vinyl and all the while dave's telling us how he got here

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 3d

Y'know, I preferred it when Trump disappears for a few days and we can kid ourselves he's dead.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "The instant US carrier, cruiser, or destroyer breaks across the horizon, every tyrant and adversary on the planet know their choice is very simple. It's leave America in peace or be blown up in fire and fury never seen before."

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 3d

I... hate you. With a hate that burns.

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