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Teaches Drama at University of Birmingham. Scot. And unfeasibly tall. Written about Beckett, UK theatre, popular music, Eno, Kraftwerk, Velvets, Talking Heads, and why gigs look the way they do.

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Without prompts.

07.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That was quite something.

07.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#SnoopsDressedUp #CoolSnoops

07.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Erm... wow. Never heard of them/her/him, but damn this is really good.

07.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Y’know? I bet they’re not.

07.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very disappointed in me too.

07.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t help thinking the guy behind the bull has lost his pants, and he’s using cattle to mask his shame.

07.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Think you just nailed it.

07.03.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a school uniform is sitting at a table with her hands in the air and saying preach . ALT: a woman in a school uniform is sitting at a table with her hands in the air and saying preach .
06.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Told the research office I'd encountered a faun. They wanted an impact statement and receipts.

06.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fixed rule of university life: if you're trying to fill in a form, the form template you need will be completely inaccessible.

Been clicking links for an hour. I've found mission statements. I've found policy documents. I've found Narnia. But I have not found the form.

06.03.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gobsmacked

'Gobsmacked' is an album created using our original demo & live recordings to digitally produce versions of our songs for 2026. This has been fun, eye-opening & 'gobsmacking' - we hope you like this 'what if?' version of our album of originals out today on Bandcamp - all proceeds to MIND

06.03.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't mock Orwell- the first man to truly understand that you do the Shake and Vac because you actually want to put the freshness back.

05.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(closes eyes, crosses fingers) Please be Bok please be Bok please be Bok

05.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Loads of photos of kids dressed up for World Book Day: if I was dressing up as the book I'm currently reading, I'd be Hume's conception of causal relations.

Not entirely sure what the costume code is for that one.

05.03.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Akira Kirosawa’s Carry On At Your Convenience

04.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK to invoke β€˜emergency brake’ to ban student visa applications from four countries Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan will be affected by the move

If you know your British including British colonial history, you might be a bit appalled.

04.03.2026 06:53 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

I take your point; but if I'm honest I'm still pretty far from sympathy. I'm still back at the ceilidh on his grave stage.

03.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's as bleak as everything he comes out with. He's a black hole- he sucks all the good out of the room.

03.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He also said, apropos Iran, 'You could see people walking around with no legs...'

03.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Just read the full post: and the answer to this question is that LLMs, most of the time, are solutions in search of a problem. So there's no reason to actually use them for most types of research.

03.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump in a meeting about the military action in Iran.

Trump in a meeting about the military action in Iran.

Can't shake the thought that he's cosplaying war. It's just numbers he can fake, something on a screen that's happening far, far away. He'll watch the bombs hit, then he'll grab some KFC and he'll grab some sleep. And he'll sleep through the night. There'll be nothing to keep him awake.

03.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've worked in academia for over 30 years; can't remember a time when things have ever been this bad- for students and for staff.

03.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even though I’m an old atheist, I think you’re right.

03.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Fellow (French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685) at University of Birmingham Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow (French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Job: The University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint someone to a 21-month post associated with a research project called "French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685" www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQN896/r...

02.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

From this, it looks like 1700s Edinburgh was in Dorset.

02.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The irrational strongman we’ve been warned about is here His name is Donald J. Trump.

New in PN: The irrational strongman we’ve been warned about is here

"The fantasy monster that president after president has conjured up is real, and he is squatting orangely over his phone in the bathroom at Mar-A-Lago."

02.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 1149 πŸ” 361 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 20

Hands up those who saw this coming.

01.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Early Career Scholars Seminar: Research Clusters The latest in the Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative series of webinars has just been announced. This session will focus on forming research clusters for Beckett ECRs. As the organiser…

I'm facilitating this session for early career researchers in Beckett Studies (or any related disciplines). All welcome.
samuelbeckettsociety.org/2026/02/28/e...

28.02.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

28.02.2026 07:19 πŸ‘ 23671 πŸ” 7118 πŸ’¬ 735 πŸ“Œ 405