The great Denis Johnson. “The Proposal” has a whole way of seeing the world inside it. biblioklept.org/2024/07/19/p...

Looking forward to thus today. Lovely speakers and student partners, under the theme of co-creation. www.qmul.ac.uk/digital-educ...

The cuts. They cuts are never-ending. And they're cutting away what it means to be a university.

Yep

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... A wonderful, difficult writer who demands from readers much less than what he gives them.

Not a bad way to start the day www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5wL...

Descança em paz. Obrigado pelos livros. www.publico.pt/2026/03/05/c...

Good morning, London. It was lovely to see you this Monday morning from the Blackfriars platform: Isle of Dogs, Tower Bridge, the Shard. 18 years here and you still take my breath away ❤️

US poet Sylvia Plath was also a talented artist. Triple-Face Portrait, c.1950 is an example of her work #WomensArt

2 days to go before the #LTHEchat this week! This week we will feature @jacquithijm.bsky.social exploring - ‘It is not just about belonging, it is also about mattering’ Check out the blog for more details: lthechat.com/2026/02/13/l...

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Reading Dream Work has been a deep, quiet pleasure. Sunrise, by Mary Oliver. www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/O/Oliv...

Albas are my favourite galaico-português poems. This is a study in mastery, feelings and thoughts shown through things, places, visible reactions. Perfect. trovadorismomedievalufjf2017.blogspot.com/2017/04/cant...

A wonderful poem by John Ashbery that might help make sense of th world. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56704/...

Grok undresses women. Men undress women with Grok. If we take the animism one + step bckwrd, LLMs steal & ingest to learn. We’re predatorial. Or cannibalistic. To undress women. How did WS Burroughs say it? We’re eating quality & shitting quantity. Every tech breakthru a tool for porn.

From “not a citizen by birth” to “not a citizen by values” is a quick ideological hop, fellas. Don’t trust me? Check the history of authoritarian states. Tick-tack, America.

My phone’s camera does not recognise me to unlock or accept Apple Pay. Does that mean I’m not myself?

Last ride of the year

Rushed, free, beautiful & insightful. What a great poem.

Nouvelle Vague. Moteur, Raul!

Cool read, if you’ve been listening to or curious about Transportna. medium.com/not-beyond-t...

Join us Wednesday 22nd otber at 8pm BST for #LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters with guest @drchrism.bsky.social lthechat.com/2025/10/20/l...

It’s a nuanced notion unlikely to be adequately interrogated in a world where the main forum for public debate is an algorithmically amplified digital dogfighting pit presided over by a ketamine-cranked egomaniac.

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat which will explore Gen AI with @nurun.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/09/29/l...

LTHEChat 337 Dialogic learning in the Age of Generative AI Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 20:00 BST What does it truly mean to learn with a machine, and are machines capable of engaging in dialogic learning? Generative AI models—capable of producing text, images, or other…

Happy equinox. Go seize the light. Winter’s coming.

#LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT

The latest results from our 2024/25 student digital experience insights survey have been released, with data from over 15,000 higher education students. Find out what's inspiring and challenging them: bit.ly/41HhWW2

The world desperately needs a @greatdismal.bsky.social novel. In the meantime, here are pictures of a cash machine/phone booth that reminded me of Neuromancer.

Ponte de Lima e Viana do Castelo. I ❤️ #Minho

I started running on August 8th nine years ago. Every year, I tally up my runs. 923.25km this year. Being in motion is pure joy.

Late afternoon swim

#LTHEChat 332 Can Gen AI tools adequately visualise written reflections? Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 4th June 2025 at 2000 BST Led by Louise Rees, Senior Academic Developer at Swansea University, @louiserees.bsky.social In teaching on a PG Cert teaching in HE programme, I use creative…

A really cool one this week, folks.

Sempre e agora mais do que nunca.

If the Soviet Union had made musicals, they’d sound like Sweden’s entry to #eurovision2025

Your TWO day countdown to #LTHEChat this week. @jonnybranney.bsky.social explores Team-based learning. Check out the blog post at: lthechat.com?p=7165

Team-based Learning (TBL) – what it is, what it is not, and why you should try it! Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 14th May at 2000 BST Led by Dr Jonny Branney, Principal Academic in Nursing and Clinical Sciences, Bournemouth University, @jonnybranney.bsky.social I like to try new things. Do you?…

#LTHEchat 328: Sound Of The Crowd – the role of music and radio in professional development Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 7th May at 2000 BST. Led by Dominic Pates, Senior Educational Technologist at City St George's, University of London, @dompates.bsky.social If you can remember that far back…

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow (Wednesday April 30, 8-9 pm BST) for #LTHEchat, which explores where teaching, learning and assessment in HE has been and is going with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @philrace.bsky.social Read the blog post at:

Vivo, penso, falo o que penso, viajo, trabalho e vivo em comunidade. Pelo trabalho contínuo e difícil de viver em Liberdade 25 de Abril Sempre.

A cool opportunity for some horizon scanning And discussion!

WhT a joy to work with @amandaseys.bsky.social , @katjayhar.bsky.social, @c-waterhousee.bsky.social and @suebecks.bsky.social. Giving a small contribution to the blog posts and questions, supporting the chats on the day and swing people share their thoughts.

If you would you be interested in becoming a member of a future #LTHEchat organising group, please complete this expression of interest form: forms.gle/nNtKzdBULdQb...

Aesthetically, there's a cartoonification of cultural production: CGI Marvel films, Disney "live" remakes, AI-generated text to video, Apple memojis and so on. That look and feel is becoming the aesthetic language of the decade. So said the guy with a pixelated profile picture.

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore coaching as an educational practice with @kayguccione.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post athttps://lthechat.com/2025/04/07/coaching-as-an-educational-practice-holding-space-for-a-learning-conversation/

One of the damages of social media is that it intentionally rots the principle of charity to a degree that makes dialogue impossible. A generation of people who learned critical thinking, reasoning, and argumentation mediated by a system that rewards this develop aggressive & opaque reasoning.

The purpose of a clown like Musk, if nothing else, is to make clear how much in modern politics voting is the same as buying and selling. For both buyers and sellers. From Cambridge Analytica to those giant checks being handed, politics is more and more advertising, transactional.

The big, unspoken problem (shame?) of being a learning designer and professional services staff in HE is that we are constantly being asked to adapt, write and create content and activities teaching staff should have ownership off.