Plashing Vole
@plashingvole.bsky.social
Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
Some people are untouchable. None of us can work out why.
I was pleased that the union members bullied out like this walked away with much more than the non-members who took the first offer.
I was pleased that the union members bullied out like this walked away with much more than the non-members who took the first offer.
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Some people are untouchable. None of us can work out why.
I was pleased that the union members bullied out like this walked away with much more than the non-members who took the first offer.
I was pleased that the union members bullied out like this walked away with much more than the non-members who took the first offer.
Bridgerton has nothing on Ann.
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Bridgerton has nothing on Ann.
If he’d had the energy we’d have told them to bring on the charges and laughed them out of the hearing but the working atmosphere was and is so hostile that leaving was the best thing for him. At least they had to pay (this particular manager has cost the university c.£200k in settlements so far).
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If he’d had the energy we’d have told them to bring on the charges and laughed them out of the hearing but the working atmosphere was and is so hostile that leaving was the best thing for him. At least they had to pay (this particular manager has cost the university c.£200k in settlements so far).
I was saying the exact same thing to my students last week.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I was saying the exact same thing to my students last week.
I accompanied a member deemed inconveniently principled to a meeting which turned out to be one of these. It was blackmail. Go away with this small sum of money or we hit you with (completely ridiculous, unspecific) disciplinary charges. We got lawyers in and he walked away with £70,000.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I accompanied a member deemed inconveniently principled to a meeting which turned out to be one of these. It was blackmail. Go away with this small sum of money or we hit you with (completely ridiculous, unspecific) disciplinary charges. We got lawyers in and he walked away with £70,000.
Tempted to work up a moles/‘warts and all’ gag but teaching beckons.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Tempted to work up a moles/‘warts and all’ gag but teaching beckons.
On the ethics scale, I think Irish people endured enough at the hands of King Billy and his successors to justify some uncharitable feelings towards him!
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
On the ethics scale, I think Irish people endured enough at the hands of King Billy and his successors to justify some uncharitable feelings towards him!
One version of the toast is ‘To the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat’.
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
One version of the toast is ‘To the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat’.
She still looks unconvinced.
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
She still looks unconvinced.
I’ll post the stats once they’re in place.
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ll post the stats once they’re in place.
I’ve gone for the 8kwh battery and 8 panels - 4 on each roof slope.
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’ve gone for the 8kwh battery and 8 panels - 4 on each roof slope.
Thanks so much. This is very heartening. I’m alone 5 days a week, 3 bed house with gas central heating (for now). Having panels facing east and west for all-day generation. Hoping the battery smooths things out for a least some months.
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Thanks so much. This is very heartening. I’m alone 5 days a week, 3 bed house with gas central heating (for now). Having panels facing east and west for all-day generation. Hoping the battery smooths things out for a least some months.
Literally what they do.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Literally what they do.
The Roman Senate all turned out to greet the Goths when they swept through Italy. Nothing changes.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Roman Senate all turned out to greet the Goths when they swept through Italy. Nothing changes.
No way are the rich and powerful going to make a moral stand on anything at all. Changing sides with the weather is how they got that way in the first place.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
No way are the rich and powerful going to make a moral stand on anything at all. Changing sides with the weather is how they got that way in the first place.
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“Is that in Southern Ireland?”
February 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“Is that in Southern Ireland?”
I’m not quite sure what underlies it. Just me rattling around reading books and listening to R3 I suppose.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’m not quite sure what underlies it. Just me rattling around reading books and listening to R3 I suppose.
I didn’t know about this. Thanks!
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I didn’t know about this. Thanks!
The heating is gas, and I’m out at work most of the time. Modest TV, LED bulbs, and no children! I don’t consciously economise really.
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The heating is gas, and I’m out at work most of the time. Modest TV, LED bulbs, and no children! I don’t consciously economise really.