Rachel Holdsworth
@rmholdsworth.bsky.social
Cats. Japan. Politics. Sarcasm. Usually very tired. She/her. London-based. Hooman to @parkinkatt.bsky.social.
Fucking hell. Nottingham has been a pretty venal university since at least my time, but this makes me ashamed to be a graduate.
Colleagues and UCU members from UoN's Department of Modern Languages have put together this wonderful guide on supporting their programmes. A lot of what they suggest is also helpful in challenging the 48 courses at risk across the university
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
savenottinghamlanguages
The University of Nottingham has suspended applications to all languages degree programmes, with a view to permanent closure of all of its undergraduate languages degrees. Under the proposals, it…
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fucking hell. Nottingham has been a pretty venal university since at least my time, but this makes me ashamed to be a graduate.
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please do not make the many hours I spent reading about things like "CDO squared" relevant again
thank you in advance
thank you in advance
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
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November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
please do not make the many hours I spent reading about things like "CDO squared" relevant again
thank you in advance
thank you in advance
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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The only Legitimate Concerns about asylum seekers are concerns for their well being and safety. For a rich country like ours to incessantly whine about these people as if we are their victims is perhaps the single most pathetic spectacle in British politics over the past quarter century.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The only Legitimate Concerns about asylum seekers are concerns for their well being and safety. For a rich country like ours to incessantly whine about these people as if we are their victims is perhaps the single most pathetic spectacle in British politics over the past quarter century.
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Asked a question by Kuenssberg about whether her proposals on refugees would mean refugee families being broken up, Shabana Mahmood immediately started talking about illegal migration. Eventually, she’s admitted that yes, Labour’s policy will break up settled families. Vile.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Asked a question by Kuenssberg about whether her proposals on refugees would mean refugee families being broken up, Shabana Mahmood immediately started talking about illegal migration. Eventually, she’s admitted that yes, Labour’s policy will break up settled families. Vile.
The hill I will die on is that George was the best Beatle.
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The hill I will die on is that George was the best Beatle.
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Yeah so someone once pitched to me that the NHS and the Police are the last services to enjoy widespread political support so each cut turned into an extra cost to the NHS and the Police who then needed higher budget necessitating more cuts to upstream services and this was kinda what happened
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Yeah so someone once pitched to me that the NHS and the Police are the last services to enjoy widespread political support so each cut turned into an extra cost to the NHS and the Police who then needed higher budget necessitating more cuts to upstream services and this was kinda what happened
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Much as I like seeing updates from the world of @parkinkatt.bsky.social I can never fully shake off the nagging feeling/worry that it is all going to go a bit WE3 marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/w...
We3: Home Is Run No More
Every now and then, I read a tragic story that breaks my heart, but no comic-book adventure has ever broken me so relentlessly as We3. A friend who isn’t really into comic books got into Grant Morr…
marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Much as I like seeing updates from the world of @parkinkatt.bsky.social I can never fully shake off the nagging feeling/worry that it is all going to go a bit WE3 marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/w...
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Do give blood if you're able to. It's straightforward to do, and the staff are lovely. You still get a drink and biscuit too, even if Clubs aren't what they were ...
They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Do give blood if you're able to. It's straightforward to do, and the staff are lovely. You still get a drink and biscuit too, even if Clubs aren't what they were ...
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Lads
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Find out about abdominal aortic aneurysm, what the symptoms are, how it’s treated, how to lower your risk of getting one and what the causes are.
www.nhs.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Lads
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
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I remember the woman at Innsbruck airport letting her young child play next to the baggage carousel, giving me SUCH A LOOK when I pointed out how I had had to pull contortions to avoid clouting her child about the head with my suitcase as I pulled it off the conveyor.
Reality TV show idea: interviews with people who don’t realise that standing *in front of someone else’s luggage* is in fact, delaying the arrival if their own luggage indefinitely.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I remember the woman at Innsbruck airport letting her young child play next to the baggage carousel, giving me SUCH A LOOK when I pointed out how I had had to pull contortions to avoid clouting her child about the head with my suitcase as I pulled it off the conveyor.
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History on a Saturday morning
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
History on a Saturday morning
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
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Did you hear the one about the gay comic, the dual race actor, the black historian and the alpha male rugby player? They lied to each other in a game then just had a great big cuddle and became friends for life. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Did you hear the one about the gay comic, the dual race actor, the black historian and the alpha male rugby player? They lied to each other in a game then just had a great big cuddle and became friends for life. #CelebrityTraitors
Seen people accusing Alan of crocodile tears but I do believe a dam broke in that final reveal. Yes, he's been having a blast but there's got to be something stressful beneath the surface (if not quite 'tearing him apart') #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Seen people accusing Alan of crocodile tears but I do believe a dam broke in that final reveal. Yes, he's been having a blast but there's got to be something stressful beneath the surface (if not quite 'tearing him apart') #CelebrityTraitors
WTF
I thought Nick would know the game better than this. You don't end the game until there's two of you if there's even a WHIFF of suspicion and Nick has had doubts about Alan. #CelebrityTraitors
I thought Nick would know the game better than this. You don't end the game until there's two of you if there's even a WHIFF of suspicion and Nick has had doubts about Alan. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
WTF
I thought Nick would know the game better than this. You don't end the game until there's two of you if there's even a WHIFF of suspicion and Nick has had doubts about Alan. #CelebrityTraitors
I thought Nick would know the game better than this. You don't end the game until there's two of you if there's even a WHIFF of suspicion and Nick has had doubts about Alan. #CelebrityTraitors
GODAMNIT #CelebrityTraitors
It's not even that Alan played a blinder, it's that everyone got Into their own heads.
It's not even that Alan played a blinder, it's that everyone got Into their own heads.
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
GODAMNIT #CelebrityTraitors
It's not even that Alan played a blinder, it's that everyone got Into their own heads.
It's not even that Alan played a blinder, it's that everyone got Into their own heads.
DAVID STOP THINKING SO HARD #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
DAVID STOP THINKING SO HARD #CelebrityTraitors
Oh god, are they all going to flip on their intentions again #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oh god, are they all going to flip on their intentions again #CelebrityTraitors
Oh Joe and Nick are being very clever about this #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Oh Joe and Nick are being very clever about this #CelebrityTraitors
FFS, Celebrity Traitors is on and neighbours one street the OTHER way decide to set off a barrage of fireworks. Go inside and watch telly.
JESUS people one street over appear to have bought the loudest fireworks they could find. I'm literally jumping every time they go off - I opened the back door as one exploded and it set my heart pounding. WHY
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
FFS, Celebrity Traitors is on and neighbours one street the OTHER way decide to set off a barrage of fireworks. Go inside and watch telly.
David Olusoga, do not overthink this and mess it up. #CelebrityTraitors
Let's gooooo! I am SAT for a Joe Marler / Nick Mohammed win, please. Do it for me my clever sexy little sons. #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
David Olusoga, do not overthink this and mess it up. #CelebrityTraitors