Ryan Nicholls
@royuniscool.bsky.social
young person, student, part-time vegan, green, queer, he/him
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bicycles are another top 5 technology
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
bicycles are another top 5 technology
And I've also been through the rigmarole of proving to studylink every year how much my parents had earned in order to get the thing I was always eligible for. I have a friend who had to prove each year that their parents were still dead, entitling them to the full student allowance.
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
And I've also been through the rigmarole of proving to studylink every year how much my parents had earned in order to get the thing I was always eligible for. I have a friend who had to prove each year that their parents were still dead, entitling them to the full student allowance.
They work long hours to earn money and then they work long hours studying. All because the government is unwilling to support them and their parents either can't or won't fill the gap. And uni students will be mostly ok but the same now applies to jobseekers.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
They work long hours to earn money and then they work long hours studying. All because the government is unwilling to support them and their parents either can't or won't fill the gap. And uni students will be mostly ok but the same now applies to jobseekers.
And university students aren't really affected by this but I know many students who were ineligible for student allowance on account of their parents' income but had a much harder time than students who could get it because their parents were unable or unwilling to support them financially.
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And university students aren't really affected by this but I know many students who were ineligible for student allowance on account of their parents' income but had a much harder time than students who could get it because their parents were unable or unwilling to support them financially.
I know people who have left toxic relationships who would not have been able to support themselves independently and have time to build a new support network if they weren't receiving a benefit.
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I know people who have left toxic relationships who would not have been able to support themselves independently and have time to build a new support network if they weren't receiving a benefit.
I know many queer people for whom turning 18 marked the point where they could finally become themselves. It's not nice to imagine what suffering another two years being dependent on unsupportive parents would have meant for them.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I know many queer people for whom turning 18 marked the point where they could finally become themselves. It's not nice to imagine what suffering another two years being dependent on unsupportive parents would have meant for them.
...dependence. Not getting the benefit doesn't make it any easier to find a job (and it makes it a lot harder) and it doesn't make anyone any less dependent. It will make people dependent on other people in their lives who they would otherwise have the chance to escape.
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
...dependence. Not getting the benefit doesn't make it any easier to find a job (and it makes it a lot harder) and it doesn't make anyone any less dependent. It will make people dependent on other people in their lives who they would otherwise have the chance to escape.
...inflicted upon the edge cases and most unfortunate. Families who are above the threshold but who can barely afford to support an adult. Young people whose families refuse to support them. People who have choice but to turn to abusers.
Taking the benefit away from people does nothing to reduce...
Taking the benefit away from people does nothing to reduce...
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
...inflicted upon the edge cases and most unfortunate. Families who are above the threshold but who can barely afford to support an adult. Young people whose families refuse to support them. People who have choice but to turn to abusers.
Taking the benefit away from people does nothing to reduce...
Taking the benefit away from people does nothing to reduce...
And the target is stupid in its own right but it emphasises how much it's about cutting loose the easiest people to save a few bucks.
Perhaps most of the 4,300 will get support from their families (who will be much poorer for it) or find work or study but the worst cruelty of this policy will be...
Perhaps most of the 4,300 will get support from their families (who will be much poorer for it) or find work or study but the worst cruelty of this policy will be...
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
And the target is stupid in its own right but it emphasises how much it's about cutting loose the easiest people to save a few bucks.
Perhaps most of the 4,300 will get support from their families (who will be much poorer for it) or find work or study but the worst cruelty of this policy will be...
Perhaps most of the 4,300 will get support from their families (who will be much poorer for it) or find work or study but the worst cruelty of this policy will be...
'discussing serious topics while dressing inappropriately' is basically your whole thing
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
'discussing serious topics while dressing inappropriately' is basically your whole thing
hard, but I thought the ratio of effort to marks available wasn't too far off and it made me put more thought into what I was writing and probably made me write a better essay. Maybe not AI proof but I think it probably encourages students to actually do the work rather than cheat
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
hard, but I thought the ratio of effort to marks available wasn't too far off and it made me put more thought into what I was writing and probably made me write a better essay. Maybe not AI proof but I think it probably encourages students to actually do the work rather than cheat
Something that's become a bit more common in the courses I've taken, in part as a response to AI I think, is 'scaffolding' of big assignments. In one course this year I had to submit a 3 minute video explaining an argument I was going to include in my essay. Wasn't worth a whole lot and wasn't....
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Something that's become a bit more common in the courses I've taken, in part as a response to AI I think, is 'scaffolding' of big assignments. In one course this year I had to submit a 3 minute video explaining an argument I was going to include in my essay. Wasn't worth a whole lot and wasn't....
Essays and the like give you a chance to show how you can really apply the knowledge and develop ideas that just can't be done in an oral assessment.
That said, I do really appreciate a range of (appropriate weighted) assessments and I reckon there's a place for this.
That said, I do really appreciate a range of (appropriate weighted) assessments and I reckon there's a place for this.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Essays and the like give you a chance to show how you can really apply the knowledge and develop ideas that just can't be done in an oral assessment.
That said, I do really appreciate a range of (appropriate weighted) assessments and I reckon there's a place for this.
That said, I do really appreciate a range of (appropriate weighted) assessments and I reckon there's a place for this.
As a student I think I like the idea but I'd worry about any kind of oral assessment being worth too much. I think there's an extent to which something like this can show proper understanding in a way written assessments don't but I also think answers will be inherently limited by the format.
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As a student I think I like the idea but I'd worry about any kind of oral assessment being worth too much. I think there's an extent to which something like this can show proper understanding in a way written assessments don't but I also think answers will be inherently limited by the format.
them off at stupid times several days early, it's the fireworks themselves that are objectionable. I think it's difficult to make the case for them and I hope they'll be something future generations look back on and wonder why we ever allowed people to have them.
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
them off at stupid times several days early, it's the fireworks themselves that are objectionable. I think it's difficult to make the case for them and I hope they'll be something future generations look back on and wonder why we ever allowed people to have them.
There's something to be said for accepting extra noise in cities and there are many things which are ruined by the least considerate, but I don't think fireworks are one of those things. They're one of the most obnoxious things we let people get their hands on and it's not just the people setting...
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
There's something to be said for accepting extra noise in cities and there are many things which are ruined by the least considerate, but I don't think fireworks are one of those things. They're one of the most obnoxious things we let people get their hands on and it's not just the people setting...
this was only meant to be a post about chopping boards, but this also applies to traffic lanes
October 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
this was only meant to be a post about chopping boards, but this also applies to traffic lanes
Do they all have actors that appeared in something else specific perhaps? Nowhere near close figuring out what that thing is but the guesses seem to be heading in that direction.
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Do they all have actors that appeared in something else specific perhaps? Nowhere near close figuring out what that thing is but the guesses seem to be heading in that direction.
"final" hahaha, 8k blank votes in 2025, 4.7k in 2022, not reported on wikipedia for the earlier elections, so it's hardly consistent. Does that jump in blank votes mean anything? No idea.
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"final" hahaha, 8k blank votes in 2025, 4.7k in 2022, not reported on wikipedia for the earlier elections, so it's hardly consistent. Does that jump in blank votes mean anything? No idea.
very minor final note: the 52.8% number appears to exclude blank and informal votes while the percentages on wikipedia for past elections include them. Wayne got 51.4% if you include them.
October 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
very minor final note: the 52.8% number appears to exclude blank and informal votes while the percentages on wikipedia for past elections include them. Wayne got 51.4% if you include them.