Tim Parkinson
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Work: sysadmin at a northern UK university.
Not work: beer, walking, living room disco
Not work: beer, walking, living room disco
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here's your headline:
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
here's your headline:
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
We had a bit of snow on the picket this morning in the #ucu @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike action. We're a hardy bunch though, and the weather won't stop us fighting to prevent further redundancies.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We had a bit of snow on the picket this morning in the #ucu @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike action. We're a hardy bunch though, and the weather won't stop us fighting to prevent further redundancies.
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Striking Works:
INDUSTRIAL ACTION UPDATE: We’ve had some movement in response to our strike action. A 🧵.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Striking Works:
First day of #UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike action today - trying to prevent further compulsory redundancies.
And a well attended rally afterwards with our comrades from @ucuhallam.bsky.social
And a well attended rally afterwards with our comrades from @ucuhallam.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
First day of #UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike action today - trying to prevent further compulsory redundancies.
And a well attended rally afterwards with our comrades from @ucuhallam.bsky.social
And a well attended rally afterwards with our comrades from @ucuhallam.bsky.social
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From Monday, we'll be on @ucu.org.uk strike at Sheffield Uni. Mismanagement has brought our #university to its knees - bad for city, country, & #highereducation. Time to get our Uni back. Join us on the #pickets & at the rally with UCU Hallam at 12.30 (Barkers Pool). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
From Monday, we'll be on @ucu.org.uk strike at Sheffield Uni. Mismanagement has brought our #university to its knees - bad for city, country, & #highereducation. Time to get our Uni back. Join us on the #pickets & at the rally with UCU Hallam at 12.30 (Barkers Pool). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Just saw an advert for Stranger Things 5. It's mad how much the boys have aged.
Season 1 Season 5
Season 1 Season 5
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just saw an advert for Stranger Things 5. It's mad how much the boys have aged.
Season 1 Season 5
Season 1 Season 5
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Attention bluesky
Show me the X-Men
Show me the X-Men
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Attention bluesky
Show me the X-Men
Show me the X-Men
I fricking love the coast. I have just seen Grey Seals, Curlews, Ringed Plover, Oystercatchers, Sandpipers and Kittiwakes on a half hour stroll.
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I fricking love the coast. I have just seen Grey Seals, Curlews, Ringed Plover, Oystercatchers, Sandpipers and Kittiwakes on a half hour stroll.
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new visual allegory just dropped
We can now watch the United States explode and sink beneath the ocean live!
Sinking of SS United States to be livestreamed using drones and underwater cameras
The historic ship will be sunk off the Florida panhandle by the end of the year, but no date has been set.
www.phillyvoice.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
new visual allegory just dropped
Sexy Out Of Band WSUS patch
Sexy The Showroom Sheffield
sexy cube
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sexy Out Of Band WSUS patch
Grandfather Nurgle has visited Parkinson Manor and bestowed his gifts.
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Grandfather Nurgle has visited Parkinson Manor and bestowed his gifts.
Nine pounds and twenty five pence for a pint of Neck Oil at Sheffield Arena.
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Nine pounds and twenty five pence for a pint of Neck Oil at Sheffield Arena.
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I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS QUESTION! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWC...
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS QUESTION! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWC...
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BREAKING: Our members at the University of Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the University Executive Board’s ongoing campaign of job cuts, and the threat to staff workload and wellbeing that they represent.
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
BREAKING: Our members at the University of Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the University Executive Board’s ongoing campaign of job cuts, and the threat to staff workload and wellbeing that they represent.
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
Just hanging around in spoopy tunnels today.
September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just hanging around in spoopy tunnels today.
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62 today. Happy birthday Jarvis Cocker.
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
62 today. Happy birthday Jarvis Cocker.
Last night we had the second film in as many weeks interrupted by someone coming in halfway through, crashing about with their phone torch on trying to find their seat, then realising they're in the wrong screen and reversing the procedure.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Last night we had the second film in as many weeks interrupted by someone coming in halfway through, crashing about with their phone torch on trying to find their seat, then realising they're in the wrong screen and reversing the procedure.
🤷
🤷
We* led a bat walk for a community group last night and it was lovely. Lots of bats spotted and really excited and engaged attendees.
* I say we, but my other half led it, I mostly just carried a box of bat detectors and answered the odd question.
🦇 #bats
* I say we, but my other half led it, I mostly just carried a box of bat detectors and answered the odd question.
🦇 #bats
September 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We* led a bat walk for a community group last night and it was lovely. Lots of bats spotted and really excited and engaged attendees.
* I say we, but my other half led it, I mostly just carried a box of bat detectors and answered the odd question.
🦇 #bats
* I say we, but my other half led it, I mostly just carried a box of bat detectors and answered the odd question.
🦇 #bats
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
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September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
August 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...
Today we went for a long walk. Today we saw two Water Voles. Today was awesome.
August 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today we went for a long walk. Today we saw two Water Voles. Today was awesome.