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items: mjd: Woah, that's some serious "academic integrity", Ethiopia. I'm sure my #uni is sitting up and taking notice. https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/01/ethiopia-imposes-nationwide-internet-blackout/
items: mjd: The difference between a school educator and a university educator should be the difference between a leader and a guide. #uni
items: mjd: Really struggling to get started on an assignment that's an insult to the intelligence of everybody involved. I'm back in high school and really don't want to be here. #uni
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/190434
items: mjd: How can I be expected to get any #work done with all the noise of these whooshing deadlines? #DNA #uni
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/188543
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/185433
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/185264
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/185089
items: mjd: Most painful essay ever. I'm going to drink to forget now. Possibly for two or three days. #uni
items: mjd: Today in higher education, this happened: http://mjd.id.au/node/6997938 #uni #edu
items: mjd: This has saved me a lot of typing: http://www.tobias-elze.de/pdfsandwich/index.html #uni
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/183826
items: mjd: Going AWOL today. Mental health day. Nearly end of term, and if anybody asks me to do something perfectly reasonable, but to do it "critically", I'm likely to go postal. #uni
items: mjd: Have chosen the topic of stress for a silly #uni assignment. So I keep seeing Chris Morris in lycra at regular intervals through the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTvMYQSl_w #ITCrowd
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/182374
items: mjd: Thank you #Blackboard, for your informative markup. I kid you not: ' ' #uni #WebHallOfShame
items: mjd: Due at 5pm; submitted at 4:59 and 45 seconds. #uni
items: mjd: Oh, good grief. #DLW is the only student (so far) at her lecture. The new (privately-operated) #Torrens #uni may be worse than #SCU.
items: mjd: #DLW's first lecture (at a different #uni) is this evening, at the same time as one of mine. Now to test if two instances of #Blackboard Collaborate can run off a single retail #NBN connection.
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/180740
items: mjd: Was going to have an early night, but after another bout of the #SCU "student experience", I had to go to the off-license for some calm down juice. #uni
items: mjd: Blimey. A new post on #Blackboard says "I look forward to reading your contributions", from a member of #SCU academic staff who died last year. The ultimate in contingent labour. #uni
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/178044
items: mjd: Any article the title or subtitle of which begins with the word "towards" is not worth reading. #lifelessons #uni
items: mjd: Summer repeat of Richard Hil on his latest book "Selling Students Short": http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/2016-01-10/7002072 #uni
items: mjd: Have to finish essay today, as kids next door play a particularly lively game of "who can scream loudest?" #uni
items: mjd: Essay déjà vu. Two days ago I started thinking "Hold on. This is actually quite interesting. Why didn't I start on it 3 weeks earlier?" Today, a deadline whooshes past. #uni
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/175449
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/175056
items: mjd: Been putting off starting on a pointless essay. Emboldened by the thought that if Maggie Smith can do Downton Abbey, I can do this. I think she was paid above #Austudy rates, though. #uni
items: etniesoph: RT @grmpyoldman Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
items: grmpyoldman: Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/171957
items: mjd: First unbelievable #uni revelation of the summer session: #SCU is now outsourcing tutoring to cubicle drones. http://www.yourtutor.com.au/
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/170419
items: mcscx: RT @tregeagle Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
items: tregeagle: Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
items: mjd: Finished last #work for the session. Woo-hoo! Now to all the other work I've been putting off. Woo, I say, hoo. #uni
items: mjd: Keep getting harassed via email to provide "student feedback". I will not snitch on my colleagues in the academic community for the benefit of scam artists who run #AU universities. #SCU #uni
items: mjd: I don't believe for a second that #RMS uses #LibreOffice. I wouldn't, were it not for #uni. The cursing and swearing I've been doing this term… https://u.fsf.org/1ef
items: mjd: Miserable experience last night doing a "presentation" that was really just shouting into the cyberspace void with no clue as to whether anybody was listening. Spent today in the usual #uni funk.
items: mjd: Brought a Proustian remembrance of gravel-rashes long since past. Also agony as my bruised and bloodied hands completed the essay's reference list on my return. #uni
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/168218
items: mjd: Just finished a 1000-word mini-essay that on first draft ran to 983 words, rather than the usual 3000. So proud of myself I could squee! #uni
items: mjd: I'm not even trying anymore. Preparing to write an essay by listening again to recorded lecture on the topic, so I know the bullet points I'm expected to parrot back. #uni
items: http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/167513
items: mjd: Hitting the #uni wall. Just cannot bring myself to sit through a recording of yet another shambolic, disjointed #Blackboard Collaborate tutorial.

mjd: Woah, that's some serious "academic integrity", Ethiopia. I'm sure my #uni is sitting up and taking notice. https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/01/ethiopia-imposes-nationwide-internet-blackout/
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description: mjd's status on Monday, 05-Jun-17 07:46:21 UTC
encoded: Woah, that's some serious "academic integrity", Ethiopia. I'm sure my #uni is sitting up and taking notice. https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/01/ethiopia-imposes-nationwide-internet-blackout/
date: 2017-06-05T07:46:21+00:00
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mjd: The difference between a school educator and a university educator should be the difference between a leader and a guide. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4759565
description: mjd's status on Monday, 17-Apr-17 03:38:54 UTC
encoded: The difference between a school educator and a university educator should be the difference between a leader and a guide. #uni
date: 2017-04-17T03:38:54+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3938855
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mjd: Really struggling to get started on an assignment that's an insult to the intelligence of everybody involved. I'm back in high school and really don't want to be here. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4759415
description: mjd's status on Monday, 17-Apr-17 02:09:03 UTC
encoded: Really struggling to get started on an assignment that's an insult to the intelligence of everybody involved. I'm back in high school and really don't want to be here. #uni
date: 2017-04-17T02:09:03+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3938739
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/190434
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title: mjd: #Economics exam done. Probably passed. My refusal to explain macroeconomic policy in terms of supply and demand curves won't have helped, but I do have some dignity #FFS. Statistics tomorrow and then I'm done for another term. Well and truly done. #uni
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4596727
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 07-Feb-17 02:31:19 UTC
encoded: #Economics exam done. Probably passed. My refusal to explain macroeconomic policy in terms of supply and demand curves won't have helped, but I do have some dignity #FFS. Statistics tomorrow and then I'm done for another term. Well and truly done. #uni
date: 2017-02-07T02:31:19+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3825224
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mjd: How can I be expected to get any #work done with all the noise of these whooshing deadlines? #DNA #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4563841
description: mjd's status on Sunday, 22-Jan-17 13:42:58 UTC
encoded: How can I be expected to get any #work done with all the noise of these whooshing deadlines? #DNA #uni
date: 2017-01-22T13:42:58+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/188543
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title: mjd: #DrWho Club of #AU is 40 years old. Antony "Doctor Wholigan" Howe and Dallas "Sidekick" Jones are still alive. 1980s #Bittorrent was airmailed VHS cassettes and a lecture room at #Sydney #uni. Happy days. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/08/doctor-who-club-of-australia-to.html
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4472427
description: mjd's status on Friday, 02-Dec-16 11:15:47 UTC
encoded: #DrWho Club of #AU is 40 years old. Antony "Doctor Wholigan" Howe and Dallas "Sidekick" Jones are still alive. 1980s #Bittorrent was airmailed VHS cassettes and a lecture room at #Sydney #uni. Happy days. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/08/doctor-who-club-of-australia-to.html
date: 2016-12-02T11:15:47+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/185433
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title: mjd: Email from #uni: "[…] If that link is broken click here." They're to the same URL! What do you think you're achieving? Are you sacrificing the first link to the HTTP gods, so that the second might be spared?
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4328844
description: mjd's status on Thursday, 08-Sep-16 07:13:15 UTC
encoded: Email from #uni: "[…] If that link is broken click here." They're to the same URL! What do you think you're achieving? Are you sacrificing the first link to the HTTP gods, so that the second might be spared?
date: 2016-09-08T07:13:15+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3647749
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/185264
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title: mjd: Couldn't bear the thought of reading a textbook, so went AWOL today and just caught up on reading the Internet. Found some useful stuff for my next essays. Despite my bad attitude to #uni, I can't complain about being required to do more or less what I'd be doing anyway.
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4317354
description: mjd's status on Thursday, 01-Sep-16 10:05:40 UTC
encoded: Couldn't bear the thought of reading a textbook, so went AWOL today and just caught up on reading the Internet. Found some useful stuff for my next essays. Despite my bad attitude to #uni, I can't complain about being required to do more or less what I'd be doing anyway.
date: 2016-09-01T10:05:40+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3639920
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/185089
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title: mjd: I keep telling myself that I could write a beautiful essay without the time, word, and topic limits imposed. Then my interior voice (which sounds just like Jeremy Hardy) says "Yeah, but you wouldn't, would you?" #uni
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4306606
description: mjd's status on Thursday, 25-Aug-16 13:20:51 UTC
encoded: I keep telling myself that I could write a beautiful essay without the time, word, and topic limits imposed. Then my interior voice (which sounds just like Jeremy Hardy) says "Yeah, but you wouldn't, would you?" #uni
date: 2016-08-25T13:20:51+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
has creator: acct
reply of: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4306600
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3632063
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mjd: Most painful essay ever. I'm going to drink to forget now. Possibly for two or three days. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4306600
description: mjd's status on Thursday, 25-Aug-16 13:16:05 UTC
encoded: Most painful essay ever. I'm going to drink to forget now. Possibly for two or three days. #uni
date: 2016-08-25T13:16:05+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3632063
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mjd: Today in higher education, this happened: http://mjd.id.au/node/6997938 #uni #edu
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4293197
description: mjd's status on Monday, 15-Aug-16 13:23:20 UTC
encoded: Today in higher education, this happened: http://mjd.id.au/node/6997938 #uni #edu
date: 2016-08-15T13:23:20+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3622177
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mjd: This has saved me a lot of typing: http://www.tobias-elze.de/pdfsandwich/index.html #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4289950
description: mjd's status on Friday, 12-Aug-16 08:39:09 UTC
encoded: This has saved me a lot of typing: http://www.tobias-elze.de/pdfsandwich/index.html #uni
date: 2016-08-12T08:39:09+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3619774
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/183826
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title: mjd: Ugh. Both my units for this term at #uni are taught by the same person, asking us to critically think, critically engage, critically reflect, & critically self-reflect. Scared to look at the reading list; with all this criticality flying about, there's bound to be some #Foucault.
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4243259
description: mjd's status on Wednesday, 06-Jul-16 04:38:35 UTC
encoded: Ugh. Both my units for this term at #uni are taught by the same person, asking us to critically think, critically engage, critically reflect, & critically self-reflect. Scared to look at the reading list; with all this criticality flying about, there's bound to be some #Foucault.
date: 2016-07-06T04:38:35+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3587208
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mjd: Going AWOL today. Mental health day. Nearly end of term, and if anybody asks me to do something perfectly reasonable, but to do it "critically", I'm likely to go postal. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4183080
description: mjd's status on Friday, 20-May-16 01:46:08 UTC
encoded: Going AWOL today. Mental health day. Nearly end of term, and if anybody asks me to do something perfectly reasonable, but to do it "critically", I'm likely to go postal. #uni
date: 2016-05-20T01:46:08+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3549447
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mjd: Have chosen the topic of stress for a silly #uni assignment. So I keep seeing Chris Morris in lycra at regular intervals through the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTvMYQSl_w #ITCrowd
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4169387
description: mjd's status on Wednesday, 11-May-16 11:26:48 UTC
encoded: Have chosen the topic of stress for a silly #uni assignment. So I keep seeing Chris Morris in lycra at regular intervals through the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTvMYQSl_w #ITCrowd
date: 2016-05-11T11:26:48+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
has creator: acct
reply of: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4169383
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3540968
enclosure: I Am Declaring War on STRESS! Denholm The IT Crowd | Series 1 Episode 2
links to: I Am Declaring War on STRESS! Denholm The IT Crowd | Series 1 Episode 2
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/182374
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title: mjd: @tregeagle It's a potemkin #uni. All the staff are casuals, all the course material was produced by people long gone, or dead, or worse - still tenuously employed. Don't look behind the "student experience" curtain, there's nothing there. #SCU
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4169382
description: mjd's status on Wednesday, 11-May-16 10:52:29 UTC
encoded: @tregeagle It's a potemkin #uni. All the staff are casuals, all the course material was produced by people long gone, or dead, or worse - still tenuously employed. Don't look behind the "student experience" curtain, there's nothing there. #SCU
date: 2016-05-11T10:52:29+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3540967
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mjd: Thank you #Blackboard, for your informative markup. I kid you not: ' ' #uni #WebHallOfShame
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4167686
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 10-May-16 09:02:42 UTC
encoded: Thank you #Blackboard, for your informative markup. I kid you not: ' ' #uni #WebHallOfShame
date: 2016-05-10T09:02:42+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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mjd: Due at 5pm; submitted at 4:59 and 45 seconds. #uni
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description: mjd's status on Friday, 22-Apr-16 07:09:25 UTC
encoded: Due at 5pm; submitted at 4:59 and 45 seconds. #uni
date: 2016-04-22T07:09:25+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3521141
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mjd: Oh, good grief. #DLW is the only student (so far) at her lecture. The new (privately-operated) #Torrens #uni may be worse than #SCU.
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4125173
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-16 08:41:40 UTC
encoded: Oh, good grief. #DLW is the only student (so far) at her lecture. The new (privately-operated) #Torrens #uni may be worse than #SCU.
date: 2016-04-05T08:41:40+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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reply of: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4125170
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3509490
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mjd: #DLW's first lecture (at a different #uni) is this evening, at the same time as one of mine. Now to test if two instances of #Blackboard Collaborate can run off a single retail #NBN connection.
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4125170
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-16 08:39:04 UTC
encoded: #DLW's first lecture (at a different #uni) is this evening, at the same time as one of mine. Now to test if two instances of #Blackboard Collaborate can run off a single retail #NBN connection.
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/180740
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title: mjd: This evening's #Blackboard Collaborate lecture is over. It's so unnervingly jarring to try shouting into the void of the world's most lag-tastic VoIP app; a conference call that can't handle more than one open mic at a time. Bring back tin cans and string! #uni
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4118991
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 09:40:37 UTC
encoded: This evening's #Blackboard Collaborate lecture is over. It's so unnervingly jarring to try shouting into the void of the world's most lag-tastic VoIP app; a conference call that can't handle more than one open mic at a time. Bring back tin cans and string! #uni
date: 2016-03-29T09:40:37+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3504827
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mjd: Was going to have an early night, but after another bout of the #SCU "student experience", I had to go to the off-license for some calm down juice. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4108267
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-16 10:56:52 UTC
encoded: Was going to have an early night, but after another bout of the #SCU "student experience", I had to go to the off-license for some calm down juice. #uni
date: 2016-03-15T10:56:52+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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reply of: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4108238
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3497028
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mjd: Blimey. A new post on #Blackboard says "I look forward to reading your contributions", from a member of #SCU academic staff who died last year. The ultimate in contingent labour. #uni
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description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-16 08:03:48 UTC
encoded: Blimey. A new post on #Blackboard says "I look forward to reading your contributions", from a member of #SCU academic staff who died last year. The ultimate in contingent labour. #uni
date: 2016-03-15T08:03:48+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/178044
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title: mjd: It's taken me over two years to realise that #Austudy payments are an open-ended license to read a lot and write a lot. Any actual qualifications I might earn are just superfluous gold stars for effort. #uni
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4076103
description: mjd's status on Sunday, 07-Feb-16 11:57:38 UTC
encoded: It's taken me over two years to realise that #Austudy payments are an open-ended license to read a lot and write a lot. Any actual qualifications I might earn are just superfluous gold stars for effort. #uni
date: 2016-02-07T11:57:38+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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mjd: Any article the title or subtitle of which begins with the word "towards" is not worth reading. #lifelessons #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4070867
description: mjd's status on Monday, 01-Feb-16 10:27:21 UTC
encoded: Any article the title or subtitle of which begins with the word "towards" is not worth reading. #lifelessons #uni
date: 2016-02-01T10:27:21+00:00
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mjd: Summer repeat of Richard Hil on his latest book "Selling Students Short": http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/2016-01-10/7002072 #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4060230
description: mjd's status on Monday, 11-Jan-16 01:13:27 UTC
encoded: Summer repeat of Richard Hil on his latest book "Selling Students Short": http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/2016-01-10/7002072 #uni
date: 2016-01-11T01:13:27+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3463226
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mjd: Have to finish essay today, as kids next door play a particularly lively game of "who can scream loudest?" #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4059806
description: mjd's status on Sunday, 10-Jan-16 00:47:13 UTC
encoded: Have to finish essay today, as kids next door play a particularly lively game of "who can scream loudest?" #uni
date: 2016-01-10T00:47:13+00:00
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mjd: Essay déjà vu. Two days ago I started thinking "Hold on. This is actually quite interesting. Why didn't I start on it 3 weeks earlier?" Today, a deadline whooshes past. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4059020
description: mjd's status on Friday, 08-Jan-16 07:06:07 UTC
encoded: Essay déjà vu. Two days ago I started thinking "Hold on. This is actually quite interesting. Why didn't I start on it 3 weeks earlier?" Today, a deadline whooshes past. #uni
date: 2016-01-08T07:06:07+00:00
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/175449
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title: mjd: Moved @mjd #uni to the #Sawtell #RSL this afternoon. Two frustrations: #EeePC battery refused to run out, and bottle of Grannycham that I grew to suspect was alcohol free. 2 hours of PDF files, and I'm not even slightly biffle dinked! #Doonesbury http://ur1.ca/odsnx
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4057743
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 05-Jan-16 09:47:35 UTC
encoded: Moved @mjd #uni to the #Sawtell #RSL this afternoon. Two frustrations: #EeePC battery refused to run out, and bottle of Grannycham that I grew to suspect was alcohol free. 2 hours of PDF files, and I'm not even slightly biffle dinked! #Doonesbury http://ur1.ca/odsnx
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/175056
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title: mjd: @kat I dream of the luxury of 6,000 words. The sub-prime university sector in #AU is too miserly to pay people to mark anything > 1,500 words. I spend most of my time cutting an adequate essay down to an incoherent travesty. #uni
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4054737
description: mjd's status on Wednesday, 30-Dec-15 09:49:43 UTC
encoded: @kat I dream of the luxury of 6,000 words. The sub-prime university sector in #AU is too miserly to pay people to mark anything > 1,500 words. I spend most of my time cutting an adequate essay down to an incoherent travesty. #uni
date: 2015-12-30T09:49:43+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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mjd: Been putting off starting on a pointless essay. Emboldened by the thought that if Maggie Smith can do Downton Abbey, I can do this. I think she was paid above #Austudy rates, though. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4054132
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 29-Dec-15 10:55:32 UTC
encoded: Been putting off starting on a pointless essay. Emboldened by the thought that if Maggie Smith can do Downton Abbey, I can do this. I think she was paid above #Austudy rates, though. #uni
date: 2015-12-29T10:55:32+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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etniesoph: RT @grmpyoldman Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4021190
description: etniesoph's status on Thursday, 05-Nov-15 12:09:43 UTC
encoded: RT @grmpyoldman Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
date: 2015-11-05T12:09:43+00:00
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grmpyoldman: Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4021189
description: grmpyoldman's status on Thursday, 05-Nov-15 11:46:23 UTC
encoded: Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
date: 2015-11-05T11:46:23+00:00
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/171957
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title: mjd: Also pleasantly surprised to see my old #uni tutor Geoff Turnbull providing the music at the #Sawtell Hotel. He's really quite good. http://gigs.gigatools.com/user/GeoffT https://www.reverbnation.com/geoffturnbull/songs
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4021114
description: mjd's status on Thursday, 05-Nov-15 09:37:40 UTC
encoded: Also pleasantly surprised to see my old #uni tutor Geoff Turnbull providing the music at the #Sawtell Hotel. He's really quite good. http://gigs.gigatools.com/user/GeoffT https://www.reverbnation.com/geoffturnbull/songs
date: 2015-11-05T09:37:40+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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reply of: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4021113
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3441211
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mjd: First unbelievable #uni revelation of the summer session: #SCU is now outsourcing tutoring to cubicle drones. http://www.yourtutor.com.au/
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4003658
description: mjd's status on Monday, 12-Oct-15 01:11:28 UTC
encoded: First unbelievable #uni revelation of the summer session: #SCU is now outsourcing tutoring to cubicle drones. http://www.yourtutor.com.au/
date: 2015-10-12T01:11:28+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3433148
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/170419
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title: mjd: Holy cow. Was not aware that #Coffs City Library membership gave you access to EBSCOhost and other useful sources: http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/research/e-resources/Pages/default.aspx #Uni looks more and more like a bum deal.
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4003360
description: mjd's status on Sunday, 11-Oct-15 03:25:35 UTC
encoded: Holy cow. Was not aware that #Coffs City Library membership gave you access to EBSCOhost and other useful sources: http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/research/e-resources/Pages/default.aspx #Uni looks more and more like a bum deal.
date: 2015-10-11T03:25:35+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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mcscx: RT @tregeagle Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3992556
description: mcscx's status on Saturday, 26-Sep-15 01:10:40 UTC
encoded: RT @tregeagle Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
date: 2015-09-26T01:10:40+00:00
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tregeagle: Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3992555
description: tregeagle's status on Saturday, 26-Sep-15 00:48:04 UTC
encoded: Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
date: 2015-09-26T00:48:04+00:00
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mjd: Finished last #work for the session. Woo-hoo! Now to all the other work I've been putting off. Woo, I say, hoo. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3988791
description: mjd's status on Sunday, 20-Sep-15 11:24:04 UTC
encoded: Finished last #work for the session. Woo-hoo! Now to all the other work I've been putting off. Woo, I say, hoo. #uni
date: 2015-09-20T11:24:04+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3425731
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mjd: Keep getting harassed via email to provide "student feedback". I will not snitch on my colleagues in the academic community for the benefit of scam artists who run #AU universities. #SCU #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3986925
description: mjd's status on Thursday, 17-Sep-15 08:28:24 UTC
encoded: Keep getting harassed via email to provide "student feedback". I will not snitch on my colleagues in the academic community for the benefit of scam artists who run #AU universities. #SCU #uni
date: 2015-09-17T08:28:24+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
has creator: acct
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3424721
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mjd: I don't believe for a second that #RMS uses #LibreOffice. I wouldn't, were it not for #uni. The cursing and swearing I've been doing this term… https://u.fsf.org/1ef
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3985973
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Sep-15 08:53:48 UTC
encoded: I don't believe for a second that #RMS uses #LibreOffice. I wouldn't, were it not for #uni. The cursing and swearing I've been doing this term… https://u.fsf.org/1ef
date: 2015-09-15T08:53:48+00:00
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mjd: Miserable experience last night doing a "presentation" that was really just shouting into the cyberspace void with no clue as to whether anybody was listening. Spent today in the usual #uni funk.
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3985965
description: mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Sep-15 08:23:24 UTC
encoded: Miserable experience last night doing a "presentation" that was really just shouting into the cyberspace void with no clue as to whether anybody was listening. Spent today in the usual #uni funk.
date: 2015-09-15T08:23:24+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3424175
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mjd: Brought a Proustian remembrance of gravel-rashes long since past. Also agony as my bruised and bloodied hands completed the essay's reference list on my return. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3984282
description: mjd's status on Friday, 11-Sep-15 11:44:28 UTC
encoded: Brought a Proustian remembrance of gravel-rashes long since past. Also agony as my bruised and bloodied hands completed the essay's reference list on my return. #uni
date: 2015-09-11T11:44:28+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
has creator: acct
reply of: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3984281
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3423178
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/168218
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title: mjd: Was disciplined, and didn't go out today until my essay was all done bar the typesetting. Finally strode urgently into the moonless night to get to the shop before it shut, tripped on the water meter, and faceplanted into the driveway. #uni
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3984281
description: mjd's status on Friday, 11-Sep-15 11:39:10 UTC
encoded: Was disciplined, and didn't go out today until my essay was all done bar the typesetting. Finally strode urgently into the moonless night to get to the shop before it shut, tripped on the water meter, and faceplanted into the driveway. #uni
date: 2015-09-11T11:39:10+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
has creator: acct
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3423178
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mjd: Just finished a 1000-word mini-essay that on first draft ran to 983 words, rather than the usual 3000. So proud of myself I could squee! #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3983546
description: mjd's status on Wednesday, 09-Sep-15 08:15:50 UTC
encoded: Just finished a 1000-word mini-essay that on first draft ran to 983 words, rather than the usual 3000. So proud of myself I could squee! #uni
date: 2015-09-09T08:15:50+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3422698
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mjd: I'm not even trying anymore. Preparing to write an essay by listening again to recorded lecture on the topic, so I know the bullet points I'm expected to parrot back. #uni
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3982750
description: mjd's status on Monday, 07-Sep-15 06:22:17 UTC
encoded: I'm not even trying anymore. Preparing to write an essay by listening again to recorded lecture on the topic, so I know the bullet points I'm expected to parrot back. #uni
date: 2015-09-07T06:22:17+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
has creator: acct
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3422234
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http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/notice/167513
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title: mjd: kiwi it. VPS provider has shut down my antiquated and probably insecure mail server. Worst possible time, with #uni assignments due. If I'm providing your email, expect lengthy service interruption.
link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3980916
description: mjd's status on Thursday, 03-Sep-15 00:31:58 UTC
encoded: batcave it. VPS provider has shut down my antiquated and probably insecure mail server. Worst possible time, with #uni assignments due. If I'm providing your email, expect lengthy service interruption.
date: 2015-09-03T00:31:58+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
has creator: acct
has discussion: http://rainbowdash.net/conversation/3421213
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mjd: Hitting the #uni wall. Just cannot bring myself to sit through a recording of yet another shambolic, disjointed #Blackboard Collaborate tutorial.
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link: http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3979099
description: mjd's status on Sunday, 30-Aug-15 02:42:11 UTC
encoded: Hitting the #uni wall. Just cannot bring myself to sit through a recording of yet another shambolic, disjointed #Blackboard Collaborate tutorial.
date: 2015-08-30T02:42:11+00:00
creator: Matthew Davidson
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