Beccy Dresden

Welcome to the Gaybourhood: Tales of the Suburbs tour graphic. London Foyles with Luke Turner – 11 March Crystal Palace Bookseller Crow with Karen McLeod – 19 March Bath Curious Minds Festival – 21 March Edinburgh Portobello Bookshop with Rosa Campbell – 24 March Glasgow Waterstone's Byres Rd with Rose Ruane – 25 March Nottingham Five Leaves Bookshop – 31 March Sheffield – 1 April TBA Manchester – 2nd April TBA Margate – 30 April TBA Ipswich – 3 October TBA More to come at johngrindrod.co.uk/events

BOOK TOUR!

www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

(More to come)

For once I agree with the Bot's assessment: that was a lucky guess!

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And now I have an ear worm!

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Even if you're not attending #digifest26, we would still love to hear your story about how your professional skills and confidence have grown by being part of a learning community. Your stories can be anonymous and may end up featuring in the next issue of our guide: www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/activ...

Damn! I was flip-flopping between my 6th guess and what turned out to be the answer, but I thought they'd never go for that, so jumped the wrong way 🤦🏻‍♀️

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I don't know about you, but I've found this week quite a slog!

If you fancy a virtual chat with sympathetic #LearningTechnology folk, @alt-iccp-sig.bsky.social have a drop-in social 2–3pm *today* (Friday 6 March). Joining details ⬇️

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Passcode: 939173

That was definitely instinct over logic!

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Question for college instructors: What’s your approach to managing students’ personal device use in the classroom, and why? How do you communicate/negotiate those expectations?

#collegteaching #teaching #highereducation

What was with that weird "* combo?! More coffee needed, apparently

The (lack of) algorithm on here, however, means that apparently I have missed nearly 3 weeks of his posts 😳 I do like it here, but with similar follower #s to my account on the bad place, I get a fraction of the engagement, and have to actively check friends' accounts or I miss all their news 😕

Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod review – an entertaining alternative history of queer Britain From London’s commuter belt to the country village gay club, these portraits of LGBTQ+ life are filled with humour, compassion and observational flair

"So proud* of my brilliant friend @grindrod.bsky.social getting book of the day in The Guardian 😊 Can't wait to read it!

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

See you tomorrow with your beverage of choice ☕🍵🫖🧋for the ALT Independent Consultancy & Career Pathways SIG bimonthly virtual chat!

#LearningTechnology #ALTcommunity

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That is A LOT of yellow for me!

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Solved early this morning but too busy to post until now!

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Random #LearningDesign #UX question for those who know about #neurodivergent student preferences!

What evidence is there around best practice for presenting longish text content online (other than "don't"), in terms of scrolling vs accordions vs tabs (within the page)?

Thanks in advance 🙂

Huh, that was gonna be my second guess but I thought it was too silly!

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Pretty unimpressive performance this week.

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Guess 3 felt a bit extravagant, but I still equalled the Bot 🙂

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I love a cheesy bun - well, more of a scone - but I don't need the hot cross styling!

A screenshot from an email promoting Marks & Spencer food, showing three types of hot cross bun: Granny Smith Apple, Extremely Chocolatey, and Extremely Cheesy.

I used to like a hot cross bun, in my carby days, but the traditional kind, none of the nonsense like this being touted by M&S (and probably every other retailer). Why does every traditional food have to be messed with beyond all recognition these days? #GrumpyOldWoman

Pretty rubbish!

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This, but substitute cats for crows!

Very much this!

I think our job titles - especially those in professional services/academic related roles - often *significantly* understate/oversimplify the wide range of activities we perform. We contain multitudes! #LTHEchat

Annoyed I couldn't join this #LTHEchat last night, such an interesting topic! Spending my lunchtime catching up now.

This is so horrifying, on so many levels

Phew!

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Apparently the post showing the first wave of acts has been deleted since I wrote that. Hope that just means it was shared before it was meant to be, not that the excellent lineup has changed 🤞🏻

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