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Mark Smithers

@marksmithers.bsky.social

Trying hard to improve the experience of learners and teachers in higher education for quite a while now. Currently Director of Digital Learning at Victoria University.

657 Followers  |  482 Following  |  21 Posts  |  Joined: 14.09.2023
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Listen, cretin.

40,000 soldiers from my country of Australia were deployed in Afghanistan. 47 died and 263 were wounded.

This racist dungbeetle probably wants a bravery medal every time he stays awake while his makeup gets applied

23.01.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sinclair is refusing to air Kimmel.
@Disney needs to pull their programming.

High Potential
Abbott Elementary
The Rookie
Shifting Gears
9-1-1
Will Trent
Grey’s Anatomy
Dancing with the Stars.

PULL THEM ALL FROM SINCLAIR.

Leave a gaping hole in their schedule where their ethics aren't.

23.09.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4475    πŸ” 1197    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 70

Insightful piece that resonates well with my experience of university governance in the UK. Paywall free link:
archive.is/1yFiq

22.09.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m worried about how the penguins are going to read their tariff letter.

17.05.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is riding a horse in a field with mountains in the background ALT: a man is riding a horse in a field with mountains in the background
26.04.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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America is… cooked.

25.04.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 18140    πŸ” 3800    πŸ’¬ 1627    πŸ“Œ 500
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Bloke Who Got Free Uni and Paid $75,000 for $4M House Wonders What’s in Budget for Him β€” The Shovel "Try getting a builder to renovate a holiday house in Portsea – they’re booked up until 2026! That’s two years minimum without a second entertaining area over the summer months'

Bloke Who Got Free Uni and Paid $75,000 for $4M House Wonders What’s in Budget for Him #auspol theshovel.com.au/2024/05/14/b...

26.03.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

The morons have taken over

31.01.2025 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.

Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?

If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

06.01.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 80264    πŸ” 18850    πŸ’¬ 2797    πŸ“Œ 1121
Data governance, the business and AI

Data governance, the business and AI

I don't know who made this but it made me laugh.

11.12.2024 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hear you.

02.12.2024 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really?! Seems a bit of a cheap shot to me

02.12.2024 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always a delight to listen to Dr. Lisa Marie Blaschke. Here she is keynoting at #ascilite2024 Looking forward to catching up in person.

02.12.2024 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It took me a while πŸ˜€

21.11.2024 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Settings > Account > Handle You obviously need your own domain to verify.

21.11.2024 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just renewed by UK passport and my Australian passport. My UK passport came back in no time at all. The online system was very good. My Australian experience was quite good but I still needed to go to the post office and use snail mail for parts. Oh and it was a lot more expensive.

21.11.2024 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford relying on β€˜Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

www.theguardian.com/education/20... So has Oxford University just caught up with how academia works or is it The Observer?

17.11.2024 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely to see this place thriving. If you follow me and I haven't followed you back yet it may be because you don't have a bio or a picture (it doesn't have to be a photo of you). Have a lovely day.

15.11.2024 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Certainly life changing πŸ˜‚

12.11.2024 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

who could forget Edutech in Perth in 2009? I have a vague feeling I met some people there.

12.11.2024 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,002,962, Mark Smithers β€ͺ@marksmithers.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 14, 2023"

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,002,962, Mark Smithers β€ͺ@marksmithers.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 14, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,002,962!

27.09.2024 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bouquet of flowers

Bouquet of flowers

Response from Chat GPT telling me which flowers are dangerous for cats

Response from Chat GPT telling me which flowers are dangerous for cats

Playing with ChatGPT vision. Princess Buttercup approves of this use case.

19.10.2023 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to have my root cannalled or was it my canal rooted?

14.09.2023 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Putting Blue Sky down for a little bit as I head to dentist for some lovely root canal work. Looking forward to playing more later.

14.09.2023 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh cool. Tx

14.09.2023 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

14.09.2023 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello Blue Sky! It feels like spring is in the air.

14.09.2023 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0