Signing off Twitter for the next couple of days – anything I say on there could easily be misinterpreted, even rants about UKIP-supporting badgers destroying my entire parsnip crop. Ditto Facebook; too many academic ‘friends’, some of whom I’ve forgotten I ever befriended. I *think* Spotify is safe; even if I didn’t manage to disable all the settings that wanted to share my listening with the rest of the world, the fact that 58% of the songs I listened to last year were in the post rock genre means that only ardent Mogwai fans will have any hope of deciphering my mood from the specific choice of feedback-laden drone.
Yes, it’s the day when Unit of Assessment co-ordinators for the Research Excellence Framework get sent the results, and have to avoid giving the slightest hint to anyone else of whether these are a cause for celebration, relief or despair. The ‘total share mode’ encouraged by social media is not really conducive to such secrecy…
Sphinx 
When the skies clear, I will be interested to hear the reaction of an insider to http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/feature-one-scholars-crusade-against-the-ref/2017405.fullarticle?utm_content=buffer33c0f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer