Dr Meri C Dickson
@earbyfae.bsky.social
Jinn encounters among the South Asian diaspora of Bradford, PhD in Religious Studies @Lancasteruni.bsky.social.
Living liminally between Yorkshire and Lancashire, trans ally, Christian, fairyologist, socialist, The Archers, radio4, genxer!
She/her 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇹🏳️🌈
Living liminally between Yorkshire and Lancashire, trans ally, Christian, fairyologist, socialist, The Archers, radio4, genxer!
She/her 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇹🏳️🌈
The start of my #research into #Jinn belief in #Bradford has to be designing a questionnaire. I will base it on the Fairy Investigation society census which has collected some amazing data. Who sees jinn and what do they see? So I guess I just stand in the middle of #Broadway with QR codes?
two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding something in his hand
Alt: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding an exotic looking bottle with a stopper, in his hand
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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'If I might see another Spring
I’d listen to the daylight birds
That build their nests and pair and sing,
Nor wait for mateless nightingale;
I’d listen to the lusty herds,
The ewes with lambs as white as snow,
I’d find out music in the hail
And all the winds that blow.'
Christina Rossetti, 1862
I’d listen to the daylight birds
That build their nests and pair and sing,
Nor wait for mateless nightingale;
I’d listen to the lusty herds,
The ewes with lambs as white as snow,
I’d find out music in the hail
And all the winds that blow.'
Christina Rossetti, 1862
February 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
'If I might see another Spring
I’d listen to the daylight birds
That build their nests and pair and sing,
Nor wait for mateless nightingale;
I’d listen to the lusty herds,
The ewes with lambs as white as snow,
I’d find out music in the hail
And all the winds that blow.'
Christina Rossetti, 1862
I’d listen to the daylight birds
That build their nests and pair and sing,
Nor wait for mateless nightingale;
I’d listen to the lusty herds,
The ewes with lambs as white as snow,
I’d find out music in the hail
And all the winds that blow.'
Christina Rossetti, 1862
Does anyone know why US military personnel keep trying to get me to DM them?
February 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Does anyone know why US military personnel keep trying to get me to DM them?
Is the Mandelson thing more about China than anything else? The US doesn’t want us to be friends with them, they want us to be under their thumb forever? And is Mandelson in his underpants enough to bring down the Labour Government??
February 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Is the Mandelson thing more about China than anything else? The US doesn’t want us to be friends with them, they want us to be under their thumb forever? And is Mandelson in his underpants enough to bring down the Labour Government??
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I think Josh will sell up and leg it!! #TheArchers
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I think Josh will sell up and leg it!! #TheArchers
Why does #NessunDorma provoke tears, every time?
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Why does #NessunDorma provoke tears, every time?
Lovely! Not heard this particulypiece of folklore before. #NationalSnowdropDay
In Germany.Creator asked one of his beautiful flowers to lend their color to a new creation called snow,none were willing to share their color except the little white flower.Sharing created a bond and a promise between this flower and snow #NationalSnowdropDay #Folklore
February 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Lovely! Not heard this particulypiece of folklore before. #NationalSnowdropDay
Reposted by Dr Meri C Dickson
In Germany.Creator asked one of his beautiful flowers to lend their color to a new creation called snow,none were willing to share their color except the little white flower.Sharing created a bond and a promise between this flower and snow #NationalSnowdropDay #Folklore
February 8, 2026 at 9:36 AM
In Germany.Creator asked one of his beautiful flowers to lend their color to a new creation called snow,none were willing to share their color except the little white flower.Sharing created a bond and a promise between this flower and snow #NationalSnowdropDay #Folklore
Reposted by Dr Meri C Dickson
February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Tiny bit proud of Amber! #TheArchers
February 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Tiny bit proud of Amber! #TheArchers
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🍄🌕🍄It was said that if you ran around a Fairy Ring of toadstools nine times on the night of a full moon, you would hear the Fae talking and singing - but if you ran widdershins (anticlockwise) you would fall under their power.
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🍄🌕🍄It was said that if you ran around a Fairy Ring of toadstools nine times on the night of a full moon, you would hear the Fae talking and singing - but if you ran widdershins (anticlockwise) you would fall under their power.
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
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When someone has been sacked twice before for corrupt practices "I didn't know he was lying" is not a very convincing explanation for making the huge mistake of appointing him again.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer apologises to Epstein victims as he seeks to weather Mandelson scandal
PM says he is sorry for believing ‘lies’ told by former Labour minister and that he too is ‘angry and frustrated’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
When someone has been sacked twice before for corrupt practices "I didn't know he was lying" is not a very convincing explanation for making the huge mistake of appointing him again.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Don’t like how Amber has completely forgotten all her misgivings about George. It’s like she was the one hit on the head!! Bad writing!!! #thearchers
February 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Don’t like how Amber has completely forgotten all her misgivings about George. It’s like she was the one hit on the head!! Bad writing!!! #thearchers
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February 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I’m so disappointed in Stella! Pip, like Adam, is a terrible person! #TheArchers
February 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I’m so disappointed in Stella! Pip, like Adam, is a terrible person! #TheArchers
Dammit now I have to watch it!!!
“To call Melania vapid would do a disservice to the plumes of florid vape smoke that linger around British teenagers.”
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REVIEW | Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Dammit now I have to watch it!!!
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Noooooooo!!!!
My favourite actress, Catherine O’Hara has left us.
A comedy genius.
Only 71… she was just getting started.
Awful, awful news!
May you rest in peace, you absolute beauty! 🙌 😔
My favourite actress, Catherine O’Hara has left us.
A comedy genius.
Only 71… she was just getting started.
Awful, awful news!
May you rest in peace, you absolute beauty! 🙌 😔
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Noooooooo!!!!
My favourite actress, Catherine O’Hara has left us.
A comedy genius.
Only 71… she was just getting started.
Awful, awful news!
May you rest in peace, you absolute beauty! 🙌 😔
My favourite actress, Catherine O’Hara has left us.
A comedy genius.
Only 71… she was just getting started.
Awful, awful news!
May you rest in peace, you absolute beauty! 🙌 😔
So sad! RIP
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 PM
So sad! RIP
January 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Dog was in daycare today while I did a level 1 Reiki practice course. Spark out and snoring rn #dogs #dogsofbluesky
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Dog was in daycare today while I did a level 1 Reiki practice course. Spark out and snoring rn #dogs #dogsofbluesky