Fi Daisy G
@fidaisyg.bsky.social
Engineering Academic, Chartered Structural Engineer, Open University Staff Tutor, global citizen living in UK, Mum, she/her.
Not just children reluctant to leave at Stanfords in Bristol today 😿📚 www.bristol247.com/culture/book...
Bookshop to close after almost 30 years
When Stanfords on Corn Street opened in 1997, it was the first Stanfords to open outside London
www.bristol247.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Not just children reluctant to leave at Stanfords in Bristol today 😿📚 www.bristol247.com/culture/book...
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Any nominations to add to the #retrofit starter pack? It seems to me that when the #WarmHomesPlan comes, this will be the place to discuss detail, while linkedin will be quickly swamped by AI takes. go.bsky.app/NXUSTXa
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Any nominations to add to the #retrofit starter pack? It seems to me that when the #WarmHomesPlan comes, this will be the place to discuss detail, while linkedin will be quickly swamped by AI takes. go.bsky.app/NXUSTXa
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Pubs as community infrastructure in today's What's Brewing.
Pubs: “pieces of community infrastructure”
Shortly before Christmas, I read a letter to the editor of the Irish Times written by Dr Kathy McLoughlin. Dr McLoughlin is a psychologist who has spe...
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January 10, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Pubs as community infrastructure in today's What's Brewing.
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Wanna see how an earthquake works? Here's today's lab in my seismology class. An explanation follows.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Wanna see how an earthquake works? Here's today's lab in my seismology class. An explanation follows.
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What makes a building good?
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
January 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
What makes a building good?
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
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If you're not already signed up to @chrischirp.bsky.social blogs, your really should be...
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Is Trump going to attack Greenland?
It is hard to believe, but the administration seems to be building up to something
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January 10, 2026 at 7:46 AM
If you're not already signed up to @chrischirp.bsky.social blogs, your really should be...
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Carl had never had so much fun in his whole life, and he knew, from this moment on, that he would never again be a lone pine tree.
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Carl had never had so much fun in his whole life, and he knew, from this moment on, that he would never again be a lone pine tree.
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I thought it might be nice to give away my last 2 signed hardbacks of my novel 1983, with two lovely linocut hares by my mum.
All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply).
The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”.
Extract in the replies.
All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply).
The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”.
Extract in the replies.
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I thought it might be nice to give away my last 2 signed hardbacks of my novel 1983, with two lovely linocut hares by my mum.
All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply).
The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”.
Extract in the replies.
All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply).
The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”.
Extract in the replies.
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Rock art wasn’t made in silence.
New post on sound, echo, and why some Paleolithic places mattered because they responded to people.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#DeepHistory #Archaeology #RockArt
New post on sound, echo, and why some Paleolithic places mattered because they responded to people.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#DeepHistory #Archaeology #RockArt
When the Caves Answer Back: Sound, Rock Art, and the Deep History of Listening
When we think about Paleolithic rock art, we tend to think with our eyes.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Rock art wasn’t made in silence.
New post on sound, echo, and why some Paleolithic places mattered because they responded to people.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#DeepHistory #Archaeology #RockArt
New post on sound, echo, and why some Paleolithic places mattered because they responded to people.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#DeepHistory #Archaeology #RockArt
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Love that this paper documents how:
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences"
Thinking about bike journeys as playful and connecting seems pretty powerful to me.
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences"
Thinking about bike journeys as playful and connecting seems pretty powerful to me.
In their latest article @labibazzouz.bsky.social @profchristianbrand.bsky.social explore how e-cargo bikes (ECBs) don’t just replace car trips — they create new personal and family-oriented travel that is joyful, social, and meaningful.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Love that this paper documents how:
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences"
Thinking about bike journeys as playful and connecting seems pretty powerful to me.
"Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences"
Thinking about bike journeys as playful and connecting seems pretty powerful to me.
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Another awful day over, but you are still here.
You will see the end of this shit. You will pee on the graves of the bastards who brought it forth.
And then help make a country that works for everyone, and doesn't let the ugly, hateful monsters see the light again.
You will see the end of this shit. You will pee on the graves of the bastards who brought it forth.
And then help make a country that works for everyone, and doesn't let the ugly, hateful monsters see the light again.
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Another awful day over, but you are still here.
You will see the end of this shit. You will pee on the graves of the bastards who brought it forth.
And then help make a country that works for everyone, and doesn't let the ugly, hateful monsters see the light again.
You will see the end of this shit. You will pee on the graves of the bastards who brought it forth.
And then help make a country that works for everyone, and doesn't let the ugly, hateful monsters see the light again.
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Un chasseur de trésors pour retrouver les objets manquants volés au British Museum? 600 ont été retrouvés sur les 1500 artéfacts disparus
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
The British Museum Plans to Hire a Treasure Hunter. Duties Include Recovering Missing Artifacts Before They're Lost to History
The museum announced in 2023 that 1,500 items were missing. More than 600 have since been found, and officials are now hoping to expand the recovery effort
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Un chasseur de trésors pour retrouver les objets manquants volés au British Museum? 600 ont été retrouvés sur les 1500 artéfacts disparus
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
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The BBC Persian service is doing so much to verify & share news of the protests in Iran right now. Their Instagram account is becoming a major source of trustworthy info as the government try to restrict internet access.
www.instagram.com/bbcpersian?i...
www.instagram.com/bbcpersian?i...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:35 AM
The BBC Persian service is doing so much to verify & share news of the protests in Iran right now. Their Instagram account is becoming a major source of trustworthy info as the government try to restrict internet access.
www.instagram.com/bbcpersian?i...
www.instagram.com/bbcpersian?i...
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Today the GMB Members’ Staff branch launched One Parliament, One Employer
We’re calling for a single, accountable employer for MPs’ staff to deliver fairness, consistency & proper protections. The current system leaves staff with unequal pay and conditions and places unnecessary pressure on MPs.
We’re calling for a single, accountable employer for MPs’ staff to deliver fairness, consistency & proper protections. The current system leaves staff with unequal pay and conditions and places unnecessary pressure on MPs.
January 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Today the GMB Members’ Staff branch launched One Parliament, One Employer
We’re calling for a single, accountable employer for MPs’ staff to deliver fairness, consistency & proper protections. The current system leaves staff with unequal pay and conditions and places unnecessary pressure on MPs.
We’re calling for a single, accountable employer for MPs’ staff to deliver fairness, consistency & proper protections. The current system leaves staff with unequal pay and conditions and places unnecessary pressure on MPs.
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This has needed to happen for a very long time. Parliament effectively runs as 650 small businesses, with all the variation in quality of employer that you’d get from 650 small businesses in the ‘real’ world. And the lack of progression of salary and career means you lose a lot of v good staff.
Today the GMB Members’ Staff branch launched One Parliament, One Employer
We’re calling for a single, accountable employer for MPs’ staff to deliver fairness, consistency & proper protections. The current system leaves staff with unequal pay and conditions and places unnecessary pressure on MPs.
We’re calling for a single, accountable employer for MPs’ staff to deliver fairness, consistency & proper protections. The current system leaves staff with unequal pay and conditions and places unnecessary pressure on MPs.
January 8, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This has needed to happen for a very long time. Parliament effectively runs as 650 small businesses, with all the variation in quality of employer that you’d get from 650 small businesses in the ‘real’ world. And the lack of progression of salary and career means you lose a lot of v good staff.
Tried the IStructE archive and there's a contemporary article about the building design www.istructe.org/journal/volu... but no hits for Hydro
The Construction of Exhibition Buildings - The Institution of Structural Engineers
THE object of this paper is to introduce to members a subject the study of which in
normal practice can only by its nature, occur most infrequently. The author was fortunate to be working in the offic...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Tried the IStructE archive and there's a contemporary article about the building design www.istructe.org/journal/volu... but no hits for Hydro
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I think I've got a scan of some of those articles already from @ninabake2.bsky.social !
I'll have a look though as we struggled to find out more about the hydroelectric diorama (or a pic of it) that was in the Women of Empire Pavilion - if anyone reading knows more let us know please!
I'll have a look though as we struggled to find out more about the hydroelectric diorama (or a pic of it) that was in the Women of Empire Pavilion - if anyone reading knows more let us know please!
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I think I've got a scan of some of those articles already from @ninabake2.bsky.social !
I'll have a look though as we struggled to find out more about the hydroelectric diorama (or a pic of it) that was in the Women of Empire Pavilion - if anyone reading knows more let us know please!
I'll have a look though as we struggled to find out more about the hydroelectric diorama (or a pic of it) that was in the Women of Empire Pavilion - if anyone reading knows more let us know please!
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DfT press release on footway parking.
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
New local powers to keep pavements clear for those who rely on them most
Local councils will be given the power to crack down on problem pavement parking.
www.gov.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
DfT press release on footway parking.
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The start of this academic year has been the busiest in my 25 year career. The number of students who tell their university they are disabled continues to increase exponentially. That's a good thing, but also a bad thing...🧵
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Disability in universities is both everywhere and nowhere
Despite rising disclosure rates, disability remains an “absent presence” in university culture. Holly Parrott examines why inclusion often ends up as an afterthought, and how the sector can do better ...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The start of this academic year has been the busiest in my 25 year career. The number of students who tell their university they are disabled continues to increase exponentially. That's a good thing, but also a bad thing...🧵
wonkhe.com/blogs/disabi...
wonkhe.com/blogs/disabi...
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It's shocking that Trinity Hall are considering targeting student recruitment from "elite private schools."
The University of Cambridge is a world-class institution, but access is overwhelmingly unequal 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The University of Cambridge is a world-class institution, but access is overwhelmingly unequal 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:47 AM
It's shocking that Trinity Hall are considering targeting student recruitment from "elite private schools."
The University of Cambridge is a world-class institution, but access is overwhelmingly unequal 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The University of Cambridge is a world-class institution, but access is overwhelmingly unequal 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The Electrical Age journal, available via The IET archives, includes articles promoting the #EAW contribution to the Empire Exhibition (Spring 1938) & reflecting on their Women's Work conference (Summer 1938), plus multiple mentions in editorials and branch listings www.theiet.org/membership/l...
www.theiet.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The Electrical Age journal, available via The IET archives, includes articles promoting the #EAW contribution to the Empire Exhibition (Spring 1938) & reflecting on their Women's Work conference (Summer 1938), plus multiple mentions in editorials and branch listings www.theiet.org/membership/l...
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Quite unintentionally (although not totally unexpectedly) my clearly labelled FICTION has totally captured AI search results for 'urban legends east bristol'. My guess is that it'll start to leak into 'urban legends bristol' soon, too.
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Quite unintentionally (although not totally unexpectedly) my clearly labelled FICTION has totally captured AI search results for 'urban legends east bristol'. My guess is that it'll start to leak into 'urban legends bristol' soon, too.
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Step Into 1938!
Free #3D model of the entire 1938 Empire Exhibition, delivered through #Unity. This isn’t just a digital replica; it’s a layered learning resource designed for both teaching and independent exploration.
sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/redisco...
#Glasgow #history #GBL #edTech #decolonisation
Free #3D model of the entire 1938 Empire Exhibition, delivered through #Unity. This isn’t just a digital replica; it’s a layered learning resource designed for both teaching and independent exploration.
sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/redisco...
#Glasgow #history #GBL #edTech #decolonisation
Blog Post | Glasgow School of Art | Rediscovering the Empire Exhibition of 1938 in 3D
Step back into the 1938 Empire Exhibition through an immersive 3D reconstruction of a forgotten Glasgow landmark. - Dec 24, 2025
sit.gsa.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Step Into 1938!
Free #3D model of the entire 1938 Empire Exhibition, delivered through #Unity. This isn’t just a digital replica; it’s a layered learning resource designed for both teaching and independent exploration.
sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/redisco...
#Glasgow #history #GBL #edTech #decolonisation
Free #3D model of the entire 1938 Empire Exhibition, delivered through #Unity. This isn’t just a digital replica; it’s a layered learning resource designed for both teaching and independent exploration.
sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/redisco...
#Glasgow #history #GBL #edTech #decolonisation
Interesting patterns across cohort studies though, with more children of the 70s becoming overweight as teenagers and young adults.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Changes over time in latent patterns of childhood-to-adulthood BMI development in Great Britain: evidence from three cohorts born in 1946, 1958, and 1970
Most studies on secular trends in body mass index (BMI) are cross-sectional and the few longitudinal studies have typically only investigated changes over time in mean BMI trajectories. We aimed to describe how the evolution of the obesity epidemic ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Interesting patterns across cohort studies though, with more children of the 70s becoming overweight as teenagers and young adults.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...