Jo Sharp 🏳️🌈🏴🇪🇺
@profjosharp.bsky.social
Geographer, feminist, bidie-in, unapologetic sci-fi nerd (she/her).
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Teaching all day today so not marching (also would be limping not marching anyway!) but seeing families heading to family #pride & enjoying the pleasure they’re getting from my T-shirt. Thanks again @profjosharp.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Teaching all day today so not marching (also would be limping not marching anyway!) but seeing families heading to family #pride & enjoying the pleasure they’re getting from my T-shirt. Thanks again @profjosharp.bsky.social
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A different kind of book event on Sunday - joined @profjosharp.bsky.social, @valmcdermid.bsky.social, Makar Peter Mackay, Harry Watkins & Rebekah Widdowfield, in discussion for Rewrite the Future at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, imagining Scotland's possible futures! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JnI...
July 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A different kind of book event on Sunday - joined @profjosharp.bsky.social, @valmcdermid.bsky.social, Makar Peter Mackay, Harry Watkins & Rebekah Widdowfield, in discussion for Rewrite the Future at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, imagining Scotland's possible futures! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JnI...
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Really looking forward to joining @profjosharp.bsky.social, @valmcdermid.bsky.social and others to reflect on Imagine a Country and our hopes for Scotland's future 5 years on from the book's publication! 29th June in St Andrews and Online! Book signing too 🏴📚
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In conversation: Rewrite the Future -- Imagine a country
Join the Museums Learning and Access team for an afternoon of conversation and reflection inspired by the book Imagine a
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May 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Really looking forward to joining @profjosharp.bsky.social, @valmcdermid.bsky.social and others to reflect on Imagine a Country and our hopes for Scotland's future 5 years on from the book's publication! 29th June in St Andrews and Online! Book signing too 🏴📚
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Crime writer Val McDermid spotted in the crowd at today's Edinburgh Pride parade 🌈
June 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Crime writer Val McDermid spotted in the crowd at today's Edinburgh Pride parade 🌈
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Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
June 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
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The CDC has literally been gutted today.
There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.
Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.
1/
There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.
Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.
1/
April 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The CDC has literally been gutted today.
There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.
Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.
1/
There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.
Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.
1/
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Join us for the Sylvia Chant lecture 2025 - Prof Jo Sharp will reflect on empowerment and international development over 25 years drawing on her research in Egypt and Tanzania.
LSE Monday 31st March 6.30pm
Details 👇🏻
@profjosharp.bsky.social
LSE Monday 31st March 6.30pm
Details 👇🏻
@profjosharp.bsky.social
Agents of change? The challenges of understanding empowerment through international development
6.30pm Mon 31 Mar | Jo Sharp | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Join us for the Sylvia Chant lecture 2025 - Prof Jo Sharp will reflect on empowerment and international development over 25 years drawing on her research in Egypt and Tanzania.
LSE Monday 31st March 6.30pm
Details 👇🏻
@profjosharp.bsky.social
LSE Monday 31st March 6.30pm
Details 👇🏻
@profjosharp.bsky.social
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Very pleased to have the support of Prof Jo Sharp, Geographer Royal of Scotland, for our petition to give the Clyde & other rivers the rights of legal personhood 🩵💚💧
Yes! This has worked well in other countries. Sign now 👇👇👇
Our Who Owns the Clyde citizen investigation has taken a bold new step. Please, if you're minded to do so, sign our petition to the Scottish Parliament to grant Scottish rivers including the Clyde, the right to legal personhood 🌊
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December 14, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Very pleased to have the support of Prof Jo Sharp, Geographer Royal of Scotland, for our petition to give the Clyde & other rivers the rights of legal personhood 🩵💚💧
Yes! This has worked well in other countries. Sign now 👇👇👇
Our Who Owns the Clyde citizen investigation has taken a bold new step. Please, if you're minded to do so, sign our petition to the Scottish Parliament to grant Scottish rivers including the Clyde, the right to legal personhood 🌊
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Grant Scottish rivers, including the River Clyde, the legal right to personhood
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to grant the River Clyde, and potentially other rivers in Scotland, the legal right to personhood by:
* adopting the Universal Decla...
petitions.parliament.scot
December 14, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Yes! This has worked well in other countries. Sign now 👇👇👇
Preparations underway…”Where did our book journey begin?”
December 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Preparations underway…”Where did our book journey begin?”
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For those wanting to follow the fabulous Val McDermid, this is her handle: @valmcdermid.bsky.social (NOT @val-mcdemid01.bsky.social which is a fake!)
November 24, 2024 at 1:08 PM
For those wanting to follow the fabulous Val McDermid, this is her handle: @valmcdermid.bsky.social (NOT @val-mcdemid01.bsky.social which is a fake!)
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This is maddening if you use MS word to write books. Opt out to stop them using your writing to train A.I. Please share.
How to turn off MS Word scraping your writing to train its AI medium.com/illumination...
MS Word is Using You to Train AI
How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents
medium.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:02 PM
This is maddening if you use MS word to write books. Opt out to stop them using your writing to train A.I. Please share.
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Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
November 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
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First blue sky post! Hello to old & new friends & colleagues. Here's to flying kites & dodging lightning ⚡️
November 17, 2024 at 4:34 PM
First blue sky post! Hello to old & new friends & colleagues. Here's to flying kites & dodging lightning ⚡️
The fabulous @valmcdermid.bsky.social has only gone and whisked me away to Copenhagen for my birthday weekend.
November 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM
The fabulous @valmcdermid.bsky.social has only gone and whisked me away to Copenhagen for my birthday weekend.
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What will it take for Keir Starmer to stop UK arms sales to Israel?
November 15, 2024 at 12:31 PM
What will it take for Keir Starmer to stop UK arms sales to Israel?
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@profjosharp.bsky.social I just joined Bluesky only to find there’s already a fake ‘valmcdemid-01’ with my pic! So if anybody’s following them, feel free to abandon them for the real thing!
November 14, 2024 at 5:44 PM
@profjosharp.bsky.social I just joined Bluesky only to find there’s already a fake ‘valmcdemid-01’ with my pic! So if anybody’s following them, feel free to abandon them for the real thing!