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| Éireann | @rinnywee.bsky.social · Nov 12
Exploring patients' lives in the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum (1890-1913) for my PhD! Uncovering stories of mental health and shifting views on care. Honoured to share these voices.

#HistMed #AcademicTwitter #PhDLife #SocialHistory #HistoryOfPsychiatry #AsylumStudies
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.

Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
mtsw.bsky.social mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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magicnotwitches.bsky.social
✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Strike fatigue is real. Especially when we continue to see that strike action doesn't give any real results.
davehitchcock.bsky.social Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 1d
Unfortunately the HE 2025 ballot failed at 39% turnout. I have written about why and about what desperately needs to change in UCU's national structures off the back of this result. Some HEC members need to chi up and understand their role in all this, and how disconnected they are from members.
The HE Ballot failed, now what?
If you’re reading this it is because today the UCU’s 2025 national ballot over pay and conditions in universities has failed. The last time…
hitchcockian.medium.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
Photo of two spades against a white surface, the metal blade part has been cut into lace like patterns
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Travelling
A person sits on a wooden bench with one leg crossed, wearing blue jeans and black boots with yellow stitching. Next to them is a purple paisley-patterned suitcase. A luggage tag on the suitcase reads “DON’T TOUCH MY SHIT” in bold white letters. The ground is a smooth, speckled concrete surface.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
@tripeuk.bsky.social so glad I found you guys 😍😍😍
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
This could be any number of people I know on here...
A Facebook post from the page “Dull Men’s Centre” reads: “When I was in my teens I used to write letters to the Guardian (a British newspaper) under the name Amos Goodge and pretended to be a crotchety 53 year old. I’m 53 next year and am thinking of starting again but writing as an outraged 16 year old.”
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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nateo.bsky.social
I hate to pull the immigrant card, but as an immigrant, it feels awful when elected MPs say I ‘need to go home’ and propose stripping me and all other immigrants of all our legal rights to live here. No, anywhere immigrants move is their home. The UK is my home.
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?

Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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olil.bsky.social
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
A picture of a foggy street
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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rickburin.bsky.social
A few thoughts on High Noon, the film for our times. boxd.it/biZCvt
A ★★★★★ review of High Noon (1952)
Sort of a classic Western, sort of a psychological thriller, but above all a profound treatise on hypocrisy, cowardice and duty. For that reason, it is probably more relevant now than at any time sinc...
boxd.it
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Current status of the thesis.
Oh shit, I might actually get this done! #phd
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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thephdpeople.com
You won’t remember most of the papers you read.
However, you’ll remember who made you feel like you could keep going.

#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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themerl.bsky.social
peace was never an option
The cover of a book titled 'MAKING THE DOVECOTE PAY' by Marion Cran
August 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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ottomanhistory.bsky.social
🎞️ Oldest Video of Istanbul, 1897 (View of the Galata Bridge from a Steamship)
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Dearest @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, unfortunately Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep is OUT!
@romanpalace.bsky.social
Circular hypocaust system on display at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, showing a partially reconstructed Roman underfloor heating structure. The floor tiles are supported by evenly spaced stacks of round ceramic discs (pilae), revealing the open space beneath where hot air would circulate to warm the room above. The surrounding area includes excavated earth and remnants of the original flooring.
June 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Dearest @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, unfortunately Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep is OUT!
@romanpalace.bsky.social
Circular hypocaust system on display at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, showing a partially reconstructed Roman underfloor heating structure. The floor tiles are supported by evenly spaced stacks of round ceramic discs (pilae), revealing the open space beneath where hot air would circulate to warm the room above. The surrounding area includes excavated earth and remnants of the original flooring.
June 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Hey @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, Perge is also off your to visit list...
@romanpalace.bsky.social
Remains of a Roman hypocaust heating system in the Perge Ancient City, Turkey. The image shows a rectangular underground chamber with rows of short, square brick pillars that once supported the floor of a bathhouse or heated room. The surrounding stone and brick walls are partially intact, and remnants of floor tiles and heating channels are visible on the ground.
June 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Guess what, @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@romanpalace.bsky.social
A partially overgrown Roman hypocaust system, showing small brick pillars that once supported a raised floor for underfloor heating. The ancient structure is weathered and surrounded by green vegetation, including fig and vine plants, with some broken stone slabs scattered nearby. The background reveals a crumbling stone wall and signs of archaeological decay. Aphrodisias, Turkey
June 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Somewhere else you can't go in Turkey @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@romanpalace.bsky.social #ephesus
Ancient Roman ruins showing a hypocaust system with rows of short, cylindrical brick pillars used to support a raised floor. The surrounding walls are made of weathered stone and brick, partially crumbled, revealing the archaeological structure of the thermal heating system once used in bathhouses or villas. Ephesus, Turkey.
June 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
İstanbul. Seni çok seviyorum.

#istanbul #turkey #turkiye
Alt text: View of the Istanbul skyline from the water, showcasing the domes and minarets of the historic New Mosque (Yeni Camii) in the foreground, with the iconic Hagia Sophia visible in the background. Several passenger ferries and boats are docked along the waterfront, and the cityscape is filled with a mix of Ottoman and modern architecture under a clear blue sky.
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
The last couple of days #istanbul
June 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Found another hypocaust for @durotrigesdig.bsky.social not to stand in... @romanpalace.bsky.social
Don't bother coming to Istanbul, mate...
June 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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southdownsnp.bsky.social
A very good omen for Small Blue butterflies.

Kidney Vetch is the sole foodplant for the larvae of Small Blues - the UK's smallest butterfly.

Seeing this flower in abundance on the chalk grassland bodes well for the species.
The yellow petal rattle-like top of the kidney vetch plant
May 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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rachellense.bsky.social
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖
A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM