Dr Sandra Austin
@sandracaustin.bsky.social
Educator. Scientist. Gardener. Cyclist.
Sustainability Lead, @MIE
Sustainability Lead, @MIE
Age yourself with gaming
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Age yourself with gaming
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There is always money for the consultants. No matter how much “austerity.” Always always always.
"Outsourcing our flagship state university’s future to drop-in budget consultants is not the way forward" -- Jeffrey Dudas, President of UConn AAUP @uconnaaup.bsky.social
Opinion: UConn's administration should consult its own experts
Genuine collaboration and shared governance - not outside consultants - should guide the decisions of a major university.
ctmirror.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
There is always money for the consultants. No matter how much “austerity.” Always always always.
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
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The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
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One for primary geographers in particular events.oup.com/oup-edu-glob...
Discovering a sense of place: The value of place-based learning
We look forward to welcoming you on this webinar, make sure you don’t miss out by registering above. On completion of the webinar, you will receive a certificate of attendance and will have the opport...
events.oup.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
One for primary geographers in particular events.oup.com/oup-edu-glob...
A thing of beauty. Free!
🌟 The November 2025 edition of The Evening Sky Map is ready for download at skymaps.com/tesm/. The PDF features a Sky Calendar and easy-to-use sky maps for the northern and southern hemispheres, as well as equatorial regions. Please share, and enjoy exploring the Universe! 🔭
#stargazing #space
#stargazing #space
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A thing of beauty. Free!
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Timeline cleanse: I present a series of photos of irritated animals
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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SgtPepper montage 10 years project is go.
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
SgtPepper montage 10 years project is go.
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
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🔥 COACH SULLY: “Let’s see what $4.3 TRILLION looks like when each party gets their hands on it… the oligarchs are laughing all the way to the bank (with Republicans)…”
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🔥 COACH SULLY: “Let’s see what $4.3 TRILLION looks like when each party gets their hands on it… the oligarchs are laughing all the way to the bank (with Republicans)…”
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A Brief History of Halloween Isn’t Fun Anymore
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October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A Brief History of Halloween Isn’t Fun Anymore
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Sgt Pepper 10 years commemorative book project is in for review with Kickstarter… Click the notify me button if you wish to be notified… #sgtpepperX10
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
Coming soon: A Decade in the LIves
Ten years of Sgt Pepper celebrity tribute montages
www.kickstarter.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sgt Pepper 10 years commemorative book project is in for review with Kickstarter… Click the notify me button if you wish to be notified… #sgtpepperX10
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
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The CHERISH webmap is now live!
Here’s an exciting new tool we've been working on – all the CHERISH Project data that's archived in the @dri.ie can now be accessed through the interactive webmap on our website: buff.ly/SMHhq01
You can see where we worked and find out what we did
Here’s an exciting new tool we've been working on – all the CHERISH Project data that's archived in the @dri.ie can now be accessed through the interactive webmap on our website: buff.ly/SMHhq01
You can see where we worked and find out what we did
Access our Data - The Discovery Programme
On this page you will find data from Discovery Programme projects that has been securely archived with the Digital Repository of Ireland and made available for re-use.
discoveryprogramme.ie
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The CHERISH webmap is now live!
Here’s an exciting new tool we've been working on – all the CHERISH Project data that's archived in the @dri.ie can now be accessed through the interactive webmap on our website: buff.ly/SMHhq01
You can see where we worked and find out what we did
Here’s an exciting new tool we've been working on – all the CHERISH Project data that's archived in the @dri.ie can now be accessed through the interactive webmap on our website: buff.ly/SMHhq01
You can see where we worked and find out what we did
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The most important thing universities should do in a world with AI is to greatly increase the number of professors, so that classes can be smaller and more class time can be spent directly interacting with students as people.
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The most important thing universities should do in a world with AI is to greatly increase the number of professors, so that classes can be smaller and more class time can be spent directly interacting with students as people.
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So honoured to write a short piece with @shanedbergin.bsky.social in the 10th Anniversary edition of ‘The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy’ by Drs Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber.
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
So honoured to write a short piece with @shanedbergin.bsky.social in the 10th Anniversary edition of ‘The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy’ by Drs Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber.
Gorgeous thread ❤️ Philly love.
PHILLY
I stepped out to walk across Philly last night and get a sense of things. City Hall always captures me here, Philadelphia has maintained its European layout and much of its early architecture.
I stepped out to walk across Philly last night and get a sense of things. City Hall always captures me here, Philadelphia has maintained its European layout and much of its early architecture.
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Gorgeous thread ❤️ Philly love.
I wish I could go to this, but, in the ultimate irony, I will be in the UK for the entirety of B. Bilston’s visit to Ireland. 🤦🏻♀️
My short tour of Ireland starts tomorrow night in Belfast. 300 tickets sold, with 100 still up for grabs for anyone who’s nearby and fancies it.
After that, it’s Dublin, Limerick & Derry.
Tickets here: brianbilston.com/events/
PS I have some book news to share with you tomorrow.
After that, it’s Dublin, Limerick & Derry.
Tickets here: brianbilston.com/events/
PS I have some book news to share with you tomorrow.
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I wish I could go to this, but, in the ultimate irony, I will be in the UK for the entirety of B. Bilston’s visit to Ireland. 🤦🏻♀️
Great stuff…
The old bridge that links the twin towns of Killaloe in Co Clare and Ballina in Co Tipperary will close permanently to vehicular traffic from Friday and operate as a pedestrian and cycle link across the River Shannon
Permanent pedestrianisation of old Clare-Tipperary bridge
The old bridge that links the twin towns of Killaloe in Co Clare and Ballina in Co Tipperary will close permanently to vehicular traffic from Friday and operate as a pedestrian and cycle link across t...
www.rte.ie
October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Great stuff…
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An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
@dannagal.bsky.social ? Don’t want to make you too jealous, but…
October 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@dannagal.bsky.social ? Don’t want to make you too jealous, but…
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Giving students thoughtful, personalized feedback and instruction is not a problem that originates from the difficulty for an instructor to generate feedback, it is a problem that originates from institutions pivoting to student:instructor ratios where that dynamic is not logistically feasible.
September 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Giving students thoughtful, personalized feedback and instruction is not a problem that originates from the difficulty for an instructor to generate feedback, it is a problem that originates from institutions pivoting to student:instructor ratios where that dynamic is not logistically feasible.
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The thing regular people don’t often grasp about ‘academic freedom’ is that if you don’t allow experts to research & teach in their fields of expertise, guided by their professional judgment & decades of training, you have effectively given up on the concept of knowledge & shut down your university
Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.
September 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Fun night ahead!
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fun night ahead!
Wowsers.
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Wowsers.