Charlie
@sfarleycharlie.bsky.social
Open Education and Playful Engagement at University of Edinburgh.
📚 Open Librarian 🃏 Playful Learner 🎲 Educational gamer
Queer 🏳️🌈 | She/Her/Ms | Aussie Scot 🇦🇺 🏴
Board & RPGamer, #Endometriosis, #TransRights
📚 Open Librarian 🃏 Playful Learner 🎲 Educational gamer
Queer 🏳️🌈 | She/Her/Ms | Aussie Scot 🇦🇺 🏴
Board & RPGamer, #Endometriosis, #TransRights
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Celebrate Women in Climate & Earth Sciences with us tonight! 5-7pm @ G.03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh
Hear about the remarkable contributions of women in climate and earth sciences from leading voices in research, policy and public engagement.
#AdaLovelaceDay
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Hear about the remarkable contributions of women in climate and earth sciences from leading voices in research, policy and public engagement.
#AdaLovelaceDay
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ada-lovela...
October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Celebrate Women in Climate & Earth Sciences with us tonight! 5-7pm @ G.03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh
Hear about the remarkable contributions of women in climate and earth sciences from leading voices in research, policy and public engagement.
#AdaLovelaceDay
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ada-lovela...
Hear about the remarkable contributions of women in climate and earth sciences from leading voices in research, policy and public engagement.
#AdaLovelaceDay
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ada-lovela...
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The 8th October marks International Lesbian Day.
Celebrated in New Zealand since 1980 and Australia since 1990, it is now an International day designed to highlight the issues faced by lesbians and to recognise and celebrate their achievements and experiences.
Celebrated in New Zealand since 1980 and Australia since 1990, it is now an International day designed to highlight the issues faced by lesbians and to recognise and celebrate their achievements and experiences.
October 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The 8th October marks International Lesbian Day.
Celebrated in New Zealand since 1980 and Australia since 1990, it is now an International day designed to highlight the issues faced by lesbians and to recognise and celebrate their achievements and experiences.
Celebrated in New Zealand since 1980 and Australia since 1990, it is now an International day designed to highlight the issues faced by lesbians and to recognise and celebrate their achievements and experiences.
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For UK Black History Month we’ve curated a selection of some excellent open educational resources created by our staff and students on Black History in the UK.
Go and check them out!
#OER #BHM #BHM25 #BlackHistoryMonth #ScottishHistory #BritishHistory #AcademicSky
open.ed.ac.uk/black-histor...
Go and check them out!
#OER #BHM #BHM25 #BlackHistoryMonth #ScottishHistory #BritishHistory #AcademicSky
open.ed.ac.uk/black-histor...
Black History Month UK 2025 – Resources
Black History Month UK is an annual event that celebrates the achievements of black Britons and people of colour throughout history. In order to highlight this history we've curated a selection of o...
open.ed.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For UK Black History Month we’ve curated a selection of some excellent open educational resources created by our staff and students on Black History in the UK.
Go and check them out!
#OER #BHM #BHM25 #BlackHistoryMonth #ScottishHistory #BritishHistory #AcademicSky
open.ed.ac.uk/black-histor...
Go and check them out!
#OER #BHM #BHM25 #BlackHistoryMonth #ScottishHistory #BritishHistory #AcademicSky
open.ed.ac.uk/black-histor...
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Come celebrate achievements of Women in STEM with us this Ada Lovelace Day.
Learn about women in Archaeology, Engineering, Geoscience, Comp Sci & more!
edin.ac/ada2025
@morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social @edinunimaths.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social
Learn about women in Archaeology, Engineering, Geoscience, Comp Sci & more!
edin.ac/ada2025
@morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social @edinunimaths.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Come celebrate achievements of Women in STEM with us this Ada Lovelace Day.
Learn about women in Archaeology, Engineering, Geoscience, Comp Sci & more!
edin.ac/ada2025
@morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social @edinunimaths.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social
Learn about women in Archaeology, Engineering, Geoscience, Comp Sci & more!
edin.ac/ada2025
@morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social @edinunimaths.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
🤔 🕶️
So you know how the only way to escape the matrix was via hard line pay phones?
And how it’s harder and harder to find a pay phone?
And as pay phones got rarer life started fucking us over more?
And how it’s harder and harder to find a pay phone?
And as pay phones got rarer life started fucking us over more?
September 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🤔 🕶️
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I like it when people correct Einstein misquotes with actual quotes from Einstein being excellent.
September 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I like it when people correct Einstein misquotes with actual quotes from Einstein being excellent.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
So pretty.
Published in Tokyo the 'Moyo Hinagata Nanba no ume' (1886) is a Kimono pattern book or Hinagata-bon, literally meaning design prints.
Printed on double leaves and illustrated with coloured woodcuts.
#OER #History #Textiles #Japan
@edunilibraries.bsky.social
www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200...
Printed on double leaves and illustrated with coloured woodcuts.
#OER #History #Textiles #Japan
@edunilibraries.bsky.social
www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200...
Moyo Hinagata Nanba no ume, Vol.2, 1886
Call Number - 0012589
www.europeana.eu
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So pretty.
Yes. Good. This is what I love about the interwebs.
If you mash the audio example buttons on the wikipedia page for the IPA vowel sounds you can create a choir of mildly disgusted men
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Yes. Good. This is what I love about the interwebs.
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Teach outs this week by @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social Learn more about the branch and the strike to defend jobs and oppose cuts #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Teach outs this week by @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social Learn more about the branch and the strike to defend jobs and oppose cuts #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
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“We don’t see how the university can continue to provide quality education to students with drastic reductions in staff. Management does not appear to be listening—students may [be] able to insist they do.” Sophia Woodman UCU Edinburgh President
Edinburgh University spends thousands on chancellors bills while staff fear redundancy
The UCU have called the chancellor's perks a 'slap in the face' to striking staff
thetab.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“We don’t see how the university can continue to provide quality education to students with drastic reductions in staff. Management does not appear to be listening—students may [be] able to insist they do.” Sophia Woodman UCU Edinburgh President
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Pickets across @edinburghuni.bsky.social campus this morning opposing £140million cuts and up to 1,800 jobs going, including by compulsory redundancies #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
September 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Pickets across @edinburghuni.bsky.social campus this morning opposing £140million cuts and up to 1,800 jobs going, including by compulsory redundancies #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
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Busy @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social picket lines this morning at Edinburgh University with staff striking to defend jobs and oppose the biggest cuts seen in Scottish higher education #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
September 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Busy @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social picket lines this morning at Edinburgh University with staff striking to defend jobs and oppose the biggest cuts seen in Scottish higher education #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
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📢 We're launching a new training project to help young people spot and challenge disinformation online.
In partnership with @cilipscotland.bsky.social, @youngscot.bsky.social, thanks to support from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.
Find out more more: theferret.scot/the-ferret-h...
In partnership with @cilipscotland.bsky.social, @youngscot.bsky.social, thanks to support from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.
Find out more more: theferret.scot/the-ferret-h...
The Ferret helps young people to tackle disinformation in new training project
Young people in Scotland will be empowered to challenge disinformation thanks to a new project from The Ferret, CILIPS and Young Scot.
theferret.scot
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
📢 We're launching a new training project to help young people spot and challenge disinformation online.
In partnership with @cilipscotland.bsky.social, @youngscot.bsky.social, thanks to support from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.
Find out more more: theferret.scot/the-ferret-h...
In partnership with @cilipscotland.bsky.social, @youngscot.bsky.social, thanks to support from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.
Find out more more: theferret.scot/the-ferret-h...
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You can Marie Kondo people too
August 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You can Marie Kondo people too
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We can’t have an accurate conversation about trans identity
August 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We can’t have an accurate conversation about trans identity
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I do love a good dinosaur mystery. 🦕
Another fab #OER by one of our Geoscience Outreach students.
Another fab #OER by one of our Geoscience Outreach students.
“Extinction Expedition” invites learners (aged 11 - 14) to use real evidence, historical hypotheses, and scientific thinking to piece together what may have caused the extinction of dinosaurs. 🦕
3x 1hr workshops.
#Biodiversity #Interdependence
#OER #BackToSchool #EduSky
open.ed.ac.uk/extinction-e...
3x 1hr workshops.
#Biodiversity #Interdependence
#OER #BackToSchool #EduSky
open.ed.ac.uk/extinction-e...
Extinction Expedition: Myths and Fossils TES OER
Where did all the dinosaurs go? The “Extinction Expedition” project invites learners to explore the history, mystery, and legacy of the dinosaurs in a hands-on and imaginative way. Through three wor...
open.ed.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I do love a good dinosaur mystery. 🦕
Another fab #OER by one of our Geoscience Outreach students.
Another fab #OER by one of our Geoscience Outreach students.
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People who are not good people frequently want to believe the artists and creators they idolize hold the same opinions and positions they do, and get very shirty when they are told by informed sources that they are in fact very wrong about that
He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
August 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
People who are not good people frequently want to believe the artists and creators they idolize hold the same opinions and positions they do, and get very shirty when they are told by informed sources that they are in fact very wrong about that
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Why would you take a spreadsheet which can do hundreds of correct calculations near instantly and shove in some AI so now it can be slow and wrong?
Put down the shiny thing and back away slowly.
Put down the shiny thing and back away slowly.
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Why would you take a spreadsheet which can do hundreds of correct calculations near instantly and shove in some AI so now it can be slow and wrong?
Put down the shiny thing and back away slowly.
Put down the shiny thing and back away slowly.
I've been living in Scotland for nearing two decades and these stories still knock me for six.
Paper is #OA and #OER on a #CClicence.
Paper is #OA and #OER on a #CClicence.
Medieval remains and the Blackfriars Monastery's foundations were uncovered near the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute construction site, near the School in 2020. Discover more: edin.ac/4lzsPQO
#History #Classics #Archaeology #Medievalmonday #MonasteryMonday #ExtraordinaryEdinburgh
#History #Classics #Archaeology #Medievalmonday #MonasteryMonday #ExtraordinaryEdinburgh
August 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I've been living in Scotland for nearing two decades and these stories still knock me for six.
Paper is #OA and #OER on a #CClicence.
Paper is #OA and #OER on a #CClicence.
The awkward horror of being perceived. Especially by love.
“You told me to show you something worth seeing. I show you yourself.”
August 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The awkward horror of being perceived. Especially by love.
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It's #WorldElephantDay 🐘 so here's some faves from our CRC collections.
Photograph of the Bengal state elephant, "The Begum" with son, "Wee Macgregor" next to a barn in India in the early 20th century.
#OER
www.europeana.eu/item/9200272...
Photograph of the Bengal state elephant, "The Begum" with son, "Wee Macgregor" next to a barn in India in the early 20th century.
#OER
www.europeana.eu/item/9200272...
Roslin Glass Slides
Shelf Mark - 53430
www.europeana.eu
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It's #WorldElephantDay 🐘 so here's some faves from our CRC collections.
Photograph of the Bengal state elephant, "The Begum" with son, "Wee Macgregor" next to a barn in India in the early 20th century.
#OER
www.europeana.eu/item/9200272...
Photograph of the Bengal state elephant, "The Begum" with son, "Wee Macgregor" next to a barn in India in the early 20th century.
#OER
www.europeana.eu/item/9200272...