BranMcCann
@branmccann.bsky.social
31 year-old Research Team Lead (he / him) from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason.
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1960s San Francisco is remembered as the capital of gay liberation, but it also saw the birth of #conversiontherapy.
🔓 Chris Babits’ new History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
🔓 Chris Babits’ new History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
Kent Philpott and the Origins of Conversion Therapy
www.historytoday.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
1960s San Francisco is remembered as the capital of gay liberation, but it also saw the birth of #conversiontherapy.
🔓 Chris Babits’ new History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
🔓 Chris Babits’ new History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
A fascinating discussion featuring Prof. Brendan Kelly on lifelong brain development. It offered more food for thought than I expected — literally and figuratively.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
“Adolescence lasts til age 32 in the brain” - Prof Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, joins Brendan to explain how the brain develops over the decades and why 32 is a crucial age for the brain’s re-wiring.
www.rte.ie
January 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
A fascinating discussion featuring Prof. Brendan Kelly on lifelong brain development. It offered more food for thought than I expected — literally and figuratively.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Appreciate @nickmcslghtn.bsky.social for teaching me about the acronym T.R.A.S.H. — Transphobic, Racist, Ableist, Sexist, or Homophobic. A useful way to name harmful behaviour clearly.
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Appreciate @nickmcslghtn.bsky.social for teaching me about the acronym T.R.A.S.H. — Transphobic, Racist, Ableist, Sexist, or Homophobic. A useful way to name harmful behaviour clearly.
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Job opportunity for Curatorial Fellow with interest in working with archival or oral history collections to help build a robust digitized collection for our signature History of Molecular Biology Collection
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel... and www.sciencehistory.org/about/projec...
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel... and www.sciencehistory.org/about/projec...
Curatorial Fellowship Application
www.sciencehistory.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Job opportunity for Curatorial Fellow with interest in working with archival or oral history collections to help build a robust digitized collection for our signature History of Molecular Biology Collection
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel... and www.sciencehistory.org/about/projec...
www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel... and www.sciencehistory.org/about/projec...
The Eurovision 2026 Semi-Final Draw took place this evening in Vienna. Great to see Cesár Sampson back on hosting duties after representing Austria in 2018. Semi-Final One is looking incredibly strong — looking forward to this year’s contest.
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Eurovision 2026 Semi-Final Draw took place this evening in Vienna. Great to see Cesár Sampson back on hosting duties after representing Austria in 2018. Semi-Final One is looking incredibly strong — looking forward to this year’s contest.
If you are someone like me who has struggled with posting on social media out of fear of showing vulnerability, then I couldn't recommend this article more highly by Times Higher Education: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/beyon...
Beyond overexposure: how academics can reclaim agency on LinkedIn
As LinkedIn shifts from online CV to personal branding stage, Jasmine Mohsen explores how scholars can reclaim agency, set boundaries and build sustainable digital identities without succumbing to ove...
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
If you are someone like me who has struggled with posting on social media out of fear of showing vulnerability, then I couldn't recommend this article more highly by Times Higher Education: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/beyon...
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM