Charles Hay, PhD
@drcharleshay.bsky.social
Currently researching pain experiences in children and young people
Creative research method enthusiast
I read and love music and films and I draw and paint and I talk just constantly
Views my own, unless I turn out to be correct
Creative research method enthusiast
I read and love music and films and I draw and paint and I talk just constantly
Views my own, unless I turn out to be correct
Well if you’re a fan of being insanely depressed, I can certainly recommend watching Aniara. Overall a very good film but it turns out a film about a spaceship drifting into the endless void resulting in its population going mad is actually quite sad.
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Well if you’re a fan of being insanely depressed, I can certainly recommend watching Aniara. Overall a very good film but it turns out a film about a spaceship drifting into the endless void resulting in its population going mad is actually quite sad.
I have now reached the age where the person at the till ID’d me ironically.
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I have now reached the age where the person at the till ID’d me ironically.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Exciting new #Zebrafish research from the #WeinsteinLab, led by Jong Park!
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Exciting new #Zebrafish research from the #WeinsteinLab, led by Jong Park!
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
I’m rebelling against all those flags hung everywhere. Not by tearing them down, but choosing what to think.
When I see them I choose to focus on how much I love the diversity of this country. I think of my friends from immigrant families. I think of the immigrants in my family.
When I see them I choose to focus on how much I love the diversity of this country. I think of my friends from immigrant families. I think of the immigrants in my family.
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I’m rebelling against all those flags hung everywhere. Not by tearing them down, but choosing what to think.
When I see them I choose to focus on how much I love the diversity of this country. I think of my friends from immigrant families. I think of the immigrants in my family.
When I see them I choose to focus on how much I love the diversity of this country. I think of my friends from immigrant families. I think of the immigrants in my family.
Today I learned that “energy” literally means “with work”. En - with or in, ergon - work.
If you like this kind of thing, befriend me, because I unrepentantly won’t shut up about etymology.
If you like this kind of thing, befriend me, because I unrepentantly won’t shut up about etymology.
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Today I learned that “energy” literally means “with work”. En - with or in, ergon - work.
If you like this kind of thing, befriend me, because I unrepentantly won’t shut up about etymology.
If you like this kind of thing, befriend me, because I unrepentantly won’t shut up about etymology.
PSA for husbands: only 23 days before Christmas shopping day!!
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
PSA for husbands: only 23 days before Christmas shopping day!!
Think it’s a three or four hundred coffee morning
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Think it’s a three or four hundred coffee morning
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Beautiful frosty morning
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Beautiful frosty morning
Icy sunroof this morning!
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Icy sunroof this morning!
Happy Tuesday all. Here is a slimy capybara.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Happy Tuesday all. Here is a slimy capybara.
Every time I check in on Threads it’s mainly creatives arguing with bots about AI. I don’t think the Metaverse is well.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Every time I check in on Threads it’s mainly creatives arguing with bots about AI. I don’t think the Metaverse is well.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Extreme Auroras seen tonight over Montana. 🐴
Go out and look up tonight. It is expected to be even more bright and vivid tonight.
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high, green about 60–90 miles, and pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
Go out and look up tonight. It is expected to be even more bright and vivid tonight.
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high, green about 60–90 miles, and pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Extreme Auroras seen tonight over Montana. 🐴
Go out and look up tonight. It is expected to be even more bright and vivid tonight.
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high, green about 60–90 miles, and pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
Go out and look up tonight. It is expected to be even more bright and vivid tonight.
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high, green about 60–90 miles, and pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
Further sunset delightfulness in Lymm. These amazing clear skies followed a day of torrential rain and hail. Really feels like nature got some big feelings out of its system.
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Further sunset delightfulness in Lymm. These amazing clear skies followed a day of torrential rain and hail. Really feels like nature got some big feelings out of its system.
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
Black Friday emails just piling up. I don’t want to buy stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Black Friday emails just piling up. I don’t want to buy stuff.
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This past summer in Newport. 6”x6” oil
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This past summer in Newport. 6”x6” oil
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Tall Trees Soaring. #autumnvibes #forestphotography #treescape #goldenhour #naturelover #fallcolors #canopy #woodland #naturephotography #scenicview #autumnleaves #smartphonephotography #photography
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Another older watercolour drawing showing St Edward's Passage in Cambridge next to the Arts Theatre and David's Bookshop when it had a shop on that side of the church (now it only has one on the other side)
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another older watercolour drawing showing St Edward's Passage in Cambridge next to the Arts Theatre and David's Bookshop when it had a shop on that side of the church (now it only has one on the other side)
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
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Let's have another Robin photo, this friendly one was saying "hi" to me....or having a scratch ;)
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Let's have another Robin photo, this friendly one was saying "hi" to me....or having a scratch ;)
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
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My painting DAIRY COWS
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My painting DAIRY COWS
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Gorgeous colours in the sky right now in Lymm. Photos don’t do it justice. It’s glowing amber. Absolutely something else.
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gorgeous colours in the sky right now in Lymm. Photos don’t do it justice. It’s glowing amber. Absolutely something else.