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Dr Naomi Jacobs
@ladylark.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking based at @Imaginationlanc.bsky.social, researching technology and society, and sometimes fandom. @blackarchive.co.uk author. She/her.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2079-1658
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I saw your mention of it before getting dressed, then completely forgot, but despite that ended up as a leek regardless.
A selfie taken in a mirror, showing a person wearing a green jumper and white trousers. Only very conceptually resembling a leek.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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What to do on lazy Sunday morning when you have leftover creme fraiche and lots of mushrooms in the fridge? Make fresh pasta from scratch, of course.

Not bad for only my second go with this pasta machine!
A bowl of handmade egg taglietelle with a mushroom sauce, topped with grated parmesan.
October 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Feels like timeline synchrony
A screenshot of two bluesky posts together in the feed. The top one is by Madeline, with two images of Taf looking blissful while being petted. The second one is by WHAT A FUCKING RECORD and is two images from Kate Bush's Hounds of Love album, with Kate and some dogs looking equally blissful.
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Hah! Maybe more like...
A picture of the Mammalians Nurturable office in Severence. Inside a large warehouse type space with a white ceiling studded with halogen lights, is an undulating grass-covered field full of goats, and in the middle, a small office desk and workstation and three people.
August 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Just for the record, this came out *really* well...
A bowl of bright green ice cream
August 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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I'm not conscientious enough to post/review every book I read, but here are some I've particularly enjoyed over the past few months (as I clear out my 'recently read' shelf to the main bookcases).

(Deleted and reposted because I made a typo *and* missed one of the books in the alt text)
A stack of books, from top to bottom: The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison Nemesis by Lindsey Davis (actually standing in for the whole Didius Falco series) Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells Prince Ivan by Peter Morwood (#GNUPeterMorwood) The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson Agrippina by Emma Southon City of All Seasons by Oliver Langmead and Aliya Whiteley Perilous Times by Thomas D Lee The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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With alt text and source: www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/dat...
It took a team of seven builders six months, 150 tonnes of sandstone bricks, 15 tonnes of lime mortar and 26 tonnes of plaster – all mixed by hand – 1,500 hand-cut timber joints and 2,600 hand-cut roof tiles to create the house, based on a real building excavated at Wroxeter, which was once the fourth largest city in Roman Britain and is now an archaeology visitor attraction in the care of English Heritage. The workers, more used to plasterboard and plastic windows, had no experience of traditional techniques. A Channel 4 series, Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day, tracked their steep learning curve – and the running battle of the wheelbarrow. The builders were incredulous when Evans insisted that, however advanced their plumbing and road-building, the Romans had no wheelbarrows, so everything had to be carried on to the site by hand. The builders kept smuggling in wheelbarrows; he kept throwing them out. When the roof boards were on, they wrote in giant letters “Romans had wheelbarrows” – now covered by the shingles. “They absolutely did not have wheelbarrows,” Evans said. “I’ve done a lot of work on this now. They had wheelbarrows in China, but there is no record, drawing or evidence for a wheelbarrow anywhere in the Roman empire. The first reference I can find is Isidore of Seville, and that’s in the seventh century – centuries after our house.”
July 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Lovely evening for a walk.
A view over a green field with a small pond. In the midground, some white cattle are grazing. On the horizon, rising above the treeline, can be seen the Cathedral spire, and the dome of the Ashton Memorial. The sky is full of gently swirling clouds coloured slightly by the approaching sunset.
July 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Really great afternoon meeting with the brilliant design professionals on the new Advisory Board for our Design courses, and now getting to enjoy all the fantastic student work at the LICA Festival!
A speaker with a microphone presents in front of a screen which shows the logo of the LICA Festival and its details: Architecture, Design, Film, Fine Art, Theatre. Opening Night: 18th June 2025 18:00-20:30. Exhibition: 19th-25th June 10:00-16:00
June 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Sharing on behalf of colleagues: Lancaster University Library is looking to commission an artist to create a mural to promote its new Graphic Novels Collection. Deadline for applications this Friday (20th June), details here: tr.ee/JKSl7cv-Ei
A promotional poster with the Lancaster University Library logo styled as a comic panel: Calling all artists! The library is commissioning a mural to celebrate and promote its new Graphic Novels Collection! Paid opportunity. Submission Deadline: Friday 20th June. QR code links to url https://tr.ee/JKSl7cv-Ei
June 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Today's reading on this Glorious 25th of May.
#GNUTerryPratchett
A copy of the new Penguin Classics edition of Terry Pratchett's Night Watch, with a greyscale cover on a grey background. Next to the book is a metal pin badge, a stylised lilac coloured ribbon loop with a sprig of lilac that has a bright green stalk. 'Terry Pratchett' is written across the top of the ribbon
May 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Colleagues of mine are seeking to commission a graphic novel that captures their research project's findings.

Commission value £24,000, application deadline 7th May

To apply: Send CV and portfolio to reimagining@lancaster.ac.uk

Further details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nuri-k...
Reimagining Research Practices Call for Artists and Creatives! The Reimagining Research Practices project at Lancaster University is commissioning a graphic novel to visually capture key findings on sustainability, ethics and inclusion in research. We're looking for graphic artists, writers and creatives to bring researcher and community stories to life. Commission: £24,000 Deadline: 7th May 2025 Apply now! More details: reimagning@lancaster.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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This one's actually a good title though.
A screenshot of an academic paper from the journal Cell. The author is Steven M Black. The title is Fifty Ways to Love Your Lever: Myosin Motors
April 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This is a favourite abstract, that only works in conjunction with the title.
A screenshot of an academic paper from the Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. The authors are M V Berry, N Brunner, S Popescu and P Shukla. The title is: Can apparent superluminal neutrino speeds be explained as a quantum weak measurement? The Abstract is: Probably not.
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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We had some amazing sheep creations today! #CitC25 #SparkYourCuriosity
A higgledy piggledy pile of crafted sheep and sheep-adjacent objects made from wool, pipe cleaners, felt, string and googly-eyes. Behind them is a poster which says 'What did you find in 2025? Show us your woolly futures!'
April 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Are you in Lancaster today? Come to the Storey for Campus in the City to do fun stuff with research - including speculating about sheep futures with our @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social project! #CitC25 #SparkYourCuriosity
A blue table is piled with craft materials including lots of grey and white wool. Behind the table is a screen showing white Wednesleydale sheep in a green field with a blue sky, and digital info messages displayed. On the wall behind the table and screen are some posters with stickers to interact with questions
April 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Satisfying
A completed jigsaw puzzle. The box next to it says 'Terry Pratchett Maskerade Super Deluxe Puzzle 1000 Pieces. The puzzle picture is the Josh Kirby artwork from the book cover. There's a lot of fiddly details.
March 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Making (vegan) chorizo paella on a sunday night, because why not, and the colours are so pretty!
A paella pan cooking on the hob, containing yellow-white rice, green beans, orange chorizo and red pepper strips, an attractively contrasting comination of colours.
March 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Happy Burns Night!
A plate of (vegan) haggis, neeps and tatties with (vegan) whisky cream sauce, and visible behind it, a glass of scotch whisky.
January 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Happy new year!! (from the Natural History Museum). Hoping 2025 is a wonderful year for everyone.
A selfie of Naomi under the blue whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum in London. Her friend Shy is photobombing
January 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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I hope everyone celebrating is having a lovely channukah (or had a lovely christmas, or is enjoying a relaxing break, as appropriate!)
In front of a beautifully decorated mantlepiece, surrounded by twinkling lights, are three chanukiahs (menorahs) on a low table. Each has six lit, brightly coloured candles, one of which is set at a higher level than the other five
December 29, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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Terry Pratchett knew about this...
"The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select." Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
December 18, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Didn't manage to see all of Light up Lancaster yesterday so out for more tonight. I think my favourite so far was the water/light projection on the canal
A compex 3D shape of interlocking circles and rings hovers above its reflection in the water
November 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Found you! (love this installation of light boxes under the tree, beating in real-time with people's hearts)
Glowing cube with a label that says: The Heart of Steve Fairclough. Lancaster has been home for over 30 years, it knows my history and secrets, it's seen the best and worst of me and doesn't judge. It will always own a piece of my heart
November 8, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Loving the AI shadowplay that @joegalen.bsky.social and Roger have created!
Children stand in front of a projection screen which is mirroring them with an illustrated rocket and person generated by AI in realtime
November 8, 2024 at 8:02 PM