Marie VC, PhD
@marievc.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher (elle/she) • Social & Climate Justice • Internet & Cultural Studies • Arts & Crafts • Gardening • Brussels Sprouts Appreciation Society • FR/EN (Belgium/Luxembourg)
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Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
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Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
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This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
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If you are in Scotland, come see me talk about digital interpretation work at NMAAHC! Also, come see if my looks have changed from this, my first ever headshot (circa...9 years ago?) or if the portrait in my attic is doing its job
We are excited to welcome Dorothy Berry as the speaker for our 2025 annual lecture, "How Users Imagine Archival Research", on December 10th. Register now: https://edin.ac/4pfKrDp #EdCDCS Charing: Melissa Terras
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you are in Scotland, come see me talk about digital interpretation work at NMAAHC! Also, come see if my looks have changed from this, my first ever headshot (circa...9 years ago?) or if the portrait in my attic is doing its job
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Cette réunion aurait pu être une bagarre
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Cette réunion aurait pu être une bagarre
Tomorrow, I will be moderating a panel at a conference for the first time. What advice would you have liked to receive before doing this for the first time? Thank you!
(I have already emailed the speakers to look at their bios and plan to chat with them today.)
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
(I have already emailed the speakers to look at their bios and plan to chat with them today.)
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Tomorrow, I will be moderating a panel at a conference for the first time. What advice would you have liked to receive before doing this for the first time? Thank you!
(I have already emailed the speakers to look at their bios and plan to chat with them today.)
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
(I have already emailed the speakers to look at their bios and plan to chat with them today.)
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
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Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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Important thread.
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Important thread.
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Anyone in the Nantucket, MA area? I need some help with the local pronunciation of "Quaise". Is it pronounced just like it is spelled?
#nantucket #massachusetts
#nantucket #massachusetts
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Anyone in the Nantucket, MA area? I need some help with the local pronunciation of "Quaise". Is it pronounced just like it is spelled?
#nantucket #massachusetts
#nantucket #massachusetts
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Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
Quand ton blousque reçoit un conseil non-sollicité pour la millième fois.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Quand ton blousque reçoit un conseil non-sollicité pour la millième fois.
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Intuit is integrating ChatGPT into their TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, & Mailchimp services, & vice versa. Which is to say, I think a SHIT TON of people are about to get audited.
They also claiming no bleedover btwn your financial data & ChatGPT, which… okayy… 😬
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...
They also claiming no bleedover btwn your financial data & ChatGPT, which… okayy… 😬
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Intuit is integrating ChatGPT into their TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, & Mailchimp services, & vice versa. Which is to say, I think a SHIT TON of people are about to get audited.
They also claiming no bleedover btwn your financial data & ChatGPT, which… okayy… 😬
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...
They also claiming no bleedover btwn your financial data & ChatGPT, which… okayy… 😬
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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😂 What a very British protest - radio DJ doing a 24-hour marathon playing hits that only reached number 2 in the charts, to highlight the 'Number Twos' discharged in sewage into Lake Windermere.
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See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest
Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
😂 What a very British protest - radio DJ doing a 24-hour marathon playing hits that only reached number 2 in the charts, to highlight the 'Number Twos' discharged in sewage into Lake Windermere.
🎧
See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
🎧
See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“I don’t always want to ‘celebrate the bones,’” Radtke says, “yet joinery remains an indelible part of each piece’s DNA. You would just have to destroy it to see the construction, and part of me likes that.”
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
“I don’t always want to ‘celebrate the bones,’” Radtke says, “yet joinery remains an indelible part of each piece’s DNA. You would just have to destroy it to see the construction, and part of me likes that.”
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I love this piece by Charles Radtke in Mortise & Tenon magazine — Radtke told Glenn Adamson that he used as many different kinds of joints as possible, both to challenge himself and “to communicate the handmade quality of his work”…
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I love this piece by Charles Radtke in Mortise & Tenon magazine — Radtke told Glenn Adamson that he used as many different kinds of joints as possible, both to challenge himself and “to communicate the handmade quality of his work”…
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I loved this interview because I, too, took 15 years from starting a project to publishing the book from it. We are the many 🤗
“For anyone out there struggling to write because you’re distracted, or tired, or sick, or scared—I’ve been there. Take care of yourself and your communities…. your book will be there when you get back.”
Thx to @nickcav.bsky.social for the wise advice
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Thx to @nickcav.bsky.social for the wise advice
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A book 15 years in the making
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November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I loved this interview because I, too, took 15 years from starting a project to publishing the book from it. We are the many 🤗
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La boutique est ouverte !
N'ésitez pas à vous faire plaisir car notre trésorerie pour 2026 est....vide...
Merciiii
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N'ésitez pas à vous faire plaisir car notre trésorerie pour 2026 est....vide...
Merciiii
radiotempete.bigcartel.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
La boutique est ouverte !
N'ésitez pas à vous faire plaisir car notre trésorerie pour 2026 est....vide...
Merciiii
radiotempete.bigcartel.com
N'ésitez pas à vous faire plaisir car notre trésorerie pour 2026 est....vide...
Merciiii
radiotempete.bigcartel.com
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Call for papers on how philosophy might contribute to public policy
#academicsky #philsci
link.springer.com/collections/...
#academicsky #philsci
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Philosophy of Science in Public Policy
This collection examines how expertise in the philosophy of science can and should help public policy. Recent research shows that controversies over best ...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Call for papers on how philosophy might contribute to public policy
#academicsky #philsci
link.springer.com/collections/...
#academicsky #philsci
link.springer.com/collections/...
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Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
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Stumbled over this piece, that I wrote earlier this year* after last year's #AcWriMo, and reposting here in case it gives someone some motivation...
*Though it feels a lot longer ago. Man this year has gone fast...
#FediWriMo #AcWriMo25
sternaparadisaea.net/2025/01/25/j...
*Though it feels a lot longer ago. Man this year has gone fast...
#FediWriMo #AcWriMo25
sternaparadisaea.net/2025/01/25/j...
Just one thing…
Some reflections on surviving in science and getting this far…
sternaparadisaea.net
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Stumbled over this piece, that I wrote earlier this year* after last year's #AcWriMo, and reposting here in case it gives someone some motivation...
*Though it feels a lot longer ago. Man this year has gone fast...
#FediWriMo #AcWriMo25
sternaparadisaea.net/2025/01/25/j...
*Though it feels a lot longer ago. Man this year has gone fast...
#FediWriMo #AcWriMo25
sternaparadisaea.net/2025/01/25/j...
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Mon marque-page > Ton marque-page
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Mon marque-page > Ton marque-page
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🚨 Our book Environmental Sociology Now is available for preorder.
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
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Environmental Sociology Now by Jordan Fox, Ian Carrillo, J. P. Sapinski, Diana Stuart - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨 Our book Environmental Sociology Now is available for preorder.
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...