MaryWK
@marywk.bsky.social
Research software engineer. Ancient and modern art. Experimental archaeology.
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Do you have a LinkedIn account?
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One week to opt out or be fodder for LinkedIn AI training
: Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line
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October 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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axe-con Mini: dev day
📆Thursday 30 October, 11:00-13:30 EDT
💻Online event
👉Register www.deque.com/axe-con/mini...
For developers, software development managers, accessibility team leaders, and others.
📆Thursday 30 October, 11:00-13:30 EDT
💻Online event
👉Register www.deque.com/axe-con/mini...
For developers, software development managers, accessibility team leaders, and others.
axe-con mini Digital Accessibility Conference | Deque
Join us to learn how to remove friction from accessible development. Hosted on October 30, this axe-con mini is completely free and virtual.
www.deque.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
axe-con Mini: dev day
📆Thursday 30 October, 11:00-13:30 EDT
💻Online event
👉Register www.deque.com/axe-con/mini...
For developers, software development managers, accessibility team leaders, and others.
📆Thursday 30 October, 11:00-13:30 EDT
💻Online event
👉Register www.deque.com/axe-con/mini...
For developers, software development managers, accessibility team leaders, and others.
"Accessible social media", 💻online course, 📆18 September at 13:00 to 14:30 BST.
abilitynet.org.uk/training/acc...
Learn techniques for producing inclusive content on major social media platforms, and general principles that can applied regardless of platform.
abilitynet.org.uk/training/acc...
Learn techniques for producing inclusive content on major social media platforms, and general principles that can applied regardless of platform.
Accessible social media | AbilityNet
abilitynet.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Accessible social media", 💻online course, 📆18 September at 13:00 to 14:30 BST.
abilitynet.org.uk/training/acc...
Learn techniques for producing inclusive content on major social media platforms, and general principles that can applied regardless of platform.
abilitynet.org.uk/training/acc...
Learn techniques for producing inclusive content on major social media platforms, and general principles that can applied regardless of platform.
Apple patches new zero-day vulnerability. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/a... .
Update your Macs, iPads and iPhones.
Update your Macs, iPads and iPhones.
Apple fixes new zero-day flaw exploited in targeted attacks
Apple has released emergency updates to patch another zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in an "extremely sophisticated attack."
www.bleepingcomputer.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Apple patches new zero-day vulnerability. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/a... .
Update your Macs, iPads and iPhones.
Update your Macs, iPads and iPhones.
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Standing to a height of 8.2m, this projecting tower on the north wall of Pevensey Late #Roman fort (ANDERITUM) in East #Sussex, preserves a U-shaped window
It was blocked in 1940 during the insertion of a machine gun post
📷 May 2010
#RomanFortThursday
It was blocked in 1940 during the insertion of a machine gun post
📷 May 2010
#RomanFortThursday
August 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Standing to a height of 8.2m, this projecting tower on the north wall of Pevensey Late #Roman fort (ANDERITUM) in East #Sussex, preserves a U-shaped window
It was blocked in 1940 during the insertion of a machine gun post
📷 May 2010
#RomanFortThursday
It was blocked in 1940 during the insertion of a machine gun post
📷 May 2010
#RomanFortThursday
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💥New: From Victorian poverty maps to pandemic dashboards, data viz turns complexity into clarity. James Abdey, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at LSE, unpacks how visual storytelling is reshaping #research in the age of information overload 📊
#LSEFestival #Visualisation
#LSEFestival #Visualisation
How to master data visualisation for impactful storytelling - Impact of Social Sciences
Visualisation turns complex research into stories. From poverty maps to pandemic dashboards, James Abdey explores its power to boost understanding and impact.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
💥New: From Victorian poverty maps to pandemic dashboards, data viz turns complexity into clarity. James Abdey, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at LSE, unpacks how visual storytelling is reshaping #research in the age of information overload 📊
#LSEFestival #Visualisation
#LSEFestival #Visualisation
Instagram will allow content from professional accounts to be indexed by Google et al, from 10 July onwards.
👉 If you want to stop this, click "don't allow" in the popup (in the app), or change settings later.
👉 Check "remix" settings as well.
👉 More info: help.instagram.com/147542625391...
👉 If you want to stop this, click "don't allow" in the popup (in the app), or change settings later.
👉 Check "remix" settings as well.
👉 More info: help.instagram.com/147542625391...
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Instagram will allow content from professional accounts to be indexed by Google et al, from 10 July onwards.
👉 If you want to stop this, click "don't allow" in the popup (in the app), or change settings later.
👉 Check "remix" settings as well.
👉 More info: help.instagram.com/147542625391...
👉 If you want to stop this, click "don't allow" in the popup (in the app), or change settings later.
👉 Check "remix" settings as well.
👉 More info: help.instagram.com/147542625391...
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We're seeking applications for a 12 month Associate Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology, to start 1 September.
⏰Closing date: 16 May.
Informal enquiries welcome.
Two online information sessions will be held on 8 May.
standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/a...
#Job #AcademicJob
⏰Closing date: 16 May.
Informal enquiries welcome.
Two online information sessions will be held on 8 May.
standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/a...
#Job #AcademicJob
May 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're seeking applications for a 12 month Associate Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology, to start 1 September.
⏰Closing date: 16 May.
Informal enquiries welcome.
Two online information sessions will be held on 8 May.
standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/a...
#Job #AcademicJob
⏰Closing date: 16 May.
Informal enquiries welcome.
Two online information sessions will be held on 8 May.
standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/a...
#Job #AcademicJob
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I was on the @physicsworld.bsky.social podcast last week talking about my visit to CERN earlier this year. You can listen to me enthuse about it here physicsworld.com/a/exploring-... but if you're more into photos and vibes, this thread has you covered. 1/n 🧪⚛️
Exploring CERN: Physics World visits the world’s leading particle-physics lab – Physics World
Margaret Harris reports back about LHC upgrades, antimatter advances and future colliders
physicsworld.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I was on the @physicsworld.bsky.social podcast last week talking about my visit to CERN earlier this year. You can listen to me enthuse about it here physicsworld.com/a/exploring-... but if you're more into photos and vibes, this thread has you covered. 1/n 🧪⚛️
"Introduction to Digital Accessibility"
📆Thursday 17 April 2025
🕐13:00 to 14:30 BST
View info and register: abilitynet.org.uk/training/int...
#Free #online course. Donations welcome.
Hosted by AbilityNet.
📆Thursday 17 April 2025
🕐13:00 to 14:30 BST
View info and register: abilitynet.org.uk/training/int...
#Free #online course. Donations welcome.
Hosted by AbilityNet.
February 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"Introduction to Digital Accessibility"
📆Thursday 17 April 2025
🕐13:00 to 14:30 BST
View info and register: abilitynet.org.uk/training/int...
#Free #online course. Donations welcome.
Hosted by AbilityNet.
📆Thursday 17 April 2025
🕐13:00 to 14:30 BST
View info and register: abilitynet.org.uk/training/int...
#Free #online course. Donations welcome.
Hosted by AbilityNet.
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New public statement from Apple:
“As of Friday, February 21, Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection as a feature to new users in the UK.”
“As of Friday, February 21, Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection as a feature to new users in the UK.”
February 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New public statement from Apple:
“As of Friday, February 21, Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection as a feature to new users in the UK.”
“As of Friday, February 21, Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection as a feature to new users in the UK.”
Axe-con, digital #accessibility #conference, 📆25-27 February. Registration is free.
View schedule: 👉 www.deque.com/axe-con/sche...
View schedule: 👉 www.deque.com/axe-con/sche...
axe-con 2025 Schedule | Deque
View the entire axe-con 2025 live event schedule. Divided into 4 tracks supporting digital accessibility. Design, Dev, Org Success & Wildcard.
www.deque.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Axe-con, digital #accessibility #conference, 📆25-27 February. Registration is free.
View schedule: 👉 www.deque.com/axe-con/sche...
View schedule: 👉 www.deque.com/axe-con/sche...
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👀ICYMI: "academics have to claim the autonomy to define the tasks involved in scholarship"
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Research
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Research
Generative AI is a hinge point for higher education
Decisions taken now around how generative AI is used by academics and universities will shape the future of research. Mark Carrigan argues whilst optimistic scenarios are possible, generative AI st…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
👀ICYMI: "academics have to claim the autonomy to define the tasks involved in scholarship"
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Research
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Research
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To keep fragile or small items protected, some of our material is stored in boxes like these. This tiny ‘Book of Nouns’ from 1800 may seem normal size on the shelf, but in reality it’s only 6cm tall!
[C.C. 423 BOO]
[C.C. 423 BOO]
February 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
To keep fragile or small items protected, some of our material is stored in boxes like these. This tiny ‘Book of Nouns’ from 1800 may seem normal size on the shelf, but in reality it’s only 6cm tall!
[C.C. 423 BOO]
[C.C. 423 BOO]
Job vacancy: Enterprise Architect (f/t, permanent, #StAndrews)
Based in IT Services, work closely with colleagues across the university to develop and drive improvements to the university's digital ecosystem.
Closing date: 13 February.
👉View details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Based in IT Services, work closely with colleagues across the university to develop and drive improvements to the university's digital ecosystem.
Closing date: 13 February.
👉View details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
February 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Job vacancy: Enterprise Architect (f/t, permanent, #StAndrews)
Based in IT Services, work closely with colleagues across the university to develop and drive improvements to the university's digital ecosystem.
Closing date: 13 February.
👉View details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Based in IT Services, work closely with colleagues across the university to develop and drive improvements to the university's digital ecosystem.
Closing date: 13 February.
👉View details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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🌊🔥 The ocean is holding onto heat longer
A new study finds that sea surface temperatures stay high for longer than they did in 1982.
This shift may worsen marine heatwaves and weaken the ocean’s ability to absorb excess heat.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange #Oceans 🧪
A new study finds that sea surface temperatures stay high for longer than they did in 1982.
This shift may worsen marine heatwaves and weaken the ocean’s ability to absorb excess heat.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange #Oceans 🧪
Observed multi-decadal increase in the surface ocean’s thermal inertia - Nature Climate Change
Analysis of 42 years of daily sea surface temperature data shows increasing persistence of anomalies. These changes, which are attributed to deepening of the mixed layer, reduced oceanic forcing and r...
www.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌊🔥 The ocean is holding onto heat longer
A new study finds that sea surface temperatures stay high for longer than they did in 1982.
This shift may worsen marine heatwaves and weaken the ocean’s ability to absorb excess heat.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange #Oceans 🧪
A new study finds that sea surface temperatures stay high for longer than they did in 1982.
This shift may worsen marine heatwaves and weaken the ocean’s ability to absorb excess heat.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange #Oceans 🧪
If you're looking for email alternatives to Google, Microsoft or Yahoo (for example) - have a look at Proton proton.me
It places an emphasis on privacy.
It places an emphasis on privacy.
Proton: Privacy by default
Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.
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February 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If you're looking for email alternatives to Google, Microsoft or Yahoo (for example) - have a look at Proton proton.me
It places an emphasis on privacy.
It places an emphasis on privacy.
Planetary alignments in early 2025, mentioning visibilities etc til end of February (ish): www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/planeta... .
Planetary alignment sees 6 planets visible in the night sky, into the beginning of February
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Planetary alignments in early 2025, mentioning visibilities etc til end of February (ish): www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/planeta... .
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🔭 🧪 #extragalactic #JWST🧵
1/
This tantalizing vibrant color image (released in Dec. 2024) of the young star cluster NGC 602 uses Chandra X-ray data (in red) and JWST data (in various infrared colors).
Reference➡️ chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2024/n...
The combined use of X-rays and infrared
1/
This tantalizing vibrant color image (released in Dec. 2024) of the young star cluster NGC 602 uses Chandra X-ray data (in red) and JWST data (in various infrared colors).
Reference➡️ chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2024/n...
The combined use of X-rays and infrared
February 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🔭 🧪 #extragalactic #JWST🧵
1/
This tantalizing vibrant color image (released in Dec. 2024) of the young star cluster NGC 602 uses Chandra X-ray data (in red) and JWST data (in various infrared colors).
Reference➡️ chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2024/n...
The combined use of X-rays and infrared
1/
This tantalizing vibrant color image (released in Dec. 2024) of the young star cluster NGC 602 uses Chandra X-ray data (in red) and JWST data (in various infrared colors).
Reference➡️ chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2024/n...
The combined use of X-rays and infrared
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Don't be fooled by the still image, he's still a goblin
January 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Don't be fooled by the still image, he's still a goblin
#Job opportunity - Service Delivery Manager (IT/AV), at University of St Andrews. Successful applicant will be based in Guardbridge.
Apply by 20 December.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS113/s...
Apply by 20 December.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS113/s...
Service Delivery Manager (IT/AV) - AD2433LS at University of St Andrews
Explore professional service vacancies, like the Service Delivery Manager (IT/AV) - AD2433LS role, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and learn more about the position.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
#Job opportunity - Service Delivery Manager (IT/AV), at University of St Andrews. Successful applicant will be based in Guardbridge.
Apply by 20 December.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS113/s...
Apply by 20 December.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS113/s...
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A SIMPLE GUIDE TO PROVIDING USEFUL ALT ON BLUESKY
1/ ALT's sole function on Bluesky is to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it & read it, I should be able to feel or hear it without leaving Bluesky
1/ ALT's sole function on Bluesky is to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it & read it, I should be able to feel or hear it without leaving Bluesky
June 24, 2023 at 6:47 PM
A SIMPLE GUIDE TO PROVIDING USEFUL ALT ON BLUESKY
1/ ALT's sole function on Bluesky is to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it & read it, I should be able to feel or hear it without leaving Bluesky
1/ ALT's sole function on Bluesky is to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it & read it, I should be able to feel or hear it without leaving Bluesky
"Why Evidence Matters"
Speaker: Professor Dame Anne Glover CBE DBE Bsc PhD FRS
Lecture, 2 December at 5.15pm, in the Booth Lecture Theatre (Medical Sciences building), St Andrews
Speaker: Professor Dame Anne Glover CBE DBE Bsc PhD FRS
Lecture, 2 December at 5.15pm, in the Booth Lecture Theatre (Medical Sciences building), St Andrews
November 18, 2024 at 12:45 PM
"Why Evidence Matters"
Speaker: Professor Dame Anne Glover CBE DBE Bsc PhD FRS
Lecture, 2 December at 5.15pm, in the Booth Lecture Theatre (Medical Sciences building), St Andrews
Speaker: Professor Dame Anne Glover CBE DBE Bsc PhD FRS
Lecture, 2 December at 5.15pm, in the Booth Lecture Theatre (Medical Sciences building), St Andrews
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Agreed, morning vibes. 💤
November 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Agreed, morning vibes. 💤