Martina
@mbdiehl.bsky.social
Academic Development Advisor
Natural horsewomanship & Centered Riding Level 1
English tutor
Singer & Fiddle player
Bookworm
Dog owner
PhD in progress
"Have Courage, Be Kind." - Cinderella
Natural horsewomanship & Centered Riding Level 1
English tutor
Singer & Fiddle player
Bookworm
Dog owner
PhD in progress
"Have Courage, Be Kind." - Cinderella
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“What the hell just happened?” wasn’t the triumphant song of the contest, but it was the defining slogan #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“What the hell just happened?” wasn’t the triumphant song of the contest, but it was the defining slogan #Eurovision
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Day four! Striking for our jobs! We are not a drain on the university! We ARE the university!
May 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Day four! Striking for our jobs! We are not a drain on the university! We ARE the university!
Went to see @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social show 'Joy' this evening and it was amazing! Worth it. I really want to go and write a sestina about brick walls now, so I'll get a spreadsheet out and might have to make my own diagram 😅. #iykyk #poetry
May 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Went to see @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social show 'Joy' this evening and it was amazing! Worth it. I really want to go and write a sestina about brick walls now, so I'll get a spreadsheet out and might have to make my own diagram 😅. #iykyk #poetry
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Great turnout today on @ducu.bsky.social pickets. On strike to protect professional services staff jobs.
An attack on one is an attack on all!
Management tried to pit academics against professional services staff - they've failed!
We are *all* the university!
An attack on one is an attack on all!
Management tried to pit academics against professional services staff - they've failed!
We are *all* the university!
April 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Great turnout today on @ducu.bsky.social pickets. On strike to protect professional services staff jobs.
An attack on one is an attack on all!
Management tried to pit academics against professional services staff - they've failed!
We are *all* the university!
An attack on one is an attack on all!
Management tried to pit academics against professional services staff - they've failed!
We are *all* the university!
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Sign sign sign!
Our jobs are on the line!
Our jobs are on the line!
ON STRIKE as a member of Durham UCU in response to Durham University management’s proposed staff cuts of £20m. University management has refused DUCU requests to stop compulsory redundancies & to work with us to find non-staff cost savings. Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join UCU
Why join UCU? Over 120,000 of your colleagues have chosen to belong to UCU - the largest union and most effective voice for people like you working in post-school education.
www.ucu.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sign sign sign!
Our jobs are on the line!
Our jobs are on the line!
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Rally time! Jamie lays it out!
April 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Rally time! Jamie lays it out!
Storm on the island by Seamus Heaney
“…Leaves and branches
Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale
So that you listen to the thing you fear
Forgetting that it pummels your house too.”
“…Leaves and branches
Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale
So that you listen to the thing you fear
Forgetting that it pummels your house too.”
April 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Storm on the island by Seamus Heaney
“…Leaves and branches
Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale
So that you listen to the thing you fear
Forgetting that it pummels your house too.”
“…Leaves and branches
Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale
So that you listen to the thing you fear
Forgetting that it pummels your house too.”
Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South: “loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.”
April 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South: “loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.”
Or buy anything of Amazon at all. I haven't bought anything from amazon in over 2 years, and I'm still alive! 😱
It's easy peasy lemony squeezy :-) the independent shops will thank you.
It's easy peasy lemony squeezy :-) the independent shops will thank you.
Friendly reminder to support your local independent bookstore this weekend!
A slightly less friendly reminder to just not buy books from Am*zon at all.
A slightly less friendly reminder to just not buy books from Am*zon at all.
April 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Or buy anything of Amazon at all. I haven't bought anything from amazon in over 2 years, and I'm still alive! 😱
It's easy peasy lemony squeezy :-) the independent shops will thank you.
It's easy peasy lemony squeezy :-) the independent shops will thank you.
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This is Bruno. Like many pups he is a working dog. But his job is barber. 13/10
April 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is Bruno. Like many pups he is a working dog. But his job is barber. 13/10
In times of crisis, personal or more broadly, I often turn to poetry and stories. Sometimes contemporary, a classic, or sometimes I'll write one. Today I'm thinking of Vultures by Chinua Achebe, and John Donne's 'No man is an Island' (1/4)
April 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In times of crisis, personal or more broadly, I often turn to poetry and stories. Sometimes contemporary, a classic, or sometimes I'll write one. Today I'm thinking of Vultures by Chinua Achebe, and John Donne's 'No man is an Island' (1/4)
Not sure what infuriates me more, the title or what he said. I can now define myself legally thanks to some white guys, really needed that. EDI out the window and worse than before. When are we defining men? I have some ideas ;) Can we have a separate one for ignorant CIS white middleclass men? :-)
Starmer ‘really pleased’ supreme court has given ‘much-needed clarity’ on legal definition of woman – UK politics live
Prime minister says he thinks court’s decision has given a ‘much clearer position for those drawing up guidance’
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Not sure what infuriates me more, the title or what he said. I can now define myself legally thanks to some white guys, really needed that. EDI out the window and worse than before. When are we defining men? I have some ideas ;) Can we have a separate one for ignorant CIS white middleclass men? :-)
When I look at the Blue Sky app I think of #Hanson’s song blue sky: “tell me why everybody’s looking for a blue sky, searching for an answer on a satellite. I know that there’s got to be a blue sky out there to see, a blue sky waiting for me.”🎶 do you ever see a word and a song pops into your head?
April 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When I look at the Blue Sky app I think of #Hanson’s song blue sky: “tell me why everybody’s looking for a blue sky, searching for an answer on a satellite. I know that there’s got to be a blue sky out there to see, a blue sky waiting for me.”🎶 do you ever see a word and a song pops into your head?
Often in #horse world I hear people say “they’ve got to learn” or a variation… I wonder: what do you need to learn (from the horse), for the horse to be able to learn? Why do they need to learn? What is our behaviour and what’s it causing the horse to do? How can we be clearer & kinder?
April 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Often in #horse world I hear people say “they’ve got to learn” or a variation… I wonder: what do you need to learn (from the horse), for the horse to be able to learn? Why do they need to learn? What is our behaviour and what’s it causing the horse to do? How can we be clearer & kinder?
A beautiful little Peanut hoof. Shoeing is for our convenience not theirs, so the fluffs (Peanut and Gin) are #metalfree: #barefoot and #bitless. Peanut suffered from severe laminitis and slipper-feet. With a species appropriate diet, more movement and good trimming, his feet now look like this 😎
April 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A beautiful little Peanut hoof. Shoeing is for our convenience not theirs, so the fluffs (Peanut and Gin) are #metalfree: #barefoot and #bitless. Peanut suffered from severe laminitis and slipper-feet. With a species appropriate diet, more movement and good trimming, his feet now look like this 😎
Easter Sunday walks with the gang. #shetlandpony #quarab #familywalks #ponyadventures
Did you know… it’s a privilege to ride a horse, not a right. there is so much joy to be found in walking together and just being ❤️.
Did you know… it’s a privilege to ride a horse, not a right. there is so much joy to be found in walking together and just being ❤️.
April 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Easter Sunday walks with the gang. #shetlandpony #quarab #familywalks #ponyadventures
Did you know… it’s a privilege to ride a horse, not a right. there is so much joy to be found in walking together and just being ❤️.
Did you know… it’s a privilege to ride a horse, not a right. there is so much joy to be found in walking together and just being ❤️.
She’s just so sweet! #cockapoo #dogsonbluesky
April 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
She’s just so sweet! #cockapoo #dogsonbluesky
Does anyone else find supermarket shops totally overwhelming? Buying ethically and actual responsibly caught fish is impossible - even the expensive brands are often 'either line caught or trawler.' I get a veg box weekly & just go in for the protein but where's the soya from? And beans? #Ican'teven
April 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Does anyone else find supermarket shops totally overwhelming? Buying ethically and actual responsibly caught fish is impossible - even the expensive brands are often 'either line caught or trawler.' I get a veg box weekly & just go in for the protein but where's the soya from? And beans? #Ican'teven
April 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today's song to keep the spirits up. There's a lot of compassion and love out there - hold on and find the people who colour up your world, and be the one to colour up someone else's world too. You're awesome. x
open.spotify.com/track/2ce4hx...
open.spotify.com/track/2ce4hx...
Color Up My World
Ben Rector, Hailey Whitters · Color Up My World · Song · 2024
open.spotify.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today's song to keep the spirits up. There's a lot of compassion and love out there - hold on and find the people who colour up your world, and be the one to colour up someone else's world too. You're awesome. x
open.spotify.com/track/2ce4hx...
open.spotify.com/track/2ce4hx...
Current read is North and South- have you read it? Thoughts?
What’s your current read?
#elizabethgaskell #northandsouth
What’s your current read?
#elizabethgaskell #northandsouth
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Current read is North and South- have you read it? Thoughts?
What’s your current read?
#elizabethgaskell #northandsouth
What’s your current read?
#elizabethgaskell #northandsouth
A wonderful few days away with the ponies in Robin Hood’s Bay #robinhoodsbay #rhb #holiday #horses #barefoothorses #bitless #shetlandpony #quarab #horseadventures #yorkshiremoors
April 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A wonderful few days away with the ponies in Robin Hood’s Bay #robinhoodsbay #rhb #holiday #horses #barefoothorses #bitless #shetlandpony #quarab #horseadventures #yorkshiremoors
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Last one on #moralambition for now: action is more important than awareness: “but you can’t live in awareness. You can’t eat awareness. You can’t cool down the planet with awareness, give 100m refugees a roof above there head or help the 100billion animals trapped in factory farms” Freely translated
March 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Last one on #moralambition for now: action is more important than awareness: “but you can’t live in awareness. You can’t eat awareness. You can’t cool down the planet with awareness, give 100m refugees a roof above there head or help the 100billion animals trapped in factory farms” Freely translated