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| Éireann | @rinnywee.bsky.social · Nov 12
Exploring patients' lives in the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum (1890-1913) for my PhD! Uncovering stories of mental health and shifting views on care. Honoured to share these voices.

#HistMed #AcademicTwitter #PhDLife #SocialHistory #HistoryOfPsychiatry #AsylumStudies
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hollynielsen.bsky.social
Reminder that from the beginning of next year I’m available for work!

Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching.

I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
No surprise that the delightful duo of @romanpalace.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are foremost in my engagement... #troublemakers
A circular collage titled “Most Interacted” showing dozens of user profile pictures arranged in a dense cluster. At the centre are three larger icons: a cartoon-style portrait of a person in a red hat, the Sussex Past logo, and a red emblem with a stylised figure. Surrounding these are many smaller circular profile images, including photos of people, animals, logos, and artwork, all evenly spaced to form a colourful sphere indicating engagement statistics.
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
The library tree is up! This year’s theme is Read Around the World - ornaments made from book covers from every country.

See them all: guides.lib.sussex.ac.uk/c.php?g=7229...

@sussexlibrary.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
A close-up of a decorated library holiday tree featuring miniature book-cover ornaments hanging from purple and blue ribbons. Warm fairy lights are woven through the branches, and small printed book covers from different countries are visible among the greenery. A library holiday tree decorated with small international book-cover ornaments stands next to a framed sign. The sign reads: “The theme of this year’s holiday tree is: READ AROUND THE WORLD. All decorations are covers of books from each country in the world. Please feel free leave your recommendations for your favourite books!” The University of Sussex logo appears at the bottom. A full view of a tall holiday tree in the University of Sussex Library, decorated with miniature book covers tied on with colourful ribbons and illuminated by warm white lights. The tree sits in an open area with brick pillars and library shelving visible in the background. A glass display case decorated with artificial red poinsettias and small red paper ornaments. Inside the case is a festive sign reading “Happy Holidays from the University of Sussex Library,” printed with a botanical winter border.
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
I Know What You Did Last Sumer
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.

Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
mtsw.bsky.social mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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magicnotwitches.bsky.social
✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Strike fatigue is real. Especially when we continue to see that strike action doesn't give any real results.
davehitchcock.bsky.social Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 2d
Unfortunately the HE 2025 ballot failed at 39% turnout. I have written about why and about what desperately needs to change in UCU's national structures off the back of this result. Some HEC members need to chi up and understand their role in all this, and how disconnected they are from members.
The HE Ballot failed, now what?
If you’re reading this it is because today the UCU’s 2025 national ballot over pay and conditions in universities has failed. The last time…
hitchcockian.medium.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
Photo of two spades against a white surface, the metal blade part has been cut into lace like patterns
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Travelling
A person sits on a wooden bench with one leg crossed, wearing blue jeans and black boots with yellow stitching. Next to them is a purple paisley-patterned suitcase. A luggage tag on the suitcase reads “DON’T TOUCH MY SHIT” in bold white letters. The ground is a smooth, speckled concrete surface.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
@tripeuk.bsky.social so glad I found you guys 😍😍😍
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
This could be any number of people I know on here...
A Facebook post from the page “Dull Men’s Centre” reads: “When I was in my teens I used to write letters to the Guardian (a British newspaper) under the name Amos Goodge and pretended to be a crotchety 53 year old. I’m 53 next year and am thinking of starting again but writing as an outraged 16 year old.”
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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nateo.bsky.social
I hate to pull the immigrant card, but as an immigrant, it feels awful when elected MPs say I ‘need to go home’ and propose stripping me and all other immigrants of all our legal rights to live here. No, anywhere immigrants move is their home. The UK is my home.
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?

Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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olil.bsky.social
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
A picture of a foggy street
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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rickburin.bsky.social
A few thoughts on High Noon, the film for our times. boxd.it/biZCvt
A ★★★★★ review of High Noon (1952)
Sort of a classic Western, sort of a psychological thriller, but above all a profound treatise on hypocrisy, cowardice and duty. For that reason, it is probably more relevant now than at any time sinc...
boxd.it
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Current status of the thesis.
Oh shit, I might actually get this done! #phd
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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thephdpeople.com
You won’t remember most of the papers you read.
However, you’ll remember who made you feel like you could keep going.

#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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themerl.bsky.social
peace was never an option
The cover of a book titled 'MAKING THE DOVECOTE PAY' by Marion Cran
August 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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ottomanhistory.bsky.social
🎞️ Oldest Video of Istanbul, 1897 (View of the Galata Bridge from a Steamship)
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Dearest @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, unfortunately Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep is OUT!
@romanpalace.bsky.social
Circular hypocaust system on display at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, showing a partially reconstructed Roman underfloor heating structure. The floor tiles are supported by evenly spaced stacks of round ceramic discs (pilae), revealing the open space beneath where hot air would circulate to warm the room above. The surrounding area includes excavated earth and remnants of the original flooring.
June 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Dearest @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, unfortunately Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep is OUT!
@romanpalace.bsky.social
Circular hypocaust system on display at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, showing a partially reconstructed Roman underfloor heating structure. The floor tiles are supported by evenly spaced stacks of round ceramic discs (pilae), revealing the open space beneath where hot air would circulate to warm the room above. The surrounding area includes excavated earth and remnants of the original flooring.
June 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Hey @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, Perge is also off your to visit list...
@romanpalace.bsky.social
Remains of a Roman hypocaust heating system in the Perge Ancient City, Turkey. The image shows a rectangular underground chamber with rows of short, square brick pillars that once supported the floor of a bathhouse or heated room. The surrounding stone and brick walls are partially intact, and remnants of floor tiles and heating channels are visible on the ground.
June 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Guess what, @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@romanpalace.bsky.social
A partially overgrown Roman hypocaust system, showing small brick pillars that once supported a raised floor for underfloor heating. The ancient structure is weathered and surrounded by green vegetation, including fig and vine plants, with some broken stone slabs scattered nearby. The background reveals a crumbling stone wall and signs of archaeological decay. Aphrodisias, Turkey
June 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
rinnywee.bsky.social
Somewhere else you can't go in Turkey @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@romanpalace.bsky.social #ephesus
Ancient Roman ruins showing a hypocaust system with rows of short, cylindrical brick pillars used to support a raised floor. The surrounding walls are made of weathered stone and brick, partially crumbled, revealing the archaeological structure of the thermal heating system once used in bathhouses or villas. Ephesus, Turkey.
June 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
rinnywee.bsky.social
İstanbul. Seni çok seviyorum.

#istanbul #turkey #turkiye
Alt text: View of the Istanbul skyline from the water, showcasing the domes and minarets of the historic New Mosque (Yeni Camii) in the foreground, with the iconic Hagia Sophia visible in the background. Several passenger ferries and boats are docked along the waterfront, and the cityscape is filled with a mix of Ottoman and modern architecture under a clear blue sky.
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM