Shomari Lewis-Wilson
@shomarilw.bsky.social
Equitable Research Ecosystems Lead for the UK @wellcometrust| Co-Founder @newfablesco | ExNeuroNerd | Likes: 🎮🎧🍿📺|🇯🇲🇺🇸🇬🇧| Own views | He/Him |🤙🏾🔥
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🚨NEW FUNDING: Introducing the 2025 Round of the @wellcometrust.bsky.social Accelerator Awards! 🚨
Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened.
💰 £200,000 per researcher
🗓️ Up to two years
✅ Apply by 15 July 2025
⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR
Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened.
💰 £200,000 per researcher
🗓️ Up to two years
✅ Apply by 15 July 2025
⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR
🚨NEW FUNDING: Introducing the 2025 Round of the @wellcometrust.bsky.social Accelerator Awards! 🚨
Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened.
💰 £200,000 per researcher
🗓️ Up to two years
✅ Apply by 15 July 2025
⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR
Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened.
💰 £200,000 per researcher
🗓️ Up to two years
✅ Apply by 15 July 2025
⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR
May 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚨NEW FUNDING: Introducing the 2025 Round of the @wellcometrust.bsky.social Accelerator Awards! 🚨
Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened.
💰 £200,000 per researcher
🗓️ Up to two years
✅ Apply by 15 July 2025
⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR
Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened.
💰 £200,000 per researcher
🗓️ Up to two years
✅ Apply by 15 July 2025
⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR
It was back to work today for me after 6 beautiful months of parental leave with my little family.
I wrote about how going back to work makes me feel on LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/posts/shomar...
❤️ to wonderful @wellcometrust.bsky.social colleagues past and present who made this happen.
I wrote about how going back to work makes me feel on LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/posts/shomar...
❤️ to wonderful @wellcometrust.bsky.social colleagues past and present who made this happen.
#paternityleave #worklifebalance #parenting #ukworkplace | Shomari Lewis-Wilson | 16 comments
*Back to Work for Me: 6 Months of Precious Time with My Son*
It's back to work for me after reaching the end of an incredible six months of fully paid paternity leave, covered by my employer, Wel...
www.linkedin.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It was back to work today for me after 6 beautiful months of parental leave with my little family.
I wrote about how going back to work makes me feel on LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/posts/shomar...
❤️ to wonderful @wellcometrust.bsky.social colleagues past and present who made this happen.
I wrote about how going back to work makes me feel on LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/posts/shomar...
❤️ to wonderful @wellcometrust.bsky.social colleagues past and present who made this happen.
Article of the year and it is only January: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Article of the year and it is only January: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is BlueSky our only hope?
January 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Is BlueSky our only hope?
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Concern as some universities get early access to REF guidance.
Staggered release of people, culture and environment guidance causing “significant amount of anxiety”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Staggered release of people, culture and environment guidance causing “significant amount of anxiety”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
December 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Concern as some universities get early access to REF guidance.
Staggered release of people, culture and environment guidance causing “significant amount of anxiety”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Staggered release of people, culture and environment guidance causing “significant amount of anxiety”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Are you working on making a meaningful change in your academic institution? You think people and values should be at the heart of the process? Then the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute is for you. Join my @humetricshss.bsky.social colleagues today for an info session at 18:00 CET!
We're holding VELI information sessions on Dec 16 at Jan 21 at 12pm Eastern. Sign up or find out more: humetricshss.org/values-enact...
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
humetricshss.org
December 16, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Are you working on making a meaningful change in your academic institution? You think people and values should be at the heart of the process? Then the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute is for you. Join my @humetricshss.bsky.social colleagues today for an info session at 18:00 CET!
The absolute wickedness of the mother who reported this young man to the police 😦. May she find no peace.
apple.news/A5HC0JFTjQ7-...
apple.news/A5HC0JFTjQ7-...
Briton, 18, jailed in Dubai for sex with 17-year-old girl, campaign group says — The Standard
Detained in Dubai said Marcus Fakana ‘feels abandoned by the British government and Keir Starmer’.
apple.news
December 11, 2024 at 2:18 PM
The absolute wickedness of the mother who reported this young man to the police 😦. May she find no peace.
apple.news/A5HC0JFTjQ7-...
apple.news/A5HC0JFTjQ7-...
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Given that BlueSky has so few employees, I suggest that people do most of the work of closing right-wing grifters down themselves. Don’t name them or share them at all and block them individually. If the grifters are only talking to themselves, that will be enough to drive them off.
What is rage-baiting and why is it profitable?
Called rage-baiting, making people angry with social media posts can be a business.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Given that BlueSky has so few employees, I suggest that people do most of the work of closing right-wing grifters down themselves. Don’t name them or share them at all and block them individually. If the grifters are only talking to themselves, that will be enough to drive them off.
I wonder what Elon Musk thinks about this CEO murder and the legions of blue tick weirdos on the bad place endorsing violence. Is that healthy discussion?
December 10, 2024 at 12:54 PM
I wonder what Elon Musk thinks about this CEO murder and the legions of blue tick weirdos on the bad place endorsing violence. Is that healthy discussion?
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Goodness me there are a lot of homophobes in football. 🙃❌
December 5, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Goodness me there are a lot of homophobes in football. 🙃❌
We have a contract opportunity live @wellcometrust.bsky.social at the moment seeking a partner organisation to help us deliver up to £1m in small grants to Black-led academic researcher initiatives and networks 🧫🔬🧪👨🏾🔬👩🏿🔬. More info is available below.
www.linkedin.com/posts/faith-...
#academicsky
www.linkedin.com/posts/faith-...
#academicsky
Faith Uwadiae on LinkedIn: Competitive Procurement RFP | 12 comments
📢 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!!! 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨… | 12 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 AM
We have a contract opportunity live @wellcometrust.bsky.social at the moment seeking a partner organisation to help us deliver up to £1m in small grants to Black-led academic researcher initiatives and networks 🧫🔬🧪👨🏾🔬👩🏿🔬. More info is available below.
www.linkedin.com/posts/faith-...
#academicsky
www.linkedin.com/posts/faith-...
#academicsky
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**Black UK PhD students**
This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care.
**Tell everyone**
This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care.
**Tell everyone**
Applications for our Scholarships are now open for October 2025 entry – apply by 31 January 2025. We’ll hold a number of information sessions, so keep an eye out! Until then, read up on things through our website.
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 PM
**Black UK PhD students**
This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care.
**Tell everyone**
This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care.
**Tell everyone**
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Triggered partly by John Lewis Christmas ads and partly by a conversation I had today…why do some people still think that marginalised people are now unfairly over-represented in positions of power and/or on TV, when all the data I’ve seen suggests this isn’t the case…?
December 2, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Triggered partly by John Lewis Christmas ads and partly by a conversation I had today…why do some people still think that marginalised people are now unfairly over-represented in positions of power and/or on TV, when all the data I’ve seen suggests this isn’t the case…?
Reposted by Shomari Lewis-Wilson
This is a really interesting and insightful essay - brings together a wide range of different political phenomena, and offers some useful conceptual frames for making sense of them
Today I argue that the fusion of Big Tech and politics in the Tony Blair Institute is causing trouble for both The Royal Society and Keir Starmer.
Big Tech in the UK
Dorothy Bishop’s attempt to get The Royal Society to oust Elon Musk has crystallised political dilemmas of sweeping consequence
open.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:53 PM
This is a really interesting and insightful essay - brings together a wide range of different political phenomena, and offers some useful conceptual frames for making sense of them
The gang is all here. Wellcome!
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November 30, 2024 at 3:09 PM
The gang is all here. Wellcome!
Lots of chat about Bluesky being an echo chamber just for harbouring more reasonable debate and moderation. Does that in itself make it an echo chamber? Twitter used to be a place where anyone’s voice could be heard even if it was problematic and the discussions were at least a bit more reasonable.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Lots of chat about Bluesky being an echo chamber just for harbouring more reasonable debate and moderation. Does that in itself make it an echo chamber? Twitter used to be a place where anyone’s voice could be heard even if it was problematic and the discussions were at least a bit more reasonable.
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We need a word for "Sorry if you followed me from a starter pack and weren't expecting this"
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 AM
We need a word for "Sorry if you followed me from a starter pack and weren't expecting this"
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The idea that you *must* coexist with and listen to people who are cruel, unjust, and just plain unpleasant to be around is the logic of abusers, by the way
November 17, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The idea that you *must* coexist with and listen to people who are cruel, unjust, and just plain unpleasant to be around is the logic of abusers, by the way
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Blimey, for a minute I thought Ant & Dec had landed him on I'm A Celeb
Joe Biden becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest.
November 17, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Blimey, for a minute I thought Ant & Dec had landed him on I'm A Celeb
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I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.
November 16, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.
You should follow Paula - can’t wait for the book!
Hello! I’m Paula, I’m a historian & my first book will be out next April!
WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE & FALL OF 12 AFRICAN QUEENS & WARRIORS was shaped by my research trip across 10 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Bénin, Madag., SA, Rwanda +), meeting local historians & storytellers. #blacksky #skystorians
WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE & FALL OF 12 AFRICAN QUEENS & WARRIORS was shaped by my research trip across 10 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Bénin, Madag., SA, Rwanda +), meeting local historians & storytellers. #blacksky #skystorians
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
You should follow Paula - can’t wait for the book!
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Hello! I’m Paula, I’m a historian & my first book will be out next April!
WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE & FALL OF 12 AFRICAN QUEENS & WARRIORS was shaped by my research trip across 10 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Bénin, Madag., SA, Rwanda +), meeting local historians & storytellers. #blacksky #skystorians
WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE & FALL OF 12 AFRICAN QUEENS & WARRIORS was shaped by my research trip across 10 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Bénin, Madag., SA, Rwanda +), meeting local historians & storytellers. #blacksky #skystorians
November 15, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Hello! I’m Paula, I’m a historian & my first book will be out next April!
WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE & FALL OF 12 AFRICAN QUEENS & WARRIORS was shaped by my research trip across 10 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Bénin, Madag., SA, Rwanda +), meeting local historians & storytellers. #blacksky #skystorians
WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE & FALL OF 12 AFRICAN QUEENS & WARRIORS was shaped by my research trip across 10 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Bénin, Madag., SA, Rwanda +), meeting local historians & storytellers. #blacksky #skystorians
What sorcery is this??
*Furiously scans following list*
*Furiously scans following list*
Here we fuckin gooooooo (add me back or I’m going on a rampage)
November 16, 2024 at 8:28 AM
What sorcery is this??
*Furiously scans following list*
*Furiously scans following list*