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silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Silver Girl
@silverlininggirl.bsky.social
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Late dx ADHDer, she/her.
For a character summary, see Leslie Knope, Parks and Rec.

Prepared to be way too enthusiastic about a random mix of music, books, memes and science facts.

Self employed-this is my personal account.
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Silver Girl @silverlininggirl.bsky.social · Nov 16
So…I don’t have a photo of me, this is my personal account and I need a bit of separation from work things. But protecting my privacy shouldn’t mean others don’t get to weigh-up whether I’m someone they want to engage with, so I’ll leave this pinned.
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cydharrell.bsky.social
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
screenshot from the article: Other disciplines that have experienced male flight include: Biology. While most STEM professions remain male dominated, 10 years ago biology became a 50/50 male/female split. By 2022, 62% of biology majors were women. Biology is now often considered the “easiest” of the STEM majors. Interior Design. William Morris is considered the father of interior design. After finishing his education at Oxford, he began an architectural design school called “the Firm”— just for men. Many universities had interior design programs. Until women began to enter the design space, at which point it was relegated to a mere “hobby.” Since the influx of women, interior design programs have been pulled from almost all universities. Teaching. In the 18th century, schooling in colonial America was reserved for the white and the wealthy. Most tutors were men who taught boys. By the middle of the 19th century, girls started becoming students and women became teachers. Consequently, men swiftly left the profession, the pay dropped and teaching was no longer considered a prestigious occupation. Similar patterns of male flight have occurred in nursing, cheerleading, social work, architecture, gymnastics, library sciences and psychology.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of Agatha Christie’s “4:59 from Paddington” showing an illustrated vignette of a man strangling a woman in a Christmas cracker outline against a peach or salmon coloured background, title in art deco style lettering.
January 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
So I got to book 14 before taking a digital detox so here we are again!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover from the 1980s of John Masefield’s “The Box of Delights” showing and elderly scruffy man with a dog talking to a young boy as they look at a small wooden box. The landscape is a snowy English rural scene.
January 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Right, December digital detox, let’s see how long I stick to it (and whether it does lead to me carrying out the academic research due to submit on 2nd January!!) See you in 2025 butterflies 🩷
November 30, 2024 at 3:53 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander-bright pink border surrounds a still from the 1985 Disney animated film showing the witches of Morva-red headed women, one buxom and wearing lipstick, the other wizened and crone-like in a cloak and the third reaching out a haggard hand and cackling.
November 30, 2024 at 3:51 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Starting a thread of friendly little #adhd #dopamine boosts for anyone who needs suggestions-mine might not do it for you….but:
-Soundtrack to Six! The musical,
-Popcorn flavoured jelly belly jellybeans,
-Cinnamon scented candle,
-Walking on gravel.
-favourite detective novels
-new nail polish
November 29, 2024 at 9:41 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Calling #bassists I have some non-bass related occupational elbow issues (“tennis elbow”) impacting playing. I don’t want to not play for too long but don’t want to aggravate. Any recommendations (*obviously* I’ve thought about buying a new bass, any excuse-sadly funds wouldn’t allow anyway).
November 29, 2024 at 7:48 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Given the absolutely embedded ableism in our society and the already heartbreaking impact of inadequate access to healthcare on mortality and lifespan (with no other comorbidity) I’m terrified of what this opens the door to. Our whole society views disabled life as less worth living.
bigissue.com Big Issue @bigissue.com · Nov 29
Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised in England and Wales after MPs voted in its favour, but campaigners remain concerned that the safeguards are not yet rigorous enough to protect vulnerable people.

@isabellamcrae.bsky.social reports. ⬇️
Assisted dying could be legalised. Are the safeguards enough?
The public has shown support for assisted dying being legalised, in principle, but disability campaigners are concerned.
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November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
1970s book cover of Aldo’s Huxley’s “Brave New World”. Beneath large political type font in black and red showing the author and title there is a abstract stylised illustration of humanoid but not human type figures. Colours are burnt yellows and oranges, and yellowing greens and blues.
November 29, 2024 at 8:24 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
1990s book cover of ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker. Shows a silhouette of a female figure in a long dress with short hair sitting in a rocking chair in front of a window, reading.
November 28, 2024 at 8:17 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of George Orwell’s 1984 showing a yellow on black background print style drawing of one eye looking towards the right of the cover with the title in huge red numbers above.
November 27, 2024 at 7:10 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of “Ordinary Jack” by Helen Cresswell showing photo from the 1980s BBC tv show based on the book. A teenage boy, Jack, with scruffy blonde hair wearing jeans and a green army style jumper stands in a field holding a wooden dowsing rod. His shaggy grey dog “Zero” sits at his feet
November 26, 2024 at 7:22 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of Shakespeare’s King Lear released by Penguin in 1987. On a white cover a watercolour illustration shows a ghastly staring face with wild white beard, wide red-rimmed eyes and black clouds and lightening above his head.
November 24, 2024 at 9:39 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Illustrated Book cover for “Ronia the Robber’s Daughter” by Astrid Lindgren- a child in tunic and leggings stands confidently hands on hips staring out of the picture with windswept black curly hair and flushed cheeks. Another figure jogs out of the forest behind her, smiling. He looks a little older and has ginger hair.
November 24, 2024 at 9:32 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
1990s book cover of Margaret Atwood The Handmaids Tale showing a vivid painting of two handmaids in red dresses with starched white head dresses, against a bright yellow field and row of yellow conical trees with a deep blue sky and a house in the background.
November 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 6/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of The Pig Plantagenet by Allen Andrews-beautiful watercolour of a pig looking nervously towards a forest
November 21, 2024 at 3:47 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Copy of book cover for “The Listeners” by Monica Dickens. A cream background shows a black telephone receiver handset dangling from its cord filling the page above the authors name in red text and book title in black at the foot of the page.
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
I particularly like how people on here seem to genuinely not want drama and conflict for the sake of it, nobody gets sucked in by some bile-filled rage-bait comment, people just politely don’t mention or acknowledge them-it feels like everyone is in touch with their inner adult!
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Didn’t realise how much I’d missed an online space that still felt truly connected and collaborative-the “other place” had gradually starved of the oxygen of kindness and here feels like coming back up to the surface of the water and taking a great big breath!! Hope it stays like this.
November 19, 2024 at 7:55 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of “Games People Play” by Eric Berne from a 1960s edition showing old fashioned orange and brown fonts on a cream cover.
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of “The Dark is Rising” shoeing a mysterious stag headed man riding a horse through a snowy landscape.
November 18, 2024 at 9:21 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Today’s strongest #ADHD trait: trying to gauge how to write my BlueSky bio “correctly” but I keep seeing different tones & styles and I’ll write my overdue research proposal later, I need to hyper focus on this for the next four hours, it needs to be perfect also where’s the drink I just put down?
November 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones showing 1980s book cover with purple edging on the left , and featuring a drawing of a large dark grey foreboding castle.
November 17, 2024 at 9:03 AM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
Joining in on this:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Twenty books in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Book cover of the Terry Pratchett novel “Wyrd Sisters” in a brightly coloured highly detailed fantasy style illustration. Features an old witch with cauldron and a king in ceremonial wear looking up at a ghostly king in a crown.
November 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM
silverlininggirl.bsky.social
So…I don’t have a photo of me, this is my personal account and I need a bit of separation from work things. But protecting my privacy shouldn’t mean others don’t get to weigh-up whether I’m someone they want to engage with, so I’ll leave this pinned.
November 16, 2024 at 1:17 PM