#DisabilityDialogues Dr Jodi Lamanna and Prof Jackie Leach Scully explore emotional labour for disabled people and share the latest UNSW online symposium on lived experiences of emotional labour shef.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...
TL Bodine: you know, Mt Everest is so big
Bodine: you might even say that the mountain is a cosmic horror
Lovecraft: what???
Lovecraft: no no no
Lovecraft: that doesn't make sense!
Lovecraft: it doesn't even have tentacles!
Also if you’re a social researcher interested in epistemic injustice as a conceptual framework but don’t know where to start, or what other frameworks might be useful, I’ve got a free webinar for that!
We have an announcement.
WE HAVE CHERRY BLOSSOM! 🌸❤️
Thanks once again to the Orkney Japan Association - our tree is one of 30 cherry trees planted across #Orkney as part of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project. 🌸
Context: I'd specifically asked when I got on if he was going to do this, saying I'd get the next bus if so! And he said it was fine! 😖
Good morning to everyone except the bus driver who waited extra time at multiple stops this morning, turning a 20 min trip into 35 min. Almost missed my train!
Might anyone be interested in a small physical A5 booklet of my find-the-owl photos (in colour & high res obvs) designed to change your brain biochemistry for the better that you could give as a gift?
Please put a 💚 on this tweet if so-it's an idea I've had but I'm not sure anyone would buy it 🌿
We have two PhD studentships at Birmingham Newman University. If you know anyone interested in doing history, medical/health humanities, veteran studies, or reception studies - happy to chat.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRF392/p...
This novel is the sum and summit of who Vonda was and what her work was about: all of us, imperfect, and doing our best. It’s an alt-history that feels like the beginning of the world. A world we could still have, if we’re lucky.
I love this idea and could see me looking at it with my kids at bedtime as well.
Amazing!
Right pals, I need to get some bookings into @aat-transcribes.bsky.social sharpish or we won’t be here by the end of the summer.
We need just 3-5 projects with 10+ hours of qualitative data requiring transcription, or 5+ hours for captioning, to turn around our fortunes.
Let’s go!
#AcademicSky
Wow, I love puzzles and had no idea this was even a thing! Good luck!
An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate.
I really enjoyed this recording this podcast episode on Scottish UFOs: the host, Rick Palmer, had lots of thoughtful questions for me, and he also has a great backlist of previous conversations with academics studying paranormal culture @davidwclarke.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk
Not a big fan of calling dyscalculia 'maths dyslexia', but this article does do a good job of explaining how dyscalculia is largely ignored in education and other settings, and is certainly not viewed on a par with dyslexia (I say this as a proud dyscalculic!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I use mine less often since it became available online but the hard copy continues to do sterling work as a monitor riser in my office! Much more stable than the Norton anthologies I used previously 😁
A "no" from the UK as well, not heard it before!
Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances, we will be postponing this event. Watch this spaces for the rescheduled event later this year! 🔥
Rowling: if harry potter isssn't number one
Rowling: what isss number one??
Rowling: iss it my archnemessisss Diane Duane
Barker: haha naw
Rowling: is it my other archnemessissss Chrissstina Applegate
Barker: guess again!
Rowling: is it my third archnemessssissssssss Julia Donaldsson
Barker: colder!
Oof
The Black Diamond and Beyond: Hidden Hands and Healing Lands
Have you seen our new education resource?
It's designed to inspire learners to explore the industrial past, present, and future of Wales.
It’s available to download from our website: bit.ly/47jcStC
A reminder that this is happening on Friday! Please do get in touch with either myself or @aayushigupta.bsky.social if you want the Zoom link!
John Wiswell: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the dare
Wiswell: what if the internet was used as a tool for social good
King: wow! i love science fiction!
Zsuzsanna Chappell's and my "Philosophy of Madness" is now published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Screenshot Lucavi @lucavi_ftw good news everyone SPACE com Potatoes are better than human blood for making space concrete bricks, scientists say.
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📚️ Join us on Mon 11 May 4–5.30pm for the launch of 'Blood, Sweat and Tears: A History of Bodily Fluids'.
Author Ruben Verwaal will be joined by historians & scholars of medical humanities to take a deep dive into the story of bodily fluids.
Book your free spot!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Join us in celebrating 25 years of Medical Humanities at Durham, in honour of Jane Macnaughton 🎊 Jane established the IMH in 2000 as the Centre for the Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine.
📆 20 April, 5.30–7pm
📍 Durham University
Book your free spot:
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
"Rest is required to survive. If we do not rest, we die. As such, that cannot be the site of our resistance."
LOVED this whole piece, which had me at "self-care has been commodified by white feminists" 🔥🔥
ICYMI:
Yesterday numerous hiring academics were generous enough to offer their insights in response to this question -- if anyone else is on the job market, you might find it as useful as I did