I think my biggest victory isn’t getting the PhD. It was managing to survive the viva four days after my cat died and two days after I got robbed. It’s been a WEEK! #PhD

I PASSED MY PHD WITH MINOR CORRECTIONS!!! #PhD

My cat unexpectedly died last night and I have my PhD Viva Voce in a matter of DAYS and I don’t know how I’m going to cope. #PhD

Tomodachi Life has taken over my…well, life. #TomodachiLife #drawfee #stobotnik #kneecap

Now I’m in the month of my actual PhD viva, I’m going to have to start using LinkedIn for opportunities, aren’t I? 😩 #PhD

Just completed my practice PhD viva and it went really well so I’m treating myself to Popeyes and then a donut. #PhD

Fans of @drawfeeshow.com! Before the Oscars steal all the attention, come watch the most important awards show of 2026, THE ALTERNATIVE DRAWFEE AWARDS!!! (Please watch I’ve been working on this for months.) #drawfee youtu.be/ZeZ3h5IYrV0?...

#PhD #PhDone

Update! I’m ahead of schedule so the plan is to submit my thesis on TUESDAY!!!

Hello, I have barely used Bluesky so far, but I am submitting my PhD thesis at some point in the next week so I can start interacting with the world again!

I didn’t get the chance to swap contact details with people at #GothicCrossroads, so if anyone wants to chat about my paper or just keep in touch in general, my username is hazzachaz on Instagram (where I’m most active) and Twitter (where I’m not active) or I’m here! #mmu #gothicstudies

Instead of aligning yourself with a HP house, align yourself with a Golden Girl. All very distinct personalities, and all would support trans women. #transgender #transrightsarehumanrights #goldengirls

Does anybody know if it's possible to convert epub documents to pdf? I have some accessibility software for my PhD but it only handles PDF and Word documents, and I have a few research books that are in epub format. #phd #phdhelp #phdstudent #phdresearch

As of yesterday, I’ve had 15 bereavements in 5 years. I can’t endure any more.

Why is 2000s-era Toadfish Rebecchi playing a young Phil Mitchell in a dream sequence on #Eastenders? #neighbours

Kendrick Lamar sweeping the Grammys by calling Drake a PDF file to a banger of a song is my Roman Empire. Also Mustard is one hell of a producer and deserves the success too. (I’m also happy for the wins for Charli, Sabrina, Chappell and Beyonce.)

Stop clinging on to the things that are causing you harm just because they’re familiar.

The best thing about Nosferatu (2024) is the way Willem Dafoe says “schnapps”. #horrorsky

Yes, when it comes to things like generative AI. Other forms of AI also exist that aren’t heinous, like assistive tech for disabilities. But AI that steals art and jobs from people can fuck off.

Any Humanities PhD students on Bluesky? I’m in my final year and I need people who understand so I don’t lose my mind. #phd #humanities #phdstudent

Having a day of missing my beautiful cat Thomas O’Malley who died last May. Luckily I still have my two gorgeous girls, Cats Domino and Cat King Cole. #cats #tuxedocat

ITV have just aired a party political broadcast from the Tories where Kemi Badenoch has literally just referred to all trans women as rapists. Jesus fucking Christ.

I’m autistic, but I’ve never done a N@zi salute. I’m autistic, but I’ve never sexually abused anyone. Maybe M*sk and G*iman are just terrible people and using autism as an excuse for their actions is incredibly damaging to autistic people.

I keep forgetting this app exists. Hi Bluesky, how are you? (I’m on the hunt for less toxic social media and hoping this is the place.)

Seeing loads of Americans being like “who is Robbie Williams? Why does he have a biopic?” I say to you: why are only artists successful in America deserving of biopics? You know people can be famous in other parts of the world and be considered a success, right?

BBC One are currently showing an adaptation of Rowling’s most blatantly transphobic novel. How delightful that our national broadcaster continues to promote her hatred.

I just had three fillings done without anaesthetic and this is how I know I’d survive a Saw trap.

This is absolutely heartbreaking. Ian Smith (and Harold Bishop) is a legend. Cancer sucks. It being terminal is even more devastating. #Neighbours

Someone just posted a photo of the Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving dinner and honestly, if someone served that to me on a plane in economy I'd fucking kick off.

I have a very worrying suspicion that Gangnam Style will feature highly in my Spotify Wrapped in the year of our lord 2024 because I have a 5 year old Nibling who enjoys it. (I’ve only now thought to remove the playlist I have for him off my taste profile oops.)

This is the single best baby announcement ever 😂 Congrats guys!!

My top Christmas horrors: - Gremlins. Always Gremlins. - Anna and the Apocalypse - OG Black Christmas I do think some adaptations of A Christmas Carol would count too. #horrorsky

Today, 29th November, is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. One from the archive: Akram Salhab and Sorcha Thomson on transnational solidarity and Palestinian struggles at the UN. www.historyworkshop....

Some pictures from when I was in Tenerife last week, because volcanic beaches are so much cooler than sand beaches.

Loving the majority of Kendrick’s new release, but my favourite bit by far is the screams of “MUSTAAAAAARD!” in tv off. I love producer shoutouts with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Beautiful.

At this point I’m about to go meta and be the disabled person who becomes evil because of overexposure to the trope where disabled people become evil because they want to cure their disability.

Since my follower count is still low enough that I can do this, for each like I'll post a random fact about myself. (Idea stolen from @facilitatrix.bsky.social)

Still gathering friends on here, but I’m sick in bed with a migraine so give me something to do. #filmsky

The best thing to do when fighting off the beginnings of a migraine at 8:30pm is chaperone an examination of someone’s haemorrhoids. Ahh, NHS admin.

Things that should exist: a dating service for autistics like me who want relationships but find it impossible to pick up on signals and flirting but also find it impossible to make the first move, so need folks to just say “hello, I like you and would like to date you” but without being creepy.

Ey up lads who has the cure for traveler’s fatigue* when you already have chronic fatigue and autism because I am SUFFERING. *not jet lag as I’ve traveled from somewhere in the same timezone despite being geographically a different continent (politically still Europe)

Combining two of my greatest loves in life, the horror genre and the Australian soap opera Neighbours, here is a list of horror films featuring members of the Neighbours cast. An ongoing project, so forever incomplete. The notes name the cast member(s). #horror #neighbours boxd.it/yBwQE

Just a heads up to all the people who followed me because of the book recommendation about the first Trump presidency: I live in Manchester, England. While I have to research US politics for my PhD, don’t expect a whole ton of my posts to be about it because that isn’t my life or experience.

Karl, Paul, and Shane Ramsay being absolutely bladdered, with Paul and Shane willingly listening to Karl’s music while Susan glares daggers at them, is possibly my nomination for Neighbours scene of the year.

As a Brit, reading about Trump’s government appointments is so weird because here, our Cabinet is full of elected MPs, not Elon Musk and people from Fox News. Like, is it normal for US government to be full of folks not chosen by the people? (Obvs I don’t mean civil servants.)

It’s up against some stiff competition, but Kendrick winning a Grammy for calling Drake a p*dophile would be brilliant and hilarious and I want to see it.

My biggest horror crush, Tony Todd, has died and I need to pay respects to him. A great actor, and Candyman was HOT okay?