In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich." A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."

Just a few days left to take part and help shape future research on workforce emotions in the cultural heritage sector 👇

Must be first weekend of semester. 💯 sickness in our household today 😭

Red sky at night!!!

First day teaching for the new academic year. Into my museum UG classes first up 🧡 autumnal light Photo to remember to keep the calm in amongst the busy times!

Have we reached the point where it would be easier to list the universities where staff haven't been forced into industrial action to try to minimise job losses?

Great to finally see the Cold War exhibition. Well done @holgernehring.bsky.social Sam ALberti and Jessica Douthwaite

Union members at Bangor University have passed a motion of no confidence in the institution’s vice-chancellor and chief financial officer over job cuts

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

Oh wow. First time having dry needling and Cupping at physio tonight. My back looks rather alarming 😮 😂

How time flies! Excited to say that IIssue 30 of #RoSC is now with our typesetter and out soon so... we're open for submissions to issue 31. Please share and submit 😊 All you need is at: journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc

A later summer - early autumn little haul 🧡

Great talk today and to hear more about the everyday heritage project work!

Our collection 'Alternative Economies of Heritage' is now published! Easily available for those who have library subscriptions to Routledge! Proud of this collaboration with my University of Canberra colleagues Denise and Bethaney www.routledge.com/Alternative-...

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'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

And like clock work, start of the new academic year rolls around and my energy levels plummet and as I look at the diary for the weeks and months ahead I think “how”. But, as per usual, deep breaths and onwards…

@drmorgan.bsky.social profusion

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

My new friend 😂

All right, putting it out into the world… if anyone back in Australia has hot tips on a job for a museum studies professor who loves teaching and public programs and has leadership and strategic thinking skills, I’d love to hear them. Holding on here, but longing to be back in Oz.

Sun seeker ❤️

Less than 4 days since return but feels like a month ago already 😂

We're hiring! Are you an enthusiastic and talented social media creator who loves museums? Join our team as Digital Content Producer (Video) and lead on TikTok and reels at The MERL and Reading Museum! Applications are open until 8 September. Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Live! Pilot study on emotions in the museum & heritage workforce. Curious to reflect on emotions in your role & work? To help test methods for a future project? See survey link below with additional info & invitation to participate @annawoodham.bsky.social qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Finally they’ve bloomed.

This years biggest garden joy. Grown in a planter box

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Home grown

Join us to explore themes in the forthcoming OUP book Living without Memory: Amnesia and the Lives of Persons by Carl Craver and R. Shayna Rosenbaum. Full details, including in-person and online registration links, will be shared soon. #Amnesia #Identity #MemoryStudies #PlaceAndMemory

Joy, beans and gladioli

Finally back To the gym. Last year I just didn’t have the energy to have the stamina to keep up with any regularity. I’m determined to prioritise it this year. And this morning, for the first time I did a heavier weight in kettlebells. Progress ✅

GPT-5 regularly asks you why you are not citing its work. GPT-5 always believes your estimator is biased. GPT-5 has more of a comment than a question. Sometimes GPT-5 tells you stories about grad school and expresses regret about getting a PhD. GPT-5's mom wonders when it will start making money.

This Sunday eve at 8pm I’ll be opening my Etsy for a limited no of my tiny posy Victorian ink bottle kits designed to improve mental health & 5 of my 2025 half calendars (photos can be framed afterwards). I create my kits & calendars using neuroscientific research, to alleviate anxiety & lift mood 🌿

More flower spam. Today’s refresh

Post storm calm. Campus looking lovely

Storm prep, cut the flowers at risk of snapping!

Home grown ❤️

Home grown , cooked and gobbled up as a mid afternoon snack 😋

I’ve grown gladioli from Bulb. Took months and months and months to grow, and here they are finally! 🧡

Our new exhibition @womenslibrary.bsky.social Small but perfectly formed - Madhubani Paintings womenslibrary.org.uk/event/madhub...

So is my #V&A blog post on collecting an early object of #genAI and how popular magazines help us tell stories about more intangible things in #museumcollections: www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-...

I grew purple beans!

Patio Garden had gone crazy while on leave. A solid 4 hour tidy up yesterday and looking better. The other photo was when we moved in 3 years ago. Good to have as reminder that progress has been made!

Digi detox fabulous .