The inimitable Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social started #JoinIn long ago (on that other social media platform we don't mention anymore) and it has spread to Bluesky. After years of dedication, Sarah passed the baton to the rest of us to keep this mutual Xmas support going. Thank you, Sarah!

This Christmas Day join us for #JoinIn on Bluesky. Just use or look for the #JoinIn hashtag. Lovely people coming together for chat and cheer - especially for those who may be alone or troubled at Christmas, or just looking for a bit of fellowship. See you there! Please share

Just launched a totally new freelance service: one-on-one support for #Disabled writers seeking support on navigating traditional publishing for the very first time who don't already have at least one traditionally published book: www.rosemaryrichings.com/disabledwrit...

Repealing the two-child limit in full is the most powerful policy lever the Government can pull to drive down child poverty rates. Read 'No half measures' now ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs

Could Katie Lam identify the London schools where "more than three-quarters of children don’t speak English to a serviceable school standard". Well done to @davehillonlondon.bsky.social for giving Lam + CPS the chance to substantiate this claim at the Tory fringe www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ka...

Toad and Frog went down to the river. “What a day for a swim,” said Frog. “Yes,” said Toad. “I will go behind these rocks and put on my bathing suit.”

Oh a small treat? Once a week? As society burns down around them? Good heavens where are my pearls

If there were a general election held tomorrow, 39% of 18-24 year olds would vote @greenparty.org.uk The kids are alright. Join them. join.greenparty.org.uk

ChatGPT shares data on how many users exhibit psychosis or suicidal thoughts

Great training with @karenlumsden.bsky.social today looking at conducting challenging qualitative interviews. It’s made me want to do a few things differently when I collect my qual data. Do check out Karen’s courses! #PhDSky

Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx

Good morning. Off to campus for a morning’s postgraduate researcher development training, followed by a visit to the library. Last week I was late due to a highly unwise decision to take a different bus. Sticking with the number 4 today! Wearing fancy trainers in an attempt to feel perky

Christ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Good morning and happy Monday! My week holds a mixture of postgraduate researcher training, work on my methods chapter, work on a paper on the findings of my previous research, and data collection at the foodbank. Busy busy! Have a great week #PhDSky

Please kill me

But we were told “legitimate concerns“ wasn’t code for hating Black people

A Reform UK MP admits to spending her time counting people with different skin colours. It’s beyond disgraceful. Enough is enough: this ethno-nationalist obsession is infecting British politics and it has to stop.

No, the Greens aren't "enabling Reform" Labour and "Centrism" is doing and has done that. This follows all historical precedent too. Pandering to hate only ever results in hate. Failing to give hope only enables far-right shift. (I’m in the UK before US folk pounce on this…)

We’ve had an absolutely super week with my wonderful stepdaughters and their babies visiting but it’s been tricky being Nain (grandma) while multitasking on PhD and research officer job. Next time they come, which sadly won’t be until Feb, I’m going to take the week off and just enjoy their company

Just attended my first EDI working group for the school of psychology. The whole school is being moved from one building to another so there was lots of discussion about how this is being handled/communicated and how students’ EDI needs will be met. It’s a big project

Almost 60,000 women have signed this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social women to say that the transphobes do not speak for them. Meanwhile the Daily Express front-pages seven transphobes, falsely claiming that they “represent women”. If they do not represent you. Please sign. notinourname.org.uk

Off to collect my first survey data at the food bank! Very excited. The opportunity only came up this morning and I jumped at it. The manager is going to print off all the information sheets and questionnaires for me so I just need to turn up with my coloured pens #PhDSky #PhDChat

I've just discovered there's a chip shop in Llangynwyd called 'Frying Nemo' 😭

Despite the early hit singles, Paul Hardcastle's career has not been nearly as successful as that of his brother Paul Bouncycastle.

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

This government hates disabled people. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Peafowl are some of the largest birds that can fly. In fact, the chicks have all of their feathers when they emerge and are capable of flight roughly one week after hatching. They are also known for their aggressive disposition, so we'd be careful with the insults.

Working, working, working on my research methods chapter, and then I’ve suddenly thought… hang on, maybe this bit belongs in my introduction…? #PhDSky

Why have we been letting Celia Imrie waste away acting as other people when she should clearly have her own chat show or simply allow us to have a live feed of her 247 #celebritytraitors

Who’s testing teenagers’ sperm count? 😱

Our article on young people and carers’ decision making on Olanzapine in anorexia is out! #QualitativeResearch #EatingDisorders link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Blah blah ontology blah blah epistemology blah blah axiology blah blah big words in this methodology chapter, peeps

I’ve been tinkering around reading and taking notes for my research methods chapter for my first study. There’s so much to cover: my reasons for choosing mixed methods research, the opportunities and challenges of this approach, the benefits of incorporating knowledge co-creation…! #PhDSky

#completethehaiga 120 #haiga #haiku Drawing by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social

Just seen a man in the street here wearing a knitted Halloween jester’s hat, it was dark khaki and instead of bells it had eyeballs on the “tentacles”. Made me and the other passers by smile

I’ve stopped for the evening. I think I’ve done about as much on this paper as I can and I need my manager to take a look at it. I’m pie-eyed with it all and lack of sleep is beginning to bite. I just need to review it in hard copy and check my references tomorrow. Nearly there!! #PhDSky

Anyone else with a late #ADHD diagnosis end up going off the deep end afterwards and getting way more disorganised? I do think it's partly hormones, but also partly 'well, this is just the way I am, I'm just shit, no point trying to be anything else'. Be good to hear from you xx

About to start mind mapping my research methods chapter for my first study #PhDSky #PhDChat

Happy Monday, happy new week. I’m just doing some housework but while I wait for dawn so I can go for a run. I know lots of people run in the dark with a head torch but I’ve not plucked up the courage to do this (and I’m worried about unseen dog poo on the pavement!). Have a great day!

Cat is gently snoring in my lap. I’m in an awkward position and my left foot has gone to sleep but obviously I can’t move

Modest proposal: BBC BRING BACK 'TOMORROW'S WORLD'. Science, tech, environment reporting are woeful currently. Something that blasts excitement about what a golden age we're in of discovery (vaccines, computing, space exploration etc etc) but can also be a trojan horse for warnings on climate etc

An old piece that I finished years ago! Barbara Ana Design Crowded House! #crossstitch #barbaraanadesign #halloween #witch

every night my father goes outside to yell at this porcupine to stop eating his apple tree, and every night this porcupine makes eye contact with my father as it continues to eat his apple tree

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look at this absolute robber baron

Cat selfie.