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Charles Hay

@drcharleshay.bsky.social

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Currently researching pain experiences in children and young people Creative research method enthusiast I also draw and take photos and write and occasionally play instruments Unrepentant sci-fi obsessive Views my own, unless I turn out to be correct

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 2h

Glad to see you enjoying the UK. I’m biased of course because I can see it from the hill by my house, but Manchester’s great too.

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 2h

Hah yeah I love this. I have to get blood taken from time to time to check my organs are working and the last time was genuinely a “are you sure you actually took my blood” level of efficiency situation.

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Chris Skaife @ravenology.bsky.social · 1d

Suns golden rays

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

"me me me me me me me me me me me" - birds 🪶

vermillion flycatcher chicks in the nest begging for food as their father flys off

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 1d

Ran into this young muskrat out enjoying an evening snack at the local wetlands yesterday. #wildlife #muskrat

A muskrat sits in the shallow water, chewing on a green reed. Have a great day!

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 1d

The students have gotten younger again

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 1d

For the Mail, that trait is a feature for politicians, not a bug.

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 1d

You have to be dead to have your face on a US coin too but that’s not stopping him either.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 2d

Important meeting

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 2d

Storm clouds and sunbeams over Loch Arkaig, Scotland.

A #ThrowbackThursday post from October 1985 on #Kodachrome. Published worldwide by Olympus Japan and winner of a national UK photo competition on the "Beauty of Llight."

#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 2d

I reckon I can make this work.

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 2d

1) I suspect I, personally, on my own, have a better chance of winning the next GE than the tories in their current state.
2) They seem really intent to become the Republicans don’t they?

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 2d

I've never forgiven the Tory Youth for barging me out the way one time in Sheffield and stealing my taxi. These individuals look like they fantasise about stealing people's taxis. If you got hold of their Whatsapp chats it would all be lurid descriptions of taxi theft.

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 2d

I think I am a caveman really

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Beyond

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve always been fascinated by these old ideas. The pre-KT world is so fleshed out now with well realised contiguities and discontinuities with life today, but the old images of primordial reptiles in rough half-baked landscapes is so compelling. It’s sort of mythic. You captured it. Wonderful stuff

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 3d

wayne 's world is giving a thumbs up and smiling .

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 4d

This is incredible. A short animated film by @mariolanzas.bsky.social based on the 19th century ideas of prehistoric life. Steeped in the idea of the pre-flood primitive almost half-formed world. It's glorious.

ANTEDILUVIAN - Animation Short Film

YouTube video by Mario Lanzas

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 4d

The internet is a wilderness of hallucinations and lies at this point. Not regulating online publication in the same way physical publication was a mistake but it can and must.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 8d

a man in a suit stands in front of a crowd and says anyway

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Dr Kelly Birtwell @kellybirtwell.bsky.social · 8d

📢 We'll be closing our survey for #autistic adults at 9am Tues 7th Oct (UK time) so just a few days left to take part. ⬇️ Open to autistic adults anywhere in the world 🌍 share your experiences of stimming and #mindfulness - we're keen to hear about good and bad experiences. tinyurl.com/Aut-Mindful

Dr Kelly Birtwell @kellybirtwell.bsky.social · Apr 14

💡 Our online survey for #autistic adults in any country is still open: share your experiences of stimming, #mindfulness, and other contemplative practices. To find out more and take part see: tinyurl.com/Aut-Mindful Developed with autistic project advisors. Reposts appreciated. 🙏

Poster for a research study run by the University of Manchester. Text says: Researchers at the University of Manchester seek autistic volunteers to take part in research into experiences of stimming, mindfulness, and other contemplative practices. Are you Autistic? Aged 18 or over? Able to understand written information given in English? The study involves completing an online survey. The survey takes around 30-45 minutes to complete and includes questions about your background (e.g. age, gender), and your experiences of stimming, mindfulness, and other contemplative practices. Stimming is soothing or repetitive sensory activity that can help people to feel calm or may bring joy. The research has been developed in collaboration with autistic project advisors. To find out more visit https://tinyurl.com/Aut-Mindful Or contact: Kelly.birtwell@manchester.ac.uk

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Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 8d

By being born just staggeringly entitled

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 8d

I have to say this is magnificent

Charles Hay @drcharleshay.bsky.social · 9d

It’s because he’s a werewolf and they’re all monsters.