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Pascale Aebischer (she/her)

@pascaleexeter.bsky.social

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Dragonboater, paddleboarder, Dartmoor walker, Aare-swimmer. Also editing Titus Andronicus and interested in all things Shakespeare, performance, theatre broadcasting, post-COVID-19 creative industries. Never able to see enough shows or read enough books. .. more

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Nov 11

Given the recent surge of new followers, it's worth re-plugging the book that arose from years of COVID-19 research:

Adaptation and Resilience in the Performing Arts.

About weathering the pandemic crisis & thriving through adversity. Topical?

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172402/

Manchester University Press - Adaptation and resilience in the performing arts

Adaptation and resilience in the performing arts - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Adaptation and resilience in the performing arts by Pascale Aebischer

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 10d

The feeling when, at the start of the second week of term, a student asks for further reading, having already done all the relevant reading you recommended on a subject and gone beyond that to do some research.

What a privilege to be teaching this bunch! Looks like a good term's ahead (and v busy)

Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 13d

It's a terrifying, confusing transformation which is disabling people capable of coping with analogue systems. My mum's hand-eye coordination on the computer is wonky, so she keeps clicking the wrong bits and logging herself out/making mistakes when banking. It's completely undermining independence.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13d

🔴 BREAKING: Chancellor believes allowing young people to live and work across Britain and the EU would boost the economy and reduce the need for tax rises in the budget.

https://www.bestforbritain.org/uk_outlines_ambitious_yms

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 13d

A story that’s attracted surprisingly little attention in our media:

Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.com

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 15d

Academia.edu has always been a scam to gamify & monetize the psychic damage of twilight-phase academic neoliberalism: this person looked you up, that person mentioned you, your work matters. Intellectual as individual brand-builder. The rights stuff is awful but the basic concept is bad enough

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 19d

Not just any suit, either 🤩

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 26d

Just watching today's news and marvelling that no commentary seems to pick up on the demographic and gender dynamics at work in the marches. Toxic.

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Sara Martín @saramartin.bsky.social · Sep 9

I need an author for a chapter on the role of production design in the film adaptations of Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Edinburgh UP has shown an interest in the proposal. Find how to contact me here:
webs.uab.cat/saramartinal...
@adaptstudies.bsky.social
#AcademicSky

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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · Aug 15

The National Archives is looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. Pros: you'll get to work in the same department as me. Cons: you'll have to work in the same department as me. Details via the link. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Midget Gems 26 @bacardioakheart.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Beatles get their A Level results. Aug 1964.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨

@kingsmusic.bsky.social is delighted to offer a permanent Lectureship/Senior Lectureship, starting ASAP, in the history of opera and/or music theatre (any timeframe) OR historically European music c. 1780 to1900.

SHORT DEADLINE – 31 AUGUST

APPLY HERE: tinyurl.com/2t34j665

SHARE!!!

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Dr. Will Green @drwillgreen.bsky.social · Aug 9

I'm not quite sure what I plan to do with it yet, but ahead of my new exhibition fully opening at Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall later in the year, I've set up a BlueSky for the Travelling Players Project! Check out @travellingplayers.bsky.social for what I hope will be some exciting updates 🙂

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · Jul 28

RIP Ozzy Osbourne. We scoured the archives to find our best medieval bats in the rocker’s honour.

#MedievalMonday.
1. Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Misc. 554
2: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 304.
3: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764.
4: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511.

Illuminated bat from the Ashmole bestiary showing a bat on a gold background inside a red and green frame. The bat is brown with black wings and cartoonish, with incongrously detailed human-looking facial features.

Three outlines of three bats as marginalia in a yellowed page from a Bodleian manuscript. The bat marginalia are hastily drawn (likely added by a different hand than the scribe who wrote and illustrated the rest of the text). The bats have simplistic facial expresisons; one has two eyes and a straight line for a mouth, the second has a soft smile, and the third has something between the two.

A page from a bestiary showing Latin text and a black bat illustration in an embossed gold square. The bats wings look feathered and the shape is bird like, suggesting whoever drew it may not have seen a bat up close before.

An immediately strange looking illustration from a medieval Paduan text. A bat flies above an illustration of a man, and both are roughly the same size. The bat has cat like legs and a long tail, and is shaped like a winged rat.

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 28

As it happens, neither way includes primrose-decorated dalliance...

Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 28

"This way or that?"
A Monday morning question.

Withered and moss-and-ivy overgrown signpost pointing in opposite directions, "path" inscribed in both directions. Dartmoor.

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Jul 26

The English Association:a subject association for people passionate about lit, lang, creative writing -from all sectors of education & all areas of English studies.Our publications, events, networks, promote dialogue, distribute knowledge, celebrate the discipline. Join! 🤗

englishassociation.ac.uk

englishassociation.ac.uk

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 22

Good morning!
(Rubbish at running, but good at admiring flowers 😉)

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 21

'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3

‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join our fantastic Creative Writing team: E&S Lectureship in Creative Writing
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS852/l...

Lecturer in Creative Writing (Education and Scholarship) at University of Exeter

An academic position as a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Education and Scholarship) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join our dynamic department : E&S Lectureship in English Literature with Critical Theory. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNV381/l...

Lecturer in English Literature with Critical Theory (Education and Scholarship) at University of Exeter

An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in English Literature with Critical Theory (Education and Scholarship) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other acad...

www.jobs.ac.uk

Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 16

The problem is that there is a huge carbon footprint to tearing down old houses, too. There's no easy one-size-fits-all solution, alas!

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢Still time to register for our Transcribathon (next Thursday)📢

- Join us to transcribe on Zooniverse, discuss interesting findings, hear talks from the research team, ask questions
- Attend in person or online, for all or part of the afternoon

willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com

#EarlyModern 🗃️

A poster advertising the 'Wills Project Transcribathon' on Thursday 24 July, 1-4pm BST, in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter, and on zoom. The poster features black text on green and yellow backgrounds, and three images - a box of folded will manuscripts, an unfolded will manuscript, and the painting Thomas Braithwaite of Ambleside making his will, Abbot Hall, 1607. Photo: Lakeland Arts.

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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · Jul 15

It is worrying to see the attempted normalisation of the ‘we are doomed’ climate narrative.

Such narratives are tactics to facilitate the continuation of activities driving climate change.

It is never too late to act.

It is never too late to protect as many people and places as possible.

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 15

Aaaaaargh. We're having to have cavity wall insulation *removed* because it is absorbing and storing moisture and making the house damp. Home insulation for older houses isn't quite that simple...

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Jul 15

Not really, when the choice is to keep the car running for a few more years or take the plunge to ditch it in favour of an expensive bike that you're not sure will really allow you to do without a car. A big subsidy, linked to ditching the car, would really incentivise the leap!

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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · Jul 15

A regular bike, yes. I'm on about ecargo bikes that can easily carry the same amount most people use their cars for; i.e. carrying kids to school, or buying the weekly shop. They cost between £2,000 and £10,000. That's what we should be subsiding to replace second cars in a household at a minimum.

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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · Jul 15

Yet again, the UK gov chooses to subsidise the least effective way of reaching net zero. Imagine if did this for cargo bikes instead, effectively halving the price of bikes that can replace the majority of these cars - especially 2nd cars - and funding car sharing schemes instead for longer journeys

A newspaper article with the headline: “New grant to push sales of electric cars for net zero”. The strapline reads: “Government offers up to £3,750 off new vehicles”. The article, written by Ben Clatworthy and Will Dron, discusses a new UK government scheme offering up to £3,750 for motorists switching to electric vehicles (EVs). The grant applies to EVs with a list price under £37,000 and will be available until 2029. It is part of a £650 million initiative aimed at increasing EV adoption to meet net zero targets.

Key points include:
• Models made in Britain will get higher grants.
• Chinese-made EVs like BYDs will be excluded.
• The grant is applied at the point of sale.
• About 80–90% of new cars are bought on finance.
• The scheme is not means-tested.
• Tesla, Polestar, and high-end BMW, Audi, and Mercedes models are ineligible.
• Past grants offered up to £4,500 between 2016–2018.
• Only 15,474 EVs were registered in 2018, compared to 381,970 last year.
• Private buyers accounted for just under 20% of EV sales.
• The policy supports Labour’s goal to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and may later include plug-in hybrids.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Jul 15

If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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