Stephanie Harris
@mllesharris.bsky.social
Lawyering, contracting, research funding. Formerly of universities, now Senior Contracts Manager NIHR. Photos of my cats and garden.
This really was a lesson in remembering to read the full sentence
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This really was a lesson in remembering to read the full sentence
My timeline is full of things to be very upset about. But let’s not forget that it’s the time of day when my cat comes to sit on top of me and purr.
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My timeline is full of things to be very upset about. But let’s not forget that it’s the time of day when my cat comes to sit on top of me and purr.
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FINAL book giveaway of the year.
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Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
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Up for grabs:
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Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
“The new measures — if approved in a confidence vote that could come as early as next week — would allow a cabinet minister to exempt the testing of any product or service from almost any law, in order to encourage innovation, competitiveness or economic growth.”
What the actual fuck.
What the actual fuck.
It’s naked corruption and a decimation of the rule of law:
“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years. “ #cdnpoli
apple.news/Ai261EfiGREW...
“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years. “ #cdnpoli
apple.news/Ai261EfiGREW...
Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers — Toronto Star
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“The new measures — if approved in a confidence vote that could come as early as next week — would allow a cabinet minister to exempt the testing of any product or service from almost any law, in order to encourage innovation, competitiveness or economic growth.”
What the actual fuck.
What the actual fuck.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.
publications.aap.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
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Sometimes I need to explain to non-Canadians what a square is in the dessert sense, and now I'm going to refer them to this cookbook for examples
Jean published her first cookbook, 150 Delicious Squares, in 1981. She ensured it was bound with a plastic comb so it could lay flat on a counter. She also printed it with a large typeface and page numbers on outside corners. She described them as "kitchen workbooks".
🧵 5/10
🧵 5/10
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Sometimes I need to explain to non-Canadians what a square is in the dessert sense, and now I'm going to refer them to this cookbook for examples
I’m quite terrible at this though I know my juniors at work use AI for their writing. Tips/advice on how to spot it would be welcome!
The most obvious ones are: talks in lists of threes, “not this but that”. Also use of many very abstract words not concrete ones, little personal recollection (of ppl they know), little humour, very generic voice. sentences that mean less the more you think about them.
Can I ask how you figured this out. I recognise some of the signs.
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m quite terrible at this though I know my juniors at work use AI for their writing. Tips/advice on how to spot it would be welcome!
On 6 December 1989 a man went into a university and murdered 14 people for having the audacity to be women studying engineering.
We remember their names every year but this year is particularly poignant as the world he wanted threatens more than ever.
Image now with alt text
We remember their names every year but this year is particularly poignant as the world he wanted threatens more than ever.
Image now with alt text
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
On 6 December 1989 a man went into a university and murdered 14 people for having the audacity to be women studying engineering.
We remember their names every year but this year is particularly poignant as the world he wanted threatens more than ever.
Image now with alt text
We remember their names every year but this year is particularly poignant as the world he wanted threatens more than ever.
Image now with alt text
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I am proud and honoured to announce that today I was awarded the Canadian Curling Association World Peace Prize.
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I am proud and honoured to announce that today I was awarded the Canadian Curling Association World Peace Prize.
We had our work party last week. The DJ had packed up and left the room before the clock finished chiming 11. I’ve never seen anyone leave a place so fast.
It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide on.ft.com/3Kv91S4 #FTEdit
It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide
Tips from a pro
on.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We had our work party last week. The DJ had packed up and left the room before the clock finished chiming 11. I’ve never seen anyone leave a place so fast.
Well. That was a lovely letter to wake up to.
It deserves alt text.
It deserves alt text.
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Well. That was a lovely letter to wake up to.
It deserves alt text.
It deserves alt text.
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HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
Pretty sure I’m out of a job if Reform get into power. Which is not the worst thing that would happen under that government but it does annoy me.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Pretty sure I’m out of a job if Reform get into power. Which is not the worst thing that would happen under that government but it does annoy me.
I just hope they put their winter tires on
'Driving home...' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I just hope they put their winter tires on
The great thing about being a dual citizen is you get to be bitterly disappointed by two governments. At least my Canadian MP seems to have some integrity.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The great thing about being a dual citizen is you get to be bitterly disappointed by two governments. At least my Canadian MP seems to have some integrity.
Labour what the fuck is wrong with you
The flat fee of £925 is a 6% levy on fees of £15,419 - a higher rate on lower costs, a lower rate on higher cost degrees. This will have a smaller impact than a 6% levy on the 19 institutions who thought it could cost them > £10m as their average international fees are above £15k
The government will charge universities £925 per international student for each year of study from August 2028, in a blow to cash-strapped higher education institutions. Helen Packer reports #Budget2026
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/international-student-levy-set-ps925-student-2028
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/international-student-levy-set-ps925-student-2028
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Labour what the fuck is wrong with you
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Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
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British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers
An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the British Academy’s events programme.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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and I really am old enough to remember those far-off days before 2011 or so when most people *didn’t* assume that big tech was the Face of Creeping Evil - tech fucked up bad! by means of actually being evil all the time!
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
and I really am old enough to remember those far-off days before 2011 or so when most people *didn’t* assume that big tech was the Face of Creeping Evil - tech fucked up bad! by means of actually being evil all the time!
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🍂👀LEAF HUNTING🙌🍁
In Japan 'autumn foliage', depending on the reading, is known as 'momiji' (紅葉) or 'kōyō' (紅葉).
Originally the terms referred to any tree that changed colour for autumn, but over time they became synonymous with the maple (楓 'kaede')🍁
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #紅葉 #楓 #momiji
In Japan 'autumn foliage', depending on the reading, is known as 'momiji' (紅葉) or 'kōyō' (紅葉).
Originally the terms referred to any tree that changed colour for autumn, but over time they became synonymous with the maple (楓 'kaede')🍁
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #紅葉 #楓 #momiji
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Ah, humanity. Famously over-reliant on Earth.
Jesus, famously risk averse.
Jesus, famously risk averse.
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ah, humanity. Famously over-reliant on Earth.
Jesus, famously risk averse.
Jesus, famously risk averse.
RNLI > US coast Guard
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
RNLI > US coast Guard
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Cats as co-authors is an entirely reasonable part of scholarly practice.
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Cats as co-authors is an entirely reasonable part of scholarly practice.
For goodness sake Labour, do something about the cost of electricity. My house is freezing. I grew up in Canada where it regularly gets to -20 and we heated our homes with electric radiators without a second thought.
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
For goodness sake Labour, do something about the cost of electricity. My house is freezing. I grew up in Canada where it regularly gets to -20 and we heated our homes with electric radiators without a second thought.
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Most impewtant threat you’ll read today
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Most impewtant threat you’ll read today