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Kirstein Rummery

@profkirstein.bsky.social

780 followers 730 following 150 posts

Professor of Social Policy, interested in disability, gender and everything, owned by 2 cats and a dog, proud adopted Scot

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 26

Am increasingly getting requests to send references I’m writing to the candidate so they can include it with their application. I know it cuts down admin but it’s awful. References are already degraded. How can anyone possibly take seriously a reference that is so open?

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 31

#academicsky it's here! If your 2023 wasn't depressing enough get your mitts on some evidence based #depression here #uk books.google.co.uk/books/about/...

Cover of 'The Conservative Governments and Social Policy' showing 4 Conservative Prime Ministers

Text showing Kirstein Rummery as author of the chapter 'Equalities and the Conservatives'

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Dec 22

Gay and transgender Russians are being forced into conversion therapy programs amid an escalating wave of persecution against the country's LGBT community. The Post speaks with two transgender Russians who survived the prison-like conditions. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...

In Russia, parents are having gay children abducted to be ‘cured’

Amid severe persecution of LGBTQ+ people in Russia, some parents are paying for forced “conversion” therapy, an abusive practice that is banned in many countries.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 22

Remember to take out a second mortgage thought because there is no way you are leaving with just gnocchi

Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 22

See I just go with shouting at the dog. Yours is better.

Adria @adriaandthepriors.bsky.social · Dec 22

I’m incredibly angry today, so I’ve chosen a massive pain in the arse cake to make.

It will look like this when it’s ready though, so I hope it’s worth it.

Honey cake, with layers of dulce de leche and custard cream

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 22

Happy 'Thank Feck The Days Are Finally Getting Longer' to my Northern Hemisphere pals particularly those buried in marking #AcademicSky. Particularly #Scotland - hang in there. Southern Hemisphere pals can just feck off, I hope you get sunburn

Sun shining through wintry trees and snow

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Adria @adriaandthepriors.bsky.social · Dec 22

I’m incredibly angry today, so I’ve chosen a massive pain in the arse cake to make.

It will look like this when it’s ready though, so I hope it’s worth it.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · Dec 22

Impersonation warning! All of my social media accounts are "CatsOfYore". Not cats_of_yore or catsofyoreofficial or any other variation. Also, I will never ask you for money directly via PayPal, Venmo, etc. I do these gofundme fundraisers twice a year and that's it. www.gofundme.com/s?q=%22Molly...

GoFundMe Search: "Molly Hodgdon"

Search on GoFundMe using a person's name, location, or the fundraiser title. Also find trending fundraisers that are in the news.

www.gofundme.com

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · Dec 21

Amen.

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 20

Go to Glasgow. Find Italian deli. Buy gnocchi. Cover in butter, sage and parmesan.

Follow me for more recipes.

Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · Dec 20

@veghistory.bsky.social I’m planning a meal next week for the holiday. Would you mind sharing your gnocchi recipe?

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · Dec 20

@veghistory.bsky.social I’m planning a meal next week for the holiday. Would you mind sharing your gnocchi recipe?

Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 20

Maths teacher 1986: Use those log tables, you won't be carrying a calculator around in your pocket all the time!
Us:
#academicsky
(also was told categorically the manual typewriter would always be the only way to write essays)

Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Dec 20

97 year old comic about what would happen if "pocket telephones" were to be invented.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Dec 20

97 year old comic about what would happen if "pocket telephones" were to be invented.

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 14

There is a #feminist version #academicsky!

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David Aja @davidaja.com · Dec 13

Maybe we all died in 2020 during the pandemic and we are in hell.

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 13

#academicsky I just handed a thing in ONE DAY EARLY and I'll take my promotion now, thanks

Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 13

#AcademicSky dagnammit there's a word for it

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 13

Mornington Crescent!

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Dec 13

N. Tottenham
S. Elephant and Castle
W. Ladbroke Grove
E. Whitechapel

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Dec 13

N: Longyearbyen
S: Christchurch
E: Matamata I think?
W: Honolulu

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benteh @benteh.no · Dec 13

St. Lucy'd day today, this is a surprisingly big deal in scandinavia.

my favourite fact:

St. Lucy tore her eyes out to avoid marrying a pagan 🙄. so we serve buns that are ... referencing and mimicing torn out eyes.

bon appétit

statue of St. Lucy holding a tray with huge eyeballs on it. magically, St Lucy herself has her eyes in her head.

Painting of St. Lucy with a plate with eyeballs. Here she's also seeing, with eyes in her head.

traditional buns baked for St. Lucy's day: they're S-shaped, and in each curve of the S there are little black rasins, mimicing eyes

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ClaireJane5 @clairejane5.bsky.social · Dec 13

A thread of things PM Sunak cannot remember while UNDER OATH at the #CovidInquiryUK 😐
www.instagram.com/p/C0wVwcoIrn...

PoliticsJOE on Instagram: "ugh"

11K likes, 548 comments - politicsjoe on December 12, 2023: "ugh"

www.instagram.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Dec 13

N. Tottenham
S. Elephant and Castle
W. Ladbroke Grove
E. Whitechapel

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Dec 13

N: Longyearbyen
S: Christchurch
E: Matamata I think?
W: Honolulu

Tintin and the Somerville Polyculeans @jamtoday.bsky.social · Dec 13

N: Edinburgh
S: Hastings (Tasmania)
E: Byron Bay
W: Vancouver

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 7

Ok but then there's those of us that are equally unproductive during daylight and nightime
Also applies during hot and cold weather

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Dec 7

we have already begun to feed

The four-panel comic by Shen Comix playfully contrasts "morning people" and "night people." The first panel depicts a cheerful character representing morning people who "rule over the domain of day." The second panel shows a night person, claiming to be slightly more productive at night. The third panel shows the Earth with a shrinking daytime to signify winter's shorter days. In the final panel, night people are depicted with a mischievous grin, saying "so we gain territory," humorously celebrating the extended nighttime of winter.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Dec 7

we have already begun to feed

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ClaireJane5 @clairejane5.bsky.social · Dec 6

Council of Europe recommendations as part of their 2019 definition of sexism ...

Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 6

originally from a male psychology colleague but, tbf, my daughter agrees with him. But I never heard any male colleague get this kind of remark, so you have a point! Smile more, ladies

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 6

Apparently in meetings my 'listening' face is the same as my 'I am incandescently furious about whatever it is we're discussing' face and I should maybe work on that #AcademicSky

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 1

I CAN SEE YOU HIDING IN THAT WARDROBE (niche joke)

Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 1

I thought 4 was the best thing he ever did. Fight me.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · Dec 1

Dude, numbers 2 and 3 are beautiful, but I have no idea how to reconcile them with 1 and 4.

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Kirstein Rummery @profkirstein.bsky.social · Dec 1

I was warned post surgery that I would feel the cold more but this is me marking at home and it's frankly ridiculous #academicsky #disability

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · Dec 1

Dude, numbers 2 and 3 are beautiful, but I have no idea how to reconcile them with 1 and 4.

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