Rebecca Ferguson
@r3beccaf.bsky.social
Open University professor emerita, making the shift over to podcasting, audio drama and fiction.
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OU academic Prof Bart Rienties has been honoured for saving a fellow athlete from drowning during the World Transplant Games triathlon this year!
Read more here: https://research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-professor-honoured-after-rescuing-drowning-fellow-transplant-athlete
Read more here: https://research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-professor-honoured-after-rescuing-drowning-fellow-transplant-athlete
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
OU academic Prof Bart Rienties has been honoured for saving a fellow athlete from drowning during the World Transplant Games triathlon this year!
Read more here: https://research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-professor-honoured-after-rescuing-drowning-fellow-transplant-athlete
Read more here: https://research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-professor-honoured-after-rescuing-drowning-fellow-transplant-athlete
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And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
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What do UK graduates do? Lots of information in this annual report.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
graduatemarkettrends.cdn.prismic.io
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What do UK graduates do? Lots of information in this annual report.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
@dougclow.bsky.social It's an amaryllis day!
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
@dougclow.bsky.social It's an amaryllis day!
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Very frosty & cold. Whizbanged in
afternoon. Saxons 187 quiet.
Photo from corporal. Give
anything for bulley
New draft of 80.
More on the #LiverpoolScottish and this unofficial truce 110 years ago on the 1915 #WW1 #WesternFront at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/2...
afternoon. Saxons 187 quiet.
Photo from corporal. Give
anything for bulley
New draft of 80.
More on the #LiverpoolScottish and this unofficial truce 110 years ago on the 1915 #WW1 #WesternFront at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/2...
27 November 1915
Very frosty & cold. Whizbanged in afternoon. Saxons 187 quiet. Photo from corporal. Give anything for bulley New draft of 80. Commentary On 26 November, George recorded that some of the Liverpo…
georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very frosty & cold. Whizbanged in
afternoon. Saxons 187 quiet.
Photo from corporal. Give
anything for bulley
New draft of 80.
More on the #LiverpoolScottish and this unofficial truce 110 years ago on the 1915 #WW1 #WesternFront at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/2...
afternoon. Saxons 187 quiet.
Photo from corporal. Give
anything for bulley
New draft of 80.
More on the #LiverpoolScottish and this unofficial truce 110 years ago on the 1915 #WW1 #WesternFront at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/2...
For anyone who wants to be deputized (heck, sheriffed -- no hierarchy here) to go do important new #gamingthepast work in education. Get cracking on reviving parser-games for history. Use Graham Nelson's fantastic Inform 7 parser-based text games & start making & having kids make history games. 1/
Inform 7
Inform is a natural-language-based programming language for writers of interactive fiction.
ganelson.github.io
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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It appears that it's going to be a slow news week for creator resources in the #audiodrama and #fictionpodcast sphere. Do you have a terrific strategy, tip, trick, or behind-the-scenes item to which I can link? Send it to me, gorgeous!
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The Fiction Podcast Weekly News Submission Form
This is the most efficient way to submit your news to the Fiction Podcast Weekly newsletter right now. I will do my best to accommodate your information.
If you haven't read the newsletter, please k...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It appears that it's going to be a slow news week for creator resources in the #audiodrama and #fictionpodcast sphere. Do you have a terrific strategy, tip, trick, or behind-the-scenes item to which I can link? Send it to me, gorgeous!
forms.gle/H1hoF8kbAytG...
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New article on larp, activism and deliberation in this collection, out in December!
Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy, Volume 1
Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy brings together scholars and educators who explore the educational potential of analog role-playing games (tabletop role-playing games and ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New article on larp, activism and deliberation in this collection, out in December!
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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Am sure there will be some Dr Who fans here. For a local(ISH) cause...
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/fil...
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/fil...
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Am sure there will be some Dr Who fans here. For a local(ISH) cause...
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/fil...
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/fil...
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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👋We are looking for people with ME's experience of the medical system in the UK c.2012 - especially GET/CBT.
Any first hand testimony would be greatly appreciated. It's research for a book & a chance to have your experience inform it's narrative.
🖇️👇
forms.gle/2qxLgWouTNJQ...
Any first hand testimony would be greatly appreciated. It's research for a book & a chance to have your experience inform it's narrative.
🖇️👇
forms.gle/2qxLgWouTNJQ...
Experiences of Medical Care for ME/CFS around 2012
This form is for people who had contact with the medical profession in or around 2012 regarding ME/CFS - particularly where Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) were…
docs.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
👋We are looking for people with ME's experience of the medical system in the UK c.2012 - especially GET/CBT.
Any first hand testimony would be greatly appreciated. It's research for a book & a chance to have your experience inform it's narrative.
🖇️👇
forms.gle/2qxLgWouTNJQ...
Any first hand testimony would be greatly appreciated. It's research for a book & a chance to have your experience inform it's narrative.
🖇️👇
forms.gle/2qxLgWouTNJQ...
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
@markchilds.bsky.social - idea for your next set
Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest
Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest
Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
If you Sit Down and wonder why Britain’s streams, rivers and lakes are so filthy, you’re probably Holding Out for a Hero to halt this Scandalous discharge of sewage.
Step forward the Lake District Radio DJ Lee Durrant, who will go Radio Ga Ga with a 24-hour live broadcasting marathon on Friday, playing songs that peaked at No 2 in the charts to highlight the ongoing stench of not quite Golden Brown “number twos” floating downstream. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@markchilds.bsky.social - idea for your next set
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Friends and enemies of The Infinite Escape Room,
We’ve made the difficult, but temporary, decision to take a hiatus from making episodes of The Infinite Escape Room podcast.
The reason is that all four of us are in different stages of life than when we started this podcast seven years ago.
[1/6]
We’ve made the difficult, but temporary, decision to take a hiatus from making episodes of The Infinite Escape Room podcast.
The reason is that all four of us are in different stages of life than when we started this podcast seven years ago.
[1/6]
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Friends and enemies of The Infinite Escape Room,
We’ve made the difficult, but temporary, decision to take a hiatus from making episodes of The Infinite Escape Room podcast.
The reason is that all four of us are in different stages of life than when we started this podcast seven years ago.
[1/6]
We’ve made the difficult, but temporary, decision to take a hiatus from making episodes of The Infinite Escape Room podcast.
The reason is that all four of us are in different stages of life than when we started this podcast seven years ago.
[1/6]
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By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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Seventy-five years ago, Britain helped write the European Convention on Human Rights. It protects fairness, liberty and the rule of law. Those attacking it now are not defending Britain. They are trying to free government from accountability. We must defend it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Seventy-five years ago, Britain helped write the European Convention on Human Rights. It protects fairness, liberty and the rule of law. Those attacking it now are not defending Britain. They are trying to free government from accountability. We must defend it.
Community tree planting at The Arboretum, Milton Keynes, on Saturday 22nd November 2025 – planting more than 800 trees www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...
Community tree planting at The Arboretum on Saturday 22nd November 2025
We are planting more than 800 trees at the Poplar Plantation on Saturday 22nd of November 2025. We need your help!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Community tree planting at The Arboretum, Milton Keynes, on Saturday 22nd November 2025 – planting more than 800 trees www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...
It's not often you get the opportunity to apply for a job as a Viking
We're hiring an Interactive Visitor Operations Host at JORVIK Viking Centre!
The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology.
More information via the link in our bio 🔗
#Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies
The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology.
More information via the link in our bio 🔗
#Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's not often you get the opportunity to apply for a job as a Viking
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
1
NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
3
NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
4
MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
5
NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
7
NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
9
[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
10
MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
12
[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #womensart
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #womensart
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This one is a big deal, in my view. Potentially marks an end to Thatcher-era deregulation of the buses across England. And it's the law as of last night: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This one is a big deal, in my view. Potentially marks an end to Thatcher-era deregulation of the buses across England. And it's the law as of last night: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter