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emmcgirr.bsky.social
Elaine McGirr
@emmcgirr.bsky.social
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Eighteenth-century & theatre historian; cat & child wrangler; immigrant.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · 22h
Heads of: History, English, Theatre
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d
quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods
Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · 7d
Who assumed committee meetings were at the same time this year as last & showed up an hour early?
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Rebecca Kosick @rkokayokay.bsky.social · 14d
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Head of Research, Archives and Libraries at The British Museum
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Head of Research, Archives and Libraries on jobs.ac.uk!
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · 16d
Day 1 of the new academic year & we have our first email-all failure.
Waiting on the reply-all complaints.
a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
ALT: a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · 25d
It's that tome of year again: a new academic year about to start, I'm still (again) HOD & I need comfort reading.

Must be well-written & not too traumatic. Otherwise anything goes!
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Sep 8
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Warm words from ministers to Universities UK, but a noticeable absence of buttered parsnips
Ministers at Universities UK conference were keen to show their appreciation for the sector – but Debbie McVitty argues that a deeper relationship with government remains elusive
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Sep 4
Yup.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Sep 3
It took us several years to get that policy implemented. No one did something very bad (recently) but many wanted to retain their right to do so in the future
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Bianca ⚔️🍉 @bookhoarding.bsky.social · Sep 3
"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it."

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I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Sep 3
Heavy rain followed by light rain. #brizzle
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 26
Not now, flesh-eating screw worms

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite confirmed in US
HHS told Reuters patient had returned from El Salvador but beef industry said person had traveled from Guatemala
www.theguardian.com
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 23
Perimenopausal dreaming: family vacation to the inside of an active volcano.
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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...
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 15
Shook.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 14
brb- learning Welsh! (Reflecting on my decisions here)
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 8
I’m sorry but it’s the worst Eliot. There. I said it.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 7
Armadale, Sir Charles Grandison, Middlemarch
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 7
New game: Read, Research, Recycle

(One you read for fun, one you research for years, one you put out with the old paper)

Bleak House, David Copperfield, Our Mutual Friend
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 4
Emails triaged & primed for resumption of work tomorrow & now can guiltlessly fritter the afternoon on errands & chores.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 4
Just realised that I had actually booked today as bonus annual leave so I could fight the laundry & email separately.
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 4
Maybe later in the week? Today is task-tastic
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 4
And where do tacos sit in the Greek- Italian continuum?
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 4
I know - I need the coffee to triage the emails!

Email break to fold laundry & restock larder & then back to the inbox! 📨
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Elaine McGirr @emmcgirr.bsky.social · Aug 4
Monday, post-holiday.
Mountains of emails & laundry to sort & work through.
Cat also decided to show his displeasure abt being left by knocking a full coffee cup onto the sofa.
a close up of a fluffy cat with a very angry look on its face
ALT: a close up of a fluffy cat with a very angry look on its face
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Aug 1
You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys ther to make a profit. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
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