Gillian
@hawhen.bsky.social
Ex-science PhD Scot with random interests mainly beer, noise, techno, clubbing, science, not acting like a 50+ year old & other random oddities 🏴
Short girl appreciation day? Ahem @aidwill.bsky.social!
Today is Sunday 21 December 2025
It is Winter Solstice/Shortest Day ☀️
also
🤔 Crossword Puzzle Day
🌌 Dalek Remembrance Day
✝️ St Thomas the Apostle (architects, builders, surveyors & theologians)
🔦 Flashlight Day
☺️ Look On The Bright Side Day
📗 Short Story Day
👠 Short Girl Appreciation Day
It is Winter Solstice/Shortest Day ☀️
also
🤔 Crossword Puzzle Day
🌌 Dalek Remembrance Day
✝️ St Thomas the Apostle (architects, builders, surveyors & theologians)
🔦 Flashlight Day
☺️ Look On The Bright Side Day
📗 Short Story Day
👠 Short Girl Appreciation Day
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Short girl appreciation day? Ahem @aidwill.bsky.social!
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
I love this mantra and I'll do my utmost to make sure I do!
open.substack.com/pub/jonty/p/... My old colleague Jonty Bloom makes the point well - live your life so that Trump celebrates your death
No pleasure
I take no pleasure from the fact that it was only a few days ago that I wrote about the total absence of dignity in the Oval Office, and now Trump has demeaned his office even further.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I love this mantra and I'll do my utmost to make sure I do!
I remember my parents buying me this on vinyl for my Xmas that year. I still have it. I feel old...
Nirvana released their ‘Incesticide’ compilation 33 years ago on December 14, 1992
album.ink/Incesticide
album.ink/Incesticide
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I remember my parents buying me this on vinyl for my Xmas that year. I still have it. I feel old...
Had this after my very first mammogram. Turned out my boobs just have areas of micro-calcification which are totally benign. I had biopsies and 3 titanium markers implanted. Never been so scared when I walked into a cancer centre. Other friends haven't been so lucky. Gey checked!
Got the dreaded ”we see something unusual on your mammogram results” phone call yesterday. Went back in this morning for another mamo and ultrasound. The radiologist looked at everything and said “You’re all clear!”
Women, stay up on your yearly mamo. It’s not fun but it can save your life.
Women, stay up on your yearly mamo. It’s not fun but it can save your life.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Had this after my very first mammogram. Turned out my boobs just have areas of micro-calcification which are totally benign. I had biopsies and 3 titanium markers implanted. Never been so scared when I walked into a cancer centre. Other friends haven't been so lucky. Gey checked!
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A proper treat for you! 🎛️
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A proper treat for you! 🎛️
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
New mini #BBCRadio3 series, every night this week 9.45pm #Electronicwomen
From Daphne Oram to Laurie Anderson… only 15mins each night, before NightTracks kicks in
HP x
Techno day! Might put some tunes on and dance round the living room to mark the occasion
Today is Tuesday 9 December 2025
It is International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime 🕯️
also
✋🏽 International Anti-Corruption Day
🎧 Techno Day
🥐 Pastry Day
✉️ Christmas Card Day
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It is International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime 🕯️
also
✋🏽 International Anti-Corruption Day
🎧 Techno Day
🥐 Pastry Day
✉️ Christmas Card Day
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December 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Techno day! Might put some tunes on and dance round the living room to mark the occasion
I cannot emphasise how important it is to get screened for whatever you can. Trust me.
Channel 4 and SUTC have just launched a screening checker where you can see what cancer screening programmes you are eligible for.
screeningchecker.co.uk
screeningchecker.co.uk
Screening Checker | Stand Up To Cancer
Stand Up To Cancer is a fundraising campaign that brings the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving cancer research. Find out more.
screeningchecker.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I cannot emphasise how important it is to get screened for whatever you can. Trust me.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
I mainly stock up on beer. I don't drink much in the house as I'm usually drinking at the pub but it's always handy to have some at home especially in the run up to Xmas. I also need to find a pair of new boots as my old ones have died - that's proving more challenging...
Black Friday is a horrible event for our planet, and I hate these e-mails. If you needed something anyway and there's a discount today, it's a win for you. But everything you buy has an impact on the planet. Don't be sucked into getting more stuff just because you can. Aim for better, not more!
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I mainly stock up on beer. I don't drink much in the house as I'm usually drinking at the pub but it's always handy to have some at home especially in the run up to Xmas. I also need to find a pair of new boots as my old ones have died - that's proving more challenging...
How to destroy somewhere without actually touching it...
🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP!🚨
Our walls have heard 130 years of Manchester stories, laughter, music, and a fair few pints. 🍺 We’re proud to be part of this city’s soul, but we need your support to help protect The Marble Arch for generations to come.
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Our walls have heard 130 years of Manchester stories, laughter, music, and a fair few pints. 🍺 We’re proud to be part of this city’s soul, but we need your support to help protect The Marble Arch for generations to come.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
How to destroy somewhere without actually touching it...
I can see @jaunty.art liking this
Rise of the Mammals. The cover project from my new book "Making Paper Automata" The project comes as a pdf ready to print out onto thin card. Find out more here www.robives.com/project/rotm/ #automata #dinosaur
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I can see @jaunty.art liking this
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Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse | Aberdeen Performing Arts
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Started C25k for the nth time... However @govindajeggy.bsky.social whispering in my ear and the stunning blue sky and sunshine of the Agadir beachfront made it all perfectly bearable!
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Started C25k for the nth time... However @govindajeggy.bsky.social whispering in my ear and the stunning blue sky and sunshine of the Agadir beachfront made it all perfectly bearable!
100 days until X**s day?!
More like 3 days to my summer holiday day for me ..
More like 3 days to my summer holiday day for me ..
Today is Tuesday 16 September 2025.
It is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 🌎
also
🇲🇽 Mexican Independence Day
🟡 PlayDoh Day
🪨 Collect Rocks Day
👫 Stepfamily Day
🗓️ 100 days until #Christmas
☑️ Get Ready Day
✝️ St Ninian of Whithorn
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It is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 🌎
also
🇲🇽 Mexican Independence Day
🟡 PlayDoh Day
🪨 Collect Rocks Day
👫 Stepfamily Day
🗓️ 100 days until #Christmas
☑️ Get Ready Day
✝️ St Ninian of Whithorn
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September 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
100 days until X**s day?!
More like 3 days to my summer holiday day for me ..
More like 3 days to my summer holiday day for me ..
I'm rather impressed with the varied beer selection available!
Brewery Bar & Restaurant; Kumul Hwy, Port Vila, Vanuatu https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-17.7422267%2C168.3145018&query_place_id=ChIJw2QzQmBgiW4RStNIqRgOsXk
September 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm rather impressed with the varied beer selection available!
Just finished reading "A Numbers Game" the first Mal & Jackie book by @rjbarker.bsky.social (or should that be Dark). Well that was a rip roaring rollicking good adventure. More of this please!
August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just finished reading "A Numbers Game" the first Mal & Jackie book by @rjbarker.bsky.social (or should that be Dark). Well that was a rip roaring rollicking good adventure. More of this please!
TBF I found a PhD easier than learning to ride a bike. Still can't ride one...
“You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.” 🚲🧪
Read my story in Science Magazine on how I dealt with my "Mid-PhD Crisis".
www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org
@sciencecareers.bsky.social
#ScienceWorkingLife
#AcademicChatter
#AcademicTwitter
#ScienceTwitter
Read my story in Science Magazine on how I dealt with my "Mid-PhD Crisis".
www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org
@sciencecareers.bsky.social
#ScienceWorkingLife
#AcademicChatter
#AcademicTwitter
#ScienceTwitter
"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
August 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
TBF I found a PhD easier than learning to ride a bike. Still can't ride one...
That second photo is giving off definite Scottish morning roll vibes...
ELVERA'S GACHO SHOP; 30 Sittee St, Belize City, Belize https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=17.4994929%2C-88.1965026&query_place_id=ChIJrY3XCdlZXI8R3crc2HRUUMg
August 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
That second photo is giving off definite Scottish morning roll vibes...
Depressing how little has changed in 48 years...
48 years ago today, 13th August 1977 a far-right march through Lewisham in South London was stopped by a counter demo by anti-fascists #antifa #nopasaran
August 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Depressing how little has changed in 48 years...
He's never anything less than hugely entertaining!
I think the shows I am doing in Edinburgh are my best yet - @standcomedyclub.bsky.social evening show usually full, afternoon show much quieter than usual - any spreading the word appreciated
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
August 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
He's never anything less than hugely entertaining!
One of several places I visited when stuck in Stockholm thanks to a certain volcano exploding. An absolutely stunning thing to see.
Today in 1628 the Vasa, the latest, most powerful and advanced ship in the Swedish navy set off on its maiden voyage.
After travelling about 1,300m it capsized and sank.
It was raised after 333 years on the seabed.
Today @thevasamuseum is one of my favourite places in the world.
After travelling about 1,300m it capsized and sank.
It was raised after 333 years on the seabed.
Today @thevasamuseum is one of my favourite places in the world.
August 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One of several places I visited when stuck in Stockholm thanks to a certain volcano exploding. An absolutely stunning thing to see.
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I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!