Joshua McDonagh
@joshuamcdonagh.bsky.social
🌹 PhD student computer scientist at the University of Manchester
I've put too much damn hairspray in my hair and now it's basically become a helmet... halp, it feels awful
June 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I've put too much damn hairspray in my hair and now it's basically become a helmet... halp, it feels awful
I've written a bit of #flashfiction which I've uploaded online.
If you're into gothic horror or fiction around that genre, please take a look!
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/04/the-...
If you're into gothic horror or fiction around that genre, please take a look!
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/04/the-...
The Creature in the Church
The night was haunted. Heavy rain fell. Moonlight seeped through cracks in the dark clouds above. Below, wading through mud and dirt, a gr...
www.writtenbyjoshua.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I've written a bit of #flashfiction which I've uploaded online.
If you're into gothic horror or fiction around that genre, please take a look!
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/04/the-...
If you're into gothic horror or fiction around that genre, please take a look!
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/04/the-...
In my mind, I have an image of #Trump that I cannot remove. He's standing on the steps outside Air Force One after returning from negotiations with Russia. He smiles gleefully, waving a piece of paper in his hand. 'Peace in our time,' he says. It shall be anything but...
February 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In my mind, I have an image of #Trump that I cannot remove. He's standing on the steps outside Air Force One after returning from negotiations with Russia. He smiles gleefully, waving a piece of paper in his hand. 'Peace in our time,' he says. It shall be anything but...
Another day, another post by me shamelessly plugging a bit of #horror #flashfiction I wrote.
This one's called 'Seeing What Mustn't' and is about two young twin brothers who take their mother's advice.
If you like this sort of thing, please take a look:
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/02/seei...
This one's called 'Seeing What Mustn't' and is about two young twin brothers who take their mother's advice.
If you like this sort of thing, please take a look:
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/02/seei...
Seeing What Mustn’t
‘Will you promise me?’ the voice said calmly. ‘You must promise me.’ ‘Yes, Mother,’ came two other voices in unison—both young and tim...
www.writtenbyjoshua.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Another day, another post by me shamelessly plugging a bit of #horror #flashfiction I wrote.
This one's called 'Seeing What Mustn't' and is about two young twin brothers who take their mother's advice.
If you like this sort of thing, please take a look:
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/02/seei...
This one's called 'Seeing What Mustn't' and is about two young twin brothers who take their mother's advice.
If you like this sort of thing, please take a look:
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/02/seei...
Reposted by Joshua McDonagh
🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to:
Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).
Cap all donations ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Decided to start uploading some of my short stories online.
This is a piece of #psychological #flashfiction I wrote in 2023 about a lonely young man who becomes consumed by despair as he is haunted by a mysterious figure on a distant hill.
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/01/the-...
This is a piece of #psychological #flashfiction I wrote in 2023 about a lonely young man who becomes consumed by despair as he is haunted by a mysterious figure on a distant hill.
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/01/the-...
The Man on the Hill
There is no light bright enough to resist being engulfed by darkness. No shine so brilliant that it cannot be obscured by gloom. No hope s...
www.writtenbyjoshua.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Decided to start uploading some of my short stories online.
This is a piece of #psychological #flashfiction I wrote in 2023 about a lonely young man who becomes consumed by despair as he is haunted by a mysterious figure on a distant hill.
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/01/the-...
This is a piece of #psychological #flashfiction I wrote in 2023 about a lonely young man who becomes consumed by despair as he is haunted by a mysterious figure on a distant hill.
www.writtenbyjoshua.com/2025/01/the-...
December 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Had the migraine of the year today... what a bloody cold I've turned out to have...
December 3, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Had the migraine of the year today... what a bloody cold I've turned out to have...
It's addiction awareness week this week, and last year I shared my story as a child of an alcoholic with @nacoauk.bsky.social
If it's something you want to know more about, you can read it here: nacoa.org.uk/experiences/...
#addiction #alcoholism #addictionawarenessweek
If it's something you want to know more about, you can read it here: nacoa.org.uk/experiences/...
#addiction #alcoholism #addictionawarenessweek
Me and my dad - Nacoa
Me and my dad. My first thought as a title for this was ‘Me and my Alcoholic dad’. He was an extraordinary man.
nacoa.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 12:27 PM
It's addiction awareness week this week, and last year I shared my story as a child of an alcoholic with @nacoauk.bsky.social
If it's something you want to know more about, you can read it here: nacoa.org.uk/experiences/...
#addiction #alcoholism #addictionawarenessweek
If it's something you want to know more about, you can read it here: nacoa.org.uk/experiences/...
#addiction #alcoholism #addictionawarenessweek
Who needs Excel when you can use pandas 🥹
November 26, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Who needs Excel when you can use pandas 🥹
🚨 Random post alert 🚨
I wish there was better education on mental health and well-being when I was at school.
I spent a lot of my school days suffering from quite severe anxiety. I never knew it was something I could be supported with.
#mentalhealth #wellbeing #school
I wish there was better education on mental health and well-being when I was at school.
I spent a lot of my school days suffering from quite severe anxiety. I never knew it was something I could be supported with.
#mentalhealth #wellbeing #school
November 25, 2024 at 11:25 PM
🚨 Random post alert 🚨
I wish there was better education on mental health and well-being when I was at school.
I spent a lot of my school days suffering from quite severe anxiety. I never knew it was something I could be supported with.
#mentalhealth #wellbeing #school
I wish there was better education on mental health and well-being when I was at school.
I spent a lot of my school days suffering from quite severe anxiety. I never knew it was something I could be supported with.
#mentalhealth #wellbeing #school
Welp, I've decided it's time to deactivate my Twitter account.
It was fun... until it wasn't...
It was fun... until it wasn't...
November 24, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Welp, I've decided it's time to deactivate my Twitter account.
It was fun... until it wasn't...
It was fun... until it wasn't...
Reposted by Joshua McDonagh
Statement from Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the sad passing of John Prescott, a true giant of the Labour movement
November 21, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Statement from Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the sad passing of John Prescott, a true giant of the Labour movement
Small waffly thread 🧵:
One of the things I'm passionate about is how our legislatures and governments consider technology and its possible uses, impacts, and risks.
One of the things I'm passionate about is how our legislatures and governments consider technology and its possible uses, impacts, and risks.
November 15, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Small waffly thread 🧵:
One of the things I'm passionate about is how our legislatures and governments consider technology and its possible uses, impacts, and risks.
One of the things I'm passionate about is how our legislatures and governments consider technology and its possible uses, impacts, and risks.
I have to admit, I never really fully appreciated how toxic Twitter has become until I started using this app.
Everything is generally much more chill here, which is lovely 🙂
Everything is generally much more chill here, which is lovely 🙂
November 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I have to admit, I never really fully appreciated how toxic Twitter has become until I started using this app.
Everything is generally much more chill here, which is lovely 🙂
Everything is generally much more chill here, which is lovely 🙂
I have a (mini) police box full of Doctor Who toys - do I get to join some sort of elite whovian society where we discuss the canonicity of the Peter Cushing dalek films?
#doctorwho
#doctorwho
November 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I have a (mini) police box full of Doctor Who toys - do I get to join some sort of elite whovian society where we discuss the canonicity of the Peter Cushing dalek films?
#doctorwho
#doctorwho
Hi everyone! I'm new here, so I thought it'd be nice to introduce myself. I'm Josh, a PhD student and Teaching Associate at the University of Manchester.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Hi everyone! I'm new here, so I thought it'd be nice to introduce myself. I'm Josh, a PhD student and Teaching Associate at the University of Manchester.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@academic-chatter.bsky.social