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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 8d

Hello BlueSky friends! The call for papers for Jisc's Connect More December event is now open! Closing date: 10th October. We're now doing two of these events per year, so there's plenty of opportunities to put something forward.

www.jisc.ac.uk/forms/submit...

Submit your programme session ideas for Connect More - Jisc

www.jisc.ac.uk

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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · Sep 8

I'm running another webinar soon that's essentially a basic (practical) intro to using Lego Serious Play approaches, everyone gets a pack of Lego in the post, so very hands-on. 21st Nov, 1:00-4:30pm, £90 pp. (Slightly more outside the UK for postage! But no USA, sorry.)
legoteaching.eventbrite.co.uk

Basic Introduction to using Lego in Adult Teaching / Support November '25

A basic intro to using Lego Serious Play type approaches in teaching and in learning support. Includes a pack of Lego to use in the training

legoteaching.eventbrite.co.uk

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · 29d

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 29d

Here's part of Peter Mandelson's birthday message to "my best pal" Jeffrey Epstein.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Sep 5

Couldn't write it better could ya 🤪 Feels like we're genuinely living in an episode of The Thick of It.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 5

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Sep 4

So irritating! lol

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sick to death of those SAP AI ads on LinkedIn showing office staff rolling down a hill or swimming underwater. So weird and annoying.

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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · Aug 21

🗨️ Census data users – we want to hear from you!

We are running a survey to better understand how and why you use our census datasets and what you want to see from us in future.

Completing the survey will enter you into a draw for a £25 Amazon voucher. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jisc/censu...

UK Data Service - getting to know our census users

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh no - I'm not on Twitter/X this year to see Jeremy Clarkson's inevitable daft tweet about his crap A Level results.

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · Aug 10

The treatment is to GET THE VACCINE. I am going to lose my mind.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 8

As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.

One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"

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www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge

The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.

www.wsj.com

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taylor swift lyrics @tswiftlyrics.swifties.social · Aug 9

Black text on white background reading: Everything you lose is a step you take.

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ellycitresist.bsky.social @ellycitresist.bsky.social · Aug 9

Anyone else feel like @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and me?

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Aug 8

Just another relatable National Trust sign

A grey sign with white writing stands in front of an old tree. The sign reads: I am very old and need to rest. Please don't sit on me

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Aug 6

I opened X and there was a negative post about Blake Lively’s sexual harassment case at the top of my suggested posts feed. I clicked on the account and it has no profile image, 8 followers, and 24 posts since 2020–including 6 Ray-Ban scam ads. These disinfo campaigns are so blatant, yet they work.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Aug 5

Community is the glue work holding everything together - pass it on! 🤩 A great write-up of the key themes of our fantastic day in June with our Community Managers and @rosiesherry.com communities.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/07/2... #community #communitymanagement

Community: the glue holding everything together – Communities

communities.jiscinvolve.org

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Jul 30

Eeee remember all that stuff in the news at the start of the 00s about how people would get brain tumours from too much mobile phone use and how that just hasn't happened at all?! Conspiracy theories of the time.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · Jul 28

ICYMI we are recruiting for several Subject Librarians to join Goldsmiths to lead relationship management with our academic schools.

Also, we are recruiting a third Subject Librarian! This is a permanent contract, 0.5 FTE role: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...

All closing 10 August.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · Jul 28

We're also hiring two Library Supervisors to lead day-to-day operations, support and manage frontline staff and deliver a high-quality, inclusive service at Goldsmiths.

2x 0.5 FTE: 1 fixed-term and 1 permanent; closing 17 Aug.
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jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr... & jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...

Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London

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jobs.gold.ac.uk

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · Jul 28

We’re hiring! We’re excited to recruit four Senior Library Assistants, a new role for Goldsmiths Library.

Our SLAs are based in four specialist teams in the Library, while working collaboratively cross-service to maintain operations and provide an excellent user experience.

Closing 31 Aug.
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Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London

jobs.gold.ac.uk

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm too tight to pay for regular botox, so what Korean skincare brands do I need to spend hundreds of pounds on instead?! 😜 Need your reccs!

Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Jul 17

How come it’s 2025 and nobody has yet invented a decent bottle design for hair conditioner that actually lets you get all of the product out of it?!

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Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · Jul 17

My new project! Funded by @isrfoundation.bsky.social, with lovely colleagues @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social and @autgeek.bsky.social First time I've ever had funding for research 🥳 #Neurodivergent #AcademicSky #LivedExperience #CreativeResearch

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Jul 16

💥New: Can higher education be a neurodivergent-affirming space without funding?

@drhelenkara.bsky.social #Neurodivergent #AcademicSky #LivedExperience

Can higher education be a neurodivergent-affirming space without funding? - Impact of Social Sciences

How can academia and other sectors create enabling environments for neurodivergent people? Discussing the concept of neurodivergent-affirming spaces, Helen Kara argues that better understandings and…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Jul 17

Maybe one day I'll do some research on this and around "gamified" approaches in communities. I think I'm the same. Love a game, love the process of playing and having fun but not necessarily bothered about winning or getting something at the end of it.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Jul 17

My favourite answer is: “there isn’t a simple answer!” 🤣 And I’m not taking the mick, I actually mean it.

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Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social · Jul 17

See, even that is like: ok, fine but...I'd probably throw it in the bin as soon as I got home?! Depends what it's for I guess but, for me, it would be the experience of taking part in The Thing that would stick with me and would be the motivation for doing it in the first place?

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