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Sunday Blake

@sundayblake.bsky.social

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Slow learner, quick wit 👁️👄👁️ Chronically offline 🌿 (twitter detox mode) Recovering think tank wanker 💨 Belonging and mattering in HE 📚 Living in answered prayers 🙏🏼🪽

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is the kind of twitter sh'tposting that bluesky has struggled to adopt and I, for one. I am comforted to stumble across such this sh'tpostery as this out in the wild on here.

Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · Sep 1

are ted talks named after theodor adorno

Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Aug 27

And this chap is why the cats aren't allowed out after sundown!

Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jul 20

I have to inform you that there is nothing more important in the entire world 🩷

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Feb 27

When your research is relevant but you’re not in academia anymore

Matthew McConaughey taking a long drag from a cigarette while doomscrolling

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jul 8

"You’d be a terrible mother at this point in your life."

"I thought you cared about us - this would destroy us."

"Think about your body; you won’t bounce back from this."

"Don’t be selfish - think about what this would do to me."

"Your mental health problems would get worse with pregnancy"

Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jul 8

"You’re just not thinking straight because of your hormones"

"You know I’d leave if you kept it, right?"

"You’re too smart to throw your life away like this."

"We’re not ready - you’re not ready - it would ruin everything we’ve built."

"I thought you were a feminist"

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Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · Jul 8

I am working on 'The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign' which ran from 1984-1986. I would love to interview any linkworkers who were employed by the campaign or any women who were supported by linkworkers. Please spread the word or get in touch if this is you! My email is [email protected]

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jul 5

Anyone looking for the rights to a movie about an Indian girl and a Jewish boy falling in love with each other in East London, and then separated by 3 years of national service, during which they amassed over 1000 letters, let me know 🥹

Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jul 5

My friend showed me her dad's diaries from the 1960s today and every entry (in every diary for decades) ended with a sentence about how much he loved his wife!

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jun 27

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jun 27

I just got off one with zero air con!

Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jun 12

Please do the YouGov opinion poll today 🙏🏼

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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · Jun 7

This is amazing 🤯🤯

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · Jun 5

My coach, somewhat exasperated, questioned if I had any other special interests than prison history. I responded I liked running on treadmills... And then - without even realising the irony - promptly asked her if she was aware that treadmills were invented in a 19th century prison 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · Jun 5

Kudos to the bird that managed to shit an image of itself onto this bloke's car.

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · Jun 3

In today’s #PeoplingPodcast, we are joined by @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social to discuss the relationship between classical culture and imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Listen in to find out more about Classics, the Grand Tour, and Invented Legacies here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/03/p...

Hardeep stands in front of a bookcase filled with old books, with his hands in his pockets in a relaxed stance. He is wearing slacks and a checked shirt, and he also has glasses on.

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · May 30

Yes, the child seemed curious and then bemused as to why I was sobbing in the dark next to her (despite my attempts to conceal it).

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · May 30

You sure you've read that, mate?

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · May 30

Although I'll give JP "stroke a cat when you see one". Solid advice there.

Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · May 30

An astute observation. But, for the same reason I read 12 Rules for Life with little hope: everyone was talking about it.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · May 30

The scorn heaped on "Underwater Basket Weaving" was based on college courses in experiential indigenous anthropology. Reeds are traditionally softened underwater to make them flexible for bending into baskets. It's a more useful skill for most than memorizing the 3 orders of ancient Greek columns.

Joe @joevonhoff.bsky.social · May 29

The other issue is when those electives ARE core reqs, students are often presented with a number of options to fulfill it without much regard for what the student is supposed to learn: an Art and Culture core req could be anything from Music 101 to Art History to Underwater Basket Weaving.

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · May 30

Shan Wareing (who I can't seem to tag) recommended I watch Inside Out a few months back because it's helpful to understand emotions! I have not gotten around to it yet. But you have reminded me, and as I am already crying today... 😅

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · May 30

By wonderful coincidence, had I bumped into someone, this was the book I finished this morning. (I didn't think it was very good. Pseudoscience. 3/10).

Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · May 30

No human clashes - my social avoidance proximity buffer zone kicks in for biomatter. Unfortunately not for aluminium or steel rods.

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