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@ysabelgerrard

pronounced “isabel” | senior lecturer researching social media + youth cultures | words @guardian @WIRED @WSJ | she/her

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Richard Murphy(@RichardJMurphy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This idiot is our health secretary. She thinks 'junior doctors' are 'doctors in training'. The reality is that they are all hospital doctors who are not consultants - in other words, the majority of all doctors, and many of them have considerable experience. Is she being…

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Vivian Wulf(@MxVivianWulf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The statement by the headteacher of Brianna Ghey whose twitter I will not be linking so as to delay the time before it is descended upon by the cult o9f rabid transpohobes that infest this place.

It's beautiful and it changes what we were told by the transphobic press about her-

The statement by the headteacher of Brianna Ghey whose twitter I will not be linking so as to delay the time before it is descended upon by the cult o9f rabid transpohobes that infest this place. It's beautiful and it changes what we were told by the transphobic press about her-
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Jo Maugham(@JolyonMaugham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brianna Ghey's mother supported her transition: 'It didn’t bother me. It was just something that Brianna wanted to do and I was happy. As long as she was happy then that’s all that mattered.' theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/d…

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Professor Ranjana Das(@ProfRanjanaDas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wouldn't, under such rules, have made it into the UK. This news brings memories - needing to find a post-doc *anywhere, in 90 days* in the EEA (2011), the wait 4 a work visa 4 months after 1st lectureship offer (2012), inability to conference freely, till I got a UK passport...

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wishcrys(@wishcrys) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The ethos of academia I tell myself everyday:

There are no real emergencies.

All deadlines are suggestions.

It is a job.

Your self-worth is not tied to achievement.

People over project.

People are dispensable to institutions.

Take care of one another.

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Professor Ranjana Das(@ProfRanjanaDas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just signed with Bristol Uni Press 4 talking ! Grateful to colleagues across the world - at various symposia, events, coffees, lunches - reading the rough first draft as we speak. Hope it will add something to research :)

Just signed #Book #Contract with @BrisUniPress 4 #Parents talking #Algorithms! Grateful to colleagues across the world - at various symposia, events, coffees, lunches - reading the rough first draft as we speak. Hope it will add something to #datafication #parenting research :)
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📢🆕INCLUDE+ is inviting proposals for projects that seek to enhance #digitalequity through collaborative forms of civic action. We invite Project Proposals up to the value of £50k, to begin no later than April 2024 and lasting no more than 9 months includeplus.org/include-feasib…
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