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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh
@aroeschmarsh.bsky.social
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#socialworker and #socialwork academic- joy, hope, arts engaged methods, nature, creativity - based at the University of Edinburgh. Co-Director The Binks Hub. #PoetryHelps #NatureIsNurture (she/her)
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · Aug 15
So happy to share this article which we hope will be helpful for anyone doing #socialworkassessments with children and families. Integrating issues around the #digitalworld can be tricky - this article brings together research and practice wisdom to help www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My Whole World: Integrating the Digital into Social Work Assessments with Children and Young People
Most children and young people now live a significant proportion of their lives online, a situation that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic which required many services, including educat...
www.tandfonline.com
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2h
'In the past few weeks three new applications of AI have landed that could each have a profound impact on our shared reality: OpenAI’s new video platform, Sora; the scaling of a virtual companion called “Friend” and Meta’s push to import its advertising model into chatbots.'
Big Tech deploys Orwellian doublespeak to mask its democratic corrosion | Peter Lewis
As AI asserts its power to shape social evolution, regulation is decried as ‘state control’ rather than the expression of our collective will
www.theguardian.com
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 2h
🌿 Nature lifts mood all day

Surveying over 2,000 adults, researchers found that visiting parks or watersides boosts happiness for everyone, including those with depression or anxiety.

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1743...

#MentalHealth #SciComm 🧪
Happy days are nature days: visiting nature has positive spill-over effects for the entire day among people with and without common mental health disorders
Recreational time in nature is linked to greater positive and fewer negative emotions than time in built settings, but it is unclear whether benefits: a) are short-lived or ‘spill-over’ across the ...
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 22h
🔹 On 10 October, a ceasefire entered into force across the Gaza Strip.
🔹 Since the olive harvest began on 9 October, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their farms in the West Bank have continued unabated.

Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank:

www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 13h
A pretty cool kingfisher by my youngest
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d
'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 3d
Look up 🌳
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 3d
Tis the mushy season in #scotland
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d
Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic and collage artist #womensart
Photo of three birds as if flying left created with fast pieces of patterned paper
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d
War creates two categories of persons: those who
outlive it and those who don’t.

Both carry wounds.

-Anne Carson
#everynightapoem
трайна "wound" HISTORY OF WAR: LESSON 2 War creates two categories of persons: those who outlive it and those who don't. Both carry wounds.
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 4d
“There is no other way to undertake a humanitarian response at the scale needed in #Gaza, without the United Nations, including UNRWA” our Juliette Touma tells @cnn.com.

UNRWA has the necessary reach, network, know-how and trust of the communities to deliver aid directly to the people in need.
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 4d
Oh yes - this looks so good youtu.be/Js9KPL49W3g?...
Riot Women | NEW Trailer 💥🤘 - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 4d
An old favourite that never gets old - the genius of Wendell Berry
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Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 4d
Sometimes it just feels like a poem was written exactly for you. I've read this one a hundred times, have even heard WB read it, but when I began to read it this morning the first line brought tears to my eyes.
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 5d
There is more that connects us than divides us - we all share this beautiful planet and #treesarelife - love this #poem

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/leaves-...
Leaves Falling Quietly Falling
green brown golden heaps piling up where they drop beneath bare-armed branches leaves falling quietly falling
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
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Lucia Osborne-Crowley @luciaoc.bsky.social · 20d
As Trump spouts lies about paracetamol/tylenol, autism and pregnancy, here is a gentle reminder that the leading cause of harm during pregnancy is literally… men. Violent men. Specifically, violent men with guns.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 5d
"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."

-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)

#WomensArt #FridayFeeling
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 6d
Book launch: "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750-1820" (Yale UP)

Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks

Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan.

raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: Book Launch and Discussion
Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".
raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d
'Arm’s-length bodies such as the Office for Students (OfS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are particularly “vulnerable to political interference”, a new report has warned.' 1/3
‘Learn lessons from US’ and stop political interference, UK told
OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence
www.timeshighereducation.com
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 5d
In our house we have turned to scrolling pics of red pandas to cheer ourselves up! What a long week it has been and still one day to go before #rest
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 6d
🎉 Brilliant Poetry 2025 has announced its shortlist.

Over 350 poems from 50 countries explored the beauty and mystery of quantum science through verse with @unesco.org & @apsphysics.bsky.social

Read them here: quantum2025.org/news-link/br...

#Poetry #IYQ2025 #SciComm #SciArt
Brilliant Poetry: A Global Celebration of Quantum Wonder - IYQ 2025
In 2025, the Brilliant Poetry competition invited people from around the world to explore the beauty and mystery of quantum science through verse. The response was extraordinary. In only three months,...
quantum2025.org
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 6d
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bn8sy.bsky.social @bn8sy.bsky.social · 6d
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d
Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...
Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 7d
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Artworks - Ways of Not Seeing - BBC Sounds
Exploring how blind approaches to art description bring galleries to life for everyone.
www.bbc.co.uk
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 9d
Made some conker art with my kids yesterday and then left them all for the animals to feast
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