Lucy M
@lucyelm.bsky.social
medievalist • MA • interested in: royal legitimation, political relationship navigation, historical narratives and legends in later medieval British Isles • in a constant state of wanderlust • in Melbourne/Naarm • she/her
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Lucy M
@lucyelm.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Neurodivergent Study Tips.pdf
drive.google.com
As we head into the new academic year in Australia, I'd like to reshare this document of #neurodivergent study tips that I compiled.
It's based entirely on tips by neurodivergent people, and I have had learning advisors tell me it was very helpful and had good info.
#historysky #academicsky
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It's based entirely on tips by neurodivergent people, and I have had learning advisors tell me it was very helpful and had good info.
#historysky #academicsky
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I have so far done PhD applications for two universities (and associated scholarships).
Here are the word counts I’ve had to propose my project in so far:
250
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500
600
1000 (including footnotes)
1000 (excluding footnotes)
Here are the word counts I’ve had to propose my project in so far:
250
300
500
600
1000 (including footnotes)
1000 (excluding footnotes)
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I have so far done PhD applications for two universities (and associated scholarships).
Here are the word counts I’ve had to propose my project in so far:
250
300
500
600
1000 (including footnotes)
1000 (excluding footnotes)
Here are the word counts I’ve had to propose my project in so far:
250
300
500
600
1000 (including footnotes)
1000 (excluding footnotes)
Called lost property and they took my details and said it might take a few days for the various depots to put the lost property into the system to find my wallet.
Said bus with wallet on it was like 3 minutes away from me when I called PTV the first time. Sigh
Said bus with wallet on it was like 3 minutes away from me when I called PTV the first time. Sigh
My wallet fell out of my pocket as I got off the bus, realised as soon as the bus was pulling away. Was not fast enough to catch it.
Apparently also lost my earphone charger box while chasing after the bus.
And PTV is telling me to talk to some other company. Who isn’t open till a Monday
ARGH
Apparently also lost my earphone charger box while chasing after the bus.
And PTV is telling me to talk to some other company. Who isn’t open till a Monday
ARGH
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Called lost property and they took my details and said it might take a few days for the various depots to put the lost property into the system to find my wallet.
Said bus with wallet on it was like 3 minutes away from me when I called PTV the first time. Sigh
Said bus with wallet on it was like 3 minutes away from me when I called PTV the first time. Sigh
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'Disability and War in the Late Middle Ages' edited by Ninon Dubourg and Christophe Masson is out with the @archumanities.bsky.social.
It gathers specialists across history, archaeology, literature, and modern medicine - check it out!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270164...
It gathers specialists across history, archaeology, literature, and modern medicine - check it out!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270164...
Disability and War in the Late Middle Ages - Arc Humanities Press
Issues relating to disability and war remain largely overlooked by military and disability historians. This exclusion is all the more striking since there wa...
www.arc-humanities.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
'Disability and War in the Late Middle Ages' edited by Ninon Dubourg and Christophe Masson is out with the @archumanities.bsky.social.
It gathers specialists across history, archaeology, literature, and modern medicine - check it out!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270164...
It gathers specialists across history, archaeology, literature, and modern medicine - check it out!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270164...
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Several of the team is going to be presenting at @anzamems.bsky.social this week! We're excited!
See the following link for a more detailed breakdown of our panels, focusing on premodern public health across Italy, Mughal India, and England premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1568#more-...
See the following link for a more detailed breakdown of our panels, focusing on premodern public health across Italy, Mughal India, and England premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1568#more-...
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Several of the team is going to be presenting at @anzamems.bsky.social this week! We're excited!
See the following link for a more detailed breakdown of our panels, focusing on premodern public health across Italy, Mughal India, and England premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1568#more-...
See the following link for a more detailed breakdown of our panels, focusing on premodern public health across Italy, Mughal India, and England premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1568#more-...
I’m starting a new part-time position at the university that I have worked at for *checks notes* over 4 years.
Can someone explain why they want proof my of my rights to work in Australia? You have that
Can someone explain why they want proof my of my rights to work in Australia? You have that
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I’m starting a new part-time position at the university that I have worked at for *checks notes* over 4 years.
Can someone explain why they want proof my of my rights to work in Australia? You have that
Can someone explain why they want proof my of my rights to work in Australia? You have that
When the form is counting spaces as characters but you were not when drafting your answers 😩
Like, yes, that makes logical sense, but never once did it cross my mind to question it
Like, yes, that makes logical sense, but never once did it cross my mind to question it
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
When the form is counting spaces as characters but you were not when drafting your answers 😩
Like, yes, that makes logical sense, but never once did it cross my mind to question it
Like, yes, that makes logical sense, but never once did it cross my mind to question it
Went to the Galloway Hoard Viking exhibit at the Melb museum
1. Melb/Naarm folks, go see it
2. Science is really so cool. All of the explanations of how they discovered info through like carbon-dating and identifying materials is so cool. Science classes should combo with history more, thank u
1. Melb/Naarm folks, go see it
2. Science is really so cool. All of the explanations of how they discovered info through like carbon-dating and identifying materials is so cool. Science classes should combo with history more, thank u
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Went to the Galloway Hoard Viking exhibit at the Melb museum
1. Melb/Naarm folks, go see it
2. Science is really so cool. All of the explanations of how they discovered info through like carbon-dating and identifying materials is so cool. Science classes should combo with history more, thank u
1. Melb/Naarm folks, go see it
2. Science is really so cool. All of the explanations of how they discovered info through like carbon-dating and identifying materials is so cool. Science classes should combo with history more, thank u
My wallet fell out of my pocket as I got off the bus, realised as soon as the bus was pulling away. Was not fast enough to catch it.
Apparently also lost my earphone charger box while chasing after the bus.
And PTV is telling me to talk to some other company. Who isn’t open till a Monday
ARGH
Apparently also lost my earphone charger box while chasing after the bus.
And PTV is telling me to talk to some other company. Who isn’t open till a Monday
ARGH
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My wallet fell out of my pocket as I got off the bus, realised as soon as the bus was pulling away. Was not fast enough to catch it.
Apparently also lost my earphone charger box while chasing after the bus.
And PTV is telling me to talk to some other company. Who isn’t open till a Monday
ARGH
Apparently also lost my earphone charger box while chasing after the bus.
And PTV is telling me to talk to some other company. Who isn’t open till a Monday
ARGH
My chainmail sword set arriving just in time to wear to ANZAMEMS next week when I talk about prophecy 🔮
made by tanglewebjeweller, who is a small Naarm/Melbourne business:
made by tanglewebjeweller, who is a small Naarm/Melbourne business:
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My chainmail sword set arriving just in time to wear to ANZAMEMS next week when I talk about prophecy 🔮
made by tanglewebjeweller, who is a small Naarm/Melbourne business:
made by tanglewebjeweller, who is a small Naarm/Melbourne business:
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Exactly this. I chose never to use my child's name when sharing moments. Never mentioned the street we lived on or what schools my kid attended. I didn't want their name googled in teenhood and all their life resulting for anyone curious. If they want online presence, they'll control how to shape it
Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Exactly this. I chose never to use my child's name when sharing moments. Never mentioned the street we lived on or what schools my kid attended. I didn't want their name googled in teenhood and all their life resulting for anyone curious. If they want online presence, they'll control how to shape it
I see it’s preemptive fomo about IMC Leeds day
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I see it’s preemptive fomo about IMC Leeds day
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It‘s that time of year again when students ask for extensions. When they do, consider this: do you think academics always submit book manuscripts, chapters for edited collections, reviews or corrections for articles, books and chapters to editors on time? Do you?
a woman in a blue and white striped shirt says please pretend to be nice
ALT: a woman in a blue and white striped shirt says please pretend to be nice
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It‘s that time of year again when students ask for extensions. When they do, consider this: do you think academics always submit book manuscripts, chapters for edited collections, reviews or corrections for articles, books and chapters to editors on time? Do you?
I will say, feels a bit weird as an Australian to be talking about the relationship between the nations of the British Isles when the people who will be reading it are from there
a woman wearing a hoodie and sunglasses stands in a crowd of people with the words she does n't even go here
Alt: a man wearing a hoodie and sunglasses stands in a crowd of people with the words ‘she doesn't even go here’
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I will say, feels a bit weird as an Australian to be talking about the relationship between the nations of the British Isles when the people who will be reading it are from there
Does anyone use an ergonomic mouse that they would recommend?
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Does anyone use an ergonomic mouse that they would recommend?
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Also, if allies do not understand the importance of advocating for healthcare, recognition, and safety for trans people, they do not fundamentally understand bodily or personal autonomy - and that is going to be a flaw in all organising.
People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Also, if allies do not understand the importance of advocating for healthcare, recognition, and safety for trans people, they do not fundamentally understand bodily or personal autonomy - and that is going to be a flaw in all organising.
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Today I'm thankful for all the things that I am not which would cause unhappiness and make the world a worse place to be in.
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today I'm thankful for all the things that I am not which would cause unhappiness and make the world a worse place to be in.
Look, I think Australia should become a republic, but if we are going to be part of the commonwealth, then I think that should *mean* something for working and education rights in the UK
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Look, I think Australia should become a republic, but if we are going to be part of the commonwealth, then I think that should *mean* something for working and education rights in the UK
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
Really looking forward to getting these PhD apps all submitted to get my brain back and it not being at all times at least 80% focused on this.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Really looking forward to getting these PhD apps all submitted to get my brain back and it not being at all times at least 80% focused on this.
That’s me! Ah!!!
Very proud of @lucyelm.bsky.social for getting her first PhD program acceptance!
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
That’s me! Ah!!!
Current count is 86
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
How is putting together PhD applications going, you ask? My PhD folder now has *checks notes* 65 files in it
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Current count is 86
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
One day, I will write palaeography correctly the first time I type it, and it will be a joyous day
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One day, I will write palaeography correctly the first time I type it, and it will be a joyous day
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Universities:
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
“university leaders … must act to help us collectively turn back the tide of garbage software, which fuels harmful tropes (e.g. so-called lazy students) and false frames (e.g. so-called efficiency or inevitability) to obtain market penetration and increase technological dependency”
3/🧵
3/🧵
Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Universities:
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
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Writing great books is one of the coolest things a human being can possibly do, but it’s important to recognize that the vast majority of authors throughout history earned roughly the equivalent of Uber driver wages to create the works we study today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Writing great books is one of the coolest things a human being can possibly do, but it’s important to recognize that the vast majority of authors throughout history earned roughly the equivalent of Uber driver wages to create the works we study today.
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Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
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Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.