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Mair Rigby
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Tea drinker, nature lover, big reader. Enjoys walking, cooking, music. Works in HE in Wales. Vol sector background. Interested in engagement, research, reflective practice & wellbeing. Views my own! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 https://linktr.ee/mairerigby
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 18h
What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...

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Romancing the Gothic 2026 Conference CFP
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 21h
A says the adulting is a "bit excessive", but I think my future self will thank me.
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 21h
Chopping up vegetables to go in the slow cooker for a curry in the morning. Adulting for the win.
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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 22h
I am in this podcast - talking about gossip in Sense and Sensibility from Sally Lunn’s Buns - and also make it into the trailer!
Introducing Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation
Listen to the trailer for a new podcast series marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth.
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 22h
Walk after work. Yoga. Body scan meditation.
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 23h
Picard sleeping tip: Before bed, sit in a quiet room and read from a book.
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Wrexham Uni Research / Prif Wrecsam Ymchwil @wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social · 1d
Closes at the end of the month!

Research Workshop Grant Scheme - If you’re looking for a small pot of money to kickstart your research project, look no further.

www.learnedsociety.wales/2025-2026-cy...
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 2d
New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 2d
Tonight's dinner soundtrack is 'For the Roses' by Joni Mitchell
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 2d
When you manage to match your outfit to the colour of the season.
Blue tit on a branch of a tree in autumnal yellow colour matching the feathers on its chest
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Future Gen Cymru @futuregencymru.bsky.social · 3d
If you haven't yet had time to complete our stakeholder survey - you still have until this Friday 17 October. Your thoughts and experience will help us continue to improve on our work and to deliver Cymru Can.

🔗 Link to complete the survey: fgc.whatmatterstoyou.co.uk
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
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Women's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social · 3d
We're proud to be among the 160+ orgs to have signed this letter coordinated by Equally Ours in calling on the Prime Minister to provide consistent leadership to advance anti-racism, inclusion and equality.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
www.theguardian.com
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CU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 3d
Latest issue of @CardiffUni Press journal Intersectional Perspectives out now - read it for free here ipics.cardiffuniversitypress.org 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cardiffunilib.bsky.social #openaccess
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 3d
Look out for the dramatic Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) on the wing from September to October 👀

The adult moths come to light and sugar but can also be seen feeding on the flowers of Ivy and even overripe Blackberries.

📷: Iain H Leach
#MothsMatter #MothMonday
A dark grey, almost completely black moth, resting on a branch against a green background.
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 3d
Soundtrack to the week: Aimee Mann, Neil Young, The Beatles, The Cranberries, Lucinda Williams.
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 3d
Good things today:
- Both of us feeling a lot better
- Cleaned and tidied flat
- Went for a walk. Saw a few waxcaps
- Made a very nice dinner
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Paul McAuley @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social · 6d
The season when vast underground empires extend fruiting bodies into the upper world.
A shaggy parasol mushroom growing amongst nettles. A trio of Coprinus species of mushroom growing in leaf litter. Unidentified mushroom growing in leaf litter. Mushroom, possibly Agaricus vaporarius, amongst grass and leaf litter.
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the Food Feed @foodfeed.skyfleet.blue · 5d
Meera Sodha’s recipe for za’atar roast vegetables with whipped feta | Meera Sodha recipes
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oct/11/meera-sodha-recipe-zaatar-roast-vegetables-whipped-feta
photo de Meera Sodha’s recipe for za’atar roast vegetables with whipped feta | Meera Sodha recipes
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 4d
I didn’t want to answer any reasonable questions.
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Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10.bsky.social · 4d
Try to live in alignment with what truly matters to you.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 4d
We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 4d
Cedric morris. Swansea boy, born 1889. Always liked this one.
‘From a Window at 45 Brook Street, London
Oil on Canvas, 1926
National Museum Cardiff
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 5d
Have never experienced the loss of taste and smell, or the sore throat. Such a weird illness.
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 5d
Covid 1 - all over body rash
Covid 2 - fever, chills, extreme fatigue
Covid 3 - flu-like symptoms (sore skin, aches, congestion)
- Sore foot every time!
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 5d
Oh and something odd. I've had completely different symptoms the three times (I'm of aware at least) of having had Covid, except for a burning sensation on the top of my left foot, which has been the same every time!
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