Mair Rigby
@mairsrambles.bsky.social
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
Yes, while lying on the floor and crying.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes, while lying on the floor and crying.
My parents let me listen to this when I was far far too young!
Pink Floyd released ‘The Wall’ 46 years ago on November 30, 1979 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/PFTheWall
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My parents let me listen to this when I was far far too young!
Weeknotes from a busy and interesting final week of November. Good meetings, a conference abstract, event debriefs and planning for the next events, what I'm looking forward to in December, and a little poem medium.com/@mairerigby/...
Weeknotes — 30 November
A busy and interesting week.
medium.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Weeknotes from a busy and interesting final week of November. Good meetings, a conference abstract, event debriefs and planning for the next events, what I'm looking forward to in December, and a little poem medium.com/@mairerigby/...
The kitchen is clean! (Including oven, extractor hood covers, and the top of the fridge!)
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The kitchen is clean! (Including oven, extractor hood covers, and the top of the fridge!)
Gonna go for a walk and then have a domestic day, give the flat a good clean for December.
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Gonna go for a walk and then have a domestic day, give the flat a good clean for December.
Wonderful gig from Thea Gilmore in Cardiff tonight. I've been a fan since 2003 and she played some of my favourites.
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wonderful gig from Thea Gilmore in Cardiff tonight. I've been a fan since 2003 and she played some of my favourites.
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Listen to Gwenifer Raymond for the finger-picking Welsh sci-fi folk Americana you didn’t know you needed in your life
Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark, by Gwenifer Raymond
10 track album
gweniferraymond.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Listen to Gwenifer Raymond for the finger-picking Welsh sci-fi folk Americana you didn’t know you needed in your life
Leftover mashed potatoes #SmallJoys
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Leftover mashed potatoes #SmallJoys
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The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Got tickets to see Neil Young at Blackweir and Emmylou Harris in Bristol next year! 😀
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Got tickets to see Neil Young at Blackweir and Emmylou Harris in Bristol next year! 😀
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A poem woke me up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A poem woke me up.
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What non-fiction book(s) would you recommend reading?
We're gathering our reading list for 2026 and it would be great to have a bunch of suggestions!
This - dotiau.org/doers-and-im... - will give a flavour of the books we've already read.
We're gathering our reading list for 2026 and it would be great to have a bunch of suggestions!
This - dotiau.org/doers-and-im... - will give a flavour of the books we've already read.
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What non-fiction book(s) would you recommend reading?
We're gathering our reading list for 2026 and it would be great to have a bunch of suggestions!
This - dotiau.org/doers-and-im... - will give a flavour of the books we've already read.
We're gathering our reading list for 2026 and it would be great to have a bunch of suggestions!
This - dotiau.org/doers-and-im... - will give a flavour of the books we've already read.
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A Thanksgiving tradition
Alice's Restaurant Massacree · Arlo Guthrie www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKI...
Alice's Restaurant Massacree · Arlo Guthrie www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKI...
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A Thanksgiving tradition
Alice's Restaurant Massacree · Arlo Guthrie www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKI...
Alice's Restaurant Massacree · Arlo Guthrie www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKI...
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Reality is going to keep on being an interconnected web, no matter who steals power, breaches agreements and common sense, or deploys misinformation as temnporary (if destructive projects. The long-game has interconnection at its heart.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Reality is going to keep on being an interconnected web, no matter who steals power, breaches agreements and common sense, or deploys misinformation as temnporary (if destructive projects. The long-game has interconnection at its heart.
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You matter.
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
You matter.
Almost time to start the annual drama of living in a household of one person who loves brussels sprouts and one person who hates them.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Almost time to start the annual drama of living in a household of one person who loves brussels sprouts and one person who hates them.
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Afternoon beautiful people. Ziggy says have a tremendous Thursday. Love, everybody
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Afternoon beautiful people. Ziggy says have a tremendous Thursday. Love, everybody
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🌱 GW4 Researchers: Are you looking for seed funding to kick-start your next project?
The Generator Fund is now open for applications!
➡️ We’re offering up to £20k in seed funding to help both new and existing GW4 research communities accelerate research.
www.gw4.ac.uk/generator-fund
The Generator Fund is now open for applications!
➡️ We’re offering up to £20k in seed funding to help both new and existing GW4 research communities accelerate research.
www.gw4.ac.uk/generator-fund
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🌱 GW4 Researchers: Are you looking for seed funding to kick-start your next project?
The Generator Fund is now open for applications!
➡️ We’re offering up to £20k in seed funding to help both new and existing GW4 research communities accelerate research.
www.gw4.ac.uk/generator-fund
The Generator Fund is now open for applications!
➡️ We’re offering up to £20k in seed funding to help both new and existing GW4 research communities accelerate research.
www.gw4.ac.uk/generator-fund
A favourite dinner on in the slow cooker.
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A favourite dinner on in the slow cooker.
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We're calling for better energy efficiency standards for renters on our #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We're calling for better energy efficiency standards for renters on our #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay.
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👀ICYMI: "[our findings] underscores the urgent need for libraries, archives, and information infrastructure providers to include scholarly blogs more systematically in their preservation strategies"
@pampel.bsky.social & @catharinaochsner.bsky.social #ScholComm #Libraries #AcademicBlogs
@pampel.bsky.social & @catharinaochsner.bsky.social #ScholComm #Libraries #AcademicBlogs
The case for preserving scholarly blogs - Impact of Social Sciences
Poor preservation threatens the scholarly blogging ecosystem. What makes scholarly blogs sustainable and how can these practices be promoted?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
👀ICYMI: "[our findings] underscores the urgent need for libraries, archives, and information infrastructure providers to include scholarly blogs more systematically in their preservation strategies"
@pampel.bsky.social & @catharinaochsner.bsky.social #ScholComm #Libraries #AcademicBlogs
@pampel.bsky.social & @catharinaochsner.bsky.social #ScholComm #Libraries #AcademicBlogs
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Remembering Mark Lanegan today on what would have been his 61st birthday (born November 25, 1964) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/MLaneganHBD
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Remembering Mark Lanegan today on what would have been his 61st birthday (born November 25, 1964) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/MLaneganHBD
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When you get the chance to get photos of Long-tailed Tits at eye level and close range it's impossible to ignore them. This cutie a couple of days ago around Cardiff Bay #UKbirding #birdingWales #birds
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When you get the chance to get photos of Long-tailed Tits at eye level and close range it's impossible to ignore them. This cutie a couple of days ago around Cardiff Bay #UKbirding #birdingWales #birds
Most definitely a member of the other third! 😂
Two-thirds of the UK’s population eat less than one portion of beans each week.
From blood sugar to gut bacteria, how beans can improve your health
Two-thirds of the UK’s population eat less than one portion of beans each week.
tcnv.link
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Most definitely a member of the other third! 😂