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Marie Gardiner
@mariegardiner.bsky.social
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Human geography/history PhD student researching working class identity.

Also writer, photographer, author, documentary producer (Lonely Tower Film & Media) based in NE England.

MDANT 🏅.

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · Oct 15
I needed a new pinned post! I'm a PhD student researching Sunderland's working class identity (human geography/history). And away from that I'm a writer (history, film, place, culture etc), photographer (documentary & landscape) and documentary producer.

#Photography #History #Academia
an old stone bridge with three arches, over a river. In the background are mountains with low rain/mist covering most of them. The last of the light can be seen peeping above them in the middle. Those with a keen eye will see three tiny figures in the far distance. a view from Mostar's bridge of a very turquoise river, in which a small red speedboat is doing a little spin, leaving a white trail in the water. The town can be seen to the right on the bank, with a mosque in the near-background, and mountains in the far background a sea inlet in a sort of zigzag shape, with cliffs punctuating each part of that shape. On the nearest cliff, to the left, a man and woman are looking away from us out to the water. a small white chapel with a red-orange tile roof is to the left, sitting on very green lush grass. The sky is purple-black with storm clouds and you can see the storm breaking in a lightning flash in the background over mountains
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.'

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
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November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’ Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month. The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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WerkHaus Zine Issue 6 by WorkHorse Collective is being published today and to my happy surprise I've been selected as a contributor.

Copies can be found here for anyone interested:
workhorsecollective.bigcartel.com/product/werk...
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The sign in full.
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Sent my friends this and one of them is getting £300 back so it's worth checking if you're still repaying student loans:

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November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.

How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?

They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Liberals love budget time because they picture themselves as the stern dad making tough calls on pocket money and not the miserable ghouls culling the poor that they are
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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One of the doctoral researchers I work with is doing research on film sound and its connection to emotional responses. She's doing a short online survey/questionnaire. Takes about 10 minutes. If you are able to help that would be great 😌 york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Call for Respondents. Exploring How Film Sounds Affect Emotions. You will: watch 3 very short film clips (around 30 seconds). Rate how you felt (takes 10-15 minutes). You'll be contributing to emotion and film sound research at University of York. For questions contact Sylvia Zeng: sylvia.zeng@york.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I've just been offered a class in 'chrono hacking' 😭.

Time management, in case you're a normal person.

Chrono hacking. *massive sigh*.
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?

We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.

Find out more:

collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
Two students look at objects in the reading room at The Museum of English Rural Life.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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[Scene is a MEDIEVAL PLAGUE PIT with all the bodies inside it. On the edge of it is a young peasant woman, in a sack cloth dress, covered in boils. She is lounging glamorously next to the pit. Her boyfriend is standing a few feet away, photographing her with an anachronistic mobile phone] GIRL: OK so I'll sit here... With my hair like this… Rubbing my cyst with the corpse's hand. [She produces a whithered severed hand and starts rubbing it on her face.] [We are treated to a revolting close up of her rubbing the severed hand on her disgusting massive cyst.] [Her boyfriend takes a photo of her.] SNAP GIRL: OK, now write this: "Hanging out at the burial pit, rubbing my sebaceous cyst with a severed corpse hand from #BurtsGraverobbers…” And then: #selfcare, #metime, #BurtsGraverobbers… ... nails emoji, heart emoji, cyst emoji. BOYFRIEND: Um... Should we really be promoting this? I mean… does rubbing a corpse's hand on a cyst actually work? GIRL: Look, Burt's done research, OK? And he's paying us four groats. BOYFRIEND: Hmm. [Boyfriend dutifully taps out the post on his phone] TAP TAP TAP BOYFRIEND: Cyst emoji? GIRL: Just use a fried egg. [Ends]
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Excellent
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Sunset Bollard-vard.

#Toronto #Bollards #Sunset #Photography
Bollards protect an entrance to Kipling subway station in Toronto at dusk on a November afternoon.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Gambling is a tax on hope.
dankaszeta.bsky.social Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 4d
Hey, Labour. Maybe tax gambling a bit. That will raise a few quid
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Have you, a family member or friend moved from council housing to renting privately?

I’m a PhD researcher looking into what drives these moves, how it impacts tenants' lives and their views of the council housing tenure.

Please reach out and share among your contacts! 👇

#socialhousing
#renting
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Good morning, welcome to Monday etc etc. Once again just packing up some Changing Landscapes zines (thank you!) ready to post. You can get one here for £10 which includes postage (UK only, sadly).

#Photography #Zine #ThePhotoHour #Abandoned #Ruins

www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
a very wet and green looking picture with a small ruin about 2/3 of the way up the image, in the distance. The top section is grey heavy sky and the bottom is lush green grass with longer grass in the foreground
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Inverse Jester has ended me.
lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 4d
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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We endured strong winds & sleet showers, we were wet and cold, but the light made it worth it. The skies opened, the magic happened, & we rushed to capture the awe inspiring beauty! Tombstone, Yukon, Canada.⁠

#photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography
#landscapephotography #mountains #travel
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
mariegardiner.bsky.social
Good morning, welcome to Monday etc etc. Once again just packing up some Changing Landscapes zines (thank you!) ready to post. You can get one here for £10 which includes postage (UK only, sadly).

#Photography #Zine #ThePhotoHour #Abandoned #Ruins

www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
a very wet and green looking picture with a small ruin about 2/3 of the way up the image, in the distance. The top section is grey heavy sky and the bottom is lush green grass with longer grass in the foreground
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Saw a post from an American saying they're paying $700 per month for car insurance. Someone replied and said that's a bad price theyre 'only' paying $650 per month.

PER MONTH?!

I think our car insurance is about £300 per year but that's also for business use so more expensive than regular.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Urgh one of the local history groups has made AI posters and is calling them 'vintage posters' with the intention of selling them 😩 some of the words on them don't even make sense, the details are, of course, entirely wrong. I hate it I hate it I hate it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.

Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography

www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
a large abandoned farm house from the back, mostly intact. a large abandoned farm house from the front, mostly intact. but with a collapsing left side and no windows or doors, just holes a large abandoned farm house from the front and side (different side to the other picture) on scrubby winter-looking grass. A window and chunk of side/roof is missing, as is the roof from the porch the same house but from a distance, on a summery looking day with blue skies and green frass. Sheep can be seen grazing in the background
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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New bio dropped.
A Parmasan pack that says intense and nutty
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM