Marc Scully
@marcscully.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.
Oh go on then, seeing as we’re all MDH-posting. This was at the 2015 Global Irish Civic Forum, when I was on the board of Mind Yourself with Claire Barry (far left). @rachaelloftus.bsky.social & various other delegates from Irish welfare organisations in Britain are also pictured. #spéirghorm
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oh go on then, seeing as we’re all MDH-posting. This was at the 2015 Global Irish Civic Forum, when I was on the board of Mind Yourself with Claire Barry (far left). @rachaelloftus.bsky.social & various other delegates from Irish welfare organisations in Britain are also pictured. #spéirghorm
Although the ‘for’ does open up other possibilities.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Although the ‘for’ does open up other possibilities.
#celebritytraitors spoiler alert.
Joe, putting in the hard yards of repeated tough unglamorous muddy work to set his team up for an unlikely victory.
Nick:
Joe, putting in the hard yards of repeated tough unglamorous muddy work to set his team up for an unlikely victory.
Nick:
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#celebritytraitors spoiler alert.
Joe, putting in the hard yards of repeated tough unglamorous muddy work to set his team up for an unlikely victory.
Nick:
Joe, putting in the hard yards of repeated tough unglamorous muddy work to set his team up for an unlikely victory.
Nick:
"Congratulations, son. Have you given any thought to your future?"
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Congratulations, son. Have you given any thought to your future?"
One thing I’ll say about teaching late at @micireland.bsky.social : it means you occasionally walk into your office and are greeted with a sunset like this.
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One thing I’ll say about teaching late at @micireland.bsky.social : it means you occasionally walk into your office and are greeted with a sunset like this.
Very taken by the range of self-descriptors available at today’s @micireland.bsky.social graduations.
(Congrats to our BA in Psychology graduates.)
(Congrats to our BA in Psychology graduates.)
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Very taken by the range of self-descriptors available at today’s @micireland.bsky.social graduations.
(Congrats to our BA in Psychology graduates.)
(Congrats to our BA in Psychology graduates.)
Representing the Psychology department at today’s @micireland.bsky.social Open Day. (And looking a bit stern, which wasn’t really the intention).
On again tomorrow. All welcome!
On again tomorrow. All welcome!
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Representing the Psychology department at today’s @micireland.bsky.social Open Day. (And looking a bit stern, which wasn’t really the intention).
On again tomorrow. All welcome!
On again tomorrow. All welcome!
Reviewer 1 (left): Just doesn't approve of qualitative methods.
Reviewer 2 (centre): Is worried about generalisability and thinks you should have recruited more participants.
Reviewer 3 (right): Feels you should have preregistered your study and made your highly sensitive dataset open-access.
Reviewer 2 (centre): Is worried about generalisability and thinks you should have recruited more participants.
Reviewer 3 (right): Feels you should have preregistered your study and made your highly sensitive dataset open-access.
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reviewer 1 (left): Just doesn't approve of qualitative methods.
Reviewer 2 (centre): Is worried about generalisability and thinks you should have recruited more participants.
Reviewer 3 (right): Feels you should have preregistered your study and made your highly sensitive dataset open-access.
Reviewer 2 (centre): Is worried about generalisability and thinks you should have recruited more participants.
Reviewer 3 (right): Feels you should have preregistered your study and made your highly sensitive dataset open-access.
His expression on the Graham Norton show while Taylor Swift was talking about her new album was beyond memeworthy.
October 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
His expression on the Graham Norton show while Taylor Swift was talking about her new album was beyond memeworthy.
Me reading your bad takes on Bluesky.
October 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Me reading your bad takes on Bluesky.
But not all of them could make it look this cool.
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
But not all of them could make it look this cool.
As it's a reworking of this, presumably it is meant to be "tá", though?
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As it's a reworking of this, presumably it is meant to be "tá", though?
Nice little illustration of the differences between rhotic and non-rhotic pronunciation here.
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Nice little illustration of the differences between rhotic and non-rhotic pronunciation here.
Outside the Labour conference at 2am.
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Outside the Labour conference at 2am.
I just really feel I’m being my authentic self here!
September 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I just really feel I’m being my authentic self here!
Seems like I might be on reasonable ground with ‘No Scrubs’? About 2/3rds recognition.
September 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Seems like I might be on reasonable ground with ‘No Scrubs’? About 2/3rds recognition.
New Book Monday! With a few weeks to spare before this year’s Social Psychology of Crowds lecture.
@metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social
@metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New Book Monday! With a few weeks to spare before this year’s Social Psychology of Crowds lecture.
@metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social
@metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social
Psychology* as a discipline tends to be here, so I'm trying to get them to think a bit critically about that.
* (Although there are a lot of people doing very good work to address that.)
* (Although there are a lot of people doing very good work to address that.)
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Psychology* as a discipline tends to be here, so I'm trying to get them to think a bit critically about that.
* (Although there are a lot of people doing very good work to address that.)
* (Although there are a lot of people doing very good work to address that.)
“I will honour rhubarb on its own merits and try to keep it all the year.”
September 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“I will honour rhubarb on its own merits and try to keep it all the year.”
Without comment as to the issue at hand, it’s honestly refreshing to see some pushback against the particular corporate speak semantic drift that has people and organisations using ‘refute’ as synonymous with ‘deny’.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Without comment as to the issue at hand, it’s honestly refreshing to see some pushback against the particular corporate speak semantic drift that has people and organisations using ‘refute’ as synonymous with ‘deny’.