Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden

Another incredible result in #ITAvENG! What a day of rugby! #6Nations #M6N

Women's Grassroots Activism Toolkit 100+ Helping to enhance the lives of women and girls for another 100+ years

On eve of #IWD2026 am delighted to share project webpage for #womensgrassrootsactivism & link to download #Activism100+ Toolkit ahead of launch on Tuesday 10 March, 5.30pm via Zoom. Take a look to find out more. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Absolutely extraordinary game in the #SCOvFRA. I can't remember one like it. Truly exceptional form from Scotland. #6Nations #M6N

Bravo aux Ecossais pour ce beau rugby
Dommage que l'équipe de France ne se soit réveillée que lors des 15 dernières minutes!
Belle victoire #SCOvFRA #M6N

"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

I celebrate any day France get a kicking tbh!

Can't say I saw this game going the way it has. #SCOvFRA #6Nations

This tournament is all over the place. Teams seemingly picking at random each weekend whether they're going to be good or shit.

Ireland will remember what International Law is on or after 18th March.

A sunny day in the park

Scientists baffled as Ireland bathed in mysterious radiation for second day

You gave us a real game. That Carre try was a thing of beauty.

'Fresh haircut as well, so he means business' says the ITV commentary.

That Adobe ad made me want to boycott my PDF folder out of principle instead of out of academic procrastination.

I think, out of all the in-game ads, that one for Adobe was the worst of a terrible bunch. Also, rugby is happening. #IREvWAL

I thought it was the middle section from Holst's Jupiter? Is that the same tune?

And I had a (co-written) article acceptance this week, that counts as a good research week.

I'm so tired and I realise that what I've mostly been doing today is the digital equivalent of shifting paper from one pile to another and not actually advancing my cause in any direction.

Oh well. I've got another piece of my mid-century sociology puzzle figured out.

It's here!

Autonomy is a hill I will die on, because law is a lie. Autonomy is what we do, together, to listen to each other, not what killer robots do & other thoughts on genAI, international law, and how we survive this moment. Plus: Nemesis! Not what you think!

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Colloquial phrase updated for modern usage

Also ugh: this article is a MESS, I need to write it again, but good.

GNU Terry Pratchett, gone far far too soon.

I haven't reread Snuff since it came out because I remember being really shocked and saddened by the prose in it and how it had such big ideas but couldn't quite reach the heights of earlier work.

No big point to these posts. It's just sad.

In my spare time recently I've been rereading the Discworld City Watch series, and now I've gotten to the last one (Snuff; also the 3rd last Discworld overall) I am saddened again by the obvious decline visible in the prose. Pratchett was always a 'show, don't tell' master; Snuff is all tell.

On the WI, trans members and discrimination in associations Introduction

New piece up! Looking at some of the legal issues raised by the @womensinstitute.bsky.social announcements about trans members. medium.com/@crash.wigle...

Capybaras are the forest's philosophers.

They are pondering deep thoughts, and also fruit.

Ugh, unbidden 'what if I'm just a really bad writer' flash thought.

One of them worked with racehorses, and I'm not sure about the other as he died when my dad was very young. My Nanny was so proud that I kept up the horsey tradition in the family.