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Ross

@rossp22.bsky.social

Lecturer. Scientist. Huge fan of History. Lover of blood sciences, microbiology, ๐Ÿ“š, cooking, historic sites, old churches and @lesmills classes. ๐ŸŒฑ Cat dad.

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What a difference 24h makes. Visited my Nan last night after work which turned into a 999 call & a hospital admission. Three other family members are constantly in & out of hospital as theyโ€™re terminally ill, Iโ€™ve spent the last 4 weekends at a hospital! Iโ€™m so glad Nan is now back home and well โ™ฅ๏ธ

01.03.2026 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Biosciences Offer Holder Day ready ๐Ÿฅผ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿฆ 

28.02.2026 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear @history-hit.bsky.social, Iโ€™ve been a subscriber for a few years now and love it. Iโ€™ve tried several times to request RSS feeds to listen to the podcasts ad-free but nothing is working, even after contacting help and support. Please can you help me? Thanks!

28.02.2026 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily updates on this tiny macaque โ€œPunchโ€ at a zoo in Japan pulls at my heartstrings. After his Mum rejected him, keepers gave him this orang-utan teddy which he drags everywhere and cuddles. Whilst the other monkeys ignored him for a while, today one cuddled him. I nearly burst into tears!

16.02.2026 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71 Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.

OH NO!!! This is so upsetting โ€” what a brilliant career, what an extraordinary talent we have lost

www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...

30.01.2026 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 218    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

Woke up to the awful news that a friend has taken his own life. I last saw him on NYD at a race and he was the reason I got into fell running. He was so welcoming, so kind, so warm and such wonderful company. I will miss him so very much. If youโ€™re struggling, please, please speak to someone.

16.01.2026 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s run ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ„๏ธ๐Ÿฅถ

10.01.2026 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This morning, I very much enjoyed sitting with a ๐Ÿซ–, re-watching one of my favourite @history-hit.bsky.social documentaries, โ€œThe Great Crusader Siege: Kerakโ€ with the awesome @thehistoryguy.bsky.social and Prof Jonathan Phillips! โš”๏ธ๐Ÿฐ

10.01.2026 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey Dan, Iโ€™ve been a @history-hit.bsky.social subscriber for a few years now, and love it! However, I remain unable to listen to your pod ad-free! Iโ€™ve requested RSS links through the HH app and then emailing HH Support, but either they donโ€™t come through or work. Any help please?! Thanks, Ross

08.01.2026 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great 2.5 hours trail running in the beautiful, snowy Shropshire hills this morning โ„๏ธ๐ŸŒจ๏ธ ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

04.01.2026 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Considering my art abilities are zilch, Iโ€™m pretty chuffed with this Santa bauble ๐Ÿ˜… Iโ€™m accepting no comments at this time ๐Ÿ˜

16.12.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I thoroughly enjoyed the Aztec episode Caroline

27.11.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations! Iโ€™m excited to watch this ๐Ÿ˜Š

06.11.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Super grateful and excited to be delivering a two hour lecture/workshop to the first year historians at Aston next week! Itโ€™ll form a part of their history of medicine and science module. The central focus stems from my interest in looking to the past to identify novel treatments for infection.

06.11.2025 07:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He is, yup ๐Ÿ˜Š his name is Ted.

10.10.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Caroline, Rosie is just the cutest! ๐Ÿฅฐ Hello from my sleepy fluffster to yours ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›

10.10.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A warm welcome to everyone at @astonuniversity.bsky.social attending our #OpenDay! Thinking biosciences? ๐Ÿ”ฌ Get hands on in our labs, chat with our staff, meet current students & learn more about our accredited Biomedicine, Biochemistry & Biomedical Science degrees๐Ÿฅผ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ…ฑ๏ธ๐Ÿ†Ž๐Ÿ…พ๏ธ

27.09.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I had a great couple of days at the BSHM Congress earlier this week in Leeds. Such a range of fantastic talks and such friendly delegates. It was great to present some of our recent research too as a poster.

14.09.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃGood luck to everyone getting their A level results today! ๐Ÿ“„ Thinking of next steps? Biosciences at @AstonUniversity is open in #Clearing. ๐Ÿฅผ๐Ÿ”ฌโœจ

โœ… Accredited degrees (IBMS/RSB)
โœ… Award winning careers & placements team
โœ… Gold for Teaching Excellence

#ALevelResultsDay

14.08.2025 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is brilliant progress, but other cancer research needs funding too. My Mom died 9 months after her lung cancer diagnosis, my grandad 14 months after his. My dadโ€™s brother died 6 months after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis & my cousin (his daughter) died 11 months after her brain tumour diagnosis

13.08.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh Sicily. From your Ancient Greek theatres and temples, to your Roman Mosaics and Gladiator Arenas. From your Medieval Castles to your Baroque Churches - one of which has columns as a former Temple to Athena. Great weather, food and lovely running routes. What a holiday ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ˜Š

31.07.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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English Heritage and the National Trust are on the brink โ€” this is why The countryโ€™s greatest homes and gardens are in chaos with closures and redundancies looming โ€” the sums simply donโ€™t add up any more

Oh no, this is really sad โ˜น๏ธ we must support English Heritage and the National Trust, two wonderful charities who protect and promote our heritage.

www.thetimes.com/culture/art/...

19.07.2025 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New piece of kit has arrived to support the teaching of haematology on our IBMS accredited Biomedical Science degree at Aston University! It will also support research within the College. Super excited to start using it! ๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿฅผ #astonuniversity #haematology

17.07.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I was an absolutely sweltering race this morning, but it was great running the Wenlock Olympian 7 mile race! Congrats to Bru on 3rd place! ๐Ÿฅตโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿป

13.07.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Really enjoyed listening to this blooducation podcast this morning on my run. Helen discusses with Adrian Shields common immunological scenarios encountered in haematology ๐Ÿฉธ

12.07.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earlier start to meet Dad for breakfast. Have a good Thursday all!

10.07.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thrilled our poster abstract was accepted for the British Society for the History of Medicine Congress. It draws together Indigenous knowledge with novel antimicrobial testing. Great to collaborate with a historian colleague & include contributions from some of my final year project students.

01.07.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dr Ross Pallett talking about interprofessional learning with some nice slides

Dr Ross Pallett talking about interprofessional learning with some nice slides

@rossp22.bsky.social from @astonuniversity.bsky.social talking at #UKSTEMConf25 about interprofessional learning.

25.06.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great Tuesday afternoon at @chalkefestival.bsky.social. Talk highlights were Sir Michael Palin discussing his travels and Tom Holland on Suetonius! #history #historyfestival

25.06.2025 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lovely late afternoon @chalkefestival.bsky.social
yesterday! โ€˜Chalke for Schoolsโ€™ this morning, then full days of history from tomorrow through Sunday. Yesterdayโ€™s highlight: Gareth Russell and Lucy-Hughes-Halley on King James Iโ€™s love life. Roll on this afternoon! Glastonbury for #history lovers ๐Ÿ˜Š

24.06.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0