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PhD researcher, University of Glasgow & Historic Environment Scotland. Archaeology of Scotland’s seaweed industry. Isle of Lewis. Buddhist.

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I finally had my UK citizenship ceremony at the end of October. I have been in the UK since 1988, and after Brexit happened, didn’t bother to apply. But after the US election a year ago I was done with the US. I took the oath in Gaelic because Scotland is my home.

15.11.2025 09:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Absolutely 💯

19.05.2025 14:51 — 👍 26170    🔁 6239    💬 526    📌 257
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Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡
(and forward the positive vibes)

15.03.2025 19:05 — 👍 4710    🔁 935    💬 132    📌 125
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The official button to upload the thesis has been pushed!

17.02.2025 19:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The UK has had a “brain drain” of academics and scientists going to the US for higher pay. That looks set to change the other way now.

28.01.2025 08:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Recipe or they ain’t real!

21.01.2025 09:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wrote on Discussion chapter of thesis then sent same to supervisors. Watched Chicken attack video on YT with Japanese guy yodelling wearing lederhosen, as you do. Definitely did not do one thing…

20.01.2025 18:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

3 weeks to PhD thesis submission. I am not having a panic attack… I just wanna eat homemade cookies.

20.01.2025 18:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.

20.01.2025 08:29 — 👍 15421    🔁 4044    💬 356    📌 247
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I had hoped Cheetolini would have ended up like this Doge.

20.01.2025 00:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh wonderful.
The fake US generals have now appeared on this app. If you are a fake account, you will be blocked!

11.01.2025 12:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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$1,131,794,901

That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.

Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.

09.01.2025 02:12 — 👍 55934    🔁 16392    💬 1167    📌 525
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It’s getting real. Creating the title page. 😵‍💫

09.01.2025 13:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I wear the sleep ones at night. I’m a very light sleeper. They work and are comfy.

08.01.2025 23:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A 19th-century hand-cranked crane at Rodel Harbour on Harris.

A 19th-century hand-cranked crane at Rodel Harbour on Harris.

Volunteers take a brake on a sunny day on Harris in September 2024.

Volunteers take a brake on a sunny day on Harris in September 2024.

Volunteers recording a landing place on the western coast of Kintyre in July 2024.

Volunteers recording a landing place on the western coast of Kintyre in July 2024.

An aerial photograph of an 18th-century quay recorded on the western coast of Kintyre.

An aerial photograph of an 18th-century quay recorded on the western coast of Kintyre.

The award-winning SCAPE Trust is a Registered Charity and a Company established in 2001. We work with the public on the archaeology, history and past environments of the coastal zone of Scotland.

scapetrust.org/who-we-are/

18.12.2024 12:04 — 👍 23    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 3

Oh and it’s just below the Fife coastal path!

17.11.2024 12:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think so - that shore experiences heavily active erosion. Just a few paces near that spot, a salt pans sight disappeared overnight just over 100 years ago after a big storm.

17.11.2024 12:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

*near Ullapool. Stupid autocorrect.

17.11.2024 09:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Just some photos of fieldwork over the past four years! Garvie beach, Kennavara Tiree, Pittenween and Inverlael next Ullapool

17.11.2024 09:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I hope they also manage to keep it ad free

17.11.2024 00:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.

Morning.

16.11.2024 09:05 — 👍 23462    🔁 3194    💬 861    📌 597

Probably in their library!

16.11.2024 21:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Today’s thesis win: nailing down the thesis title! Just in time for my supervisor to submit “intention to submit” form. 😃

15.11.2024 13:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The feeling you get when you finish a 108-page introduction chapter and submit to supervisors for their feedback (aka slings and arrows). Now to finish the discussion/conclusion chapter… who else can relate?

14.11.2024 14:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey folks - here’s my first post on Bluesky! I’m in the intense last 3 months of writing my PhD thesis. So if I don’t share much at the moment, you’ll know why! Want to know more about my research, just drop me a comment…

14.11.2024 10:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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