Rachel Bray

Really great to see Max from the PhD People on here @max-thephdpeople.bsky.social
Max is one of the main reasons why my PhD is on track due to daily writing sessions, mentoring and expert seminars. #PhDChat #PhDLife

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I’ve been with them since January and I wouldn’t have written half as much without them. The daily programme isn’t advertised at the moment - it’s by referral only until later in the year. It costs £30 per month and you get 1.5 hours per day writing group and 1 seminar per month

Hi Lucy - I do daily writing sessions online with a company called PhDPeople. Most of us are working remotely and find the daily interaction helps with motivation and feeling connected. Let me know if you’d like more details

My copy arrived this morning 🥳

My first subscription book arrived today. Beautiful book and well packaged. Also the feel good factor of supporting an independent shop instead of Amazon 😎 @bertsbooks.bsky.social

I’ve been meaning to do this… I’ll take a look at the different subscriptions

Thanks I didn’t know about this app

‘think’ and MAGA?

Pope Ginger Shot VI

Thank you Emma and congratulations

Rebuilding politics: countering the far right with community empowerment Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality

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Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality

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Clotted cream on ice cream is delicious

Jam first! You are now an honorary Cornishman

Viva prep Viva prep: .Value-added and originality · What are the most original (or value-added) parts of your thesis? · Which propositions or findings would you say are distinctively your own? · How ...

If you're starting to think about your viva, a long while ago now Old Twitter offered me lots of advice and suggestions. Here's a google doc that summarised a lot of the different Qs that were sent to me, just in case anyone else might find it helpful #phdchat docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Great news! I don't think there has been any work which has superceded what iGov achieved. It's a fabulous resource.

Great to see the IGov website has been reinstated. It’s a fabulous resource for energy regulation, networks, energy transition etc. Particularly insightful on how everything fits together and needs to be considered holistically rather than silo mentality

Thank you Hema. This is where I’m at - writing my thesis while caring for my mum with blood cancer #MDS - thankfully my supervisors are very supportive and allow for the interruptions to study and the times where it’s impossible to think clearly.

Also after reading your bio, my mum has MDS, and the amount of doomscrolling I’ve done on MDS over the past few months is ridiculous - but I can’t stop endlessly searching for answers no one can give me

So to use my own experience - I’ve been a carer for my mum for 18 years, 10 of them live-in. A researcher may know everything that’s written about carers, including interviewing carers, and can write in-depth about carers lives, but they cannot truly know what 18 years of caring does to someone

Happy birthday Mark 🥳🥳

The album is called ‘Call for winter II’. I haven’t identified a favourite track as yet but it’s very reminiscent of a Nordic winter - even if we are in Cornwall 😃

I hadn’t heard of Daniel Herskedal before I saw this post but I’ve had the album on repeat all day #tuba #brass

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Are you an #energy researcher from an underrepresented group interested in support for career advancement & networking? Places available on the IGNITE mentoring programme starting in 2025. Find out more: www.ignitenetplus.ac.uk/initiatives/...

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Packs with cool energy and transportation people:

Macro-Energy Systems: go.bsky.app/TTnoSNL
Energy Justice and Climate Justice: go.bsky.app/HXiuKJ5
Energy Justice and Climate Justice with Community Impact: go.bsky.app/RLGdcQF
Transportation Justice and Equity: go.bsky.app/AUVTxJ8

Hey! Nice to see you. I actually added you to this pack. Hope that's ok: go.bsky.app/QJyK8o4

Any Powervault P3 battery owners out there?

I've had a unut for a few years and it has caused me no end of trouble and is currently broken again.

Powervault say they are very reliable and I want to check if that is the universal user experience?

Tuba mum here. I hope the brass section are the wildest musicians in the orchestra but also the best people. They never get enough credit for what they do 😅