Shane Mulligan, PhD

Well earned, Sean.

(Sorry, not a link but still a website mention). Now I've found the link in note 4 to RTE is not available in Canada, or likely a lot of places. That could be where their editor (AI?) sees an hallucination.

Home Hardware - Wikipedia

Tough audience! I suspect the link to your site within the article is fatal. I'm looking at a local-to-me business's wiki and it's got a strong "just the facts" vibe that seems appropriate, if a bit dull. Take your time: what who when where and go easy on the why. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Ha...

#Academicsky where would you go to #podcast about your awesome new book on #evolution?

This sounds fascinating! Hope to find @maxjtelford.bsky.social hitting the academic/science podcast circuit soon!

And yet #COVIDisover 🤷

An incredible view from satellite today as Major Hurricane #Melissa rages south of Jamaica 🇯🇲

Melissa leaps from tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in 18 hours » Yale Climate Connections Catastrophic impacts are becoming increasingly likely for Jamaica, with Melissa expected to crash onshore by early Tuesday.

If current forecasts hold, Melissa will be the most powerful hurricane ever to strike Jamaica. Sustained winds at landfall may top 140 mph, along with localized rains of 40"+ and major storm surge. Here's my latest update with @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/meli...

Dear Sea Creature - Orion Magazine Life advice from your favorite ocean dwellers

When a jellyfish is stressed, it can age backwards to its polyp stage to start things over again. And again. And again. A little life advice: it’s okay to keep starting over. This and more pointers from sea creatures.

Sometimes it's nice to know we're not them.🇨🇦

I want to share this fabulous poster that's gonna help me in identifying a lot of North American sparrows. Thanks to
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

dl.allaboutbirds.org/hubfs/Bird%2...

Well, isn't that how we do it in real life? It hasn't made me interesting.

Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you

A delightful piece about #birders. "To be a birder is to fall in love. Obsessively, irrevocably and, perhaps, foolishly." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm pleased to find myself among the first 220 Bluesky followers of @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca or #SSHRC. Canada's main social sciences and humanities funding agency, SSHRC invests $500M annually into research and training. Follow for announcements and deadlines. #Academicsky #research #grants #SSHRC

You're doing great work, Jeff!

And I stay humble; I’m only the editor. While I take pride in a fine finished work, it’s the author’s name that goes out to the world, and they always have the final say. fin/

Writing is hard; it’s courageous work. I try to be a good editor by balancing kindness and encouragement with honesty and a sharp eye. I seek to build good working relationships with integrity, transparency, timeliness (of delivery!), and trust at their core. 4/

Aesthetics means delivering the message in a suitable form, in line with the aim of the work. Each text is a creation with aesthetic aspects and values; clarity, rhythm, flow, pattern, attitude; for images and graphs, visual cues have a strong effect on learning and emotional engagement. 3/

Words and writing are like speech acts—they aim to do something (to persuade, impress, amuse etc.). As an editor my job is to understand the author’s goal and help them achieve it by ensuring statements are clear, words are well-chosen, and structure is appropriate to the aims. 2/

Today’s #EditorsTeaClubCommunity asks: What is your editing philosophy?

Well that called for some reflection.

I would say my “philosophy” involves a foundation in philosophy of language, attention to aesthetics, and a framework ethic of honesty, integrity, and kindness. 1/

"Off to Palestine."

"Off to Palestine."

This seems... unwise.

Hoverflies migrate over 750km across the ocean!! 😮

YouTube video by My Favourite Films Children of Men 2006 Long Take 2

Children of Men. The film was genius. This is one take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMM8...

RIP Blessed Soul.

Me too! Now how to explain that I see like a Buddha in the garden...

A photo of and quote by Jane Goodall: “ it actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”

RIP Jane Goodall. Fellow difficult women everywhere salute you.

#Editors – are you (like me) still holding back from your marketing efforts? This @acesediting.bsky.social webinar may be the prompt we need.

Marketing can be daunting – but we need not spend all our time on it. Let's talk about finding, creating, and taking #opportunities.

Please consider adding alt text to posts with images as folx with vision loss & other disabilities deserve equitable access to information, & you can even update your settings on BlueSky so that you cannot post images without alt text, so you are prompted to add it if you might otherwise forget! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽