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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 18/07/2025

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

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Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

On 9/12/2025 10:00-16:00 I will be running an online introductory workshop on meta analysis using R. We’ll be covering background, calculating effect sizes, fixed/random effects meta-analyses, and visualisation. There are still 2 spots if you’re interested! portal.sgsss.ac.uk/event/introd...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility

One million starved children and no shortage of food

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A powerful blog post from one current Dundee University Humanities PhD student on postgraduate study during a time of huge uncertainty at the university sgsahblog.com/2025/07/03/p... #AcSky

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Precarity in Scottish HEIs

This week, guest blogger Taylor Jeoffroy sheds some light on the current Scottish HEI funding crisis, sharing her personal experience as a PhD student at the University of Dundee and reflecting on …

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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Primarily early-career academics have been SCREAMING about the importance of online (or at least hybrid) academic conferences since COVID, and disabled academics well before that. Professional organizations have made every excuse in the book to ignore, infantilize, and dismiss those concerns.

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups. This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Still 4 spaces left, if you’re a PhD student in a Scottish university you should be eligible to come!

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Consider coming to my (very accessible) overview of systematic review methods for the social sciences. If you are curious about the choices that build up to a full review this is for you! I’ll be taking people through each step of the process in a hands on way: social.sgsss.ac.uk/event/a-prac...

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A Practical Overview of Systematic Reviews for the Social Sciences – SGSSS Social

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A beautiful morning from the train to Edinburgh. I’m looking forward to the @largesocialsurveys.bsky.social symposium!

A sunny morning, with a mostly clear sky, desaturated by the glare of the sun. A few wispy white clouds hang low in the sky. The sun glitters on the River Tay. In the background the outline of a decommissioned oil rig and the Tay Road Bridge can be seen on the left and spanning the river and the hills of Fife are on the right.

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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In these times of hostility against LGBTQ+ people, let's remember that it doesn't have to be this way. Just nine years ago, this was the position. I was there, and it felt like an astonishing celebration of progress. We got there before. We can get back there again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...

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Party leader consensus at LGBTI hustings

The five Scottish party leaders talk gender-neutral passports and combating bullying at the LGBTI election hustings.

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Philippa Costello @philippac.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Final week to sign up for the annual @largesocialsurveys.bsky.social symposium! 📍 Edinburgh University Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social 💰 Free! 💬 Keynote from Lucy Dean at @natcen.bsky.social /ScotCen too! ✏️ Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/ARDLVnhyU3

Registration information for the Large Social Surveys symposium in Edinburgh.

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BERA @beranews.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Have you registered for #BERA2025 yet? Early bird deadline is 1st May! 🚨 🌟 Get £170 off as a BERA member! 🌟 Find out more and register: www.bera.ac.uk/conference/b...

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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🚨 The Canadian Association of University Teachers has just advised against any non-essential travel to the United States.🚨 Was doing this anyway, but still shocking to see it officially in writing. www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

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Large Social Surveys @largesocialsurveys.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Conference Announcement: If you conduct research using large social surveys then we want to hear from you. Do consider attending the LSS 2nd Symposium hosted at the EFI University of Edinburgh on the 27th May 2025.

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EUphoria Actual Play @euphoriaap.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

CASTING CALL! Seeking disabled and/or chronically ill TTRPG fans from across Europe for a panel discussing Disability Representation in TTRPGs. Kieran @flightless-heron.bsky.social and we are seeking a diverse panel. For more information and to apply, please fill in this form: buff.ly/Or17uSB

Blue background with yellow d8s floating like stars across the image. Casting Callout. Panel: Disability Representation in TTRPGs. Facilitated by Kieran (they/them) To be broadcast during diasbility pride month. All information in casting form: https://tally.so/r/wav5PX

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Yesterday @maggiechapman.bsky.social asked Shane O’Neill about Equality Impact Assessments, which are designed to protect colleagues with protected characteristics during periods of change. He said that an EIA had not been completed for the recovery plan. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...

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Education, Children and Young People Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 20/03/2025

I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/

Screenshot of the linked Quarto website, with input checkboxes to change different conditions for a regression model that predicts economic performance based on US political party, with a reported p-value

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I’m very excited to have been accepted to talk about a recently conducted systematic review related to primary-secondary school transitions, academic outcomes, engagement and motivation from the international literature!

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Wes Streeting once again demonstrating that the current Labour leadership absolutely don’t have worker’s backs. Perhaps there are other systemic reasons diagnoses are so prevalent that this government could address, or perhaps continued immiseration is the point.

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Morag Treanor (Mòrag NicThréinfhir) @moragtreanor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

📢📢📢New job alert! 📢📢📢 Please share this widely. Come work with me on my project Educational Inequalities funded by @adruk.bsky.social. This project uses linked administrative data from Scotland to explore inequalities in absences and exclusions. More info here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

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Research Associate in Educational Inequalities

Job Purpose To make a leading contribution to the specific research objectives of the project “Exploring context, factors and approaches to educational exclusions and absences” and the wider resear...

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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

UCU comment on the shocking news Dundee University cutting 632 jobs. Jo Grady: “This is a hammer-blow to hard working and committed workers at the university who are being made to pay the price for egregious management failure...” #SaveHE #StoptheCuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1394...

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UCU comment on announcement of 632 job losses at Dundee University

UCU comment on the news announced at an all staff meeting today (Tuesday 11 March) that Dundee University will be cutting 632 jobs, and that they expect to do so including by using compulsory redundan...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/03/2025

Newsletter: Microsoft pulled back on over a gigawatt of planned data center capacity, suggesting that they do not think there is a growth future in generative AI. Meanwhile, SoftBank, the only company that can afford to fund OpenAI, has to take out loans to do so. www.wheresyoured.at/power-cut/

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Please consider joining the TCELT community compass tomorrow (26/02) at 5pm. Ann Burnett will be talking with Dr Marianne Cranwell about her book regarding her journey with her husband Bill through life and his dementia diagnosis. If you don't have a link let me know and I can send one!

The flyer outlining the event, Ann Burnett is holding a copy of her book, A Last Journey. The event is on Wednesday 26th February 2025 5pm-6pm on Microsoft Teams. Ann and Dr Marianne Cranwell will celebrate the publication of her book and discuss her transitions experiences as a carer for Bill.

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Professor Divya Jindal Snape @divyasnape.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

International Conference on Educational and Life Transitions (ICELT), 21-23 August 2025 Join us for an international, interdisciplinary and cross-sector, virtual & free conference. Read about it here sway.cloud.microsoft/Woy1GTpdx6Og... Deadline for abstracts - 31.3.25

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

If anyone is in any doubt about the motives of transphobia, look at this blatant historical revisionism. It doesn’t stop at everyday bullying, it doesn’t stop at restricting trans healthcare or rights. It’s about the complete erasure of current and historic trans people.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

2 of 3 reviewers on my interpretive qualitative paper want intercoder reliability tests, random sample to prevent selection bias, tables w/counts, comparison to those not interviewed, & generalizability. If you are NOT qualified to review qualitative research, please say no to the journal's request.

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Oddly, I think cutting 8 words from an abstract has been one of the more mentally taxing things I’ve done for my PhD so far this year!

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Reporting on grooming gangs tends to focus on minorities, however, as Home Office's own report showed, offenders are far more likely to be white, British. This isn't an immigration issue. Playing to racist tropes means majority of perpetrators are ignored. 1/ #r4today www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Group based child sexual exploitation characteristics of offending

A paper on the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation.

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Today someone made my day by getting in touch with me to say they had attended a presentation I gave and found it interesting/relevant and wondered if they could pass on some findings. As an early career researcher/PhD student it is incredibly motivating to know that your work chimed with someone.

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 05/12/2024

🚨 New functionality alert! 🚨 We’re thrilled to share the new Recommend Us tool on our website. You can use this tool to generate personalised emails to your library to recommend they join the OLH: www.openlibhums.org/plugins/supp... Spread the word and help support #diamondOA!

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Recommend us - Open Library of Humanities

Recommend us to your library

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

📣 Big news! After a successful launch we are delighted to announce that SUP has expanded its scope to include submissions from researchers at all UK higher education institutions! Let's publish more #OpenAccess books 🔓📚 Read all about it here: www.sup.ac.uk/news/scottis...

Breaking news: SUP us now open to submissions from all UK HEIs! Contact us: visit https://sup.ac.uk or email editorial@sup.ac.uk.

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Next Wednesday (4th December) at 12:00 GMT I will be presenting on a recently completed systematic review related to international primary-secondary school transitions, educational outcomes, engagement and motivation. If any of that sounds interesting let me know and I can send you a link to join!

Flyer for the TCELT research seminar on the 4th December 2024, 12:00-13:00 GMT, on Microsoft Teams. Calum MacGillivray will be talking about primary-secondary school transitions experiences, educational outcomes, engagement and motivation.

On the flyer are the TCELT logos, an image of a light house and a Celtic knot design in black and white.

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Scott Oatley @scottoatley.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

If you want to follow along with tomorrows training “Survey and Questionnaire Construction: the Shiny Package in R” that I’m hosting @edinburghup.bsky.social find the training materials on my website: scott0atley.github.io/Scott0atley/... #academicsky #socsky #Rtraining

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Scott Oatley - Training

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Some exciting dates for your diary: this should be a great conference for anyone interested in transitions research! 21st-23rd August 2025!

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ORCID @orcid.org · 21/11/2024

This is a great idea! 💡 ⬇️ #academicsky

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Calum MacGillivray @calummacgillivray.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hi! I’m a PhD researcher in education, looking at primary-secondary school transitions experiences, educational outcomes and associated factors. If you would like to find out more, I wrote a blog recently! 🧵1/5 #Education #Research #Transitions growingupinscotland.org.uk/utilising-gu...

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Utilising GUS to understand the impact of primary-secondary school transitions

Postgraduate researcher Calum MacGillivray outlines why he plans to utilise GUS datasets as part of his PhD project.

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Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr. @grodriguezlemus.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

We are almost at capacity in this starter pack! Everyone now left to be added will be added to Education Scholars Part II! If I didn’t add you to first one & you want to be added reply to to post! #EducationScholars go.bsky.app/H3QkVDR

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Mubashar “Mubs” Iqbal @mubashariqbal.com · 11/11/2024

Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.

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All - Bluesky Directory

A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

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