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Eve Penford

@evepea.bsky.social
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She/her/they Researching offending/PDs/rehabilitation at University of Derby. Often to be found nerding out on statistics or gardening. Trans rights are human rights.

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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When you find yourself inadvertently reading Russian contemporary fiction… (it’s actually a fantastic read, Siberian pneumonic plague aside.)
The book “Company of Liars - a novel of the plague” by Karen Maitland
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Low key one of my favourite moments of #BramStokersDracula is when Winona Ryder mangles using using a fork in her left hand. It is the entire reason I’m watching this movie tonight
Winona Ryder failing to use a fork in the tavern scene in Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Annoyed that Google’s live events setting suddenly served me the England v Spain scores. If you’re going to give me sports updates, I also expect things like women’s tennis scores and court verdicts of rape cases…
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Not saying I’m a klutz, but my first thought about the new folding iPhone was “how will I ever be able to find a phone case that’s Tonka tough enough for *that*?”
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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Northeastern University is hiring: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Dublin Innovation Institute #professor #poliscisky #information
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mainlining lemsip 🤧
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We should demand way more from the data centres, as we absorb costs through environmental impact, heat, & water use. Other countries use the waste heat to heat their homes. The centres should give back something more substantial than just being able to answer “can a goose inherit a lighthouse?”
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 09/08/2026
"But there is no honour for the humanities in regaining their standing through the attention of AI companies, if they engage only on the technology industry’s terms. In that case, they will have become important in exactly the wrong way." www.ft.com/content/bdb3...
ft.com
Why this philosopher turned down Anthropic
The AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questions
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Is it just me or has advertising leaned hard into using northern accents for “super bargain fly holiday”/“are you too stupid to know tax”/“clean your bathroom and sigh happily for now you are nearly proper” type ads? I can’t unsee it…
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Party time! Excellent!
Signs for a village called Wymeswold
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I am walking alone in the forest. And I have just heard someone whistle the mockingjay call…
Pine forest with ferns and setting sun
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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
💡🚨 We’re seeking a Postdoc for a project on the socio-economic factors driving youth hacking & cybercrime! We’re looking for someone with a strong mixed-methods background in cybercrime, criminology, sociology, education or related fields. Apply ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We're hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Deadline: 1 September 2026
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Lovely example of gesture politics though
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Somewhat grateful that Derby Uni isn’t on the list of prospects for the Defence Universities Alliance…
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Goodnight, Sam Neill 💔
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@philbc3.bsky.social *looks at news* commentary please!
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CASSPPR @cassppr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Congratulations to Prof Nick Blagden and co-authors on this publication - a sensitive and methodologically rigorous piece of research making a genuinely important contribution to understanding intrafamilial offending. Well worth a read for anyone working in forensic/clinical contexts. bit.ly/4xUQeTW
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
COOL CHANGE
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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
University of Glasgow (@glasgow.ac.uk) is hiring: Lecturer in Equality and Human Rights Law #lecturer
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I feel this diary entry skipped the peer review stage… #TheSecretLecturer
A page from The Secret Lecturer, with a diary entry apparently written on 30th February
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I am utterly exercised by this
Image of keyboard keys, with the comma symbol upside down
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Watched #ProjectHailMary with Kid B and they asked me what I thought… Me: it was the most unusual buddy movie I’ve seen Kid B: weirder than the David hasselhoff one with his car friend? Me: …knightrider? Kid B: Yeah with his car with eyes It turns out, *this* is what Kid B thought Kitt looked like
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
For a few years now, I’ve maintained a playlist for my own funeral, mostly so that it’s one thing covered if I ever die. But I think I might be trolling my loved ones slightly with these… please play the Jamiroquai one while I’m being buried 😂☠️
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I think I might have been in a particular mood when I ordered these from Waterstones… #Compassion #Impact #Happiness #PositivePsychology #PhD
A pile of seven non fiction books about compassion and related subjects
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is excellent news. I used to work with cared for young people and know the complexities of their lives - this looks like a really impactful and much needed piece of research, congratulations!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
UK regulator asks X about reports its Grok AI makes "sexualised images of children" and undresses women. Sickening. X profits but not good at monitoring. Give everyone an enforceable copyright of their face, voice, body parts. Enable people to sue social platforms for violation of that right.
bbc.co.uk
Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children
Elon Musk's social media platform has warned users not to use Grok to generate illegal content.
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Well I guess I made it to 2025 before the inevitable…
Die Hard movie title screen
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
When the person in your friend group who had the Seychelles destination wedding is in charge of planning the school trips…
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
That’s great news! 🌿🕊️✨
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Having lived there, I laughed at 'temporary australians'. But tbf they are the ones that made it the law for cyclists to wear bike helmets... it's honestly horrifying seeing the things some cyclists do here.
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Centring lived experience voices like this can reshape our knowledge and transform how we understand recovery. Well done David! ✨
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CASSPPR @cassppr.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Fantastic to see some of our CASSPPR team - @nisanalici.bsky.social and @evepea.bsky.social - presenting their research at the BSC Symposium at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social this week!
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Also a brilliant presentation from @nisanalici.bsky.social with her important research into the Truth and Justice Commission into Diyarbakir Prison
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Great day at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social BSC Symposium yesterday, some brilliant and thought-provoking work presented. And - slight flex - also presented my own poster of research into prevalence of reported sexual crime against minors.
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SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Extremist groups in Europe and North America that have specifically targeted gaming communities and infiltrated them by using memes, humour, and gameplay experiences as a way to groom younger players before being introduced to radical content. apple.news/ATNzfHUbgTH2...
apple.news
Far-right groups using popular games like Minecraft and Call of Duty to radicalise boys online, cybersecurity expert warns — LBC
Popular video game platforms such as Call of Duty and Minecraft are being used by far-right extremist groups to radicalise vulnerable young men online, LBC has been warned.
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Yesterday Panteion University of Social and Political Science withdrew its patronage from the Eurocrim2025 conference in Athens #eurocrim #criminology #crimsky via @brunildapali.bsky.social www.panteion.gr/wp-content/u...
panteion.gr
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
This is an ongoing issue with my research area (people who offend against children). The rhetoric around who poses a risk is inflated and largely inaccurate - this cultivated misunderstanding vilifies one group while deflecting scrutiny of others, and doesn’t actually serve to prevent victimisation.
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Me, going through cell after cell of formulae in my excel spreadsheet and finally finding a rogue - instead of = sign: “oh I see what—“ My brain:
Maui from the movie Moana, singing “I see what’s happening here…”
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Vale, Ozzy Osbourne. Travel light.
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
If anyone is annoyed that it’s raining this evening… sorry, it’s my fault. I installed an irrigation system in the garden today. #TemptingFate
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Brilliant news, David, and well deserved! Great to see #LivedExperience and #RecoveryInformedResearch recognised at this level. Congrats! 🎉
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Perfect 🙌🏻
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Congratulations Dr @robyn92.bsky.social! 🎉🍾🥂💐
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
It’s amazing what a letter from reformuk will motivate you to do (other than rush straight to the bin). I just signed @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social’s petition calling for laws to introduce factual accuracy in political advertising. And then I rushed straight to the bin.
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I slipped up in a second garden centre! But it all starting to look very pleasant so my care factor is low. 🤷🏼‍♀️🪴🪻🌻
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This is what happens when I go out unsupervised (mild edition) #gardeningUK
Three hosta plants, rhubarb, pink waterlily and compost purchased
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thanks Robyn! ❤️
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Eve Penford @evepea.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I can regale you with it later… should only take an hour or two 😂
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