iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

While prepping my teaching for the coming year, I came across this word cloud from last year's week 1 welcome seminar on 'Introduction to French Studies'. The minds of young people are fascinating to me. What on earth is mint squash

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One thing you will never see me do is apologise for 'cross posting', which I think is for cowards.

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Very pleased to share that I've risen three places to fourteenth in the Good Posters league table 2026. This is testament to the hard work I've been putting into my posting game.

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Can't remember exactly what I imagined being an academic would be like when I started pursuing it as a career, but if I had to guess I'd say that I probably thought I'd be spending more time in book-lined studies solving the world's problems and less time thinking about budget codes.

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

having fun reading jm barrie's peter pan for work

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Worrth remembering that Andy Burnham has a long record of being anti-immigration. He's kept Shabana Mahmood in place because he agrees with her

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

̶6̶0̶ 62 years of hurt 👍👍👍

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

[engaging with media] here's a twisted take for you. what if the protagonist was a Villain

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Dublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home.

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thrilled to announce - delighted to share! - that I have completed my annual online data protection training. This is a significant milestone as I aim to become the most boring man ever to have lived and I would like to thank GDPR for making it possible. 364 sleeps until I get to do it again 💪 💫

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A wee happy looking kid just ran past me in Costa, so I smiled at him only for his mum to say 'stop it, you're annoying the man'. Wtf no he isny. Leave me out of this

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Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I’ve got no wish to divide and I give total solidarity with those affected there; but, as others have said, it is notable how much more attention the proposed cuts at Exeter are getting relative to those at some other institutions, including my own (where the numbers affected are, I believe, higher)

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A stupid thing I do that I quite simply refuse to deal with is only own one suitcase. If I'm going somewhere for like 3 days I need to use either the 2-week-holiday case or just a backpack. This would be so easily solved by buying a second case, but I will probably never do that.

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

im going sleepyead mode. Im napmaxxing

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

mad business model to only be selling two products but who am i to judge if it makes money

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

SPOKE TOO SOON I JUST TRIED THIS AGAIN AND THEY STILL ASKED ME TO REPEAT IT. HOW DO I MAKE IT SIMPLER THAN BOB

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A very good afternoon to all my fellow Sco-atians 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇭🇷

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Deadline now extended to Friday 19th June - please consider submitting an abstract if your research touches on any of the areas covered!

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Got back from a few days at a conference/other work-related commitments to what I can only describe as this extremely dubious pleasure

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

People are in my mentions arguing with each other about toilets and it's not even transphobic, which is actually really nice

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

'Redemption through HIS BLOOD' is such an intensely normal thing to read when you look out of your hotel window in the morning

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Getting the macho peas from Nando's because I want to eat my 5 a day while still feeling like a tough guy

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Just told an English barista my name was Bob. Very good tactic I think

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Had a great time last week as part of the 'dream team' panel (this was the official name I think) with @saraharens.bsky.social and @mbedecarre.bsky.social at the Men & Masculinities in Contemporary France conference in Bristol! I was explainining why micky houellebecq is a pie

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Madeline Bedecarre @mbedecarre.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Had a blast trying to convince everyone that Beigbeder is a (dark?) romance novelist and soaking up @saraharens.bsky.social & @frasermcqueen.bsky.social ’s brilliance

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

'Be careful, Keir! They're calling for your sudden death!' 'Sudden death? They want me to take penalties?' 'Uhh, yes Keir'

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sorry to say this, but it was out of order for Lawrence Shankland to go after that pitch invader the way he did. He is supposed to be a role model and I for one think that a lengthy suspension is the only solution 🐀

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The CfP for this year's PSA French Politics Specialist Group annual workshop is attached here! The workshop will be held in Leeds on Friday 11 Sept. We look forward to receiving your abstracts! If anyone has any questions, please feel free to reach out either to me or to @salomeietter.bsky.social

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

never been happier to live in england btw

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

People who aren't from Scotland, and want to understand Scottish football, need to understand that in a nation where 100k + of a population of 5M don't just support 2 teams, but *go to every home game*, match officials don't have to declare who they support.

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Went to chop'd and everyone knew you

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hearing 'please take your belongings with you when you leave the train' and realising that now I come to think about it, that IS a better idea than leaving them for the next person

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

You might find this hard to believe buuuuut my train has been delayed

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Keeping my head down on the Beeston bus because I'm scared what might happen if they realise i'm from Waspville

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

So i'm "cringe", am i? What if i do these sick dance moves? I suppose that's "cringe" too?

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

History has mocked the Trojans for being gentle, trusting souls who believed in their hearts that the big horse was a gift from their friends

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

More persecution of guys like this pls

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

IT'S SNOWING IN EDINBURGH I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE EASTER

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

All fun and games having high ceilings until you need to change the lightbulb. Short king problems 👑

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Tried one of my old cardio workouts from my fighting days today. Got through it okay, was feeling pretty good about it, then gave myself a stitch by sneezing. Getting old is so cool I love it

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Btw after leaving London at 6pm I made it to Leeds at 2am if anyone is keeping score

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

'Here's how to make AI sound like you!!' Thank you. I don't need this service because I already sound like me.

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

You won't believe this but I'm having trouble with English trains. Been stuck for over 2 hours in a place called Grantham (?)

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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hearing lots of English people talking about 'Paddy's Day' this week. Struck me as odd at first, but what could be more English than stealing something from the Irish?

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