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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 3h

Quote also works in cartoons that maybe should know the answer...

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, my two are here because the access was there when I needed it. It's lifesaving.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 7h

Abortion saved my life - but it was so seamlessly available that it didn't feel like it. The suspected ectopic pregnancy was caught early through ultrasound and ended without issue. No politics, no fear, no travel, no hemorrhage. I want that for everyone.

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Dean Craddock @dean5150.bsky.social · 10h

Good call.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Becoming increasingly convinced, without any real data behind it, that the biggest predictor of success in a new role is whether or not the candidate actually wants to do the job.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Enemies of democracy hate universities. They might attack them as “elite” institutions, or as “woke”. But what they really worry about is the way universities share knowledge - empowering people to see through webs of disinformation & lies 7/9

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

For reasons, I find myself back in ownership of my previous knitting bag. I am a mediocre knitter at best but in the spirit of celebrating small wins today I figured out what I was doing wrong by dint of intentional practice and problem solving and thus gained a new miniskill. #smallwins

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Sending good wishes to His Holiness, and also rather more selfishly hoping that the anti-cancer sentiments, thoughts and prayers of *the entire Catholic Church* might result in some additional blessings to other cancer patients. Y'know. Not miracles, necessarily. Care. Courage. Gentleness.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Did she let you read it ahead of time?

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Oooh that's probably what my package today was!

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Do you think Elon has tried this?

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I would have thought it was a caterpillar of some sort 😂

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I don't think I've ever spotted a ladybird larva before, I had no idea that's what they looked like!

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I get this too. Although for some reason it's always German that tangles with Gaelic in my brain? Sehr alainn, that sort of thing.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Also I have been somewhat distracted this last month because... Well, because fuck cancer, that's why. Somebody close, not me.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Spoiler: I cannot. I am halfway through the prequel to the Priory. I have not begun a reread of Outcast Mage, and today Amazon took my money for Void Dragon. Fortunately the book will still be there when I do get through the list.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wait, he's doing WHAT?? WHY??

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Currently going through the day 5 respite where you think you should probably be back at work but everything is still more exhausting.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Got a covid jag yesterday and have spent the last 36 hours speed-running a horrible cold. Would not recommend as an experience, although maybe it's better than doing it in real time?

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We're definitely in the "no you're not" phase of late stage capitalism.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Nelson Mandela, unveiled on Nelson Mandela Place.

Bronze statue of Mandela. He raises his right fist, while his left hand is open. He is wearing a magnificent shirt.

The same statue, from behind; the street sign "Nelson Mandela Pl." is visible in the background.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Whole thread, but I do love where he starts explaining this monster theory.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I absolutely want to read more about this, it sounds right up my alley!

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In 2014 when we had the independence referendum we collectively decided that "Scottish" was an inclusive label that didn't need to supercede any other personal identity and that should apply to people living in Scotland. Like, just saying.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is real, it's a big change in what it means to be a reader at that stage and it's a hard gap to bridge. As a parent I found reading aloud to my kids from slightly more challenging books helped. Somewhat. But then I love reading.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Outer Hebrides would like a word.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have not, so far, found a female YouTuber who does Diablo 4. It's not that I mind watching men YouTube, exactly, but they represent a type of play that isn't how I play or why I play, so the content doesn't resonate. Also it makes me feel like the only woman in Sanctuary.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's the *fifteenth* Diablo 4 season. I have been playing it pretty consistently since it started. I know the game. Today I found out I've been playing this season wrong because I'm not supplementing my playing with enough net research and youtube. /sigh/

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 04/10/2026

Read this if you need some heartwarming content

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wow, authors of dystopian fiction are going to have their work cut out.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well done. Ibrox is a challenge at the best of times 😂

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You wonder what the Pope makes of social media, honestly.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

OMG my heart aches for the world described here. Imagine getting paid to do the work that actually needs done? To build things people need and want to use and places and services that serve people?

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Maybe it can but yeah, it needs tested and demonstrated as working consistently *before* it gets used in anger.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It is a bad situation. Not least because while I don't think AI can be demonstrated to fairly assess in this kind of process, it's certainly likely to increase the amount of lower quality submissions, which is all kinds of process headaches.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Still think when Google actually worked that was a better tool than any LLM.

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Dave @davemck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reskeet a read head for Friday!

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sounds like she's not only pro-migration, she believes the state investing in local infrastructure is a good and healthy thing that benefits communities.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Currently I wish there was an option to dial back jobs. It's like yes, at my best I'm great at solving problems and talking people through the intricacies of data, but sometimes I just want to be the one sorting all the jigsaw pieces into the right box, you know?

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I agree with this. AI art of any type is a novelty at best. When I engage with art I am seeking a specific experience - to see the world from some alternative viewpoint; something with meaning and intention. AI just isn't that, and can't be.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have not been keeping up with events in France, clearly. Still boggling at the tear gas bit though.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't think I will do a drawing challenge this month. Frankly there's enough going on and I don't think the extra pressure will make art any more fun for me this year. I've been doing a Feb/Oct drawing challenge thing for years now so this is a Departure. Still though.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This section of motorway is particularly awful. It's a chokepoint for both Glasgow traffic and traffic leaving Glasgow; it cuts a line through an important part of the city; and most of the surroundings are extremely unfriendly to pedestrians. Even as a driver it's a mess.

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On behalf of readers can I say that manually picking out the human-written books from a host of machine-written slop is not good for anyone?

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have a pitch for an episode where the Doctor finds out about this and shows up to stop it.

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