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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do you bloody hate meetings where people bore on and on and nothing ever gets decided? Do you want to learn how to actually let everybody talk? Here is an event for you: edihubplus.ac.uk/event/the-we... 21st October, online.

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EDI Hub+ Webinar: The Well-Chaired Meeting – is it even possible? – EDI Hub +

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh my. Apparently the tooth I had emergency-repaired before holiday is too fiddly for the normal dentist so I am getting referred to somebody with teeny weeny micro equipment to do the proper fixing. Thoughts and prayers for my bank balance.

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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We're back from Sicily! Things that are fired: -Vueling -Cefalu station, all of it -Heathrow T5 transit signage -Barcelona airport, all of it -Every restaurant and food outlet that denies beans -Sunburn -Mosquitoes -Vacuum packed olives that leak in your suitcase -Vueling, fired extra hard

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Having been brave on Weds. and got my tooth sorted out*, I am now having an anxiety flareup and need to be brave again and start therapy, not for some dude this time but for me. *and it's getting better - back Weds. coming up for the next step with hopefully easier recovery

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I had emergency root canal last night on the tooth whose filling I broke on Saturday and now I have to have the bastard thing rebuilt next week. Not the biggest worst thing in the world but my face hurts. Glad I have a nice dentist.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Racists murdered another autistic black man today just as surely as if they'd shot him. Cambridge putting him on a pedestal then throwing him from it under a bus are an accessory to it. That makes me blue-hot angry. Can't even get the words right to express it.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

*sends job to UK national supercomputer for density functional theory modelling* *has transformed coordinates and done preparatory calculations for weeks for this* Aah that's better. What else is on my to-do list? Oh bread, ok. *accidentally goes to the shop with her trousers on back to front* Hm

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Freezer clearing lunch: couscous Caribbean pasty filling that I initially thought was curry and has matured in spiciness during its 2 years in the freezer dal garlic spinach mango chutney

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Fascist sticker war update: the Restore-ist came back and had some kind of sticker explosion and put 5 on. Somebody else pulled them off. I have a comrade! Yes!

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Aaaaa I just submitted my first CASTEP job of the actual fellowship! So exciting!

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Oh wow. I accidentally googled myself without AI deactivated (trying to find a paper I published, too lazy to remember where I left it) and the summary was broadly accurate but the picture is A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON. Somebody with the same name who does clinical psychology at York. Haha!

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Oh. The national high performance supercomputer I use for my project (ARCHER2) is going away in November. Apparently all project leads whose access extends beyond that have been emailed. No...they haven't, because I haven't.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I have been having a sticker war with a racist recently. He put some Restore Britain stickers on a lamp-post. I covered them up with rainbow unicorn stickers. He covered mine. I covered his. He peeled and covered mine. I have just raised the stakes with sticker remover and a scraper.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

BOLLOCKS I just spent a couple of months trying to figure out how to do something using trig, failed, then did it by pissing around with plane equations in an afternoon. Half an afternoon. Why didn't I think of that in the first place?! Pillock!

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I just organised interviews for my first all the way through PhD student*! It feels awesome, but kind of scary, like the first time you drive in a car that isn't the instructor's dual control one. I have mentors and co-supervisors and all sorts though so it's not that bad. But a little scary.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I had been struggling with a research trig problem for days and feeling really incompetent and this morning I decided to just move the origin and dodge the problem so I could go to the next step. It's ok to just build the road around the mountain when all you want is to reach the other side.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

What the ever-loving fuck, Britain. This transphobic shit, in 202fucking6? I'm ashamed of this country.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/05/2026

Let it be clear: you are wanted here.

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I've hit 100 responses to my survey on personal tutoring - half way there! If you're an academic in UK HE who's had pastoral responsibility for students in the last five years, whatever that's called, I'd love to hear your thoughts - it shouldn't take more than ten minutes. Do share if you can.

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The Role Of Interpersonal Relationships And Care In Personal Tutoring Within UK HEIS

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This morning we spent an hour looking for where the smell of old man in the kitchen was coming from then 2 hours cleaning cat piss off the plates cupboard and if this isn't a metaphor for the local elections I don't know what fucking is.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

If you have any Home undergrad students who are giant nerds into nuclear fusion and fancy doing a funded PhD that has crystallography, simulations, things that go pew pew, really niche electron microscopy and adventures, I have a project going for this autumn! fusion-cdt.ac.uk/project/temp...

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Temperature-Dependent Defects and Light Gas Element Loading in Beryllium-Titanium Ordered Alloy TiBe12 for Neutron Breeding (Materials Strand Project) - Fusion CDT

Doctoral Training in fusion-relevant disciplines: materials science, plasma physics, nuclear physics, technology, laser physics, instrumentation and related topics

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Does this...make sense to anybody? It feels like my brain keeps slipping off the text. Did an LLM write the structure of a research agency?! aria.org.uk/opportunity-...

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Opportunity spaces

Explore ARIA’s Opportunity Spaces. Dive into our work on AI, viral resilience, ecosystem engineering, climate and more to see how we’re defining the next frontier of science.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I have caused an X-ray to be taken, after a few men's worth of medical gaslighting. No orthopaedic damage done so I can crack on with rehab, though privately because nobody believed me. Yes, it did hurt a lot for a long time. No, I was not screaming for 6 weeks. Oh that means it didn't happen? Ok.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

So My physio reckons I may have dislocated my shoulder out backwards climbing in March and put it back in when I fell over last week. Yes that is quite a few weeks. Yes it did hurt now I think about it. I am instructed to acquire an X-ray quite soon.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Well, Mr Cat is full of the joys of Spring. *crashing, jingling and biting noises in background*

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My grant-related internal correspondence has been sent to the male professor who is my line manager, in the time leading up to the start of my fellowship, but not to me. This is a good start.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A lot of us have been supervised by bullies in some scientific role or another, and recognise that there is a problem where bullies keep getting given money so universities keep them around. What should funders do to dismantle this? Let's share ideas for how. Followed-only post to make it safe.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Yesterday I went to the EPSRC EDI Hub+ annual conference because I just became one of 33 Inclusion Advocates doing this: edihubplus.ac.uk/be-the-chang... My first impressions were that I still need to arrive early and ask people to turn the lights down so I can participate.

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Be the change: become an EPMS EDI Hub+ Inclusion Advocate (now closed) – EDI Hub +

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Little Car has got to the point where there are more broken things than I have fucks to give, so we are looking for the next one. First test drive this afternoon, I am bricking it and having visions of stalling on a huge roundabout even though I will probably be ok.

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Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @advocate.nyc.gov · 24/02/2026

As a Black man with Tourette Syndrome, the Public Advocate has some thoughts on BAFTA, Pt. 1: Hear about his experience with Coprolalia, his thoughts on how BAFTA mishandled the moment, and the need for care for all who are harmed: Full video: youtu.be/FgaqKIxS4Hs

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Now I've had the offer letter I can FINALLY tell the internet: I got the EPSRC Open Fellowship! From 1st April I am going to be at Sheffield for 5 years figuring out what happens with defects in beryllium intermetallics when you zap them and what it means for fusion, hopefully with 3 students!

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Giving blood at the main donor centre was a good counter to the Epstein horror in the news. One end of the room is full of big dudes on their phones spending an hour donating platelets so some sick people can get better.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Just checked I had in fact done my self assessment tax return and it turns out I had filled in the boxes, saved it, but not pressed submit. But now I've actually done it, it still says "hey you could do this" when I log on. No. Dude. I've done it. There's a date stamp. Keep up. Not helping.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Stop sharing that video of the "ICE officers chasing a man in a bathtub", it's clearly AI, they all have exactly the same legs.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I had a nice couple of days in Birmingham helping people out and then doing some complicated TEM all day but now I am WRECKED. I had the flu starting Boxing Day and cancelled doing this last week but apparently I am still not entirely convalesced...

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I think I need a little bit of advice from somebody who's been in charge of a research group - about an existing situation I'm not entirely sure how to deal with but feel like I somehow should. Does anybody have 5 minutes in the next few days to email or chat? [edited post - got your comment Bat!]

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Colds used to hit me objectively worse than this when I was younger but this one *feels* worse. I think I'm angry about it this time. "How dare you, virus. Have you *seen* my to-do list? Day 10 should be clear kitchen windowsill and sand for painting, not lie on sofa sniffling!"

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Oh for a car where the interior trim is held on with M6 bolts instead of stiff little clips and infinitely breakable plastic pieces.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Us: let's get loads of house stuff done between Christmas and New Year The Car: fuck you *breaks* The common cold: lol hi

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Today started my day by explaining to safety services that if a product listing has "forbidden" in the description, somebody might conclude they're not allowed to get it. This conversation feels backwards somehow.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I had a filling in my top wisdom tooth yesterday then I made BAD CHOICES by eating toast. Now I have a stiff jaw but also a hole in my cheek where I bit it multiple times. I am a plonker But a plonker without a cavity I guess.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Shout out to @holidayinn.bsky.social who decided I need to lose £74 at Christmas because booking.com defaulted over and over again to December when I was trying to book and I clicked the wrong day but now they won't let me change the dates. Thanks a bunch you mean-spirited billionaires.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

It's raining in our stupid house again but now we think we know why: our stupid builder failed to seal where the windows fit into the frames. So when it's finished raining in a couple of days I guess we have another thing to try fixing. Why does **everybody** see two women and want to cheat us??

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Disability History Month events: here is how to support neurodivergent students. Disability History Month non-events: your microscope room is still so cold you can't use tweezers.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I have just done my fellowship interview! Phewwww I think it went ok but I find it hard to tell. Everybody was nodding and smiling anyway and they were nice. We'll see eh!

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I just did my first tax return. I don't even have anything large and complicated and I'm still confused.

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

People Please tell me your experiences of hiring a car in a country that drives on the opposite side to your home country. What makes it easier to adapt? Already planning to sit in my car on some flat tarmac and practice changing gear "wrong" handed from the passenger seat. Any other advice?

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Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We're home from Sicily. The cat is also home. I need a holiday after that.

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