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Dr Leanne Bibby

@leannemichelleb.bsky.social
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Data Engineer. Author. Proud to be one of Cajigo's 100 Women in Tech, Cohort 4. Dune fan and guinea pig owner. AuDHD. Was an academic.

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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Jinu says good morning, drink water, do your daily affirmations
A pale brown and white hamster with large black boba-like eyes, sitting on blue and white paper bedding
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Interesting and resonant! I'd say quite strongly that translating academic experience is absolutely possible. (You will have a 2-page CV again. You think you won't, but you will.) Ten “Cultural” Obstacles to Leaving Academia karenkelsky.substack.com/p/ten-cultur...
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Ten “Cultural” Obstacles to Leaving Academia
An excerpt from my book-in-progress, The Professor Is Out: The Essential Guide to Leaving Academia.
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is so good!
Cover of the book The Great Dictator: A Life of Barbara Cartland by Matthew Sweet. Image is of an elderly Cartland wearing her trademark hot pink clothing with her pet dog in one arm and a pink umbrella in the other, against a background of pink flowers. Book title is in neon yellow.
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Linda Hill @lindasbookbag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From @bantambookworm.bsky.social Charlotte Langtree (editor) : The Blood Of Eziliath portable-magic.com/2026/09/30/c...
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Charlotte Langtree (editor) : The Blood Of Eziliath
Blurb: When an ancient prophecy comes to pass, the splintered kingdoms of Hekalis are in grave danger. Torish, God of the Below, was warned not to dally with the dead. Now, he is gone, killed by th…
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cary Grant's mugshot when he was arrested for being drunk & disorderly in 1959
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 21/09/2026
The evidence is clear: countries with lower NEET rates than the UK get there almost entirely through higher rates of post-18 education. In these countries, more young people stay in education for longer and often combine it with work.
Comparison of OECD countries’ differences from the UK in 2024 for 18–24‑year‑old participation in education or work
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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A lot of people bitching at this thread have never experienced suddenly losing their ability to type. I never expected this to happen to me, but it did. good luck if you are contemptuous of other modes of interaction with technology. At some point you will also be impaired if only from age
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pretty boy 💞
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I knew it! Mikey is a wild animal!
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is very good on the psychological damage caused by universities ripping themselves apart, but it presumes that leaders want to repair that damage. My experience is that they deny its existence or simply do not care.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 12/09/2026
Euphemisation has been a key strategy for the far right to escape the margins and return to the mainstream for half a century Back in the early 90s, Jean-Marie Le Pen pushed for the term "populism" to replace "extreme right" or "fascist". It was then taken up by mainstream actors and here we are
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Paper back of my book out February 2027! boydellandbrewer.com/book/onomant...
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Onomantic Divination in Late Medieval Britain
Demonstrates the wide prevalence of supposedly impermissible divination techniques found in a wide range of manuscripts from medieval Britain.
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DEAD TEENAGERS out now in paperback @judedoyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
People of All Genders Empowered to Maintain Delusion That They Have A Chance With Gillian Anderson
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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Screaming. No. LITERALLY SCREAMING.
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Spongebob Squarepants & Patrick Star Scared
Alt: Spongebob Squarepants & Patrick Star Scared
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Interesting to count the number of times the words 'students', 'staff' and 'research' are (or are not) mentioned here.
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Lessons from creating the UK’s first “super-university” group
Jane Harrington, Georgina Randsley de Moura, and Mark Preston set out what a year of merger-building taught them about trust, governance and communicating through uncertainty
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 01/09/2026
🏥 27 AI scribes write NHS notes, unregulated Healthwatch England found scribes mishearing drugs and dropping 'null', turning 'no nerve damage' into a diagnosis. 🔗 theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/31/doctors-ai-scribes-get-names-of-drugs-and-diagnoses-wrong-nhs-watchdog-warns #NHS #AI
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Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns
Exclusive: Patients identify errors in consultation transcripts that are missed by GPs, Healthwatch England finds
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Neutral in the culture war"
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Diane Curtis @dianecurtis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm continually amazed at how many academics are willing to preface their reply to a thread about a study by saying that they didn't read the study. "But..." But nothing. Dude, it's your job to read studies. No opining without reading.
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Pup
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Jep @nsarbutts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The only teacher I ever really listened to at school used to say "think with ink". It has helped me unravel and calm my thoughts countless times.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I see commentators using terms like “DEI” I immediately suspect that they’re trying to ignite a US inspired (and maybe funded?) culture war here. Because the acronym used in the UK is EDI - equality, diversity, inclusion - linked to the equality act 2010. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/1...
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Equality Act 2010
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#NovaScotia author of Heated Rivalry — Rachel Reid has donated $300,000.00 to Nova Scotia Libraries This is amazing, Rachel is an incredible human being /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries
Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton coined the term “software engineer.” She directed the Software Engineering Division at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab & led development of the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer. She was born #OTD in 1936 & turns 90 today! #WomenInSTEM
Two side-by-side black-and-white photographs of pioneering computer scientist Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936). The left panel features a mature, close-up portrait where Hamilton gazes directly at the viewer with a serene, confident, and reflective expression, framed by her long, dark, slightly silvering hair. The right panel is a famous archival photograph showing a younger Hamilton standing indoors next to a towering stack of bound paper binders containing the Apollo Guidance Computer source code, which she led the development of at MIT. She is smiling broadly and wears a striped, long-sleeved mini dress with dark Mary Jane shoes and glasses, resting her hand proudly on top of the massive column of printed code. The overall composition contrasts her youthful triumph with her enduring legacy, capturing an optimistic, intellectually rigorous mood that highlights her monumental contributions to space exploration.
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 16/08/2026
Stock is a poster child for the terminal rot in the UK pundit class: an entirely unremarkable academic who got on the right wing radar by monetising her bigotry and now gets to be consulted for “what she reckons” on absolutely everything from disability to race to climate change.
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 10/08/2026
“What causes autism?” It’s usually inherited, but actually, it doesn’t f***ing matter. Learn how to be the parent your autistic child needs. We can help. #autism #parenting #neurodiversity
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
These are the loudest, most platformed voices in the media when it comes to higher education and they've been coaching swathes of the public to think and speak like this for decades. I haven't felt this devastated and scared since before I left academia. Please take care of each other.
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Properly keep in touch with extended family and old friends, and get to know my neighbours.
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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
You can complain about the coverage of Dr Jason Arday in the news here ⬇️ newscord.org/action/jason...
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con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳 @racheledini.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I met Jason Arday in induction week in my first permanent academic job, at the University of Roehampton. We had been appointed during the same mass hiring, and spent a week together in more or less useless training sessions that felt like components of some kind of deranged summer camp. 1/
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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
While this was all happening, friends and I were literally listing off senior white men who were still in post despite not being able to work with students because they're actual sex offenders.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
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Kirsten the Goblin Keeper @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Important point - another resource is Education Support which has a helpline for anyone working in education www.educationsupport.org.uk
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Education Support
The only UK charity dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and education staff.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Or, in fact, not really a news story at all. I don’t believe at all that this was nationally important and certainly not “third on the BBC 6 o’clock news” important as a story. Cofnas started all of this because he’s a racist and the media ran with it.
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Mrs Quent @quarkquent.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Please just want to remind everyone about the reporting (or even public discussion) guidelines around suicide - suicide is not ever caused by any one reason and speculating on (or even announcing) why someone completed suicide is really unhelpful, incl. to people with suicidal ideation
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
None of this shit is worth our lives.
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So important 👇
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Good idea to just log off, often.
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#Mad crew, advise logging of and taking care of yourselves.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our Higher Education system is being sabotaged. No other word for it.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Daughter’s heart pinhole camera 🖤#eclipse
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🧵1/2 Nine years since Heather Heyer’s murder. Rest in Power.
Picture of Heather Heyer
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Bluesky is sort of a dark forest for discourse, where, upon encountering a human being, you need to immediately try to take a kill shot. Anyway, please don’t accuse me of plagiarism and demand my resignation because you imagined my anti-plagiarism blog post said the opposite of what it does
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
✨ MotL 93 is live! ✨ @victorpickard.bsky.social returns to Money on the Left 6 years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. moneyontheleft.org/2026/08/01/d... Please listen & share! 🎧 🙌 * Transcript forthcoming ...
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you’re living with tricky mental health, chronic illness,not good thought pathways caused by others’ behaviour, a trickily wired brain,you’re worried about climate change or you’re just feeling shite today, then hi, me too. This photo’s for your brain-a miniature posy from my garden in a thimble:
A post of tiny flowers from my garden in a thimble
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Done 😍👻
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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I loved Mairi Kidd's 'The Specimens'. Took me by surprise in a way historical novels about famous cases rarely do. Especially recommended for everybody who has finished bingeing Kate Foster's books.
Book cover depicting a red human heart against a green, leafy background. The title The Specimens and author name Mairi Kids are in yellow. Quotation 'Powerful and dark' Sue Lawrence, in white.
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