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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I'm so stupid before 11am I actually got a reasonable adjustment where I can refuse anything earlier.

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You and CO2 @youandco2.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

So excited to share that we're working to support special schools, pupil referral units and units attached to mainstream schools with climate change education. All learners should have equal access to exciting topics such as #sustainability. www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office... #EnvironmentalEducation

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New partnership to revolutionise climate education for Welsh Pupils with additional learning needs

Swansea University has joined the Welsh Government and Keep Wales Tidy to form a new partnership that will help better understand how climate change and sustainability education can be delivered to pu...

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Dr. Mike Sellraiser III: Sell on Earth @profmikesell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Smart reading of monstrosity, fluid female bodies, and sanctioned violence in the Resident Evil series: @morganmushroom.bsky.social's "Mouldy Matriarchs and Dangerous Daughters: An Ecofeminist Look at Resident Evil Antagonists” journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...

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Mouldy Matriarchs and Dangerous Daughters | M/C Journal

The Resident Evil video game series is especially notable for engaging with uncanny nature and monstrous reproduction, often facilitated through viral contamination. These third-person games usually...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/12/2024

No cash policies “disadvantage a number of groups, including low-income people who don’t have bank accounts, people who have accounts but don’t qualify for credit or debit cards, the homeless, undocumented immigrants and older adults.”

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Payments Are Going Digital, but Many Seniors Still Rely on Cash

“We’re putting another burden on the elderly that we don’t have to,” one researcher said.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

One thing that’s great about being up at 5:50am is: nothing 0/10 do not recommend

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

In advocating for change, I find this question asked most by people who don't want to undertake the change. It's not genuine. It's intended to derail the entire process by questioning the legitimacy of the process.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

In high school, I created an imaginary land where the only boys allowed were the ones who treated us with respect (so, like, one or two). This is still relevant. New iteration of the University of Lyle: just women. Fuck all y'all.

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I Want To Go To There Liz Lemon GIF

ALT: I Want To Go To There Liz Lemon GIF

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Honestly, as an academic, I have seriously been considering the same.

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You and CO2 @youandco2.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Myth-busting time! Small actions may seem minor, but together, they create powerful climate solutions. Every bit counts! Can you bring change in your classroom or group? Take a look at the resources available on our website #ClimateChangeEducation #SciEd #EnvironmentalEducation #EduBluesky

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You and CO2 @youandco2.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This Buy Nothing Day, let’s reflect on the impact of our choices. You & CO2 empowers students to understand & address consumption's role in climate change. Together, we can inspire a mindful approach to resources & see that small actions lead to big change. #SciEd #EnvironmentalEducation #EduBlueSky

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Dr. Mike Sellraiser III: Sell on Earth @profmikesell.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Now playing: With Those We Love Alive (2014) by xrafstar.monster/games/twine/... (One of my favorite videogames--a beautiful, weird, prickly, melancholy work of videogame literature. I've taught it in over a dozen English courses.)

A screen shot from With Those We Love Alive asking the player to choose a birth month.

A photograph of an arm inscribed with the abstract sigils that a player is asked to draw during a game of With Those We Love Alive.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This month is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, but today we want to let you know about a couple 2024 spec-fic titles from First Nations authors around the world like: A Vicious Game by #MelissaBlair, Sunforge by #SaschaStronach, and Enclave by #ClaireGColeman, to name just a few!

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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The aim of #GwenerGwyrdd / #GreenFriday is to encourage people to think twice before you hit the sales and shop #BlackFriday. Just questioning whether you *need* or *want* something is the first step to consuming more responsibly. #BuyNothingDay

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 23/01/2024

I love the Ignyte Awards and I cherish my finalist medals. This is a thread. Get to know this award and how it operates, because it's remarkable. (P. S. FIYAHcon 2021 was legendary. The highest of the highs.)

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

All women, LGBTQIA+, POC, immigrants, working class, and disabled folx (and any marg'd group I, er, marg'd here) should just receive extra padding in their workloads to deal with bullying. Bc this is what f*cks with our time the most. #AcademicSky

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You and CO2 @youandco2.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

What are we doing? Teaching climate change through digital activities, You and CO2 is an innovative, interdisciplinary project combining research and public engagement activities regarding the global problem of climate change on a local scale. buff.ly/3ZrYRXb #climatechange #digitalactivity

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Totally agree; I'm from New Mexico, where we keep them in or a coyote or owl eats them. Now I'm in the UK, even the architecture is not containment friendly. E.g., windows open outward, no screens, no A/C. Plus the culture. The change necessary is bigger than just "keep them in".

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I went to school there, earned an Equine Science degree. Can't believe someone like that was permitted. Unreal.

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Same whenever one of my horses lies down or a chicken takes a nap. They need Granny Weatherwax signs that say "I en't ded".

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Electronic Literature Organization @eliterature.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Second Tuesday Salon: Let's celebrate this wonderful new book: Reading #Instapoetry: A Poetics of Instagram: Electronic Literature James Mackay Bloomsbury Academic Tuesday, November 12, 4 pm UTC bit.ly/elo-salon 8 am Vancouver (PST)

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Locus Magazine is available as an ePub or PDF for all of you bookish eReader people! That way, you can fit it in your pocket and read it anywhere. Check out digital subscriptions here at subscribers.locusmag...

locus magazine cover featuring nghi vo and nnedi okorafor

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

The struggle to go get your meds when you haven't had your meds today is real.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

The world is a shitshow, but we got an excellent skylight show at the farm last night.

Aurora borealis in dark pink and light green, framed by dark clouds and a bit of a power line.

Aurora borealis in dark pink and light green, framed by dark clouds over the roof of a farmhouse

Aurora borealis in dark pink, light green, and dark purple, highlighting the silhouette of an ash tree

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Somebody cast a forgettability spell on you. Apparently.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Of all the things to DDOS attack, why the internet archive? That's just mean and dumb.

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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 10/10/2024

Hey, y'all — I'm live on Twitch with the incredibly charming It Takes Two to Tangle, a King's Quest fangame. Join me for an adventure! twitch.tv/decafjedi

A screenshot from It Takes Two to Tangle. Cassima is climbing a rope.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Yay me! My US 2024 Election vote is cast. Go blue!

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Yaaaaassss, please. We need this spot of sunshine in the dismal darkness. I'm cool for #dadjokes

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

Outline is here: lyleskains.com/InteractiveS.... Reading list is here (should be public): rl.talis.com/3/bournemout...

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

It's Master's, unfortunately. But I can still send it to you.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

I'd send you my course outline, but since I generously ripped off yours to begin with, it might get circular!

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Happened to me in the middle of examining a PhD last week. Have been desperately trying to remember that amazing hot take ever since.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Totes agree, but also... if you work in HE and are scheduling meetings and events— Just stop. We can't handle any more. Leave us be for the love of all that is precious in life.

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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

my new article, "The Platformization of Fandom and its Discontents: Understanding Platform Harms Through the Archive of Our Own," is out. i talk about the 2023 End OTW Racism campaign and the tension between platforms and archives ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

I really want people to understand that this is just as awful and upsetting and invasive for a trans girl as it would be for a cis girl under the same scrutiny. Because when it happens to cis girls/women people get upset, but when it’s an actual trans girl somehow it’s “complicated.” It’s not.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

I hate it that they don't end properly. Like, okay, a series is fine, but don't set up an episodic structure if you're not going to end the episode. That's just mean, and I will not buy your second book in protest.

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Lyle "I'm not giving thanks for this" Skains @lskains.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

It's not a terribly exciting town, but yay Germany!

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