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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her)

@lucywoolhouse.bsky.social
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STEMM librarian at the University of Cambridge, interested in open research and EDI. Also a disabled feminist, bookworm, barbershopper, musical theatre nerd 🎶

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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Come and work with my team! We're looking for an enthusiastic Liaison Librarian (Veterinary and Pre-Clinical Medicine) to join our team and work closely with colleagues and academics across the School of Biological Sciences, Cambridge. More info: share.google/zlXEPpcl50hQ...
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Liaison Librarian (Veterinary and pre-clinical Medicine)
Ever wanted to work in an institution that is home to one of the world's great collections of cultural treasures and research materials? Spanning thousands of years of human thought and discovery, Cam...
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Ready for #CALC26 📚
Brunette white woman with curly hair and glasses in a black t-shirt that says 'Books Bab'
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/05/2026
The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.
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Lauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Controversial but - students *perceive* they have been failed when what has happened is they have failed to understand information retrieval is a skill requiring effort. I don't believe a zero friction experience is realistic or desirable in learning, actually.
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We need to pay attention to this and do what we can to stop our schools from going down the American route, like making school libraries a statutory right. Plus, the fact that the poor librarian was put before a safeguarding committee is ludicrous. UK Labour, please keep your promise and fix this.
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Just witnessed Zoom bombing (with P*rnhub content) for the first time since 2020. It was in a webinar about the Glasgow Small Trans Library. The speaker and host dealt with it admirably but this is not okay. Trans people deserve to take space, educate and learn online without being harrassed.
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Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
It started as a routine book move. Before we know it, it’s a modern art installation (or perhaps a minor safety concern). It's hard to say. #FoundArt
Red filing boxes piled between two pillars in a random and nonsensical way, with some upside down, to the side, or balancing on the corner.
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 08/07/2025
*slams it down* I finished it My article About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links It's uh Really long
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Opinion: Is it worth it to use AI? Some things you should know
AI has shown us again and again how it aims to change our society. Is this technology really "here to stay" and what's it doing to us?
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Adam Care @adamcare.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Interrupting a fortnight's holiday for 9, The Pirate Queen, at the Minack Theatre, at the very edge of Cornwall. The ADC has some way to go to match this view...
Photo from the top of the Minack Theatre, an open-air auditorium carved into the cliffs of western Cornwall. The stage overlooks directly onto the sea, with the faintest hint of sun poking through the clouds above
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Research data management at its finest outside a building in Cambridge! #RDM #research #librarians
A filing cabinet outside a building. The drawers say: 'Aladdin's Cave (no idea what this stuff is', 'old data, disks, notebooks', 'probably belongs to someone' and 'old equipment that might be useful'.
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Inle 🐉 An Odd Type of Dragon @oddtypeofdragon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Important news: the Weston Library in Oxford (part of the Bodleian) has added a small baby play space. And they've called it the Toddleian.
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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Completely agree - research support should be for everyone! @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh #Darts9
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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
@lucywoolhouse.bsky.social & #FrankieMarsh Workshop on making open research more inclusive. #TechniciansCommitment #darts9
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Thanks @alicecann.bsky.social for liveblogging our workshop! We hope #DARTS9 enjoyed it 😊
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 08/05/2025
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
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Journal collected $400,000 from papers it later retracted
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculation…
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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Just published on FOSS Force: The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business the Most fossforce.com/2025/05/the-...
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The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business the Most - FOSS Force
The folks behind Surfshark VPN have looked to see which mobile Browsers are most likely to compromise your privacy, and offers some ways that you can protect yourself.
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Binni Brynolf (they/them) @brynolf.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
On Tuesday 27 May 1-2pm, I'm presenting a webinar on behalf of @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social, "How to be a good ally to trans*, non-binary and gender-conforming people" I've spoken about this before but allies are more vital than ever now... Register and share please! www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Title:
SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

ACTIVE VOICE
e.g.
Our team collected samples and then we tested them.

CLICKBAIT VOICE
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We collected some samples...
You won't believe what happened next!

PASSIVE VOICE
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Samples were collected and tested.

HAIKU VOICE
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Quiet science lab.
Workers arrive with samples.
The testing begins.

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE
e.g. We did all the collecting and testing.
No need to thank us.
Just doing our job.

CONSPIRACY VOICE
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Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
UK SC's definition of 'woman' is a serious affront to decades of labour in queer studies to decouple sex & gender that even WHO recognises. It's a colonial-racial chokehold to safeguard power of TERFs & GCs. Moving forward, all women will have rights curtailed. www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/16/s...
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UK Supreme court rules legal definition of a woman excludes trans women
The UK Supreme Court has ruled the legal definition of a woman excludes trans women.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 16/04/2025
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies. Solidarity 💜 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 09/04/2025
This is the literal destruction of knowledge. Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases. mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
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Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Shortlisting for a library assistant role currently, and I'd forgotten just how frustrating it is when people refer to experience in their statement that they haven't listed in their job history *head desk*
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 21/02/2025
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH
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PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
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Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w... #medlibs
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What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Far more sense & informed comment on the REF PCE pilot & proposals from @lizziegadd.bsky.social than you will find in the pages of the Times. wonkhe.com/blogs/anothe...
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Another way of thinking about the national assessment of people, culture, and environment
Can we make better use of existing mechanisms to examine research culture in REF 2029? For Elizabeth Gadd there is scope to make the assessment of research culture better for everyone
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Had to do some PGCTLHE work today (next Day School on Wednesday and first assignment due on 20th!). Particularly interested in studies on the different experiences of public school and state school students in supervisions - we have to do better to provide a level playing field and foster belonging.
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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
It was helpful to search through the spreadsheet directly here, I wasn't surprised to find a simple game I play with lots of ads in it was on the list. I checked and it doesn't have personalized ads or location tracking in my permissions, not sure if that means much. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 08/01/2025
Another one bites the dust. York now confirming they are dropping the Elsevier deal, alongside Surrey and Sheffield. @librarianth.bsky.social you must be crushed... 😅 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Another UK university drops big Elsevier deal - Research Professional News
York becomes third institution known to have cancelled agreement with academic publishing giant
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Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
"The University of Surrey has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying the arrangement is not financially sustainable. The move, coming after the University of Sheffield cancelled its subscription deal" www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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UK university drops Elsevier deal - Research Professional News
Surrey says Jisc-negotiated deal “not sustainable in the current financial climate”
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The first of three Sondheims I've never seen before that we'll be seeing in the next six months 🥳
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MRC-LMB Cell Biology Division @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
40 years ago all of Genbank was published in print form by NAR. The same format today would require over 4 light seconds of shelf space. To a year of progress in 2025.
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December. I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky. One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat! UK only.
4 shelves of books:
Shelf 1: A Curtain Twitcher's Book of Murder; Sandwich; The Other Valley; Orbital; Sometimes People Die; The List of Suspicious Things
Shelf 2: Ink Ribbon Red; Falling Animals; All the Colours of the Dark; Freakslaw; Leading Man; William
Shelf 3: Anyone's Ghost; Bored Gay Werewolf; The Betrayal of Thomas True; Guilty By Definition; The Pairing; The Actor
Shelf 4: The Last Murder at the End of the World; The Examiner; The Husbands; Helle & Death; Death on the Lusitania; The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Christmas nails and elf dress for my chorus Christmas meal 💃
A woman with brown curly hair standing in front of a brightly lit Christmas tree. She has a dress with elves on it and alternating red and green nail varnish.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 12/12/2024
"The University will not renew its 'big deal' subscription to Elsevier, which expires on 31 December 2024." Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year... www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...
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Updates on access to Library resources (journals).
In January, there will be changes to access to some Library resources (journals).
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Prof. Pragya Agarwal @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Medical misogyny exists beyond gynae conditions too. It is implicit & explicit bias. It is gendering of emotions so women’s pain is minimised & women are seen to be hysterical. It’s not trusting women’s testimonies about their own bodies. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
Damning parliamentary report blames lack of education by healthcare workers and ‘pervasive stigma’ for poor care
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 28/11/2024
You guys remember TweetDeck? Bluesky has it, and it's free. Check out 🔗 deck.blue by @gildaswise.com for a multi-column interface. 2/10
Screenshot of the deck.blue UI
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Every year the Genetics UG students put on a panto for the department. This year I featured in a lovely way - the students come to the Library and I give them sweets and help them to continue their journey! So proud that the students' impression of me is of someone who can always help and is kind 🥰
The front of a programme saying 'Rudolph the Mutant Reindeer' featuring 5 students dressed as Christmas characters and science graphics.
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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge @geneticscam.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
We're delighted to share that we have ✨TWO✨ winners from the University's Professional Services Recognition Scheme. @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social, our Librarian, and colleague Frances for 'Creating an Inclusive Community' Emily Kempin, our Safety Officer, for 'Improving Our Environmental Performance'
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Immensely proud to have won a @cambridgeuni.bsky.social Professional Services Award with my colleague Frankie for our project on Fair Attribution for Technicians 🥳 #OpenResearch #ResearchCulture #FairAttribution
A picture of two women holding champagne flutes by a roll-up banner that says 'Creating an inclusive community: Team nominees - Cambridge Zero Student Engagement; Department of Clinical Neurosciences EDI Team; Fair Attribution for Technicians project (Biological Sciences Libraries); Pathology Wellbeing Team'.
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Looking forward to learning about all the research going on in @geneticscam.bsky.social at today's Research in Genetics Day 🎓
A lecture theatre with a big screen containing a slide with the words 'Research in Genetics Day'.
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Put my Christmas decorations up in the Library yesterday which made me feel suitably festive 🎄
A small Christmas tree with lights and baubles, surrounded by plants, in a library.
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Saw Wicked today - loved every second. I'm sure a repeat viewing would reveal a few things but at first glance an almost perfect film. Could not believe Ariana Grande's vocal range, and her performance as Glinda was stunning (Cynthia Erivo also smashed it as per). Plus, Jonathan Bailey *fans self*
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Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Atlas Obscura Wild Life, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, Every Living Thing, Alien Earths, Becoming Earth, and Deep WaterA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Frostbite, The Inner Clock, How to Kill an Asteroid, The Great River, The Last Fire Season, and Hoof BeatsA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are The Serviceberry, Not the End of the World, Nature's Ghosts, Meet the Neighbors, The Light Eaters, and Our MoonA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Turning to Stone, The Weight of Nature, What If We Get It Right?, Waves in An Impossible Sea, The Tree Collectors, and Why We Remember
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Visited the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in my lunchbreak today to discover my road has its own hoard!
A photo of various stone and metal artefacts in a museum cabinet, labelled 'Objects found together: the Green End Road Hoard'.
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Welcome to Bluesky @geneticscam.bsky.social!
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a sign that says welcome on it with feathers flying in the background
Alt: Baby Grogu popping up from behind a wall with the text 'Welcome'
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Here's a list of 236 Bluesky science feeds and their hashtags! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #EduSky 🧪
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BlueSky Science-Related Feeds
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Chris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Royal Society fellow Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) resigns over Elon Musk membership. Bishop claims Musk has violated RS code of conduct, and is not prepared to treat him "collegially and with courtesy" as that code requires. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
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Lucy Woolhouse (she/her) @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Really enjoyed my first ice hockey match supporting Cambridge's professional women's team the Kodiaks 🐻🏒
An ice rink with several female ice hockey players skating around.
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