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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Feels like everybody has the wrong number of jobs right now, either too many or too few.

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Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

So often the conclusion reached is something like "more leadership is required". Makes me curious. Is it really more "leadership"? I wonder if what's needed are more spaces for connection, and for valuing all the capabilities and ways of knowing we hold collectively between us?

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Glasgow West End sights this afternoon

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Jonathan Tallon @jonathan-tallon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Thinking of Baptist ministry in the UK? We have a free online event on 24.11.25 8pm where you can explore what this might look like, with plenty of time for questions and conversations. www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-yo...

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Explore your call

Is God calling you into Ministry? Explore what that means for you. Find ways to overcome barriers and respond positively to God's call.

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Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Going more slowly. That's not a bad thing. Actually, I feel it's essential. Going faster and faster and faster achieves what exactly? I think it means we miss out on so much. The meaningful warmth of connection for one. The beauty all around us for another.

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Littlest and I excitedly ran to the door with our box of sweeties. (Guisers never come to our house). Alas, it was the post lady, who obliged by holding our parcels to ransom till we gave her a sweetie!

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Feminist Theology Network @feministtheology.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Next up on the FTN calendar... yes, we know we are spoiling you with such excellent speakers: this week it was Dr Holly Morse and next month we have Dr Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones. Make sure Wednesday 19th November goes in your diary!

Poster for Feminist Theology Network online event. Birth in the Time of Death: Black Madonnas and the Initiation of Possibility. Dr Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones. Wed 19th Nov 7pm GMT. Background picture depicts a brown-skinned woman in a red dress, patterned with large flower petals. She is looking to the right and wearing a black mask. Her curly hair is pulled tight into a top ponytail, which stands straight up on her head, wound with braid.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/10/2025

My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)

ahh! a small fluffy ghost sits on a hardwood floor staring directly at us. but actually... the longer we take it in, the more cute the ghost becomes. one could even mistake this little guy for a golden retriever puppy wearing a sheet with eye, ear, and mouth holes cut out of it. even though he gave us a fright, we would still pet this ghost puppy.

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Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The more polarised and performative the 'debates' about deeply important issues become, the less space there is for genuine curiosity, openness, and mutual understanding. Where's the space for not knowing, grappling with the differences, and learning? Such space is essential.

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Is there a way to make a personal feed on here, that's basically just your pals?

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Necessary leaf kicking on a visit this morning

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Women's Voices Conference 2025 at @lutherkingtheology.bsky.social. 100% worth the 8hr round trip from Glasgow to Manchester but would love to see a Scottish Ecumenical version. Who's in?

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Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

In all the rush and the noise and the harshness, I hold on to the beauty of connections and friendship and taking our time. And savouring moments like this one.

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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A backlit St Boniface, while the clouds are drawn in the blue. The old kirk this evening, Papay, island of the Papar.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 18/09/2025

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Never thought this would cross my mind during my lifetime.

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Primary Carw Chaplaincy Scotland are doing a 120 challenge fundraiser. An amazing small charity doing such good. Please sponsor us! www.justgiving.com/page/bridgec...

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Bridge Crossed 120x for Primary Care Chaplaincy Scotland

Help Euan Hutchinson raise money to support Primary Care Chaplaincy Scotland

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National Trust Research @ntresearch.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🎨 Apply by 29 Sept 2025 for a £10,000 Artist Residency at Mount Stewart, Co. Down! Part of the Historic Houses, Global Crossroads research, the 6-week residency (May–June 2026) invites artists to explore global plant networks & reimagine the site’s ecological legacy🌿See link in thread.

A green garden with a circular pond in the centre, with stairs leading up to a large house in the backdrop. - View of the house from the Spanish garden at Mount Stewart, County Down ©National Trust Images/James Dobson

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I think I've found my spot for the afternoon. #PhDlife

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Small beautiful things I found on the beach when I went there to help my poorly brain yesterday. I’ve collected and arranged precious beach finds like this since I was really small. The process quietens & calms my noisy negative anxious thoughts.

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Nate Postlethwait @natepost.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Less “You’re so strong” and more “That looks heavy. Let me help you carry it.”

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Donna Wakefield @donnawakefield.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This #book is life changing I have been gaslit into believing that sleep is “lazy” That sleeping as little as possible is virtuous, a sign of working hard #WhyWeSleep has shocked me, explaining why less sleep diminishes our ability to perform to our best….& literally KILLS US #BookSky #Books 📚

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Zane McNeill @zanemcneill.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

“This almanac highlights incredible acts of defiance in the face of power and shows us all on whose shoulders we stand.” @erininthemorning.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...

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Be Gay, Do Crime: A History of Queer Resistance

Everyday Acts of Queer Resistance and Rebellion, from Working Class History, by Zane McNeill, Blu Buchanan and Riley Clare Valentine.

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Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Learning happens in all sorts of places, sometimes unexpected, and development rarely follows a straightforward path.

Two trees with very bendy trunks and exposed roots standing in the foreground against a backdrop of a large cluster of trees with many wiggly branches and a vibrant green canopy of leaves.

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Only in Mungo's miraculous city... Hector MacAlister writes: 'Dad always said there was a guy lounging on a nearby bench with an inconspicuous bottle in a brown bag when he took the photo. The chap sat up and said “f8 at 1/125 of a sec”, so that’s what he did.'

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❄︎ ☃︎ @moxiest.art · 11/06/2025

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

With a piece from me in the Arts and Creatives section

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

“Emotional freedom techniques” are based on the pseudoscientific idea that your “energy field” can be manipulated and “balanced.” It’s grift. And it’s unethical when marketed as a treatment for mental health concerns.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A plaque in Professors' Square on Glasgow University's Gilmorehill Campus marking the graduation of Madge Easton Anderson, the first woman to practice law in the UK. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #glasgowuniversity

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Marie Curie UK @mariecurieuk.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🚨 BREAKING: Kim Leadbeater has urged MPs to back our palliative care amendment to the assisted dying bill. The amendment would require a full assessment of current palliative and end of life care provision within 12 months of the Bill passing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Kim Leadbeater urges MPs to back palliative care amendment to assisted dying bill

MP sponsoring bill in England and Wales says she agrees with Marie Curie that end of life care must be improved

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Normalise telling your friends that you love them ❤️

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Scott 📎😷 free Link defund/abolish 12 Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉 @smenor.phd · 01/05/2025

If this asshole understood fucking anything he’d know we have very strong statistical techniques that make placebo testing unnecessary and we know vaccines work so leaving people unprotected is profoundly unethical Dude has the understanding of someone who half watched a YouTube video on controls

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RFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are tested, HHS says

The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, sparking concerns among medical experts.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum rising above the newly re-clothed trees of the surrounding park. #glasgow #kelvingroveartgallery #kelvingrovepark #architecture #architecturephotography #trees #park #glasgowtoday

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Pop Culture & Theology (& Religion, too) @popandtheology.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

So, I have a philosophy book, Metaphysics and the DC Universe, that is kind of limbo because I need more contributors for it, so if you or anyone you know is interested in sending me an abstract let me know. Women and BIPOC folks are particularly welcome!

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Is there any better sound than listening to the rain on a velux roof window?

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Published another thing. This time on trauma, domestic violence, and creative expression in theological reflection. www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/44116...

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"If the goal is for women’s history to be recognized as mainstream history—and as far as I’m concerned that is the goal— then we need to have men writing women’s history. More importantly, we need to have men reading women’s history." This!

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Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

“We’re currently caught in a bewildering swirl of truth and alternative fact and manipulated language disguised as information... "We have an advantage with the arts in that we can speak that language of allegory [and] now is the time to double down on exactly that"

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Are you a PhD student in Political Science or Sociology interested in religion & public life? Apply for a *fully funded* opportunity to join us this summer (June 16-21) as part of the inaugural Wheatley Seminar in Religion & Politics. Apply by March 31. Details here: wheatley.byu.edu/religionsemi...

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Wheatley Seminar on Religion and Politics

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Rev. Laura Gilmour @revlauragilmour.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Littlest wants to go to World Book Day as the adjective 'Black'. I darent ask him why that particular adjective. He doesn't seem depressed....

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Amy Colleen @amycolleen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Like most other 90s kids, I spent a good amount of time planning how I would survive if stranded in the wilderness, but it was pretty bold of me to assume I'd be able to catch fish with my bare hands, considering I can't even manage to stab the last olive in the jar with a fork.

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