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Sandie Cleland

@sandiecleland.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer in Psychology at Aberdeen University. Interested in language, numerical cognition, and talking about my dog.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In honour of Dolly Parton, encourage your children to read books. In honour of Tim Curry, encourage them to play near an open storm drain in the rain.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Do you like Pictish hill forts? Assassins? Romans? Violent pine martens? Kelpies? Well I have good news for you...
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Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk · 31/07/2026
I’d love a share for my folkloric/historical fantasy novel Black Doe. It treads a bloody path across ancient Scotland. Assassins, fierce women, kelpies, faeries and a bloodthirsty pine marten. Preorder now - out on Wednesday!😱 #FridayReads Who else needs a boost? blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Cover image of the novel Black Doe. Dark blue-green with black kelpie and pine marten print at the top right and bottom left. Not a bad jacket, if I do say so myself!
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The haze and smell of smoke in our village has been really unpleasant (50 miles from the fire). I don't know why this is getting so little national news coverage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police declare 'major incident' over Nethy Bridge wildfire
Some residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have left their homes over the threat the wildfire spreading.
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Gavin Buckingham @handle.invalid · 21/07/2026
The Cognition Group in the Psychology dept at Exeter are at risk of redundancy because "basic cognitive psychology research does not align with the current priorities of funding bodies" If you think this is overtly wrong and misguided, please sign this open letter docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter in Support of the Cognition Group, University of Exeter
To Executive members of the University of Exeter, including Vice Chancellor Prof. Lisa Roberts, Senior Vice-President and Provost Prof. Dan Charman, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean Prof. Sallie...
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Cedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They should let England and France play ten minutes during halftime.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Odyssey is just brilliant.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Spent last week on the Moray Coast. The caves and sea arches east of Hopeman were really cool.
Cool sea archAnother cool sea arch.
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
my god, this is amazing. apparently from a NY Times interview with Neill and Goldblum. Resharing with alt text so everyone can enjoy
How long has it been since you've seen the original "Jurassic Park"?

SAM NEILL: The last time I watched it in its totality was sitting beside Princess Di at Leicester Square at the London opening. On the other side of me was my son Tim he was 11 and completely swept away by it, but about the time the T-Rex turns up, Tim started to fart. And the draft was drifting across me to royalty! I spent the whole film in a muck sweat, thinking, "Princess Di is being exposed to the horrors of a little boy's fart, but she's going to think it's me. I am going to be subliminally blamed for my son's crimes, and I don't think she'll talk to me afterwards." But she was well brought up and never mentioned it.

JEFF GOLDBLUM: I love that story, Sam. I've heard him tell that a couple of times, and it's just amazing the lengths that he will go to still blame the boy.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Waking up to see they lost has been a great start to the day.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Listening to Castle Park by Graham Coxon for the first time today. I love it.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I love the light in Aberdeenshire at this time of year. Well, until I'm trying to sleep anyway.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Jan B Deręgowski 1933-2025 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Jan B Deręgowski 1933-2025 | BPS
A tribute.
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Ed Jefferson @edjefferson.com · 08/06/2026
Trying to find out what is best number edjefferson.com/bestnumber/
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Best Number
What's the best number between 1 and 100? Cast your vote.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Another one for the sentence processing lectures.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Went to Plockton. It was lovely.
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Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk · 11/03/2026
My college students are writing articles on AI and the future of the arts from a consumer perspective (they are electrical, motor vehicle and carpentry students resitting their GCSE English Language). When asked how they’d feel if they connected with a song or a story and were then told it was AI…
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The woods were like a Victoria Crowe painting this morning.
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Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk · 13/02/2026
I’ve decided that this is the year I release BLACK DOE into the wild. I still have a couple of irons in the fire, but if they fizzle out, she is ready to go. I’ve done loads of work on this book with @annasmithwrites.bsky.social at @thewriteadvice.bsky.social and I want you to be able to read it.
White Celtic style text on a green cloth background reads “Black Doe”. A deer-headed knife bisects the “O”. There is blood splatter.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It's hard to overstate how bad the weather has been for Aberdeenshire so far this year.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Finished Words of Radiance last night. I haven't enjoyed a book that much in years. It felt like being a kid and discovering Star Wars or the Lord of the Rings. Just brilliant.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Dog hardware, cat software...
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
So much snow.
Trees covered in snow.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A lot of snow today.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
There's nothing else quite like the difference between how badass you feel playing Beat Saber versus how ridiculous you look to everybody else.
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a woman is wearing a virtual reality headset and holding a pair of controllers in a living room .
ALT: a woman is wearing a virtual reality headset and holding a pair of controllers in a living room .
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Aberdeen Uni currently experiencing a category red "reply all" incident.
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a man sitting at a desk with a dell computer
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Oh no. Jonny and I started at Aberdeen University at the same time. This is awful news.
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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
There's a new Phil Trans B issue about number systems! So cool! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1937
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
In 2016 Hinton predicted that AI would replace all radiologists in five years. Ten years later, why hasn't it happened? This post is a great explainer. www.understandingai.org/p/ai-isnt-re...
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AI isn't replacing radiologists
Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks. But demand for human radiologists is at an all-time high.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
New preprint with @jacquihutchison.bsky.social and Zeshu Shao: "In at the deep end! Enhancing the experience of Psychology "conversion" programme students": osf.io/preprints/ps... @emilynordmann.bsky.social @abdnpsych.bsky.social
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Aberdeen folk, if you want to see an orchestra play in an empty Art Deco swimming pool, this weekend is your chance! GCO are performing in Bon Accord baths at 2.30 pm this Saturday as part of an open day. Free entry! musicaberdeen.com/events/2025/...
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Grampian Concert Orchestra | Music Aberdeen
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Lochnagar from Tarland Trails today. The trails are great but the climb up did make me wish my budget stretched to an e-bike...
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New preprint of a series of studies that surprised us(!) We report six studies investigating SNARC effects for non-symbolic representations of quantity. Contrary to our previous findings, we find SNARC effects for colour decision to non-symbolic quantities osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I don't understand why this hasn't been bigger news over the past few days.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Sunny patch on the sofa.
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Current mood
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Blast from the past in the campus Blackwell's!
Choose your own adventure book "Space and Beyond".
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The best description of external examining work I've ever seen.
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Nan Shepherd's house is for sale at the moment. Far beyond my price bracket but I can dream! www.aspc.co.uk/search/prope...
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Dunvegan, 503 North Deeside Road, Cults, Aberdeen
Dunvegan, 503 North Deeside Road, Cults, Aberdeen. 5 Bedroom Property For Sale In Aberdeen With ASPC
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Really liked Andor, even if it massively overestimated my ability to remember who everyone was (closes 15 wookieepedia tabs).
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Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk · 07/05/2025
Poem by me in Bending the Arc today!
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Robert Hanks @roberthanks.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
That’s this letter in the London Review of Books in 2013. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
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Letters
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The snow has been annoying this week, but also pretty.
Noodle horse poses in coat in the snowy woods.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/12/2024
Phase Transition xkcd.com/3025
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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Know someone who likes to or would like to sing? My exceptionally clever wife can offer online or in person singing lessons and she is experienced with a range of singers, including queer and trans voices.
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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.
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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My dept (UCL Experimental Psychology) has 12 funded PhD studentships for next academic year (Sept 2025 start)! These are only for UK citizens or with right to remain. I would be happy to support applications from students who would like to join my lab. See: www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/researc...
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Thinking about a PhD?
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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello new followers (it's starting to get busy here!). For want of anything more interesting to say right now, here's a photo of my dog.
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Dave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
BELIEVE ME WE’RE AWARE
Screenshot of text saying “national stress awareness day, November 6 2024”
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