Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fair play to President Catherine Connolly. Telling it like it is. President criticises lack of action on climate change www.rte.ie/news/ireland...rte.iePresident criticises lack of action on climate changePresident Catherine Connolly has criticised a lack of action taken on tackling climate change in her opening speech at the National Ploughing Championships. 000
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A big part of teaching is caring so much about your subject that over the course of the semester students get a deep sense and clear model of the how and why they should care or be interested in a topic for its own sake. 71015
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The ingenious thought given to Voyager’s potential discovery by extraterrestrial beings continues to blow my mind. 🤯 010
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Oh this is really sad. It’s a magical place. 000
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinAudra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026That sound you hear is 1000s of Philadelphians mourning their dinosaurs and dioramas share.inquirer.com/XysWFMshare.inquirer.comThe Academy of Natural Sciences is closing its museum after nearly two centuriesThe closure does not affect the rest of the institution, which builds and maintains the collections and conducts research through departments such as the Patrick Center for Environmental Research. 12313
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Chapeau, Alexis! 🤣 @amutepiggy.bsky.social 000
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Never thought I’d be able to relate to James Bond 🤣 #CoreNightmares 000
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026As always, @petepaphides.bsky.social describes perfectly a moment of creation… www.patreon.com/posts/166645...patreon.com“Björn recalled driving around Stockholm, looking for someone to whom he could play it. Frida, on hearing it for the first time, simply burst into tears.” 50 Years of Dancing Queen | Pete PaphidesSpeaking in 1976, ABBA’s engineer Michael B. Tretow set out the intended reach of their music: “ABBA’s songs are measured with an internati 031
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 14/08/202641 years. The consequences remain the same. 010
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Well that was fun! Our glasses from Astronomy Ireland were perfect 100
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Ooh! Seeing Schrödinger’s Clontarf address still gives me a kick… 000
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Always worrying to see education referred to as a ‘market’, appealing or otherwise. 010
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is the stuff of nightmares 😱 Brilliant. 110
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Well, that was lovely. The man has still got a great voice. Magnificent. And 86. 010
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinRoss Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper 7264751573
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinLiam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 08/08/2026One weird thing revealed by the Arday discourse is that academia is held to a much higher standard than any other institution. We prosecute thousands of people who lie, cheat and steal in the business world every year. But this is not taken as evidence of a fundamental problem with "business." 1/4 13010
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Well, this is terribly sad news. A proper musical good ‘un. 010
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Very excited to be part of this amazing company. Dublin Theatre Festival - Without Distinction of Sex. I've just seen this at dublintheatrefestival.ticketsolve.com/share/117369... dublintheatrefestival.ticketsolve.com/share/117369...dublintheatrefestival.ticketsolve.comWithout Distinction of Sex - Dublin Theatre FestivalIn 1922, Ireland’s first Constitution promised liberty “without distinction of sex.” Fifteen years later, Bunreacht na hÉireann betrayed that… 020
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Thanks @ianmartin.bsky.social this made me snort 🤣 020
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Challenge yourself and find where Waldo is celebrating Freedom 250. 59019
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinAnonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The Obama Library reflecting Pool 🪩 431391241
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinDan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA 136127042787
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinHywel Roberts @hywelroberts.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I wrote about imagination and curriculum open.substack.com/pub/hywelrob...open.substack.comThe Curriculum Realms of BotherednessShould/Could/Must 043
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Ah no, one of my heroes. A lovely man and an inspirational horticulturist. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comNigel Dunnett obituaryLandscape designer whose naturalistic schemes transformed public spaces and community gardens 010
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Good times. Has come in very useful on many occasions. A life skill, for sure. 010
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinDes Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 27/05/2026If you're a university researcher in Ireland, especially in humanities or social sciences, please consider signing this open letter: openletter.earth/concern-abou...openletter.earthConcern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan 01320
Dr Sandra Austin @sandracaustin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Lovely view of the Moyne Institute in the distance. 010
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinDaniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 19/05/2026Google just doing unmentionable things to the golden goose now, such carnage, feathers everywhere, oh god the giblets 0185
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinCathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 14/05/2026‘Most women in Ireland can cycle and have access to a bike, but are only half as likely as men to choose cycling as a mode of travel’ - TII’s Empowering Women to Cycle survey and report. After the bad news, what needs to be done, correction, what must be done about it: www.tii.ie/en/news/pres... 022
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinAdam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I started marking at 8am. It's now half ten at night & I'm knocking off. Though I will be tacitly grading your skeets, tonight's telly and all my dreams. 0171
Reposted by Dr Sandra AustinLaura D'Olimpio @lauradol4.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Love this! #philsky #academicsky 18626
