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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The scheme offers a flexible funding package of up to £200,000 for project expenses plus salary if required for research activities or activities adjacent to research to support successful onward career progression in academia. More information can be found here: wellcome.org/research-fun...

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Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome

Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🚨NEW FUNDING: Introducing the 2025 Round of the @wellcometrust.bsky.social Accelerator Awards! 🚨 Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened. 💰 £200,000 per researcher 🗓️ Up to two years ✅ Apply by 15 July 2025 ⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It was back to work today for me after 6 beautiful months of parental leave with my little family. I wrote about how going back to work makes me feel on LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/posts/shomar... ❤️ to wonderful @wellcometrust.bsky.social colleagues past and present who made this happen.

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#paternityleave #worklifebalance #parenting #ukworkplace | Shomari Lewis-Wilson | 16 comments

*Back to Work for Me: 6 Months of Precious Time with My Son* It's back to work for me after reaching the end of an incredible six months of fully paid paternity leave, covered by my employer, Wel...

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

How this dovetails with other sector activity and the wider corporatisation of culture is something we are very aware of and observing.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Yes I fully recognise that element. We made it a condition of grants to share progress and findings as part of this social experiment so by the end we should have *something* useful for everyone (I hope!)…

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

and we plan to share what we find from this exercise as a resource for everyone. It will also be helpful for us - IFRC was an experiment for us. If we do it again or another call like it, we will have loads of learning to help inform more equitable approaches in the future.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

We have contracted a social research team (Studio Susegad) whose role is to help us piece together what we are finding out from these grants and what these findings then say about the academic system and Wellcome’s role in it. The community is open to everyone in the call (incl those not funded)…

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Of course, but (hopefully) this isn’t the end of the road for funding like this or the opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing that will come out of it.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Currently away on parental leave so am distant from current day to day goings on but this is why we are trying to create an outward facing and transparent community with the outputs of the grants. The competition was closed to institutions where most Wellcome £ goes for strategic reasons but

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Concern as some universities get early access to REF guidance. Staggered release of people, culture and environment guidance causing “significant amount of anxiety”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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Simone Sacchi (he/him) @simosacchi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Are you working on making a meaningful change in your academic institution? You think people and values should be at the heart of the process? Then the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute is for you. Join my @humetricshss.bsky.social colleagues today for an info session at 18:00 CET!

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were worthy GOTYs. You can only play Nintendo games on Nintendo hardware (legally)

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John Lyons @jlyons1991.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Given that BlueSky has so few employees, I suggest that people do most of the work of closing right-wing grifters down themselves. Don’t name them or share them at all and block them individually. If the grifters are only talking to themselves, that will be enough to drive them off.

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What is rage-baiting and why is it profitable?

Called rage-baiting, making people angry with social media posts can be a business.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I wonder what Elon Musk thinks about this CEO murder and the legions of blue tick weirdos on the bad place endorsing violence. Is that healthy discussion?

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 09/12/2024

Counterpoint: Do

Headline from a rich person who writes: "Don't replace the culture war with the class war"

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Yeah, if anything it just makes him look more suspected.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Pretty crap statement to be honest. It’s giving “come and get me if yuh bad”.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Agree in principle but the media ecosphere is not sympathetic at all. Things not told leaves room for perverse narratives to land, even when they are nonsensical so it is a problem for this Labour Party if they can’t describe how they are delivering well.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Goodness me there are a lot of homophobes in football. 🙃❌

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Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

**Black UK PhD students** This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care. **Tell everyone**

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Triggered partly by John Lewis Christmas ads and partly by a conversation I had today…why do some people still think that marginalised people are now unfairly over-represented in positions of power and/or on TV, when all the data I’ve seen suggests this isn’t the case…?

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Agree, one of the most insightful think pieces I have read in a while. It made me reflect on the present Labour project a bit more. Hopefully the current administration stay in power long enough to make pragmatic choices that protect and strengthen jobs rather than cede more power to big tech.

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This is a really interesting and insightful essay - brings together a wide range of different political phenomena, and offers some useful conceptual frames for making sense of them

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I will have to tune in, that does sounds interesting

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Lots of chat about Bluesky being an echo chamber just for harbouring more reasonable debate and moderation. Does that in itself make it an echo chamber? Twitter used to be a place where anyone’s voice could be heard even if it was problematic and the discussions were at least a bit more reasonable.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We need a word for "Sorry if you followed me from a starter pack and weren't expecting this"

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I agree with everything you said but the “discovery/trend” bar on X stopped working like it used to when Elon bought it. I barely look at it anymore and haven’t missed it but do recognise it is what made for the real “Twitter moments” of old. I am sure they will add a trend feature someday.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The idea that you *must* coexist with and listen to people who are cruel, unjust, and just plain unpleasant to be around is the logic of abusers, by the way

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Blimey, for a minute I thought Ant & Dec had landed him on I'm A Celeb

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Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Season 3 episode 2. I am trying to temper my expectations though it’s been a good ride so far.

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

You should follow Paula - can’t wait for the book!

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Paula Akpan @paulaakpan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello! I’m Paula, I’m a historian & my first book will be out next April! WHEN WE RULED: THE RISE & FALL OF 12 AFRICAN QUEENS & WARRIORS was shaped by my research trip across 10 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Bénin, Madag., SA, Rwanda +), meeting local historians & storytellers. #blacksky #skystorians

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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

What sorcery is this?? *Furiously scans following list*

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