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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September cranes. Duck imposter in the middle repping my imposter syndrome.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

August cranes. Again fewer than normal. August was also brutal. Duck addition still there.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes. AND I wore shorts and sandals I am an idiot.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It’s not objective truth. A heavily curated vibe with a high-budget lighting package. Are we actually learning facts, or just watching well-packaged opinions? Don't be fooled, a bit of reading, decent sleep, some light exercise and you won't need them.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Documentaries aren’t real. They are a social construct. 🤫📺 There are so many of them these days. Throw in some cello music, a bit of dramatic to camera opinion, heavy editing and a director’s bias and boom you’ve "constructed" a new reality. 🎻✨

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We do, even if it looks a bit gauche 🤣

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It is a recurring date in mine. But also because its Emma C's birthday and shes also a leftie. I'd love a conference.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

To all fellow cack-handers. Today is our day. Raise those awkwardly held scissors aloft.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I'm now at the age where I say "I had a fall" rather than "I fell over" In other news I can never walk down Ecclesall Road again. The embarrassment won't let me.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Nah they're used to it. At least an annual event.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If only I could remember my mastodon login 😬

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In the olden days (2009 - 15) I would call on the hive mind of the other place. Does this place works similarly? I'm looking for a short poem/song lyrics or the like that may appeal to late teens. S/thing about death of a peer. Or Dylan's death having no dominion. What say you BSky?

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Or if you fancy a good music read this one is ace. (I may be biased)

Pic of a boom called groovy laidback and nasty about the Sheffield music scene.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

They dont look like gentle reads... maybe buy a Terry Pratchett for balance.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

July cranes. I'd love to say there are fewer than normal because I'm less stuck. The truth is July has been brutal for our teens and their friends. So no writing has been attempted, just holding people and wishing differently. One of these things is not like the others.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Millen is in Milan. In name at least. Anticipations conference. This is not the PhD. Its a side quest. I am very proud of it. Thanks Vale for being the Italy rep.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I dont know him. Will look him up.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yes! This is my theory. The loss you experience matters to how you go about designing the conditions for hope to flourish. I'm concentrating on S.Yorks and looking at how socially engaged arts practice does it. Im using an approach to loss that comes from family therapy.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Perhaps if we had treated deindustrialisation as the actual loss (to self/communities/place) it was and had acknowledged and supported the "grief" we would be in a better position. (*this is core to my PhD argument)

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

By rights its elevenses, I've been up since 5.30am writing. My #writethisdamnthesis2026 schedule was not made for 34 degrees.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I bought The Lion and The Cobra just before my 17th birthday, I know that album like "the back of my hand". I was due to see her perform a fortnight later but a gridlocked city made me late, I missed her. Friday I go see The Surge in Manchester. I love(d) her.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My first "proper" boyf introduced me to them in '88. Love at first play. Then saw Bob a couple of times solo. Never saw Sugar.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Thanks. This is what I was hoping someone would say. The writing gremlins keep telling me its nothing of interest.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I am at the late(r) stages of ##writethisdamnthesis2026 all my ideas now feel bloody obvious. Im hoping this is part of the process.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My teen seems to be practicing their "podcast era" by sending voice notes of significant length and minimal content. Le sigh.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This ##writethisdamnthesis2026 is interrupted to bring you a co authored (prof Ann Light and me!) short paper arriving at the Participatory Design Conference at Politecnico Di Milano this week. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Participative Intimacy in/as Design for Coexistence | Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 2: Exploratory Papers and Doctoral Colloquium

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

In a media landscape that monetises division and hatred - how can we create a sense of iagency that centres the gifts and strengths of everyone in the room in a way that sweeps beneath the tribal divisions to the heart of things? accidentalgods.life/brave-contai... #AccidentalGods #Podcast

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Brave Containers: Sharing stories, pushing boundaries & creating trust with the Generative Journalism Alliance

When we talk about building community, we often get stuck trying to bridge tribal divides, particularly in a media landscape designed to monetise division, amplify hatred, and draw us into cycles of r...

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

You are creating that debate. There is no debate. There is a far right talking point and a media willing to traffic it into the mainstream.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I can"do" small talk. I often come away from it with the same feeling as when I eat too many biscuits or sugary snacks. It was supposed to give me something and just left me feeling like I need to brush my teeth. As late dx adhd I now understand. All my life I just thought I was doing it wrong.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

And I just fangirled at Siobhan at Sheffield train station. No, you're behaving like a teenager.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thanks for a brilliant night. (And I got to sit next to my fave Pottery Throwdown contestant - Elham - yes I did tell her)

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A week or so ago I saw a post by @musicintheround.bsky.social Siobhan McSweeney was doing that play. In Sheffield. I looked for it on YouTube. Watched Billie Whitelaw again. Then last night saw it live. Just amazing. Loved all three pieces.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I had a vague feeling it was a Samuel Beckett. But it was the early 90s, I had student life to get on with. It slipped out of my mind. Then about 10 years later I was talking to someone and somehow this play was mentioned. It was Beckett. I carried on with life. Didn't think much more of it.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In the early 90s I saw something on TV. A strange film. A woman in a rocking chair. I tried to find out what it was. Failed. The Internet wasn't a thing. No one else I knew saw it. It wasn't mentioned in any newspapers afterwards. No public reviews. I had missed the name.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Nearly threw in the towel. Held the line. Came out fighting. :D

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Stand DOWN She validates and strengthens my argument. I win Tuesday.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The theory my whole PhD is centered around has just had an update published by the academic who first developed it. This could be the one or it could derail 3 years of work. Hold me. Im going in.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Bought a book today. A lot of it covers my youth. Highly recommend. Groovy Laidback and Nasty The story of Sheffield's independent music scene. By @danieldylanwray.bsky.social Published by @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

Book Groovy Laidback and Nasty by Daniel Dylan Wray placed on some legs. Messy bedroom viewable in the background.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Reasons to be cheerful pt 1,2 and 3

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Saw the Kneecap video. It hit hard. Wrote a thing. open.substack.com/pub/tamarmil...

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Irish Goodbye

Sorry for Your Troubles

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