Woohoo! My #SurfEars are due to arrive today - right on time for the open water swimming weekend. Hopefully will put an end to issues with left ear.
Samantha Ahern
@2standandstare.bsky.social
Educator, paddler, and outdoor enthusiast. My vibes are: critical digital pedagogy, data ethics and inclusive practices. FHEA and SCMALT. STEM Ambassador. Trustee Soc RSE. Fellow Centre for Online and Distance Education, University of London.
In this essay, I argue that contemporary uses of the term "decolonisation" (including its seemingly unalterable location in the granting of independence to former colonies) are much narrower than the radical histories and struggles from which it emerged. folukeafrica.com/the-trouble-...
The Trouble with Defining Decolonisation: A table analogy and some reading
But remember, “The demand that Rhodes must fall should not be heard as a demand that Rhodes must read Fanon.”
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Regressing. Watching Mortal Kombat in a college room in Oxford.
Reading Eva Zu Beck, when I was in Lukla in April 2019, it didn’t even cross my mind to wonder whether Amazon could deliver there lol #TheWilderWay
Is it time to start writing your course materials? Want to make them accessible? We are hosting a few free workshops in the next weeks to help you do just that with PreTeXt. And using PreTeXt.Plus means nothing to install and no GitHub required. Info here: pretext.plus/announcement...
PreTeXt.Plus | Writing Accessible Course Materials with PreTeXt: workshops in July & August 2026 | Office Hours at MAA MathFest
To help our colleagues adopt PreTeXt to meet this need (whether via the PreTeXt.Plus app, or a local install of PreTeXt's free and open source software), we're excited to offer several virtual workshops this July and August.
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✎⋆⑅˚₊ APPLICATIONS OPEN! ⋆⑅˚₊ New classes this Fall at the School for Poetic Computation! This season's classes invite us to connect with the transformative power of experimentation. Apply by Fri, Aug 7 at 11:59pm ET 🔗 sfpc.study/sessions/fal...
Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️
AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London
The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies
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You know your car camping when you buy yourself a 60cm folding table
After 5 days in Smokey Manchester, have spent 2 days predominantly outside in fresh air. At Nene Park most of yesterday, and have spent this afternoon at Hinchingbrooke Country Park supprting the open water swim session, plus a short swim of my own
Explaining your thought processes to others when they are quite context specific is interesting
10 miles walked today, 8 as part of today’s Love Her Wild walk was great to share my backyard with others
Apparently I can’t procrastinate any longer and have to go through my wardrobe - bah!
Actually got to a Wednesday night canoe club session. 2hrs messing about on a SUP on the lake. Forgot how much I enjoy just chilling on the water 😍
Seeing Tadej Pogacar referred to as Today Focaccia in an insta reel seriously made me lol
I have a foolproof way to make sure that your papers contain absolutely no fake references . . . . . read the papers you cite.
RSECon26 will go ahead at The Wave at the University of Sheffield as planned. This was a difficult decision that we did not make lightly. You can read our full statement at the link below. society-rse.org/trustee-stat...
Trustee statement on RSECon26 - Society of Research Software Engineering
RSECon26 will go ahead at The Wave at the University of Sheffield as planned. The trustees and the RSECon26 steering committee have been monitoring the dispute between UCU and the University of…
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Oh, Serena, had hoped you’d have least gotten to round two. But still, bravo!!
The Carpentries 2026 Community Survey is open, and your feedback matters! Whether you're a learner, Instructor, Instructor Trainer, Maintainer, or workshop host, we want to hear from you! ⏰ The survey takes 5 minutes, and closes on 10 July. 👉 Complete the survey: forms.gle/WvFhKpvuYZRs...
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Had a lovely evening at the ballet last night with my Mum, dinner in the Elgar Room wasn’t too shabby either
17 months of work fed to a slop machine because someone could t be bothered to read the chapter summaries. I know we made it open access, but please show some respect to your academic colleagues time and energy.
Shakatak - so not a basketball player then lol I really don’t know what that euro chart segment was #totp
Re-e-wind, when the crowed bo, selecta! Don’t mind a repeat of this. Not looking forward to Westlife (Seasons in the Sun) #totp
Looking for the helpers ❤️🩹 Humanitarian orgs are mobilizing with urgency to assist victims of the twin earthquakes in Venezuela. Any and all donations are extremely welcomed. Sharing and reacting to this post also helps tremendously with reach on this platform. Links in comments with deep thanks.
You know it’s hot when the post breakfast chaser is a pint of electrolytes