Dr Rachel McCloy
@fidgitpig.bsky.social
Behavioural Scientist and food obsessive. She/Her. Knits. Quite a lot. Views my own.
These are turning out so well - using one of my @mothyandthesquid.bsky.social rainbow fish skeins from last year - love them! 🧶
If you've never heard it, you owe it to yourself to listen to BLEAK EXPECTATIONS, which has him in my favorite role of his, ever - Mister Gently Benevolent, the Evil Ex-Guardian and All Around Nasty Person - his scenery chewing in that show is legendary - and perfect!
Sad loss - awesome in Buffy, in many fun radio comedies, and an excellent Frank-n-furter
THREAD. A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...
Pretty wisteria at Greys Court today - nicely matched to my wisteria yarn! 🧶
🧶 yarn arrived all ready for this year’s Shetland Wool Week hat!
First pattern in this year’s curious knits handmade shawl society - serpentine shawl in Lottieknits Wisteria 2.0 🧶
#academicsky We’re currently recruiting for a Professor in Neuroscience in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading - please pass on to anyone who might be interested: jobs.reading.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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We’re currently recruiting for a Professor in Neuroscience in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading - please pass on to anyone who might be interested: jobs.reading.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Short, but fun visit to Newcastle for EPS - congrats to Louisa on her excellent talk!
Local character KLAXON and also this is why we are sometimes allowed nice things KLAXON.
Meet the man who walks around town dressed as a tin of baked beans
You're likely to have seen him rattling his tin across South Derbyshire in recent years
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🧶 finished socks (Monkey by Cookie A) knitted in lovely yarn themed on Icelandic landscapes by Wollmeise
@maraoliva.bsky.social very successful talk about our Mills project in Groningen today - the conference have taken “Mills are everywhere” to heart, and started pointing out mill sightings in the restaurant during dinner (see pic)
'claude can now research like a phd student!' bullshit, pour a bottle of department reception red and 6 pints into that motherfucker and it ain't gonna go home and finish its chapter for tomorrow morning
Starting the morning on BBC Berkshire talking about choice paralysis and AI recommendations (at around 8.45am) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Trump’s Greenland speech at the WEF except it’s the voice of Pingu
We're recruiting for several Lectureships in Psychology at the University of Reading - please pass on to anyone you think might be interested: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - we're a nice bunch to work with! #academicsky
Lectureship in Psychology:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 27th February 2026
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And I’m done - whew! Thanks all for the hints - might even manage to get dinner made at a reasonable hour 😂 #hiddenbooksgame
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#hiddenbooksgame - just one left to go! Mugs is driving me crackers!!!
The hair, the dog, the seas, the tree, the laptop - help! #hiddenbooksgame
Booklovers, your favourite game is back! 📚🔎 Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion). Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
Inspired by The Jase's video, I realised that the Mr Blobby song also works quite well with the John Lewis advert. But then it took a dark turn...
They've chosen a bangin' tune for this year's John Lewis Christmas Ad.
A second “Simply scrappy” cowl 🧶 using a @lottieknits.bsky.social set of l miniskeins from her fade club in “leaf fall”- more super-autumnal joy!