Kelly Fincham

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Journalism education & research. Weirdly into organisational theories (!) Programme director Global Media MA and Journalism MA at University of Galway. Previously at Hofstra in New York. Also at http://kellyfincham.com
I have discovered the cause of Austin’s chronic traffic woes.
Extremely grateful today for the end of the birdsite’s monopoly on rumor, quips, news, and the cultural memes that—more than we know—exert a vicegrip on our imaginations & moods. What a dangerous setup that was, & I can only fully see it now, with hindsight. Twitter can now fall apart or do porn/sports betting/4chan stuff. But it’ll never have a monopoly again.

This is the CSO account on Twitter
- https://twitter.com/csoireland

@CSOIreland is now officially on #mastodon

and we are verified by https://Twittodon.com

#CSO #CSOIreland #CSOStats

Central Statistics Office Ireland (@CSOIreland) / Twitter

The Central Statistics Office - efficient and timely provision of high quality information for a changing society. Gaeilge/Irish: @POStaidrimh

Twitter

As a pre-Thanksgiving treat to myself, I am writing emails to other academics whose work I read and enjoyed!

Here's my template:
Dear Dr XX
I recently had the chance to read YYY and wanted to write to tell you how much I enjoyed it. I particularly enjoyed <fill in details> and am citing it in <project>. Thanks for producing such good work.

Cheers,
Mirya

#academia #thanksgiving #academickindness #MHAWS

All of us. Everywhere. All at once!
This feels appropriate for the second thing I've ever posted to mastodon.

We have decided to create an account at Mastodon. We need time to learn how this platform works but also how to synchronize our work here with the Twitter account.

Thank you all for joining us here. No matter where we are, the mission stays the same. We are in social media to commemorate the victims of Auschwitz and educate the world about the tragic story of the camp.

The German word "verbessern" means "to make better".

The word "verschlimmern" means "to worsen".

The word "verschlimmbessern" means "to make worse by trying to make better".

Anyone ever trying to fix something and fucking it up badly will feel this one.

Enjoy our language!

#TheGermanWord

In my dismay at how #carculture leeches into our one-year-old's life, I felt this book needed an edit..

I give you #thatsnotmycar – a thread (if I can figure how to do one here)