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Nicola Sleapwood Feb 16, 2023

Pepijn Feb 16, 2023

When reading #fiction I find it hard to conceptualize an entire journey or complex story-flow inside my mind*. I find drawing (as the journey unfolds) annotated maps and story-flows a massive help to emerge into the book.

I'm curious if others do something similar while reading their books?

Example: image of the story the dog and its three human comrades took in the -excellent- Three Man in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog).

@bookstodon *lack of a minds eye doesn't help #aphantasia

Nicola Sleapwood Jan 1, 2023

Catherine Munro Jan 1, 2023

Last night I walked in moonlight and #snow while a faint aurora danced on the horizon #Shetland #Scotland #nature #aurora

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 18, 2022

Lindsay Dec 17, 2022

RT @implausibleblog
Average energy prices

£2,585 - UK

€650 - France
€650 - Belgium
€620 - Spain
€558 - Germany
€558 - Denmark
€546 - Holland
€545 - Austria
€543 - Norway
€476 - Finland
€174 - Poland

We pay 5x more as the Conservative party refuse to tax excess energy profits.

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 17, 2022

Brian Klaas Dec 17, 2022

Hello Mastodon! I'm Brian Klaas - an associate professor of global politics at University College London, a writer for The Atlantic, and host of the Power Corrupts podcast.

I'm Minnesotan.

I write a newsletter on Substack called "The Garden of Forking Paths."

I also wrote the first book on Trump's authoritarianism. My most recent book is "Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us."

And yes, that is a lemur on my shoulder. #Politics #Introduction #WelcomeToMastodon #Mastodon

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 3, 2022

Here's our cat chilling on #Caturday today.

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 2, 2022

Lisa Davidson Nov 30, 2022

A thing I realized about peer review is that if you work in a particularly niche area, the same handful of people are going to be asked to review your work every time. Part of it is an expertise problem, though of course we also suffer from geographic bias in terms of looking for reviewers. But even if the pool seems small, it means you don't get a wide range of input on your work over time. It seems problematic to have to write a paper so Reviewer Smith will be sure to approve of it.

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 2, 2022

Academic Aunties Dec 2, 2022

New #podcast episode out! It seems like academics would rather talk about their sex lives than talk about their salaries. So in today’s episode, we talk to @ram846 about one of the biggest taboos in academia: #money. We talk about how hard it is for first-gen academics to make ends meet, and the bougie norms of #academia that make it difficult for them to talk about these struggles.

https://www.academicaunties.com/episodes/talking-about-money/

@academicchatter

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 1, 2022

Sherri G., PhD ♿🌈Dec 1, 2022

Any people with mobility #disability who live in #nyc on here?

I got a job in NYC and am concerned about being a resident as opposed to being a tourist. Seems like everything has steps. When I see snow pictures, I never see the curb cuts clear. Noticed there are only a handful of accessible subway platforms and none near my job.

How do people with mobility disabilities live there? I'm thinking I might have to live in #NewJersey just for some #accessible #housing

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 1, 2022

Charles Dec 1, 2022

Hello! I make things digitally and with watercolor and ink, tell stories, and care a lot all the time. I respond to Charles (they/he). Non-binary, ADHD, and Married AF.

Social media tends not to work for me, but the blank-page feeling has enticed me to experiment here.
#introduction #artist

Nicola Sleapwood Dec 1, 2022

I'm very much enjoying re-reading @RevRachelMann 's 'In the Bleak Midwinter', considering Christina Rossetti's poetry and Advent themes, and think I might make it an annual practice. @bookstodon