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Toran "Torspedia" Shaw<p>Many thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fosstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fosstodon</span></a></span> for letting me join the server. 🙂 </p><p>I'm still setting up my profile but here's a brief <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>. </p><p>I've been using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> for over seven years now and have come to love both the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UNIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNIX</span></a> design philosophies. I use OS apps where I can, though I'm pragmatic about it (there are a few closed apps I use).</p><p>Outside of this I'm a student with the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a>, a writer, researcher and avid reader!</p><p>I also live in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WestCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestCountry</span></a>! 🙂</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Great to see Naomi Alderman bigging up the Open University in the Observer's On My Radar column this morning...</p><p>As the holder of both an OU first degree & a later MA (done like Alderman while I was working) I completely endorse this message.... a great British institution that has done so much to democratise university education.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Toran J. Shaw<p>Any <a href="https://mastodon.tjs.is/tags/Psychologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychologists</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.tjs.is/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> students on here?</p><p>While I'm on the penultimate module of my current <a href="https://mastodon.tjs.is/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> degree, I am seriously leaning towards doing Psychology for my next one. 🤔 </p><p>I have a good year and a bit to formally decide, but I'd like to spend till then delving into the basics of the subject. 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tjs.is/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tjs.is/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tjs.is/tags/SocialSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSciences</span></a></p>
Prof Stephen Serjeant<p>Happy days! Celebrated our 15th anniversary Cosmology Coffee at the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> today, with people connecting from as far as Finland, Thailand, South Africa, and from a beach on the South of France. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a></p>
Mark H<p>For <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThrowbackThursday</span></a> here's my dad looking like he's presenting an Open University programme about calculus and solar dynamics. It's our back garden in the 1970s and yes, that's a Fisher Price parking garage/service centre with ramp and elevator toy there. Classic.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FisherPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FisherPrice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vintage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toys</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1970s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1970s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/70s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seventies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seventies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TBT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Portsmouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portsmouth</span></a></p>
Em-squared<p>Eeeee, when I were young daytime TV was for schools programmes. Open University on BBC2 including weekends (happy birthday BBC2. At 60 you're looking well past your sell by date. What happened?) Just realised that schools programmes are no longer a thing (I'm slow at catchup these days).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolsProgrammes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolsProgrammes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>random</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musings</span></a></p>
Alexander Hay<p>Again, I must make clear, this sets a legal precedent where all manner of appalling people become protected by law. </p><p>Everyone's gangster until a neo Nazi doctor or a NAMBLA-adjacent school teacher enters the chat.</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> academic wins tribunal case over gender-critical views</p><p>"Prof Jo Phoenix who was compared with ‘racist uncle at the Christmas table’ wins unfair dismissal claim..."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/22/open-university-academic-wins-tribunal-case-over-gender-critical-views" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2024/jan</span><span class="invisible">/22/open-university-academic-wins-tribunal-case-over-gender-critical-views</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TERFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TERFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmploymentLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmploymentLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@harriettmb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>harriettmb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@TCMuffin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TCMuffin</span></a></span> </p><p>I have a first degree & I took my second MA with the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a>... I'm a big fan of the accessibility & their approach... but sadly its no longer 'affordable'... my on-line MA was £6k - I'm not begrudging them the money (I know what their costs look like), just saying this would not be affordable for many people....</p>
Sarah Parker-Shemilt | :bi-flag: / :nb-flag:A (re-)introduction*:<br><br>Hi, I'm Sarah. I live in London and am a parent to a 4-and-a-quater-year-old. I am queer, autistic, ADHDer and have bipolar ii. I'm a business, systems and project manager in HE. I'm also an Open University student, completing a UG in criminology and law, with a specific interest in social justice and rehabilitation.<br><br>When I am not ridiculously busy I enjoy anything to do with food, photography, gaming (mostly The Long Dark ATM), read throughs) Doctor Who and Taylor Swift. I have also been known to be up late enjoying one too many podcasts.<br><br>* I was on <a href="http://home.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">home.social</a>, I am now on <a href="http://persona.tevps.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">persona.tevps.net</a> thanks to <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/users/palfrey" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palfrey</span></a></span> <3<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/autistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autistic</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/adhd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adhd</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/adhder" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adhder</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/openuniversity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openuniversity</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/food" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/doctorwho" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doctorwho</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/taylorswift" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taylorswift</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/photography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/criminology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminology</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/crimfedi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimfedi</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/lawfedi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawfedi</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/student" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#student</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.tevps.net/tag/readthrough" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readthrough</a>
Rosaleen Lynch<p>I didn't do an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> because I'd done a bio but maybe I'm missing out on a rite of passage. Maybe going from the 3rd person to the 1st makes all the difference. So here goes...</p><p>Hi All! I'm Rosaleen Lynch. Roz to many folk on both sides of the water. Rosanne to family in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>. Rosie to my loved one. Mama to my daughter. </p><p>I'm a youth & <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> worker in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> & run an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/innercity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innercity</span></a> youth centre & <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/teach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teach</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/write" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>write</span></a> to make sense of what's going on in the world.</p>
mark 🇮🇪 🇪🇺<p>I'm an American from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (and a few other places like Alaska and Washington DC) living in Ireland with my husband. I like exploring the history and the places of natural beauty that surround us here. Finished up MSc Psy with the Open University (Experience of trauma and growth with connection to identity in neurodivergent adults). Now studying Integrative Psychotherapeutic Studies at IICP College in Dublin. I have lived a bunch of lives in my 65 years. Ask me and I'll tell you more. Well met.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pittsburgh</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resilience</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Viking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viking</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/IICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IICP</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Psychotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychotherapy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a></p>
Sarah Parker-Shemilt<p>An introduction:</p><p>Hi, I'm Sarah. I live in London and am a parent to a nearly 4-year-old. I am autistic, ADHDer and have bipolar ii. I'm a systems and project manager in HE. I'm also an Open University student, completing a UG in criminology and law.</p><p>When I am not ridiculously busy I enjoy anything to do with food, photography, gaming (mostly The Long Dark ATM), Doctor Who and Taylor Swift.</p><p><a href="https://home.social/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/openuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openuniversity</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/doctorwho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctorwho</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/taylorswift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taylorswift</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminology</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a></p>
Damien Ryan<p>Time for an <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>. I’m Damien, originally from <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TheLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLiberties</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> - moved to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> for six months after the first dot com bubble burst. That was twenty years ago.</p><p>Used to be a <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ReleaseEngineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReleaseEngineer</span></a> but had a weird reaction to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burnout</span></a> and did an MSc in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> with the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/openuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openuniversity</span></a>. Now I handle engineering strategy for a Fintech but my focus is always on how we can build <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/humane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humane</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/empowering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empowering</span></a> systems to help people work better together.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Petra<p>Ok, so I guess I do another <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> post now I migrated to another server?</p><p>I'm Petra, I stream on <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/Twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitch</span></a> when my health allows. I have <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/ChronicPain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicPain</span></a> and <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/fibromyalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fibromyalgia</span></a>. I was also recently diagnosed with <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a></p><p>I <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> with the <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> full time doing Environmental studies. </p><p>Most importantly I have a <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/Dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dog</span></a> called Tiny Dog who is mostly Chihuahua and probably some Jack Russell Terrier, she has the attitude of a cat with the love of a dog.</p>
Vince<p>[peeks head around doorframe] Now then, what's going on in 'ere?</p><p>Keeping a foot in the door on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdsite</span></a> for now, until the main accounts I follow on there move across (assuming they do).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> 42, Hull (UK), he/him. Bio covers it all: been immersing myself in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> and/or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> since forever. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MicrosoftExcel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftExcel</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VBA</span></a> by day, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> by night, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parkrun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parkrun</span></a> noob at the weekend. Proud father, candle ends burner, occasional miserabilist, perennial melomaniac and mild geek.</p>
Howard Batey<p>Hashtags so my tribes can find me <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Drink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drink</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BBC6Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC6Music</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/TalkingPicturesTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPicturesTV</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/TheFilmCrowd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFilmCrowd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Elvis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elvis</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tea</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Llandaff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Llandaff</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cardiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cardiff</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Rugby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rugby</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/DrWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrWho</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Whovian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whovian</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BritishCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishCouncil</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LifelongLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifelongLearning</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OxfordUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MondayMindMangle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MondayMindMangle</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MegaMondayMindMangle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MegaMondayMindMangle</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Mastermind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastermind</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OnlyConnect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyConnect</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UniversityChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityChallenge</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Quiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quiz</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Quizzes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quizzes</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Quizzing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quizzing</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Moustache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moustache</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Moustaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moustaches</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cats</span></a></p>
Jean Gordon<p>Hello, just getting my head round how all this works... I'm a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/socialworker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialworker</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/socialresearcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialresearcher</span></a> living in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishighlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scottishighlands</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blackisle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackisle</span></a>, tutor and student at the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/openuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openuniversity</span></a>, lover of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/longwalks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longwalks</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/seaswimming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaswimming</span></a></p>
Martin Peck<p>Hello everyone! Here's my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>...</p><p>I'm a software engineering manager at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a>, living in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a>. I'm interested in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>, and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a>. </p><p>I tend to favour <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> when <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>, and spend most of my time in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a>.</p><p>In my spare time I like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>running</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/beer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beer</span></a>, and am enjoying studying for a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> degree with the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openuniversity</span></a>.</p>
Lily Rose Books etc<p>New <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <br>I recently discovered at 45 that I have <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> so I have started several degrees but never finished one yet.<br>Previous:<br>• <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ScandinavianStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScandinavianStudies</span></a> at <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/UCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCL</span></a> in London<br>• <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> and later <br>• <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> with the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a><br>• Hebrew and Israeli Studies at <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SOAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOAS</span></a> in London.</p><p>I had hoped to start a new degree course this term in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Divinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divinity</span></a> via the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/UniversityOfLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfLondon</span></a>'s distance programme but I had to put it off for another year.</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theology</span></a><br><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a></p>
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