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Amy MᶜGuire

@amymcg

Doesn't get out much. Studies mud to learn about the past 🦣 🌋🌱🔬. Lido enthusiast and @SouthamptonFC fan (she/her). No longer on here, for obvious reasons.

 Leeds, England
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Joined February 2009
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Since we’re doing PhDs being niche discourse, shall we all talk about that time Phil Tufnell read out my thesis title on Test Match Special?
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As a society, we really don’t talk about *my* five seconds of fame enough.
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Opening up the outfield during the lunch break of an international test is such a vibe, England could never.
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Can you IMAGINE the Hollies let loose on the outfield like that?! Or the Western Terrace??
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That being said you’d never see a three story beer snake at Basin Reserve. Our culture is beautiful, too.
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I have very little to add to the John Prescott tributes, but he once gave me a polite nod, so thanks pal.
Amy MᶜGuire (@amymcg) profile pictureAmy MᶜGuire@amymcg22 Sep 2014
saw a familiar face in the street and grinned. he didn't grin back. unsurprising really given it's almost midnight and he was john prescott.
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Tom Mills@ta_mills12 Nov 2024
Not seen this before. Really shocking from @dannydorling's 'Seven Children'. Average height of five-year-old boys, 1985–2020
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Time for Amy’s biennial book recommendation: Orbital by Samantha Harvey (which I know a lot of people have already read) is very good and filled me with a lot of hope. I am grateful for the wind and gravity now. Perfect for those times you feel desperately in need of perspective.
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The real champion of the academic emoji game is the lil’ granny with maracas that only seems to exist in teams. I would die for her.
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Will Ratcliff (@wc_ratcliff) profile pictureWill Ratcliff
@wc_ratcliff15 Oct 2024
Was just told by people in the lab that the standard smiley face ":)", when translated into an emoji 🙂, is condescending and sarcastic. Did you other old people know this? The culture is evolving under our feet! Btw, ":)" is apparently cool, as is 😄.
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Oh she doesn’t seem to like existing in LARGE format, iconic.
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Didn’t get a good photo of the northern lights, but did manage to sort out the exposure settings on my phone in time to take a lovely pic of my scaffolding.
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I also realised early on that my phone camera wasn’t going to take a good photo, so I just watched the sky faintly sparkle red.
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BBC Sport
@BBCSport10 Oct 2024
Paul Merson has warned that climate change is becoming a real threat to grassroots football. #BBCFootball
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Had a fairly busy day so could only follow the text commentary, but at least 3 times today I thought “I bet @ZaltzCricket is having fun”, seems so.
Test Match Special (@bbctms) profile pictureTest Match Special
@bbctms10 Oct 2024
It's safe to say it was a record-breaking day! 🤯 #BBCCricket #PAKvENG
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Unfair that the Himalayas had a growth spurt at 50 million years old, but I (at the age of 32) remain the same height I was at 12. science.org/content/article/…
A river’s new course may have given Mount Everest a ‘growth spurt’

A river’s new course may have given Mount Everest a ‘growth spurt’

Erosion and uplift added 15 to 50 meters to world’s tallest mountain, study suggests

science.org
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I am still holding out hope that one day I will break the 5ft5 barrier.
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2024 UK - Get in there! The Ghost #Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum) is one of our rarest species, and one that doesn’t need an introduction. After 30 years of searching I’m beyond delighted to have chanced upon one @EuropeanOrchids @Mariposa_Nature @BSBIbotany #wildflowerhour
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This was always the TERF end game. Privileged white women have too long felt empowered to dictate who is and who isn’t a woman. We have been saying this for years, but it’s time to say it louder. TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN, IF YOUR FEMINISM IS NOT INTERSECTIONAL IT IS NOT FEMINISM.
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It's not just that England keep pulling these rabbits out of hats at the end of matches. It's that every time it's a different magician and making it their own personal trick. What a strike from Watkins
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“The future won’t be orange but it might be very bright indeed” is some extremely good commentary, fair play.
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Just absolutely delighted for Ollie Watkins, what a superstar.
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