Jilly MacKay
@jillymackay.bsky.social
#Author, #researcher, academic #mum, really interested in #ResearchMethodology and #OpenScience #OpenEducation
Occasionally I'm more active on mastodon so follow my bridged account
@jillymackay.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
https://jillymackay.com
Occasionally I'm more active on mastodon so follow my bridged account
@jillymackay.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
https://jillymackay.com
Another great Animal Welfare Centre workshop today, this one on engaging with policy. Totally student organised too - I learned lots!
September 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Another great Animal Welfare Centre workshop today, this one on engaging with policy. Totally student organised too - I learned lots!
I had some kind of dream revelation about odds ratios last night, and I can't remember what it was now
September 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I had some kind of dream revelation about odds ratios last night, and I can't remember what it was now
hearing from @clemencefraslin.bsky.social on immunology I'm aquaculture - fascinating work
May 13, 2026 at 10:28 AM
hearing from @clemencefraslin.bsky.social on immunology I'm aquaculture - fascinating work
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It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.
March 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.
Listening to 'If Books Could Kill' on the way to work and learned that @michaelhobbes.bsky.social posts thirst traps on Insta. I feel my world has been subtly rocked somehow, and I'm so curious as to what constitutes a thirst trap to this demographic, but by the same token . . .
a man wearing glasses and a tie says this better not awaken anything in me
Alt: The Dean from Community wearing glasses and a tie says this better not awaken anything in me
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Listening to 'If Books Could Kill' on the way to work and learned that @michaelhobbes.bsky.social posts thirst traps on Insta. I feel my world has been subtly rocked somehow, and I'm so curious as to what constitutes a thirst trap to this demographic, but by the same token . . .
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Hello Bluesky! We're the official Bsky account for the online part-time MSc International Animal Welfare Ethics and Law at the University of Edinburgh. We're just getting our account up and running, but you can find out more about us here: vet.ed.ac.uk/education/po...
International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law | The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies | The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
A fully flexible postgraduate programme designed to address the demand for online animal welfare education suitable for working professionals and others with an interest in studying a range of animal ...
vet.ed.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hello Bluesky! We're the official Bsky account for the online part-time MSc International Animal Welfare Ethics and Law at the University of Edinburgh. We're just getting our account up and running, but you can find out more about us here: vet.ed.ac.uk/education/po...
While I DO think dplyr 'across' makes a lot more sense, I am FOREVER having to look up how to mutate a bunch of data into factors and I don't know why I can't get this in my thick skull #tidyverse #rstats
October 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
While I DO think dplyr 'across' makes a lot more sense, I am FOREVER having to look up how to mutate a bunch of data into factors and I don't know why I can't get this in my thick skull #tidyverse #rstats
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When I first tried to generate images of health professionals they all came out male, white, in lab coats with stethoscopes around their necks. 😬 || theeddesigner.com/2024/12/19/t...
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
When I first tried to generate images of health professionals they all came out male, white, in lab coats with stethoscopes around their necks. 😬 || theeddesigner.com/2024/12/19/t...
Did I miss the design memo that said all websites need to happen within frames now? Why can't I right click to open a link? Learn, and now OSF, two sites I use daily, who have now both decided I'll never need to open a new tab. Genuinely who is benefiting from this?
October 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Did I miss the design memo that said all websites need to happen within frames now? Why can't I right click to open a link? Learn, and now OSF, two sites I use daily, who have now both decided I'll never need to open a new tab. Genuinely who is benefiting from this?
Back at work! Frantically googling things like "git commands?", "email signature?" and "what is a job?"
October 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Back at work! Frantically googling things like "git commands?", "email signature?" and "what is a job?"
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Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html
![library(dplyr)
library(gm)
golden <- tribble(
~pitches, ~duration, ~lyric,
"E4", "q", "I’m",
"G4", "q", "done",
"C5", "q", "hid-",
"B4", "q", "-ing",
"D4", "q", "now",
"G4", "q", "I’m",
"E5", "q", "shin-",
"D5", "q", "-ing",
"G4", "q", "like",
"B4", "q", "I’m",
"A5", "q", "born",
"F#5", "q/3*(q/8)", "to",
"G5", "q/3", "be._",
"G5", "h", ""
)
music <-
Music() +
Key(1) +
Tempo(125) +
Meter(2, 4) +
Line(pitches = golden$pitches, durations = golden$duration) +
Tie(13) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[1], 1) + Lyric(golden$lyric[2], 2) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[3], 3) + Lyric(golden$lyric[4], 4) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[5], 5) + Lyric(golden$lyric[6], 6) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[7], 7) + Lyric(golden$lyric[8], 8) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[9], 9) + Lyric(golden$lyric[10], 10) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[11], 11) + Lyric(golden$lyric[12], 12) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[13], 13)
show(music)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zcfjzyocp6kapg6jc4eacok/bafkreibtyn3pj42roxnclhguomtm5o4n2rdvgf4m3o4bikcrs3snaez3py)
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html
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Counter-opinion: it’s a f***ing tragedy that corporate greed has broken the medium which facilitated Tahrir Square etc and is now doing its best to break the rest of the Internet.
Opinion: It would be a hugely welcome development to discover that we have not merely reached social media saturation point, but that the experience has been degraded to such an extent that it has shocked people out of their stupor. on.ft.com/476Dcr8
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Counter-opinion: it’s a f***ing tragedy that corporate greed has broken the medium which facilitated Tahrir Square etc and is now doing its best to break the rest of the Internet.
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Expect your mobile to go off 3pm Sunday! Be prepared for a test of the Govt's emergency alert system. Full info... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/09...
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
September 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Expect your mobile to go off 3pm Sunday! Be prepared for a test of the Govt's emergency alert system. Full info... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/09...
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
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To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws
Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch
Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.
techcrunch.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
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Very pleased to have this out in the wild now, @jillymackay.bsky.social, Hronska and I looked at how HE staff understand the terms blended, hybrid, and hyflex learning and whilst there is relative consensus regarding blended and hyflex (when known), the use of hybrid is a bit of a mess #AcademicSky
May 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Very pleased to have this out in the wild now, @jillymackay.bsky.social, Hronska and I looked at how HE staff understand the terms blended, hybrid, and hyflex learning and whilst there is relative consensus regarding blended and hyflex (when known), the use of hybrid is a bit of a mess #AcademicSky
What the absolute fuck
"Police have been issued guidance on how to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and check their phones for menstrual cycle tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss"
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What the absolute fuck
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A related issue:
Make your higher ed system reliant on international students and the extortionate fees you charge them (how very colonial, Ireland)
Now your entire strategy, despite any window dressing, must be to maximize your university "ranking" to supposedly attract said students...
Make your higher ed system reliant on international students and the extortionate fees you charge them (how very colonial, Ireland)
Now your entire strategy, despite any window dressing, must be to maximize your university "ranking" to supposedly attract said students...
Or to put it another way, overseas students now subsidise the cost of teaching each UK undergraduate by an average of £2,500 each. Take them away and you've got an absolutely existential crisis for universities.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
May 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A related issue:
Make your higher ed system reliant on international students and the extortionate fees you charge them (how very colonial, Ireland)
Now your entire strategy, despite any window dressing, must be to maximize your university "ranking" to supposedly attract said students...
Make your higher ed system reliant on international students and the extortionate fees you charge them (how very colonial, Ireland)
Now your entire strategy, despite any window dressing, must be to maximize your university "ranking" to supposedly attract said students...
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If you are a feminist academic, you should sign this letter. forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia
We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement:
‘Not In Our Name’
We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...
forms.gle
April 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
If you are a feminist academic, you should sign this letter. forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
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New Note Making System Part 01: Keep track of reading
A journaling system for managing significant amounts of reading.
A journaling system for managing significant amounts of reading.
New Note Making System Part 01: Keep track of reading
A journaling system for managing significant amounts of reading.
nathalietasler.blog
April 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New Note Making System Part 01: Keep track of reading
A journaling system for managing significant amounts of reading.
A journaling system for managing significant amounts of reading.
Overheard at the Mod:
"Don't touch that! It's art, it's thousands of pounds that mummy and daddy can't pay"
"How is it art? It's just a lump of metal!"
"Don't touch that! It's art, it's thousands of pounds that mummy and daddy can't pay"
"How is it art? It's just a lump of metal!"
April 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Overheard at the Mod:
"Don't touch that! It's art, it's thousands of pounds that mummy and daddy can't pay"
"How is it art? It's just a lump of metal!"
"Don't touch that! It's art, it's thousands of pounds that mummy and daddy can't pay"
"How is it art? It's just a lump of metal!"
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Young people SHOULD “have it easier” than you did. I’m sorry you got the strap up hill both ways and paid your debts with pounds of flesh, but the reason we work for progress is to make growing up and growing old gentler, easier, kinder, freer. Struggle isn’t necessary in a healthy society.
April 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Young people SHOULD “have it easier” than you did. I’m sorry you got the strap up hill both ways and paid your debts with pounds of flesh, but the reason we work for progress is to make growing up and growing old gentler, easier, kinder, freer. Struggle isn’t necessary in a healthy society.
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
Gotta be honest, I feel much less safe now. A very poor show www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules
Judges say Equality Act definition excludes transgender women, after gender-critical campaigners’ challenge
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Gotta be honest, I feel much less safe now. A very poor show www.theguardian.com/society/2025...