Orla Shortall

I'm not using X these days because of Elon Musk and the algorithm and the rise of facism and what have you. You can find me as @ orlashortall on Blue Sky and Instagram (don't know if that one is any better at not promoting facism but it's less annoying...)

For anyone interested in the ongoing saga about the proposed industrialisation of St Fittick's Park in #Aberdeen, you can send an email to @abdn_cccc to reject planning permission for a factory. Take action to support the @fittick campaign now 👇 act.foe.scot/save-st-fittic…

Delighted to be part of the newly funded AMAST network bringing together stakeholders to address antimicrobial resistance in the agriculture sector.

New paper @BritishAcademy_ fellowship 'Cows eat grass, don't they?' on GB dairy farmers' views on grazing & year round housing. Farmers valued the practice of grazing, but also didn't agree with wider discourse that indoor farming is bad @EpicScotland onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/so…

We had a great day out today at @GrampianPride @JamesHuttonInst #Aberdeen

I'm super delighted to receive funding from the @BritishAcademy_ for the non-fiction book I'm working on about dairy farming for @septemberbooks. It's tells the stories of particular dairy farmers as a way in to bigger topics. The grant funds research costs #dairy #milk #cows

One of our very own researchers, Ruth Wilson, has been awarded funding from this programme. Congratulations, Ruth! 🥳 @JamesHuttonInst #socialscience #research #jameshuttoninstitute

Our Master's student Ilys Cao Van Truong is seeking participants for her research on plastic consumption. If you're 18 years old or older, are of a Southeast Asian ethnicity, and would like to take part, please get in touch! All the info below 👇

Fantastic news in the fight to save St Fittick's Park in Aberdeen. A judicial review investigating the legality of a proposal development on the park has been given the go ahead to proceed. There won't be any development on the park while the review is underway. Welcome news!

@sumner_chrissy Yes, what a time! China was invaded by Japan and in a refugee crisis in 1937 soymilk was hailed as a way to tackle child malnutrition.

This is a postcard from the China Nutritional Aid Council in 1930s showing a family of soybeans chasing a cow into a museum. At the time in the West milk was hailed as a wonder food, & in China soymilk started being mythologised as a nation-building staple #milk #dairy #mylk

Relative number 2 who was prosecuted for selling watered down butter. This time paternal great granduncle Michael Shortall in 1899 from his shop. He toughed it out and said he got it from a usual supplier & laws about watery butter sound stupid. He was let off without a fine.

@GarethEnticott I haven't read that one, I'll add it to my list. I've been reading Richard Nimmo and Peter Atkin's work.

@OrlaShortall are you reading this by chance? Good book... nyupress.org/9780814719381/…

Reading about history of milk & my Dad sent a 1903 clipping of 1st cousin 3 times removed Thomas Caulfield being fined for selling watered down milk. Testing milk wasn't a percise science. TC argued his cows just gave watery milk & it was his wife's fault. He still got fined £2

In solidarity with you all on #LongCovidAwarenessDay. I'm thinking of you all, particularly all of the #LongCovidKids. #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver #StrongerTogether #pwLC

Looking forward to taking part in Bright Club next Thursday 14th, Spin, Aberdeen, 7pm. Bright Club is a comedy event where academics do stand up about their work. I'll share some amoosing cow anecdotes, & explosive methane facts. Sign up here: abdn.eventsair.com/bright-club-20…

I've been reading about witches & milk. Across Europe butterwitches were said to steal milk, in the form of a hare or with their hare familiar. This is a Swedish church mural of hares puking up stolen milk while a witch and the devil churn it. More here: irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2018/07/10/but…

Excellent article by @FoEScot about shameful attempts to destroy St Fittick's Park in Aberdeen to make way for bogus "energy transition zone". @AberdeenCC and @scotgov are complicit in a corporate land grab of greenspace in a deprived area. @fittick bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/03/01/vio…

We have a new paper out in #LandUsePolicy on obstacles to #PES schemes for water management @OrlaShortall @sheffieldgeog @HuttonSEGS authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S02…

Positive feedback from our @EpicScotland workshop last week for backyard poultry keepers. Next workshop, #Fife, 8th Feb We want to hear backyard keepers’ experiences of recent AI outbreaks & what would help them keep their birds safe. Contact carol.kyle@hutton.ac.uk to sign up