Ben

@BenRosher @zoecharlottejay @Online_Andri @drheatherj @hayward_katy @debbielisle Huge congrats Ben 🥳

Viva passed with minor corrections! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me get to this point, there are so many of you, esp @zoecharlottejay. Special thanks to @Online_Andri and @drheatherj for a great discussion and @hayward_katy and @debbielisle for being super-visors!

The truth…

We have freedom of speech in the UK; it's written into our law in the 1998 Human Rigts Act. But rights come with responsibilities (I appreciate that's a concept you're not familiar with); there's a requirement not to incite criminality or spread hatred online. We find society works better that way.

This is the intersection of misogyny, transphobia, & white supremacy - there are people who desperately want to believe that there is an ‘ideal’ in nature, and that they are ‘it’. Be fast, but not too fast; strong, but not too strong; compete - but don’t win #Khelif

In a world where JK Rowling exists, be a Jacqueline Wilson ❤️

Happy 2nd birthday to us! Look at that cake 😍 It's been two years of joy, love & laughter and two years fighting for the safety, rights & visibility of queer refugees. We're not going anywhere. #RefugeesWelcome

There are lots of claims being circulated regarding Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in NI. We’ve fact checked some of them previously and found the following (a 🧵)

@catherine_hitch Great to see the paper Cat- amazing work as always 🥳

Also a huge thanks to @imthatbenharper for his help with the IPA!

Check out the pre-print of the last study to come out of my PhD .... the first (and current only) paper that captures the experience of veterans residing in Northern Ireland @ProfArmour @Paul_Toner assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-39618…

She’s conquered alcoholism, come through a severe breakdown and flown in the face of expectations – all the while stablishing herself as one of our best-loved novelists. @MarianKeyes opens up to @TanyaGold1 about looking on the bright side >> ow.ly/7ZtH50R4nyV

Our negative assumptions about people with Down syndrome can lead us to treat them in such a way that these assumptions become reality. Why not reverse our perspectives? This #WorldDownSyndromeDay, #AssumeThatICan! @coordown @DSiupdate

When I was sent to McLean Psych Hospital at age 18, all I felt was shame. I didn't care that Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, & Robert Lowell had been there. 4 years later, I graduated from Harvard. Their poems helped me get there. It's my turn to say mental illness is not a stigma.

@RosieCowanQUB Congrats 🥳 very well deserved

Now seems a good to let you all know that I’ve just started a new role as a law lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast. Very much looking forward to working with colleagues I already know and those I’ve yet to met

@UlsterUniPhD Very well deserved ! Looking forward to Lisa bringing the award home to Ulster 🤞

Congratulations to our Doctoral Development Manager, Lisa Thompson, on being shortlisted for the Vitae Impact, Culture and Engagement Award! Well done to Lisa, the Doctoral College team and the excellent team of PhD Researchers who contribute to this work tinyurl.com/5f2j2upd

FYI. Since 2015 Ireland has had the Gender Recognition Act which allows people to have full legal recognition of their preferred gender. Last time I checked Ireland was still there. Don’t fall for the propaganda being peddled by the usual suspects. Also LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE.

NEW Pivotal Briefing published today - Who is governing Northern Ireland? The Briefing looks at who can make decisions in the absence of an Assembly, Executive and ministers. Read it here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Publi…

🇫🇷 Retire at 62 🇬🇧 Retire at 66 (soon to be 68)

NHS in N.Ireland is out of control #spotlightni -Highest spend in UK -Longest waiting lists -Lowest pay -Worst outcomes -No target met since 2006 -Poor governance -No accountability Transformation? Time for UK gov to step in place it in ‘special measures’? #EnoughlsEnough

@catherine_hitch @QUBelfast @Fitzali Congrats Cat - brilliant pictures 🎓

So I do a thing #graduated @QUBelfast A million thanks to @Fitzali - chief cheerier, photo taker and bag holder 🥰🥰🥰

Never been so happy to receive an email ... "thesis done". Corrections signed off - PhDONE+DUSTED! Thanks to the examiners for comments to improve the thesis. If you don't mind thesis, I won't be seeing you again for a while 😃 @GWShorter @CombatStress @ProfArmour @Paul_Toner