PhD Student @ University of Edinburgh: Vermont, Northern Frontier, American Revolution, Localism🌲⛰️. Spare time: wandering with Sully the dug, stressing myself out with the Scotland national team 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, learning to deal with AuDHD. https://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lkkuhweaxc2aI've never contacted my MP until today. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social decision to push through cuts on welfare and push vulnerable people into or further into poverty is simply deplorable. @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social comments yesterday were disgusting, and he is stigmatising mental health.17 Mar 2025 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkuhweaxc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3ljmrud3uak2iWhen you're a broke PhD student and discover the uni store room05 Mar 2025 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljmrud3uak2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3ljkxvtdpec2vGood of the US to follow Britain and also take a sledgehammer to their own economy. https://media.tenor.com/Atq4sEimQwcAAAAC/lolol.gif?hh=276&ww=48004 Mar 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkxvtdpec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3ljhqozazu22tWell worth a listen on the crisis in UK and US universities from @whiskeyrebelpod.bsky.social Q. Does class contribute to uni decline with potentially more lower class students finding it harder to go becos of the costs involved i.e. acc., living, etc. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xtQIHvJsN4pOw4MZz7sKQ?si=5jcmF5CzRKeZVq-5veA0jg03 Mar 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhqozazu22thttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3ljhic4wa2k2yThis is why I love Vermont. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhic4wa2k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3ljcmvu5bq22oWith the world in absolute shambles, I'm escaping by retreating into my childhood and listening to Roald Dahl audio books whilst I walk the dug01 Mar 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcmvu5bq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3ljb2p3n2sc2lJesus Christ. What did I just watch in the Oval Office?28 Feb 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljb2p3n2sc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lj6dbnnnpk27Looking forward to this event tomorrow and taking the first step in pursuing a career in archives! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6dbnnnpk27https://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lizfhpidas2cOne of the biggest problems with ADHD is the inability to concentrate, which has made it increasingly difficult for me to read a book, especially when doing a PhD makes me feel guilty for not doing PhD work! So, I've set myself a challenge to read one book a month and to use this for accountability!25 Feb 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizfhpidas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3likapunbqs2pImagine if Biden wrote something as unhinged as this guy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3likapunbqs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lia4cz66322p11 year old nephew entered the room the other day to tell me that Palestinian people were "not nice people" and Donald Trump is "a good man." Jesus Christ. Fair to say he won't be playing his PS5 for a while.15 Feb 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lia4cz66322phttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lia3o4reo227Globalisation isn't the problem, ya fanny. It's the hoarding of extreme wealth by a minority, who control the media, the modes of production, and government. That's the problem. Immigrants & transgender people aren't the problem, they are the scapegoats to keep people from looking up at the 1%.15 Feb 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lia3o4reo227https://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lhykby4kps2bSully off lead today for the first time in Falkland. Just the 4 different kinds of poo he rolled in behind my back 🤦‍♂️. Fresh air helping to overcome my current burnout and to stimulate thoughts to get around this writer's block on localism and the Dominion of New Enfland #AmWriting #PhDLife12 Feb 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhykby4kps2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lhg5ovr6dk2oThe hypocrisy of the West. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2025 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhg5ovr6dk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lhfhlwjwqk2s05 Feb 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfhlwjwqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/benjaminanderson44.bsky.social/post/3lh7jwhq7es2uIs this trade war like America's sort of Brexit?02 Feb 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:vadmv2h5klqs25cf44bspmfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7jwhq7es2u