Nasim Marie Jafry (@nmjk) — Bluesky Profile

6 days ago

Hassan Ayman Herzallah | Eight Kilos of Gas For months, I had watched our pile of firewood shrink. We didn’t burn it to keep warm but reserved it for cooking....

‘My mother said she would cook kabsa. Kabsa was not just a meal. It was a declaration that this day was different. The tent slowly filled with the smell of spices – a scent we had not experienced in months.’

Hassan Ayman Herzallah collects gas in Gaza, from the blog.

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

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2 days ago

Just listened to ten minutes so far. Dr Stephen Holgate sympathetically says the medical disbelief around ME was harnessed around ignorance. I would add that the ignorance was utterly wilful. The arrogance of those who harmed #pwME - with impunity - will never not make me furious.

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4 days ago

A stylized owl sculpted into a heating grate at Walter Library.

One of many owls carved into the stone wall of the Walter Library Reading Room.

An owl sculpted into a metal gate on the first floor of Walter Library.

The vast majority of the owls can be found in light fixtures of the library. There are 946 of these stylized owl logos.

Screw it. It is Spring Break here at the U and I've finally done something I have always wanted to do: count all the owls at Walter Library. For the first time since the library was renovated in 2002, here is a complete count of all the owls carved, chiseled, and sculpted into the library: 1,167!

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4 days ago

I SWEAR is such a beautiful film. And I loved the evocation of Scotland in 80s/90s. #ISwear

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4 days ago

A great pleasure and an honor to speak to Rob Malley and Esfandyar Batmanghelidj about Trump and Netanyahu’s war against Iran, and the internal dynamics of the Islamic Republic. Highly illuminating conversation.

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4 days ago

‘Every time he disgraced himself the queen gave him another honour’. Brilliant piece by Andrew O’Hagan.

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6 days ago

Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir

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5 days ago

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

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5 days ago

When the world spins - Medical Independent vertigo. It is understandable that the busy clinical schedule of medics might disincline some from setting aside time for...

Excellent review in @medindonews.bsky.social of A Cultural History of Vertigo: Unbalanced by @dranindyar.bsky.social

www.medicalindependent.ie/life/book-re...

#medhums

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1 week ago

rain

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2 weeks ago

Wee dying tulip, still beautiful.

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2 weeks ago

A small, flat, circular bowl with a hare's head with a long neck attached on the rim, its long ears standing upright. Painted motifs, dots on the neck, stripes and zigzags on the bowl, enhance the buff clay surface, the hare's face showing eyes, nostrils, and a whimsical expression.

It has been quite a week! We all need a timeline cleanse 🐰

This whimsical shallow terracotta bowl with a lively hare's head modelled onto its rim was perfect for holding libations, grains, or small offerings during #Greek rituals.

While its exact findespot is unknown, comparable... 🧵1/2

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2 weeks ago

Daffodils and irises

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2 weeks ago

Israel condemns hateful and racist greens.

For years we've seen an ongoing genocide.

It's been backed by right wing papers, the US President and by this Labour Government.

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2 weeks ago

Water, crocuses

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2 weeks ago

Two Women Living Together by Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo review – the Korean bestseller about platonic partnership A quietly revolutionary account of cohabiting captured a nation’s heart – but what does it mean for the rest of the world?

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

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3 weeks ago

sun

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3 weeks ago

A dead Puffin lies on wet sand, its black and white feathers darkened and slick against the beach. The bird rests on its side, wings folded, with its distinctive orange bill clearly visible against the pale sand.

Heartbreaking: Right now, thousands of Puffins are washing up along our coasts and further afield.

It is devastating to see.

These birds are Red-listed in the UK and already under serious pressure.

Mass deaths like this, known as a “seabird wreck”, can take years for colonies to recover from...

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3 weeks ago

tulips

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3 weeks ago

Camelia, irises in rain

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3 weeks ago

‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever

‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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3 weeks ago

It is exquisite television. #smallprophets

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2 months ago