Olivia Smith

Audio of Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson arguments from Marriage Story used to scare off wolves in the US ‘Wolves need to know humans are bad,’ says US department of agriculture representative, explaining unusual strategy to save cattle

So funny. In order to scare wolves away from cattle instead of shooting them they play upsetting noises including Adam Driver arguing and AC/DC's Thunderstruck.

Imagine being a wolf thinking you're on the track of some food then you hear

THUNDAH

#envhist

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

That would make a nice little public project almost.

Very interesting.

I find this interesting in itself— how headache variety deepens in texture and hue the more of them you have, as if your brain is always looking for new pain variants (not to sound unsympathetic, I get them too).

This looks like a loveably mismatched pal 80s film with Tom Hanks.

Possibly the last photo of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Bee-ing Human team, as we work to bring our project to conclusion later this year. We will share the url for our project site soon! @viveknityananda.bsky.social @oliviasmith.bsky.social @racheljwillie.bsky.social @sjjackson32.bsky.social

Deliriously happy Are you deliriously happy?

A little post about being DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY (featuring Maurice Sendak):

Looks very chic

Removal of a hornet's nest.

I don’t like it. I like being cold and on edge.

Actually this isn’t a bad idea. I’ve got lots of knowledge on sympathetic magic I could sell them

Haha such a good comment

‘Oh just a few…LRB, TLS, and parasites’

#worstsubscriptions

Anyway how interesting, hope you do a bit on nature archives too.

Oh yes, there’s a whole seam of it with “local honey” made by “local bees”

🤣

‪This is a sweet job (UK English sweet): conservator of a type archive

I’d imagine they mean a sort of Paul Kingsnorth accidental parody language

Yes!

I still like him. I think people do this at conferences in a lightly desperate gesture of fitting in, without much thought, but just as a ritual.

tmi

We are hiring a tenure track poet! I’m so excited / spread the word… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

Will Self on why he's decided to become a professor of early modern studies and how fun and easy it was landing his job.

Michel Houellebecq on perimenopause

Ooh nice.

Lionel Shriver on botox.

I'm in a terrible mood and I need to find the material to match it. Quick.