Peggy Riley

Peggy Riley

@peggyriley.bsky.social

Writer. Lecturer. Dog walker. Not always in that order.

1,040 Followers 1,099 Following 446 Posts Joined Sep 2023
5 months ago
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From a 2013 exhibition in Berlin. Thought this would only be history.

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6 months ago

We made it, you guys. 🚨

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6 months ago

Waiting for our panic alarms to go off. I know I’ll jump, even though I’m staring at my phone. #alarm

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6 months ago

I’m going to buy some books today. I can feel it.

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6 months ago
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Tonight’s playlist offered me Robert Mitcham singing calypso. I’m ok with this.

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6 months ago

That is astonishing. Thank you for the link. Have you read about Frankenstein AI?

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6 months ago

When a whole new novel springs into your head…

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7 months ago
Trust by Hernan Diaz.

This is wonderful:

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7 months ago

Today I sold one box of books and gave away two bags-worth. Making room for more books, obv. 📚

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7 months ago
The Sound and the Fury book jacket

Starting this beauty:

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7 months ago
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Here’s a vintage version. I used to play this with an older next door neighbour. Behind the door could be a dreamboat or a nerd… 😂

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7 months ago

Love the bubble, hate the game. What about Mystery Date with its little plastic door?

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7 months ago

I made my own Barbie theatres out of record sleeves. This would have blown my little mind.

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7 months ago

Yesssss!

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7 months ago

Yes!

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7 months ago

Yessssss! #GoEngland

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7 months ago
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Emptying my campus office. Time for new adventures.

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7 months ago

I love this book too!

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7 months ago
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“Toto’s ‘Africa’” by Ernest Hemingway At the airport the young man heard far-off drums echoing in the night. He imagined the young woman in the plane sitting still, hearing whispers of ...

Hemingway's birthday is tomorrow, and we'll be posting our usual cavalcade of new and classic parodies of him and his work. To help kick things off, here's the piece that started it all. #HappyBirthdayHemingway www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tot...

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7 months ago

Hear hear.

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7 months ago
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The secret court that silenced The News Agents...until now Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 15/07/2025 · 1h

A shocking report from @lewisgoodall.com

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7 months ago
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About 1,500 tarantulas found hidden in cake boxes at German airport Customs officials at Cologne Bonn airport tipped off by ‘noticeable smell’ that did not resemble confectionary

Thanks for the nightmares…

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7 months ago
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Excellent Oxfam treats:

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8 months ago

Good night, giant moon.

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8 months ago
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Couldn’t resist.

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8 months ago

Somehow, my WIP is 92K. 😳

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8 months ago
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Three cheers for my hydrangea.

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8 months ago
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The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

What happens when you decide to change the alphabet?

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8 months ago

Crikey.

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8 months ago

Thank you for the Louie love.

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