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When I still did research, it was on Reformation drama. Now I teach EngLit and try to write some, too. I like kissing stories and history, preferably in one package. Pseudonymous. Vegan. Pigoneer. Introvert. - No unsolicited DMs, please.
Oh, dear... Is there no way to keep him out of the shelter?
Do you have a friend or neighbour who'll foster him? He seems to be such a sweetheart!
No, you sycophantic chode. He’s not stopping the threat, he’s encouraging an attack.
Despite massive bombardment and the assassination of Iran’s leader, the US has failed to overthrow the Iranian government. Instead, the conflict is expanding and becoming more dangerous. The war is devastating civilians and the stock market.
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
I can't scream that loud into the void, I'm afraid. Please, just no! We as sociologist will be forced to go back to paper-pencil surveys and real life focus groups to have results we can work with. Same is true for market research. This is just truly a very horrible business case throwing away years
Die Affäre um den Deutschen Buchhandlungspreis geht weiter: Der Beauftragte für Kultur und Medien (BKM) hat die drei ausgeschlossenen Buchhandlungen belogen. In einer E-Mail vom Februar teilte der BKM ihnen mit, die Jury hätte sich nicht für sie entschieden. Das war unwahr. (1/6)
You've been chosen, Dale. 😻
An upsetting thing at the gym just now. This lovely chap approached me in the car park, meowing as if he were actually pleading for help. I think he’s been abandoned, as there are no houses nearby. Brought him home, of course, and fed him. Ravenous. Will take him to vet tomorrow. Hope he’s chipped.
GMB’s Susanna Reid presses Darren Jones on why the Prime Minister appointed Mandelson as US ambassador on the basis of what was known at the time about his relationship with Epstein
Happy #HillfortsWednesday!
Here's a recreation of the Iron Age double ramparts defining the west end of Hengistbury Head (once #Hampshire then #Dorset now @bcpcouncil.bsky.social)
Prehistoric trade centre and gateway to the world
A wonderful painting © Judith Dobie for the HH Visitor Centre
A charming #Egyptian drawing of a #cat acting as a servant to a #mouse. Drawings of animals acting as people were meant as satire of the society and politics.
Dating 13th/12th century BC, probably from Deir el-Medina, #Egypt.
📷 Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels
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Stell dir vor, es ist #AfD und keiner will mitmachen!
😆🤣😂😆🤣😂
#NoAfD
#TheWriteWomen: In March, post a book by a female author every day
• It has to be a book you’ve read
• It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from
#booksky 📚💙
#books
#authors
#women
11/31: Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford. Oh, the snark!
The fantastic @londonist.com is looking for hand-drawn #maps of #London: Go on, be creative!
A fountain of vomiting people. You've got till the end of today to see the 'Fountain of Filth' on the South Bank. It's an installation by Channel 4 to tie in with their new documentary Dirty Business, about the sewage scandal
Some fantastic models of London buildings and scenes... we've rounded up a few favourites in today's Londonist: Time Machine -> londonist.substack.com/p/london-in-...
Looking for FREE museums in London? We've just written the definitive guide 🏛️ londonist.com/london/free-...
Reminder that we maintain a map of all London's bookswaps... places where you can freely pick up a book, or drop some off for someone else. We're always adding to it, so do let us know if there's one near you that we missed -> londonist.com/london/maps/...
The boundaries of the City of London are patrolled by 14 guardian dragons. A while back, we decided it was time they each had a name. These are our proposals, all of which have an historical connection to the part of the City in which they stand. See if you can work them out.
"many students have been left “incapable of reading and analyzing, synthesizing data, all kinds of skills”. In a recent essay, he warned that colleges and universities rushing to embrace the technology were preparing to “self-lobotomize”."
#AI
#FuckAI
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Mantel is HM. Her Majesty!!💗
For tomorrow I was thinking of Love in a Cold Climate... Oh, the snark!
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
#TheWriteWomen: In March, post book by a female author every day
• It has to be a book you’ve read
• It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from
#booksky 📚💙
#books
#authors
#women
10/31 Fludd by Hilary Mantel. For people who are wary of Wolf Hall.
Pain during ovulation is called Mittelschmerz - literally, "middle pain". Having a bit of pain mid-cycle is pretty normal, although if it's so serious it interferes with your day, it might indicate there's something wrong and you need to see a doctor. Here's why many of us feel pain at ovulation...
Oh, do romance readers read too much? Of the wrong kind of books, you say? In the wrong kind of language, you say? Are they too easy, too sexy, too fun, too silly? And we’re pretending this is not The argument that people have made against romance since (checks library) 1785?
I learnt that I like period drama.
I may also have learnt that I flip for sexually ambiguous, stiff-err-upper-lipped Englishmen. (Or are the Alastairs Scottish, after all?)
#TheWriteWomen: In March, post book by a female author every day
• It has to be a book you’ve read
• It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from
#booksky 📚💙
#books
#authors
#women
09/31 These Old Shades
How dare her!! 🧐🤨
"When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."