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A sign: NO LIGHTHOUSES IN THIS PARK

A concrete firewatch tower

A sign: SORRY, TOWER CLOSED

A towering lighthouse

Annihilation / Authority / Acceptance / Absolution

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Just like how the Two Minutes Hate only made Gregor Samsa even more of a monstrous vermin

Ross I really resent saying this to you but: good bit

I was next to Chris on this panel (talking about Danny Denton), and can confirm his paper was thoughtful and excellent.

This was at the top of my feed when it refreshed after I posted mine. Instant fatality.

Perhaps worst is when a minor character could have any job, but "does something in publishing"

The moment a main character is revealed to be (or want to be) a writer, English major, or English teacher, the book should self-destruct and be composted.

(Ofc the rare exceptions know this and charge it head-on, e.g. Portrait of the Artist, If On A Winter's Night a Traveler)

Tradition and Experimentation in Irish Literature and... The book presents Irish literature and theatre as an intricate knotwork of voices, styles, and genres, intertwining tradition and experimentation. Through a compelling selection of texts by recognized...

New/Old publication day! My 2018 article on Eimear McBride's "A Girl is a Half-formed Thing" has been spruced up for a new book: "Tradition and Experimentation in Irish Literature and Theatre"

Big thanks to editors Katarzyna Ojrzyńska and Wit Pietrzak

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How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

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"exactly indicative of nonconsciousness" is wonderfully precise phrasing.

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Arsenal dont throw in the towel

Trossard goes to ground: not what we want to see in the English game.
Gordon does the same: of course he's going to make the most of it.

2025, So Far I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that a...

This final post from Kaleb Horton is very beautiful and hits hard. This is just so sad. RIP.

Guardian headline reads: Mountain gorillas are back. But what happens if they run out of room?

Rise of the War for the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Ohh, nice work. I'll try it out (and reserve the power of "show less" for non-Arsenal posts, not just hot takes I slightly disagree with). Ta!

I use this feed! It's great. Thanks for making it. Is there any way to set it to list most recent posts first?

Delete Account reason given as: "I do not agree with the Academia terms of service or consent to having "AI podcasts" made of my work."

Deleted Academia.Edu. Shame, the concept had its merits.

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It being infinitely sustainable (within the lifetime of the sun) and relatively clean are fun side-effects.

It's more efficient to electrify [the energy of the sun] than to electrify [the energy of the sun filtered through the fossilisation process of Mesozoic plankton]. V cool that we have the technology to do the former now, at scale.

Gotta be a "Not on long enough to rate" for Gyökeres.

Tolkien was a gorgeous illustrator. Able to express the same alchemy of fairytale whimsy and high, mythic grace that animates his novels.

Well somebody told me / that you had a boyfriend / who said the world is gonna roll me / I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

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The major theme of this literature is literature. To illustrate this I have submitted a jpeg of a Grecian urn. Please give me an A.

I gave a paper on exactly this last year! Article version in progress.

A deal sheet has been submitted for David Lammy.

I don't disagree with the first two sentences, but I think in general there's been far too much movement from 'not really noticing the problem' to 'despair'. Let's experiment with 'people and organisations try and enforce the norm' and then see if it is actually hard for it to be re-bottled.