Caroline

I wish @dieworkwear.bsky.social would talk about Zohran Mamdani's outfits

Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music

“There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shoveling manure in a stable.”

Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids

“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”

look at what happened with immigration: dems try to be “centrist” with the biden border bill, gop just went further right and started lying about eating pets…may be a lesson to learn there

when i die please avenge my death regardless of the circumstances

date inscribed Purchased 1946

Comedy http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/klee-comedy-n05657

I need an espionage drama series based on a spy who uses only menswear clues to take down evil international cabals.

i have about two million followers across three platforms. statistically, about 20,000 of you are in the top 1% in terms of wealth. if any of you feel like leaving me your home in a walkable neighborhood when you die, that would make for a very heartwarming social media story.

Made roast lemon yuzu potatoes.

Made roast lemon yuzu potatoes.

Made this curried hanrabong roast chicken some time ago

Made this curried hanrabong roast chicken some time ago

• Definition: Anomie describes a state of normlessness when society's rules, values, and expectations lose their power to guide behavior, leaving individuals feeling adrift or disconnected. • Origins: The concept was introduced by sociologist Émile Durkheim in the late 19th century and later expanded by Robert Merton to explain deviant behavior in modern societies. • Causes: Anomie arises during periods of rapid social change, inequality, or cultural conflict, when established norms no longer fit new realities. • Effects: People experiencing anomie may feel purposeless, isolated, or frustrated, while societies may see higher levels of deviance, unrest, or moral confusion.

“Anomie describes a state of normlessness when society's rules, values, and expectations lose their power to guide behavior, leaving individuals feeling adrift or disconnected.”

hello this sense of social isolation and purposelessness is often created by highly capitalist societies wherein traditional values associated with family and belonging to community are replaced by pursuit of wealth

when people can't achieve these, they turn to ideologies like fascism

First Ink unveils award-winning Frances Hardinge’s YA historical fantasy First Ink has acquired Traitors’ Nest, a historical YA fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, the award-winning author of the Costa Book of the Year 2015, The Lie Tree.

I'm very happy to announce that my next novel TRAITORS' NEST will be published in July 2026 by Macmillan's imprint First Ink!
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S2 Bonus Episode 1 - With Farah Mendlesohn by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh The thing we must notice is frequently identified by what is not described or told or explained. In our first Season Two bonus episode, Farah Mendlesohn -- who literally wrote the book on Diana Wynne...

for the first of our S2 bonus episodes, we had the absolute joy of talking with critic and historian @effjayem.bsky.social for an hour and a half about historical context, book-hunger, and DWJ as a critical writer of critical texts

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apparently we are now a Hugo-winning podcast! a fact which is thanks entirely to a.) Diana Wynne Jones, for her consistent ability to make us think, wonder, and delight and b.) all of you, for taking time out of your lives to join us in reading her as deeply as she deserves

rightwing propaganda can be so effective because it relies on people wanting to live in a different, better reality

Made roast lemon yuzu chicken and potatoes.

Made charred cabbage with French onion soup sauce.

to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”

Made roast yuzu lemon oregano chicken and potatoes and tzatziki.

It isn't a good sign for our society, but it's really hard to feel empathy for someone who has never shown any and whose decisions can directly be linked to premature deaths. I should feel empathy, but social media has made me a more callous person.

As they say, if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything

He can't even walk for president.

he should run for president

The Instagram account Saint featured me. The first slide says: "Derek Guy - Dieworkwear. Derek Guy is a menswear writer who has written for The New York Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. He also runs a menswear blog called Die, Workwear"

One of the slides showing my favorite products. It's it's a big bag of Hagen pigeon food. The food is fortified with the vitamins and nutrients pigeons need.

Instagram user writes: "Why tf do i need pigeon food for my outfit." I replied: "this is what i can afford to eat after spending all my money on clothes ::sad face::"

thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"

oh my god the Riyadh Comedy Festival www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

On Politics: The Online Right (and Left) Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 15/10/2025 · 1h 15m

On the podcast: in ‘On Politics’ this week, James is joined by political theorist Alan Finlayson to try to understand the ways in which different styles of online rhetoric, on both the left and right, are shaping our political discourse. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Made roast lemon yuzu chicken and potatoes.

Made roast yuzu lemon oregano chicken and potatoes and tzatziki.

I would have to start a newsletter for that! It’s in Studies in Crime Writing 4.3, 2023, but somewhat worryingly I can’t access it (though that may because I’m on my phone).

E-mail me at l.seaber@ucl.ac.uk if you want a copy, and I’ll happily provide.