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Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there.

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And they did.

07.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UPDATE: Sunny, a U.S. citizen, is on her way home after being shipped across state lines overnight.

How the hell did this happen?

Press conference tomorrow at Broadview, where we will hear Sunny’s side of the story. More details soon.

07.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 6166 πŸ” 2104 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 93
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A really nice goblincore hideout I found

#nature #photography #goblincore #trees

07.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Texas GOP is trying to remove polling hour regulations because Dem voters tend to show up later.
Voters who are poorer can't afford to take time off work, so they go later.

04.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Accurate coverage makes the president look bad.

04.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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McGovern: How the hell is this America first? You guys broke your top campaign promise. Good luck with that. I hope the defense contractor money was worth it. Shame on you all. The mask is off. You're all just a bunch of pathetic Neocon Warmongers.

04.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 21074 πŸ” 6528 πŸ’¬ 546 πŸ“Œ 347
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Trump supporter sees gas prices then rips a Trump sticker off his vehicle and curses out the administration.

07.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 5
An all-white dog laying miserably on the floor with a cone on. Half of her face is shaved because she had to get stitches to close a gash.

An all-white dog laying miserably on the floor with a cone on. Half of her face is shaved because she had to get stitches to close a gash.

Dogs are great if you have money and want that to no longer be the case.

06.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 7857 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 627 πŸ“Œ 46

Anyone remember the news stories about Trump meeting oil companies, demanding massive donations and promising them whatever they wanted?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

06.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Art Sonnet Chain, 2: Kaddy Benyon after β€˜Untitled or Not Yet’ (1966), by Eva Hesse The trouble with beauty is its uglinessyet without it, no encounter with truth.We cannot make groundbreaking art unlesswe refuse beauty’s ruthless p…

Our second sonnet in the #ArtSonnetChain is an elegant, subtle study by @kaddybenyon.bsky.social of the work of #EvaHesse - a fascinating artist in terms of her seemingly unlikely uses of (then) unusual materials…

newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/a...

#NewBootsAndPantisocracies

07.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am proud that @libdems.org.uk introduced premium funding to ensure disadvantaged children - wherever they live - get more support at school. Ministers are proposing to "rebalance" funding and need to come clean as to who will lose out, and guarantee cash will always follow the child.

06.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to hear more about door knocking, you can shadow after the training in small groups with an experienced leader.

We'll be knocking on the doors of residents in Twickenham to better understand the issues that are important to them and, most importantly, to gauge support for voting Green.

07.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Press & Media Manager | Good Law Project Join the team

We’re hiring a press and media manager πŸ“’

Play a key part in our fight against authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, and the targeting of marginalised communities.⬇️

https://goodlawproject.org/vacancy/press-media-manager/

07.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Absolutely this πŸ‘‡

07.03.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All sounds good.

07.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has the Shoes decamped en masse to the Eternal City? Envious greetings to you all.

07.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One for you, @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social

07.03.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. 2000 people a day joining the Green Party since Gordon and Denton.

06.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the official video put out by the White House

EVIL.

06.03.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Sorry to have missed that launch, since I'm in E.

07.03.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Origins
Andrew Neilson
They all have one. There is the Spider-Man, winsome Peter Parker, bitten, blood-let by a radioactive - I forget.
Something happens...an alleyway...a man... to give young master Bruce his yen for skin-tight wear and a fetish mask.
If you see Clark Kent, don't bother to ask, unless you're fluent in Kryptonian.
Fine examples but you don't need a cape, or a magic ring, or a gold lasso -
there are options including just being you, as in Auden's vision of Agape.
No cosmic rays and no superpower, just people finding their place on the earth, something profound and it feels like birth and is liked by those who bill by the hour -
though strictly speaking, keep it to yourself.
A classic trope, that the source of your might contains the seeds of your Doomsday night, that all weakness lies at the start of self and so must be secret, boxed with a lid, until the time comes for the big reveal, a final unmasking of how you feel.
Ask not what was done but of what you did.

Origins Andrew Neilson They all have one. There is the Spider-Man, winsome Peter Parker, bitten, blood-let by a radioactive - I forget. Something happens...an alleyway...a man... to give young master Bruce his yen for skin-tight wear and a fetish mask. If you see Clark Kent, don't bother to ask, unless you're fluent in Kryptonian. Fine examples but you don't need a cape, or a magic ring, or a gold lasso - there are options including just being you, as in Auden's vision of Agape. No cosmic rays and no superpower, just people finding their place on the earth, something profound and it feels like birth and is liked by those who bill by the hour - though strictly speaking, keep it to yourself. A classic trope, that the source of your might contains the seeds of your Doomsday night, that all weakness lies at the start of self and so must be secret, boxed with a lid, until the time comes for the big reveal, a final unmasking of how you feel. Ask not what was done but of what you did.

Ahead of the Edinburgh launch of Little Griefs tonight, there's a poem from the book on the Poetry London website poetrylondon.co.uk/origins/

06.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

A-levels are now only one of many viable and commendable qualifications/routes into HE. *Anyone* working in the sector should be aware of that!

06.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Future of English Language at KS3 + KS4 What the Curriculum and Assessment review could mean for English Language

In case anyone missed them before the half-term break, here's a couple of blogs I wrote for @engmediacentre.bsky.social about curriculum change for secondary English. This one is about language in general in KS3&4: www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/the-fut...

04.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Is Even Dumber And Crazier Than The Iraq War Reading by Tim Foley:

"The US and Israel intend to plunge a nation of 90 million people into mass-scale strife and potential state collapse or balkanization, and then stroll away from the wreckage in cool indifference to the suffering they just unleashed upon the world. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-is-ev...

06.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Follow @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social for Negroni updates.

07.03.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Allister Heath The unhinged radicalism of Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference (Aberystwyth
May 15th-17th) is a direct threat to
British history
ALLISTER HEATH
The Telegraph

Allister Heath The unhinged radicalism of Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference (Aberystwyth May 15th-17th) is a direct threat to British history ALLISTER HEATH The Telegraph

Allister Heath
The establishment's embrace of Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference (Aberystwyth
May 15th-17th) is the greatest scandal of our age
ALLISTER HEATH
The Telegraph

Allister Heath The establishment's embrace of Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference (Aberystwyth May 15th-17th) is the greatest scandal of our age ALLISTER HEATH The Telegraph

Allister Heath
Why the looming
Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference (Aberystwyth
May 15th-17th) disaster will finally break the back of Middle
England
ALLISTER HEATH
The Telegraph

Allister Heath Why the looming Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference (Aberystwyth May 15th-17th) disaster will finally break the back of Middle England ALLISTER HEATH The Telegraph

Allister Heath The inevitable failure of
Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference
May 15th-17th will drag the entire West down with it
ALLISTER HEATH
The Telegraph

Allister Heath The inevitable failure of Association for Welsh Writing in English's conference May 15th-17th will drag the entire West down with it ALLISTER HEATH The Telegraph

Anyone wishing to be present for the final assault on Western values etc is welcome to join us at awwe.org

26.02.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Hope Projects (West Midlands) Ltd - Donate now

Another evil attack on refugees by Shavana Mahmood and Labour.

That’s another Β£50 heading to The Hope Projects refugee charity from me.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

cafdonate.cafonline.org/9696#!/Donat...

01.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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I've started adding this very basic logo to all my lecture slides seeing as the senior managers who don't understand what AI is are trying to force it on everyone. Feel free to re-use it.

04.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This appalling fat cat wants to shut the door on all my mature students, many of whom left school after GCSE and give up a lot to go to university. I can tell him that they’re the hungriest for education and far from being unable to graduate, they regularly get the highest grades. Hateful man.

06.03.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 10
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REALITY CHECK In Tuesday's primaries, energized Democratic voters again sent a strong message that they, not out-of-touch party leadership, are calling the shots

REALITY CHECK
open.substack.com/pub/dearlste...

05.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1041 πŸ” 266 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 4