Alec
@alecjira.bsky.social
I'm an MA Literary Studies student and amateur guitarist :)
Love transnational fiction, board games, and a good mug of tea
Love transnational fiction, board games, and a good mug of tea
Thank god Google docs doesn't have adverts
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thank god Google docs doesn't have adverts
Reposted by Alec
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
Reposted by Alec
Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
Security camera looking at sunrise, 2025, colourised
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Security camera looking at sunrise, 2025, colourised
I'm at the pizza hut (lit review)
I'm at the taco bell (theoretical framework)
I'm at the combination pizza hut and taco Bell (why are my lit review and theoretical framework jumbled all up in each other's business)
I'm at the taco bell (theoretical framework)
I'm at the combination pizza hut and taco Bell (why are my lit review and theoretical framework jumbled all up in each other's business)
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I'm at the pizza hut (lit review)
I'm at the taco bell (theoretical framework)
I'm at the combination pizza hut and taco Bell (why are my lit review and theoretical framework jumbled all up in each other's business)
I'm at the taco bell (theoretical framework)
I'm at the combination pizza hut and taco Bell (why are my lit review and theoretical framework jumbled all up in each other's business)
Surely it can't be normal for so many world leaders to be this old
aje.io/1zuwte
aje.io/1zuwte
Incumbent President Ouattara declared winner of Ivory Coast election
In power since 2011, 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara secures fourth term in vote that excluded two main rivals.
aje.io
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Surely it can't be normal for so many world leaders to be this old
aje.io/1zuwte
aje.io/1zuwte
The world deeply undervalues silliness
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The world deeply undervalues silliness
Reposted by Alec
GM Daniel Naroditsky passed away. He was a talented chess player, commentator, and educator. FIDE extends its deepest condolences to Daniel’s family and loved ones.
October 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
GM Daniel Naroditsky passed away. He was a talented chess player, commentator, and educator. FIDE extends its deepest condolences to Daniel’s family and loved ones.
Reposted by Alec
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
I know I only see the worst of the worst on social media, but the parallels between these ICE detainments and apartheid South Africa's pass system worry me quite a bit
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I know I only see the worst of the worst on social media, but the parallels between these ICE detainments and apartheid South Africa's pass system worry me quite a bit
I really don't care to have Microsoft Copilot shoved in my face whenever I use my laptop
I have Adblock for a reason
I have Adblock for a reason
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I really don't care to have Microsoft Copilot shoved in my face whenever I use my laptop
I have Adblock for a reason
I have Adblock for a reason
"Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack."
-Virginia Woolf, Street Haunting, p.261
-Virginia Woolf, Street Haunting, p.261
October 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack."
-Virginia Woolf, Street Haunting, p.261
-Virginia Woolf, Street Haunting, p.261
These old Russian authors really pull no punches, huh
October 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
These old Russian authors really pull no punches, huh
Reposted by Alec
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
Reposted by Alec
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
Reposted by Alec
I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.
September 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.
Dear Hank & John
No Such Thing as a Fish
The Magnus Archives
Philosophize This!
Sci Guys
No Such Thing as a Fish
The Magnus Archives
Philosophize This!
Sci Guys
dating apps should just make men list their top 5 podcasts
September 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Dear Hank & John
No Such Thing as a Fish
The Magnus Archives
Philosophize This!
Sci Guys
No Such Thing as a Fish
The Magnus Archives
Philosophize This!
Sci Guys
"Life needs things to live" -Taliesin Jaffe
"To say that life is injurable [...] is to underscore [...] its precariousness (that life requires various social and economic conditions to be met in order to be sustained as a life." -Judith Butler, Frames of War pp. 13-14.
Same thing, basically
"To say that life is injurable [...] is to underscore [...] its precariousness (that life requires various social and economic conditions to be met in order to be sustained as a life." -Judith Butler, Frames of War pp. 13-14.
Same thing, basically
September 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"Life needs things to live" -Taliesin Jaffe
"To say that life is injurable [...] is to underscore [...] its precariousness (that life requires various social and economic conditions to be met in order to be sustained as a life." -Judith Butler, Frames of War pp. 13-14.
Same thing, basically
"To say that life is injurable [...] is to underscore [...] its precariousness (that life requires various social and economic conditions to be met in order to be sustained as a life." -Judith Butler, Frames of War pp. 13-14.
Same thing, basically
Pics from this evening's run
September 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pics from this evening's run
Orpheus: Marco
Eurydice: Polo
Narrator: and they lived happily ever after
Eurydice: Polo
Narrator: and they lived happily ever after
September 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Orpheus: Marco
Eurydice: Polo
Narrator: and they lived happily ever after
Eurydice: Polo
Narrator: and they lived happily ever after
Reposted by Alec
Reposted by Alec
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
I painted a ceramic Hadestown triceratops yesterday :)
August 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I painted a ceramic Hadestown triceratops yesterday :)
Reposted by Alec
"Cycle"
Short film by Sophie Olga de Jong & Sytske Kok
Short film by Sophie Olga de Jong & Sytske Kok
August 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Cycle"
Short film by Sophie Olga de Jong & Sytske Kok
Short film by Sophie Olga de Jong & Sytske Kok