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🫐 new poem in the yale review 🫐
"I had fallen in love with the past
tense, wishing I could always speak in it & end
most of my verbs with a firmness that felt
like clarity. But
that was no way to order an iced mocha."
From "Tale of the Blueberries" by Chen Chen, TYR's Poem of the Week:
tense, wishing I could always speak in it & end
most of my verbs with a firmness that felt
like clarity. But
that was no way to order an iced mocha."
From "Tale of the Blueberries" by Chen Chen, TYR's Poem of the Week:
Chen Chen: “Tale of the Blueberries”
A poem by Chen Chen: “I needed a cold book for the warm weather.”
yalereview.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
🫐 new poem in the yale review 🫐
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February 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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I have this book and can recommend it highly; I can't think of a poet who has so successfully engaged with factory work since the late and much-lamented Fred Voss.
You can hear me ramble about my new book here 💙🤍🧡🩷🩵 @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social
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Plastic
Poet Matthew Rice discusses his new book length poem, Plastic.
www.rte.ie
February 7, 2026 at 5:53 AM
I have this book and can recommend it highly; I can't think of a poet who has so successfully engaged with factory work since the late and much-lamented Fred Voss.
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Oli is right. I paid nothing for my education while many who started Uni recently will never pay off their debt or the ridiculous interest rates levied on it.
When and why did we replace “education, education, education” with “debt, debt, debt”?
When and why did we replace “education, education, education” with “debt, debt, debt”?
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Oli is right. I paid nothing for my education while many who started Uni recently will never pay off their debt or the ridiculous interest rates levied on it.
When and why did we replace “education, education, education” with “debt, debt, debt”?
When and why did we replace “education, education, education” with “debt, debt, debt”?
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Genius! Blackmail countries which have significant human rights concerns to take back people who often should not be being sent back and then celebrate it by threatening more countries with similar blackmail. Labour really is digging down with its xenophobic policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Three African countries agree to UK migrant returns after sanctions threat
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Angola have said they will cooperate on migrant returns.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Genius! Blackmail countries which have significant human rights concerns to take back people who often should not be being sent back and then celebrate it by threatening more countries with similar blackmail. Labour really is digging down with its xenophobic policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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📢ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT: A TIME OF MINDING📢
Chris Hoban has been recording all the music he composed as a fellow on the @leverhulme.ac.uk project The Material Culture of Wills!
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Photo: Tom Hurley #EarlyModern 🗃️
Chris Hoban has been recording all the music he composed as a fellow on the @leverhulme.ac.uk project The Material Culture of Wills!
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February 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM
📢ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT: A TIME OF MINDING📢
Chris Hoban has been recording all the music he composed as a fellow on the @leverhulme.ac.uk project The Material Culture of Wills!
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Photo: Tom Hurley #EarlyModern 🗃️
Chris Hoban has been recording all the music he composed as a fellow on the @leverhulme.ac.uk project The Material Culture of Wills!
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One of my most cherished classes is my 18th century novels course where the primary learning objective is "learn how read long novels." We did a "couch to 5k" approach to attention span and note-taking.
My hot take about the “students cannot read whole novels / watch whole films / etc.” is that they can learn to do it. None of us are born with attention spans suited for long media. It is a learned skill and can be developed with practice.
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
One of my most cherished classes is my 18th century novels course where the primary learning objective is "learn how read long novels." We did a "couch to 5k" approach to attention span and note-taking.
Anyone been to mass today in England and been lucky enough to hear even a mention of St Brigid - may be as someone who surely would have put a bit of zing into living the beatitudes, not to mention racial justice Sunday?
Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh! Happy Saint Brigid's Day!
From the early medieval period through to today, Brigid’s life and legacy stretched across Ireland and even further afield.
#SpéirGhorm #Ireland
From the early medieval period through to today, Brigid’s life and legacy stretched across Ireland and even further afield.
#SpéirGhorm #Ireland
February 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Anyone been to mass today in England and been lucky enough to hear even a mention of St Brigid - may be as someone who surely would have put a bit of zing into living the beatitudes, not to mention racial justice Sunday?
Full of top tips for any planning-ahead type person, wherever we live
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How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
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February 1, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Full of top tips for any planning-ahead type person, wherever we live
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29 January 1583: Not too much from today specifically, but one case that's going through lengthy legal processes this month is an eye-popping saga of bigamy, murder, poisoning and lots more, which is too complex to sum up in a few tweets, but involves a woman called Margery. 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
January 29, 2026 at 11:37 AM
29 January 1583: Not too much from today specifically, but one case that's going through lengthy legal processes this month is an eye-popping saga of bigamy, murder, poisoning and lots more, which is too complex to sum up in a few tweets, but involves a woman called Margery. 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
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The concurrence - affirming the unlawfulness of Noem’s deleting TPS - is 🎯
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January 29, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The concurrence - affirming the unlawfulness of Noem’s deleting TPS - is 🎯
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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Another day in the archive, reading the diaries of a 19th-century doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. This Irish migrant's story was, I thought, heartbreaking:
May 30 1877,
"Yesterday I was called into a ward to interpret for an old man who had been knocked down by an omnibus. ...
1/2
May 30 1877,
"Yesterday I was called into a ward to interpret for an old man who had been knocked down by an omnibus. ...
1/2
January 29, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Another day in the archive, reading the diaries of a 19th-century doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. This Irish migrant's story was, I thought, heartbreaking:
May 30 1877,
"Yesterday I was called into a ward to interpret for an old man who had been knocked down by an omnibus. ...
1/2
May 30 1877,
"Yesterday I was called into a ward to interpret for an old man who had been knocked down by an omnibus. ...
1/2
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And from my former government lawyer perspective.
August 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
And from my former government lawyer perspective.
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The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
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If you ever wondered how much stationary it took to administer a large town in late C18 America, wonder no more! Ink by the pint, pens by the hundred, reams of paper, and red tape aplenty appear in this receipt submitted to Boston’s Selectmen for 1798-1800. Bureaucracy: a literal ‘rule by desk!’ 🗃️
January 15, 2026 at 1:20 AM
If you ever wondered how much stationary it took to administer a large town in late C18 America, wonder no more! Ink by the pint, pens by the hundred, reams of paper, and red tape aplenty appear in this receipt submitted to Boston’s Selectmen for 1798-1800. Bureaucracy: a literal ‘rule by desk!’ 🗃️
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Also lol: religion reporting, 2026.
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Also lol: religion reporting, 2026.
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This morning on the Hoe I met with Charlotte from Run Like A Girl, a Plymouth women’s running club who campaign on women’s safety.
Labour councillors Jemima Laing and Alison Raynsford and me were there to listen to concerns as part of our efforts to reduce violence against women and girls.
Labour councillors Jemima Laing and Alison Raynsford and me were there to listen to concerns as part of our efforts to reduce violence against women and girls.
January 11, 2026 at 11:59 AM
This morning on the Hoe I met with Charlotte from Run Like A Girl, a Plymouth women’s running club who campaign on women’s safety.
Labour councillors Jemima Laing and Alison Raynsford and me were there to listen to concerns as part of our efforts to reduce violence against women and girls.
Labour councillors Jemima Laing and Alison Raynsford and me were there to listen to concerns as part of our efforts to reduce violence against women and girls.
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11/21 January 1583: In England, they are still trying to piece together what happened in Antwerp the other day from the contradictory information arriving in London. Edward Stafford (pictured), a diplomat who we haven't met before but will see lots more of, tells Walsingham about ... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
January 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
11/21 January 1583: In England, they are still trying to piece together what happened in Antwerp the other day from the contradictory information arriving in London. Edward Stafford (pictured), a diplomat who we haven't met before but will see lots more of, tells Walsingham about ... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
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"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The BBC is doing it again. On both the Radio 3 & Radio 6 news it reported Vance's story about that video of Renee Good's murder and denials of it, without telling us the facts. It should have the same approach to weather forecasting: "some say it'll rain, some say it won't. Who can tell, eh?"
January 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
The BBC is doing it again. On both the Radio 3 & Radio 6 news it reported Vance's story about that video of Renee Good's murder and denials of it, without telling us the facts. It should have the same approach to weather forecasting: "some say it'll rain, some say it won't. Who can tell, eh?"
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Did a really fun video with the V&A at their cool storehouse location! WAs such a delight to get to see some of really cool objects up close and chat about art ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Js3LV1KZ7M
Rose Schmits Breaks Down Five Iconic (& Bizarre) V&A Ceramics 🏺👀 Unexpected Item
YouTube video by V&A Up Next
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January 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Did a really fun video with the V&A at their cool storehouse location! WAs such a delight to get to see some of really cool objects up close and chat about art ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Js3LV1KZ7M
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Worth reminding everyone everywhere that pathological oil addiction starts with every single choice to jump in the car out of convenience rather than necessity.
Prices at the petrol pump are way too low to correct the externality. And they have been for decades.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
Prices at the petrol pump are way too low to correct the externality. And they have been for decades.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
Every time we jump in a car for a journey which can be covered on foot or on public transport, we are feeding the massive machine of oil addiction.
Europe is really hardly less addicted to the car, including the UK.
Europe is really hardly less addicted to the car, including the UK.
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Worth reminding everyone everywhere that pathological oil addiction starts with every single choice to jump in the car out of convenience rather than necessity.
Prices at the petrol pump are way too low to correct the externality. And they have been for decades.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
Prices at the petrol pump are way too low to correct the externality. And they have been for decades.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More
Though it isn't the kind of thing one hears discussed every day, serious Disney fans do tend to know that Goofy's original name was Dippy Dawg. But how many of the non-obsessive know that Mickey's fai...
www.openculture.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More
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this is a great thread, and is a really good overview of conversations we've been having forever about the positionality of the romance reader to the characters
Thanks to Heated Rivalry, people are asking why so many women are writing and reading m/m romance.
Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards.
Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?
Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards.
Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?
December 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
this is a great thread, and is a really good overview of conversations we've been having forever about the positionality of the romance reader to the characters