Annemarie Cancienne
@cancienne.bsky.social
Art, nature, writing woes. Sometimes funny, often intentionally. New Yorker by birth, Londoner by practice.
Story ‘Nothing Compared to You’ out in the Book of Witty Women : https://bit.ly/3Q72ug0
Story ‘Nothing Compared to You’ out in the Book of Witty Women : https://bit.ly/3Q72ug0
My hope for the Traitors final is that Stephen wins because his outfits are a public good and he should have a funding stream for that beauteousness.
January 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
My hope for the Traitors final is that Stephen wins because his outfits are a public good and he should have a funding stream for that beauteousness.
Made homemade bagels which came out ‘fine’ rather than ‘great!’ so did some light searching for homemade bagel tips and 10 mins down the r/Bagels passion-hole I realise I don’t have what it takes to bother improving.
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Made homemade bagels which came out ‘fine’ rather than ‘great!’ so did some light searching for homemade bagel tips and 10 mins down the r/Bagels passion-hole I realise I don’t have what it takes to bother improving.
I went to last year's Brussels Salon and had a wonderful weekend talking, listening to stories, sharing ideas, and finding new writer friends. Highly recommended.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I went to last year's Brussels Salon and had a wonderful weekend talking, listening to stories, sharing ideas, and finding new writer friends. Highly recommended.
You Europeans are SO superior aren't you? Well, would you like to know where you'd be without the good old U.S. of A. to protect you? The smallest fucking province in the Russian Empire, that's where!...If it wasn't for us, you'd all be speaking German, singing, "Deutschland, Deutschland überalles!"
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
You Europeans are SO superior aren't you? Well, would you like to know where you'd be without the good old U.S. of A. to protect you? The smallest fucking province in the Russian Empire, that's where!...If it wasn't for us, you'd all be speaking German, singing, "Deutschland, Deutschland überalles!"
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Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
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London backgrounds from 101 Dalmatians, 1961
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
London backgrounds from 101 Dalmatians, 1961
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“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
Just spent 15 mins making a ‘what’s in the cupboard?’ lunch that’s so thoroughly chased away my grump that I feel I should run a bowl of it to Davos in case it does have magical powers.
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Just spent 15 mins making a ‘what’s in the cupboard?’ lunch that’s so thoroughly chased away my grump that I feel I should run a bowl of it to Davos in case it does have magical powers.
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I’ve been trying to spend some of my breakfast reading literature and this masterpiece counts as today’s entry.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 AM
I’ve been trying to spend some of my breakfast reading literature and this masterpiece counts as today’s entry.
Backing this because I want to laugh in a 'haha, that's funny!' way rather than a 'haha, that lunatic, he's going to kill us all!' way.
January 19, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Backing this because I want to laugh in a 'haha, that's funny!' way rather than a 'haha, that lunatic, he's going to kill us all!' way.
Supporting the war effort with absurd amounts of Danish pastry.
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Supporting the war effort with absurd amounts of Danish pastry.
Yes. I often think, ‘what the world needs is *more* testosterone’.
January 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Yes. I often think, ‘what the world needs is *more* testosterone’.
I don’t know if menopause naturally produces more rage, or if the rage is a byproduct of *yet more* pain/problems being treated with a pat on the head. What I do know is I now have a name for why reaching down for stuff elicits grunts and winces.
One of the goals I added to my list late last year was "menopause doula" because wandering through a potentially decade long process with no assistance makes no fucking sense.
TIL that perimenopause can exacerbate gluteal tendinopathy which explains the wild mobility backsliding I've experienced.
TIL that perimenopause can exacerbate gluteal tendinopathy which explains the wild mobility backsliding I've experienced.
January 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I don’t know if menopause naturally produces more rage, or if the rage is a byproduct of *yet more* pain/problems being treated with a pat on the head. What I do know is I now have a name for why reaching down for stuff elicits grunts and winces.
With the NI accent it sounded like she said ‘I just think of my three beautiful kids’ feces’ which made the sentiment touching in a different way. #traitors
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
With the NI accent it sounded like she said ‘I just think of my three beautiful kids’ feces’ which made the sentiment touching in a different way. #traitors
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Big peeve: journalists normalizing the possibility of invading NATO territory in general instead of making it clear this is insane sociopathic behavior.
Small peeve: Punditry (or GOP boosterism) that pretends Greenland would be the 51st state.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Big peeve: journalists normalizing the possibility of invading NATO territory in general instead of making it clear this is insane sociopathic behavior.
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Line I just read in a novel:
Women were calling out to each other and to their children playing below in a sibilant accent [she] found both jarring and seductive, like charred meat.
Women were calling out to each other and to their children playing below in a sibilant accent [she] found both jarring and seductive, like charred meat.
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Line I just read in a novel:
Women were calling out to each other and to their children playing below in a sibilant accent [she] found both jarring and seductive, like charred meat.
Women were calling out to each other and to their children playing below in a sibilant accent [she] found both jarring and seductive, like charred meat.
Among other sins, AI is such a bleak embrace of a life without the joy of chit-chat. This could have been a little back-and-forth at the counter about family holidays and how many bloody clubs he ferries his kids to. Instead it’s like clicking on stuff online, but in person.
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Among other sins, AI is such a bleak embrace of a life without the joy of chit-chat. This could have been a little back-and-forth at the counter about family holidays and how many bloody clubs he ferries his kids to. Instead it’s like clicking on stuff online, but in person.
January is truly the most January of months.
January 14, 2026 at 8:42 AM
January is truly the most January of months.
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The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
Facebook is doing well and the notification that I earned the 'breakout post achievement' for putting an old Ikea chair on my local swap group (which one person replied to) is a sign of its rude health.
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Facebook is doing well and the notification that I earned the 'breakout post achievement' for putting an old Ikea chair on my local swap group (which one person replied to) is a sign of its rude health.
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Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
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It’s true! Air pollution regulations actually do way more harm than good if you don’t count all the lives they save
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
It’s true! Air pollution regulations actually do way more harm than good if you don’t count all the lives they save