Christine Jarvis
@christinejarvis.bsky.social
In the office when someone walks in and says ‘Oh! Where is everybody?’
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Parnia Abbasi was a 23-year-old Iranian poet who, along with her whole family, was killed this past June by Israel. I just translated an excerpt of her poem The Dying Star for my book. I have no idea if I'll get to use it in the book, but translating it made me cry, so I'd like to share it with you:
![“In your world,
the freedom of light.
In my world,
the game of shadows
[...]
Somewhere,
you begin.
You call out
the whisper of life.
In a thousand places,
I end.
I burn.
I become a dying star
Silent in your sky
like smoke.”
The Dying Star
by Parnia Abbasi
Translated by Sophia Babai](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:acxaxpjo6md5st5ufvraqcob/bafkreifxhznrosnqw3qgc2mtsz7vs4b3yc4im546u55kdd4zxt25br6eje@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Parnia Abbasi was a 23-year-old Iranian poet who, along with her whole family, was killed this past June by Israel. I just translated an excerpt of her poem The Dying Star for my book. I have no idea if I'll get to use it in the book, but translating it made me cry, so I'd like to share it with you:
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Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
Very nice to receive this very fine copy of Vintage by @jambookshopuk.bsky.social - a dark and sullen afternoon has suddenly brightened up. Thanks!
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Very nice to receive this very fine copy of Vintage by @jambookshopuk.bsky.social - a dark and sullen afternoon has suddenly brightened up. Thanks!
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The Team🇬🇧
What a long journey this has been for me personally having been stopped from competing at 24th Deaflympics after training for 4 years (imagine that happening to an Olympic or Paralympic athlete). Attending #parliament. What a day that was.
#bbc #itv #swim #athlete #sport #tokyo #japan
What a long journey this has been for me personally having been stopped from competing at 24th Deaflympics after training for 4 years (imagine that happening to an Olympic or Paralympic athlete). Attending #parliament. What a day that was.
#bbc #itv #swim #athlete #sport #tokyo #japan
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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after a conversation with a friend last week, I just wrote a thing to try to help parents of kids who are confused about what career to even imagine in the world of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
after a conversation with a friend last week, I just wrote a thing to try to help parents of kids who are confused about what career to even imagine in the world of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
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"This is demonstrative of a much wider systemic issue which is men in power who abuse women - or allegedly abuse women - and I think it's really important that we centre the survivors in this conversation."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Newsnight.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Newsnight.
October 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"This is demonstrative of a much wider systemic issue which is men in power who abuse women - or allegedly abuse women - and I think it's really important that we centre the survivors in this conversation."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Newsnight.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Newsnight.
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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The biggest thanks for the pre-orders. 80+ is cool.
Just 3 hours to go...
Just 3 hours to go...
Would lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove
a few more pre-orders for possibly the greatest book ever made:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vintage-de...
Get a rock dog bookplate too!
#comics #book #books #zine #comicbook #selfpublishing #smallpress #illustration
a few more pre-orders for possibly the greatest book ever made:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vintage-de...
Get a rock dog bookplate too!
#comics #book #books #zine #comicbook #selfpublishing #smallpress #illustration
August 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The biggest thanks for the pre-orders. 80+ is cool.
Just 3 hours to go...
Just 3 hours to go...
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Would lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove
a few more pre-orders for possibly the greatest book ever made:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vintage-de...
Get a rock dog bookplate too!
#comics #book #books #zine #comicbook #selfpublishing #smallpress #illustration
a few more pre-orders for possibly the greatest book ever made:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vintage-de...
Get a rock dog bookplate too!
#comics #book #books #zine #comicbook #selfpublishing #smallpress #illustration
August 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Coming home to a package like this, put together with such care, just made my week. Thanks @bertsbooks.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Coming home to a package like this, put together with such care, just made my week. Thanks @bertsbooks.bsky.social
A small, pretty cat in a graveyard.
August 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A small, pretty cat in a graveyard.
Just look at this beautiful work.
btw here's some other stuff I've posted lately that isn't especially more "sunshiney" than this lmfao
August 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Just look at this beautiful work.
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AI slop plagiarists from @virginmusic.com ripping off (2025, L) our OG Tamil Pulp Fiction cover by Shyam & Malavika (2008, R). Tauba Tauba indeed 😡
August 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
AI slop plagiarists from @virginmusic.com ripping off (2025, L) our OG Tamil Pulp Fiction cover by Shyam & Malavika (2008, R). Tauba Tauba indeed 😡
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Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
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absolutely spectacular writing from the Wikipedia editor who added this to Jim Carrey's entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Car...
July 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
absolutely spectacular writing from the Wikipedia editor who added this to Jim Carrey's entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Car...
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Olivia Blake, one of the few Labour MPs with a disclosed disability, has accused the government of creating an “unethical two-tier system” by its welfare bill concessions - and urged rebels to stand firm.
My exclusive in tomorrow’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My exclusive in tomorrow’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’
Olivia Blake dismisses Starmer’s welfare bill changes as ‘plucked from the air’ and urges rebels to stand firm
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Olivia Blake, one of the few Labour MPs with a disclosed disability, has accused the government of creating an “unethical two-tier system” by its welfare bill concessions - and urged rebels to stand firm.
My exclusive in tomorrow’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My exclusive in tomorrow’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I mean, I’d laugh (I am laughing) but this cartoon from 1969 is unironically what this whole panic about DEI is
June 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I mean, I’d laugh (I am laughing) but this cartoon from 1969 is unironically what this whole panic about DEI is
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Ok, this fucking rocks. Everyone should be able to use the bathroom when they're out and about.
June 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Ok, this fucking rocks. Everyone should be able to use the bathroom when they're out and about.
Options for charging devices in most hotels I stay in make me feel like a visitor from the future.
May 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Options for charging devices in most hotels I stay in make me feel like a visitor from the future.
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This is going to sound incredibly earnest and preachy but fuck it.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
May 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is going to sound incredibly earnest and preachy but fuck it.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
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I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'
May 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'
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The Government may be about to block a vote that’d put this plan in place. Let’s send a clear message: SAVE OUR SWIFTS.
Tell Angela Rayner to back the amendment requiring developers to use these bricks: 38d.gs/swifts_bsky
Tell Angela Rayner to back the amendment requiring developers to use these bricks: 38d.gs/swifts_bsky
Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition…
38d.gs
May 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The Government may be about to block a vote that’d put this plan in place. Let’s send a clear message: SAVE OUR SWIFTS.
Tell Angela Rayner to back the amendment requiring developers to use these bricks: 38d.gs/swifts_bsky
Tell Angela Rayner to back the amendment requiring developers to use these bricks: 38d.gs/swifts_bsky
How exciting to get a free badge of honour with this book by @robinince.bsky.social - wish I’d had this at school. (Both the book and the badge.)
May 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
How exciting to get a free badge of honour with this book by @robinince.bsky.social - wish I’d had this at school. (Both the book and the badge.)
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We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.