Irene
@derbren.bsky.social
books, bikes, cats, cheese, and cinemas. Non-practising German. Unreliable narrator, ready for my close-up. Probably have a crush on you. For more, go here: https://linktr.ee/DerBren
according to my sister in law’s self diagnosis, my entire family (and hers) are neurodivergent
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
according to my sister in law’s self diagnosis, my entire family (and hers) are neurodivergent
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DOUGIE’S TUESDAY TIP
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
DOUGIE’S TUESDAY TIP
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
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Imagine praising a book in 2025 for being "sparse"? Look I enjoy sparse prose as much as the next, but we've been in a decades long Sparse Race of prose that you can increasingly just inhale like a delicate mousse and at some stage we will have to start making adjectives cool again
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Imagine praising a book in 2025 for being "sparse"? Look I enjoy sparse prose as much as the next, but we've been in a decades long Sparse Race of prose that you can increasingly just inhale like a delicate mousse and at some stage we will have to start making adjectives cool again
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I’m giving an online talk on Thursday evening at 8pm (UK time) about Birds & Flight. It’s free to RSPB members but anyone can join for a donation. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-by-le...
Talk by Lev Parikian: Birds and Flight
Join nature writer Lev Parikian for a fascinating, entertaining talk about the marvel of flight, focusing on a variety of bird species
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I’m giving an online talk on Thursday evening at 8pm (UK time) about Birds & Flight. It’s free to RSPB members but anyone can join for a donation. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-by-le...
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I know it's a long shot but anybody know if there's an online copy of François Truffaut's review of “Rear Window” from Cahiers du Cinéma (April 1955)?
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I know it's a long shot but anybody know if there's an online copy of François Truffaut's review of “Rear Window” from Cahiers du Cinéma (April 1955)?
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DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG
I adopted Ninotchka on this day two years ago. here’s the most recent and the first ever photo of the little idiot
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I adopted Ninotchka on this day two years ago. here’s the most recent and the first ever photo of the little idiot
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It’s Claude Rains’ birthday
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
The Invisible Man (1933) - I'll Show You Who I Am Scene (1/10) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It’s Claude Rains’ birthday
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
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Any journalists interesting in covering/following can DM here or contact me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. The most recent BBC and ITV coverage is here (CW: violence, femicide, suicide):
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.itv.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Any journalists interesting in covering/following can DM here or contact me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. The most recent BBC and ITV coverage is here (CW: violence, femicide, suicide):
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
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It’s the novels published just after literature stops being cool again I feel sorry for
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s the novels published just after literature stops being cool again I feel sorry for
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
not to brag but I was the original performative reader
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
not to brag but I was the original performative reader
me, taking relationship advice from @douglascheape.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
me, taking relationship advice from @douglascheape.bsky.social
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please, Mr. Potato Head was my father...
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
please, Mr. Potato Head was my father...
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Watching Murders In the Rue Morgue (Robert Florey, 1932) and marvelling at the cute little ape letterhead on the writing paper of Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi), Dr. Mirakle who is abducting women and injecting them with ape blood in order to create a mate for his murderous sideshow ape. Pre Code, yes.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Watching Murders In the Rue Morgue (Robert Florey, 1932) and marvelling at the cute little ape letterhead on the writing paper of Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi), Dr. Mirakle who is abducting women and injecting them with ape blood in order to create a mate for his murderous sideshow ape. Pre Code, yes.
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Mamdani is going to impose Shakira law, where it will be a criminal offence for hips to lie
Mamdani is going to impose Shang-a-Lang Law, where everyone will be forced to rip it up, rock it up, roll it over & lay it down
Mamdani is going to impose Sha Na Na law. Everyone will be forced to wonder why
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Mamdani is going to impose Shakira law, where it will be a criminal offence for hips to lie
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Watching Red River.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Watching Red River.
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He did the monster mash
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
He did the monster mash
Actually, Mr. Potato Head was the name of the inventor
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Actually, Mr. Potato Head was the name of the inventor
just saw an ad for an app that “helps my personal development“ by putting together a plan to go through “book summaries” using Blinkist every week. The books: Atomic Habits etc.
Looking forward to becoming a better person by flash-reading AI summaries of books that should have been a blog post
Looking forward to becoming a better person by flash-reading AI summaries of books that should have been a blog post
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
just saw an ad for an app that “helps my personal development“ by putting together a plan to go through “book summaries” using Blinkist every week. The books: Atomic Habits etc.
Looking forward to becoming a better person by flash-reading AI summaries of books that should have been a blog post
Looking forward to becoming a better person by flash-reading AI summaries of books that should have been a blog post
men, what is stopping you from living like this
For @derbren.bsky.social
This evenings entertainment.
This evenings entertainment.
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
men, what is stopping you from living like this
I go to the cinema for two hours and my entire timeline is Zohran slogans, what is wrong with you
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I go to the cinema for two hours and my entire timeline is Zohran slogans, what is wrong with you
saw this again tonight after a fair few years. I have never before been so moved by it
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
saw this again tonight after a fair few years. I have never before been so moved by it