Inês Botelho
@ibotelhowriting.bsky.social
Science, literature, and marketing gal. Writer almost always, head of content most days. Occasional researcher. Posting in English and sometimes Portuguese.
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It's Halloween weekend, which means I'm duty bound by ancient laws to share this one: www.newyorker.com/magazine/194... And also to whisper that "Frankenstein" is very much worth everyone's time, especially the 1818 edition.
The Lottery
Fiction, from 1948: “The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
www.newyorker.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's Halloween weekend, which means I'm duty bound by ancient laws to share this one: www.newyorker.com/magazine/194... And also to whisper that "Frankenstein" is very much worth everyone's time, especially the 1818 edition.
Reposted by Inês Botelho
There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.
Five days to go until the new Nobel in literature is announced, aka the literary world is in the final sprint of showing just how bad we all are at this prediction game. I can guarantee with absolute certainty, though, that Murakami, Atwood, Knausgård, and Lobo Antunes won't win. I'm positive.
October 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Five days to go until the new Nobel in literature is announced, aka the literary world is in the final sprint of showing just how bad we all are at this prediction game. I can guarantee with absolute certainty, though, that Murakami, Atwood, Knausgård, and Lobo Antunes won't win. I'm positive.
It's giving gothic heroine in a Guillermo del Toro film with meticulous art direction.
Another firm favourite in the form of the collective genius of Callot Soeurs, those marvellous makers of early 20th century couture. Evening gown c1907 #madparis #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
August 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It's giving gothic heroine in a Guillermo del Toro film with meticulous art direction.
A FCT tinha uma catrafada de problemas, há coisas a apontar ao PNL, e a Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares terá as suas questões, mas contribuíram imenso para um projecto de país que valorizava a ciência e a literacia em Portugal. Extingui-los assim sem mais é, enfim, um projecto bastante diferente.
August 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A FCT tinha uma catrafada de problemas, há coisas a apontar ao PNL, e a Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares terá as suas questões, mas contribuíram imenso para um projecto de país que valorizava a ciência e a literacia em Portugal. Extingui-los assim sem mais é, enfim, um projecto bastante diferente.
Let's hear it for the marketeers and comms people, and especially all the content pros who rushed to pull this off so perfectly. Absolute chef's kiss.
Astronomer uploads new video with Gwyneth Paltrow, ex-wife of Coldplay’s Chris Martin, answering questions as a temporary spokesperson.
July 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let's hear it for the marketeers and comms people, and especially all the content pros who rushed to pull this off so perfectly. Absolute chef's kiss.
Seeing a lot of these using AI to summarise books and, guys, you do you, this isn't that different from CliffNotes or such study guides, but it's also not the point of books or reading. So I'll be here, having my nice 2 hrs of reading time; on the very rare occasions I can find such 2 hrs, that is.
June 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Seeing a lot of these using AI to summarise books and, guys, you do you, this isn't that different from CliffNotes or such study guides, but it's also not the point of books or reading. So I'll be here, having my nice 2 hrs of reading time; on the very rare occasions I can find such 2 hrs, that is.
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Reader, I too thought I vividly remembered that Darcy emerging dripping wet from the lake scene.
June 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reader, I too thought I vividly remembered that Darcy emerging dripping wet from the lake scene.
A nine-minute standing ovation for the film and a weekend just around the corner? You know what that means? Perfect excuse to pick some cosy corner, grab a drink, and well, read the short story.
May 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A nine-minute standing ovation for the film and a weekend just around the corner? You know what that means? Perfect excuse to pick some cosy corner, grab a drink, and well, read the short story.
And then the sequels went and made it all about Palpatine all over again. Even as a simple plot excuse, it was a lousy, entirely boring option. Say what you will about Lucas and his certified terrible dialogue, but at least he actually tried some new stuff for the prequels.
Jamelle prompted me to buy this and wow, I really hope a lot of young people read and internalize this shit!!!!
I kinda can't believe this got published lol
I kinda can't believe this got published lol
May 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And then the sequels went and made it all about Palpatine all over again. Even as a simple plot excuse, it was a lousy, entirely boring option. Say what you will about Lucas and his certified terrible dialogue, but at least he actually tried some new stuff for the prequels.
Vamos a isto, Portugal. É votar, votar, votar.
kermit the frog is holding a cup that says vote on it
Alt: Kermit, the frog, is nonchalantly drinking from a cup that says vote on it. The scene is sunny and comforting.
media.tenor.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Vamos a isto, Portugal. É votar, votar, votar.
Sempre um bom exercício confrontar as nossas percepções com a realidade. E vai bem com o espírito de um dia de reflexão.
Desenhe os gráficos para retratar Portugal: será que a sua perceção bate certo com o país real?
Sabe quantos imigrantes vivem em Portugal ou qual é o salário mínimo atual? Tem ideia de quantos médicos trabalham no SNS, quantas pessoas recebem o RSI ou como aumentaram os preços das casas? Complet...
multimedia.expresso.pt
May 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sempre um bom exercício confrontar as nossas percepções com a realidade. E vai bem com o espírito de um dia de reflexão.
"But, look, it is all applied linguistics. But language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation."
- Notes from the Front Line (1983)
Born otd, Angela Carter sure knew a thing or a 1000 about how language and stories shape societies and all of us.
- Notes from the Front Line (1983)
Born otd, Angela Carter sure knew a thing or a 1000 about how language and stories shape societies and all of us.
May 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"But, look, it is all applied linguistics. But language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation."
- Notes from the Front Line (1983)
Born otd, Angela Carter sure knew a thing or a 1000 about how language and stories shape societies and all of us.
- Notes from the Front Line (1983)
Born otd, Angela Carter sure knew a thing or a 1000 about how language and stories shape societies and all of us.
So short, so good, and just about the right length to read on the bus or train while commuting somewhere.
“Girl,” by Jamaica Kincaid
Fiction, from 1978: “This is how to love a man, and if this doesn’t work there are other ways.”
www.newyorker.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
So short, so good, and just about the right length to read on the bus or train while commuting somewhere.
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Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
May 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
Whispers: hard mode should really also include Home Alone, Sound of Music, and all cartoons ever.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
Whispers: hard mode should really also include Home Alone, Sound of Music, and all cartoons ever.
April 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
Whispers: hard mode should really also include Home Alone, Sound of Music, and all cartoons ever.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
Whispers: hard mode should really also include Home Alone, Sound of Music, and all cartoons ever.
A um imenso Abril!
Todos os anos no 25 de Abril, acabo inevitavelmente a pensar no mesmo poema, e desta vez ainda mais. "Diz" de Maria Teresa Horta começa assim:
Diz mulher
ao teu país
como lutaste até hoje
o que fizeram de ti
o que quiseram
que fosses
(...)
Todos os anos no 25 de Abril, acabo inevitavelmente a pensar no mesmo poema, e desta vez ainda mais. "Diz" de Maria Teresa Horta começa assim:
Diz mulher
ao teu país
como lutaste até hoje
o que fizeram de ti
o que quiseram
que fosses
(...)
25 de Abril, SEMPRE!
Fascismo nunca mais.
Spam Cartoon que fiz para os 50 anos do 25 de Abril, com som de Philippe Lenzini, para a RTP.
#25deabril #revolucaodoscravos #carnationrevolution #capitaesdeabril
Fascismo nunca mais.
Spam Cartoon que fiz para os 50 anos do 25 de Abril, com som de Philippe Lenzini, para a RTP.
#25deabril #revolucaodoscravos #carnationrevolution #capitaesdeabril
April 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A um imenso Abril!
Todos os anos no 25 de Abril, acabo inevitavelmente a pensar no mesmo poema, e desta vez ainda mais. "Diz" de Maria Teresa Horta começa assim:
Diz mulher
ao teu país
como lutaste até hoje
o que fizeram de ti
o que quiseram
que fosses
(...)
Todos os anos no 25 de Abril, acabo inevitavelmente a pensar no mesmo poema, e desta vez ainda mais. "Diz" de Maria Teresa Horta começa assim:
Diz mulher
ao teu país
como lutaste até hoje
o que fizeram de ti
o que quiseram
que fosses
(...)
Delightful thread, and yet another reminder that genres shapeshift not just throughout time but also depending on the medium.
THE HAUNTED HOTEL (1907) was a playful special effects fest using every form of animation available to filmmakers at the time. Stop-motion, miniatures, puppetry, wires, magnets and more, it showcased every trick in Vitagraph's arsenal.
April 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Delightful thread, and yet another reminder that genres shapeshift not just throughout time but also depending on the medium.
"They produced a body of work so (...) capacious in its emotional and sonic span (...) yet so damn catchy, that talking about them in the same breath as the Rolling Stones is akin to debating how Shakespeare compares to Marlowe or Jonson"
Both love & loathe this—it's exactly right; it's just wrong.
Both love & loathe this—it's exactly right; it's just wrong.
April 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"They produced a body of work so (...) capacious in its emotional and sonic span (...) yet so damn catchy, that talking about them in the same breath as the Rolling Stones is akin to debating how Shakespeare compares to Marlowe or Jonson"
Both love & loathe this—it's exactly right; it's just wrong.
Both love & loathe this—it's exactly right; it's just wrong.
You know what? Pretty accurate.
Science Fiction is when you call it Terra, Fantasy is when you call it Gaia
April 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You know what? Pretty accurate.
Yes, please, let the Tanith Lee renaissance begin. And since Disney has that Snow White readaptation out, I'll suggest Lee's unexpectedly metaphysical, Christian imagery heavy retelling "Red as Blood" (1979); it does something I always enjoy in Snow White stories—truly consider ideas of motherhood.
I wrote a profile for the NYT talking about Tanith Lee's work and suggestions to where to start with her vast bibliography.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/b...
The Essential Tanith Lee (Gift Article)
The eclectic, prolific author wrote more than 90 novels — primarily fantasy and science fiction, but also horror, erotica, mysteries and historical fiction. If you’ve never read her work, here’s where...
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Yes, please, let the Tanith Lee renaissance begin. And since Disney has that Snow White readaptation out, I'll suggest Lee's unexpectedly metaphysical, Christian imagery heavy retelling "Red as Blood" (1979); it does something I always enjoy in Snow White stories—truly consider ideas of motherhood.
Still amuses me it turns out Ursula K. Le Guin’s influence on all my work—fiction or otherwise—has little to do with the worlds she created & all with adding more goats & critical thinking. Didn’t really see this coming but journal Via Panoramica asked & here we are.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Still amuses me it turns out Ursula K. Le Guin’s influence on all my work—fiction or otherwise—has little to do with the worlds she created & all with adding more goats & critical thinking. Didn’t really see this coming but journal Via Panoramica asked & here we are.
inesbotelho.com/en/2025/03/2...
inesbotelho.com/en/2025/03/2...
Não faço ideia porque é que o Expresso decidiu publicar um artigo (nos finais de Fevereiro) sobre Mendel e genética, mas deu gosto reencontrá-los assim numa boa mini-biografia que também serve de introdução a princípios essenciais da biologia.
Como um monge austríaco do século XIX ajudou a criar a genética moderna
<p>O monge Gregor Mendel passou anos a estudar sementes e plantas no jardim de um mosteiro austríaco. É autor de uma das mais brilhantes teorias científicas da história, que deu origem à genética mode...
expresso.pt
March 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Não faço ideia porque é que o Expresso decidiu publicar um artigo (nos finais de Fevereiro) sobre Mendel e genética, mas deu gosto reencontrá-los assim numa boa mini-biografia que também serve de introdução a princípios essenciais da biologia.
Who are the five writers that made you?
Alice Vieira
Vergílio Ferreira
Natália Correia
William Faulkner
numerous authors of fairy tales discovered throughout the years
I'm cheating, I know. This is also too small a sample; the actual list is much, much longer.
Alice Vieira
Vergílio Ferreira
Natália Correia
William Faulkner
numerous authors of fairy tales discovered throughout the years
I'm cheating, I know. This is also too small a sample; the actual list is much, much longer.
Who are the five writers that made you?
Diane Duane
Barbara Hambly
Lloyd Alexander
William Faulkner
William Gibson
Diane Duane
Barbara Hambly
Lloyd Alexander
William Faulkner
William Gibson
Who are the five writers that made you?
Edith Hamilton
Jonathan Carroll
Stephen King
Clive Barker
Ellen Bass
Edith Hamilton
Jonathan Carroll
Stephen King
Clive Barker
Ellen Bass
March 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Who are the five writers that made you?
Alice Vieira
Vergílio Ferreira
Natália Correia
William Faulkner
numerous authors of fairy tales discovered throughout the years
I'm cheating, I know. This is also too small a sample; the actual list is much, much longer.
Alice Vieira
Vergílio Ferreira
Natália Correia
William Faulkner
numerous authors of fairy tales discovered throughout the years
I'm cheating, I know. This is also too small a sample; the actual list is much, much longer.