Jordan
@jordanwelshy.bsky.social
Probably found exploring an old building | Researcher in C19th | Crime fiction fan | Aspiring writer | Book lover, tea drinker & tentative beard grower | He/ Him (views my own) 🏳️🌈
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“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Sad news indeed!
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Sad news indeed!
Theme Hospital.
Nothing has surpassed this in my view.
It needs to have the same low-res graphics, cheesy music, dark humour, and sheer silliness.
Nothing has surpassed this in my view.
It needs to have the same low-res graphics, cheesy music, dark humour, and sheer silliness.
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Theme Hospital.
Nothing has surpassed this in my view.
It needs to have the same low-res graphics, cheesy music, dark humour, and sheer silliness.
Nothing has surpassed this in my view.
It needs to have the same low-res graphics, cheesy music, dark humour, and sheer silliness.
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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A reminder that teaching literature will always be important.
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A reminder that teaching literature will always be important.
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Exactly the same.
Don't feel comfortable passing on details, so I'm limited in what I can see. Definitely a sense of FOMO but I also feel in control (a bit, at least)
Don't feel comfortable passing on details, so I'm limited in what I can see. Definitely a sense of FOMO but I also feel in control (a bit, at least)
Update on this - no, I won't be giving BlueSky a picture of my ID, any part of my social security number, or my credit card information. I've got enough portals for people to reach me.
If you've sent me a DM I cannot see it.
Also watch how you talk to me because apparently I am a child.
If you've sent me a DM I cannot see it.
Also watch how you talk to me because apparently I am a child.
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Exactly the same.
Don't feel comfortable passing on details, so I'm limited in what I can see. Definitely a sense of FOMO but I also feel in control (a bit, at least)
Don't feel comfortable passing on details, so I'm limited in what I can see. Definitely a sense of FOMO but I also feel in control (a bit, at least)
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
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Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening.
Are you excited to visit?
Are you excited to visit?
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening.
Are you excited to visit?
Are you excited to visit?
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"
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Just a little write up of my summer research project!
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
New on the BARS Blog: Jordan Welsh's (@jordanwelshy.bsky.social) Copley Report on his research into Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz's friendship. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6167
Stephen Copley Research Award Report: Jordan Welsh on Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz’s Friendship – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just a little write up of my summer research project!
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
Just a little write up of my summer research project!
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
New on the BARS Blog: Jordan Welsh's (@jordanwelshy.bsky.social) Copley Report on his research into Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz's friendship. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6167
Stephen Copley Research Award Report: Jordan Welsh on Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz’s Friendship – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just a little write up of my summer research project!
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
I'm very excited to be building this into something for publication in the future.
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Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
"Mrs Dalloway-Lemington-Smyth said she would buy the flowers herself, and mount the dishy gardener..."
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Mrs Dalloway-Lemington-Smyth said she would buy the flowers herself, and mount the dishy gardener..."
The prospect of moving to New Zealand is tempting!
Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:
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Lecturer - English
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The prospect of moving to New Zealand is tempting!
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Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
University English Funding
universityenglish.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.
In select theaters October 17, on Netflix November 7.
In select theaters October 17, on Netflix November 7.
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.
In select theaters October 17, on Netflix November 7.
In select theaters October 17, on Netflix November 7.
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Our live episode is on track to be our BIGGEST EPISODE on YouTube to date! (Which makes sense I guess, given there's something to watch, even if it is just our wild gesticulations.) See what all the fuss is about > www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... 📺💃💃 or listen as normal > pod.fo/e/332d77
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: LIVE! Cool Covers and Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s
It’s The Swinging Christies as you've never heard (or seen) it before - with a live audience! Join Mark and Gray at the 2025 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, Devon, for this...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Our live episode is on track to be our BIGGEST EPISODE on YouTube to date! (Which makes sense I guess, given there's something to watch, even if it is just our wild gesticulations.) See what all the fuss is about > www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... 📺💃💃 or listen as normal > pod.fo/e/332d77
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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Calling all Victorianists with Lego Ideas accounts! (yeah, I see you)
VOTE FOR LEGO CRYSTAL PALACE beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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The Crystal Palace | LEGO® Ideas
Welcome to the Crystal Palace and the grandest event of the Victorian age - the Great Exhibition of 1851!…
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September 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Calling all Victorianists with Lego Ideas accounts! (yeah, I see you)
VOTE FOR LEGO CRYSTAL PALACE beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
VOTE FOR LEGO CRYSTAL PALACE beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...