Dr Liseuse
@liseuse.bsky.social
Blitherer. Overly fond of Yorkshire, tbh.
Genuinely thought that I would never get the calendar clue, truly this year's bees!
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Genuinely thought that I would never get the calendar clue, truly this year's bees!
I know I'm a Christmas grinch in many ways but I don't think it's much to ask that the brass band Christmas carols in the city centre don't start until Advent does.
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I know I'm a Christmas grinch in many ways but I don't think it's much to ask that the brass band Christmas carols in the city centre don't start until Advent does.
This is an interesting (&depressing) post from WonkHE but, from experience, the students who won't interact w/ their flatmates in accommodation kitchens also won't interact w/ other students in communal ones.
wonkhe.com/blogs/the-on...
wonkhe.com/blogs/the-on...
The one where they still don't have any friends
Amid rising reports of student loneliness, Mack Marshall explores how UK universities are failing to design for connection - and why social isolation is no longer just a pastoral issue but a structura...
wonkhe.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This is an interesting (&depressing) post from WonkHE but, from experience, the students who won't interact w/ their flatmates in accommodation kitchens also won't interact w/ other students in communal ones.
wonkhe.com/blogs/the-on...
wonkhe.com/blogs/the-on...
Absolutely understand why I was turned away from giving blood - not quite enough days elapsed between today and the day I got back from Bordeaux - not somewhat saddened by it!
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Absolutely understand why I was turned away from giving blood - not quite enough days elapsed between today and the day I got back from Bordeaux - not somewhat saddened by it!
Calloo callay it's #HiddenBooksGame Day!
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Calloo callay it's #HiddenBooksGame Day!
One of my work inboxes has decided that whilst I can search it, I can only see results from 2017 and before. This is not exactly helpful.
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One of my work inboxes has decided that whilst I can search it, I can only see results from 2017 and before. This is not exactly helpful.
In the continuing series of "oh we're getting old", I saw an advert on a bus this weekend w/ the slogan "shake it like a Polaroid picture" and as I was wondering if the youth are somehow into OutKast I realised the ad was for some form of eye cream and it's aimed at people who were c.18 in 2003.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In the continuing series of "oh we're getting old", I saw an advert on a bus this weekend w/ the slogan "shake it like a Polaroid picture" and as I was wondering if the youth are somehow into OutKast I realised the ad was for some form of eye cream and it's aimed at people who were c.18 in 2003.
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No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
I went to listen to the BBC Philharmonic this evening (I know, fancy. To balance it out half the journey home tomorrow is a rail replacement bus) and am reminded that I really want to read a romcom set in an orchestra.
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I went to listen to the BBC Philharmonic this evening (I know, fancy. To balance it out half the journey home tomorrow is a rail replacement bus) and am reminded that I really want to read a romcom set in an orchestra.
I am somehow invisible to all waiting staff. I would blame being basically middle aged and female but this has been a thing my entire life. It kind of feels like the universe never wants me to pay for a meal.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I am somehow invisible to all waiting staff. I would blame being basically middle aged and female but this has been a thing my entire life. It kind of feels like the universe never wants me to pay for a meal.
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Having an opinion on youth parliament as an adult is a sign of a person who needs to be doing way more actual work
The hatred the youth parliament gets is just so out of proportion. Can these people hear themselves. It’s creepy.
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Having an opinion on youth parliament as an adult is a sign of a person who needs to be doing way more actual work
Delighted in the driver announcement on this train: "passengers welcome to this TransPennine Express, well, not so express as it turns out, journey to Manchester Piccadilly."
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Delighted in the driver announcement on this train: "passengers welcome to this TransPennine Express, well, not so express as it turns out, journey to Manchester Piccadilly."
I intellectually know that the point of glasses is that they help you see but I do experience a childlike sense of wonder every time I get new ones and can see better! more! clearer!
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I intellectually know that the point of glasses is that they help you see but I do experience a childlike sense of wonder every time I get new ones and can see better! more! clearer!
I was reminded today about someone at a party who asked what I did as a kid for Hallowe'en. I said "nothing much" (it hadn't really come to rural Yorkshire in the early 90s) & he said "oh bc you grew up Catholic?" & was bemused when I said that my Catholic school had a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night.
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I was reminded today about someone at a party who asked what I did as a kid for Hallowe'en. I said "nothing much" (it hadn't really come to rural Yorkshire in the early 90s) & he said "oh bc you grew up Catholic?" & was bemused when I said that my Catholic school had a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night.
Slightly unexpectedly going to be in Manchester next weekend. Any recommendations for dinner on the Friday?
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Slightly unexpectedly going to be in Manchester next weekend. Any recommendations for dinner on the Friday?
Hi @yougov.co.uk, how on earth do I opt out of the blinking AI chatbot ending to every survey? I do not want to interact with AI in this way, but I do enjoy doing the surveys.
October 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hi @yougov.co.uk, how on earth do I opt out of the blinking AI chatbot ending to every survey? I do not want to interact with AI in this way, but I do enjoy doing the surveys.
Office chat this afternoon has been about who your historical crush is, and why. Eleanor of Aquitaine has had a good showing so I've recommended the History is Sexy podcast. Young Henry XIII got a vote or two. A colleague who admits to "liking the sound of all the money" went for Mansa Musa.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Office chat this afternoon has been about who your historical crush is, and why. Eleanor of Aquitaine has had a good showing so I've recommended the History is Sexy podcast. Young Henry XIII got a vote or two. A colleague who admits to "liking the sound of all the money" went for Mansa Musa.
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I know quite a few of you who follow me are trade unionists; some of you may be fans of YP, UCU Left, and other groups who believe that defending Ukraine is "western imperialism".
Please read this thread from fellow trade unionists who actually know something about the subject.
Please read this thread from fellow trade unionists who actually know something about the subject.
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I know quite a few of you who follow me are trade unionists; some of you may be fans of YP, UCU Left, and other groups who believe that defending Ukraine is "western imperialism".
Please read this thread from fellow trade unionists who actually know something about the subject.
Please read this thread from fellow trade unionists who actually know something about the subject.
Sexy Ocado Christmas Delivery Dates.
It'd be a very middle class hit but I don't know how you'd make a costume of it.
It'd be a very middle class hit but I don't know how you'd make a costume of it.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sexy Ocado Christmas Delivery Dates.
It'd be a very middle class hit but I don't know how you'd make a costume of it.
It'd be a very middle class hit but I don't know how you'd make a costume of it.
I wasn't aware that pepper mills were especially French, tbh. Feel like they've always been part of my UK household.
10 international kitchen staples most Americans haven’t caught on to yet
10 international kitchen staples most Americans haven’t caught on to yet
From French tea towels to Japanese knives, these international kitchen finds will make you ask: ‘Why don’t we have that?’
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October 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I wasn't aware that pepper mills were especially French, tbh. Feel like they've always been part of my UK household.
My dear academic colleagues, I want to like you, I really really do, but why do you all use this very specific "oh woe is me I am a little Victorian orphan with no skills" tone when emailing me questions (about very simple things)?
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My dear academic colleagues, I want to like you, I really really do, but why do you all use this very specific "oh woe is me I am a little Victorian orphan with no skills" tone when emailing me questions (about very simple things)?
Mine go through a process wherein I organise them (mostly by category then alphabetised within that [where shelf height allows]) & through being pulled off the shelf to read categorisation disappears, chaos ensues and eventually I re-organise them. And then new books arrive and more chaos.
you think you know someone and then you see their bookshelf and it's clearly organized by Pure Vibes
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Mine go through a process wherein I organise them (mostly by category then alphabetised within that [where shelf height allows]) & through being pulled off the shelf to read categorisation disappears, chaos ensues and eventually I re-organise them. And then new books arrive and more chaos.
Going away (even for Duty Trip) is lovely but by the saints and the sinners there is nothing quite so wonderful as that first moment of getting into your own bed with its firm mattress and plentiful pillows.
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Going away (even for Duty Trip) is lovely but by the saints and the sinners there is nothing quite so wonderful as that first moment of getting into your own bed with its firm mattress and plentiful pillows.
If it fits with the character and/or the situation, everyone in a film and on TV should be shown using a reusable mug/water bottle.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If it fits with the character and/or the situation, everyone in a film and on TV should be shown using a reusable mug/water bottle.
France never ceases to surprise. Apparently the interval food of choice at the ballet is a hot dog.
October 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
France never ceases to surprise. Apparently the interval food of choice at the ballet is a hot dog.