Joanna Cooksey
@msfennybentley.bsky.social
Welsh Librarian at Oxford Brookes University. She/her. Libraries, books & poetry. Super cycling fan.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
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In case anyone thinks Reform could ever get a foot in in Oxford, here are photos of the two opposing protests taken within minutes of each other today.
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In case anyone thinks Reform could ever get a foot in in Oxford, here are photos of the two opposing protests taken within minutes of each other today.
Oxfordshire Patriots out in full force in centre of Oxford today.
Difficult to gauge numbers but definitely 4.
Maybe even as many as 6
Difficult to gauge numbers but definitely 4.
Maybe even as many as 6
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Oxfordshire Patriots out in full force in centre of Oxford today.
Difficult to gauge numbers but definitely 4.
Maybe even as many as 6
Difficult to gauge numbers but definitely 4.
Maybe even as many as 6
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Labour had everything they could ever want in order to enact meaningful change. An opportunity that could guarantee a successive term in gov’t and provide a platform to truly address the systemic fault lines ripping this country apart.
But instead, they decided to try and shadow the devil.
Labour had everything they could ever want in order to enact meaningful change. An opportunity that could guarantee a successive term in gov’t and provide a platform to truly address the systemic fault lines ripping this country apart.
But instead, they decided to try and shadow the devil.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Labour had everything they could ever want in order to enact meaningful change. An opportunity that could guarantee a successive term in gov’t and provide a platform to truly address the systemic fault lines ripping this country apart.
But instead, they decided to try and shadow the devil.
Labour had everything they could ever want in order to enact meaningful change. An opportunity that could guarantee a successive term in gov’t and provide a platform to truly address the systemic fault lines ripping this country apart.
But instead, they decided to try and shadow the devil.
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I *love* Karen’s spikiness - it’s her thing. She’s not a soft girly dancer. I really liked that, and her partnership with Carlos is excellent. #strictly
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I *love* Karen’s spikiness - it’s her thing. She’s not a soft girly dancer. I really liked that, and her partnership with Carlos is excellent. #strictly
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If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
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FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
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For when you’ve got work at 9 but have to instigate a Puritan uprising at 5
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
For when you’ve got work at 9 but have to instigate a Puritan uprising at 5
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Alan Carr pulling the least action movie face possible in the face of an explosion <3 #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Alan Carr pulling the least action movie face possible in the face of an explosion <3 #CelebrityTraitors
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“We ain’t got time for your bum bag!” #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“We ain’t got time for your bum bag!” #celebritytraitors
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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In case of an emergency…. Grab 3 friends and sing Bohemian Rhapsody
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In case of an emergency…. Grab 3 friends and sing Bohemian Rhapsody
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
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When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.