madeline odent
@oldenoughtosay.com
chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
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madeline odent
@oldenoughtosay.com
· Oct 1
I once again apologise to anyone who followed me for professional reasons
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11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
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I had to try to explain JCO to my mother tonight. She was like "isn't she just an author?" and I was like "no, you don't understand, she's an eldritch poster" and she doesn't know what that means and trying to explain JCO is so difficult
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I had to try to explain JCO to my mother tonight. She was like "isn't she just an author?" and I was like "no, you don't understand, she's an eldritch poster" and she doesn't know what that means and trying to explain JCO is so difficult
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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”
Hot damn yall look at this abstract
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hot damn yall look at this abstract
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If I got clowned by Oates of all people I would simply walk into the sea
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If I got clowned by Oates of all people I would simply walk into the sea
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incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
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smallpox eradication is one of the greatest achievement of humans, up there with 'hey maybe we should wash our hands'
Smallpox was so bad that two nations who were threatening to nuke everyone and everything agreed on eradication.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
smallpox eradication is one of the greatest achievement of humans, up there with 'hey maybe we should wash our hands'
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
I was cycling once and got clotheslined by a fucking turkey, wiped out on a gravel road, I still have scars where my sister had to pick gravel out of my leg with tweezers
My ex step-cousin was riding his bike to school in Utah, and a deer bolted out of a bush and leveled him. Pancaked. Istg
I once had to get out of my car and physically manhandle two deer out of the driveway so I could leave, which was certainly an Excuse for being late to school that day
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I was cycling once and got clotheslined by a fucking turkey, wiped out on a gravel road, I still have scars where my sister had to pick gravel out of my leg with tweezers
This is a delightful read about a really fun, not uniquely British phenomenon but definitely not a worldwide one, on Hollow Ways, which I personally consider to be deeply sacred spaces
There’s a lovely article here about them. Just if you’re interested. I bet goats have fallen on cars. Probably out of sheer belligerence.
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
England's mysterious sunken roads
A new mapping project by Natural England will help unearth the deep history and mystery of this ancient network of subterranean tracks.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is a delightful read about a really fun, not uniquely British phenomenon but definitely not a worldwide one, on Hollow Ways, which I personally consider to be deeply sacred spaces
the college campus in lowest Appalachia where my parents lived for the last twenty years, deer outnumber people 13-1 and that is not an exaggeration and also only applies to the populated area of campus, not the entire thing
In my CNY “town” they got in professional sharpshooters (‘cos not allowed to hunt in a lot of the places the deer hang out), which helped. There are still plenty deer around, just in less less WTF? quantities.
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
the college campus in lowest Appalachia where my parents lived for the last twenty years, deer outnumber people 13-1 and that is not an exaggeration and also only applies to the populated area of campus, not the entire thing
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I'm going to use this slimmest of excuses to post one of my favorite cartoons
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sometimes I tell ppl the story of how a deer hit my sister’s car when she was 16 and flipped her into a ditch and now she’s scared of driving and you can always tell who grew up in the city because they’ll go “don’t you mean SHE hit the deer?”
no I do not
no I do not
"Oh wow a deer so graceful so beautiful" a person with minimal personal experience with deer which are expensive car seeking missiles that your neighbors feed because 'there'll be a monster buck next year'
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Sometimes I tell ppl the story of how a deer hit my sister’s car when she was 16 and flipped her into a ditch and now she’s scared of driving and you can always tell who grew up in the city because they’ll go “don’t you mean SHE hit the deer?”
no I do not
no I do not
lol he blocked me
step one of being an ally is to not be a twat to a member of the group being persecuted
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
lol he blocked me
unfortunately for me I can do this with sugar, booze, or caffeine and you can usually tell which one I’ve resorted to by reading the finished product
Absolutely devastating for my blood sugar levels that when I simply cannot persuade myself to write something ove been procrastinating the only thing that works is to buy a big bag of haribo and eat it at my desk as I type, getting more and more antsy and typing faster and faster as the sugar hits.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
unfortunately for me I can do this with sugar, booze, or caffeine and you can usually tell which one I’ve resorted to by reading the finished product
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OH WERE A LOAD OF PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT TOO EARLY FOR THE BRIEFCASE FUCKS AT THE TOP AGAIN
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
OH WERE A LOAD OF PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT TOO EARLY FOR THE BRIEFCASE FUCKS AT THE TOP AGAIN
there are a lot of reasons we aren’t planning to visit the USA anytime soon but exhibit a is probably this
Air traffic control issues in Boston are getting wild. Per @flightradar24.com lots are getting diverted, including at least two that had to abort landings at the last minute.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
there are a lot of reasons we aren’t planning to visit the USA anytime soon but exhibit a is probably this
round of applause for the adhd which made me forget to pick up that tranexamic acid until day one of my second period after being prescribed it. the hospital has lost my script. this is my own fault
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
round of applause for the adhd which made me forget to pick up that tranexamic acid until day one of my second period after being prescribed it. the hospital has lost my script. this is my own fault
this is one way to find out that my husband is secretly an angel
Madeleine L’Engle kinda made it sound so in “Many Waters”. Like the resulting babies were gigantic and hard to deliver, if I remember correctly.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
this is one way to find out that my husband is secretly an angel
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There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
is having sex with angels considered monster-fucking
kind of in a weird mood today, should we have an off piste skeet
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
is having sex with angels considered monster-fucking
kind of in a weird mood today, should we have an off piste skeet
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
kind of in a weird mood today, should we have an off piste skeet
it’s funny because the bbc is indeed quite obviously biased, it’s just, you know
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
it’s funny because the bbc is indeed quite obviously biased, it’s just, you know
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I'm fairly certain this is the tomb Listed as the 'Hutchins Monument'. My, that's a lot of paperwork...
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm fairly certain this is the tomb Listed as the 'Hutchins Monument'. My, that's a lot of paperwork...
Steve Gunn is just one of the best human beings you’ll ever meet, honestly. you can quote me
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Steve Gunn is just one of the best human beings you’ll ever meet, honestly. you can quote me