Siobhán
@sluginkpress.bsky.social
artist, art librarian, sentient binbag. Commute whinges, nice artists’ books, photos of bins.
Brighton Scum City//LDN.
Brighton Scum City//LDN.
Called into work at short notice, left my headphones in my other bag 😒 have avoided watching the traitors but am now being forced to listen to it by some guys sodcasting it into the fucking train carriage. Sounds shit.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Called into work at short notice, left my headphones in my other bag 😒 have avoided watching the traitors but am now being forced to listen to it by some guys sodcasting it into the fucking train carriage. Sounds shit.
The person behind me has called three different people in succession & relayed her working day in exactly the same way to each one VERY LOUDLY. Why not just log into fucking Teams and make it a meeting ffs
January 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The person behind me has called three different people in succession & relayed her working day in exactly the same way to each one VERY LOUDLY. Why not just log into fucking Teams and make it a meeting ffs
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Not a word of a lie. This morning we discovered a large print of Ned Ludd in our Chapel Gallery had mysteriously came off the wall during the night. Clearly, the frame-breaking continues.
January 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Not a word of a lie. This morning we discovered a large print of Ned Ludd in our Chapel Gallery had mysteriously came off the wall during the night. Clearly, the frame-breaking continues.
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Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥
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Paddington Bear becoming the UK's go-to psychopomp is one of the very weirdest things to happen in this very weird decade.
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Paddington Bear becoming the UK's go-to psychopomp is one of the very weirdest things to happen in this very weird decade.
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A pre-Christmas treat. This article is currently un-paywalled
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-curry-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-curry-...
The Curry Awards Omertà
How deciding who serves the best curry became big business, by David Jesudason.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A pre-Christmas treat. This article is currently un-paywalled
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-curry-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-curry-...
Before, during and after CRATEMAS at work. Was not thrilled at having to do a stock move in the first week of vacation but at least nobody is getting crushed to death by shelves of falling exhibition catalogues now.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Before, during and after CRATEMAS at work. Was not thrilled at having to do a stock move in the first week of vacation but at least nobody is getting crushed to death by shelves of falling exhibition catalogues now.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Up the BL workers.
‘A sound archivist told me he and his colleagues could earn more in the private sector but they work here for less pay because “we believe in what we do.”’
Anna Aslanyan on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Up the BL workers.
Pls enjoy these pics of my sister’s cattes. Had to help wrangle them to the vets for their checkup. poppy, the one with short fur, yelled a lot in the car but was fine otherwise. Inca, the large fluffy cat absolutely kicked off 😂 both getting in the carrier and actually at the vets.
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pls enjoy these pics of my sister’s cattes. Had to help wrangle them to the vets for their checkup. poppy, the one with short fur, yelled a lot in the car but was fine otherwise. Inca, the large fluffy cat absolutely kicked off 😂 both getting in the carrier and actually at the vets.
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I've got a new piece at @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today following on from my previous piece about the British Library cyberattack and arguing that, since the UK Government clearly doesn't care about the UK knowledge sector, we need to develop our own community-led tech and infrastructure solutions.
💥New: Don’t rely on government to save the British Library
✍️ @simonxix.com
#BritishLibrary #HigherEducation #ResearchInfrastructure
✍️ @simonxix.com
#BritishLibrary #HigherEducation #ResearchInfrastructure
Don’t rely on government to save the British Library - Impact of Social Sciences
Following a catastrophic hack British Library remains in crisis. Can it recover by refocusing on the people, skills and systems that enable it to function?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I've got a new piece at @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today following on from my previous piece about the British Library cyberattack and arguing that, since the UK Government clearly doesn't care about the UK knowledge sector, we need to develop our own community-led tech and infrastructure solutions.
Keep thinking about the lady Di battle jacket I saw in Covent Garden today
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Keep thinking about the lady Di battle jacket I saw in Covent Garden today
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One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
Anyway I only seem to use this account for commute whinges, so have some nice old book covers that I stumbled across at work instead.
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Anyway I only seem to use this account for commute whinges, so have some nice old book covers that I stumbled across at work instead.
Now three guys have been talking loudly across the aisle for about 45 mins about jujitsu and Bitcoin and it’s like some pieces of foam board have been made sentient. Protein shakes! Training! Stocks! SHUT THE FUCK UP.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Now three guys have been talking loudly across the aisle for about 45 mins about jujitsu and Bitcoin and it’s like some pieces of foam board have been made sentient. Protein shakes! Training! Stocks! SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
This evening’s train treat: a man whipping out a can of lynx deodrant and spraying himself with great abandon. The train carriage smells like a school disco from 1998.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This evening’s train treat: a man whipping out a can of lynx deodrant and spraying himself with great abandon. The train carriage smells like a school disco from 1998.
Was trying to speak to a group of students at work earlier and was disrupted by the sounds of this.
Tractors arrive in Whitehall for farmers’ protest on Budget day despite police ban
Tractors arrive in Whitehall for farmers’ protest on Budget day despite police ban
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Was trying to speak to a group of students at work earlier and was disrupted by the sounds of this.
The start to the morning you want: a woman getting on the train with her kid and saying “it’s good this carriage is empty as nobody will be able to smell Mummy’s horrible egg sandwich…oh the carriage isn’t empty, oh well!”
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The start to the morning you want: a woman getting on the train with her kid and saying “it’s good this carriage is empty as nobody will be able to smell Mummy’s horrible egg sandwich…oh the carriage isn’t empty, oh well!”
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
This week: absolute train hell for 2/4 of my commute days and reaching my absolute limit due to various things at work. Last night was DELIGHTED when I remembered this prebatched martini was in the fridge.
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This week: absolute train hell for 2/4 of my commute days and reaching my absolute limit due to various things at work. Last night was DELIGHTED when I remembered this prebatched martini was in the fridge.
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AI is really ruining the art of badly photoshopping something
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
AI is really ruining the art of badly photoshopping something
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Letraset inspired blanket. www.thedesignersfoundry.com/goods/goodma...
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Letraset inspired blanket. www.thedesignersfoundry.com/goods/goodma...
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
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When Bruce Springsteen sang "at night, we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines", he was talking about people who log on to LinkedIn after 6pm to write fanfiction about how good they are at their job.
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When Bruce Springsteen sang "at night, we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines", he was talking about people who log on to LinkedIn after 6pm to write fanfiction about how good they are at their job.