So Mayer
@suchmayer.bsky.social
They/them. Overthinker. Reads things, writes things. BAD LANGUAGE out now with Peninsula Press 🐉 THE WORD FOR WORLD (co-ed) out now with @silver-press.bsky.social 🌳 Website & newsletter: somayer.net. Won't age-verify so no DMs.
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So Mayer
@suchmayer.bsky.social
· Sep 16
It's here.
BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25
"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi
Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...
BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25
"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi
Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...
Bluesky break accountability post ;)
Head melted from the excellent intensity of this autumn. I'll be back with news of more BAD LANGUAGE events in the new year... if u miss me, u could always read it?
AND win a £100 gift card from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...
Head melted from the excellent intensity of this autumn. I'll be back with news of more BAD LANGUAGE events in the new year... if u miss me, u could always read it?
AND win a £100 gift card from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...
Bad Language
Check out Bad Language - <p>In <i>Bad Language</i>, So Mayer blends memoir and manifesto as they explore the politics of speech, while looking at how language has been used – and abused – in their own...
uk.bookshop.org
December 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Bluesky break accountability post ;)
Head melted from the excellent intensity of this autumn. I'll be back with news of more BAD LANGUAGE events in the new year... if u miss me, u could always read it?
AND win a £100 gift card from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...
Head melted from the excellent intensity of this autumn. I'll be back with news of more BAD LANGUAGE events in the new year... if u miss me, u could always read it?
AND win a £100 gift card from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...
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A lot think this album came out in 2024 not 2025 being a 2 part consecutive season album.
Seems to have been its downfall that it had never been done before.
For me personally it’s the most original album I’ve ever been part of.
It’s for long dark winter nights.
Try it.
You might get addicted x
Seems to have been its downfall that it had never been done before.
For me personally it’s the most original album I’ve ever been part of.
It’s for long dark winter nights.
Try it.
You might get addicted x
December 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A lot think this album came out in 2024 not 2025 being a 2 part consecutive season album.
Seems to have been its downfall that it had never been done before.
For me personally it’s the most original album I’ve ever been part of.
It’s for long dark winter nights.
Try it.
You might get addicted x
Seems to have been its downfall that it had never been done before.
For me personally it’s the most original album I’ve ever been part of.
It’s for long dark winter nights.
Try it.
You might get addicted x
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A podcast that is only, or primarily, on YouTube isn’t a podcast if you can’t watch that video without being on YouTube. The word “podcast” specifically *means* not being beholden to any tech giants like YouTube/Google/Alphabet. anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A podcast that is only, or primarily, on YouTube isn’t a podcast if you can’t watch that video without being on YouTube. The word “podcast” specifically *means* not being beholden to any tech giants like YouTube/Google/Alphabet. anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
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being able to love someone for 20 years is a real gift
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
being able to love someone for 20 years is a real gift
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“I have no professional interest in people looking at my face” is, not to be dramatic about it or anything, an idea for which I am willing to live and die
and god I mean, more broadly - I resent this idea that someone has to look at me to follow what I'm saying, I like writing and I like talking on the radio and on podcasts, I have no professional interest in people looking at my face, leave me alone
December 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“I have no professional interest in people looking at my face” is, not to be dramatic about it or anything, an idea for which I am willing to live and die
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December 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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In this recent interview with Global Voices (@globalvoices.org), Ege Dündar (@ege-dundar.bsky.social) reflects on the work of the Young Writers Committee (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) and the increasing importance of supporting emerging voices.
Read more ⬇️
globalvoices.org/2025/12/26/t...
Read more ⬇️
globalvoices.org/2025/12/26/t...
The Tomorrow Club aims to support and mentor young writers amid polarity and tech-driven chaos
“The youth should never believe that history is written only by the victors, or that it can be permanently manipulated through narrative wars.”
globalvoices.org
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In this recent interview with Global Voices (@globalvoices.org), Ege Dündar (@ege-dundar.bsky.social) reflects on the work of the Young Writers Committee (@youngwriterspen.bsky.social) and the increasing importance of supporting emerging voices.
Read more ⬇️
globalvoices.org/2025/12/26/t...
Read more ⬇️
globalvoices.org/2025/12/26/t...
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At the midway point, out 5th most popular paper this year is from #RSOS, investigating bottlenose #dolphins who use marine sponges as tools to protect their snouts while hunting on the seafloor - a skill spread through family lines: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
At the midway point, out 5th most popular paper this year is from #RSOS, investigating bottlenose #dolphins who use marine sponges as tools to protect their snouts while hunting on the seafloor - a skill spread through family lines: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Get Inside, the Cops are Coming: Roma Families in Greece are Under Threat
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
Get Inside, the Cops are Coming: Roma Families in Greece are Under Threat - UNICORN RIOT
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja
December 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Get Inside, the Cops are Coming: Roma Families in Greece are Under Threat
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
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I should write an essay about organizing titled "All Those Boring Meetings Paid Off."
December 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I should write an essay about organizing titled "All Those Boring Meetings Paid Off."
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London’s extensive railway infrastructure is both a refuge for DIY nightlife and under threat from gentrification, writes Deborah Nash in The Wire 503/504
Read the full article online here: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
Read the full article online here: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
Arch Rivals - The Wire
London’s extensive railway infrastructure is both a refuge for DIY nightlife and under threat from gentrification, writes Deborah Nash in The Wire 503/504
www.thewire.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
London’s extensive railway infrastructure is both a refuge for DIY nightlife and under threat from gentrification, writes Deborah Nash in The Wire 503/504
Read the full article online here: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
Read the full article online here: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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Those who benefit from housekeepers, clerks, waiters, and other members of this invisible workforce may be enjoying a holiday break and time off with family, but the same does not hold true for the workers who make that possible.
They Clean After Holiday Shoppers. But They Don't Get to Celebrate with Their Families.
“In my culture, Christmas Eve is our day to celebrate. ... And I’m going to work like it’s a regular day. It’s hard on the kids.”
inthesetimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Those who benefit from housekeepers, clerks, waiters, and other members of this invisible workforce may be enjoying a holiday break and time off with family, but the same does not hold true for the workers who make that possible.
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“I can’t believe it’s finally happened and Alaa has made it to London. We thought it was impossible, but here he is. Hundreds of people around the world did so much to help bring this moment about. Alaa is free and we can finally begin to heal as a family.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
British-Egyptian activist Alaa abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted
Family say campaigner, who has a son in Brighton, will be able to travel freely between UK and Cairo months after his release from Egyptian jail
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“I can’t believe it’s finally happened and Alaa has made it to London. We thought it was impossible, but here he is. Hundreds of people around the world did so much to help bring this moment about. Alaa is free and we can finally begin to heal as a family.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Art lives in the process, in the struggle to grow and figure out the specific needs of the work, and in the arrival at a better understanding of the artist’s limitations. The product is just the end result of the art.
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Art lives in the process, in the struggle to grow and figure out the specific needs of the work, and in the arrival at a better understanding of the artist’s limitations. The product is just the end result of the art.
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Today 38 Dakota were hung in Mankato, Minnesota by President Abraham Lincoln. This is the largest public execution in U.S. history. After starvation & broken treaties, the Dakota demanded justice against the U.S. They were killed for it. #Dakota38
December 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today 38 Dakota were hung in Mankato, Minnesota by President Abraham Lincoln. This is the largest public execution in U.S. history. After starvation & broken treaties, the Dakota demanded justice against the U.S. They were killed for it. #Dakota38
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BEST NEWS EVER!! 🤍
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BEST NEWS EVER!! 🤍
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
After years of prison, probation, and travel ban, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was able to get on a plane today, travel to London, and reunite with his family!!!!
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There are plenty of sales and offers to be had over the coming days, but THIS offer keeps independent businesses thriving, rather than making a few billionaires a few billion richer.
Buy ANY book site-wide 26-29 December and you could win a £100 digital gift card! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
Buy ANY book site-wide 26-29 December and you could win a £100 digital gift card! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
December 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
There are plenty of sales and offers to be had over the coming days, but THIS offer keeps independent businesses thriving, rather than making a few billionaires a few billion richer.
Buy ANY book site-wide 26-29 December and you could win a £100 digital gift card! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
Buy ANY book site-wide 26-29 December and you could win a £100 digital gift card! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
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this looks genuinely good, non police affiliated and it looks like they need volunteers in case anyone is looking for a volunteering opportunity for the new year
This lot strutsafe.org#about (I had to do some weird searching to find them lol)
Strut Safe
Strut Safe operates a UK-wide phone line for those out alone at night. The phone line is open Fridays and Saturdays from 7pm to 3am and Sundays from 7pm to 1am.
strutsafe.org
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
this looks genuinely good, non police affiliated and it looks like they need volunteers in case anyone is looking for a volunteering opportunity for the new year
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Reminding you that you can read this amazing story from WE WILL RISE AGAIN …
Go read this sweet taster from my upcoming anthology with coeditors @older.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social
electricliterature.com/where-memory...
electricliterature.com/where-memory...
In My Homeland Memories Are Forbidden - Electric Literature
“Where Memory Meets the Sea” by Laia Asieo Odo, recommended by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, and Karen Lord
electricliterature.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Reminding you that you can read this amazing story from WE WILL RISE AGAIN …
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The energy I’m bringing to 2026. George Michael, gone too soon 9 years ago today. Rest easy Queen of Kings!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The energy I’m bringing to 2026. George Michael, gone too soon 9 years ago today. Rest easy Queen of Kings!
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"The first written mention of Jews eating Chinese food on Christmas Day comes from 1935, when, according to The New York Times, a man named Eng Shee Chuck brought chow mein and toys to a New Jersey Jewish orphanage." fortune.com/2025/12/24/w...
American Jews, Chinese food and Christmas: The first connection was a 1935 gift of chow mein to a New Jersey orphanage | Fortune
Elena Kagan was asked where she was on Christmas during her Supreme Court confirmation: “Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant.”
fortune.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"The first written mention of Jews eating Chinese food on Christmas Day comes from 1935, when, according to The New York Times, a man named Eng Shee Chuck brought chow mein and toys to a New Jersey Jewish orphanage." fortune.com/2025/12/24/w...
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I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7).
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7).
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
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Suzani textile, Uzbek, ca. 1875
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Suzani textile, Uzbek, ca. 1875
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'Branches and Vines’ quilt (circa 1875). Cotton, silk & wool. Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil (1828–1904) in Pekin, Ill
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
'Branches and Vines’ quilt (circa 1875). Cotton, silk & wool. Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil (1828–1904) in Pekin, Ill