Zoe Tongue
@whiterxbbit.bsky.social
Dr | Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds | abortion, international human rights law, animal rights, science fiction, comics | vegan | artist | bisexual | she/they |
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oh shit boi research leave
@whiterxbbit.bsky.social too!
time to ponder some orbs and orbit some ponds
@whiterxbbit.bsky.social too!
time to ponder some orbs and orbit some ponds
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
oh shit boi research leave
@whiterxbbit.bsky.social too!
time to ponder some orbs and orbit some ponds
@whiterxbbit.bsky.social too!
time to ponder some orbs and orbit some ponds
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"As readers & critics, we naturally bring ourselves to the experience of a text. I study folk horror & keep a reproductive medicine garden. I also live in America & I’m pregnant with a daughter at a time where those are increasingly dangerous prospects, due to forces that exist outside of my body."
That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film by Payton McCarty-Simas
2025, y’all.
strangehorizons.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM
"As readers & critics, we naturally bring ourselves to the experience of a text. I study folk horror & keep a reproductive medicine garden. I also live in America & I’m pregnant with a daughter at a time where those are increasingly dangerous prospects, due to forces that exist outside of my body."
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We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages.
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
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Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages.
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2026
buff.ly/yibsATf
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Some tools for thinking about AI in a time when the companies making them are trying to destroy teaching and learning itself...
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First off we pluralise L to accentuate there's no 1 approach. And we position ourselves in this interdisciplinary field of critically examining AI & reflecting on harms.
We give 5 non-exhaustive angles: conceptual clarity, critical thinking, decoloniality, respecting expertise, slow science.
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We give 5 non-exhaustive angles: conceptual clarity, critical thinking, decoloniality, respecting expertise, slow science.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Some tools for thinking about AI in a time when the companies making them are trying to destroy teaching and learning itself...
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
I have a chapter on ectogestation and reproductive justice out in this new edited collection on Technology, Health, and Law in Life and Death 👇 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/technolog...
Technology, Health, and Law in Life and Death
This book brings together leading global scholars to examine the legal, ethical and social implications of biotechnological innovations in healthcare throughout…
www.bloomsbury.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I have a chapter on ectogestation and reproductive justice out in this new edited collection on Technology, Health, and Law in Life and Death 👇 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/technolog...
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Calling published SFF authors!
I’m researching the work lives & well-being of science fiction and fantasy authors for my doctoral dissertation, and I'm looking for participants!
If you’re a published SFF author interested in participating, then DM me and I can provide details
I’m researching the work lives & well-being of science fiction and fantasy authors for my doctoral dissertation, and I'm looking for participants!
If you’re a published SFF author interested in participating, then DM me and I can provide details
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Calling published SFF authors!
I’m researching the work lives & well-being of science fiction and fantasy authors for my doctoral dissertation, and I'm looking for participants!
If you’re a published SFF author interested in participating, then DM me and I can provide details
I’m researching the work lives & well-being of science fiction and fantasy authors for my doctoral dissertation, and I'm looking for participants!
If you’re a published SFF author interested in participating, then DM me and I can provide details
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Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's wishing a happy book release day to all of us who made this happen, especially those of you who preordered the book or even picked up copies of…
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January 20, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
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That's a happy-looking cow all right. I would be too, if I could finally scratch my own butt after not having the appropriate tools my whole life.
A pet cow named Veronika uses tools in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life
Meet Veronika, the first cow known to engage in flexible, multipurpose tool use
A pet cow named Veronika uses tools in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life
www.scientificamerican.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 AM
That's a happy-looking cow all right. I would be too, if I could finally scratch my own butt after not having the appropriate tools my whole life.
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France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
Between 1870 and 1975, more than 11,660 people were convicted for performing or seeking an abortion, according to official estimates.
www.lemonde.fr
December 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
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'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2
December 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2
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Politics can be complex but on the heels of a weekend marked by dreadful murderous attacks in public, and against the background of ongoing killings in Gaza and South Sudan, Russia's war on Ukraine etc., let me please remind you: there is no contradiction in siding with all victims of violence.
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Politics can be complex but on the heels of a weekend marked by dreadful murderous attacks in public, and against the background of ongoing killings in Gaza and South Sudan, Russia's war on Ukraine etc., let me please remind you: there is no contradiction in siding with all victims of violence.
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I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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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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A new report examines 🔟 reasons for the UK to stay in the #ECHR.
👉🏻 protecting everyone’s rights
👉🏻 ensuring accountability
👉🏻 safeguarding democracy
👉🏻 maintaining UK influence
With @victoriaadamant.bsky.social Başak Çalı @joellegrogan.bsky.social Philip Leach
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👉🏻 protecting everyone’s rights
👉🏻 ensuring accountability
👉🏻 safeguarding democracy
👉🏻 maintaining UK influence
With @victoriaadamant.bsky.social Başak Çalı @joellegrogan.bsky.social Philip Leach
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December 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A new report examines 🔟 reasons for the UK to stay in the #ECHR.
👉🏻 protecting everyone’s rights
👉🏻 ensuring accountability
👉🏻 safeguarding democracy
👉🏻 maintaining UK influence
With @victoriaadamant.bsky.social Başak Çalı @joellegrogan.bsky.social Philip Leach
lnkd.in/eD3bH5jU
👉🏻 protecting everyone’s rights
👉🏻 ensuring accountability
👉🏻 safeguarding democracy
👉🏻 maintaining UK influence
With @victoriaadamant.bsky.social Başak Çalı @joellegrogan.bsky.social Philip Leach
lnkd.in/eD3bH5jU
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Hello, I’m Keir Starmer and I’m a former human rights lawyer, so you can trust me when I tell you human rights are bad and need to be eradicated
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Hello, I’m Keir Starmer and I’m a former human rights lawyer, so you can trust me when I tell you human rights are bad and need to be eradicated
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Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections
Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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On Human Rights Day 2025, Keir Starmer is calling to get rid of the European Convention on Human Rights with Mette Frederiksen, Giorgia Meloni, and several other European leaders.
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
On Human Rights Day 2025, Keir Starmer is calling to get rid of the European Convention on Human Rights with Mette Frederiksen, Giorgia Meloni, and several other European leaders.
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Victims of NHS maternity failings in England ‘received unacceptable care’
Victims of NHS maternity failings in England ‘received unacceptable care’
Valerie Amos’s investigation finds women let down and slow progress on reforms, with ‘devastating consequences’
Victims of NHS maternity failings received “unacceptable care”, leading to “tragic consequences”, the head of an investigation into maternity care in England has said.
Changes within services have been too slow despite being necessary and urgent, according to a report by Valerie Amos, who is leading the national maternity and neonatal investigation (NMNI). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Victims of NHS maternity failings in England ‘received unacceptable care’
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There's even a comics adaptation by Gareth Brookes’s of 😍 Izaak Walton’s 1653 fishing manual The Compleat Angler (SelfMadeHero) with linocut prints to "Walton’s poetic prose, conjuring a landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels."
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
There's even a comics adaptation by Gareth Brookes’s of 😍 Izaak Walton’s 1653 fishing manual The Compleat Angler (SelfMadeHero) with linocut prints to "Walton’s poetic prose, conjuring a landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels."
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We Choose Every Day: Hebe Stanton reviews Claire North's SLOW GODS (@orbitbooks.bsky.social)
We Choose Every Day: Review of Slow Gods by Claire North
Hebe Stanton Under Review:Slow Gods. Claire North. Orbit, November 2025. What does it mean? This oldest of questions is the one Claire North sets out to answer in their newest novel Slow Gods. Our …
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November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We Choose Every Day: Hebe Stanton reviews Claire North's SLOW GODS (@orbitbooks.bsky.social)
Spent last week in India for a wedding, with a little bit of free time for exploring... and now back to cold Britain and marking!
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Spent last week in India for a wedding, with a little bit of free time for exploring... and now back to cold Britain and marking!