Alex MacFarlane
@aghowes.bsky.social
Peripatetic postdoctoral scholar, researching the medieval Armenian Alexander Romance and 19th-century Caucasus cosmopolitanism. Films, trains, British. They/them.
Silksong: it makes you lament with agony AND shout with triumph!
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Silksong: it makes you lament with agony AND shout with triumph!
I HAVE UNLOCKED THE SHORTCUT LOOKS LIKE WINNING'S BACK ON THE MENU
Honestly a bit underwhelming doing it so late in the game. Onwards! I will complete that coral gauntlet... one day...
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I HAVE UNLOCKED THE SHORTCUT LOOKS LIKE WINNING'S BACK ON THE MENU
good times good times #LetterboxdFriday 📽️ #LastFourWatched
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
good times good times #LetterboxdFriday 📽️ #LastFourWatched
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seeing a lot of people talking about borders and thought i'd cut right to the quick: we have duties to those we share our lives with, those we share our communities with, and those we share this existence with. the only role of the nation is to blind us to these
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
seeing a lot of people talking about borders and thought i'd cut right to the quick: we have duties to those we share our lives with, those we share our communities with, and those we share this existence with. the only role of the nation is to blind us to these
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In line with much other research, the article *does* find that trans kids are more likely to experience bullying than many of their peers. But screen time is not the problem - transphobia is.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In line with much other research, the article *does* find that trans kids are more likely to experience bullying than many of their peers. But screen time is not the problem - transphobia is.
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Thinking about Brianna Ghey while reading this article on screen time and bullying. Labour are using her name to push for a crackdown on phone use among teens.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
Developmental Effects of Screen Time on Gender Diverse Student’s Experiences of Bullying Victimization
We used a large state-wide sample of adolescent students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades (N = 58,689) to examine the predictive value of screen time on bullying victimization, as well as its interact...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thinking about Brianna Ghey while reading this article on screen time and bullying. Labour are using her name to push for a crackdown on phone use among teens.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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I truly believe that Wes Streeting has the ideas, the charisma, and the likeability to be an even more historically hated Prime Minister than Keir Starmer
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I truly believe that Wes Streeting has the ideas, the charisma, and the likeability to be an even more historically hated Prime Minister than Keir Starmer
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hare hare hawk
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
hare hare hawk
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Gorgeous!!
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Gorgeous!!
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Tunic Fox illustration for the box containing bonus stuff in the Deluxe edition of Tunic: Design Works!
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tunic Fox illustration for the box containing bonus stuff in the Deluxe edition of Tunic: Design Works!
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my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
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I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
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I'm doing my part!
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm doing my part!
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Today in 1918, at 9:30 am, 2nd Lt Paterson sends this message to the company commanders of the Artist's Rifles, a British infantry battalion on the frontline. 'Hostilities will cease at 11am today. Form up and march back...at once. Do not forget to bring the cookers with you' #ArmisticeDay #WW1 #FWW
November 11, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Today in 1918, at 9:30 am, 2nd Lt Paterson sends this message to the company commanders of the Artist's Rifles, a British infantry battalion on the frontline. 'Hostilities will cease at 11am today. Form up and march back...at once. Do not forget to bring the cookers with you' #ArmisticeDay #WW1 #FWW
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falls of feugh all autumny
plus bonus leaping salmon
plus bonus leaping salmon
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
falls of feugh all autumny
plus bonus leaping salmon
plus bonus leaping salmon
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🎬 OC REVIEWS: Caucasian Blues — a fun romp bringing together Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians.
oc-media.org/review-cauca...
oc-media.org/review-cauca...
Review | Caucasian Blues — a fun romp bringing together Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians
While the ostensibly first true South Caucasian co-production Caucasian Blues falters technically, it makes up for it in humour and sentiment.
oc-media.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🎬 OC REVIEWS: Caucasian Blues — a fun romp bringing together Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians.
oc-media.org/review-cauca...
oc-media.org/review-cauca...
I have access to the Criterion Channel this year via a kind friend, which so far has been great, but WHAT is the point of dubbing a Werner Herzog documentary with a different man speaking English, and no apparent option for the original audio?
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have access to the Criterion Channel this year via a kind friend, which so far has been great, but WHAT is the point of dubbing a Werner Herzog documentary with a different man speaking English, and no apparent option for the original audio?
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I was looking at the Heritage Craft Association's Red List of Endangered Crafts.
I was interested to find out there are still two traditional orrery manufacturers in Britain:
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redli...
I was interested to find out there are still two traditional orrery manufacturers in Britain:
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redli...
The Red List - Heritage Crafts
Charity that promotes, safeguards and celebrates heritage craft skills in the UK
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I was looking at the Heritage Craft Association's Red List of Endangered Crafts.
I was interested to find out there are still two traditional orrery manufacturers in Britain:
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redli...
I was interested to find out there are still two traditional orrery manufacturers in Britain:
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redli...
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3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
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Well Edmund "failed Think Bike campaign" King of the AA doesn't like it so it must be a good idea.
If you look at the detail, EVs users still pay less, but EVs do actually cause congestion, and in a place which is bursting with public transport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you look at the detail, EVs users still pay less, but EVs do actually cause congestion, and in a place which is bursting with public transport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Electric vehicles set to pay London Congestion Charge
Electric vehicles will no longer be exempt due to their rising numbers, Transport for London says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Well Edmund "failed Think Bike campaign" King of the AA doesn't like it so it must be a good idea.
If you look at the detail, EVs users still pay less, but EVs do actually cause congestion, and in a place which is bursting with public transport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you look at the detail, EVs users still pay less, but EVs do actually cause congestion, and in a place which is bursting with public transport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tired and a bit ill, the perfect condition for Netflix's OceanGate documentary. I can't believe the SOUNDS that thing made on its prior dives.
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Tired and a bit ill, the perfect condition for Netflix's OceanGate documentary. I can't believe the SOUNDS that thing made on its prior dives.
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Really love this format of right wing political analysis
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Really love this format of right wing political analysis