Sakura
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Reading not reading. Never not researching.
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while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
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performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
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No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
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lol tell me you don't know any Indian people without telling me you don't know any Indian people
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
lol tell me you don't know any Indian people without telling me you don't know any Indian people
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Watching Italian Tiktok and discovering that ‘questa trend è cringatissima’ and now I will be trying to make cringatissima into a proper non-italicized English word
October 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Watching Italian Tiktok and discovering that ‘questa trend è cringatissima’ and now I will be trying to make cringatissima into a proper non-italicized English word
Watching The Handmaid’s Tale and wondering how big is the gap between women and men’s reactions to it.
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Watching The Handmaid’s Tale and wondering how big is the gap between women and men’s reactions to it.
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Sharing again today in honor of Virginia and her bravery. If you’ve been through something similar, please know you aren’t alone.
My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it.
lithub.com/on-promising...
lithub.com/on-promising...
On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)
“The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…
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October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sharing again today in honor of Virginia and her bravery. If you’ve been through something similar, please know you aren’t alone.
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Yeah so you know how they mostly just… don’t test drugs on women because surely the cis male can stand in for all of humankind?
Yeah, turns out we literally have different pain setups, so painkillers designed for and tested on men are just less effective:
healthsciences.arizona.edu/news/release...
Yeah, turns out we literally have different pain setups, so painkillers designed for and tested on men are just less effective:
healthsciences.arizona.edu/news/release...
Study shows first evidence of sex differences in how pain can be produced
New research from the Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction identified functional differences between males and females in the nerve cells that produce pain.
healthsciences.arizona.edu
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Yeah so you know how they mostly just… don’t test drugs on women because surely the cis male can stand in for all of humankind?
Yeah, turns out we literally have different pain setups, so painkillers designed for and tested on men are just less effective:
healthsciences.arizona.edu/news/release...
Yeah, turns out we literally have different pain setups, so painkillers designed for and tested on men are just less effective:
healthsciences.arizona.edu/news/release...
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We have three new titles out this week, including an exposé of the bleak realities of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy from @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social and a philosophical history of the internet by @badaude.bsky.social
This Week's New Titles
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September 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We have three new titles out this week, including an exposé of the bleak realities of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy from @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social and a philosophical history of the internet by @badaude.bsky.social
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This really is a roller coaster of a read. What at first appears to be a light-hearted tale of 1930s bohemian London goes on to encompass illness, destitution and tragic loss, but still finds room for comedy. A gem of a novel. My first by Barbara Comyns but not my last.
November 21, 2023 at 7:25 PM
This really is a roller coaster of a read. What at first appears to be a light-hearted tale of 1930s bohemian London goes on to encompass illness, destitution and tragic loss, but still finds room for comedy. A gem of a novel. My first by Barbara Comyns but not my last.
Currently comfort re-reading all of the Agent Pendergast mysteries. Can’t stop.
October 26, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Currently comfort re-reading all of the Agent Pendergast mysteries. Can’t stop.
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Jo Walton on SAINT: “Brilliant wonderful amazing fantasy novel … The experience of reading [it] is a little like having a mild fever …” www.tor.com/2023/10/04/j...
Jo Walton’s Reading List: September 2023
September was an excellent month, I was in Florence the whole time until right at the end when I flew to Chicago. I read eleven books, and it’s only now seeing them together as a list that I …
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October 4, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Jo Walton on SAINT: “Brilliant wonderful amazing fantasy novel … The experience of reading [it] is a little like having a mild fever …” www.tor.com/2023/10/04/j...
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A quick message to new Blue Sky friends: We're entering the final week of our Short Story Prize submissions!
Closing date = Saturday 30 (midnight UK-time).
If you've a short story to share, we'd love to hear from you - and so would our amazing judges!
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date = Saturday 30 (midnight UK-time).
If you've a short story to share, we'd love to hear from you - and so would our amazing judges!
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
September 25, 2023 at 5:26 PM
A quick message to new Blue Sky friends: We're entering the final week of our Short Story Prize submissions!
Closing date = Saturday 30 (midnight UK-time).
If you've a short story to share, we'd love to hear from you - and so would our amazing judges!
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date = Saturday 30 (midnight UK-time).
If you've a short story to share, we'd love to hear from you - and so would our amazing judges!
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
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Just moved in: Hi there!
... If you could share this and help us find our old (and hopefully some new) friends, we'd be very grateful.
... If you could share this and help us find our old (and hopefully some new) friends, we'd be very grateful.
September 20, 2023 at 7:11 AM
Just moved in: Hi there!
... If you could share this and help us find our old (and hopefully some new) friends, we'd be very grateful.
... If you could share this and help us find our old (and hopefully some new) friends, we'd be very grateful.
The Objects Wes Anderson Hoards in his New York Office | @vulture.bsky.social
The Objects Wes Anderson Hoards in His New York Office
An afternoon with the Asteroid City director in an apartment he describes as “not very well maintained” and “a bit abandoned.”
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July 30, 2023 at 9:41 AM
The Objects Wes Anderson Hoards in his New York Office | @vulture.bsky.social