Rachel J Kirkwood
@drkirky.bsky.social
Academic library manager-researcher, bi mum, singer, Quaker, European; #DH, languages & linguistics, #QuakerStudies #EarlyModern stuff #metaphor #GoodOmens #DoctorWho #SpeculativeLiterature
Great writing Hazel!
I know a very rude phrase in Hungarian that I’d like to send in Dr Maté’s direction for the upset he has caused in this household 😡
I know a very rude phrase in Hungarian that I’d like to send in Dr Maté’s direction for the upset he has caused in this household 😡
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Great writing Hazel!
I know a very rude phrase in Hungarian that I’d like to send in Dr Maté’s direction for the upset he has caused in this household 😡
I know a very rude phrase in Hungarian that I’d like to send in Dr Maté’s direction for the upset he has caused in this household 😡
As god intended 😉
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As god intended 😉
Yup. See also RTD’s Years and Years.
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Yup. See also RTD’s Years and Years.
Nah, it’s using fuzzy matching and treating Moffat as the same as Moffett.
October 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Nah, it’s using fuzzy matching and treating Moffat as the same as Moffett.
Kinda chilling.
I was wanting to post sth about Boom, AI & war.
I was wanting to post sth about Boom, AI & war.
October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Kinda chilling.
I was wanting to post sth about Boom, AI & war.
I was wanting to post sth about Boom, AI & war.
I’ve been severely rationing my news intake since the pandemic. Need to balance ‘being informed & ready to act’ with ‘being healthy & able to act’.
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’ve been severely rationing my news intake since the pandemic. Need to balance ‘being informed & ready to act’ with ‘being healthy & able to act’.
Well I googled the name of the act + “territorial application” and it pointed me to a Wikipedia entry that suggested the Act applied to E, W, NI, but not S (which has its own act).
September 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Well I googled the name of the act + “territorial application” and it pointed me to a Wikipedia entry that suggested the Act applied to E, W, NI, but not S (which has its own act).
Perfectly valid choice in an English context.
September 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Perfectly valid choice in an English context.
Er, hello?
Interesting choice of GIF there …
Interesting choice of GIF there …
September 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Er, hello?
Interesting choice of GIF there …
Interesting choice of GIF there …
Yeah, she’s the one who when working for the politically impartial BBC described Jeremy Corbyn ‘leaving his lair’. A memorable phrase.
September 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Yeah, she’s the one who when working for the politically impartial BBC described Jeremy Corbyn ‘leaving his lair’. A memorable phrase.
Aha! So that’s who they named the library after!
My first encounter with an OPAC was there.
My first encounter with an OPAC was there.
September 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Aha! So that’s who they named the library after!
My first encounter with an OPAC was there.
My first encounter with an OPAC was there.
Fabulous! But at least your parents were there. In 1989, the year it was 99.9% certain I would graduate, my parents double-booked themselves to a holiday abroad and couldn’t come.
I’m still bitter …
I’m still bitter …
September 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fabulous! But at least your parents were there. In 1989, the year it was 99.9% certain I would graduate, my parents double-booked themselves to a holiday abroad and couldn’t come.
I’m still bitter …
I’m still bitter …
I shook her hand when I graduated.
Didn’t curtsy though 😆
Didn’t curtsy though 😆
September 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I shook her hand when I graduated.
Didn’t curtsy though 😆
Didn’t curtsy though 😆
What would life be without a TBR pile?
I have to admit that I actually shelved some of mine yesterday in a sudden attack of realism. And the need to actually write something.
I have to admit that I actually shelved some of mine yesterday in a sudden attack of realism. And the need to actually write something.
September 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What would life be without a TBR pile?
I have to admit that I actually shelved some of mine yesterday in a sudden attack of realism. And the need to actually write something.
I have to admit that I actually shelved some of mine yesterday in a sudden attack of realism. And the need to actually write something.
It stinks when even reading is tiring.
There's always doomscrolling ...
There's always doomscrolling ...
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It stinks when even reading is tiring.
There's always doomscrolling ...
There's always doomscrolling ...
Weird but kinda beautiful.
August 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Weird but kinda beautiful.