Emily Bookinson
@emilybookinson.bsky.social
Emily Dickinson once cut off a kitten’s tail and preserved it in a jar. Don’t worry. I would NEVER do that. Because I’m allergic to cats.
I just experienced a wave of social anxiety and it felt like an exhilarating and pleasant change from my regular anxiety
February 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I just experienced a wave of social anxiety and it felt like an exhilarating and pleasant change from my regular anxiety
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Do yourself a favor and read up on Benjamin Lay, a Quaker abolitionist and animal rights activist who brought the energy we sorely need rn
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quak...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quak...
January 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Do yourself a favor and read up on Benjamin Lay, a Quaker abolitionist and animal rights activist who brought the energy we sorely need rn
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quak...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quak...
“It calved, or broke off, from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 but got stuck on the seafloor and then trapped in an ocean vortex.
Finally, in December, it broke free and is now on its final journey, speeding into oblivion”
What a life!!!
Finally, in December, it broke free and is now on its final journey, speeding into oblivion”
What a life!!!
Wild times. An Iceberg as big as Cornwall, which is roughly a tenth of a Belgium, on the loose.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A23a: Giant iceberg on collision course with island - penguins and seals in danger
More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“It calved, or broke off, from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 but got stuck on the seafloor and then trapped in an ocean vortex.
Finally, in December, it broke free and is now on its final journey, speeding into oblivion”
What a life!!!
Finally, in December, it broke free and is now on its final journey, speeding into oblivion”
What a life!!!
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These were the weeks in 1649 when John Milton was writing “The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates”, pointing out that many people love a tyrant because they love “not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope, or more indulgence than under tyrants”
#milton
#milton
January 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
These were the weeks in 1649 when John Milton was writing “The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates”, pointing out that many people love a tyrant because they love “not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope, or more indulgence than under tyrants”
#milton
#milton
Are young men skipping college bc it’s started to seem too … girly? (Bc there are girls there?) If so, let’s start feminizing the fuck out of fossil fuels. Oil? Gas? Shit, that’s women’s work. celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Are young men skipping college bc it’s started to seem too … girly? (Bc there are girls there?) If so, let’s start feminizing the fuck out of fossil fuels. Oil? Gas? Shit, that’s women’s work. celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
Delightful. I died of 🦷
☠️ I died from “Collick” in the week of February 14th, 1665
vole.wtf/death-roulet...
vole.wtf/death-roulet...
17th Century Death Roulette ☠️
See what you might’ve died from in 1665 London, using real mortality records.
vole.wtf
January 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Delightful. I died of 🦷
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Sometimes working with manuscripts gets us really, really close to the people from the past allowing us to hear their voices. This is a story of a letter from a schoolgirl to her teacher, written probably sometime at the end of the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century. A thread 🧵 #medievalsky /1
December 22, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Sometimes working with manuscripts gets us really, really close to the people from the past allowing us to hear their voices. This is a story of a letter from a schoolgirl to her teacher, written probably sometime at the end of the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century. A thread 🧵 #medievalsky /1
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A list of sorely missed Victorian-era slang…
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
December 20, 2024 at 11:03 AM
A list of sorely missed Victorian-era slang…
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
Got the morbs = temporary sadness
Gigglemug = always smiling
Scandal water = tea
Bitch the pot = pour the tea
Sauce-box = mouth
Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts
Dash my wig = OMG
Tight as a boiled owl = drunk
Poked up = embarrassed
Not up to dick = unwell
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Oh I guess I do like to read
Happy birthday to my favorite writer in the world, Shirley Jackson, who wrote the best opening paragraph of any book ever, introducing the best protagonist ever
December 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Oh I guess I do like to read
Working remotely is like being a mermaid. The top half of you is on zoom, and the bottom half of you can continually pee into the water.
December 14, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Working remotely is like being a mermaid. The top half of you is on zoom, and the bottom half of you can continually pee into the water.
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"You shouldn't find joy in rich people suffering, anyway let's watch a nice family film like A Christmas Carol, a story about how the only way to get rich people to show some humanity is to make them suff... WAIT"
December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
"You shouldn't find joy in rich people suffering, anyway let's watch a nice family film like A Christmas Carol, a story about how the only way to get rich people to show some humanity is to make them suff... WAIT"
remembering that hufflepuff in French is poufsouffle
My six favourite European Mr Men character names...
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 AM
remembering that hufflepuff in French is poufsouffle
All my friends over 65 know damn well statins like Lipitor protect your heart. But they might not know that the #GoldenBachelor is about to launch a sexy, tropical-paradise spinoff. It’s called Statin Island.
November 16, 2024 at 4:51 AM
All my friends over 65 know damn well statins like Lipitor protect your heart. But they might not know that the #GoldenBachelor is about to launch a sexy, tropical-paradise spinoff. It’s called Statin Island.
I used to like reading, so I got an English PhD. Ooooops. 🫠
November 15, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I used to like reading, so I got an English PhD. Ooooops. 🫠