Elisa
@holies.bsky.social
Italian. High school EFL teacher. Avid reader. Language nerd. Chronically affected by wanderlust.
It's new @kjcharleswriter.com Book Day! It's better than Christmas, but also worse because it's not a national holiday so I can't stay home and read all day. Stupid work.
May 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It's new @kjcharleswriter.com Book Day! It's better than Christmas, but also worse because it's not a national holiday so I can't stay home and read all day. Stupid work.
I've just found out that as someone who is not a UK resident in the near future I'll lose access to @bbc6music.bsky.social ! I've been a loyal listener for almost 20 years, I would have preferred being given the chance to actually *PAY* to keep on listening. @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I've just found out that as someone who is not a UK resident in the near future I'll lose access to @bbc6music.bsky.social ! I've been a loyal listener for almost 20 years, I would have preferred being given the chance to actually *PAY* to keep on listening. @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
I'm usually quite content with my quiet, provincial life here except when I read news about theatre in London. Then I get green with envy! This is obviously only the latest example.
Jack Lowden joined by Martin Freeman in alcoholism drama The Fifth Step
Lowden first appeared in David Ireland’s two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his ‘hero’ Freeman
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'm usually quite content with my quiet, provincial life here except when I read news about theatre in London. Then I get green with envy! This is obviously only the latest example.
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This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
January 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
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Anagram addiction (an odd, tragic mania)
Procrastination (satanic porn riot)
Noel Coward is (no Oscar Wilde)
Rod Stewart (rated worst)
Woody Allen (a lewd loony)
Admirer (married)
President Clinton of the USA (to copulate he finds interns)
Home Secretary (some treachery)
The Donald (old ‘n’ hated)
Procrastination (satanic porn riot)
Noel Coward is (no Oscar Wilde)
Rod Stewart (rated worst)
Woody Allen (a lewd loony)
Admirer (married)
President Clinton of the USA (to copulate he finds interns)
Home Secretary (some treachery)
The Donald (old ‘n’ hated)
January 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Anagram addiction (an odd, tragic mania)
Procrastination (satanic porn riot)
Noel Coward is (no Oscar Wilde)
Rod Stewart (rated worst)
Woody Allen (a lewd loony)
Admirer (married)
President Clinton of the USA (to copulate he finds interns)
Home Secretary (some treachery)
The Donald (old ‘n’ hated)
Procrastination (satanic porn riot)
Noel Coward is (no Oscar Wilde)
Rod Stewart (rated worst)
Woody Allen (a lewd loony)
Admirer (married)
President Clinton of the USA (to copulate he finds interns)
Home Secretary (some treachery)
The Donald (old ‘n’ hated)
bbc.com/news/article... why we should not buy from Shein is one of my hobby horses, the people in my life probably want me to shut up about it, so instead of me taking your ears off you should just read about it on the BBC (via @lucamisculin.bsky.social)
Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success
Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.
bbc.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
bbc.com/news/article... why we should not buy from Shein is one of my hobby horses, the people in my life probably want me to shut up about it, so instead of me taking your ears off you should just read about it on the BBC (via @lucamisculin.bsky.social)
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Saturday night giveaway! You Are Here, my short story collection about junk food, spaceships, socialist dragons, middle-aged queers, a surfeit of women in power and many other magicks besides - to win a copy plz like & repost, and I'll pick three winners at random at midnight on Mon. blurb below.
January 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Saturday night giveaway! You Are Here, my short story collection about junk food, spaceships, socialist dragons, middle-aged queers, a surfeit of women in power and many other magicks besides - to win a copy plz like & repost, and I'll pick three winners at random at midnight on Mon. blurb below.
Why do I love listening to 6 Music? Because it allows me to find new-to-me music that, as an Italian, I'd never come across otherwise. Today's find is Amyl and the Sniffer's 'Doing In Me Head'. Oh, and it's free.
December 17, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Why do I love listening to 6 Music? Because it allows me to find new-to-me music that, as an Italian, I'd never come across otherwise. Today's find is Amyl and the Sniffer's 'Doing In Me Head'. Oh, and it's free.
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Today in 1993: Nirvana’s iconic “Unplugged” concert airs on MTV.
“.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."
#RIP
“.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."
#RIP
December 16, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Today in 1993: Nirvana’s iconic “Unplugged” concert airs on MTV.
“.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."
#RIP
“.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."
#RIP
Just finished reading this, a sapphic romance which is also about trauma, loneliness and getting better and definitely more than the sum of all its parts! My description cannot do it justice. It's by the amazing @singlecrow.bsky.social, btw. Thanks to @kjcharleswriter.com for reminding me it was out
December 13, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Just finished reading this, a sapphic romance which is also about trauma, loneliness and getting better and definitely more than the sum of all its parts! My description cannot do it justice. It's by the amazing @singlecrow.bsky.social, btw. Thanks to @kjcharleswriter.com for reminding me it was out