Joanne 🚲🦎
@josim1100.bsky.social
Not actually Queen Victoria. Writing about Georgiana Houghton. Otherwise harmless. https://linktr.ee/josim1100
Can we encourage original (non-AI) art on BlueSky? Here is my latest watercolour - four lumpen figures.
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Can we encourage original (non-AI) art on BlueSky? Here is my latest watercolour - four lumpen figures.
Just watched Queer with Daniel Craig. Without context, it's a beautiful film. With context (I wrote my honours dissertation on William Burroughs and read most everything he ever wrote), it's still a beautiful film.
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Just watched Queer with Daniel Craig. Without context, it's a beautiful film. With context (I wrote my honours dissertation on William Burroughs and read most everything he ever wrote), it's still a beautiful film.
Fiction or non-fiction?
Fiction: I'm a private detective or a police officer (two main characters who switch PoV) - last two books
Non-Fiction: I'm a palaeontologist/palaeoanthropologist - last five books (I'm on a run)
Fiction: I'm a private detective or a police officer (two main characters who switch PoV) - last two books
Non-Fiction: I'm a palaeontologist/palaeoanthropologist - last five books (I'm on a run)
Soooo I’m an interdimensional warlock-ninja.
Or a consulting detective, if we’re counting short stories.
Or a consulting detective, if we’re counting short stories.
December 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Fiction or non-fiction?
Fiction: I'm a private detective or a police officer (two main characters who switch PoV) - last two books
Non-Fiction: I'm a palaeontologist/palaeoanthropologist - last five books (I'm on a run)
Fiction: I'm a private detective or a police officer (two main characters who switch PoV) - last two books
Non-Fiction: I'm a palaeontologist/palaeoanthropologist - last five books (I'm on a run)
This week's rabbit holes for my book on Georgiana Houghton:
* British merchants in the Canary Islands and Honduras;
* 19thC palaeoarchaeology; &
* Cremation in Britain: how it became legal and popular.
Special shout-out to @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for Ancestors. Loved it. Also very helpful.
* British merchants in the Canary Islands and Honduras;
* 19thC palaeoarchaeology; &
* Cremation in Britain: how it became legal and popular.
Special shout-out to @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for Ancestors. Loved it. Also very helpful.
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This week's rabbit holes for my book on Georgiana Houghton:
* British merchants in the Canary Islands and Honduras;
* 19thC palaeoarchaeology; &
* Cremation in Britain: how it became legal and popular.
Special shout-out to @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for Ancestors. Loved it. Also very helpful.
* British merchants in the Canary Islands and Honduras;
* 19thC palaeoarchaeology; &
* Cremation in Britain: how it became legal and popular.
Special shout-out to @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for Ancestors. Loved it. Also very helpful.
Why is every successive Conjuring film worse than the one before?
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Why is every successive Conjuring film worse than the one before?
Even as an articulate person who roughly identifies as English, I'm not sure it is possible to put into words the incandescent rage that lies beneath "I'm feeling a bit upset about this.".
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Even as an articulate person who roughly identifies as English, I'm not sure it is possible to put into words the incandescent rage that lies beneath "I'm feeling a bit upset about this.".
19. I never had an AOL account.
I got 19 because of old. Now I know why the young pharmacist at CVS looked at me the same way Sam Neill did the first time he saw dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. "How are you even alive?"
Perfect score of 20 for myself. What about YOU? #OldAsDirt
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
19. I never had an AOL account.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Things I have researched today in service to my book:
1. Ancient Ligurian tribes.
2. How did Napoleon die.
3. When did Stamford Raffles become the governor of Singapore (he didn't).
1. Ancient Ligurian tribes.
2. How did Napoleon die.
3. When did Stamford Raffles become the governor of Singapore (he didn't).
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Things I have researched today in service to my book:
1. Ancient Ligurian tribes.
2. How did Napoleon die.
3. When did Stamford Raffles become the governor of Singapore (he didn't).
1. Ancient Ligurian tribes.
2. How did Napoleon die.
3. When did Stamford Raffles become the governor of Singapore (he didn't).
Name three legendary movies that you have never seen. I'll go first:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. Back to the Future (all of them)
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. Back to the Future (all of them)
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Name three legendary movies that you have never seen. I'll go first:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. Back to the Future (all of them)
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. Back to the Future (all of them)
Cannot overestimate the weekend loveliness of turning off the alarm clock and just waking up when you are awake.
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Cannot overestimate the weekend loveliness of turning off the alarm clock and just waking up when you are awake.
Spoilers, but the perfect, perfect opportunity in S4 E8 of Morning Wars to quote the first two sentences of L'Etranger (in French), was missed. Missed!
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Spoilers, but the perfect, perfect opportunity in S4 E8 of Morning Wars to quote the first two sentences of L'Etranger (in French), was missed. Missed!
Why am I watching Morning Wars again (S4)? It's just so terrible. Why does everyone wear stilettos? Why is everything sage and beige? Why are there so many ugly mid-calf leather skirts?
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Why am I watching Morning Wars again (S4)? It's just so terrible. Why does everyone wear stilettos? Why is everything sage and beige? Why are there so many ugly mid-calf leather skirts?
So I just watched a video of a Portland, OR coffee shop that fund-raised for SNAP recipients, and had amazing support. Kudos to them, and boo to the legislators wilfully withholding SNAP funding. But where are the deep-pocketed and massively profitable Walmart, Trader Joe's, etc? Do they care?
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So I just watched a video of a Portland, OR coffee shop that fund-raised for SNAP recipients, and had amazing support. Kudos to them, and boo to the legislators wilfully withholding SNAP funding. But where are the deep-pocketed and massively profitable Walmart, Trader Joe's, etc? Do they care?
Zohran Mamdani "caught lying" when he asserted that "la plume de ma tante est dans le jardin", when, in fact, she was not his biological aunt, it was a biro, and it was in the dining room with Colonel Mustard.🕵️
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani "caught lying" when he asserted that "la plume de ma tante est dans le jardin", when, in fact, she was not his biological aunt, it was a biro, and it was in the dining room with Colonel Mustard.🕵️
“I maintain that New Order are the superior band”, said Ms Ley.
Sussan Ley is standing by her criticism of the prime minister for wearing a Joy Division t-shirt while stepping off a plane last week. Privately, some of her Liberal colleagues are questioning the attack.
Liberal MPs question Sussan Ley's attack on Albanese's Joy Division shirt
Sussan Ley is standing by her criticism of the prime minister for wearing a Joy Division t-shirt while stepping off a plane last week. Privately, some of her Liberal colleagues are questioning the attack.
www.abc.net.au
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“I maintain that New Order are the superior band”, said Ms Ley.
I have been thinking lately, if you had billionaire money, i.e., more money than you could ever spend on yourself, what would you spend it on? I have thoughts. They don't involve Mars.
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I have been thinking lately, if you had billionaire money, i.e., more money than you could ever spend on yourself, what would you spend it on? I have thoughts. They don't involve Mars.
Edited the old version.
Wrong file to press.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Edited the old version.
10 months later, another cover, same vibe.
That Time article justifying Trump as POTY reads like the out-of-character text you would send to tell people you have been abducted.
time.com/7201547/pers...
time.com/7201547/pers...
Why Donald Trump Is TIME's 2024 Person of the Year
TIME's Editor-in-Chief explains why Donald Trump was chosen as the 2024 Person of the Year.
time.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
10 months later, another cover, same vibe.
Forgot this one from the weekend.
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Forgot this one from the weekend.
This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline.
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline.
Index cards. It is literally index cards in a nice box. With instructions. This is the best thing since Juicero.🧃
This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC
October 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Index cards. It is literally index cards in a nice box. With instructions. This is the best thing since Juicero.🧃
The best photographs you take are the ones you take in your head, in the moment, when you don't have the right tools to hand to capture with a camera.
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The best photographs you take are the ones you take in your head, in the moment, when you don't have the right tools to hand to capture with a camera.
Mince/anything with the texture of mince
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Elvis Presley - Return to Sender
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Elvis Presley - Return to Sender
“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”
sea urchins
that werewolf movie with Gregory Hines
Lady In Red
sea urchins
that werewolf movie with Gregory Hines
Lady In Red
Ooh fun.
- Hard boiled eggs (can’t explain, just no)
- Children of Men (relentless)
- Sweet Caroline (does not require explaining)
- Hard boiled eggs (can’t explain, just no)
- Children of Men (relentless)
- Sweet Caroline (does not require explaining)
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Mince/anything with the texture of mince
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Elvis Presley - Return to Sender
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Elvis Presley - Return to Sender
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salma kayak: thread
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
salma kayak: thread