Lee
@leelantry.bsky.social
Reader, hater of writing bios, lover of folklore, gothic horror and swoony romance. Will get narky when people misuse science. She/her.
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Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Never have. Never will. Not interested in going anywhere *near* a crap app built out of countless millions of hard-won words stolen from my colleagues, the use of which will (bonus!) begin progressively to degrade my cognitive skills and blunt the edge of the tool I’ve spent half a century honing. 🤨
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Never have. Never will. Not interested in going anywhere *near* a crap app built out of countless millions of hard-won words stolen from my colleagues, the use of which will (bonus!) begin progressively to degrade my cognitive skills and blunt the edge of the tool I’ve spent half a century honing. 🤨
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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#OwlishMonday "Owls Bracelet", c. 1900–1901, by René Lalique, made from gold, frosted glass, enamel, and chalcedony.
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#OwlishMonday "Owls Bracelet", c. 1900–1901, by René Lalique, made from gold, frosted glass, enamel, and chalcedony.
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You’d need a heart of gammon not to laugh…
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
You’d need a heart of gammon not to laugh…
This is the low stakes petty drama I am here for.
Delightful thread.
Delightful thread.
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is the low stakes petty drama I am here for.
Delightful thread.
Delightful thread.
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You go because they want you to stay home. It matters:
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
You go because they want you to stay home. It matters:
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goddammit I JUST noticed that the original post didn’t have alt text and now it’s gonna be buried in the thread I’M SO SORRY BESTIES HERE U GO
FULL CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT
FULL CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT
October 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
goddammit I JUST noticed that the original post didn’t have alt text and now it’s gonna be buried in the thread I’M SO SORRY BESTIES HERE U GO
FULL CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT
FULL CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT
This is exactly my reaction. I might not believe anymore but I still have a deep respect for what is sacred.
This is a really, really good act of protest that uses a protest language that has a chance of reaching people who would otherwise dismiss the issue. You can tell by how many former Catholics are seeing it here and having like entire full-body shudders despite having left the church decades ago.
October 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is exactly my reaction. I might not believe anymore but I still have a deep respect for what is sacred.
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One day I'll go to a mental health at work meeting that addresses how the work can be made less stressful rather than how staff can be made more resilient
October 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
One day I'll go to a mental health at work meeting that addresses how the work can be made less stressful rather than how staff can be made more resilient
Sewing kits!
The Lady's Companion, a series of small kits containing things a Victorian woman would have carried in the mid-19th century: sewing kit, notions, small notebook, scent bottle, corkscrews, and ear picks. Currently on display at the Tatter Library in Brooklyn
IG tatterbluelibrary
IG tatterbluelibrary
October 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Sewing kits!
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The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
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Another artist told me once to go see the full-size Muchas because you can see all the errors. I did and damned if she wasn’t right. It was a weird relief.
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another artist told me once to go see the full-size Muchas because you can see all the errors. I did and damned if she wasn’t right. It was a weird relief.
There's tonight sorted. Talks from Icy are always worth making time for.
There's just about time to grab a ticket for tonight's online lecture where I'll be welcoming @icysedgwick.bsky.social to teach us all about Victorian mediums and seances
£5 including a recording (plus booking) from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1579230373...
Profits support @folklorelibrary.bsky.social
£5 including a recording (plus booking) from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1579230373...
Profits support @folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Northern Spiritualism: Talking to the Dead in Manchester and Newcastle
An online lecture with Dr Icy Sedgwick - raising funds for The Folklore Library and Archive
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There's tonight sorted. Talks from Icy are always worth making time for.
Moments like this are why Taskmaster is still appointment viewing for me.
Also. Best subtitle game in the business. The youtube ones are pants in comparison.
Also. Best subtitle game in the business. The youtube ones are pants in comparison.
September 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Moments like this are why Taskmaster is still appointment viewing for me.
Also. Best subtitle game in the business. The youtube ones are pants in comparison.
Also. Best subtitle game in the business. The youtube ones are pants in comparison.
This thread has made my morning.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This thread has made my morning.
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Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
September 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
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“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
"Okay I get that," Meg whispered back, "but I've been angry for over a decade straight and my arteries are basically solid carbon fiber at this point. Do I ever get a freakin' break?"
"Okay I get that," Meg whispered back, "but I've been angry for over a decade straight and my arteries are basically solid carbon fiber at this point. Do I ever get a freakin' break?"
August 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
"Okay I get that," Meg whispered back, "but I've been angry for over a decade straight and my arteries are basically solid carbon fiber at this point. Do I ever get a freakin' break?"
"Okay I get that," Meg whispered back, "but I've been angry for over a decade straight and my arteries are basically solid carbon fiber at this point. Do I ever get a freakin' break?"
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Have you bought your tickets for the M R James online conference yet?
We've got so much amazing stuff going on, including a performance from ROBERT LLOYD PARRY of 'A Warning to the Curious'
Check out the website and get your tickets
awarningtothecuriousconference.wordpress.com
We've got so much amazing stuff going on, including a performance from ROBERT LLOYD PARRY of 'A Warning to the Curious'
Check out the website and get your tickets
awarningtothecuriousconference.wordpress.com
A Warning to the Curious - A Romancing the Gothic Conference
Celebrating 100 years of M R James' A Warning to the Curious
awarningtothecuriousconference.wordpress.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Have you bought your tickets for the M R James online conference yet?
We've got so much amazing stuff going on, including a performance from ROBERT LLOYD PARRY of 'A Warning to the Curious'
Check out the website and get your tickets
awarningtothecuriousconference.wordpress.com
We've got so much amazing stuff going on, including a performance from ROBERT LLOYD PARRY of 'A Warning to the Curious'
Check out the website and get your tickets
awarningtothecuriousconference.wordpress.com
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It's 100 years since M R James's great ghost story "A Warning to the Curious" was published.
"Dim Presences", Nunkie and ThomThom Films documentary about the story, is now free to view on YouTube.
youtu.be/Ne2kYzwvHOI
checkidoot!
"Dim Presences", Nunkie and ThomThom Films documentary about the story, is now free to view on YouTube.
youtu.be/Ne2kYzwvHOI
checkidoot!
Dim Presences
YouTube video by Nunkie Films
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It's 100 years since M R James's great ghost story "A Warning to the Curious" was published.
"Dim Presences", Nunkie and ThomThom Films documentary about the story, is now free to view on YouTube.
youtu.be/Ne2kYzwvHOI
checkidoot!
"Dim Presences", Nunkie and ThomThom Films documentary about the story, is now free to view on YouTube.
youtu.be/Ne2kYzwvHOI
checkidoot!
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Specifically this one.
August 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Specifically this one.
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Tax the frucking RICH.
"Half a million claimants have tried and failed to qualify for the daily living element of the state’s Personal Independence Payment (DWP PIP) since November 2024, according to Freedom of Information (FOI)."
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
"Half a million claimants have tried and failed to qualify for the daily living element of the state’s Personal Independence Payment (DWP PIP) since November 2024, according to Freedom of Information (FOI)."
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
The DWP has denied nearly half a million disabled people daily living PIP in just 21 months
As is increasingly the case, we only know this information about DWP PIP thanks to an FOI from a disabled person themselves
www.thecanary.co
August 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Tax the frucking RICH.
"Half a million claimants have tried and failed to qualify for the daily living element of the state’s Personal Independence Payment (DWP PIP) since November 2024, according to Freedom of Information (FOI)."
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
"Half a million claimants have tried and failed to qualify for the daily living element of the state’s Personal Independence Payment (DWP PIP) since November 2024, according to Freedom of Information (FOI)."
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...