Gordon Anderson
@librarygordon.bsky.social
Let's get this partly started.
Libraries / poetry / music / other. Cardigan enthusiast. Cat fan.
Hotel Familiar EP: https://gordonanderson.bandcamp.com/album/hotel-familiar
Cardiff, Wales.
Libraries / poetry / music / other. Cardigan enthusiast. Cat fan.
Hotel Familiar EP: https://gordonanderson.bandcamp.com/album/hotel-familiar
Cardiff, Wales.
New innovations in poetry.
To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New innovations in poetry.
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For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
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Writing for Wellbeing: South Asian Stories - Our first session is on Monday 17th November. ⬇️⬇️
We’re happy to announce three workshops in partnership with @durreshahwar.bsky.social: Writing for Wellbeing – South Asian Stories.
Each one is a ‘standalone’ workshop, and you can register for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/writing-f...
Each one is a ‘standalone’ workshop, and you can register for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/writing-f...
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Writing for Wellbeing: South Asian Stories - Our first session is on Monday 17th November. ⬇️⬇️
Truly the most precious thing of all: a child's laughter.
Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Truly the most precious thing of all: a child's laughter.
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'Le bouillon.' (c1890) A particularly fine picture by Étienne Tournes of a convalescent. The bowl is in crisp focus, and as the eye wanders further away from the optical centre of the painting, the edges and details become progressively more blurred.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
'Le bouillon.' (c1890) A particularly fine picture by Étienne Tournes of a convalescent. The bowl is in crisp focus, and as the eye wanders further away from the optical centre of the painting, the edges and details become progressively more blurred.
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I got a restock of my antifascist stickers earlier this week.
I mention this for no particular reason.
#illustration #medievalArt #artShop
I mention this for no particular reason.
#illustration #medievalArt #artShop
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I got a restock of my antifascist stickers earlier this week.
I mention this for no particular reason.
#illustration #medievalArt #artShop
I mention this for no particular reason.
#illustration #medievalArt #artShop
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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This is what Wilfred Owen wrote poetry for 🫡
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is what Wilfred Owen wrote poetry for 🫡
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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.
TRACK OF THE DAY:
Pearl & The Oysters - Pacific Ave
Cocktails, please! A gently funky pop track with a killer chorus, great drum track and delightful faux-80s stylings. Released 2022.
youtu.be/eQYHrLRRFE0?...
Pearl & The Oysters - Pacific Ave
Cocktails, please! A gently funky pop track with a killer chorus, great drum track and delightful faux-80s stylings. Released 2022.
youtu.be/eQYHrLRRFE0?...
Pearl & The Oysters ❍ Pacific Ave (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Pearl & The Oysters
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
TRACK OF THE DAY:
Pearl & The Oysters - Pacific Ave
Cocktails, please! A gently funky pop track with a killer chorus, great drum track and delightful faux-80s stylings. Released 2022.
youtu.be/eQYHrLRRFE0?...
Pearl & The Oysters - Pacific Ave
Cocktails, please! A gently funky pop track with a killer chorus, great drum track and delightful faux-80s stylings. Released 2022.
youtu.be/eQYHrLRRFE0?...
That bell sure is tolling. But for who?
Ah.
Ah.
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
That bell sure is tolling. But for who?
Ah.
Ah.
So nice to see this again. Loveable Fool of the year by some distance.
THIS HOLE WAS MADE FOR ME IT IS MY HOLE
sherman, for the love of god!
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So nice to see this again. Loveable Fool of the year by some distance.
Reposted by Gordon Anderson
Reposted by Gordon Anderson
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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Dear Hilda Am having a good time, my tongue has not stopped.
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Dear Hilda Am having a good time, my tongue has not stopped.
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Russell Crowe, Geneviève Picot & Hugo Weaving about to drop the best post-punk album of 1979
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Russell Crowe, Geneviève Picot & Hugo Weaving about to drop the best post-punk album of 1979
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
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imagining dunking my hand in the pill drawer and taking a handful for the day
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
imagining dunking my hand in the pill drawer and taking a handful for the day
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Roses are red
Their thorns can cause pain
Their thorns can cause pain
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Roses are red
Their thorns can cause pain
Their thorns can cause pain
Fucking hell. Is everything written eithdr by AI or thick cunty little children now?
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Fucking hell. Is everything written eithdr by AI or thick cunty little children now?
Met a pal, gave him some nuts.
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Met a pal, gave him some nuts.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
"This song is not a rebel song. This song is Slam Dunk (Da Funk)."
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"This song is not a rebel song. This song is Slam Dunk (Da Funk)."
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Are we allowed to hope again
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This has the most hummable chorus you'll hear all week.
Plus it's a reminder that good songs really can be about anything.
Plus it's a reminder that good songs really can be about anything.
Scottish indie miserabilists The Just Joans announce their new album Romantic Visions of Scotland and share the wry first single “Here Come The Rugby Boys”.
li.sten.to/the-just-joa...
li.sten.to/the-just-joa...
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This has the most hummable chorus you'll hear all week.
Plus it's a reminder that good songs really can be about anything.
Plus it's a reminder that good songs really can be about anything.