Maria Juko
@mariajuko.bsky.social
18th/19th ct and self-help lit, Neo-Victorian, adaptation studies, biofiction, and teacher (Eng/Bio) in Potsdam (Germany), she/her
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A man?? winning the Booker prize????? Is that even possible? It hasn't happened since the far-flung days of 2023. Our legends say that a man also won it in the ancient, prehistoric era of 2021, but surely that is just an old wives tale meant to frighten MFA students before bed.
The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: putting masculinity back at the centre of literary fiction | Editorial
Editorial: David Szalay’s Flesh breaks from a decade of female-centred interiors and reopens a genre many thought closed to men
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A man?? winning the Booker prize????? Is that even possible? It hasn't happened since the far-flung days of 2023. Our legends say that a man also won it in the ancient, prehistoric era of 2021, but surely that is just an old wives tale meant to frighten MFA students before bed.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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‘“Though she never quite found happiness, it was always something she insisted on: the right to be happy, even ecstatic.”’
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
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November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘“Though she never quite found happiness, it was always something she insisted on: the right to be happy, even ecstatic.”’
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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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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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me rolling up to every costume party i've ever been to
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
me rolling up to every costume party i've ever been to
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"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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The East Wing is totally gone. I can’t believe it
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The East Wing is totally gone. I can’t believe it
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Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.
Oh my.
Oh my.
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.
Oh my.
Oh my.
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I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
August 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
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Hello all!
I have had a cancellation for Romancing the Gothic and am therefore looking for talk proposals on any American Gothic (I am including every country from Chile to Canada here) for 11th September.
Give me a shout if you have a pitch!
(Online talk, runs twice, paid)
I have had a cancellation for Romancing the Gothic and am therefore looking for talk proposals on any American Gothic (I am including every country from Chile to Canada here) for 11th September.
Give me a shout if you have a pitch!
(Online talk, runs twice, paid)
August 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hello all!
I have had a cancellation for Romancing the Gothic and am therefore looking for talk proposals on any American Gothic (I am including every country from Chile to Canada here) for 11th September.
Give me a shout if you have a pitch!
(Online talk, runs twice, paid)
I have had a cancellation for Romancing the Gothic and am therefore looking for talk proposals on any American Gothic (I am including every country from Chile to Canada here) for 11th September.
Give me a shout if you have a pitch!
(Online talk, runs twice, paid)
Another fantastic workshop by @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social I'm really looking forward to receive my copy of her latest book soon!!!
August 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Another fantastic workshop by @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social I'm really looking forward to receive my copy of her latest book soon!!!
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The difficulty with writing anything about anything is that any given thing, on closer inspection, appears to be connected to every thing, and now you’ve gone from writing about anything to writing about everything 😅
July 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The difficulty with writing anything about anything is that any given thing, on closer inspection, appears to be connected to every thing, and now you’ve gone from writing about anything to writing about everything 😅
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Some of the sweetest segments teach concepts like “I can like something and not spend all my time doing it.”
So simple, and so counter to messaging we get everywhere else.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kIq8...
So simple, and so counter to messaging we get everywhere else.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kIq8...
July 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Some of the sweetest segments teach concepts like “I can like something and not spend all my time doing it.”
So simple, and so counter to messaging we get everywhere else.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kIq8...
So simple, and so counter to messaging we get everywhere else.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kIq8...
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WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Me and my book project
July 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Me and my book project
First day of this year's class trip (this time to Norderney) - thanks to Deutsche Bahn we thought we would never get to our destination but the ferry ride was already one of many highlights
July 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
First day of this year's class trip (this time to Norderney) - thanks to Deutsche Bahn we thought we would never get to our destination but the ferry ride was already one of many highlights
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We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
July 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
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Vom 23. bis 29. Juni streicht die #FUBerlin das "E", um zu zeigen, was fehlt, wenn Substanz gestrichen wird. Allein für 2025 sollen die Kürzungen rund 37 Million n uro betragen.
D r B rlin r S nat g fährd t damit L hr, Forschung und
Zukunftssich rh it.
All Infos ➡️ tinyurl.com/aktionswoche...
D r B rlin r S nat g fährd t damit L hr, Forschung und
Zukunftssich rh it.
All Infos ➡️ tinyurl.com/aktionswoche...
June 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Vom 23. bis 29. Juni streicht die #FUBerlin das "E", um zu zeigen, was fehlt, wenn Substanz gestrichen wird. Allein für 2025 sollen die Kürzungen rund 37 Million n uro betragen.
D r B rlin r S nat g fährd t damit L hr, Forschung und
Zukunftssich rh it.
All Infos ➡️ tinyurl.com/aktionswoche...
D r B rlin r S nat g fährd t damit L hr, Forschung und
Zukunftssich rh it.
All Infos ➡️ tinyurl.com/aktionswoche...
This is the movie my bf and I watched and realized we are more than just great friends - been together for 6+ years now
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Jesse and Céline meeting in Vienna with no phones, no photos, and no future.
Richard Linklater’s romantic comedy about their intense attention has never looked more attractive.
Richard Linklater’s romantic comedy about their intense attention has never looked more attractive.
Before Sunrise and the ultimate intimacy
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Jesse and Céline meeting in Vienna with no phones, no photos, and no future. Richard Linklater's romantic comedy…
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June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is the movie my bf and I watched and realized we are more than just great friends - been together for 6+ years now