Olivia Smith
@oliviasmith.bsky.social
Early modernist. Thinking with literature and science about natural history, big emotions, cognition. I like working in archives, or do I mean hiding?
Good morning Richard. (I can never face doing that comma there, it feels like you’ve forgotten the person’s name.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Good morning Richard. (I can never face doing that comma there, it feels like you’ve forgotten the person’s name.)
These themes become x100 worse where they intersect, too.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
These themes become x100 worse where they intersect, too.
It’s almost like the chess was an afterthought.
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It’s almost like the chess was an afterthought.
Aside from the sex, they must’ve played the oddest game to have one pawn left each and that’s it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Aside from the sex, they must’ve played the oddest game to have one pawn left each and that’s it.
Haha— is this real?
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Haha— is this real?
Yes, we did 2 mins at the kids’ football match. All sorts of people. It was like you say.
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yes, we did 2 mins at the kids’ football match. All sorts of people. It was like you say.
I think one good law would be that the owner always has to pay ct, never the tenant
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I think one good law would be that the owner always has to pay ct, never the tenant
I’m cool. The trick is to eat a lot of cheese.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I’m cool. The trick is to eat a lot of cheese.
You could email it to everyone with no website. That is really annoying isn’t it. Those two sentences are back to front.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You could email it to everyone with no website. That is really annoying isn’t it. Those two sentences are back to front.
I can’t imagine a better one.
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I can’t imagine a better one.
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew HE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH WHISKEY
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew HE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH WHISKEY
And I guess then they just come and pour it on your grave.
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And I guess then they just come and pour it on your grave.
Does everyone not do this?
November 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Does everyone not do this?
What was the answer?
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What was the answer?
Once I was housesitting and woke up in the night to a sound right by my ear that I could only describe as demons salivating at the thought of drinking my blood. It was their cat, drinking my bedside water.
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Once I was housesitting and woke up in the night to a sound right by my ear that I could only describe as demons salivating at the thought of drinking my blood. It was their cat, drinking my bedside water.
And also this poster I made when I worked (briefly) in Ghent.
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
And also this poster I made when I worked (briefly) in Ghent.