Patrick C. McKeown
@pcmck.bsky.social
Spouse. Parent. Friend. Teacher. Reader. Will-be-Writer. Worrier. Wonderer. Wanderer. Learner. Here for drama-free conversations about books, writing, works in translation. Punctuation ally. I speak and read EN-FR-IT
Today is Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day.
Please find some time to find out more about this condition and the lives of the amazing people who live with it.
#aicardistrong
Please find some time to find out more about this condition and the lives of the amazing people who live with it.
#aicardistrong
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today is Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day.
Please find some time to find out more about this condition and the lives of the amazing people who live with it.
#aicardistrong
Please find some time to find out more about this condition and the lives of the amazing people who live with it.
#aicardistrong
Reposted by Patrick C. McKeown
Duly noted, with thanks. It's always good to learn something like this.
PSA: When a deaf or HoH person asks you to repeat something, please say the *exact same words* over again. Rephrasing is counterproductive!
When we say "Say that again?" we're asking for a second try at parsing your sequence of sounds. Rephrasing means we have to start all over instead!
When we say "Say that again?" we're asking for a second try at parsing your sequence of sounds. Rephrasing means we have to start all over instead!
a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know above it
Alt: "The More You Know" GIF
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Duly noted, with thanks. It's always good to learn something like this.
Most people will no doubt immediately think of Sibyl Fawlty, but what came to my mind afterwards was After Henry, on BBC Radio 4, and the radio play where she was a music lover with a nervous cough who experienced terrible revenge. Rest in power, Ms Scales.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Most people will no doubt immediately think of Sibyl Fawlty, but what came to my mind afterwards was After Henry, on BBC Radio 4, and the radio play where she was a music lover with a nervous cough who experienced terrible revenge. Rest in power, Ms Scales.
Prunella Scales, rest in power.
My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.
My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Prunella Scales, rest in power.
My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.
My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.
So, Infinite Jest was just a work of fiction, right?
January 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So, Infinite Jest was just a work of fiction, right?
Reposted by Patrick C. McKeown
Dublin honours three women who shaped Irish Modernism–The Hugh Lane and National Gallery of Ireland celebrate Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone, and Sarah Purser’s impact on 20th-century art and crafts
https://buff.ly/421xuog
https://buff.ly/421xuog
January 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dublin honours three women who shaped Irish Modernism–The Hugh Lane and National Gallery of Ireland celebrate Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone, and Sarah Purser’s impact on 20th-century art and crafts
https://buff.ly/421xuog
https://buff.ly/421xuog
Reposted by Patrick C. McKeown
I see that for the next 3 weeks, MODERN POETRY IN TRANSLATION is making their full archives freely available to all: well worth your time!
Many of their issues are language/country-specific, real treasure troves.
ocean.exacteditions.com/magazines/58...
Many of their issues are language/country-specific, real treasure troves.
ocean.exacteditions.com/magazines/58...
Modern Poetry in Translation
Modern Poetry in Translation is a tri-annual poetry magazine edited by Sasha Dugdale that publishes poetry from all over the world in English translation. Founded in 1965 by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weis...
ocean.exacteditions.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:07 AM
I see that for the next 3 weeks, MODERN POETRY IN TRANSLATION is making their full archives freely available to all: well worth your time!
Many of their issues are language/country-specific, real treasure troves.
ocean.exacteditions.com/magazines/58...
Many of their issues are language/country-specific, real treasure troves.
ocean.exacteditions.com/magazines/58...
Maybe too ambitious for just one month? The book by Domenico Starnone was the first one I finished in 2025, but I had started it in 2024. And I will read The Karamazov Brothers as part of a year-long book club over on Substack.
January 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Maybe too ambitious for just one month? The book by Domenico Starnone was the first one I finished in 2025, but I had started it in 2024. And I will read The Karamazov Brothers as part of a year-long book club over on Substack.
Wracking, racking and wrecking my brain to remember when I became a fan, Ian. As you point out, it was lifelong infatuation at first listen. (Ah, little did I know …)
A little article I wrote for the December issue of Goon Show News about the Goon Show and the importance of escapism.
www.ianwinick.com/en/the-goon-...
www.ianwinick.com/en/the-goon-...
The Goon Show and Me - Ian Winick
This article was written for the December 2024 issue of the Goon Show News,published by the Goon Show Preservation Society, http://www.goonshow.org. I remember the time and place the Goon Show entered...
www.ianwinick.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wracking, racking and wrecking my brain to remember when I became a fan, Ian. As you point out, it was lifelong infatuation at first listen. (Ah, little did I know …)
Well worth reposting.
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
www.futurelearn.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Well worth reposting.
Cory Doctorow will be pleased!
#enshittification
#enshittification
😭😭
Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
November 27, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Cory Doctorow will be pleased!
#enshittification
#enshittification
What John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) said. And don’t do it *just* because he said it. Do it because we need libraries. Maybe now more than ever.
I love libraries. As a latchkey kid I basically grew up in my local library. As an adult, finding my books in the library is how I knew I had made it as a writer. Please use and support your local library, they're incredibly important to your community and to the country.
I always love when authors speak approvingly of libraries.
I mean, I'd LIKE to be able to buy a copy of every book I've ever liked, but in between financial and spatial requirements ...
So, yeah, the library is where it's at. For this, and many other reasons.
I mean, I'd LIKE to be able to buy a copy of every book I've ever liked, but in between financial and spatial requirements ...
So, yeah, the library is where it's at. For this, and many other reasons.
November 23, 2024 at 12:27 PM
What John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) said. And don’t do it *just* because he said it. Do it because we need libraries. Maybe now more than ever.
We need a word for those moments on Bluesky when you discover something you didn’t know you needed to know! Thanks very much to @yvanspijk.bsky.social for sharing these wonderful break-downs.
The word 'not' has a fascinating history.
'Not' comes from a Germanic combination of three words: *ne aiw wiht, lit. "not a thing whatsoever".
This also became 'naught/nought'.
German 'nicht' and Dutch 'niet' have the same origin.
Click to hear their evolutions:
Thread: 1/
'Not' comes from a Germanic combination of three words: *ne aiw wiht, lit. "not a thing whatsoever".
This also became 'naught/nought'.
German 'nicht' and Dutch 'niet' have the same origin.
Click to hear their evolutions:
Thread: 1/
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 AM
We need a word for those moments on Bluesky when you discover something you didn’t know you needed to know! Thanks very much to @yvanspijk.bsky.social for sharing these wonderful break-downs.
@amhoste.bsky.social
Hello you. I haven’t been paying a lot of attention to Bluesky since I was kindly given an invite code. Months ago. I read a lot of stuff on Substack and I still follow some accounts on you know where. Hope you are well and completely recovered. 💚💚
Hello you. I haven’t been paying a lot of attention to Bluesky since I was kindly given an invite code. Months ago. I read a lot of stuff on Substack and I still follow some accounts on you know where. Hope you are well and completely recovered. 💚💚
November 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
@amhoste.bsky.social
Hello you. I haven’t been paying a lot of attention to Bluesky since I was kindly given an invite code. Months ago. I read a lot of stuff on Substack and I still follow some accounts on you know where. Hope you are well and completely recovered. 💚💚
Hello you. I haven’t been paying a lot of attention to Bluesky since I was kindly given an invite code. Months ago. I read a lot of stuff on Substack and I still follow some accounts on you know where. Hope you are well and completely recovered. 💚💚