Maria
@thismaria.bsky.social
🍂 Writes, acts
🍂 Easily distracted, overly interested
🍂 Cape Town, mostly; Birmingham, occasionally
🍂 Easily distracted, overly interested
🍂 Cape Town, mostly; Birmingham, occasionally
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Maria
@thismaria.bsky.social
· Jan 2
My favourite poems from ON THE SUBJECT OF FALLEN THINGS by James Kearns. Thank you, @bloots.bsky.social, for the collection!
Happy New Year, and here are two poems from my favourite poet's beautiful collection ON THE SUBJECT OF FALLEN THINGS*.
Thanks, @karinamszczurek.bsky.social!
*James Kearns (Bad Betty Press, 2023)
Thanks, @karinamszczurek.bsky.social!
*James Kearns (Bad Betty Press, 2023)
If we made an actual effort to be honest about the bastard wind in Cape Town, would rental prices go down?
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If we made an actual effort to be honest about the bastard wind in Cape Town, would rental prices go down?
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Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Current scenes over here. What a mad game! #avfc
a man in a suit and tie is yelling at a player
Alt: Gif of Unai Emery yelling.
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Current scenes over here. What a mad game! #avfc
Ollieeeee! #avfc
a woman singing into a microphone with the words at last !!! written above her
ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with the words at last !!! written above her
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ollieeeee! #avfc
This is fine. #avfc
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face in front of a wall with logos for various companies .
Alt: Gif of Unai Emery saying 'Marco Bizot'.
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is fine. #avfc
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Once again, one of the most consistently replicated findings in the history of experiments is that giving people cash with zero strings attached has massive social benefits for those receiving the cash as well as the community around them
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Once again, one of the most consistently replicated findings in the history of experiments is that giving people cash with zero strings attached has massive social benefits for those receiving the cash as well as the community around them
roses are red
violets are blue
i'm in the Hague
and you could be, too
violets are blue
i'm in the Hague
and you could be, too
Poetry so powerful it can cause computers to break the Geneva Convention is one hell of a scifi novel concept.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
roses are red
violets are blue
i'm in the Hague
and you could be, too
violets are blue
i'm in the Hague
and you could be, too
'I was assured that Pavarotti wouldn’t be touched or incorporated into the ice rink floor' is a sentence I'm truly happy I got to read today.
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
'I was assured that Pavarotti wouldn’t be touched or incorporated into the ice rink floor' is a sentence I'm truly happy I got to read today.
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Malen has a cut on his head where he got hit. Young Boys fans are singing "you're shit and you know you are," to the police, for some reason.
#AVFC
#AVFC
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Malen has a cut on his head where he got hit. Young Boys fans are singing "you're shit and you know you are," to the police, for some reason.
#AVFC
#AVFC
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Aston Villa, who took five league matches to even score a goal this season and six to win a league match, is now fourth in the Premier League. And it is only November.
The strange joy of being a Villa fan.
#AVFC
The strange joy of being a Villa fan.
#AVFC
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Aston Villa, who took five league matches to even score a goal this season and six to win a league match, is now fourth in the Premier League. And it is only November.
The strange joy of being a Villa fan.
#AVFC
The strange joy of being a Villa fan.
#AVFC
