Hester Duffy
@wordlessreader.bsky.social
She/Her
Associate Professor at Warwick. Interested in developmental psycholinguistics, neuroscience, research methods, bee-keeping, Gaeilge, vintage clothing, dressmaking. Pinko lefty woke type but not that fond of tofu. Can't see DMs.
Associate Professor at Warwick. Interested in developmental psycholinguistics, neuroscience, research methods, bee-keeping, Gaeilge, vintage clothing, dressmaking. Pinko lefty woke type but not that fond of tofu. Can't see DMs.
People talking about the things they're passionate and excited and happy about is a beautiful thing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
People talking about the things they're passionate and excited and happy about is a beautiful thing.
It might not happen. But we should still keep saying, loudly and persistently, that that is what should happen. So much has been normalised, to the point where we stop even thinking about it as wrong. I think we need to re-normalise a belief in law and order.
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It might not happen. But we should still keep saying, loudly and persistently, that that is what should happen. So much has been normalised, to the point where we stop even thinking about it as wrong. I think we need to re-normalise a belief in law and order.
Surely they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, not just socially shunned? They are criminals, who were (and may still be) involved in the sexual abuse and trafficking of minors. That's not a social faux pas.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Surely they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, not just socially shunned? They are criminals, who were (and may still be) involved in the sexual abuse and trafficking of minors. That's not a social faux pas.
Alternatively:
My name is fox
And when you wait
For packages
Which turn up late
The postie throws,
Without a glance.
I snatch it up;
I eat the pants.
(I'm sorry, I'm on a high from working Spiders Georg into a stats lecture and I now I can't stop with the heritage posts.)
My name is fox
And when you wait
For packages
Which turn up late
The postie throws,
Without a glance.
I snatch it up;
I eat the pants.
(I'm sorry, I'm on a high from working Spiders Georg into a stats lecture and I now I can't stop with the heritage posts.)
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Alternatively:
My name is fox
And when you wait
For packages
Which turn up late
The postie throws,
Without a glance.
I snatch it up;
I eat the pants.
(I'm sorry, I'm on a high from working Spiders Georg into a stats lecture and I now I can't stop with the heritage posts.)
My name is fox
And when you wait
For packages
Which turn up late
The postie throws,
Without a glance.
I snatch it up;
I eat the pants.
(I'm sorry, I'm on a high from working Spiders Georg into a stats lecture and I now I can't stop with the heritage posts.)
This is just to say
I have eaten
The pants
That were in
Your package
And which
You were probably
Saving
For fancy
Forgive me
They were delicious
So sweet
And lacy
I have eaten
The pants
That were in
Your package
And which
You were probably
Saving
For fancy
Forgive me
They were delicious
So sweet
And lacy
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is just to say
I have eaten
The pants
That were in
Your package
And which
You were probably
Saving
For fancy
Forgive me
They were delicious
So sweet
And lacy
I have eaten
The pants
That were in
Your package
And which
You were probably
Saving
For fancy
Forgive me
They were delicious
So sweet
And lacy
The universe demands that you go commando, clearly.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The universe demands that you go commando, clearly.
Whoever writes their headlines really needs to remember that "nuke" can be read as a verb. On first reading, it sounded as though he was declaring war on veterans!
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Whoever writes their headlines really needs to remember that "nuke" can be read as a verb. On first reading, it sounded as though he was declaring war on veterans!
Especially as half of them appear to be beginners!
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Especially as half of them appear to be beginners!
In this economy?
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In this economy?
Can you point me towards the application form for this?
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Can you point me towards the application form for this?
That was exactly my thought; I don't see anger, I see a complete disconnection and unawareness of what's going on.
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
That was exactly my thought; I don't see anger, I see a complete disconnection and unawareness of what's going on.
The prosecution's nonsense was never going to cut the mustard, was it? Not with a jury who knew their onions, anyway.
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The prosecution's nonsense was never going to cut the mustard, was it? Not with a jury who knew their onions, anyway.
This is like a monster from a horror movie which looks human but then it turns around and it has skin where the mouth and nose should be.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is like a monster from a horror movie which looks human but then it turns around and it has skin where the mouth and nose should be.
Is aoibhinn liom é seo. Sona breithlá duit!
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Is aoibhinn liom é seo. Sona breithlá duit!
(my PhD was on the processing of accented speech, hence the joke, and the dream.)
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
(my PhD was on the processing of accented speech, hence the joke, and the dream.)
This is not a serious timeline. I mean, I'm here for the memes, but, like, imagine being a historian in fifty years, trying to make sense of all this utter ridiculousness, while also exposing the depravity of it all.
The onions, and the mustard...
The onions, and the mustard...
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is not a serious timeline. I mean, I'm here for the memes, but, like, imagine being a historian in fifty years, trying to make sense of all this utter ridiculousness, while also exposing the depravity of it all.
The onions, and the mustard...
The onions, and the mustard...
I got mine from a local pharmacy in Coventry for £95 a month or so ago, but I think I found it by googling; the pharmacy were advertising it. Don't think there's any central organisation to find out.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I got mine from a local pharmacy in Coventry for £95 a month or so ago, but I think I found it by googling; the pharmacy were advertising it. Don't think there's any central organisation to find out.
Genuinely, what is going on with the non Euclidean geometry there? Was he trying to add pockets, or knitting for someone with tentacles, or what?
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Genuinely, what is going on with the non Euclidean geometry there? Was he trying to add pockets, or knitting for someone with tentacles, or what?
He just said knitters use two needles _or a hook_ and now he is dead to me.
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
He just said knitters use two needles _or a hook_ and now he is dead to me.
I made North of Ireland-style home made soup and wheaten bread; delicious and cosy and nurturing food for a chilly autumn weekend.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I made North of Ireland-style home made soup and wheaten bread; delicious and cosy and nurturing food for a chilly autumn weekend.