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Alex Jenkins
@alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social
Poet, writer, (col)lapsed academic (he/him). Work in: @badlilies.bsky.social, @propelmagazine.bsky.social, and elsewhere.
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www.propelmagazine.co.uk/anthology
I know I keep posting (well, twice now) about Dick Gaughan, but I love Workers' Song because it nails this point:

youtu.be/DmwHHUsWM_M?...
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I hope it has the random switch to make the instrument panel darker
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Heyyyyyy everything in my kofi shop is half off until Monday. Tell your friends, tell your mom, tell your cat. (Code is GONUTS)

ko-fi.com/lyfaulk/link...
50% discount off Ly Faulk's Shop
Visit Ly Faulk at Ko-fi for 50% discount off Shop
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Think I might have distracted them. My bad.
Where's the OBR forecast for the libidinal economy?
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today is gonna be the day that I might do some financial accounting.
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Poem written under the influence of Denise Levertov (eternal poetry obsession of mine)
How the silver light trickled
from your beak
under the weight of loneliness,
my garbage-glitter vision,
bell of diamonds shimmering
on polluted water.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Flooooop! Pando's calling me Ronly Honly Bing and I don't like it!
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Very specific request: recommendations of sexy/sensual/erotic books on or about islands. It’s for an article, not just my whims.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Where's the OBR forecast for the libidinal economy?
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Yes, I know dogs can't conduct high-speed pursuits, just let me have this
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Police dog Enzo brings Selby dangerous driver to a halt
Enzo helps officers stop a suspect fleeing the scene in Selby after a high-speed chase.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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This took courage, and makes me feel very vulnerable, but here I share some insights into how the recent Laika situation played out for me – along with a plea for more compassionate social media engagement. We need reflection, not retribution.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
If useful: archive.is
I was the other poet in the Len Pennie row: here’s my story
Sarah Doyle’s poem Laika won high praise but when she queried similarities to it with the poem Good Girl she was caught up in a storm of accusation, denial and online vitriol
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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I will be offering a graduate seminar during the winter quarter on the politics of civil disobedience, nonviolence, and civility (and its critics). If you know any graduate students who might be interested, please let them know!

www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/cte...
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This evening I saw someone on a carousel give someone else, also on a carousel, the finger.
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Never thought about it till now, but the really galling thing about the phrase "architects of their own destruction," is it implies a long period of study and apprenticeship.
Well, it’s been a good few hours, but I’m no less pissed off about that loss. I think it’s because it wasn’t a case of being out played by better team. No one minds if they’re just better than you, but England were the absolute architects of their own downfall bloody infuriating
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
As far as I'm concerned, Nuzzi was on Jersey Shore and therefore fundamentally unknowable to me.
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Sacerdotal" is a portmantaeu of sacred and anecdotal, which may not be replicable experimentally.
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Sometimes at work, just to feel something, I delete all instances of the word "deliver." If I really need a boost, I sometimes do the same for "unlock."
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
England's bowling: good

Coffee filter paper: split

Rest of my morning: bad
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
No big deal, just Proust talking about sexy lady valves.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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My short story course is filling up nicely! Still places available if you'd like to do some deep reading and thinking about a short story each week at the start of next year - and write your own, of course. Early bird discount (10%, so £225 instead of £250) applies until 30th Nov. #ShortStories ✒️📚
Short story writers! I am running my 8-week online course again in 2026: 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. More details ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Very tickled by the thought that anything David Duchovny did not directly witness during the 90s becomes like a box set he's always meant to get round to, and that he's only now reached 1998.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
X-Files star David Duchovny finally hears Catatonia's Mulder and Scully
The actor admits he had never heard Catatonia's song that celebrates his X-Files character - until now.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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as a topic for journalism, moral philosophy appears meek - but what if we add a collegiate social movement, billionaires, and a healthy dose of scandal? I reviewed David Edmonds' new book on the Effective Altruists and Peter Singer, for @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/drow...
Opinion | How a Thought Experiment Changed the World
Peter Singer and the roots of effective altruism.
www.chronicle.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM