wendy copium
@alicebennett.bsky.social
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wendy copium
@alicebennett.bsky.social
· Jan 16
google translate's version of the examples is 50% gertrude stein 50% sylvia plath:
youngster, youngster, youngster, youngster, youngster
chick, kitten, chicken
plot, plot
little streamer, oddball, favorite, offspring
upstart, fugitive
youngster, youngster, youngster, youngster, youngster
chick, kitten, chicken
plot, plot
little streamer, oddball, favorite, offspring
upstart, fugitive
I know nobody in sodden sunless britain wants to hear this but here in europe’s rainiest city the last six weeks have been so dry and sunny that we’ve been on a work-from-home order because the roads are too dry and dusty to drive on
February 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I know nobody in sodden sunless britain wants to hear this but here in europe’s rainiest city the last six weeks have been so dry and sunny that we’ve been on a work-from-home order because the roads are too dry and dusty to drive on
reading ali smith is just saying FUCK SAKE repeatedly and the more times you say it the better the book is
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
reading ali smith is just saying FUCK SAKE repeatedly and the more times you say it the better the book is
guy looking at institutions still structured around the lives and preferences of celibate men from the medieval period: of course the problem is that woman from my old department who did 75% of the admin roles
Mr Goodwin also appeared to agree with the host’s claim that universities have become hotbeds of “politically correct authoritarianism” because they are full of “childless women”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
Exclusive: Matt Goodwin argued ‘young girls’ should be explained ‘the biological reality’ that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’
www.independent.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
guy looking at institutions still structured around the lives and preferences of celibate men from the medieval period: of course the problem is that woman from my old department who did 75% of the admin roles
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seriously considering doing a “slow seasonal” reading group where we reread ali smith’s seasonal quartet between 2026 and 2030, starting each book exactly a decade after it was originally published
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
seriously considering doing a “slow seasonal” reading group where we reread ali smith’s seasonal quartet between 2026 and 2030, starting each book exactly a decade after it was originally published
really considering picking another country to follow the news in for a bit because the royal family/sex offender/epstein files/labour party nexus is making it difficult to keep norway and britain straight while 4am doomscrolling
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
really considering picking another country to follow the news in for a bit because the royal family/sex offender/epstein files/labour party nexus is making it difficult to keep norway and britain straight while 4am doomscrolling
pleased to report that we’ve managed to reclaim half the sofa for human bums after giving the cat the option to shelve herself
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
pleased to report that we’ve managed to reclaim half the sofa for human bums after giving the cat the option to shelve herself
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Gray Day 2025 marks 45 years of Lanark. Alasdair Gray’s novel, published by @canongate.co.uk, fuses visual art and text: self-designed covers, allegorical panels, Glasgow landscapes, and an eccentric 3-1-2-4 structure—learn more about the familiar faces he used for the book cover 👇🏽
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Gray Day 2025 marks 45 years of Lanark. Alasdair Gray’s novel, published by @canongate.co.uk, fuses visual art and text: self-designed covers, allegorical panels, Glasgow landscapes, and an eccentric 3-1-2-4 structure—learn more about the familiar faces he used for the book cover 👇🏽
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likes charge reblogs cast
In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
likes charge reblogs cast
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imagine getting so thoroughly bodied by the Beano like this
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
imagine getting so thoroughly bodied by the Beano like this
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The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
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this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 AM
this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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I strongly suspect that a guilty verdict in this case was going to be @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social's long-awaited Big Reveal: "you see - this was the special knowledge I had proving that Palestine Action are terrorists". Because frankly she had nothing else.
And now she has nothing.
And now she has nothing.
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I strongly suspect that a guilty verdict in this case was going to be @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social's long-awaited Big Reveal: "you see - this was the special knowledge I had proving that Palestine Action are terrorists". Because frankly she had nothing else.
And now she has nothing.
And now she has nothing.
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
28 years later rudyard kipling boots sequence but it’s me banging on about all the soups i’ve been cooking
February 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
28 years later rudyard kipling boots sequence but it’s me banging on about all the soups i’ve been cooking
business idea: a tabletop miniatures game where instead of fighting a war you are doing a cirque de soleil type circus performance
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
business idea: a tabletop miniatures game where instead of fighting a war you are doing a cirque de soleil type circus performance
it’s such a let down when you find out what book is being referred to here
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
it’s such a let down when you find out what book is being referred to here
is there any book in the world with a better selection of covers than jenny erpenbeck’s the old child?
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
is there any book in the world with a better selection of covers than jenny erpenbeck’s the old child?
scurvymaxxing
January 29, 2026 at 8:50 AM
scurvymaxxing
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The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
January 28, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
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There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 AM
There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree
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And they say Bluesky doesn’t have the juice!
January 27, 2026 at 6:42 AM
And they say Bluesky doesn’t have the juice!
“former academic” is such a funny euphemism for when any description of your current antics would be too humiliating
NEW: Former academic Matt Goodwin has been announced as Reform UK's candidate for the Gorton & Denton byelection.
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“former academic” is such a funny euphemism for when any description of your current antics would be too humiliating
suella is certainly nigella’s wario
January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
suella is certainly nigella’s wario