Chris Lloyd
@cilloyd.bsky.social
he/him. associate prof, poet, writer, host of “books up close” and coeditor of seaford review journal 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏴🇵🇸
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Hey bloomfs. Looking for something short to watch during these weird days of the holidays? Get on my YT channel and see my 2025 roundup!! Subscribe while you’re there and smash that like button (even if you don’t like it) 💖
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From "Manifest Destiny" to fantasies of annexing Greenland...
The next session of America Now! examines the American Empire in a discussion between Dr Will Norman, Dr Adam Burns, & Dr Hilary Emmett, chaired by Dr Mike Collins.
Thursday 29th January at 6:30pm at the British Library
The next session of America Now! examines the American Empire in a discussion between Dr Will Norman, Dr Adam Burns, & Dr Hilary Emmett, chaired by Dr Mike Collins.
Thursday 29th January at 6:30pm at the British Library
America Now! American Empire - Past, Present and Future Eliot Room, Knowledge Centre, British Library, London (Thursday 29th Jan 18.30) - British Association for American Studies
The event is part of 'America Now!', a series of live events exploring the current state of the USA and its place in the world. In a world of hot takes these discussions offer some much-needed deep…
buff.ly
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
From "Manifest Destiny" to fantasies of annexing Greenland...
The next session of America Now! examines the American Empire in a discussion between Dr Will Norman, Dr Adam Burns, & Dr Hilary Emmett, chaired by Dr Mike Collins.
Thursday 29th January at 6:30pm at the British Library
The next session of America Now! examines the American Empire in a discussion between Dr Will Norman, Dr Adam Burns, & Dr Hilary Emmett, chaired by Dr Mike Collins.
Thursday 29th January at 6:30pm at the British Library
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Some people actually want this.
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Some people actually want this.
Read this
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Read this
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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The RSPB care more about protecting women and girls than Sex Matters, Wizard Glinner, and every single Terf still on X.
Major charities including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have stopped posting on social media platform X due to controversy surrounding its artificial intelligence tool’s image-creating function
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/major-c...
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/major-c...
Major charities leave X after AI images controversy
www.civilsociety.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The RSPB care more about protecting women and girls than Sex Matters, Wizard Glinner, and every single Terf still on X.
Had the best time in the Lake District this weekend. Here is me with some views
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Had the best time in the Lake District this weekend. Here is me with some views
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FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
Did a gorgeous chilly walk this weekend at Bamford Edge
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Did a gorgeous chilly walk this weekend at Bamford Edge
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We're officially back on Bluesky and open for submissions for issue 10 from Jan 1st until March 31st. Send us your queer poetry, fiction and non fiction. Full guidelines available at www.queerlings.co.uk/submit
Submit
Queerlings is now open annually from January 1st until March 31st. We will then close for a reading period and aim to respond to all submissions by the end of May. We respond to everyone after submiss...
www.queerlings.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM
We're officially back on Bluesky and open for submissions for issue 10 from Jan 1st until March 31st. Send us your queer poetry, fiction and non fiction. Full guidelines available at www.queerlings.co.uk/submit
“GenAI is so great, it’s the future” >> this is the world you want, and I won’t stop critiquing y’all for it
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
“GenAI is so great, it’s the future” >> this is the world you want, and I won’t stop critiquing y’all for it
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Queerlings Magazine is open for submissions for our annual issue from Jan 1st until March 31st. Send us your queer poetry, fiction and non fiction. Full guidelines available at www.queerlings.co.uk/submit
January 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Queerlings Magazine is open for submissions for our annual issue from Jan 1st until March 31st. Send us your queer poetry, fiction and non fiction. Full guidelines available at www.queerlings.co.uk/submit
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“The editor who edited most of the science desk's anti-trans coverage [Virginia Hughes] ended up getting a big promotion. She's now co-head of the investigations desk.” 🧪
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“The editor who edited most of the science desk's anti-trans coverage [Virginia Hughes] ended up getting a big promotion. She's now co-head of the investigations desk.” 🧪
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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Berthelot’s imagery is understated rather than explicit. Nude and semi-nude male bodies are rendered with tenderness & calm, where desire is suggested through posture, gaze, and proximity, blurring portraiture & eroticism while affirming queer visibility.
#art #arte #gay #nudiste #nudista #nude #men
#art #arte #gay #nudiste #nudista #nude #men
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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If Santa brought you some book tokens, do consider my book as an option. I chart the history of protest in public spaces in England over the last 150 years.
Event at Housmans bookshop on 21st January housmans.com/events/
Event at Housmans bookshop on 21st January housmans.com/events/
January 1, 2026 at 11:15 AM
If Santa brought you some book tokens, do consider my book as an option. I chart the history of protest in public spaces in England over the last 150 years.
Event at Housmans bookshop on 21st January housmans.com/events/
Event at Housmans bookshop on 21st January housmans.com/events/
happy new year darlings
January 1, 2026 at 8:51 AM
happy new year darlings
Some more fave pics from 2025 💖
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some more fave pics from 2025 💖
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Hey bloomfs. Looking for something short to watch during these weird days of the holidays? Get on my YT channel and see my 2025 roundup!! Subscribe while you’re there and smash that like button (even if you don’t like it) 💖
youtu.be/j9vYOltIDic?...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hey bloomfs. Looking for something short to watch during these weird days of the holidays? Get on my YT channel and see my 2025 roundup!! Subscribe while you’re there and smash that like button (even if you don’t like it) 💖
youtu.be/j9vYOltIDic?...
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what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming
who could’ve seen this coming
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming
who could’ve seen this coming
In spring, I launched my podcast Books Up Close, a spin-off of my YT channel. Here's a thread of the episodes and links to listen on Zencastr - but you can subscribe on any podcast platform really. Please do like and share, as a holiday gift to me 😜 💘 zencastr.com/Books-Up-Clo...
Books Up Close: The Podcast
Books Up Close is a show for book lovers, language nerds, or anyone who wants to know how texts get made. Listen as writer and academic Chris Lloyd performs a 'close reading' of some writing with the ...
zencastr.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In spring, I launched my podcast Books Up Close, a spin-off of my YT channel. Here's a thread of the episodes and links to listen on Zencastr - but you can subscribe on any podcast platform really. Please do like and share, as a holiday gift to me 😜 💘 zencastr.com/Books-Up-Clo...
Hey bloomfs. Looking for something short to watch during these weird days of the holidays? Get on my YT channel and see my 2025 roundup!! Subscribe while you’re there and smash that like button (even if you don’t like it) 💖
youtu.be/j9vYOltIDic?...
youtu.be/j9vYOltIDic?...
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hey bloomfs. Looking for something short to watch during these weird days of the holidays? Get on my YT channel and see my 2025 roundup!! Subscribe while you’re there and smash that like button (even if you don’t like it) 💖
youtu.be/j9vYOltIDic?...
youtu.be/j9vYOltIDic?...