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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 14h

A bit older than that thankfully. I simply do not have it in my to care for a toddler for more than an hour!

Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 23h

Unfortunately she has 4 other kids so I'm not sure one being missing makes too much difference! My nephew had a brilliant time being an only child for a few days tho

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 1d

It's good to do this once a year to remind myself that I am simply not cut out for parenthood

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 1d

Been responsible for a child for three days and I feel like I've been run over seventeen times

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 2d

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White Sox fan forced to accept Cubs jersey

Assyrian bishops refuse to condemn Nestorius's 431 challenge to the use of the title Theotokos ('Bearer of God'") for Mary.

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Vulgar History @vulgarhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the final version of the cover of my upcoming book REBEL OF THE REGENCY! Truly an object of beauty, I couldn’t be more thrilled! Thank you to @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social for taking a chance on me!

The book is released in February; get all the links to preorder at rebeloftheregency.com 🤗

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 6d

I assume officially he doesn't believe in it but clearly his feelings on the matter aren't hugely strong. Bet he has opinions on priestly celibacy tho

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 6d

More polarised than ever. Sure sure. More stupid than ever, maybe.

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 6d

Is England perfect? Not at all but you know I do appreciate not being burnt at the stake for having Wrong Thoughts about mass

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 6d

Burst out laughing at the bishop of York claiming that today's world is "more polarised than ever" while celebrating the king having out with the pope for the first time in 600 years because of all the BURNING EACH OTHER ALIVE people did in the 1500s

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 6d

This is how you blurb

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 6d

Much like Hillsborough, you have to marvel at how Britain as a system is so utterly impervious to accountability: decades of orchestrated bullshit, legal shenanigans and institutional roadblocks, and then one final great rasping fart of “maybe it was elves that did it, and fuck you”.

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BREAKING: Soldier F, a former member of the Parachute Regiment has been found not guilty of murder and attempted murder in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday in 1972.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 6d

As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found

- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 6d

Glad to see Celebrity Traitors is no different than regular Traitors when it comes to reading intelligent analysis of what's going on as a cause for suspicion. David Olusoga: "Think logically. Don't get swept along by groupthink." The rest: "He's being too clever. Burn him!"

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 6d

13 books of seeing them only as miles's sensible political parents and it turns out they've been shagging their way through the empire and living in a throuple.

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 6d

Am on the final Vorkosigan book (sob) and the reveal that Cordelia and Aral are and have always been Sex People has truly delighted me

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 7d

Sighing and reading this all timer article again www.gawkerarchives.com/culture/i-sh...

I should not know who Pete Buttigieg is. In a just world, the name Bari Weiss would mean as much to me as Nordic runes. This goes for people who actually might read Nordic runes too. No Swede deserves to be burdened with this knowledge. No Brazilian should have to regularly encounter the phrase "Dimes Square." To the rest of the vast and varied world, My Pillow Guy and Papa John should be NPCs from a Nintendo DS Zelda title, not men of flesh and bone, pillow and pizza. Ted Cruz should be the name of an Italian pornstar in a Love Boat porn parody. Instead, I'm cursed to know that he is a senator from Texas who once stood next to a butter sculpture of a dairy cow and declared that his daughter's first words were "I like butter."

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 7d

Unfortunately I have now learned and am once again annoyed that I know things about what are effectively local elections in random states

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 8d

Same. I have established that it is some local American politics and as such I shall refuse to ever find out any more (I will definitely at some point to learn more against my will)

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilled to say I'm a judge for the first ever Inspiring History Teaching Awards, in association with Historic Royal Palaces. Do you know a great history teacher in the UK who deserves to go down in history? Nominate them here bit.ly/42yhGZP

Inspiring History Teaching Awards

Created by Historic Royal Palaces, these awards celebrate teachers who make history exciting, inclusive and meaningful. We want to recognise the impact that great teachers can make by bringing the pas...

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 9d

Slightly surreal that a significant plot point in the tv show I'm watching is a character writing and pitching the exact book I'm writing next

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Benito Cereno @benitocereno.bsky.social · 11d

Supporters of male primogeniture during the Anarchy of the 12th century:

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 11d

From the Merrimack Valley Horror Festival today:

A picture of a pumpkin ghoul holding a sign that says NO KINGS BUT STEPHEN

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 14d

My agent suggested Penny Guin which leads me to wonder what scams he is pulling in his spare time

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 14d

Were I running a scam on authors I probably would choose the name 'Harper Lynn Collins' to un it under but I guess that's why I don't run scams

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 14d

Finally got a stupid ai written bookclub scam email. Was beginning to feel a bit left out.

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