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Veggie by choice. Left-handed & gay by birth. European by right & determined to be again. Proud 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺 he/him/they/them
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Not that you need any help but…
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Just a reminder that my academic book is now out! 😊
*New research*

'Exploring Early Modern Sexualities' by Jason O'Toole is a study of homoerotic desire & friendship between King James VI & I, Queen Anna and his favourites through an analysis of early modern literary texts & material culture.

Out now: https://bit.ly/3JuBJlB
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Buy my bloody book 'Queer As Folklore' this Christmas... otherwise you're getting coal. 😠

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781807070397/
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The whole Has Been album is brilliant.
William Shatner's "Common People", a spoken word cover of Pulp's 1995 hit, is the greatest cover version ever made. Secondly, and rather hilariously, it actually reached number 1 on the UK singles chart in late 2004, while Pulp's original could only manage number 2 in 1995.
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Okay, allies. I see you LOUDLY saying how you don't give money to the UK Salvation Army because you don't agree with the anti-queer policies of the US Salvation Army.

Fine, and thank you.

What I don't see is you donating the same spare pound coin to homeless LGBTQ+ youth instead.
Donate - Support LGBTQ+ Youth at Risk of Homelessness
You can get an LGBTQ+ young person off the streets today. Thank you for choosing to give LGBTQ+ youth safe homes.
www.akt.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Good luck to all the children taking part in their school’s nativity play this week. You’re all stars, no matter what your role.
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Japanese Monk Racks
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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If any of you are watching the Sea Devils on BBC4, the fort that the Doctor and Jo visit is not far from the Mary Rose wreck site.
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I need to marry this man immediately
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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A hardback copy of my academic book has finally arrived!

Want to find out more about the desires of King James VI & I? - You can do from next Thursday!

Release date: 11th December.

#QueerLit #EarlyModern #History #EarlyModern
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Everyone - and I mean EVERYONE - loves sausages. Some cartoons featuring sausages…
worldofmoose.com/search?q=sau...
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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COMPETITION TIME! To say thank you for the orders I’ll give away one of my 2026 Nerdlingers calendars.

To win just RT and follow and I’ll pick a winner on Monday 1pm.

My shop www.infinitebacon.com 20% OFF Black Friday deal on prints with the code BF20
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Want to understand the relationship between King James VI & I & his favourite, Buckingham, from their own letters?

Read all about it in my forthcoming academic book, Exploring Early Sexualities. The Desires of King James VI & I.

Released 2 weeks today!

#QueerLit #EarlyModern
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Picard engineering tip: Use the metric system.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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We're hoping to send out our newsletter today. The last one was in March, so no need to worry about being spammed with content. You can sign up on our website where I notice it says monthly, if we remember. We haven't remembered. www.worldofmoose.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Did you watch Mary & George? Want to know more about the intimacies of King James VI & I?

Read all about the main ones in my academic book, Exploring Early Modern Sexualities. The Desires of King James VI & I

Release date: 11th Dec (3 weeks today)

Pre-orders live now!

#EnglisLit #History #Queer
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Today, November the 19th is International Men's Day and whenever I remember I share this story on this day.

I had a good friend at uni, Andy. He was born on November 19th. He would have been 58 today.

While we were still at uni he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He was 21.

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November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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They are HERE! Ordered 250 (optimistic) 70 have already gone.

If you’d like one of these www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/nerdl...
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Eyyyyyyyyyy thanks everybody! Tickets for this are selling already and I know it seems a long way away but (mostly a reminder for myself tbh) January's gonna creep the fuck up and we might as well do SOMETHING silly to see it out.
TL;DR....Friday 30th January 2026 @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern

An Evening with Sooz Kempner. All funds go towards lead-up and recovery from an operation on my damn larynx.

£10 TICKETS: www.outsavvy.com/event/31688/...
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM