Fraser McQueen
@frasermcqueen.bsky.social
Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, University of Leeds. Islamophobia & cultural production in France. Retired ex-Thai boxer. Co-convener @psafrenchpol.bsky.social He/him.
Heartbreaking when you do an online shop and they send you the green bananas
January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Heartbreaking when you do an online shop and they send you the green bananas
WHY YOU NEED A HUMAN TRANSLATOR 🚨
DeepL is able to correctly identify that Spongebob's French name is Bob l'éponge. What it can't do is tell you that Squidward's name, for some reason, is Carlo. Do you want your readers to think you're SOME KIND OF MORON who doesn't know about Carlo Tentacule?
DeepL is able to correctly identify that Spongebob's French name is Bob l'éponge. What it can't do is tell you that Squidward's name, for some reason, is Carlo. Do you want your readers to think you're SOME KIND OF MORON who doesn't know about Carlo Tentacule?
January 22, 2026 at 9:25 AM
WHY YOU NEED A HUMAN TRANSLATOR 🚨
DeepL is able to correctly identify that Spongebob's French name is Bob l'éponge. What it can't do is tell you that Squidward's name, for some reason, is Carlo. Do you want your readers to think you're SOME KIND OF MORON who doesn't know about Carlo Tentacule?
DeepL is able to correctly identify that Spongebob's French name is Bob l'éponge. What it can't do is tell you that Squidward's name, for some reason, is Carlo. Do you want your readers to think you're SOME KIND OF MORON who doesn't know about Carlo Tentacule?
Just sent an email to about 100 people only to immediately notice I'd included the words 'further details' twice in the same sentence. Nightmarish. Awful. Why do bad things happen to good people
January 20, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Just sent an email to about 100 people only to immediately notice I'd included the words 'further details' twice in the same sentence. Nightmarish. Awful. Why do bad things happen to good people
ITS SO GOOD
Big entering middle age moment today as i'm absolutely buzzing to have got a dyson
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
ITS SO GOOD
Big entering middle age moment today as i'm absolutely buzzing to have got a dyson
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Big entering middle age moment today as i'm absolutely buzzing to have got a dyson
43-YEAR-OLD CRAIG GORDON ♥️
January 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
43-YEAR-OLD CRAIG GORDON ♥️
Accidentally clicked laugh react on a very routine email from someone I don't really know. Why do bad things happen to good people
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Accidentally clicked laugh react on a very routine email from someone I don't really know. Why do bad things happen to good people
I'm not well informed on Venezuela tbh but can't get my head around how much of a total fucking rube anyone vaguely familiar with the history of US intervention in Latin America would need to be to think that yes, everything they've heard about Maduro is surely unambiguously accurate.
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I'm not well informed on Venezuela tbh but can't get my head around how much of a total fucking rube anyone vaguely familiar with the history of US intervention in Latin America would need to be to think that yes, everything they've heard about Maduro is surely unambiguously accurate.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
Imagine needing to live in nine towns/cities, and three countries, only to realise 16 years after moving out that the most beautiful place you're ever likely to visit is your hometown 🤯
January 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Imagine needing to live in nine towns/cities, and three countries, only to realise 16 years after moving out that the most beautiful place you're ever likely to visit is your hometown 🤯
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tonight isn’t the end—it’s a new year
January 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
tonight isn’t the end—it’s a new year
Some of Brigitte Bardot's greatest hits:
Convicted of incitement to racial hatred on six separate occasions.
Referred to the population of La Réunion as 'savages'.
Described Muslims in metropolitan France as 'invaders'.
Argued against 'the mixing of genes' through interracial relationships.
Convicted of incitement to racial hatred on six separate occasions.
Referred to the population of La Réunion as 'savages'.
Described Muslims in metropolitan France as 'invaders'.
Argued against 'the mixing of genes' through interracial relationships.
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Some of Brigitte Bardot's greatest hits:
Convicted of incitement to racial hatred on six separate occasions.
Referred to the population of La Réunion as 'savages'.
Described Muslims in metropolitan France as 'invaders'.
Argued against 'the mixing of genes' through interracial relationships.
Convicted of incitement to racial hatred on six separate occasions.
Referred to the population of La Réunion as 'savages'.
Described Muslims in metropolitan France as 'invaders'.
Argued against 'the mixing of genes' through interracial relationships.
we're at the stage of christmas when i'm planning on being the one to make everyone uncomfortable by sharing conspiracy theories (a debut outing for 'squidward is a real guy')
December 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
we're at the stage of christmas when i'm planning on being the one to make everyone uncomfortable by sharing conspiracy theories (a debut outing for 'squidward is a real guy')
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gettin really concerned about mr bean. he needs to stop acting like that
December 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
gettin really concerned about mr bean. he needs to stop acting like that
Merry Christmas everyone 👀
December 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Merry Christmas everyone 👀
'Grandad is taking us to Home Bargains to get some last minute presents. Uncle Fraser, what's your favourite kind of chocolate?' My niece is a master of cunning
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
'Grandad is taking us to Home Bargains to get some last minute presents. Uncle Fraser, what's your favourite kind of chocolate?' My niece is a master of cunning
[Paul mccartney having a disappointing Christmas time] the moon is wrong 🙁
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
[Paul mccartney having a disappointing Christmas time] the moon is wrong 🙁
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I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
Pleased to close off the year with my review of Leyla Bouzid's Une histoire d'amour et de désir (2021) appearing in Imaginaries: a film that has the distinction of being among the few I know to largely be structured around a semester of comp lit seminars! Link below:
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
Confronting Banlieue Stereotypes in Leyla Bouzid’s Une histoire d’amour et de désir/ A Tale of Love and Desire | Imaginaries
h-france.net
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Pleased to close off the year with my review of Leyla Bouzid's Une histoire d'amour et de désir (2021) appearing in Imaginaries: a film that has the distinction of being among the few I know to largely be structured around a semester of comp lit seminars! Link below:
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
It's objectively, verifiably incorrect to say that 'any other minority' would get an apology if they complained about the language used about them, and that's without even getting into how this ghoul casually equates Zionism with Judaism (something she'd rightly call others antisemitic for doing).
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's objectively, verifiably incorrect to say that 'any other minority' would get an apology if they complained about the language used about them, and that's without even getting into how this ghoul casually equates Zionism with Judaism (something she'd rightly call others antisemitic for doing).
Famously, the way to beat the far right is by giving them exactly what they want 100% of the time.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Famously, the way to beat the far right is by giving them exactly what they want 100% of the time.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
manchester but woke
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
manchester but woke