Lynda Clark
@lyndac.bsky.social
Writer, reader, gamer. Still mostly bogling to Aswad. https://wouldyouliketochangethedifficultysetting.wordpress.com/
Any pronouns.
No alt text? No follow, no matter how cool & interesting you are.
There will be swears.
Any pronouns.
No alt text? No follow, no matter how cool & interesting you are.
There will be swears.
Pinned
Beyond Kidding: An unputdownable, darkly funny sci-fi
An unputdownable, darkly funny sci-fi
uk.bookshop.org
Updated links to my books that actually work:
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bookshop.org/p/books/drea...
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5 days to submit! Scribble down those ideas! ✍️
Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
5 days to submit! Scribble down those ideas! ✍️
Just realised there's no alt-text in original image, so here ya go:
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just realised there's no alt-text in original image, so here ya go:
This also reminds me of the Inbetweeners movie where I spent 90% of it being very confused by everyone's interactions with Jessica Knappett before finally realising her character was supposed to be ugly.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This also reminds me of the Inbetweeners movie where I spent 90% of it being very confused by everyone's interactions with Jessica Knappett before finally realising her character was supposed to be ugly.
This is like when they put a pair of glasses on Rachel Leigh Cook and tried to convince us it made her vomit-inducingly ugly somehow.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is like when they put a pair of glasses on Rachel Leigh Cook and tried to convince us it made her vomit-inducingly ugly somehow.
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Dave watched this government Education Committee meeting so you didn’t have to. But you do have to read his summary (if you have any interest in the future of HE)
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Dave watched this government Education Committee meeting so you didn’t have to. But you do have to read his summary (if you have any interest in the future of HE)
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You gotta ask yourself, why do they care about higher ed so much, given the lengths they go to trivialize and ridicule everything we do? I can only assume it's because what we do actually makes a difference.
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You gotta ask yourself, why do they care about higher ed so much, given the lengths they go to trivialize and ridicule everything we do? I can only assume it's because what we do actually makes a difference.
500+ cohorts are bad for everyone's learning experience and mental health to the point of danger but 🤑
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
500+ cohorts are bad for everyone's learning experience and mental health to the point of danger but 🤑
Games and universities just keep mirroring each other in all the worst ways.
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Games and universities just keep mirroring each other in all the worst ways.
I'd gladly take 6pm lectures over 9am. It's uncivilised.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I'd gladly take 6pm lectures over 9am. It's uncivilised.
9am lectures should be illegal. No one will ever change my mind on this.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
9am lectures should be illegal. No one will ever change my mind on this.
Because I'm on research leave, I only have small bits of marking here and there and its a lovely little window into what the students have been up to while I'm away rather than the usual race against time.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Because I'm on research leave, I only have small bits of marking here and there and its a lovely little window into what the students have been up to while I'm away rather than the usual race against time.
Drink coffee
Mark student essays
Finish *my* essay
Walk the dog
Read (undecided on *what* just yet)
Mark student essays
Finish *my* essay
Walk the dog
Read (undecided on *what* just yet)
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Drink coffee
Mark student essays
Finish *my* essay
Walk the dog
Read (undecided on *what* just yet)
Mark student essays
Finish *my* essay
Walk the dog
Read (undecided on *what* just yet)
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Been feeling very meh for a week or so and just realised I haven't been taking vitamin D lately, so I might not just be a horrible useless garbage person after all?
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Been feeling very meh for a week or so and just realised I haven't been taking vitamin D lately, so I might not just be a horrible useless garbage person after all?
I mean, didn't his school report mention him getting in trouble for singing Hitler Youth songs?
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I mean, didn't his school report mention him getting in trouble for singing Hitler Youth songs?
Oh dear. That old chestnut.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Oh dear. That old chestnut.
I don't normally share things which don't have alt text, but in this case the text is the same as the info that appears in the image, in case any folks with screen readers need to know!
✨ Emerging animators! ✨
AGA & @canongate.co.uk are commissioning 4 short animations for early 2026. Fee £500. Apply by 6 Dec 2025: CV, brief approach + 2–3 samples to [email protected]. Results by 15 Dec.
AGA & @canongate.co.uk are commissioning 4 short animations for early 2026. Fee £500. Apply by 6 Dec 2025: CV, brief approach + 2–3 samples to [email protected]. Results by 15 Dec.
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I don't normally share things which don't have alt text, but in this case the text is the same as the info that appears in the image, in case any folks with screen readers need to know!
This is my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
“I’m not a serious thinker. I’m a writer: that’s very different. I think a writer’s intelligence has to be alive, has to be incomplete. It has to carry contradiction. It has to be sort of haphazard and amateur.”
- Benjamín Labatut
- Benjamín Labatut
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This is my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
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We’re open for submissions!
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We’re open for submissions!
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
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*Friday, 28th November 2025*
The library is open 10am-1pm on Fridays.
We're a warm space that's free to use. Pop in to read a book, use our (free) computer access/wifi, or use our workspace.
The library is open 10am-1pm on Fridays.
We're a warm space that's free to use. Pop in to read a book, use our (free) computer access/wifi, or use our workspace.
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
*Friday, 28th November 2025*
The library is open 10am-1pm on Fridays.
We're a warm space that's free to use. Pop in to read a book, use our (free) computer access/wifi, or use our workspace.
The library is open 10am-1pm on Fridays.
We're a warm space that's free to use. Pop in to read a book, use our (free) computer access/wifi, or use our workspace.
Talking to so many brilliant writers @cymerafestival.co.uk today was just what I needed to reinvigorate my enthusiasm for writing. I may actually do some submitting tomorrow at this rate. 😱
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Talking to so many brilliant writers @cymerafestival.co.uk today was just what I needed to reinvigorate my enthusiasm for writing. I may actually do some submitting tomorrow at this rate. 😱
Yes, lovely to meet you too and thanks for Sunbathers, I'm so excited to read it!
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yes, lovely to meet you too and thanks for Sunbathers, I'm so excited to read it!