Paula Read
@paularead.bsky.social
Perpetual newbie.
PhD Creative Writing / Honorary Research Associate, University of Bristol
@bristol_writing
@the-independent.com @undark.org @LitroMagazine @huffpost.com @panoramajournal.bsky.social
paulareadwrites.com
PhD Creative Writing / Honorary Research Associate, University of Bristol
@bristol_writing
@the-independent.com @undark.org @LitroMagazine @huffpost.com @panoramajournal.bsky.social
paulareadwrites.com
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
The mini MRI machine in the radiology play area seems like an okay way to go, actually.
The mini MRI machine in the radiology play area seems like an okay way to go, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
The mini MRI machine in the radiology play area seems like an okay way to go, actually.
The mini MRI machine in the radiology play area seems like an okay way to go, actually.
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
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Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale
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November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Mr. Johnson’s dream dinner party was revealed to be eating salmon with Jesus, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
But when would he possibly have the time?"
I just - this whole thing - I can't.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
But when would he possibly have the time?"
I just - this whole thing - I can't.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Mr. Johnson’s dream dinner party was revealed to be eating salmon with Jesus, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
But when would he possibly have the time?"
I just - this whole thing - I can't.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
But when would he possibly have the time?"
I just - this whole thing - I can't.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
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“saying they are going to help save the bee by encouraging all the farmers who supply them to keep more hives. This was, he went on, akin to trying to reverse bird declines by keeping more chickens”
Many people still imagine beekeeping and honey making are somehow 'good for nature'.
But it's the *total* opposite.
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But it's the *total* opposite.
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“A beehive is as natural as a pasture of grazing sheep.” Why beekeeping is causing a huge problem for wild bees – according to scientists | Discover Wildlife
A dramatic rise in the number of managed beehives is negatively impacting wild pollinating insects
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November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“saying they are going to help save the bee by encouraging all the farmers who supply them to keep more hives. This was, he went on, akin to trying to reverse bird declines by keeping more chickens”
Good rant
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Good rant
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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📢📢📢📢📢📢#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for Jhalak Prize for its landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters #jhalakprizeat10 #jhalakprize www.thebookseller.com/news/news/jh...
Jhalak Prize submissions open for 10th year
Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open.
www.thebookseller.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢📢📢📢📢📢#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for Jhalak Prize for its landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters #jhalakprizeat10 #jhalakprize www.thebookseller.com/news/news/jh...
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Research shows that volunteering can be helpful for retirees’ health and well-being. For @motherjones.com, I spoke to four retirees about how they’re giving back to their communities to resist current happenings. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Research shows that volunteering can be helpful for retirees’ health and well-being. For @motherjones.com, I spoke to four retirees about how they’re giving back to their communities to resist current happenings. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
People of my generation like Farage have no excuses for using this language, esp as kids. We were a lot closer as a generation to WWII events of only 20 yrs before we were born.
It was woven into our education that some things were simply evil.
Some people disagreed and apparently they still do..
It was woven into our education that some things were simply evil.
Some people disagreed and apparently they still do..
"All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling the words “Hitler was right” and other odious remarks (“To the gas chambers”, “Gas them – ssssssssss”) which [Farage] now refers to, rather quaintly, as banter." --Peter Ettedgui
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
People of my generation like Farage have no excuses for using this language, esp as kids. We were a lot closer as a generation to WWII events of only 20 yrs before we were born.
It was woven into our education that some things were simply evil.
Some people disagreed and apparently they still do..
It was woven into our education that some things were simply evil.
Some people disagreed and apparently they still do..
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the thing most frustrating to me abt liberal (& even some leftist) politics are how small the asks are/how they are the same asks people had in the 1860s!
- 40 hour work week
- less racial discrimination
- less sexism
- prison reform
reformist arguments got 165 years to produce dividends. and yet.
- 40 hour work week
- less racial discrimination
- less sexism
- prison reform
reformist arguments got 165 years to produce dividends. and yet.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
the thing most frustrating to me abt liberal (& even some leftist) politics are how small the asks are/how they are the same asks people had in the 1860s!
- 40 hour work week
- less racial discrimination
- less sexism
- prison reform
reformist arguments got 165 years to produce dividends. and yet.
- 40 hour work week
- less racial discrimination
- less sexism
- prison reform
reformist arguments got 165 years to produce dividends. and yet.
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if the system could be reformed, they would have reformed it by now. it has to be reimagined.
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
if the system could be reformed, they would have reformed it by now. it has to be reimagined.
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1900s America even
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
1900s America even
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New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
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This is how the far right should be covered and analysed
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is how the far right should be covered and analysed
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
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"Just as a mosquito requires stagnant pools of water in which to thrive, so their stagnant social circles provide the perfect breeding ground for increasingly toxic strands of bigotry."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"Just as a mosquito requires stagnant pools of water in which to thrive, so their stagnant social circles provide the perfect breeding ground for increasingly toxic strands of bigotry."
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Do I look like I'm negotiating, Charlie Brown?
I have a very specific set of skills, Charlie Brown.
If I show up at your door, Charlie Brown, chances are you did something to bring me there.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Do I look like I'm negotiating, Charlie Brown?