Rachael Dunlop
@rachaeldunlop.com
Writer of #FlashFiction, #ShortStories and a never-finished novel. Spaniel-wrangler. Curmudgeon. Forest dweller. #MDANT She/her/cis rachaeldunlop.com
My Audible Home Screen ad has been Harry Fucking Potter for weeks now and it’s giving me an unreasonable amount of rage.
January 29, 2026 at 10:17 AM
My Audible Home Screen ad has been Harry Fucking Potter for weeks now and it’s giving me an unreasonable amount of rage.
Ballad of Wallace Island. Sweet but underdeveloped. There are much worse ways of spending 90 minutes of your life, though.
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Ballad of Wallace Island. Sweet but underdeveloped. There are much worse ways of spending 90 minutes of your life, though.
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I'm not suggesting that ephemera can change what's happening OUT THERE, but it can connect to something else & regulate the nervous system for a while.
Here's Benjamin Rabier showing you a musical dog, a dancing rabbit and cat
Here's Benjamin Rabier showing you a musical dog, a dancing rabbit and cat
January 26, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I'm not suggesting that ephemera can change what's happening OUT THERE, but it can connect to something else & regulate the nervous system for a while.
Here's Benjamin Rabier showing you a musical dog, a dancing rabbit and cat
Here's Benjamin Rabier showing you a musical dog, a dancing rabbit and cat
It’s beginning to feel like Farage is losing Reform as its own thing., and as HIS thing. It’s really just going to be the Tory party under another name soon. How do Labour turned Reform voters feel, I wonder?
It's like watching a doctor remove all the infected organs and wondering if they'll be enough left to allow the uninfected patient to live.
New: Nigel Farage unveils Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary, as his latest defector
January 26, 2026 at 12:33 PM
It’s beginning to feel like Farage is losing Reform as its own thing., and as HIS thing. It’s really just going to be the Tory party under another name soon. How do Labour turned Reform voters feel, I wonder?
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The Scottish Arts Trust support innovation and creativity in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Check out their short story, novel, essay and young adult novel awards.
Edinburgh Novel Awards — Scottish Arts Trust
For writers and illustrators of novels and graphic novels . All genres including literary, humour, romance, drama, horror, queer, contemporary, realist, speculative fiction and more. Image by…
www.scottishartstrust.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The Scottish Arts Trust support innovation and creativity in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Check out their short story, novel, essay and young adult novel awards.
After weeks of faultless fashion and hair choices, Rachel blew it on the final Uncloaked. That dress called for a reprise of one of her beautiful plaited updos. Or an elegant chignon. Anything but that bow. I say this with love, she’s an ICON. #TheTraitorsUK #TheTraitors
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
After weeks of faultless fashion and hair choices, Rachel blew it on the final Uncloaked. That dress called for a reprise of one of her beautiful plaited updos. Or an elegant chignon. Anything but that bow. I say this with love, she’s an ICON. #TheTraitorsUK #TheTraitors
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Found a fallen branch with exquisite lichen and moss in it. Put it on a wet bench, took a photograph, came home, opened photos app and have been staring at it ever since. Zoom in for instant wellbeing.
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Found a fallen branch with exquisite lichen and moss in it. Put it on a wet bench, took a photograph, came home, opened photos app and have been staring at it ever since. Zoom in for instant wellbeing.
Has anyone done the numbers on whether any of these petitions have prompted policy change? Genuine question. I also think people do need to be an aware that all you’re guaranteed is a debate, and that might not even be in the main chamber, but a side room.
🚨BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures!
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Has anyone done the numbers on whether any of these petitions have prompted policy change? Genuine question. I also think people do need to be an aware that all you’re guaranteed is a debate, and that might not even be in the main chamber, but a side room.
CUSTARD BOY
Another subtweet...
A Finnish word for a coward is jänishousu, or “rabbit pants.” A slang Dutch version is papkindje, which means “porridge kid.” And a Turkish phrase for a wimp or coward is muhallebi çocuğu. It means “child of pudding.” Or, if you prefer, you could translate it as “custard boy.”
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
CUSTARD BOY
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This also probably belongs here...
A Dutch term for someone who acts tough but is actually a coward is held op sokken. It means “hero on socks.” The phrase originally referred to when, during a confrontation, a phoney tough guy would ditch their noisy clogs so they could retreat quietly in just their socks.
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
This also probably belongs here...
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The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
Never fails to make me uncomfortable entering this word into the Spelling Bee. I know it accepts it. I know it doesn’t mean the same in the US. But still, it’s icky.
January 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Never fails to make me uncomfortable entering this word into the Spelling Bee. I know it accepts it. I know it doesn’t mean the same in the US. But still, it’s icky.
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We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
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I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
It’s raining here so you can all bugger off with your pretty skies.
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
It’s raining here so you can all bugger off with your pretty skies.
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You know the eejits in the White House have never heard of the issues with the Mercator projection.
January 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
You know the eejits in the White House have never heard of the issues with the Mercator projection.
Essential listening here from @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social. It does feel like we’ve come to the end of the idea of progress as inevitable, but I’m also hopeful that we’ll realise it was in many ways toxic all along. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What Happened to Progress? - Global Visions - BBC Sounds
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Essential listening here from @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social. It does feel like we’ve come to the end of the idea of progress as inevitable, but I’m also hopeful that we’ll realise it was in many ways toxic all along. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I love this.
This was such a clever design for a museum show. The pockets of the c18th were suspended from the waist so here, a recreation of the various layers, like an anatomical illustration. The yellow quilted pockets are original amongst the grey blue of the facsimile, #1740s #VandA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I love this.
It’s grey and dreich today but the song thrush is back, warming up to full diva mode.
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
It’s grey and dreich today but the song thrush is back, warming up to full diva mode.
Listen to the hacking coughs of these men and tell me life isn’t better now.
SNOWDRIFT AT BLEATH GILL (1955) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ugIoMD495E
January 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Listen to the hacking coughs of these men and tell me life isn’t better now.
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I’ve said this before and I don’t think anyone’s ever been able to put my mind at rest… Isn’t it always the people up for murder that enter breakfast last? So if you’re playing the game, you know they were selected and all faithfuls. Amirite? #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I’ve said this before and I don’t think anyone’s ever been able to put my mind at rest… Isn’t it always the people up for murder that enter breakfast last? So if you’re playing the game, you know they were selected and all faithfuls. Amirite? #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK
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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME ISN'T TO FIND TRAITORS, IT'S TO *BE THERE FOR THE ENDGAME* (KNOWING WHO THE TRAITORS ARE)
#traitorsuk
#traitorsuk
January 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME ISN'T TO FIND TRAITORS, IT'S TO *BE THERE FOR THE ENDGAME* (KNOWING WHO THE TRAITORS ARE)
#traitorsuk
#traitorsuk