So Mayer
@suchmayer.bsky.social
They/them. Overthinker. Reads things, writes things. BAD LANGUAGE out now with Peninsula Press 🐉 THE WORD FOR WORLD (co-ed) out now with @silver-press.bsky.social 🌳 Website & newsletter: somayer.net. Won't age-verify so no DMs.
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So Mayer
@suchmayer.bsky.social
· Sep 16
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BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25
"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi
Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...
BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25
"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi
Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...
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REMINDER: If you shopped with a Minneapolis store to support them during their general strike, I swear to god, do not bug them if it takes awhile. Online orders are work, fighting an occupation is work. Don't make more work for them
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
REMINDER: If you shopped with a Minneapolis store to support them during their general strike, I swear to god, do not bug them if it takes awhile. Online orders are work, fighting an occupation is work. Don't make more work for them
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“We’re in these walled-off secret societies. These are state institutions. But it’s one of the only state institutions that the public or the media has no access to. How can a journalist go into a war zone, but can’t go into a prison in the United States of America?” - Raoul Poole, prisoner
HBO's "The Alabama Solution" was nominated for an Academy Award. But the incarcerated men who produced the footage that made the film possible were just thrown into solitary confinement.
They Collaborated on an Oscar-Nominated Film — Then Got Thrown Into Solitary
The incarcerated men who produced footage for The Alabama Solution were abruptly transferred to solitary this month.
theappeal.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“We’re in these walled-off secret societies. These are state institutions. But it’s one of the only state institutions that the public or the media has no access to. How can a journalist go into a war zone, but can’t go into a prison in the United States of America?” - Raoul Poole, prisoner
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You must read this story about the hero that risked his life to reveal an unprecedented amount of information on the internal workings of ‘pig butchering’ scams
An incredible story of how one man, tricked into working in a scam compound in Southeast Asia, leaked all of their secrets to @agreenberg.bsky.social before trying to escape.
www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
You must read this story about the hero that risked his life to reveal an unprecedented amount of information on the internal workings of ‘pig butchering’ scams
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an analogue to the joys and fulfilments of solidarity currently being proved in MN exists in our classrooms. we know that serious study, serious thought, serious play feels good. why not find, invent ways of doing that goodness together rather than focusing so intently on circumventing cheating
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
an analogue to the joys and fulfilments of solidarity currently being proved in MN exists in our classrooms. we know that serious study, serious thought, serious play feels good. why not find, invent ways of doing that goodness together rather than focusing so intently on circumventing cheating
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Palestine Action-linked prisoner Umer Khalid, 22, ended his protest after becoming severely unwell.
Gravely ill pro-Palestine activist ends hunger, thirst strike in UK prison
The months-long rolling protest joined by eight Palestine Action-linked activists concludes as Umer Khalid ends strike.
www.aljazeera.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Palestine Action-linked prisoner Umer Khalid, 22, ended his protest after becoming severely unwell.
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Thank you for sharing, @christl.bsky.social. The story isn’t just about Greg, but all of you who have reached out to him and DreamHaven Books. If you’ve been trying to order books from them, or you did order this weekend — watch this and feel good. ✊🏽
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Thank you for sharing, @christl.bsky.social. The story isn’t just about Greg, but all of you who have reached out to him and DreamHaven Books. If you’ve been trying to order books from them, or you did order this weekend — watch this and feel good. ✊🏽
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Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
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You’d think an attempted bombing of an event with 2,000 attendees on the shores of mainland Australia would get a breaking news alert and statement from the Prime Minister of the country.
But it’s blackfullas and people who associate with them, that’s fine.
But it’s blackfullas and people who associate with them, that’s fine.
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
You’d think an attempted bombing of an event with 2,000 attendees on the shores of mainland Australia would get a breaking news alert and statement from the Prime Minister of the country.
But it’s blackfullas and people who associate with them, that’s fine.
But it’s blackfullas and people who associate with them, that’s fine.
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people constantly hound rape victims for not prosecuting their rapists, saying they’re somehow responsible if the person rapes someone else. meanwhile if you try to prosecute, and you have actual audio evidence that you’ve been assaulted, it could still be used to put YOU through a trial
The police are failing women and protecting abusers. Seeking justice should never put women on trial.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gl0r0052po
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gl0r0052po
I accused a police officer of rape, but I ended up on trial
How a secret audio recording played in court helped clear a woman accused of making a false rape allegation.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 12:43 PM
people constantly hound rape victims for not prosecuting their rapists, saying they’re somehow responsible if the person rapes someone else. meanwhile if you try to prosecute, and you have actual audio evidence that you’ve been assaulted, it could still be used to put YOU through a trial
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I note that “enshrined legal protections for wingnuts and cranks to behave as badly as they want, without negative consequences” is pretty compelling evidence that Britain has been deeply and maliciously Trumpified for quite some time.
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I note that “enshrined legal protections for wingnuts and cranks to behave as badly as they want, without negative consequences” is pretty compelling evidence that Britain has been deeply and maliciously Trumpified for quite some time.
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i fear that a not insignificant number of people would, given the opportunity, pre-order a matrix egg for large sums of money
"it's sustainable! You're actually *contributing* energy"
"it's sustainable! You're actually *contributing* energy"
the thing about technofascists like thiel, musk, marc "da egghead" andreesen is that they would absolutely hook you up to be used as a battery, matrix-style, no hesitation. what makes The Matrix fiction is that these assholes wouldn't bother to create a fantasy world to keep your mind occupied
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 AM
i fear that a not insignificant number of people would, given the opportunity, pre-order a matrix egg for large sums of money
"it's sustainable! You're actually *contributing* energy"
"it's sustainable! You're actually *contributing* energy"
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the Greens are the clear favourite with all bookies to win Gorton and Denton, but the story everywhere is Labour "gifting" the seat to Reform by blocking Burnham - apparently it doesn't matter that this is not a reflection of reality, since it better fits the established media line
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
the Greens are the clear favourite with all bookies to win Gorton and Denton, but the story everywhere is Labour "gifting" the seat to Reform by blocking Burnham - apparently it doesn't matter that this is not a reflection of reality, since it better fits the established media line
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the NYT op ed about how kids should like harry potter more is part of the NYT's brutal campaign to create a moral panic which pushes trans people out of public life.
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM
the NYT op ed about how kids should like harry potter more is part of the NYT's brutal campaign to create a moral panic which pushes trans people out of public life.
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Since Neil Young is a pretty awesome old dude who has allowed the people of Greenland to access all his music for free… let’s play my favourite cover of a Neil Young song.
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne
YouTube video by SaintEtienneOfficial
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Since Neil Young is a pretty awesome old dude who has allowed the people of Greenland to access all his music for free… let’s play my favourite cover of a Neil Young song.
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4
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A legal bid to overturn the Palestine Action proscription through the Scottish courts has passed a major milestone 👇
Major legal win in bid to overturn Palestine Action ban
www.thenational.scot
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 AM
A legal bid to overturn the Palestine Action proscription through the Scottish courts has passed a major milestone 👇
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We’re looking for a researcher with a background in queer history to support an upcoming documentary exploring London’s Queer Global Majority & migrant histories (60-now).
💷 £350/day
🏳️🌈 Community-led, oral history–focused
Interested?
Get in touch: [email protected]
💷 £350/day
🏳️🌈 Community-led, oral history–focused
Interested?
Get in touch: [email protected]
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
We’re looking for a researcher with a background in queer history to support an upcoming documentary exploring London’s Queer Global Majority & migrant histories (60-now).
💷 £350/day
🏳️🌈 Community-led, oral history–focused
Interested?
Get in touch: [email protected]
💷 £350/day
🏳️🌈 Community-led, oral history–focused
Interested?
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Happy To Ride A Rising Storm Day to all who celebrate #booksky #nampeshiweisit
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Happy To Ride A Rising Storm Day to all who celebrate #booksky #nampeshiweisit
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For anyone who wants to know, “You were right” or even “You were right and I was wrong” isn’t an apology.
The words are “I’m sorry [for doing/saying/claiming X].”
Not ”I didn't get that quite right.”
Not “…”
Not “Anyway, there are more important things to consider.”
Two words. “I’m sorry.”
The words are “I’m sorry [for doing/saying/claiming X].”
Not ”I didn't get that quite right.”
Not “…”
Not “Anyway, there are more important things to consider.”
Two words. “I’m sorry.”
January 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM
For anyone who wants to know, “You were right” or even “You were right and I was wrong” isn’t an apology.
The words are “I’m sorry [for doing/saying/claiming X].”
Not ”I didn't get that quite right.”
Not “…”
Not “Anyway, there are more important things to consider.”
Two words. “I’m sorry.”
The words are “I’m sorry [for doing/saying/claiming X].”
Not ”I didn't get that quite right.”
Not “…”
Not “Anyway, there are more important things to consider.”
Two words. “I’m sorry.”
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“When they came for the immigrants,
I got in their face.”
I got in their face.”
January 26, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“When they came for the immigrants,
I got in their face.”
I got in their face.”
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the preceding paragraph that I should have included:
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
the preceding paragraph that I should have included:
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MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2026 🗣️
📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm
📍 Club Academy
Uni of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road M13 9PR
Come to Manchester in Translation '26 for talks & Chinese translation workshops - no experience necessary!
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm
📍 Club Academy
Uni of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road M13 9PR
Come to Manchester in Translation '26 for talks & Chinese translation workshops - no experience necessary!
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2026 🗣️
📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm
📍 Club Academy
Uni of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road M13 9PR
Come to Manchester in Translation '26 for talks & Chinese translation workshops - no experience necessary!
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm
📍 Club Academy
Uni of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road M13 9PR
Come to Manchester in Translation '26 for talks & Chinese translation workshops - no experience necessary!
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
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everyone should indeed get basic income but a specific reason artists should get basic income instead of relying on grants is we get better art when people can pursue their specific things vs when they have to outline projects that will seduce grant committees
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
everyone should indeed get basic income but a specific reason artists should get basic income instead of relying on grants is we get better art when people can pursue their specific things vs when they have to outline projects that will seduce grant committees
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I'm incredibly pleased to able to talk about this at last. Art by Rovina Cai! Will be available to order here in a few days, and the book is already printed. No wait!
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link is letterpress-printed and hardbound in quarter cloth and marbled paper from Daniela Prina with illustrations by Rovina Cai. All copies are signed by the author and art...
conversationtreepress.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I'm incredibly pleased to able to talk about this at last. Art by Rovina Cai! Will be available to order here in a few days, and the book is already printed. No wait!