charlotte
@tambourine.bsky.social
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sick poet / library mole
london
sick poet / library mole
london
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charlotte
@tambourine.bsky.social
· May 30
i have a short story in minor lits! about surgery histories and reciting verse. would love if you read it
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maybe we’re not talking enough about kate beckinsale’s daughter’s boyfriend laying two eggs (he is a human man, afaik) ew.com/kate-beckins...
Kate Beckinsale claims her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs: 'It’s a little bit gross'
In a truly unbelievable 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' interview, Kate Beckinsale claimed that her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs — and had pictures to prove it: 'What in the world?'
ew.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
maybe we’re not talking enough about kate beckinsale’s daughter’s boyfriend laying two eggs (he is a human man, afaik) ew.com/kate-beckins...
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they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
www.christies.com/en/stories/t...
maybe we’re not talking enough about kate beckinsale’s daughter’s boyfriend laying two eggs (he is a human man, afaik) ew.com/kate-beckins...
Kate Beckinsale claims her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs: 'It’s a little bit gross'
In a truly unbelievable 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' interview, Kate Beckinsale claimed that her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs — and had pictures to prove it: 'What in the world?'
ew.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
maybe we’re not talking enough about kate beckinsale’s daughter’s boyfriend laying two eggs (he is a human man, afaik) ew.com/kate-beckins...
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A reminder that eels are critically endangered and are still a major part of the licit and illicit economy in Asia, Europe, and parts of the US (lookin’ at you, Maine)
Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off extinction.
Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the US opposed them
Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off extinction.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A reminder that eels are critically endangered and are still a major part of the licit and illicit economy in Asia, Europe, and parts of the US (lookin’ at you, Maine)
had my gastroscopy today. on the one hand, results were good. on the other hand, throat hurts. don’t want throat to hurt.
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
had my gastroscopy today. on the one hand, results were good. on the other hand, throat hurts. don’t want throat to hurt.
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There's a @fictioncollective2.bsky.social flash sale right now, which includes 50% off my novel Daydreamers. Use code FLASH at checkout. Through Dec 2.
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There's a @fictioncollective2.bsky.social flash sale right now, which includes 50% off my novel Daydreamers. Use code FLASH at checkout. Through Dec 2.
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
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BREAKING NEWS - 13 people were killed and 25 others were injured as a result of an Israeli strike that targeted the town of Beit Jinn in the countryside of Damascus, Syria.
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
BREAKING NEWS - 13 people were killed and 25 others were injured as a result of an Israeli strike that targeted the town of Beit Jinn in the countryside of Damascus, Syria.
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Like we’re all clear this is as dangerous as it is farcical right
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Like we’re all clear this is as dangerous as it is farcical right
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A collection of environmental films made by Indigenous filmmakers that I've screened in Ecocinema over the years (shared today for obvious reasons):
1. It Starts with a Whisper (Shelley & Gronau Niro, 1993) vucavu.com/en/cfmdc/199...
1. It Starts with a Whisper (Shelley & Gronau Niro, 1993) vucavu.com/en/cfmdc/199...
It Starts With a Whisper
A celebration of the strength, wisdom, beauty and humour of Native women; of Native culture and people, surviving and thriving.
vucavu.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A collection of environmental films made by Indigenous filmmakers that I've screened in Ecocinema over the years (shared today for obvious reasons):
1. It Starts with a Whisper (Shelley & Gronau Niro, 1993) vucavu.com/en/cfmdc/199...
1. It Starts with a Whisper (Shelley & Gronau Niro, 1993) vucavu.com/en/cfmdc/199...
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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do you think anyone else has attempted to read the twentieth century poet kenneth hopkins’s poetry in the last thirty years. me neither. don’t recommend it. some of it is making me laugh though.
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
do you think anyone else has attempted to read the twentieth century poet kenneth hopkins’s poetry in the last thirty years. me neither. don’t recommend it. some of it is making me laugh though.
do you think anyone else has attempted to read the twentieth century poet kenneth hopkins’s poetry in the last thirty years. me neither. don’t recommend it. some of it is making me laugh though.
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
do you think anyone else has attempted to read the twentieth century poet kenneth hopkins’s poetry in the last thirty years. me neither. don’t recommend it. some of it is making me laugh though.
don’t you think it’s lucky that we’re the right size for cats to comfortably sit on
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
don’t you think it’s lucky that we’re the right size for cats to comfortably sit on
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A lovely (and funny) anecdote out of Ronald Johnson’s 1976 Vort interview, conducted by Barry Alpert (reprinted in _Ronald Johnson: Life and Works_ (National Poetry Foundation, 2008)). I would love to read a collection of the letters exchanged between Ian Hamilton Finlay and Johnson.
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A lovely (and funny) anecdote out of Ronald Johnson’s 1976 Vort interview, conducted by Barry Alpert (reprinted in _Ronald Johnson: Life and Works_ (National Poetry Foundation, 2008)). I would love to read a collection of the letters exchanged between Ian Hamilton Finlay and Johnson.
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
it’s my five year cancerversary today! (since i was given my diagnosis, that is, the surgery anniversary is next February)
very odd to be five years on. it feels like a long time in the abstract, but very little time at all in terms of memories/feelings/etc
very odd to be five years on. it feels like a long time in the abstract, but very little time at all in terms of memories/feelings/etc
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
it’s my five year cancerversary today! (since i was given my diagnosis, that is, the surgery anniversary is next February)
very odd to be five years on. it feels like a long time in the abstract, but very little time at all in terms of memories/feelings/etc
very odd to be five years on. it feels like a long time in the abstract, but very little time at all in terms of memories/feelings/etc
having a lot of fun with demonschool. also their teacher is a very weird and compelling videogame dreamboat tbh
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
having a lot of fun with demonschool. also their teacher is a very weird and compelling videogame dreamboat tbh
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here’s another by Silvia Dobson. think a lot of this poetry is pretty fine. someone could do worse than finding out who is the executor of these writers’ estates (i know at least Oswell must have someone, he’s had stories reprinted recently) and republishing some of their poetry.
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
here’s another by Silvia Dobson. think a lot of this poetry is pretty fine. someone could do worse than finding out who is the executor of these writers’ estates (i know at least Oswell must have someone, he’s had stories reprinted recently) and republishing some of their poetry.
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Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
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That shirt, tho.
He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
Librarian vows to stop invasive ed tech after ending lawsuit with Proctorio.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
That shirt, tho.
read James Hanley’s (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H... ) short story ‘The German Prisoner’ last night. incredibly bleak piece of WWI writing. not sure I’d recommend but it’s well-written and really fascinating. not at all the dominant type of even anti-war writing remembered now
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
read James Hanley’s (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H... ) short story ‘The German Prisoner’ last night. incredibly bleak piece of WWI writing. not sure I’d recommend but it’s well-written and really fascinating. not at all the dominant type of even anti-war writing remembered now
Karloff asking to be played by George Clooney here
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Karloff asking to be played by George Clooney here