Wangleberry
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doing a PhD
www.chickenscratch.co.uk
doing a PhD
www.chickenscratch.co.uk
There's a guy in the gym who is the spitting image of alexander skarsgard good LORD hello
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There's a guy in the gym who is the spitting image of alexander skarsgard good LORD hello
hehe drew this for a throwaway joke in a larp chat but I kinda like the little guy
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
hehe drew this for a throwaway joke in a larp chat but I kinda like the little guy
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I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
This path leads to chaos.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
My PhD supervisor and I are in agreement that gen AI is an abomination in the arts and an affront to life itself and I am extremely grateful for this
Look, LLM use in academia isn't just students. You need to be speaking clearly with your collaborators about your writing standards from the beginning. Make people say out loud that they don't write their own articles anymore.
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
My PhD supervisor and I are in agreement that gen AI is an abomination in the arts and an affront to life itself and I am extremely grateful for this
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"Beneath us, at an immense distance, was the sun, black but shining; round it were fiery tracks on which revolv'd vast spiders, crawling after their prey, which flew, or rather swum, in the infinite deep."
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"Beneath us, at an immense distance, was the sun, black but shining; round it were fiery tracks on which revolv'd vast spiders, crawling after their prey, which flew, or rather swum, in the infinite deep."
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
'The Parrot' (Langford's Basilisk)
Duck's Head Staircase, Avenida Palace Hotel, Barcelona. #AvenidaPalaceHotel #Barcelona #Spain #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
'The Parrot' (Langford's Basilisk)
'travel, exercise and personal appointment'
sobbing with laughter at what would happen if I tried to count those as part of my working week
sobbing with laughter at what would happen if I tried to count those as part of my working week
I remember this Wall Street Journal graphic claiming that CEOs work 55 hour weeks, and maybe only 6 hours of it outside of meetings would be unambiguously considered work if they were in an entry level position.
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
'travel, exercise and personal appointment'
sobbing with laughter at what would happen if I tried to count those as part of my working week
sobbing with laughter at what would happen if I tried to count those as part of my working week
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
The colour palette of this photo perfectly encapsulates my Leeds childhood
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The colour palette of this photo perfectly encapsulates my Leeds childhood
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'After the Bath' - Joaquín Sorolla (1908)
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
'After the Bath' - Joaquín Sorolla (1908)
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
'You can talk to anyone and make them feel wanted and welcome.' That was nice to hear.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
'You can talk to anyone and make them feel wanted and welcome.' That was nice to hear.
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My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
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box of cereal is like a quid more than it was six months ago but at least now disabled people can't put their own money towards a car that's nicer than the government thinks they deserve
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
box of cereal is like a quid more than it was six months ago but at least now disabled people can't put their own money towards a car that's nicer than the government thinks they deserve
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hehe Zack Polanski was a hypnotherapist, I chortle to myself as I wade through my inbox glancing at emails from every single service provider telling me they're terribly sorry but they simply must raise their prices again
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
hehe Zack Polanski was a hypnotherapist, I chortle to myself as I wade through my inbox glancing at emails from every single service provider telling me they're terribly sorry but they simply must raise their prices again
Pub last night.
Mild hangover this morning.
Mild hangover this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Pub last night.
Mild hangover this morning.
Mild hangover this morning.
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he fell victim to one of the classic blunders! the most famous of which is, ‘never answer the phone for isaac chotiner,’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘never behave in a manner which causes derek guy to critique your fashion choices’
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
he fell victim to one of the classic blunders! the most famous of which is, ‘never answer the phone for isaac chotiner,’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘never behave in a manner which causes derek guy to critique your fashion choices’
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Utterly relevant to me today as I suffer the physical consequences of overdoing it at another LARP weekend and coming down from the high of spending days playing pretend with my friends
Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Utterly relevant to me today as I suffer the physical consequences of overdoing it at another LARP weekend and coming down from the high of spending days playing pretend with my friends
Compulsory doctoral induction seminar. Everyone else in my group is doing STEM career research.
Me: "Yeah, I'm just here to read and write about books. Yeah, there's no money. Yeah, it's just for fun. Yeah, I'm twice your age."
Me: "Yeah, I'm just here to read and write about books. Yeah, there's no money. Yeah, it's just for fun. Yeah, I'm twice your age."
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Compulsory doctoral induction seminar. Everyone else in my group is doing STEM career research.
Me: "Yeah, I'm just here to read and write about books. Yeah, there's no money. Yeah, it's just for fun. Yeah, I'm twice your age."
Me: "Yeah, I'm just here to read and write about books. Yeah, there's no money. Yeah, it's just for fun. Yeah, I'm twice your age."
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"To be labelled as true Teenage Ennui, a whine must come from the Bored-eaux region of France, otherwise it's just 'sparkling whatever'"
This came to me in a dream and I don't know what it means either
This came to me in a dream and I don't know what it means either
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"To be labelled as true Teenage Ennui, a whine must come from the Bored-eaux region of France, otherwise it's just 'sparkling whatever'"
This came to me in a dream and I don't know what it means either
This came to me in a dream and I don't know what it means either