elri
@eyebright-iris.bsky.social
MA Lit & Culture graduate from Uni of Brum | they/any | LARPer/feral idiot
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elri
@eyebright-iris.bsky.social
· Nov 15
The Thread of Threads:
sometimes the world is very bad, and sometimes a 12 year old from plymouth emails you because he loves learning about universities and wants to know if you have any stickers or postcards you could send him
January 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
sometimes the world is very bad, and sometimes a 12 year old from plymouth emails you because he loves learning about universities and wants to know if you have any stickers or postcards you could send him
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After 73 days of hunger strike which began in November 2025, three of the Palestine Action prisoners have ended their hunger strikes after it was revealed that Elbit Systems UK was denied a £2 billion army training contract with the Ministry of Defense, a key demand of the hunger strikers.
Three Palestine Action activists end UK hunger strike https://aje.news/pwpm4z
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
After 73 days of hunger strike which began in November 2025, three of the Palestine Action prisoners have ended their hunger strikes after it was revealed that Elbit Systems UK was denied a £2 billion army training contract with the Ministry of Defense, a key demand of the hunger strikers.
i’m a happy critter when i’m adding more books to my TBR
fantasy, gothic and horror novels remain fantastic and so many amazing new ones are coming out continually
sometimes i worry i’ll run out of books and need to break my read each day streak, but uh. i think i’ll be okay at this rate
fantasy, gothic and horror novels remain fantastic and so many amazing new ones are coming out continually
sometimes i worry i’ll run out of books and need to break my read each day streak, but uh. i think i’ll be okay at this rate
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
i’m a happy critter when i’m adding more books to my TBR
fantasy, gothic and horror novels remain fantastic and so many amazing new ones are coming out continually
sometimes i worry i’ll run out of books and need to break my read each day streak, but uh. i think i’ll be okay at this rate
fantasy, gothic and horror novels remain fantastic and so many amazing new ones are coming out continually
sometimes i worry i’ll run out of books and need to break my read each day streak, but uh. i think i’ll be okay at this rate
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it’s a froggy socks in the office kinda day today
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
it’s a froggy socks in the office kinda day today
you ever start reading a book and go “you know what? this 10000% belongs on the reading list for a module i took in my final year of undergrad six years ago”
anyway the river has roots is off to a STRONG start and i need it on the fantasy & fandom module from my bachelors like. yesterday
anyway the river has roots is off to a STRONG start and i need it on the fantasy & fandom module from my bachelors like. yesterday
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
you ever start reading a book and go “you know what? this 10000% belongs on the reading list for a module i took in my final year of undergrad six years ago”
anyway the river has roots is off to a STRONG start and i need it on the fantasy & fandom module from my bachelors like. yesterday
anyway the river has roots is off to a STRONG start and i need it on the fantasy & fandom module from my bachelors like. yesterday
pattern recognition go brrrr
anyway welcome to elri’s theory of Orange British Gothic
anyway welcome to elri’s theory of Orange British Gothic
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
pattern recognition go brrrr
anyway welcome to elri’s theory of Orange British Gothic
anyway welcome to elri’s theory of Orange British Gothic
New year! Time for a new thread: books I read in 2026
January 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
New year! Time for a new thread: books I read in 2026
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i live above an industrial workshop, and after hours a lot of folks don’t know people live here in flats
anyway these fellas were having a great time. i have no idea who they are
anyway these fellas were having a great time. i have no idea who they are
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
i live above an industrial workshop, and after hours a lot of folks don’t know people live here in flats
anyway these fellas were having a great time. i have no idea who they are
anyway these fellas were having a great time. i have no idea who they are
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Can't believe Stranger Things ends with them switching to Pathfinder
January 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Can't believe Stranger Things ends with them switching to Pathfinder
‼️shropshire mention in the book i’m reading‼️
January 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
‼️shropshire mention in the book i’m reading‼️
and so we come to an end! for new years 2023 i decided to read every single day, even if it’s just a page or a paragraph. i’m still going strong now and this was my list for this year. typically i read just before i go to sleep, so it’s about a book a month for me, but 18 books is strong going!
Books I read in 2025!
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
and so we come to an end! for new years 2023 i decided to read every single day, even if it’s just a page or a paragraph. i’m still going strong now and this was my list for this year. typically i read just before i go to sleep, so it’s about a book a month for me, but 18 books is strong going!
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the tail end of the christmas lights for the house ended up in my mum’s little rosemary hedge. if you care.
December 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
the tail end of the christmas lights for the house ended up in my mum’s little rosemary hedge. if you care.
mother let me loose in waterstones for being so brave (walking through primark) (in telford) (walking through primark in telford two days after christmas)
anyways here’s the books i got
anyways here’s the books i got
December 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
mother let me loose in waterstones for being so brave (walking through primark) (in telford) (walking through primark in telford two days after christmas)
anyways here’s the books i got
anyways here’s the books i got
i’ve missed academic nonfiction so muchhhh omg
currently reading ‘writing the uncanny’ ed. by @dancoxon.bsky.social & @richardvhirst.bsky.social and it’s such a doozy of a book
i wanna write my own stuff now about the uncanny and what it can mean
currently reading ‘writing the uncanny’ ed. by @dancoxon.bsky.social & @richardvhirst.bsky.social and it’s such a doozy of a book
i wanna write my own stuff now about the uncanny and what it can mean
December 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’ve missed academic nonfiction so muchhhh omg
currently reading ‘writing the uncanny’ ed. by @dancoxon.bsky.social & @richardvhirst.bsky.social and it’s such a doozy of a book
i wanna write my own stuff now about the uncanny and what it can mean
currently reading ‘writing the uncanny’ ed. by @dancoxon.bsky.social & @richardvhirst.bsky.social and it’s such a doozy of a book
i wanna write my own stuff now about the uncanny and what it can mean
me and my new dumb shirt say merry christmas
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
me and my new dumb shirt say merry christmas
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
reading an essay on the uncanny in shirley jackson’s work and the author references fucking moominpappa
i love literary studies man
i love literary studies man
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
reading an essay on the uncanny in shirley jackson’s work and the author references fucking moominpappa
i love literary studies man
i love literary studies man
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so cool! now when I commit high crimes in flagrant violation of international law, all I have to do is refuse to talk about them on camera, and then, since they couldn't get "both sides," I can avoid an embarrassing news report on them! amazing system. A+
Bari Weiss this morning on the 60 Minutes segment: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
so cool! now when I commit high crimes in flagrant violation of international law, all I have to do is refuse to talk about them on camera, and then, since they couldn't get "both sides," I can avoid an embarrassing news report on them! amazing system. A+
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Bari Weiss has given the White House a “kill switch”, says Sharyn Alfonso, the journalist behind the 60 minutes piece pulled by CBS. The accusation is in the Email response she sent to her colleagues.
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Bari Weiss has given the White House a “kill switch”, says Sharyn Alfonso, the journalist behind the 60 minutes piece pulled by CBS. The accusation is in the Email response she sent to her colleagues.
and so in the north, the longest night
and so, returning of the light,
a bit by bit; each length’ning day
the creeping, clinging sunlight rays
remind us in the waning nights
the sun returns; ere comes the light.
and so, returning of the light,
a bit by bit; each length’ning day
the creeping, clinging sunlight rays
remind us in the waning nights
the sun returns; ere comes the light.
December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
and so in the north, the longest night
and so, returning of the light,
a bit by bit; each length’ning day
the creeping, clinging sunlight rays
remind us in the waning nights
the sun returns; ere comes the light.
and so, returning of the light,
a bit by bit; each length’ning day
the creeping, clinging sunlight rays
remind us in the waning nights
the sun returns; ere comes the light.
you hate to see it (considering a phd and then you open the book you’re reading and the first essay in it is. nail on the head for what you’d want to be looking at) (i don’t have the BRAINCELLS or the ORGANISATION please can these ideas let me be)
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
you hate to see it (considering a phd and then you open the book you’re reading and the first essay in it is. nail on the head for what you’d want to be looking at) (i don’t have the BRAINCELLS or the ORGANISATION please can these ideas let me be)