Liss
@lissrf.bsky.social
Peaked in post-grad
PhD grad in Irish literature. Joyce, baking, knitting, crochet.
PhD grad in Irish literature. Joyce, baking, knitting, crochet.
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Liss
@lissrf.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Got talking literature with a solicitor on the phone at work and he said 'You're not one of those people who says they've read Finnegans Wake, are you?'
It's been an appalling last couple of months. I've spent too much time moping and too much time on social media. Planning to get it all out of my system over the remaining 50-odd hours of the year, then spend 2026 in perpetual craft status.
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's been an appalling last couple of months. I've spent too much time moping and too much time on social media. Planning to get it all out of my system over the remaining 50-odd hours of the year, then spend 2026 in perpetual craft status.
This Christmas, I'm trying to finish reading Wuthering Heights before getting round to the Kate Bush adaptation
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This Christmas, I'm trying to finish reading Wuthering Heights before getting round to the Kate Bush adaptation
Bez at Mani's funeral / 'Head of a Man (With Red Eyes)' (1938), LS Lowry
December 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Bez at Mani's funeral / 'Head of a Man (With Red Eyes)' (1938), LS Lowry
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Not now aggressive hepatitis, covid and herpes monkeys
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Not now aggressive hepatitis, covid and herpes monkeys
Always wondered what it would be like to share a name with a weather event and let me tell you, it is... not cool
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Always wondered what it would be like to share a name with a weather event and let me tell you, it is... not cool
Fun Louvre fact: The pyramid was designed by the brother of Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads
October 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fun Louvre fact: The pyramid was designed by the brother of Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads
B plot from a 00s sitcom: I found a valuable Pokémon card in the street which I'm selling through an intermediary to an ex-friend who doesn't know I'm behind it.
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
B plot from a 00s sitcom: I found a valuable Pokémon card in the street which I'm selling through an intermediary to an ex-friend who doesn't know I'm behind it.
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More clearance in the Japanese Garden this morning, thanks to Penny, Kris, Jordan, Chi, Matt, Lucy, SteveM, Val, Sam, Liss and Bridget. Lots of buried litter!
☔️ stayed away.
☔️ stayed away.
October 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
More clearance in the Japanese Garden this morning, thanks to Penny, Kris, Jordan, Chi, Matt, Lucy, SteveM, Val, Sam, Liss and Bridget. Lots of buried litter!
☔️ stayed away.
☔️ stayed away.
This was a perfectly cosy way to see out a weekend
Delighted to welcome Anna Fitzgerald to Liverpool for @liverpooluni.bsky.social LitFest to mark her award of the John McGahern Book Prize.
Thoroughly enjoyed her impactful reading from her debut "Girl in the Making" and discussion with @irishinstitute.bsky.social's Prof Frank Shovlin.
#booksky
Thoroughly enjoyed her impactful reading from her debut "Girl in the Making" and discussion with @irishinstitute.bsky.social's Prof Frank Shovlin.
#booksky
October 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This was a perfectly cosy way to see out a weekend
Today I bought replacement bronzer, and then I got home and realised it was a tester, and five minutes later my existing bronzer fell out of the medicine cabinet with the rest of my make up and smashed in the sink. The fates can take my artificial sun-kissed look from my cold, bronzed, dead hands.
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Today I bought replacement bronzer, and then I got home and realised it was a tester, and five minutes later my existing bronzer fell out of the medicine cabinet with the rest of my make up and smashed in the sink. The fates can take my artificial sun-kissed look from my cold, bronzed, dead hands.
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The Andrew formerly known as Prince
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
In a statement, the prince says:
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Andrew formerly known as Prince
Today's mood has been brought to you by a disappointing slow cooker chilli and Mac Miller on repeat
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today's mood has been brought to you by a disappointing slow cooker chilli and Mac Miller on repeat
There's nothing like the swagger of coming out of the airport in your hometown. That's right guys. I know the score. Get me in a fucking queue.
October 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
There's nothing like the swagger of coming out of the airport in your hometown. That's right guys. I know the score. Get me in a fucking queue.
Wanted to know what it would be like to go on a wacky Japanese gameshow so I went for a piss on a moving National Express coach
October 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Wanted to know what it would be like to go on a wacky Japanese gameshow so I went for a piss on a moving National Express coach
Made a hat with actual Aran wool from the actual Aran Islands
September 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Made a hat with actual Aran wool from the actual Aran Islands
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They will never attribute autism to something that Dads do. Or some shortfall in public services or environmental standards.
They will wonder aloud with no evidence or bad evidence, blaming stuff they already dislike, and somehow always manage to stay in their "mum's fault" lane.
They will wonder aloud with no evidence or bad evidence, blaming stuff they already dislike, and somehow always manage to stay in their "mum's fault" lane.
September 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
They will never attribute autism to something that Dads do. Or some shortfall in public services or environmental standards.
They will wonder aloud with no evidence or bad evidence, blaming stuff they already dislike, and somehow always manage to stay in their "mum's fault" lane.
They will wonder aloud with no evidence or bad evidence, blaming stuff they already dislike, and somehow always manage to stay in their "mum's fault" lane.
Once I finished making my blanket, I baked a cake for a friend's birthday lunch. While there, I picked apples from their garden. The apples are in the slow cooker now, getting turned into chutney. Autumn is so magical.
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Once I finished making my blanket, I baked a cake for a friend's birthday lunch. While there, I picked apples from their garden. The apples are in the slow cooker now, getting turned into chutney. Autumn is so magical.
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Digging, weeding, planting - thanks to Penny, Steve, Jordan, Val, Liss, Chi, Margaret, Peter, Matt, Lucy and Nadev! Also thanks to Sylvia for donating bulbs which were duly planted this morning. 🌱Glorious morning but next time we'll chose to pose somewhere where we're not squinting or in shadow!
September 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Digging, weeding, planting - thanks to Penny, Steve, Jordan, Val, Liss, Chi, Margaret, Peter, Matt, Lucy and Nadev! Also thanks to Sylvia for donating bulbs which were duly planted this morning. 🌱Glorious morning but next time we'll chose to pose somewhere where we're not squinting or in shadow!
Just finished the Six (Fourteen) Day Star Blanket
September 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Just finished the Six (Fourteen) Day Star Blanket
Finished my latest blanket (pictures to follow).
Next project: a hoodie.
Protect ya neck.
Next project: a hoodie.
Protect ya neck.
September 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Finished my latest blanket (pictures to follow).
Next project: a hoodie.
Protect ya neck.
Next project: a hoodie.
Protect ya neck.
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THEY'RE CALLED GROYPERS COOP. A GAGGLE OF YOUNG MEN ONLINE WHO CAN'T DELINEATE BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT. DARNDEST THING. ONE OF THEIR SHELL CASINGS TURNED THREE OF OUR BEST AGENTS GAY.
September 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
THEY'RE CALLED GROYPERS COOP. A GAGGLE OF YOUNG MEN ONLINE WHO CAN'T DELINEATE BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT. DARNDEST THING. ONE OF THEIR SHELL CASINGS TURNED THREE OF OUR BEST AGENTS GAY.
The bespoke needle-punch rug that has cost hundreds of pounds and I've been 'working on' for three years has been silently sobbing in the corner since I whipped this scrap yarn baby up in two weeks
September 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The bespoke needle-punch rug that has cost hundreds of pounds and I've been 'working on' for three years has been silently sobbing in the corner since I whipped this scrap yarn baby up in two weeks
Guy Garvey's voice is the distillation of a rainy Sunday afternoon
September 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Guy Garvey's voice is the distillation of a rainy Sunday afternoon
Googling lyrics in the age of AI has a different cadence
September 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Googling lyrics in the age of AI has a different cadence