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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Mar 7

From my less irritable self - a new stack of books in a puddle of sunshine in time for IWD! Spent an evening listening to the authors talk about women's writing, responsibility, and embodied-ness at @leedslibraries.bsky.social #IWD #newfiction #springreading #tbrstack

Three books stacked on a sunny counter. Their spines are to the camera. Starting at the bottom they are Spent Light by Lara Dawson, Raw Content by Naomi Booth, and Birding by Rose Ruane.

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Mar 7

I miss the strictness of libraries in days' gone - not for everything but definitely for food. It's an example of "reasonable" being too widely applied.

Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Feb 26

Came home to find this little beauty on our front lawn. 🌱

A purple crocus wide open showing bright yellow stamens against a background of green and brown dry grass.

Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Feb 14

Escapist viewing after days spent reading about the Law is currently Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore remake). Simultaneously so flawed and so timely. This viewing (it's been a long time since we watched the series!): the Cylons are *too* human.

Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Feb 3

Fantastic long list (for adding to tottering TBR stack...) - so glad to see The Headland on here by the brilliant @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social: astonishing encounter with unresolvable otherness, love, art, and strange/familiar landscapes.

GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Feb 3

Wonderful #GoldSF news!
3x GoldSF titles on the @bsfa.bsky.social #Longlist
#BSFAAwards2024
Please vote for us!

@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
@unamccormack.bsky.social
@vondanmcintyre.bsky.social

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Feb 1

I am alwata irritated when media plays into the stratification of HEIs in the UK, particularly when the issue is academics and professional staff facing redundancy. This has been happening across the sector for years not just when it happens in "leading unis".

Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring

www.theguardian.com

Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 26

I seem to have replaced Sunday night blues (cos Monday = work day) with Sunday night existential crisis about every decision I've ever made and that's why Monday isn't a work day right now.

#exacademic #careerchange #amidoinganythingright

Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 21

I'm trying to imagine a situation where, unprompted, I would clarify that I'm not a "raging" feminist. Or even prompted. 🤔

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 15

Just finished GRIS - I don't even have words yet for how brilliant this game is: I am wrung out and somehow refreshed at the same time. Just stunning. @nomada.studio

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 13

Back to mornings in the university library where I wrote my PhD. I love this building. 📚📝❤️ Still taking notes with pen and paper.

Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 11

Starting again! For my observations on retraining in law @lexreturna.bsky.social - by "observations", I mean very random, disconnected things I find, or find neat, or find confusing.

A student card with a light blue lanyard for the University of Law photographed on white lined writing paper.

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 8

Massive shout-out to any and all mature students. This takes more grit - & a better sense of humour - than I could have possibly imagined .

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 2

For the first time in 20 years, a border agent said "welcome home" when I got back to the UK. 2025 is already off to a good start.

A sunset over a parking lot. The sky is blue behind buildings, white clouds at the top of the photo and the bright sun just sinking in the centre.

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy new year! 🥂❤️

View from a ridge over a winter landscape in the evening. The sky is the same colour as the snow. A river curves from the centre to the lower left. City lights are in the distance.

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Matthias Trost @mtrost.bsky.social · Dec 11

If people outside of the UK wonder why their colleagues in the UK are stressed:

Check out this list-->

qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

UK HE shrinking

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

qmucu.org

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Heather Maxwell 🔆 @hamfist.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hey, I made a comic!
I’d like as many people as possible to read it, so I put it up here for free -
hamf.ist
If you like it, please share it but stay spoiler-conscious!
If you don’t like it, I guess you can just keep that to yourself.

Boy Jones*

hamf.ist

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Dec 15

@citizenofblue.bsky.social thought of you of course!

Paleofuture.com @paleofuture.com · Dec 15

From Palestine to American Alberta: International Border Changes Predicted In 1974 For the Year 2024

From Palestine to American Alberta: International Border Changes Predicted In 1974 For the Year 2024...

The August 24, 1974 issue of Saturday Review World magazine was completely devoted to what the world of 2024 would look like. And given the simple fact that we’re only a couple of weeks away from ...

paleofuture.com

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Dec 6

Je me souviens. I will remember. 6 December 1989.

Gillian Roberts @citizenofblue.bsky.social · Dec 6

Je me souviens: Geneviève Bergeron; Hélène Colgan; Nathalie Croteau; Barbara Daigneault; Anne-Marie Edward; Maud Haviernick;
Barbara Maria Klucznik; Maryse Leclair; Annie St.-Arneault;
Michèle Richard; Maryse Laganière; Anne-Marie Lemay; Sonia Pelletier; Annie Turcotte.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · Nov 27

it's here!
it's queer!
it's the 2023 Queer Adult SFF list!
just in time for your gift-giving needs
please re-post, share, etc!

2023 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

Welcome to my ongoing and somewhat-regularly updated list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books published in 2023! If you haven't been around for my previous lists, this list and the ones b...

kadoore.com

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Dec 1

Realising that "Christmas markets" are the same in most cities - rather than a charming local tradition - ranks as one of my biggest disappointments.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Nov 28

Please share - New Prize for non-fiction for black women writers, amplifying us as knowledge-makers and critical thinkers. Global scope with a $20,000 award for exceptional work by black cis, trans and genderqueer women. Details here. Judged by Bernadine Evaristo.

MANUSCRIPT PRIZE

Cassava Republic Press’s Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize is dedicated to exceptional works of non-fiction by Black women.

cassavarepublic.biz

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Nov 29

It was "train warm", which is a special temperature that is both a relief and vaguely...gross... 😄

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Nov 29

Most mornings I tolerate commuting, some mornings I loathe it. This morning it's kinda okay in that suddenly-it's-winter crisp sunshine.

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Kaley Kramer @teethbeforewords.bsky.social · Nov 27

RPG meets Print History! This has made my little book history nerd heart explode with delight (also the amazing humans behind Anachronalia are just wonderful).

Three soft-bound books on a black background. They are role playing game guides that focus on printers and publishers in the 16th-18th centuries in the UK.

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