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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 1h

Because a female laureate two years in a row would be controversial. No shade on Krasznahorkai or his work. The Patriarchy, however, leaves a lot to be desired. #LászlóKrasznahorkai #NobelPrize #patriarchy

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 1h

“Abuse elicits so many memories of trauma that embed themselves in behavior that is hard to shake.” Viola Davis #FindingMe #ViolaDavis #BookChat #booksky

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 1d

This has been one of the least forgiving texts I’ve read in a while. But it’s grown on me. Can’t wait to return to it in a year or two, to see what I discover. #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar #AmalElMohtar #MaxGladstone #BookChat #booksky

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 1d

With all the knowledge we have in 2025, there shouldn't even be a debate about whether or not to expand mining at the expense of biodiversity—let alone pushing an endangered species to further to the brink. #BaudinsBlackCockatoo #birds #wildlife #conservation #mining

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion

BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 2d

All writing is a product of its time. Some has a harder time breaking out of that confine. This is trapped in the expectations of its own conception—at best. Three decades later, it makes for a good 1990s to-cool-for-school read. Add flannel! #GenerationX #DouglasCoupland #BookChat #booksky

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 2d

So far, this year, there are more Nobel laureates named John than there are female ones. #NobelSoMale #NobelPrize

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 2d

At times, this is not writing. It’s not even an exercise in writing. It’s an arrogant demonstration of writing. #GenerationX #DouglasCoupland #BookChat #booksky

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 4d

In September, the Slovak parliament voted on the recognition of only two genders, restricting sexuality education, and limiting adoption to only married straight couples. If we thought hard-won LGBTQ+ rights can be taken for granted, it's time to think again. #LGBTQRights #HumanRights #slovakia

Slovakia: Parliament’s approval of draconian constitutional amendments is a step towards erosion of human rights

Reacting to news that the Slovak parliament voted today to pass amendments to the constitution that will lead to the recognition of only two genders (male and female), restrict comprehensive sexuality...

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 4d

Apropå det här med språkkrav för personal inom äldreomsorgen, varför förs debatten med utgångspunkt från att vårdtagare pratar svenska och behöver personal som kan svenska? Varför pratar vi inte om äldre som har andra förstaspråk och som behöver personal som behärskar dem? #språkkrav #äldreomsorg

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 4d

Det här med att Anna Tenje (M) sitter på bästa sändningstid och hamrar in orimligheten i att en familj med försörjningsstöd får 46 500 kr per månad – vet hon hur lite pengar det är för hennes exempelfamilj på två vuxna och fem barn? #AnnaTenje #moderaterna #lördagsintervjun

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 5d

The dialogue is detached, leaving readers on the outside. It’s like they are too cool to engage and can’t be bothered to more than scratch the surface. Almost a demonstration in 1990s nonchalance, with a Seinfeldy cadence without the warmth. #GenerationX #DouglasCoupland #BookChat #booksky #seinfeld

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 5d

You should join me on Fable.

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 5d

I’m stuck with time. I think it’s better than to be stuck in time. Funny how a tiny preposition changes everything. Like light footsteps taking us places when the day is still too young. #FragmentsOfSilence

Still Hours

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 5d

#ThePipeline reports that the anti-DEI backlash impacts leadership aspirations of young women. Of 2,000 respondents 66% said that #GenderBias is a barrier to reaching leadership positions. 40% reported feeling less safe in the workplace due to developments in #DEI policies. #FeministFriday

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 6d

Last day of unemployment. Five months of job ads, writing applications, preparing for interviews, and endless rejections. It wears you down. Your self-esteem. Your self-image. Until you no longer believe what you know is true. On Monday, new beginnings. And the rebuilding of a self. #unemployment

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 7d

There’s a whole lot of attitude, but is there substance? #GenerationX #DouglasCoupland #BookChat #booksky

Spoke @wintersparv.com · 7d

This year's run launched yesterday. Spread the word. Spread the love. #WinterCoatExchange #TheLeithCollective #edinburgh

Annual winter coat exchange launched to help Edinburgh families

With the temperature beginning to drop and energy prices continuing to rise, one local Community Interest Company is warning of the extreme measures some Edinburgh families are resorting to just to st...

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 8d

I’m loving your read list. Which edition of Frank are you reading? I found the one with the previously deleted passages interesting, in the sense that it shifted the reader’s gaze on the author.

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 8d

Stuart plays with opposites in his language that moves between a cheap trick to really thoughtful. #YoungMungo #DouglasStuart #BookChat #booksky

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 8d

Life in hindsight is life never lived. Revisiting makes us strangers. In spaces we never held. #FragmentsOfSilence

In Passing

Fragment 10

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 10d

Here's a thought. Instead of letting the far-right hijack our flag to spread their racism, how about we all fly it proudly for unity? #ReclaimOurFlag #racism

Saltire flag on a pole in front of a high rise with a balcony covered with two Saltire flags.

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 10d

Stuart masterfully leads the reader to a place where the hatred and the fears can be understood, if not related to. #YoungMungo #DouglasStuart #BookChat #booksky

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 12d

Det är problematiskt att Dadgostar inte kan kalla antisemitism för antisemitism, utan i stället går bort sig i medietränade krumbukter. Antisemitismen bland moderater och sverigedemokrater gör inte den inom #Västerpartiet bättre på något sätt. #antisemitism #NooshiDadgostar #lördagsintervjun

Nooshi Dadgostar (V): ”Jag tror inte på röda linjer”

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 12d

When Linden Kemkaran says that “the social contract has broken down in this country”, I could’t agree more. I grew up with a social contract that encouraged us to help people in need, not deport them. Apparently, it’s not that social contract Kemkaran wants to rebuild. #LindenKemkaran #ReformUK

Kent, where the politics of small boats and asylum has exploded

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Spoke @wintersparv.com · 12d

It speaks volumes that Reform UK's Linden Kemkaran finds it inflammatory to call Tommy Robinson a far-right fascist while not recognizing how inflammatory her and Robinson’s rhetoric is. #LindenKemkaran #TommyRobinson #ReformUK #farright #fascism

Kent, where the politics of small boats and asylum has exploded

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