Helen Macdonald
@hjm.bsky.social
Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she
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Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
never not reposting this one
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
never not reposting this one
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
By Wednesday afternoon the wind has dropped
and there can be a shakedown. When I tap
the stems, black seeds jump off onto the snow
and fix themselves, Jack says, according
to the disposition of the stars. It's
Alexander's dust, he says. It smells of
myrrh. It's Macedonian parsley and
(1/2)
and there can be a shakedown. When I tap
the stems, black seeds jump off onto the snow
and fix themselves, Jack says, according
to the disposition of the stars. It's
Alexander's dust, he says. It smells of
myrrh. It's Macedonian parsley and
(1/2)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
By Wednesday afternoon the wind has dropped
and there can be a shakedown. When I tap
the stems, black seeds jump off onto the snow
and fix themselves, Jack says, according
to the disposition of the stars. It's
Alexander's dust, he says. It smells of
myrrh. It's Macedonian parsley and
(1/2)
and there can be a shakedown. When I tap
the stems, black seeds jump off onto the snow
and fix themselves, Jack says, according
to the disposition of the stars. It's
Alexander's dust, he says. It smells of
myrrh. It's Macedonian parsley and
(1/2)
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE
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ABSOLUTELY FUCK OFF
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
ABSOLUTELY FUCK OFF
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Why did a BBC journalist need to ask a chatbot to identify the bits of this image which were edited? Surely it’s bleeding obvious? Do they think the chatbot adds more credibility to their story?
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Why did a BBC journalist need to ask a chatbot to identify the bits of this image which were edited? Surely it’s bleeding obvious? Do they think the chatbot adds more credibility to their story?
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[Werner Herzog voice] He is monstrous, but in a more profound sense, Cookie Monster is also a victim
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
[Werner Herzog voice] He is monstrous, but in a more profound sense, Cookie Monster is also a victim
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just at the end of a snow squall you'll see for maybe ten seconds the weirdest and most beautiful light on earth. thats what you tell an old person when they ask you why you always have your phone
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
just at the end of a snow squall you'll see for maybe ten seconds the weirdest and most beautiful light on earth. thats what you tell an old person when they ask you why you always have your phone
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(Leading him to the Sphinx) Yeah, it’s like a trivia night
April 26, 2024 at 7:31 PM
(Leading him to the Sphinx) Yeah, it’s like a trivia night
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Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
Fancy hotel update:
Having coffee. Two men next to me let out a VAST YELL OF JOY. I asked what happened. “We’re watching the racing” they said. “Oh!” I said. Did you make some money?”
“Darling, we own the horse. Would you like some champagne?”
Having coffee. Two men next to me let out a VAST YELL OF JOY. I asked what happened. “We’re watching the racing” they said. “Oh!” I said. Did you make some money?”
“Darling, we own the horse. Would you like some champagne?”
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Fancy hotel update:
Having coffee. Two men next to me let out a VAST YELL OF JOY. I asked what happened. “We’re watching the racing” they said. “Oh!” I said. Did you make some money?”
“Darling, we own the horse. Would you like some champagne?”
Having coffee. Two men next to me let out a VAST YELL OF JOY. I asked what happened. “We’re watching the racing” they said. “Oh!” I said. Did you make some money?”
“Darling, we own the horse. Would you like some champagne?”
In a fancy hotel. American next to me is complaining about having to go on LGBT lessons on his first day back from Switzerland
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In a fancy hotel. American next to me is complaining about having to go on LGBT lessons on his first day back from Switzerland
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Good morning to LEGO Timothy Olyphant and LEGO Timothy Olyphant only
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Good morning to LEGO Timothy Olyphant and LEGO Timothy Olyphant only
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I'm so mad that I understand this
Edward is a long Thomas but Gordon isn't a long Edward. He's blue Henry.
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm so mad that I understand this
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it's advent you know what that means
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
it's advent you know what that means
Britain’s most bravely altitudinous magpie observed behind Regent Street
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Britain’s most bravely altitudinous magpie observed behind Regent Street
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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imho James Garner really is the guy that everyone thinks Steve McQueen is. Garner's fit was so powerful that McQueen threw a tantrum about it and insisted they swap costumes.
Rewatched Great Escape on my last flight and I think we don’t talk enough about James Garner’s unreal drip
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
imho James Garner really is the guy that everyone thinks Steve McQueen is. Garner's fit was so powerful that McQueen threw a tantrum about it and insisted they swap costumes.
I don’t know exactly what the woodmice are doing in the attic but it sounds very much like they’re building a yacht
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I don’t know exactly what the woodmice are doing in the attic but it sounds very much like they’re building a yacht
Thank you to @sinblache.bsky.social for this perfect instantiation of a Lt Col Adam Rubenstein reaction #PROPHET
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thank you to @sinblache.bsky.social for this perfect instantiation of a Lt Col Adam Rubenstein reaction #PROPHET
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Oddly enough, a couple of days ago, in the middle of Absolution, I thought to myself that I don't care to learn the mysteries of Area X, I care to learn about the characters who experience it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Oddly enough, a couple of days ago, in the middle of Absolution, I thought to myself that I don't care to learn the mysteries of Area X, I care to learn about the characters who experience it.
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Dudes will literally write for the Telegraph before getting therapy.
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Dudes will literally write for the Telegraph before getting therapy.
Well this was a total treat
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Well this was a total treat