Steffen Rayburn-Maarup
@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social
Books. Translation. Publishing. Films. Music. 🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺
My cd player in the living room 2025 Wrapped.
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My cd player in the living room 2025 Wrapped.
Read: Jane Austen: Emma (1815).
This month is 250 years since Austen's birth and 210 years since the publication of Emma.
It's a whodunnit with love replacing murder, but the clues are fairly obvious, and anyway of course you're here for the characters, the language, the delicious humour.
This month is 250 years since Austen's birth and 210 years since the publication of Emma.
It's a whodunnit with love replacing murder, but the clues are fairly obvious, and anyway of course you're here for the characters, the language, the delicious humour.
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Read: Jane Austen: Emma (1815).
This month is 250 years since Austen's birth and 210 years since the publication of Emma.
It's a whodunnit with love replacing murder, but the clues are fairly obvious, and anyway of course you're here for the characters, the language, the delicious humour.
This month is 250 years since Austen's birth and 210 years since the publication of Emma.
It's a whodunnit with love replacing murder, but the clues are fairly obvious, and anyway of course you're here for the characters, the language, the delicious humour.
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there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
July 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
Listening to my man JSB like a 22-year-old.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Listening to my man JSB like a 22-year-old.
Having recently watched Asteroid City and Hail, Caesar!, I realised the wonderful actor Tilda Swinton can't act funny. Oh look, here's a flustered, uptight character, possibly with weird teeth, hilarious.
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Having recently watched Asteroid City and Hail, Caesar!, I realised the wonderful actor Tilda Swinton can't act funny. Oh look, here's a flustered, uptight character, possibly with weird teeth, hilarious.
Good call.
Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Good call.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Don't think of it as dismal, as death and decay. Think of it as a step in the cyclical process, advancing towards spring.
I tell myself as I post a dismal photo.
I tell myself as I post a dismal photo.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Don't think of it as dismal, as death and decay. Think of it as a step in the cyclical process, advancing towards spring.
I tell myself as I post a dismal photo.
I tell myself as I post a dismal photo.
Never mind Die Hard.
THE GODFATHER is a Christmas movie.
THE GODFATHER is a Christmas movie.
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Never mind Die Hard.
THE GODFATHER is a Christmas movie.
THE GODFATHER is a Christmas movie.
November reading [✓]
Favourite: oh, apples and oranges. Evans might be the one I'll reread first, but I can imagine dipping into the Oulipo many, many times. All three books were a joy to read.
Favourite: oh, apples and oranges. Evans might be the one I'll reread first, but I can imagine dipping into the Oulipo many, many times. All three books were a joy to read.
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
November reading [✓]
Favourite: oh, apples and oranges. Evans might be the one I'll reread first, but I can imagine dipping into the Oulipo many, many times. All three books were a joy to read.
Favourite: oh, apples and oranges. Evans might be the one I'll reread first, but I can imagine dipping into the Oulipo many, many times. All three books were a joy to read.
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Anyway if YOU feel like the algorithm has eroded your curiosity and you want to hear a bunch of varied and novel new music I strongly recommend taking part in THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 on @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Anyway if YOU feel like the algorithm has eroded your curiosity and you want to hear a bunch of varied and novel new music I strongly recommend taking part in THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 on @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social
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This is incredible thank you @sesmith.lol here are some shrimp.
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is incredible thank you @sesmith.lol here are some shrimp.
Read: Philip Terry (ed.): The Penguin Book of Oulipo (2019).
A selection of one hundred playful, experimental texts, prose and poetry. Very inspiring.
A selection of one hundred playful, experimental texts, prose and poetry. Very inspiring.
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Read: Philip Terry (ed.): The Penguin Book of Oulipo (2019).
A selection of one hundred playful, experimental texts, prose and poetry. Very inspiring.
A selection of one hundred playful, experimental texts, prose and poetry. Very inspiring.
Just look at the way the characters are LIT, for god's sake. Movies today are muddy and ugly and "we'll fix that in post". Back then* it wasn't hard to find things that were simply stunningly beautiful on screen.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Just look at the way the characters are LIT, for god's sake. Movies today are muddy and ugly and "we'll fix that in post". Back then* it wasn't hard to find things that were simply stunningly beautiful on screen.
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It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That’s when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That’s when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
[Obvious joke about the turkeys storming the Capitol on 6 Jan.]
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
[Obvious joke about the turkeys storming the Capitol on 6 Jan.]
Alan!
Well, that was just as good fun as previous series.
(We've only just caught up with #CelebrityTraitors)
Well, that was just as good fun as previous series.
(We've only just caught up with #CelebrityTraitors)
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Alan!
Well, that was just as good fun as previous series.
(We've only just caught up with #CelebrityTraitors)
Well, that was just as good fun as previous series.
(We've only just caught up with #CelebrityTraitors)
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“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
—André Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
Today: two male bullfinches, some coots and ducks, and a heron squawking above me.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today: two male bullfinches, some coots and ducks, and a heron squawking above me.
#TheTwen2ie5. Day 50. #1.
**12 points**
Phoebe Bridgers: I Know The End (2020 🇺🇸)
Appropriately we have arrived at the end, and it's an onslaught of raw feelings that I completely surrender to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBy...
**12 points**
Phoebe Bridgers: I Know The End (2020 🇺🇸)
Appropriately we have arrived at the end, and it's an onslaught of raw feelings that I completely surrender to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBy...
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#TheTwen2ie5. Day 50. #1.
**12 points**
Phoebe Bridgers: I Know The End (2020 🇺🇸)
Appropriately we have arrived at the end, and it's an onslaught of raw feelings that I completely surrender to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBy...
**12 points**
Phoebe Bridgers: I Know The End (2020 🇺🇸)
Appropriately we have arrived at the end, and it's an onslaught of raw feelings that I completely surrender to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBy...
And not a T in sight.
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
And not a T in sight.
#TheTwen2ie5. Day 49. #2.
**12 points**
Sofia Kourtesis: Si Te Portas Bonito (2023 🇵🇪)
Works equally well for a jumping Saturday night and a slow Sunday morning.
*Kourtesis needs your HMs! Teetering on the edge of the cut-off.*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj1m...
**12 points**
Sofia Kourtesis: Si Te Portas Bonito (2023 🇵🇪)
Works equally well for a jumping Saturday night and a slow Sunday morning.
*Kourtesis needs your HMs! Teetering on the edge of the cut-off.*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj1m...
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#TheTwen2ie5. Day 49. #2.
**12 points**
Sofia Kourtesis: Si Te Portas Bonito (2023 🇵🇪)
Works equally well for a jumping Saturday night and a slow Sunday morning.
*Kourtesis needs your HMs! Teetering on the edge of the cut-off.*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj1m...
**12 points**
Sofia Kourtesis: Si Te Portas Bonito (2023 🇵🇪)
Works equally well for a jumping Saturday night and a slow Sunday morning.
*Kourtesis needs your HMs! Teetering on the edge of the cut-off.*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj1m...
#TheTwen2ie5. Day 48. #3.
*11 points*
Caroline Polachek: Billions (2022 🇺🇸)
What. a. song.
(Which now has two votes, sigh.)
youtu.be/4zEQJrggKgk?...
*11 points*
Caroline Polachek: Billions (2022 🇺🇸)
What. a. song.
(Which now has two votes, sigh.)
youtu.be/4zEQJrggKgk?...
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#TheTwen2ie5. Day 48. #3.
*11 points*
Caroline Polachek: Billions (2022 🇺🇸)
What. a. song.
(Which now has two votes, sigh.)
youtu.be/4zEQJrggKgk?...
*11 points*
Caroline Polachek: Billions (2022 🇺🇸)
What. a. song.
(Which now has two votes, sigh.)
youtu.be/4zEQJrggKgk?...