Siobhan Hoffmann Sønderborg
@siobhanhoffmann.bsky.social
Freelance creative, project manager, and business development person. Previously in HE. Currently, all over the place.
Lover of books, ceramics, silliness, exploring, foul language, visual/material culture. (Also sometimes tennis and hospitality.)
No DMs.
Lover of books, ceramics, silliness, exploring, foul language, visual/material culture. (Also sometimes tennis and hospitality.)
No DMs.
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
How did Robin Hood (the foxy one) get King John's clothes?
February 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
How did Robin Hood (the foxy one) get King John's clothes?
Mary Poppins was a hunt saboteur.
February 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Mary Poppins was a hunt saboteur.
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A beautiful loveniid heart urchin For #FossilFriday and #ValentinesDay
Did you know, their etymology is not actually rooted in their heart shape. Loveniids are named after Sven Ludvig Lovén (1809–1895), the Swedish echinoderm specialist.
Read more with Koch (2007): buff.ly/e13Mi1b
#PaleoSky
Did you know, their etymology is not actually rooted in their heart shape. Loveniids are named after Sven Ludvig Lovén (1809–1895), the Swedish echinoderm specialist.
Read more with Koch (2007): buff.ly/e13Mi1b
#PaleoSky
February 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM
A beautiful loveniid heart urchin For #FossilFriday and #ValentinesDay
Did you know, their etymology is not actually rooted in their heart shape. Loveniids are named after Sven Ludvig Lovén (1809–1895), the Swedish echinoderm specialist.
Read more with Koch (2007): buff.ly/e13Mi1b
#PaleoSky
Did you know, their etymology is not actually rooted in their heart shape. Loveniids are named after Sven Ludvig Lovén (1809–1895), the Swedish echinoderm specialist.
Read more with Koch (2007): buff.ly/e13Mi1b
#PaleoSky
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The government: “We’ve set the University finance system up so that it depends upon overseas recruitment.”
Also the government: “We’ve enacted policies to deter overseas students & make recruitment much harder.”
Still the government: “If Universities can’t fund themselves, that’s on them.”
Also the government: “We’ve enacted policies to deter overseas students & make recruitment much harder.”
Still the government: “If Universities can’t fund themselves, that’s on them.”
February 13, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The government: “We’ve set the University finance system up so that it depends upon overseas recruitment.”
Also the government: “We’ve enacted policies to deter overseas students & make recruitment much harder.”
Still the government: “If Universities can’t fund themselves, that’s on them.”
Also the government: “We’ve enacted policies to deter overseas students & make recruitment much harder.”
Still the government: “If Universities can’t fund themselves, that’s on them.”
Welp. Today has been a doozy.
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Welp. Today has been a doozy.
Gosh, who could have predicted this.
Business academics claim they are being denied promotions and sabbaticals if they are not publishing in highly rated journals in the run-up to the REF www.timeshighereducation.com/news/toxic-c... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
‘Toxic culture’ caused by REF pressure to target top journals
Staff at management school say they feel forced to publish in ‘narrow’ subset of elite journals to boost REF standing, restricting types of research they can pursue
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Gosh, who could have predicted this.
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The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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I missed this: Gallup: "40% of [US] women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity." (Was 10% in 2014.)
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
ht @katemanne.bsky.social
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
ht @katemanne.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I missed this: Gallup: "40% of [US] women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity." (Was 10% in 2014.)
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
ht @katemanne.bsky.social
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
ht @katemanne.bsky.social
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All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
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LEGENDS OF ICELAND
Jón Árnason 1962
Frontispiece by J. B. Zwecker for edition translated George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon 1864
#wyrdwednesday #illustration
Jón Árnason 1962
Frontispiece by J. B. Zwecker for edition translated George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon 1864
#wyrdwednesday #illustration
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
LEGENDS OF ICELAND
Jón Árnason 1962
Frontispiece by J. B. Zwecker for edition translated George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon 1864
#wyrdwednesday #illustration
Jón Árnason 1962
Frontispiece by J. B. Zwecker for edition translated George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon 1864
#wyrdwednesday #illustration
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The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.
The will of the rich and powerful: Brexit and the Epstein files
The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.
I went out for a drink with someone last night who-pretty much without any warning-said that he thought we needed to stop the boats.
I thought sleep would make me less disgusted but it hasn't.
I thought sleep would make me less disgusted but it hasn't.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I went out for a drink with someone last night who-pretty much without any warning-said that he thought we needed to stop the boats.
I thought sleep would make me less disgusted but it hasn't.
I thought sleep would make me less disgusted but it hasn't.
I have developed an obsession with something I cannot have.
If you ever go to Canada you must all try Uttoffea Cashew Dark. I wish I'd never learned of its existence.
If you ever go to Canada you must all try Uttoffea Cashew Dark. I wish I'd never learned of its existence.
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I have developed an obsession with something I cannot have.
If you ever go to Canada you must all try Uttoffea Cashew Dark. I wish I'd never learned of its existence.
If you ever go to Canada you must all try Uttoffea Cashew Dark. I wish I'd never learned of its existence.
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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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From THEY KNEW, excerpted here in 2022: "It became reasonable to believe that a critical mass of people in power were either criminals, pedophiles, or traitors, or that they were being blackmailed, bribed, or threatened by a criminal, pedophile, or traitor."
lithub.com/sarah-kendzi...
lithub.com/sarah-kendzi...
Sarah Kendzior on Trumpland’s Criminal Distortions of American Reality
It is common to hear that Americans no longer inhabit a shared reality. To a large extent this is true, especially in an era of social media manipulation, but we did not share a reality in simpler …
lithub.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
From THEY KNEW, excerpted here in 2022: "It became reasonable to believe that a critical mass of people in power were either criminals, pedophiles, or traitors, or that they were being blackmailed, bribed, or threatened by a criminal, pedophile, or traitor."
lithub.com/sarah-kendzi...
lithub.com/sarah-kendzi...
Watching 'Mary Poppins' as an adult really er... Hits different.
February 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Watching 'Mary Poppins' as an adult really er... Hits different.
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This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
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ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
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Canesten.
What’s your Gladiator name mine is Goblin
February 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Canesten.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
Someone has messaged me on here. A perennial reminder that I do not read my dms...
February 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Someone has messaged me on here. A perennial reminder that I do not read my dms...
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