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@twistedsoup.bsky.social
Safety nerd, travel nerd, book nerd, love nerd. Not in that order. They/them.
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the kiwi accent has once again been named the world's sexiest accent, so it's obviously time to bring back this classic youtu.be/xdNWDYZMXT0?...
Rhys Darby: Living with the world's sexiest accent.
YouTube video by Rhys Darby
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December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
the kiwi accent has once again been named the world's sexiest accent, so it's obviously time to bring back this classic youtu.be/xdNWDYZMXT0?...
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
i agree with this and not only because i just spent a good twenty minutes trying to persuade a book club i'm in to read The Power Broker
I think Mathew Rhys is a great choice for Robert Moses, BTW.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
i agree with this and not only because i just spent a good twenty minutes trying to persuade a book club i'm in to read The Power Broker
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A day and a half left to grab this on sale!
In December, I'll be making posts some days with BTS info about the day's chapter, stuff about early drafts, snippets of Welsh history/context, etc.
I'll be using the tag #AllIsBrightAdvent in case you want to either mute or join in as you read along!
In December, I'll be making posts some days with BTS info about the day's chapter, stuff about early drafts, snippets of Welsh history/context, etc.
I'll be using the tag #AllIsBrightAdvent in case you want to either mute or join in as you read along!
For one week only, get my F/F romance advent calendar novella for 99p!
Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali.
One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1!
books2read.com/u/bPOa0d
Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali.
One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1!
books2read.com/u/bPOa0d
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A day and a half left to grab this on sale!
In December, I'll be making posts some days with BTS info about the day's chapter, stuff about early drafts, snippets of Welsh history/context, etc.
I'll be using the tag #AllIsBrightAdvent in case you want to either mute or join in as you read along!
In December, I'll be making posts some days with BTS info about the day's chapter, stuff about early drafts, snippets of Welsh history/context, etc.
I'll be using the tag #AllIsBrightAdvent in case you want to either mute or join in as you read along!
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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For one week only, get my F/F romance advent calendar novella for 99p!
Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali.
One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1!
books2read.com/u/bPOa0d
Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali.
One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1!
books2read.com/u/bPOa0d
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
For one week only, get my F/F romance advent calendar novella for 99p!
Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali.
One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1!
books2read.com/u/bPOa0d
Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali.
One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1!
books2read.com/u/bPOa0d
I bounced around a bit and then I saw an email about a secondment opportunity and went "wait, you can turn being a catastrophist into a JOB?"
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I bounced around a bit and then I saw an email about a secondment opportunity and went "wait, you can turn being a catastrophist into a JOB?"
I swear
By the moon and the stars in the sky
By the moon and the stars in the sky
So always look on the bright side of death
A-just before you draw your terminal breath
A-just before you draw your terminal breath
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I swear
By the moon and the stars in the sky
By the moon and the stars in the sky
listening now and this episode is already a brilliant example of why this podcast won a Hugo
we're back and launching S3 with a BANGER today as the fabulous @singlecrow.bsky.social joins us for a TWO HOUR episode on our favorite future-dressing-gown-wearing disaster, Christopher Chant
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zencastr.com/z/26xps9hC
The Lives of Christopher Chant by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
Nobody should be losing lives at this rate. What is wrong, Christopher?
In our first episode of Season Three, the brilliant Iona Datt Sharma joins us for a discussion of bureaucracy, cricket boys, Bu...
zencastr.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
listening now and this episode is already a brilliant example of why this podcast won a Hugo
if i was the Pope i would absolutely WANT to do this but incredible that it actually happened!
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
if i was the Pope i would absolutely WANT to do this but incredible that it actually happened!
Jennifer Williams as always one of the most interesting and on-point commentators on Greater Manchester
I meant to do a thread on this but got sidetracked. So a couple of thoughts…
I often struggle to come up with tangible examples of English devolution but this is one. Greater Manchester is doing its own £1bn regeneration investment fund
on.ft.com/43InqRk
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November 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Jennifer Williams as always one of the most interesting and on-point commentators on Greater Manchester
Set it up for humans, and it turns out... humans like it
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Set it up for humans, and it turns out... humans like it
this is the news i needed today omg
🚨SAPPHIC LIFETIME CHRISTMAS MOVIE THIS YEAR🚨
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
this is the news i needed today omg
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Making people hate you so much they prep an eviscerating obituary for you just so this can be published after their own death is next level, truly
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Making people hate you so much they prep an eviscerating obituary for you just so this can be published after their own death is next level, truly
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![tweet by @both_scales: Young people are too young nowadays. Back in the good old days, young people were my age.
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Before they changed the constituency boundaries, I used to have Afzal Khan as my local MP.
Every time we had Levy Pride on, he made a point of tweeting something nice, polite and supportive about it. And back in 2013 he voted for gay marriage when it comes to it.
Every time we had Levy Pride on, he made a point of tweeting something nice, polite and supportive about it. And back in 2013 he voted for gay marriage when it comes to it.
If you asked me to come up with the names of politicians who are publicly and unapologetically pro-LGBT and pro-trans rights in particular, two of the most obvious would now both be Muslim mayors of major cities. And both are routinely smeared as regards to 'Sharia Law'.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Before they changed the constituency boundaries, I used to have Afzal Khan as my local MP.
Every time we had Levy Pride on, he made a point of tweeting something nice, polite and supportive about it. And back in 2013 he voted for gay marriage when it comes to it.
Every time we had Levy Pride on, he made a point of tweeting something nice, polite and supportive about it. And back in 2013 he voted for gay marriage when it comes to it.
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Vaccines make a difference!
Please read, sign, and share, this petition to urge the UK government to overturn its policy regarding access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Make it universally available, free of charge, regardless of age - subject to our own medical history.
www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
Please read, sign, and share, this petition to urge the UK government to overturn its policy regarding access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Make it universally available, free of charge, regardless of age - subject to our own medical history.
www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
Sign the Petition
Make COVID vaccine universally available in the UK - free of charge.
www.change.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Vaccines make a difference!
Please read, sign, and share, this petition to urge the UK government to overturn its policy regarding access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Make it universally available, free of charge, regardless of age - subject to our own medical history.
www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
Please read, sign, and share, this petition to urge the UK government to overturn its policy regarding access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Make it universally available, free of charge, regardless of age - subject to our own medical history.
www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
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Once was a king called Ozzy (MANDIAS!)
Had a wrinkled sneer to cold (COMMAND US!)
Wanted all the peeps to despair at his (WORKS!)
Giant statue of himself lookin like a (JERK!)
Statue broke down in the endless (WASTE!)
Only legs left and a busted (FACE!)
Had a wrinkled sneer to cold (COMMAND US!)
Wanted all the peeps to despair at his (WORKS!)
Giant statue of himself lookin like a (JERK!)
Statue broke down in the endless (WASTE!)
Only legs left and a busted (FACE!)
There once was a king, Ozymand
Who bragged about all he’d command.
Trying to fill his foes with fright he
Said “Look on my works, ye mighty!”
But now it’s all trunkless legs and sand.
Who bragged about all he’d command.
Trying to fill his foes with fright he
Said “Look on my works, ye mighty!”
But now it’s all trunkless legs and sand.
I heard there was a statue tall
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Once was a king called Ozzy (MANDIAS!)
Had a wrinkled sneer to cold (COMMAND US!)
Wanted all the peeps to despair at his (WORKS!)
Giant statue of himself lookin like a (JERK!)
Statue broke down in the endless (WASTE!)
Only legs left and a busted (FACE!)
Had a wrinkled sneer to cold (COMMAND US!)
Wanted all the peeps to despair at his (WORKS!)
Giant statue of himself lookin like a (JERK!)
Statue broke down in the endless (WASTE!)
Only legs left and a busted (FACE!)
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Good news if you prefer print books - my Christmassy Welsh F/F romance novella All Is Bright is now available in paperback:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FYGLJ6CB
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FYGLJ6CB
Bethan, dragged back to her home village, is desperate to escape before Christmas. Mali, grieving the loss of a friend, knows Christmas won't be the same this year. A misunderstanding starts them off on the wrong foot - but perhaps they're each just what the other needs?
Buy links in thread!
Buy links in thread!
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Good news if you prefer print books - my Christmassy Welsh F/F romance novella All Is Bright is now available in paperback:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FYGLJ6CB
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FYGLJ6CB
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You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.