Fiona Zerbst
@fionazerbst.bsky.social
Resisting the global rise of Fascism. Down with LLMs, especially in the creative fields. 👎 I mainly work in corporate social investment but I make some spare change from poetry, libretto and art. 🇿🇦
Enjoy! It was made into a film with John Turturro and I think Emily Watson...but no idea if it is possible to see that anywhere. I remember enjoying it a couple of decades ago, though it's not quite faithful to the book.
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Enjoy! It was made into a film with John Turturro and I think Emily Watson...but no idea if it is possible to see that anywhere. I remember enjoying it a couple of decades ago, though it's not quite faithful to the book.
How do you even write about chess after Nabokov?
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
How do you even write about chess after Nabokov?
I had *no* idea. There's a South African short story waiting to be written... 🤣🤣🤣
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I had *no* idea. There's a South African short story waiting to be written... 🤣🤣🤣
I mean, that works too, right? 😆
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I mean, that works too, right? 😆
This is absolutely horrifying!
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is absolutely horrifying!
Our new 'colleagues' are entirely mediocre, lie frequently, and complain about how difficult their jobs are. And yet they're replacing employees with decades of expertise, for the sake of 'productivity'. Mind-boggling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Our new 'colleagues' are entirely mediocre, lie frequently, and complain about how difficult their jobs are. And yet they're replacing employees with decades of expertise, for the sake of 'productivity'. Mind-boggling.
Exactly. Faulty products go back to manufacturer!
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Exactly. Faulty products go back to manufacturer!
The 'n' also went silent. 😆
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The 'n' also went silent. 😆
My Haitian French teacher has told me stories.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My Haitian French teacher has told me stories.
I did - got off Meta platforms a couple of years ago. I wish someone would come up with an alternative to Facebook, but that seems unlikely now. The community pages were useful.
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I did - got off Meta platforms a couple of years ago. I wish someone would come up with an alternative to Facebook, but that seems unlikely now. The community pages were useful.
Where on *earth* was this shot? Looks like the parking garage!
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Where on *earth* was this shot? Looks like the parking garage!
Haha, cute. And so it proved!
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Haha, cute. And so it proved!
This isn't the schoolyard, KKKaroline - your Mean Girls routine doesn't go very far on a multilateral platform that now excludes the US.
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This isn't the schoolyard, KKKaroline - your Mean Girls routine doesn't go very far on a multilateral platform that now excludes the US.
I hope your enjoyed our South African hospitality! 🇿🇦 🇨🇦
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I hope your enjoyed our South African hospitality! 🇿🇦 🇨🇦
We have TNG on DVD and watch every couple of years. Patrick Stewart's autobiography was a cracking read and I will watch the series in a new light next time around.
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We have TNG on DVD and watch every couple of years. Patrick Stewart's autobiography was a cracking read and I will watch the series in a new light next time around.
I can't help but have schadenfreude, since my former editor (a conservative who thinks of himself as 'centrist') said Brexit would be wonderful thing and he was looking forward to 'sticking it to Europe'. 👀
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I can't help but have schadenfreude, since my former editor (a conservative who thinks of himself as 'centrist') said Brexit would be wonderful thing and he was looking forward to 'sticking it to Europe'. 👀
These are beautiful! Which pastels do you use?
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
These are beautiful! Which pastels do you use?