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Colette
@lacrimatra.bsky.social
Philosopher, linguist, metalhead, Oxonian
New trick: play black metal albums over old silent horror films. Just played Desaster's A Touch of Medieval Darkness over the 1922 Nosferatu and I cannot conceive of a better soundtrack.
December 22, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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La fête des Lumières est une manifestation populaire qui se déroule chaque année à Lyon autour du 8 décembre.
Ce jour-là, les Lyonnais mettent des bougies à leur fenêtre afin de remercier la vierge Marie d’avoir fait cesser l’épidémie de peste en 1643. #CeJourLà
December 8, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Rewatched Four Weddings and a Funeral for the first time in years and somehow only just realised how incredibly messed up Hugh Grant's love interest is. Is this common sense approach to relationships why we are over 90s rom coms now?
December 8, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This weekend's playlist while I was hosting some friends - doom at its finest
December 1, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Sometimes other people's woes put your life into perspective
November 27, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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tempt not a desp’rate man
November 23, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I'm normally much more of a cat person but look at this face
November 23, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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The original ‘tosspot’, in the 16th century, was someone who ‘tossed back’ their ‘pot’ of beer and then immediately went back for another.
November 22, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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What is your substance, whereof are you made,
That millions of strange shadows on you tend?
November 18, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Tried both a Malaysian laksa and a Basque cheesecake for the first time today. I dislike London sometimes but you can't deny the magic of being able to experience so many varied cuisines on a whim!
November 21, 2024 at 10:31 PM
The last time I used a microblogging app... My interests have not changed much in 7 years I'll admit.
November 21, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Had a great chat with a French director today about Enlightenment philosophers and their relevance today. See for example, Voltaire's 18th century insightful letter about the success of smallpox vaccines and the risk of ignorance getting in the way of rolling these out...
November 21, 2024 at 1:01 PM