So Mayer
@suchmayer.bsky.social
They/them. Overthinker. Reads things, writes things. BAD LANGUAGE out now with Peninsula Press 🐉 THE WORD FOR WORLD (co-ed) out now with @silver-press.bsky.social 🌳 Website & newsletter: somayer.net. Won't age-verify so no DMs.
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So Mayer
@suchmayer.bsky.social
· Sep 16
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BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25
"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi
Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...
BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25
"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi
Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...
Agreed that "performative" is a meaningless word here, but I want to flip this headline and ask:
When and why did people reading books in public spaces become SO irritating to other people?
What self-induced guilt are these columnists feeling about not reading?
(Put ur shoes on tho, dude.)
When and why did people reading books in public spaces become SO irritating to other people?
What self-induced guilt are these columnists feeling about not reading?
(Put ur shoes on tho, dude.)
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Agreed that "performative" is a meaningless word here, but I want to flip this headline and ask:
When and why did people reading books in public spaces become SO irritating to other people?
What self-induced guilt are these columnists feeling about not reading?
(Put ur shoes on tho, dude.)
When and why did people reading books in public spaces become SO irritating to other people?
What self-induced guilt are these columnists feeling about not reading?
(Put ur shoes on tho, dude.)
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We've been adding more stories of Ulster linen workers #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/bumper-...
Bumper Crop of Ulster Linen Workers now Online
Another eleven stories have been added to our website today. You can access them and the earlier stories in this category here. The women concerned are: Martha Barron, Sarah Ellen Beck, Mary Elizabeth...
www.fewforgottenwomen.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We've been adding more stories of Ulster linen workers #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/bumper-...
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Looking beyond to 2026—!—and grateful to be working with the one and only @alinaetc.bsky.social as guest poetry editor for Turkoslavia's fifth.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Looking beyond to 2026—!—and grateful to be working with the one and only @alinaetc.bsky.social as guest poetry editor for Turkoslavia's fifth.
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Any shares ? I have stopped asking for donations and have moved onto shares. I can’t keep typing this; my hands are injured. I can’t explain the importance anymore.
Survival is still the project for these six families & a camp. Help them with food, shelter, emergency lupus care, more.
Survival is still the project for these six families & a camp. Help them with food, shelter, emergency lupus care, more.
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Any shares ? I have stopped asking for donations and have moved onto shares. I can’t keep typing this; my hands are injured. I can’t explain the importance anymore.
Survival is still the project for these six families & a camp. Help them with food, shelter, emergency lupus care, more.
Survival is still the project for these six families & a camp. Help them with food, shelter, emergency lupus care, more.
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Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025 clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025
Fourteen titles have been longlisted for the 8th annual award of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The 2025 competition received a total of 145 eligible entries from 34 languages. The lon…
clairemcalpine.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025 clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...
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"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter is nearly here! From 15 Nov–10 Dec, we’ll highlight four writers jailed for speaking out: Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit and Mzia Amaglobeli. Join us to call for their release! #DayoftheImprisonedWriter #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter is nearly here! From 15 Nov–10 Dec, we’ll highlight four writers jailed for speaking out: Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit and Mzia Amaglobeli. Join us to call for their release! #DayoftheImprisonedWriter #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
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I might not be at Thought Bubble this year but I can show you some more sneak peeks of Orlando 👀 here's some coloured excerpts, and some more of my inks x
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I might not be at Thought Bubble this year but I can show you some more sneak peeks of Orlando 👀 here's some coloured excerpts, and some more of my inks x
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PALESTINE - 1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba
Ed. Basma Ghalayini 🗝️📚
📕 Pub. Nov 13
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
📚 MANCHESTER BOOK LAUNCH
📍 Manchester Museum
📅Dec 3, 2025
Link below 👇🧵
Ed. Basma Ghalayini 🗝️📚
📕 Pub. Nov 13
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
📚 MANCHESTER BOOK LAUNCH
📍 Manchester Museum
📅Dec 3, 2025
Link below 👇🧵
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
PALESTINE - 1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba
Ed. Basma Ghalayini 🗝️📚
📕 Pub. Nov 13
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
📚 MANCHESTER BOOK LAUNCH
📍 Manchester Museum
📅Dec 3, 2025
Link below 👇🧵
Ed. Basma Ghalayini 🗝️📚
📕 Pub. Nov 13
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
📚 MANCHESTER BOOK LAUNCH
📍 Manchester Museum
📅Dec 3, 2025
Link below 👇🧵
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Palestine Minus One at the Manchester Museum, 3 Dec. Fighting the erasure of history through fiction. This will be a great event. Book now.
Palestine Minus One
www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Palestine Minus One at the Manchester Museum, 3 Dec. Fighting the erasure of history through fiction. This will be a great event. Book now.
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As we look toward next year & make preparations for horror events, organizers, I IMPLORE you to diversify your Women in Horror panels! Such amazing perspectives in all of these books, surely you can find new people to speak with.
Find new faves! 👇🏾
Find new faves! 👇🏾
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
As we look toward next year & make preparations for horror events, organizers, I IMPLORE you to diversify your Women in Horror panels! Such amazing perspectives in all of these books, surely you can find new people to speak with.
Find new faves! 👇🏾
Find new faves! 👇🏾
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Archita is 78% to her goal but donations have slowed (none for 3 days). Much gratitude to everyone who's given so far. She's in desperate need, and would be very grateful for any help. I know things are difficult for everyone right now, even shares help to get more eyes on the fundraiser:
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Archita is 78% to her goal but donations have slowed (none for 3 days). Much gratitude to everyone who's given so far. She's in desperate need, and would be very grateful for any help. I know things are difficult for everyone right now, even shares help to get more eyes on the fundraiser:
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What an incredible online exhibition of Arabic book art spearheaded by Zeina Maasri. "It reveals how the aesthetic concerns & political commitments of a generation of Arab artists & graphic designers transformed the Arabic book in its content, form, & very conception." www.decolonizingthepage.com/en
Decolonizing the Page - Decolonizing the page
www.decolonizingthepage.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
What an incredible online exhibition of Arabic book art spearheaded by Zeina Maasri. "It reveals how the aesthetic concerns & political commitments of a generation of Arab artists & graphic designers transformed the Arabic book in its content, form, & very conception." www.decolonizingthepage.com/en
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Don't miss your last chance to learn the craft of short story writing with Vanessa Onwuemezi!
Book now to join us from 12th November, and view the full course outline, here: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-c...
Book now to join us from 12th November, and view the full course outline, here: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-c...
What is a short story? How can we use the craft to #write a #story that will live with the reader way beyond its word count?
Join Vanessa Onwuemezi to explore the many possibilities of the form in our upcoming #shortstory writing course.
Book: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-c...
Join Vanessa Onwuemezi to explore the many possibilities of the form in our upcoming #shortstory writing course.
Book: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-c...
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Don't miss your last chance to learn the craft of short story writing with Vanessa Onwuemezi!
Book now to join us from 12th November, and view the full course outline, here: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-c...
Book now to join us from 12th November, and view the full course outline, here: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-c...
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Linguistic sovereignty in Kazakhstan globalvoices.org/2025/11/08/t...
The invasion of Ukraine accelerates Kazakhstan’s turn toward linguistic sovereignty
The 2023–2029 Language Policy Concept aims to expand the use of Kazakh across science, IT, media, and governance, including the transition from the Cyrillic script to the Latin.
globalvoices.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Linguistic sovereignty in Kazakhstan globalvoices.org/2025/11/08/t...
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Astonishing to see people fussing over this as if it's just another bit of internal BBC navel gazing and not the senile emperor of a dying global hegemon enforcing fealty from one of its most loyal satrapies.
Exactly, so the BBC didn't need to shoot themselves in the reputation by editing it that way. But they did, and here we are
He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Astonishing to see people fussing over this as if it's just another bit of internal BBC navel gazing and not the senile emperor of a dying global hegemon enforcing fealty from one of its most loyal satrapies.
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#GOTB (get out [for] the book)
BAD LANGUAGE launches coming up SOON! Come speak dragon to power...
London: Weds 12 Nov, 6.30 at @burleyfisher.bsky.social
Belfast: Tues 18 Nov, 6.15 at No Alibis
Bristol: Weds 26 Nov, 6 at @bookhaus.bsky.social
Deets👇🏻
www.somayer.net/2025/09/18/n...
BAD LANGUAGE launches coming up SOON! Come speak dragon to power...
London: Weds 12 Nov, 6.30 at @burleyfisher.bsky.social
Belfast: Tues 18 Nov, 6.15 at No Alibis
Bristol: Weds 26 Nov, 6 at @bookhaus.bsky.social
Deets👇🏻
www.somayer.net/2025/09/18/n...
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#GOTB (get out [for] the book)
BAD LANGUAGE launches coming up SOON! Come speak dragon to power...
London: Weds 12 Nov, 6.30 at @burleyfisher.bsky.social
Belfast: Tues 18 Nov, 6.15 at No Alibis
Bristol: Weds 26 Nov, 6 at @bookhaus.bsky.social
Deets👇🏻
www.somayer.net/2025/09/18/n...
BAD LANGUAGE launches coming up SOON! Come speak dragon to power...
London: Weds 12 Nov, 6.30 at @burleyfisher.bsky.social
Belfast: Tues 18 Nov, 6.15 at No Alibis
Bristol: Weds 26 Nov, 6 at @bookhaus.bsky.social
Deets👇🏻
www.somayer.net/2025/09/18/n...
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she did earlier today, to be fair
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
she did earlier today, to be fair
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In exactly 1 week (Nov. 15) we have science writer Sabrina Imbler’s workshop, WRITING ALONGSIDE THE NONHUMAN. Participants will imagine an ethics for writing that extends beyond empathy, discussing work fr Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, etc.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
Writing Alongside the Nonhuman — Workshops 4 Gaza
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $40) Step 2: Register for “Writing Alongside the Nonhuman” here It is one thing to write about animals, plants, and other non-human...
www.workshops4gaza.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In exactly 1 week (Nov. 15) we have science writer Sabrina Imbler’s workshop, WRITING ALONGSIDE THE NONHUMAN. Participants will imagine an ethics for writing that extends beyond empathy, discussing work fr Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, etc.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
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Been thinking a lot about expectations, perfectionism and people pleasing recently
Inspired by britchida’s work
Inspired by britchida’s work
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Been thinking a lot about expectations, perfectionism and people pleasing recently
Inspired by britchida’s work
Inspired by britchida’s work
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there are many tasks I SHOULD be doing today but I would really prefer to hang out with my cat and read @suchmayer.bsky.social ‘s very smart, very care-full book. can we arrange that, team
yoooo look what came in the mail! @suchmayer.bsky.social can’t wait to dive into this!
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
there are many tasks I SHOULD be doing today but I would really prefer to hang out with my cat and read @suchmayer.bsky.social ‘s very smart, very care-full book. can we arrange that, team
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conservative doctrine basically holds that a woman is a kind of child it is acceptable to have sex with, and basically all of their philosophy and action flows from that
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
conservative doctrine basically holds that a woman is a kind of child it is acceptable to have sex with, and basically all of their philosophy and action flows from that
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THIS IS SO COOL
Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power
New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.
news.mit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
THIS IS SO COOL