From my less irritable self - a new stack of books in a puddle of sunshine in time for IWD! Spent an evening listening to the authors talk about women's writing, responsibility, and embodied-ness at @leedslibraries.bsky.social #IWD #newfiction #springreading #tbrstack

I miss the strictness of libraries in days' gone - not for everything but definitely for food. It's an example of "reasonable" being too widely applied.

Came home to find this little beauty on our front lawn. 🌱

Escapist viewing after days spent reading about the Law is currently Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore remake). Simultaneously so flawed and so timely. This viewing (it's been a long time since we watched the series!): the Cylons are *too* human.

Fantastic long list (for adding to tottering TBR stack...) - so glad to see The Headland on here by the brilliant @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social: astonishing encounter with unresolvable otherness, love, art, and strange/familiar landscapes.

I am alwata irritated when media plays into the stratification of HEIs in the UK, particularly when the issue is academics and professional staff facing redundancy. This has been happening across the sector for years not just when it happens in "leading unis".

I seem to have replaced Sunday night blues (cos Monday = work day) with Sunday night existential crisis about every decision I've ever made and that's why Monday isn't a work day right now. #exacademic #careerchange #amidoinganythingright

I'm trying to imagine a situation where, unprompted, I would clarify that I'm not a "raging" feminist. Or even prompted. 🤔

Just finished GRIS - I don't even have words yet for how brilliant this game is: I am wrung out and somehow refreshed at the same time. Just stunning. @nomada.studio

Back to mornings in the university library where I wrote my PhD. I love this building. 📚📝❤️ Still taking notes with pen and paper.

Starting again! For my observations on retraining in law @lexreturna.bsky.social - by "observations", I mean very random, disconnected things I find, or find neat, or find confusing.

Massive shout-out to any and all mature students. This takes more grit - & a better sense of humour - than I could have possibly imagined .

For the first time in 20 years, a border agent said "welcome home" when I got back to the UK. 2025 is already off to a good start.

Happy new year! 🥂❤️

If people outside of the UK wonder why their colleagues in the UK are stressed: Check out this list--> qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

Hey, I made a comic! I’d like as many people as possible to read it, so I put it up here for free - hamf.ist If you like it, please share it but stay spoiler-conscious! If you don’t like it, I guess you can just keep that to yourself.

@citizenofblue.bsky.social thought of you of course!

Je me souviens. I will remember. 6 December 1989.

it's here! it's queer! it's the 2023 Queer Adult SFF list! just in time for your gift-giving needs please re-post, share, etc!

Realising that "Christmas markets" are the same in most cities - rather than a charming local tradition - ranks as one of my biggest disappointments.

Please share - New Prize for non-fiction for black women writers, amplifying us as knowledge-makers and critical thinkers. Global scope with a $20,000 award for exceptional work by black cis, trans and genderqueer women. Details here. Judged by Bernadine Evaristo.

Most mornings I tolerate commuting, some mornings I loathe it. This morning it's kinda okay in that suddenly-it's-winter crisp sunshine.

RPG meets Print History! This has made my little book history nerd heart explode with delight (also the amazing humans behind Anachronalia are just wonderful).

Perfect Sunday: waffles, podcasts, and analysing "The Wrath of Khan" as a parable of early 80s nuclear tensions. #scifisunday