obvious choice for #TuneTuesday #KingsQueensJacksJokers Ava Max Kings & Queens https://tidal.com/track/128098124/u #LoehwesPlaylist

I need university administrators (and probably some other people too, but definitely university administrators) to understand something: you cannot motivate your faculty to do more research or better teaching. They are already maximally motivated people. They did not get the job by being […]

Worth reading. #ukpol https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/greta-thunberg-palestine-action-arrest

Done my December round-up, finally: https://www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-in-december-2025 #bookstodon #bookmastodon

#tunetuesday #kingsqueensjacksjokers Placebo - Spite and Malice https://youtu.be/aETrWclwyNE Just found out, after 20+ years, that the line is 'Aces, take your pity' and not 'Aces, take your protein' 😳😅

I had a recruiter reach out to me with an offer for a director of ‘new age tech’. I think they mean AI, but at this point I’ll be happy to direct a bunch of psychics in a psychics for hire app. It would be more ethical than whatever is out there.

Just finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and now I'm an emotional wreck, bawwwww 😭 #bookmastodon #bookstodon

A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books

When the shared document comes around asking for a few bulletpoints of what you've been working on over the last month... erm, reading, sleeping, eating chocolate, and playing board games?

First #mondayrandom10 of the year. VLC, 7,658 tracks... 1. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - All Wrapped Up 2. Deftones - Infinite Source 3. Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra - Provanity 4. Blaqk Audio - Snuff On Digital 5. The Pretty Reckless - Waiting for a Friend 6. Something […]

This week's charts...

Today in 'is it just me?': Happiness in Liquid Form by Alfie Templeton and Hard To Beat by Hard-Fi.

Today in 'is it just me?': Happiness in Liquid Form by Alfie Templeton and Hard To Beat by Hard-Fi.

#thesundaystarter Ritual Howls - Alone Together https://youtu.be/_Wcf5WEwX6s 💜

They are already trying to use this tech to "find the ring leaders of antifa" Because these kind of people are very invested in the idea that even their enemies (who hate hierarchies) must still have them. There must be a man somewhere at the center of it all. There must be an organization […]

If, like many people, your plans for 2026 include lying down in the woods until the mushrooms consume you, then here is a story for you. https://www.scattering.ink/2026/01/hyphae/ It's the first issue of the month, which as always means it's free 🍄🍄‍🟫 #fiction

The recipe calls for 1 lemon.

We have an envelope addressed simply 'to the householder' and it's probably an advert for an estate agent or something, but my mind is like 'oh god, what if we're In Trouble with a neighbour for some reason?' (It won't get opened until Thursday when Dad gets back from Scrabble; I'm not the […]

The world is sick and I'm unwell. 🎵 AFI - Spear of Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEFANeMl-AA

Happy new year bitches #cats #catsofmastodon #torties

A #UniversityChallenge #music#universitychallengeround where the answers were Ozzy Osbourne, Alice in Chains, Pantera and Guns n’Roses. The ignoramuses didn’t know any of them. What do they teach them, etc.

I was given an excellent new water filter bottle for Christmas, and I'm very happy about it, but it wants me to connect it to an app. I am not going to connect it to an app. It is a water filter bottle. Why on earth would you need an internet enabled water filter bottle. Aaargh.

Today feels a bit like a practise day for the rest of the year. Like, work is happening, but I'm not really putting my back into it.

Current read: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow. The main character has just received a book in the post. #bookstodon #bookmastodon #iykyk

#jukeboxfridaynight #dayslikethese The Chameleons - A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days https://youtu.be/TtXtFKQw1aQ

#jukeboxfridaynight #dayslikethese CHVRCHES - Really Gone https://youtu.be/SmeusGKXNU4 🎶 I'm trying my best to toughen up for these days 🎶

#jukeboxfridaynight #dayslikethese Joy Division - These Days https://youtu.be/6j0J0x6ZY8Y

Mental illness + lifelong masked autism = struggling to get across how bad it is because a) communicating big feelings with the expected facial expressions and tone of voice feels forced and/or b) you've trained yourself not to come across as dramatic or making a fuss, ever 🙃

['Toilet monitor' badges, joking reference to violence] Nice of the TERFs to visually identify themselves as such, so I know who to avoid. Where's Cheryl from Girls Aloud when you need her?

I would like the rest of 2026 to involve less coughing, please.

@futurebird I swear they laced that box with catnip. Toby used it as a bed for WEEKS.

I it’s different than I expected. #catsofmastodon #picathecat #lego

My mum has always complained about how, at any given time, at least two of her three siblings won't be on speaking terms with one another, and as she gets on well enough with them all, she's forced into the position of go-between and repository for grievances. At some point, I've acquired the […]

Just filling in the pre-appointment health check survey for my dentist and, quite honestly, this feels like an appropriate question after the festivities.

Let’s start 2026 with the really important topics: - This is not a dash but a hyphen. We use it to hyphenate words or connect them. – This is an en-dash and it is used for ranges, lists and relations – in all languages – and with spaces around it for parentheses in many languages, including […]

I have very few plans for the year as yet, but at least my wall calendar is pretty.

Happy New Year, everyone! This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.

It's here! Take a look at my top 30 (I know...) reads of 2025: https://www.draliceviolett.com/best-of-2025 #bookstodon #bookmastodon

Here's to a kinder, gentler 2026! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

#thursdayfivelist #hope a selection songs that acknowledge the darkness but keep that small light burning and look to renewal. Halestorm - Brightside https://youtu.be/EOYMpRltE3Q Metronomy - Things Will Be Fine https://youtu.be/Lbb5AkLWDzQ Olivia Rodrigo - Hope Ur Ok […]

I do believe it's time to share my top 10 artists/albums/tracks based on my 2025 listening data (all via Last.fm/Panoscrobbler). You can tell I'm an album person 😅

HNY! I am 90% snot and one of my ears really hurts, so the only way is up, right? 🤒

I have changed into my pyjamas and brushed my teeth 😴

the mark of llm generated text isn't em dashes, it's inane shit like "coffee is a unique and flavorful way to get the morning energy you need"

I do believe it's time to share my top 10 artists/albums/tracks based on my 2025 listening data (all via Last.fm/Panoscrobbler). You can tell I'm an album person 😅

Twenty years since I saw my ex with his new girlfriend in the supermarket where I was working, got very drunk at the Brightlingsea YMCA disco after my shift, then had a total meltdown and required emotional first aid from my best friend's parents. I don't miss being 17 😅 🎶 AFI - 17 Crimes […]

my husband: "autistic people can't hold down jobs, that's a myth. Jobby McJobberson, who holds down 50,000 jobs as part of his hyperfixation, is an outlier and–"

psychology literature on autism is all so cringe. "90% of autistic people are men" 100% of us can't believe you've fallen for this self-fulfilling diagnostic issue. ... and 90% of us wear striped knee socks. "a few autistic people are so high-functioning that they even manage to hold down a […]