sure are a lot of confident opinions out there about the harms of the Enlightenment from people who probably couldn't describe what it was

All my friends should be made to live walking distance from me. I don't care if this massively upends their lives

vegan psa: that vivera shawarma stuff you can get from sainsbury's is pretty good, especially if you live near somewhere you can buy fresh syrian wraps to put it in, alongside huge quantities of hummus, tahini sauce, chopped salad, herbs, chill sauce

fairly sure I still have this in my special box of sacred childhood objects at my parents' house

got my new Brit Card lads

*selects perpetual autumn simulation*

I now have DMs set up on here 👀

om saves all the best cat tiktoks for me to watch each day, and I would 100% recommend this way of engaging with that app (I don't have an account)

me trying to pep myself up to go and teach this morning while having fresher's flu

tfw your new & exciting research idea has already been exhausted by like aristotle or something

the time of night when only @iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social is posting. the wee hours, one might say

Don’t try to trick me, I’ve read The History of Sexuality volume 1

who the fuck is playing bagpipes near my house

tfw

on my second work-related cry of the day, after getting bad news from a manager on my way in, and have to teach in half an hour 🙃

bug

bit rude imo to use a strike at someone else's university as mere fodder for claims about your own personal predictive powers as the great sage of HE's decline

(“Riders on the Storm” voice) Posting on my phone

I'm so hungry I could eat little nuts or seeds or little berries

i constantly think about this post

I'm in Sheffield! Excited to see lots of friends and acquire new fuel for my belief that it is the greatest city (hideous new Pete McKee/Hendo's mural notwithstanding)

Labour yet again ignoring voters like me who find boob hypnotism quite funny, if we care about it at all

ChatGPT: no, going “Azrael mode” can be dangerous for yourself and those around you. Me: I am the avenging angel of God. The time of purification is at hand. Few shall be chosen. ChatGPT: you’re right. Let’s look at that again with the addition context that you are the avenging angel of God.

very public-spirited of americans on here to try to increase the fun levels by volunteering to be character of the day

I Will Find Frog. Having A Strong Conviction Is The Key To Finding The Frog. At Sovereign Land of Frogs, An East Japanese Tree Frog. 2025/08/29.

I know this is a bit mean but...imagine doing #aesthetic annotation for Instagram of a novel narrated by a spy cop lol

complimented by old ladies and an anime girl on my outfit, so maybe an appreciation of 1930s/40s clothing can finally unify this cursèd country

saw the woman who runs the online vintage shop I buy from at a flea market today, recognised her because I look at photos of her online more often than any of my friends or family

top Marseille tips? Going there on the train very soon 🚂

try not to look at author bios when reading submissions for the book prize I judge, always the risk of it saying something like 'after a successful career as an investment banker'

may have achieved something huge, almost certainly the most important thing I've contributed to in my life. will probably find out more details over the day

humiliated every day by the childlock on my vitamins

guys im interested in learning about nice thing or perhaps magnificent

pleased to meet you

it's been nice being a perfectly spherical egg, but the leaves are turning and an autumn name change beckons

If you want to keep children safe put them in the tube

slightly worried someone I used to know might be involved in this www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

chance to do something very funny at the kirkgate in leith

somewhat embarrassed to admit that I was amused by the cello goth clown troll

do it! 🌞

If you’re pure of heart you can put anything in the recycling

thinking about her

yes I think I will make a vegan carrot cake soon, note to self

😱 still feeling the excruciating awkwardness of being perceived 😀 don't have to do any filming again until next year!

got a new bad haircut that's both too short and too long at the same time

broke my phone yesterday while still stressed from my parents' visit, and had a blissful glimpse of what phone-free life could be like. naturally I had to share this observation as soon as I got my phone back from the repair shop