Theodora Sutcliffe
@theodora.bsky.social
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Freelance hackette, content queen and recovering nomad. Working on a novel.
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A thread of what I've read this year.
11 months ago
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"A Tory shadow minister has come under fire for acting as a lawyer for Roman Abramovich..." Not just a shadow minister. The shadow Attorney General. The Tory tradition of prioritising support for billionaires above support for Ukraine flourishes
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/12/29/tory-shadow-minister-under-fire-for-working-for-abramovich/
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You can't just remove people's citizenship. And normalizing this ahead of a possible Farage government is madness.
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Brilliant long read on the man who kept impersonating children:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
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The Many Lives of Frédéric Bourdin
David Grannâs 2008 report on the French serial imposter FrĂ©dĂ©ric Bourdin, who assumed dozens of false identities, including those of missing persons.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann
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Wonderful read on attempts to communicate with extraterrestrials:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Nick Richardson · Weâre not talking to you, weâre talking to Saturn: Lingua Cosmica
The more we learn about ourselves and the universe, the more we appreciate that aliens probably wonât just be humans...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n12/nick-richardson/we-re-not-talking-to-you-we-re-talking-to-saturn
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Today in midlife, I am contemplating visiting Etsy to buy a nice new case for my reading glasses.
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1Dad1Kid
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I had an American (I'm sure this isn't a surprise to you) surprised when they told me a family member who lives in Iceland was going to be flying to Europe, and I let her know Iceland is part of Europe.
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Looking forward to* being reunited with my scales tomorrow. *dreading
2 days ago
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Some horrifying proportion of Australians, many of whom have been to Bali, don't know that Bali is in Indonesia.
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2 days ago
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I've seen GLP-1 induced frailty in action and it isn't pretty:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/h...
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Older Americans Quit Weight-Loss Drugs in Droves
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/health/older-people-glp1-weight.html
2 days ago
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Every writer should watch Pluribus. Not for its stellar balance of tension and black comedy, not for the craft of its screenplay, but for the MC. 'so what did she think of my unpublished novel?'
#wheezing
3 days ago
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Green salad and pea risotto really hitting the spot after Christmas food. And absolutely doing Dry January...
3 days ago
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3 days ago
One day late for Boxing Day, but it is
#Caturday
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Somehow, feeling like tonight might be the night to rectify my never having watched Idiocracy.
3 days ago
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)
4 days ago
We will be open for submissions 1 to 15 Jan. For inspiration, read our winning stories from last issue by
@karaoakleaf.bsky.social
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
@belindarowe.bsky.social
@jaimegill.bsky.social
@theodora.bsky.social
@kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
newflashfiction.com/issue-39/
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Issue 39: 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Featuring new work by Belinda Rowe, Jaime Gill, Emily Rinkema, Theodora Sutcliffe, Kara Oakleaf, Leigh Ann Ruggiero, Kathryn Silver-Hajo, Brigid M. Hughes, and Jess Richards
https://newflashfiction.com/issue-39/
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Make a Bond movie casual Goldholdhands
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4 days ago
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Me: why does the fridge smell like something has died? Also me: This Camembert is ripening splendidly.
4 days ago
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Important Christmas news: panettone with brandy butter is god tier.
4 days ago
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#viral
is a very cool and normal hashtag to use when mining your I'll grandma for content
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4 days ago
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For a film that consists largely of Tom Hanks and Stephen Graham giving each other coordinates, Greyhound is remarkably tight and watchable
4 days ago
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Is there anything to do with leftover brandy butter other than eat it?
5 days ago
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My spawn has done a fantastic job on Christmas.
5 days ago
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
5 days ago
No matter our beliefs, Jesusâ message of opening our hearts to those who are different from us has never felt more important than this Christmas. I want to wish everyone celebrating in London and around the world a very Merry Christmas.
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God, even Freddie Mercury prostituted his phrasing on a Christmas song. If memory serves he was Zoroastrian?!
5 days ago
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Not sure Negroni Sbagliatos are entirely required but, hey, it's Saturnalia. Happy hump day, all.
5 days ago
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I have seen peak Gen X midlife and it will not be topped.
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5 days ago
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Think I *may* have managed a short, flat run without aggravating my Achilles. It's a Christmas miracle...
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Merry Christmas!
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5 days ago
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Playing the Rizla game and spawn (25) landed Adrian Mole and was none the wiser.
6 days ago
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Tim Onion
6 days ago
Did you forget to order a Christmas present and now it's fuckin' Christmas Eve? Are you boned six ways to Sunday? Fucked beyond belief? Good news! You can get them an Onion subscription! They'll get a year of papers in the mail AND an emailed PDF certificate to print out instantly. Christmas saved!
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Join The Onion
Donât just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
https://membership.theonion.com/gifts/?campaign=701a500001HI8w6AAD&
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Do normal English families have boiled ham on Christmas Eve or is this some weird French thing we've inherited? We have it with broad beans, mash and parsley sauce.
6 days ago
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Me: "There's mulled wine coming up in a minute..." Spawn: "Don't get his hopes up. When you say 'mull something over', you don't mean: 'think it through as fast as you can.'"
6 days ago
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It might have been warm enough to eat our sandwiches outside but still got that classic winter vibe in the late afternoon. Beautiful walk: Cotehele to Calstock on
@iwalkcornwall.co.uk
6 days ago
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Depressing number of followers blooming on this unseasonably warm Christmas Eve.
6 days ago
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Looks like the artist formerly known as Prince Andrew is well and truly shafted.
#inappropriatefriends
7 days ago
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Now on the port. It is a Monday. And only the 22nd. What have I done?
8 days ago
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Should not have bought those Quality Street. Not even Christmas and I already feel like puking...
8 days ago
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Welp, the London Review of Books has had me watching Judy Garland clips on YouTube. And now I get what all the fuss is about.
9 days ago
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Delighted to see my story appear in the venerable Analog, which has been going since 1938 and published Asimov:
www.analogsf.com/current-issu...
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Table of Contents - Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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https://www.analogsf.com/current-issue/table-of-contents/
9 days ago
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I have a metal cafetiere at home from which I empty the grinds by bashing it against the bin edge. Just attempted the same with the co-working's glass one. It did not end well.
11 days ago
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Apolline Dsc
12 days ago
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations. All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
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I love jivamukti.
12 days ago
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But ChatGPT is good because productivity.
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13 days ago
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Not gay, not male, but I suspect the homosexuals may wish to keep their banking separate from their hookups.
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14 days ago
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Lovely piece on the Pope and JD Vance among others....
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Colm TĂłibĂn · The Pope and Pachamama
Pope Leo, thus far in his life, has been skilled at placing himself in the middle whenever there are warring factions....
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n09/colm-toibin/the-pope-and-pachamama
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Naomi Smith
14 days ago
đWe are rejoining Erasmus. Official announcement tomorrowđ
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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UK to rejoin EUâs Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/uk-to-rejoin-eu-erasmus-student-exchange-programme
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Let's hope the BBC has the courage of its convictions....
stoptrump.org.uk/sign-bbc-let...
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Sign the letter: The BBC must not pay Trump a penny
Stop Trump Coalition
https://stoptrump.org.uk/sign-bbc-letter/
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Matthew Rowley
14 days ago
An art conservator once told me, apropos of clients doing dumb things to their collections, of one who had put a discolored sandstone statuette through her dishwasher. It dissolved. Gone. Arrived with a bag of the sand left in the bottom of the machine, asking for the figurine to be restored.
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Find this dark time around the solstice really hard going. No wonder so many cultures and societies have festivals of light and feasting around now. (In other words, I'm looking forward to the Christmas break.)
14 days ago
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Got a new job in today. Used to be a fairly routine event, now a cause for celebration.
14 days ago
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Just waiting for tomorrow's avalanche of tabloid stories about the Liverpool driver's history of domestic violence* *: I assume he's a wife-beater as well as a road rage monster
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