March reading: 6. A Trace of Sun - Pam Williams 7. I Sugar the Bones - Juana Adcock 8. Ghachar Chochar - Vivek Shanbhag (translated by Srinath Perur) 9. Wellwater - Karen Solie

I am determined to carrot-and-stick my way through Ulysses by rewarding myself with a chapter of The Penelopiad for each one I finish. Joyce for first course, Atwood for pudding.

One absolute motherfucking unit for sorrow. Who is also the Michigan J. Frog of magpies, because every time I try to snap a pic, it’s mid flight, blurred and not representative of its impressive girth.

The Italian national anthem is a proper banger, innit.

The sky is barfing ice!!!

Oh no, you fucking don’t, Apple Music. You absolutely DO NOT. It hurt as a Parks & Rec joke and it still hurts now and also it’s just inaccurate!

Definitely winning at Bruxelles: seen Mannekin Pis in *two* outfits 😍

So much of the language used around the abuse of women trivialises serious crimes. If it were implemented this change would be long overdue. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.

So one of the reasons why I’m an albums guy is for those magical moments when an outro is just fucking perfect - the outro to Algiers’ titular* album being an excellent case in point: cannot be separated from the whole. It is such a gorgeous experience <3

McCoy era begins. Don’t hate the new theme.

today we once again celebrate the insane work ethic of the botanicals sub-committee on the french revolutionary calendar commission

Right! The Trial of a Timelord - this ends now!

The annual Thames Water-induced bloodboil. I fucking hate these wankers so much.

Day 4 of shining a spotlight on creative women and it's Kerry and all the fantastic grrrls at Write Like A Grrrl! Their writing courses, retreats and general support have helped me and so many others. Thank you Kerry and everyone at @writelikeagrrrl.bsky.social www.writelikeagrrrl.org

Honestly it feels like we've been in varying shades of "emotionally dysregulated and dealing with that by posting" for the better part of the last decade

February reading: 4. The Matisse Stories - AS Byatt 5. Avidyā - Vidyan Ravinthiran

A true moment of hope for British politics. Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton by-election for the Greens, defeating Reform and pushing Labour into third place. #PodSaveTheUK #Politics #News #UK #UKPolitics

A brilliant time chatting with Scott on the Creative Resistance podcast ✨️🌱 thecreativeresistancepodcast.substack.com/p/grief-as-a...

It is very discombobulating to have your cats engaging in hell-for-leather graps with Fr Brian Eno’ Music for Airports as soundtrack. Which peppier tune should I choose?

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

Lack of paper tickets, even boring ones, is not a huge deal but is just a tiny little bummer. I’ve been sorting out my study and it was so nice to find a big plastic folder of tix - some random examples from a beloved venue :)

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Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen:

As a queer scientist making Pride pins to pay for my transition, it means a lot to see them worn at big events like this. Massive thanks to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for boosting that visibility! If anyone now seeing this wants to check out my other designs, they're over at canopyrobin.etsy.com 🏳️‍⚧️🩷

SHARIF DON'T LIKE IT

*in Charles Darwin’s replies* sounds rough man btw could you tell me if this is a Species or is it a Variety you seem the guy to ask

The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...

The Trial of a Time Lord: Will we finally get some real ACTING from BRIAN BLESSED?

what starmer do next: A: hire someone not as bad B: hire someone exactly as bad C: hire someone worse D: [zoidberg voice] quit himself why not

Lambeth #Libraries have curated a fascinating series of events for #LGBTHM26, including a discussion with Grace Flahive about her novel Palm Meridian, a love story set in a lesbian retirement resort in Florida in the year 2067. www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/01/lamb...

I’m not surprised that Simone is a huge fan of curling.

I do hate this man so very fucking much.

January reading: 1. The Giant, O’Brien - Hilary Mantel 2. Chaotic Good - Isabelle Baafi 3. Tales From the Heart - Maryse Condé (translated by Richard Philcox) ongoing - The Odyssey Book VI: A Princess and Her Laundry Book VII: A Magical Kingdom

The Trial of a Time Lord: here we go I guess.

Xavier White's exhibition last February was unmissable! So very excited to see what will be unveiled at this next iteration next week!!! At Brixton Library! #LGBTQHM26

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN POETIC ADVENTURE WITH EMILY DICKINSON (SHE IS UNAWARE THIS IS HAPPENING; PLEASE DO NOT TELL HER ESTATE) www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

i’m not particularly attached to “abolish ICE” as a slogan but as a policy it’s mandatory

4. Give yourself permission to take your writing seriously. Don’t wait until you’re “better at it,” or until you’re published, or until you “feel like a real writer.” Do it now. Then keep on doing it. It’s allowed.

Going thru Piccadilly on the bus at this time on a Friday night is always absurd but still I'm like who the fuck are all these ppl in their own cars.

According to the Tesco app, The Nation’s choice meal deal is the grim little trio of chicken club sandwich, an EGGE protein pot for a snack instead of crisps or fruit like normal ppl wft argh and Red Bull, a beverage I refuse to believe exists outside TVR.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2680: Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure means you tried something. No one ever succeeds without trying and failing - often, many times.

the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.

Simone really does learn a lot from Walter Santi.

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Hard relate.

December reading: I got up to book V (From the Goddess to the Storm) in Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey, For the first time in a while I don’t have a library book to return, so I’ve been luxuriating in Hilary Mantel and Isabelle Baafi’s excellent writing so also ongoing. year end total-52

Alright then Jools 🎶🍾🎉🎊

Get your peepers on our newest peeps 🦝 The Trash Family Portrait Gallery has most of our Feline Flash contributors displayed in all their loveliness. Portraits are assembled using their spirit animal and the things they covet/collect. trashcatlit.com/trash-family...