You know you’ve been in the UK too long when your autocorrect changes ‘London’ to ‘Londis’.
Becky Aizen
@beckyaizen.bsky.social
Melbourne born & bred. 20 years a Londoner. Probably the only person in human history to pinch the title of their PhD from Fran Drescher’s autobiography. Will never not prefer Vegemite. https://substack.com/@beckyaizen
If you thought today’s mutton/lamb combo of bare legs & a micro mini is diabolical in itself, you won’t want to know that I seem to have paired it with elastic-free undies, so now I’ve contorted myself into the weirdest splayed-leg walk lest every passer-by becomes my own personal gynaecologist.
On the bus with a nursery class of 3-4 year olds who are engaged in an earnest discussion of how many hills their houses have.
I had this song in my head then I was like, wait: that can’t be a real song, so I googled it and, of course, it’s a bloody Aussie banger!’ youtu.be/XElRK0vzfk8?...
I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am
YouTube video by Regurgitator - Topic
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Been reminded of the time online edgelords would refer to themselves as 'classical liberals' while not owning a single frock coat between them.
This stuff triggers my in-built snob-detector alarm. Friends in Oz started a “literary fiction-only book group” that expressly forbade “genre fiction”. I put forward an impassioned argument for mysteries & thrillers, even Midnighting in the Garden of Good & Evilling them, but the snobs won.
Becky Aizen@beckyaizen.bsky.social · 5mo agoEveryone thinks I’m so highbrow but I’ve only read six. Give me a psychological thriller any day!
Everyone thinks I’m so highbrow but I’ve only read six. Give me a psychological thriller any day!
John Self@john-self.bsky.social · 5mo agoHere it is, the full list of the 99 best novels of all time and Wuthering Heights. My own top ten (you can click through to read it) contains one book from this century. The others are all from the 1920s to the 1980s - evidently my literary comfort zone.
Never heard this song the same way after learning that someone was convinced for years the lyrics were “Israeli men: hallelujah!” youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZ...
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (Official Video)
YouTube video by TheWeatherGirlsVEVO
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Women who support the rape of other women for any reason are not feminists. They’re sexual sadists and psychopaths. ✍️: @nicolelampert.bsky.social
Quiztina Aguilera is my go-to pub quiz team name: it will never be bested!
Phil Craig@philmcraig.bsky.social · 5mo agoYeah OK ‘Quiztina Aguillera’, and good on you ‘Let’s Get Quizical’ ha ha very amusing but we’ve heard it all before and how we didn’t win best team name last night is beyond me bloody stitch up and no I’m not bitter about that hidden word round oh no not at all!
See photo below, from one of endless management consultant-led 'awaydays', packed with W1A speak.
OK I left a decade ago but the ABC has been freaking out in a digital age day dream for years & yes I did once say that in a management meeting! It became a place of endless strategy reformulations but little feel for its own culture & traditions.
As a former insider it's oddly reassuring to see ABC management continue it's fine tradition of alienating the people who actually want to watch it in return for chasing people who never will.
Who’s your Desert Island Thinker? Mine is John McWhorter. youtu.be/mVi_HP5c13A?...
The Revival of Yiddish I Glenn Loury and John McWhorter
YouTube video by The Glenn Show Clips
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1st, congrats for the great reach. I think in early 2020s Sstack was heterodox coded, but not anymore. Notes is a game changer, so Elon hates it. Your follow up is a good point, but I guess people can appreciate the connection everywhere now. 'The more the merrier' kinds of work here.
I think this is it: for good and for ill a Substack like doesn't seem to be very hard-earned.
I get much more engagement on Substack but it registers less because I feel closer to my mutuals here, some of whom I’ve known for years now from Twitter. Substack is much more my wheelhouse ideologically, cos it’s an echo chamber of my design!, so why does it feel so impersonal/ less social?
That’s cool, but I stand with Ess Dreck, Farshtunkeneh Mamzer, and look forward to the day these fardreyter stickers won’t pop up all over my street like the genital rash they are.
I think of my grandmother at my age, and my Mum at my age, and I whisper a silent apology to both.
Share a song from the year you turned 18* *that also has your name as the fourth word in its lyrics** **bet you can’t! youtu.be/X53ZSxkQ3Ho?...
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SirMixALotVEVO
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@seabeastie.bsky.social · 5mo agoShare a song from the year you turned 18 The Fall - Hit The North www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5za...
Going to start using Maycation for hol in may, Laycation -hol where you stay in bed, Haycation - farm hol, etc
Rob H&ynes@robonabike.eurosky.social · 5mo agoModest proposal: People who use "staycation" to mean "going on holiday" to be placed under indefinite house arrest.
evangelicals have finally created. the golden calf. from the classic bible story “don’t create a golden calf”
Rev. Benjamin Cremer@brcremer.bsky.social · 5mo agoEvangelical Christian leaders literally gathering around a gold statue of the president and celebrating it, all while raging against any accusation of idolatry. This is what idol worship looks like.
