Sarah Evans
@fridaylast.bsky.social
Historical geographer, events whiz, mother to a tiny croissant-obsessed tyrant. Posting in a personal capacity
If I see a woman interrogating anyone who is trying to use the loo about the contents of their underpants, I’ll be kicking off at *her*
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 15h agoThis is what they expected and wanted to happen: that members of the public, shown the cops would take their side if they kicked off and went mental at anyone they suspected of being a transgender, would then start going apeshit en masse and enforce their wacko ideas for them.
weather in London currently so disgusting I have to believe that it must be breaking the laws of physics and chemistry in some way, somehow I feel so warm and claustrophobic inside my own skin but it doesn't even feel that hot outside, how is this possible, how have things got worse
Again, a fundamental issue with trying to cover the anti-trans movement is that explaining that they are habitually insincere and so routinely chose transphobia over women's rights does make you sound conspiratiorial, and yet...
@andmcc.bsky.social · 2d agoI don't know about topping, but there is a a very good followup
God I love it when the fourth wall gets broken like this, just imagine things like when dogs stare off into the distance like that they're staring out of a painting in an alternative universe
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 3d agoFascinating perspective view with woman reading letter, 1665. And her dog, saying 'what are you doing here?' By Samuel van Hoogstraten, #BTD 1627.
happy to continue my journey down Unpopular On Bluesky Avenue and say that, though I do love playing video games by myself, which I believe is a different proposition altogether, I basically agree with all of this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
and if any millionaires are bored and want to do something harmless with their money, i have both the plans and network to build an authentically medieval human sized version of Redwall Abbey. I do not have the land or fair wages for tradesfolk, that’s what i need the millions for
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 5d agoHappy Friday everyone, as promised, here is my personal theory on this. I think Redwall takes place in our world, after an apocalyptic event of the nuclear variety caused rapid but varied growth of all animals, including humans, leading to our extinction and their mental development. Okay? 🧵
And I'm not pretending there isn't a possibility that with lots of support we might have managed to resolve our combination of latch and supply issues and had a more successful breastfeeding/pumping journey, but there is also every chance he would have just starved without formula or a wet nurse.
which is insane. insane series of decisions that got us here. and yes i know the history of formula and nestle and fuckery, i KNOW all of that, of course i do The point remains that formula was invented for a reason, not everyone produces enough milk, formula saves lives, make it affordable
So as we know, i am a big supporter of breastfeeding, I’ve been breastfeeding for something like 3.5 combined years at this point, hugely in favour of support and education, Formula saves lives and i absolutely hate this kind of stuff where it’s excluded as if it’s not bloody FOOD FOR INFANTS
One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.
I believe this as well and it has changed profoundly how I see various periods in history, too.
The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.
It's okay to sit in the bowl of melancholy for a little while, just not too long. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
general reminder that you absolutely do not need to have an opinion on everything. social media just makes you think you should. "i don't know enough about this to have an opinion" is one of the most liberating thoughts you can have in the modern world.
I did a conference panel a few months ago with Dame Wendy Hall who said, from the stage, something along the lines of, "well I wonder which men are going to get the extra money they're suddenly finding for AI research?", and I guess we now know the answer to that.
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.Think of all the awesome science-ing we could do with an extra £20M......🧪
I really loved Wilson's essay! It reminded me of things about The Odyssey that I'd forgotten & which enriched my experience of the film! I disagree with some of its points & find that *exciting*, because it's helping me sharpen my own thinking about it through the lens of her expertise!
I think it's absolutely good & fine for people to disagree with the essay's points but it is baffling to see complaints like "Wilson doesn't get that an adaptation makes changes" or "Wilson doesn't get cinema" or "Wilson should be more polite & gracious," like come on friends what are we doing here!
Some people act like a giant blockbuster film that cost a quarter billion and will make more than that is a tiny injured puppy we are not allowed to criticize because having dissenting cultural interpretations is just like kicking that tiny puppy.
Complaining 'I don't want to read 4000 words of something an academic thinks' after stumbling into the 4000 words of academics' thoughts bar.
His saying he liked her translation did not obligate her to say she liked his movie, or to be quiet if she didn't like it. And people, specifically women, should not "expect" to get personally attacked on the internet for having opinions, even if that is what will predictably happen.
If I was an agency wanting to be disbanded, I would choose the moment just after a new man of the ppl PM from the NW arrived - with a defining mission to rebalance the country and make agencies accountable - to pull £ from the world renowned telescope visited by generation upon generation of NW kids
No one really prepares you for how much of parenting is thinking thoughts like, "If I stay really still and quiet, no one will know I am here, so I can finish reading this long article about a film I don't care about, just to avoid completing a boring household job."
Disgusted with @thetimes for presenting this non-story. If it has to be covered at all it should be framed as Discredited Racist Smears Black Cambridge Professor in Sustained Campaign to Undermine Him. Arday quoted & cited sources appropriately. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Cambridge University pioneer Jason Arday in plagiarism row
The youngest black professor ever appointed at Cambridge has been accused of plagiarising the work of other academics, a month before his memoir is published
thetimes.com
Bowled over by how much I properly *loved* One of Our Thursdays Is Missing on a re-read - I remember finding it very disappointing the first time around. A surprisingly common experience I have rereading books I first read aged 21 is just how violently I disagree with myself, one way or the other.
As a punishment for his world’s-worst-in-class Routemaster buses, Thomas Heatherwick should be banned from ever enjoying air conditioning for the rest of his life. And from May to September every year he is only allowed to travel in London via bus routes which use his sweat box behemoths.
Having people who specialize in tackling one small part of the problem is literally what society is! None of us can be experts on everything! Part of how I know so much is knowing who to call on for a million various things when I need an accurate answer.
Your guilt and shame are fucking useless. If you have free hands and free time, do something with them and ignore everything else.
The death of third spaces is really giving people brain rot. Children should have access to public spaces because this is how they learn to behave. Community cohesion depends on one’s willingness to help out with childcare. It is weird to me not to see children existing in public like public transit
Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · 2w ago"This might be unpopular but I'd like to discriminate against an entire class of people" If this is you, I hope the next 500 books you try to read are a disappointment.
