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Writing, reading, running. Poetry PhD: vital instability in the 2nd generation Romantics. Am actually writing. Interested in the amplification of working class voices, northern voices, & kind & talented voices. Writing, I swear. Meliorist, still.
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"Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees." Terry Pratchett.

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An extraordinarily powerful photograph.

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With Sly Stone and Brian Wilson dying in one week I wish there were more opportunities for people just to go weird in art and make art that makes new paths. There's so many people never get to answer the question 'what would art made of me be like?' and then get to make it. Viva weirdness. Viva art.

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My phone buzzed with a message from a friend telling me about Brian Wilson's death. Not a good vibration, mate. Not a good vibration. ☹️

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Reform and AI are both broken snakeoil chimeras whose false value is being valorised by complicit agents at the expense of approaches of more substance and quality. Sadly, and increasingly, those with more substance and quality are becoming the complicit agents. This doesn't end well.

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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. 🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg

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I bet Musk has a food taster now

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At this point I am just buying very expensive wallpaper in 8 inch by two inch straps, tbh

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OK, Wednesday, whatcha got? ☕

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How dare you wave foreign flags in the upcoming Olympic host city!

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What I cannot work out is *why* Labour thinks saying "It was right to cut Winter Fuel Allowance last year and it's right to reinstate it this year because circumstances changed so much" Is better than "We listened to you, we got it wrong, we've fixed it, and we're sorry".

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Bingo! Full House! What do we wi...oh :(

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Maybe a tub of Ben & Jerry’s and The Notebook is a better way to grieve a breakup with your boyfriend than deploying the National Guard.

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Boy, there's a kind of guy that Greta Thunberg really pisses off, isn't there?

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I’m sure people know already that there’s no algorithm on here, so if you want to help get fellow creatives’ work seen then reposting is the only way to do that. Likes are nice but won’t boost their posts in people’s timelines.

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I just hit a significant word count milestone on the thing I've been working on for a long time. I know such things aren't significant in any real sense, & there is plenty left to be written, but I guess you have to take these moments when they present themselves. Something worth celebrating?

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I am fortunate enough to like my job and the place I work for. Unfortunately, this does not translate into me wanting to go to work tomorrow.

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today's Pratchett quote is the entirety of Night Watch.

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"You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favor," said Vimes. "And to protect the innocent. That's all they put in. Maybe they thought those were the important things... You're an officer of the law, not a soldier of the government." Terry Pratchett, Night watch

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Hastings: 'For a bit of context and history, the town’s name comes from the Battle of Hastings, which took place in 1066.' From a national newspaper - there's just so much wrong with that that it's hard to know where to begin....

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Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

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And there it is. As predictable and as palatable as a turd in a river. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Prediction: there is not a single verdict, of any kind, on Kilmar Obrego Garcia that will not be met by millions of people utterly missing the point.

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I think this is very true. There are no rules to who we feel closest to, whose absence affects us most, but societal conventions dismiss some of these when it comes to grief - and, conversely, expect of us grief when we may not feel it. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Michael Longley

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"What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity." - William S. Burroughs

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That'll teach the snowflakes/youth of today/don't know they're born/teach 'em some respect, and all that utterly stupid, small-minded, mean-spirited old bollocks.

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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Because writing tends to be portrayed as something done by middle-class people, it's easy to overlook how many classic works were produced by writers who were working class – That's why we made our Working Class Library podcast: episode one is up now🐝 thebeemagazine.com/the-working-...

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Give this a read. And 'Ghost Signs', too.

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