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siobhanhoffmann.bsky.social

Freelance creative and project manager person. Previously in HE. Currently, all over the place. Lover of books, ceramics, snacks, silliness, exploring, foul language, and visual/material culture. (And sometimes tennis and hospitality.)

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'Why I am leaving the USA...' I dearly hope the horrors forecast in this piece don't come to pass, but we can't pretend that they aren't entirely possible.

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Whenever I see the words "rendered speechless" I always think of melting lard. That's my observation for the day.

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“1 in 31 children will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by age 8.” That’s not an epidemic, it’s a data point that RFK Jr. and others have twisted into a movement of misinformation.

submitted 16 hours ago • 146 comments

Dear god let this man cook.

submitted 17 hours ago • 993 comments

Those utter arse wipes, not admitting it is absolutely ridiculous www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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With the arrival of the next boxes of Booker books I’ve sadly had to put my children into storage

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John Curtice notes on Today that mayoral races could be won with as little as 25% of the vote. But it's worse than that: if turnout in (eg) the West of England race is the same as in 2001 - 36% - a party might win with 9% of eligible votes. First Past the Post is an absurdity in these conditions.

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An American friend just said Withnail & I is universal, as it’s about ‘the friend that makes you a worse version of yourself, the friend you have to move on from’ which is a great summary I think

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I mean, I don't care about NFL, but who the fuck still makes prank calls in their 20s? What a stupid little boy.

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Let's all go back to bed. But, like, an outside bed, under an apple tree. With the birds singing.

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RFK saying he “never saw kids with ___ (medical condition)” in the 1940s like ok buddy you were a badly behaved child not an expert diagnostician, your family literally lobotomized your own aunt for having symptomatic depression, and we didn’t have tests and treatments for most things in the 1940s

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While in the Ashmolean Museum I came across this beautiful costume worn by the Japanese kabuki actor Bandō Tamasaburō V. It’s covered with egrets! @everyheron.bsky.social

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Edward Bawden, “Lagoon” wallpaper, 1929

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You broke it, you bought it. t.co/hHXdks6ejw

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I am down a hole. Humming Sam Cooke to the worms.

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Bette Davis - 1942

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Hear me out…. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...

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A colloquial Polish phrase about someone who’s overdressed is odjebać się jak szczur na otwarcie kanału. It means “you look like a rat for the opening of a sewer.”

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Me, flirting: what is your favourite type of shark

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“The larch branch is expanding its young green leaves which look like small, green shaving brushes” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

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The blaze at Bandar Abbas remains so intense and widespread that emergency teams have yet to bring it under control. The explosion was yesterday...Shipping and industrial-related fires are always acutely destructive.

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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

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On the "deportations" of children with cancer... (Not sure how they can be described by any journalist with integrity as "deportations" since they're US citizens) is there any way they could come to the UK? We don't charge as much as US hospitals... And we treat children nicely.

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At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

'Why I am leaving the USA...' I dearly hope the horrors forecast in this piece don't come to pass, but we can't pretend that they aren't entirely possible.

Whenever I see the words "rendered speechless" I always think of melting lard. That's my observation for the day.

“1 in 31 children will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by age 8.” That’s not an epidemic, it’s a data point that RFK Jr. and others have twisted into a movement of misinformation.

Dear god let this man cook.

Those utter arse wipes, not admitting it is absolutely ridiculous www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

With the arrival of the next boxes of Booker books I’ve sadly had to put my children into storage

John Curtice notes on Today that mayoral races could be won with as little as 25% of the vote. But it's worse than that: if turnout in (eg) the West of England race is the same as in 2001 - 36% - a party might win with 9% of eligible votes. First Past the Post is an absurdity in these conditions.

An American friend just said Withnail & I is universal, as it’s about ‘the friend that makes you a worse version of yourself, the friend you have to move on from’ which is a great summary I think

I mean, I don't care about NFL, but who the fuck still makes prank calls in their 20s? What a stupid little boy.

Let's all go back to bed. But, like, an outside bed, under an apple tree. With the birds singing.

While in the Ashmolean Museum I came across this beautiful costume worn by the Japanese kabuki actor Bandō Tamasaburō V. It’s covered with egrets! @everyheron.bsky.social

Edward Bawden, “Lagoon” wallpaper, 1929

You broke it, you bought it. t.co/hHXdks6ejw

I am down a hole. Humming Sam Cooke to the worms.

Bette Davis - 1942

Hear me out…. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...

A colloquial Polish phrase about someone who’s overdressed is odjebać się jak szczur na otwarcie kanału. It means “you look like a rat for the opening of a sewer.”

Me, flirting: what is your favourite type of shark

“The larch branch is expanding its young green leaves which look like small, green shaving brushes” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

The blaze at Bandar Abbas remains so intense and widespread that emergency teams have yet to bring it under control. The explosion was yesterday...Shipping and industrial-related fires are always acutely destructive.

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

On the "deportations" of children with cancer... (Not sure how they can be described by any journalist with integrity as "deportations" since they're US citizens) is there any way they could come to the UK? We don't charge as much as US hospitals... And we treat children nicely.

Omar Sharif was such a dreamboat.

"No man needs nothing."