@MarbledMayhem

Poet, publisher, essayist, crip—PhD on gender, genre & disability. Digital editor: @osmosispress | Assistant editor: @pamenarpress (they/them)♿️🏳️‍⚧️

 London, England
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Joined October 2011
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POETIC NEWS: Dear Lettera 32 is being published with Permeable Barrier; launching at @HousmansBooks on the 16th of February; come celebrate this scripto-visual lyric collection with us! Parsing interpersonal and structural violences, this collection holds out every hope.
Starting 2024, Permeable Barrier will begin an occasional program of physical publications. The aim is to bring into print texts that work with innovation, hybridity, and strangeness; to provide a platform for work which defies traditional categorisation and exists in the in-between spaces of literature, media, and art. There is no better book to demonstrate these ideals than our first title, due in February 2024: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong

ALT Starting 2024, Permeable Barrier will begin an occasional program of physical publications. The aim is to bring into print texts that work with innovation, hybridity, and strangeness; to provide a platform for work which defies traditional categorisation and exists in the in-between spaces of literature, media, and art. There is no better book to demonstrate these ideals than our first title, due in February 2024: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong

Dear Lettera 32 is a text that revels in contradictions, and in doing so gives the lie to our comfortable assumptions about the act of writing in and of itself. Refusing to capitulate to the reassurances of singular address, Cat Chong draws from the world around them to create a kaleidoscope of hope and longing, divinity and corruption, esoterica and hypermodernity. Confessional, lyrical, yet densely packed with theory, Chong uses an encounter with a typewriter as the inspiration for a migration across the possibilities of poetry. The resulting work is a deeply readable yet visually jarring text that evades easy categorisation. Is this an epistolary novel? A diary? A poem? Chong inhabits multiple spaces while rejecting the easy categorisation that any of them might offer, instead opening up their work to the creative possibility of discomfort.

ALT Dear Lettera 32 is a text that revels in contradictions, and in doing so gives the lie to our comfortable assumptions about the act of writing in and of itself. Refusing to capitulate to the reassurances of singular address, Cat Chong draws from the world around them to create a kaleidoscope of hope and longing, divinity and corruption, esoterica and hypermodernity. Confessional, lyrical, yet densely packed with theory, Chong uses an encounter with a typewriter as the inspiration for a migration across the possibilities of poetry. The resulting work is a deeply readable yet visually jarring text that evades easy categorisation. Is this an epistolary novel? A diary? A poem? Chong inhabits multiple spaces while rejecting the easy categorisation that any of them might offer, instead opening up their work to the creative possibility of discomfort.

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Dexter Fergie@DexterFergie14h
Me finishing my PhD in 2024.
Charles Petersen@p_e_t_e_r_s_e_n16h
We're just barely beginning to see the 2020-2022 cuts here. My guess would be that the US currently has fewer humanities PhD students than it did in 1960. The entire Golden Age of Academia — *poof*
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We're just barely beginning to see the 2020-2022 cuts here. My guess would be that the US currently has fewer humanities PhD students than it did in 1960. The entire Golden Age of Academia — *poof*
Steve McGuire
@sfmcguire7918h
🧵The number of humanities dissertations produced annually has declined by almost half, according to a new analysis. The same report shows that language related to power and identity surged while treatments of “Western,” “European,” and “American” turned increasingly negative.
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Anatema@anntigona_13h
para quien no lo sepa y ya que lo considero información necesaria en esta coyuntura: los gases lacrimógenos tienen disruptores endocrinos muy agresivos. si tienes problemas hormonales o sospechas embarazo cuídate de ellos ya que los efectos perduran
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j'connais pas UNE seule fille qui est allée aux manifs et qui n'a pas eu des symptômes menstruels chelous lv ils ont foutu quoi dans leurs lacrymos jv pt un plomb
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The Home Office openly saying Mahmood forcing migrant workers to have less rights for 15 years is designed to create a big class of workers totally dependent on (& exploitable by) bosses , not to reduce migration , in The Times thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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Signe Sol
@SigneSol0Oct 20
The extreme ecological horryfying disaster is still to this day going on. 4 MONTHS NOW Billions of animal lives burned to death. BORNEO IS STILL BURNING The oldest rainforests on Mother Earth and all the unique, innocent lives inside up in flames. This is armageddon - this can NEVER be restored. BECAUSE OF HUMAN GREED AND STUPIDITY.
dans 🔰
@danskussOct 20
🚨 INDONESIA STILL ON FIRE 🚨 Udah yuk main halo kak halo kaknyaa. Inii update per hari ini, (1) Gunung Arjuno - Api udah sampai ke spot kop-kop an, relawan dan tim terkait berusaha memadamkan titik-titik api 🔥 (2-3) Tanjung Puting - Ini bukan scene film action ataupun dokumenter Discovery Chanel. Ini update Taman Nasional Tanjung Puting di Area Camp Pesalat. Ngga cuman manusia, Orangutan dan hewan lain sama-sama berjuang cuman untuk sekedar bisa hidup sampai besok 🦧 (4) Maluku - Ini di Pulau Seram sisi Utara, lagi-lagi masyarakat yg kudu bahu membahu sembari menunggu pusat turun tangan (kali) 🥲 belom termasuk, bagian Kalimantan lain, 6 gunung lainnya di Pulau Jawa, Papua, Sumatera dan bagian terdampak lainnyaa 😭 yg diurusin malah banner kuning fak 🫵😭 Jangan lupa sisipkan doa kecil minta turun hujan di wilayah terdampak di doa-doa makan, doa tidur dan doa kalian lainnyaa yaa frens ♡ (May) God, save us 😭🤲
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Marlo Avidon@MarloAvidonOct 20
It’s probably not often that someone can say that after four years of work, they got hit by a car the week they planned to submit their PhD thesis. Even so, 2 nights in hospital, 8 staples in my head, and one hefty concussion only amounted to a 3 week delay and a funny story
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great to know that the nhs that kills people at random will also kill me specifically should the need for healthcare ever arrive
Vivian@MxVivianWulfOct 18
This is murder. This is a murder that was partaken in by the entire political establishment and the NHS. It is a murder of a person for no other reason than simply because she was trans. Nobody will go to jail. Nobody will suffer any consequences. But they all murdered Joelle.
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omar@orionscorpseOct 18
This is also by design, the government and corporations dont want the public to be able to grow their own food, the same is true for farmers who legally cannot own the seeds they sow
🧹✨ kaye 🍂🌻🐦‍⬛@onelastunicornOct 18
fun fact abt me. I planted a lemon seed using a grocery store lemon during lockdown in 2020 & it actually grew into a tree, but I didn't know that most store lemons are STERILE and won't bear fruit if you plant them! u have to graft a sexually viable tree onto the sterile tree! +
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Vivian@MxVivianWulfOct 18
Fuck you. She was not given pain management and was refused treatment because she was trans. A single room is rare on the NHS but she was not allowed on women's or men's wards because of what your cult campaigned for. She died in agony because of you and yours. Fking monsters.
Peter Detransitioner 🏳️‍🌈
@confusedteacupsOct 18
If the story is remotely accurate, the person died because the aggressive stage 4 lymphoma was diagnosed 16 days before death. It is right that aggressive lymphoma is often easier to treat but there's limits. The protocol would be a private room and palliative care. There might be issues with the care provided and evidently there wasn't a single room available in the cancer ward but this would be negligence & underfunding rather than because the person was trans.
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this is their secret btw
matt@mttmsmsmOct 19
people caring about some "victoria's secret" in the year of 2026.
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Solidarity with grad students at Buffalo Poetics, who have released a website detailing the program’s recent hostile takeover. Unfortunately, they’re being treated like many grad students are, given contradictory info from faculty & admin, then being kicked out of discussions.
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RIAMUS@Riamus01Oct 16
Literally none of the things that matter are on news anymore. None.
Nick Volpe
@nvolpewildOct 15
How isn’t this major news worldwide? ‼️ Indonesia has MORE endemic species of wildlife than anywhere on earth. Every island full of thousands of species found no where else. All that rainforest is turning into charcoal and then crops. 🦧🔥 It’s the most depressing thing ever! 😭
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Dearest international friends, please know that none of us Indonesians wish for this to happen.
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Even supposedly democratic states have employed surveillance technologies to spy on their citizens. Authoritarian regimes are increasingly using artificial intelligence as a technology of political survival. advox.globalvoices.org/2026/…

How authoritarian states are building an international market for digital surveillance

Digital authoritarianism is not developing in isolation, but through the international exchange of technologies, standards, and practices.

advox.globalvoices.org
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UCU
@ucuOct 14
Universities are tearing apart the humanities, arts and social sciences. Courses are closing, jobs are disappearing, and students and staff are paying the price. At Exeter, 85% of proposed job cuts targeted these disciplines. These are choices, not inevitabilities. We need university leaders who will defend education, not dismantle it. Defend our humanities. Defend our universities. educationitsours.org.uk
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aidil@climateaidilOct 13
The forest fires in Indonesia have burned the habitats containing 50% of Borneo’s orangutans. There are more than 170,000 cases of respiratory infections. Hundreds of schools have shut down. Your neighbouring countries are suffering too. Are you fucking serious?
BFM News
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Indonesia has decided against declaring its prolonged forest and land fires a national disaster, saying it remains capable of managing the crisis. Its coordinating security ministry acknowledged concerns over transboundary haze affecting neighbouring countries, including Malaysia, but said Indonesia was making every effort to contain the fires. 🧵1
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Ah yes, the BBC will *checks notes* blur out phrases in support of the continued existence of Trans people but won't edit out the uttering of a racial slur that both embarrasses both the two black men receiving a major award and the man with Tourette syndrome
Variety
@VarietyOct 12
The BBC confirms it blurred out a transgender rights slogan (Protect the Dolls) on a T-shirt worn by Bethany Antonia, the “House of the Dragon” star currently competing on “Strictly Come Dancing.” “As is standard practice on any entertainment show on the BBC and in line with our editorial guidelines, appropriate steps are taken to reduce the inclusion of any overt branding or slogans that may be present, regardless of the wording or statement in question,” the BBC said in a statement. variety.com/2026/tv/news/bbc…
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So you're telling me that Jason Arday was possibly made a scapegoat to divert attention from Oxford University keeping a pedophile on staff? Because why else was he the focus of slander and a British media witch hunt and white supremacists, when a whole predator was right there?
Dr. Xine Yao @xineyaophd.bsky.social@XineYaoPhDOct 12
Correction: thanks to those pointing out that the correct terminology is CSAM (child sexual assault material) So Lola Salem — fired Oxford academic, writer for The Critic and The Spectator — has been charged with possession of CSAM News coverage seems to have evaporated
Series of tweets David @merrieenglander This Daily Mail article appears to have been scrubbed—it's not loading anymore. It was in the Telegraph too but I can't see it now. A Yahoo News article covering the Lola Salem nonce arrest has vanished too. is this story— covered by Telegraph, Daily Mail, and Yahoo News at the very least—being expunged from the web? Are Dr Lola Salem and former government minister, Michael Gove powerful enough for super-injunctions? Why?

ALT Series of tweets David @merrieenglander This Daily Mail article appears to have been scrubbed—it's not loading anymore. It was in the Telegraph too but I can't see it now. A Yahoo News article covering the Lola Salem nonce arrest has vanished too. is this story— covered by Telegraph, Daily Mail, and Yahoo News at the very least—being expunged from the web? Are Dr Lola Salem and former government minister, Michael Gove powerful enough for super-injunctions? Why?

Screen cap from The Daily Fail Female Oxford University professor, 33, is charged with possessing indecent images of children By ELIZABETH IVENS PUBLISHED: 17:20, 10 October 2026 | UPDATED: 17:25, 10 October 2026 * An Oxford University professor is facing trial after being charged with possessing indecent images of children. Dr Lola Salem, 33, is a music lecturer at prestigious Oriel College, the oldest royal foundation college at Oxford, where King Charles is the 'official visitor' as reigning monarch. She was suspended by the college, whose famous alumni include Sir Walter Raleigh, after they became aware of the charges in June She has also been barred from teaching students there and at fellow Oxford colleges Wadham and St Catherine's where she previously lectured in French. Dr Salem has been accused of possessing indecent images of children betweer May 2021 &February 2023. Three of the images are classed as category B, the second most serious category, one is classed as category

ALT Screen cap from The Daily Fail Female Oxford University professor, 33, is charged with possessing indecent images of children By ELIZABETH IVENS PUBLISHED: 17:20, 10 October 2026 | UPDATED: 17:25, 10 October 2026 * An Oxford University professor is facing trial after being charged with possessing indecent images of children. Dr Lola Salem, 33, is a music lecturer at prestigious Oriel College, the oldest royal foundation college at Oxford, where King Charles is the 'official visitor' as reigning monarch. She was suspended by the college, whose famous alumni include Sir Walter Raleigh, after they became aware of the charges in June She has also been barred from teaching students there and at fellow Oxford colleges Wadham and St Catherine's where she previously lectured in French. Dr Salem has been accused of possessing indecent images of children betweer May 2021 &February 2023. Three of the images are classed as category B, the second most serious category, one is classed as category

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very in favor. people focus a lot on whether we can physically break the police but we should remember that we also have to do psychological warfare on them. Our enemies understand its necessity and we should too
✳️Ⓐ Armed Joy 🔫💣
@ArmedJ0yOct 11
Goes so obscenely hard.
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A most inspiring journal article of the year tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.…
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