Mari Podmore @maripod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Also I have been influenced and would fucking kill for a butternut squash, kale and feta salad right now. Throw on some lentils and a mustardy dressing why don't ya 010
Reposted by Mari PodmoreThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 185110131837
Mari Podmore @maripod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wait, what song is this from? It's on the edge of my brain but refusing to come forth and driving me up the walls!(though I feel a little glow realising that my kids are old enough that I don't immediately know any more) 110
Mari Podmore @maripod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Imagine heaven being a place with not a single fucking tree, a single fucking flower, or really anything of interest to look at 000
Reposted by Mari PodmoreThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I. 611752355
Mari Podmore @maripod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The author (my husband) thinks this poem is funny; I cried. Art is great, enjoy National Poetry Day 111
Reposted by Mari PodmoreFrank Podmore @frankpodmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This National Poetry Day, why not spend some time reading Britain's Most Minor Poet (me)? 021
Reposted by Mari PodmoreCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 30/09/2026I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them. 202662485
Reposted by Mari PodmoreOlivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 30/09/2026I’ll give credence to JCO’s take on romance as soon as she can name me one romance novel she’s read in the last ten years. People really think there’s nothing to know in this genre, don’t they? 41738
Mari Podmore @maripod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I like using music, because you can more easily listen to something over and over and that repetition really helps pick up the patterns, structures etc 010
Reposted by Mari PodmoreJournal of Popular Romance Studies @jprstudies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lifting the lid on Romance for Men (RFM) and the diversity of male readers who enjoy the genre. A fascinating (and dare we say, optimistic) article. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comThe secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online 01410
Reposted by Mari PodmoreRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156165005562
Reposted by Mari PodmoreJenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026nothing, and I mean nothing, hits like reaching the seventh book in a romance series and you finally get to see the Super Mega Villain Guy (g/n), whom you've hated for a decade at this point, emotionally ruined by the power of love 1637
Reposted by Mari PodmoreThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko. 1764862488
Reposted by Mari PodmoreThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026never skip leg day 131109182
Reposted by Mari PodmoreIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 331189773986
Reposted by Mari PodmoreMLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Keep your eyes on where this baseball goes 👀 13011
Reposted by Mari Podmorerax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026there are only three narratives in fiction: 1) the hero's journey 2) a stranger comes to town 3) a greedy developer is going to tear down our beloved community center...UNLESS we put on the greatest breakdance show this town's ever seen 743214445
Reposted by Mari PodmoreJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026LOST was the single show that gave me the most pleasure to watch in my life. I also am depressed by the mindset that a show's finale constitutes the final-exam grade determining its value--which Lost may bear some responsibility for, but which is an impoverished way to look at art 39811
Mari Podmore @maripod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)static.klipy.comAragorn's Dramatic EntranceALT: Aragorn's Dramatic Entrance 000
Reposted by Mari Podmoreall-hallows-eve-ison steele, organic human person 🎃 @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025timeline cleanser 72448823
Mari Podmore @maripod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Been reading Maya Angelou's autobiographical books and she is frequently supporting herself and her son singlehandedly (via an absolutely wild ride of different jobs, but that's for another post). A Black woman! A single mother! In 1950s/60s America (including NYC)! 000
Reposted by Mari PodmoreDave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this entire presidency in one image 20820126
Reposted by Mari PodmoreTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 10921274
Reposted by Mari PodmoreStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786382555
Reposted by Mari PodmoreIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses 227131683349
Reposted by Mari PodmoreHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland. 542429586
Reposted by Mari PodmoreTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026‘I saw you across the harbour & wondered if you’d be interested in some of my new fish fingers’ 636864
Reposted by Mari Podmorebeccadagoo @silly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026leonardo dicaprio just broke up with 9/11 333067667
Reposted by Mari PodmoreMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Oh fun the latest AI book marketing scam is basically like “why are you such a bitch?” 1532434
Reposted by Mari PodmoreSam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The window of my local queer bookshop was smashed last week. They're fundraising to install shutters so they can keep themselves and their community safe. Support this one-of-a-kind place, its one-of-a-kind proprietors, and the whole Glasgow queer & trans community: www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...gofundme.comDonate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is BooksFor the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters! 1318248
Reposted by Mari PodmoreRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses. 654000787
Reposted by Mari Podmorecaroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️ 70149203713
Reposted by Mari PodmoreIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Today in 1940, an unnamed German airman takes a photograph as he flies over London. His image captures a Heinkel bomber in flight over the British capital. I've always found it a fascinating image, and often find details in it that I'd not noticed before. 🧵 1221955
Reposted by Mari PodmoreRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 07/09/2026I can’t have been the only person to spend half an hour working out that LEGITIMATE CONCERNS is an anagram of EGOCENTRIC AILMENTS 932984
Reposted by Mari PodmoreThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026just take a look at this pig ok 28882143
Reposted by Mari PodmoreK.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 02/11/2023[benoit blanc in true detective] now i know you think time is a flat circle, but if i may, you’re thinking of a clock 61087164
Reposted by Mari PodmoreJohn Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Hi, I'm John Moe, a writer and podcast maker in Saint Paul. I am married with three mostly grown kids and two nice dogs. I like in "Misunderstood" when Tweedy throws in extra syllables on "Take the guitar player for a ride". Would you like to introduce yourself with a small song moment you like? 9624411
Reposted by Mari PodmoreJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5851241738
Reposted by Mari PodmoreMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/09/20262014: Harmful air pollution above legal limits. 2024: Harmful air pollution driven down to legal limits. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 601485419
Reposted by Mari PodmorePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/11/2025"Holy shit, look at me, I'm doing something that just a year or so ago I found really hard and stressful and confusing, but it's second nature now." Generative AI deliberately removes this, entirely, from learning. 144766
