Valerie O’Riordan
@somefiasco
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She/her. Senior lecturer @CWatUB. O.Henry Prize '19. Senior editor @forge_litmag. Be excellent to each other.
Manchester, UK
Joined August 2009
Screw this place, I’m on threads now at valerieoriordan. Musk, Zuck, frying pan, fire, fuck it.
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Anyone want 2 x tickets to see Sprints at New Century Hall (Mcr) on Fri (29th)? Selling at face value, £35.20 for the pair.
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RT @johnmcdonnellMP: The key lesson of the Trump victory for us is that Labour has to deliver the significant improvement in quality of lif…
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@access4everyone hi, fyi, your website says Ogden reservoir (near Rawtenstall, near Blackburn) is wheelchair accessible but I think you got it mixed up with one in Yorkshire called Ogden reservoir; that might be accessible but the one in the northwest really isn’t at all.
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RT @sianharries_: I had to lie on the floor to do my English A level. I was eventually diagnosed with endometriosis - a condition where my…
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This is all too real and all too common - students, it will absolutely be affecting your lecturing team, no matter what university you attend - and senior management teams have very little interest in addressing it.
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RT @mrkocnnll: It can’t be said often enough that referring to nation states as “her” is the custom of fools, creeps, and shitheads https:/…
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RT @owenjonesjourno: This is an absolutely devastating resignation letter. It is absolutely correct - it’s a searing, damning indictment o…
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RT @PlashingVole: ‘We VCs are here to show solidarity with Keir Starmer. Like him, we understand that a massive salary needs to come with f…
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RT @GeorgeMonbiot: So Huw Edwards gets a suspended sentence for buying and making pornographic images of children, while peaceful environme…
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@PlashingVole 82 jobs to go in my place and the 'consultation' period drags on; start teaching in a week and over half my dept (English Studies) don't know if they'll have jobs by then.
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RT @USSbriefs: “2 UK unis are proposing to close their chemistry courses and senior academics are warning that department closures could be…
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Delighted that a story of mine has been shortlisted for the @MastersReview Emerging Writers Anthology - thanks to the readers and good luck to all on the list!
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RT @BlackwellsMcr: TONIGHT! Heather McCalden will be here talking to @somefiasco about THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE - her incredible genre-defy…
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