Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

tansy@wandering.shop

🍉 🍉 Hello, I’m a journalist and the author of books including ‘The Anti-Capitalist Book Of Fashion’ and ‘Foot Work – What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation.’ I have a new book coming out in September: 'Charity Shop World - An investigation into community, consumption and waste'.On my website you’ll find secure ways to contact me, plus my free fortnightly newsletter. Teaches useful journo skills, likes infosec.

Posts

Post #4389878
Is it just me or was today&#39;s Strands completely ridiculous? 😣😬🤔 https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands
Post #4369740
One. Month. To. Gooooo! 17 second book trailer - thanks Charli XCX for the music.... :ablobcatneon: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MqVx3t_j354
Post #4317966
I&#39;m making short book videos - they&#39;re cool! I&#39;d like to share them here as well as on the big tech platforms but how best to do this?? ❓🎥❓🎥❓🎥
Post #4277482
As of this week I love Strands. Today I completed it without any hints. *Pats self on head* https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands
Post #4277481
Anyone fancy an OSINT quiz for the weekend? &#39;It’s made up of several questions to test your knowledge of reverse image search, historic archives of Google Street View, maritime records, and AI images...&#39; 👏 https://gijn.org/stories/online-osint-visual-investigation-quiz/
Post #4238796
@Pepijn currentwildfires.com is AI slop? Oh no :( just seen it everywhere on here this morning :-/
Post #4238795
Very interesting article on the political history of who &#39;owns&#39; the Odyssey: https://www.salon.com/2026/07/22/the-odyssey-casting-furor-obscures-a-deeper-history/
Post #4154968
&#39;As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time.&#39; 🥳 https://www.404media.co/luddite-events-nyc-off-tech-summer-of-ludd/
Post #4154967
Best bits: - Circe! Woahh the pig molding!! - Sinon - Elliot Page smashed it as expected. Captivating even with a fraction of screen time - Terrifying cylops Worst bits: - Tom Holland made me want Telemachus to lose every fight - Just so Americanised: &quot;mom&quot; etc 🤮 (see above) - Mat Damon just did not convince - For a film based on an epic poem the dialogue was disappointing (see above) - Charybdis too small - Too much suitors, not enough Odyssey
Post #4123271
If anyone wants a tough puzzle... Today&#39;s NYT Strands games has the theme &#39;Frocks and Smocks&#39; 👗 🥻 👕 https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands @mountdiscovery sent it over and it&#39;s a tough one!
Post #4123270
The cinema is wall to wall Odyssey on both screens. Starting to feel like an immersive experience - an interminable quest to escape an all encompassing foe.
Post #4123269
This t-shirt could have been a toot.
Post #4090565
Look at the size of these sunflowers!!!! 🌻🌻🌻
Post #3828826
While on the subject of books....this is what I&#39;m reading now. This book is also so good. A deep dive into the crooks, scammers and weirdos behind the crypto curtain. Zeke is also so scathing about everyone he reports on which is mostly hilarious but occasionally a bit mean. If you have any other great crypto industry book recs please let me know.
Post #3712654
Adding to the surreal nature of life at the moment... A Goodyear blimp keeps circling London.
Post #3310552
The fascists did NOT march through beautiful Brighton today 🌈 Thousands of anti-fascist protesters flooded the streets to stop the planned far right march ✊
Post #2244991
Post election hair cut treat comes with a salon dog 🥰😍 No results yet for my ward.
Post #2244985
Oh yes!! MISTY BURGESS elected! Heard she is the first ever trans woman elected to a UK council!? [Edit: she is not, but still a great moment!] In Southampton for the Greens! https://southampton.greenparty.org.uk/find-your-local-green-candidates-below-southampton-candidates/
Post #2237326
Picked up a parcel today.... The proofs of Charity Shop World have arrived! 🥰 https://tansyhoskins.org/my-new-book-charity-shop-world/
Post #2175476
Get out there and vote UK people. Your boss will vote. Your landlord will vote. Make sure you vote. Polling stations open till 10pm - you need photo ID. (But not in Scotland) I voted Green 💚
Post #2033205
I'm sorry....whaaaat? I'm dyslexic but even I can tell "SpiderMonkey" is not the helpful hint it thinks it is 🕷️ 🐒 ❓
Post #1875855
Workers of all lands unite 🌹 Happy May Day ✊
Post #1633481
🌍 🌎 🌍 The Centre for Investigative Journalism needs your help! 🌎 🌍 🌎 They&#39;re raising money to train the next cohort of environmental investigative journalists. Can you chip in? Whatever you donate will be DOUBLED!! https://tcij.org/news/help-us-train-more-climate-journalists-with-the-cij-big-give-earth-raise-campaign/ 🌎 🌍 @cijournalism 🌎 🌍
Post #1173904
The Bluesky algorithm drains my soul like no other site. I feel duty bound to post the new book on there but it is so depressing to experience total tumbleweed! I think I will delete my account there in 2027. It is too demotivating. My newsletter, Mastodon, LinkedIn and Instagram have been great during this first round of book promo. Facebook has been good enough.
Post #1092765
That one person you do not want to play Wingspan with 😅 #boardgame #boardgames #caturday
Post #1092758
🔔 On Tuesday 14th April: I&#39;ll be making an exciting book-related announcement 🔔 If you&#39;d like to hear it first, you can sign up for my free newsletter: https://tansyhoskins.org/ ⭐ I only get to make this kind of announcement roughly every six years so it would be lovely if you joined me for it ⭐
Post #1020170
Illness induced rabbit hole has led me from watching Wayne&#39;s World (love) to watching y2k series &#39;Relic Hunter&#39; with Tia Carrere as a Lara Croft-esque professor. Did anyone watch this back in the day? So many questions - do they have camels in Nepal, why won&#39;t he put his shirt back on, how is this allowed, where did that grenade come from and why..?
Post #821430
RE: https://mastodon.social/@SteveRudolfi/116279083767770070 This gives me a headache. One note among many: I already have a situation where goodreads has scraped my book and turned bits of my book where I quote other people (like Audre Lorde) into quotes attributed to me. Unsuspecting people then quote &#39;me&#39; and then everyone gets &#39;called out&#39; and I have to explain that I have complained to goodreads but nothing happens. I would really like this not to happen bu...
Post #803148
New Patched advice column out today! I write back to someone needing advice on re-wearing a 29-year-old pink suit to her grandson&#39;s wedding: https://tansyhoskins.org/patched-vintage-or-wedding-skinflint/ Patched is on YouTube - so you can watch, listen and enjoy this column: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVxnFvqshB4