important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out

Loving Hamza'a Wild Isles. Hamza is such a great tv presence. Tuna off Devon coast. Bearded tits. Cave spiders.

Looking forward to an afternoon of snooker on freeview tv [DMAX] while I snooze on the sofa. It's been a tough few weeks.

We had 640 Resistors at the protest in Hayesville NC, a very red little town!

Earlier in March, Linsey Hilsum on Twitter shared this poem by Bonaro W Overstreet

My husband went with me to my GP appt and she addressed him with my surname. I told him now he know how I feel every time I get something addressed "Mrs Husband" [I also hate being addressed as "Mrs." I'm "Ms" but the UK cannot seem to get their heads around it. Mostly cause they mispronounce it.]

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday. Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image

I am horrified by the images of a mosque in Peacehaven burning after a suspected arson attack. Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror. Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.

From a FB post [Mira Gupta]. The embroidery artist is Laney Boyd. Really spoke to me.

Rest in Peace Patricia Routledge

Does anyone know anything about Tens for referred pain from lumbar facet joints? No medical professional has said anything to me about it, which very much surprised the psychiatrist I saw yesterday [to deal with the feelings of despair from 5 months of distrubed sleep due to pain.]

Compulsory 'voluntary work' is just unpaid Labour. Effectively they want to make migrants do community service for the crime of wanting to live in the UK

There is no way I would have had the energy to do any volunteer work along side my NHS work when I was applying for indefinite leave to remain. And I didn't even have childcare responsibilities to worry about.

Yesterday I went for blood test at special clinic just for blood test. I noted 6 people sitting waiting. This is not normal. I asked reception and was told "we are running behind because we couldn't get into IT today. I can't tell you how long i will be."

Just bought some Voltarol [diclofenac gel]. Package says "Do not use more than 56 g in a week." The 30 g tube I bought cost £9 on special offer. Pain is expensive.

Seen on FB on a group called Brains and Spoons.

Please note @muslimcouncil.bsky.social is on Bluesky. Go on..give them a follow!

When the US President Donald Trump invents lies without facts or substance, what else can we say? Context: https://loom.ly/xTDPki4 #UNGA80 #DonaldTrump #SadiqKhan

I saw a Rosh Hashanah post and thought "Wait that's not until September." So that tells you where I am right now.

Zhou has taken on all the Marks this week. Will he be able to beat his 3rd for the final? #snooker #EnglishOpen

How does Cole Hocker's hair look better after winning the 5000 meters than mine does walking a block? [World Athletic Championships]

Oh... #Strictly starts tonight. Well...my husband could have mentioned that yesterday when I was not so happy with life.

Things I am thankful for: Snooker on my tv on a rainy afternoon and Neal Foulds on commentary. #EnglishOpen

Mabel being a tourist crowd-pleaser in York. Yes, I have wet wipes.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Maybe he could speak to the leader of his party. Maybe leaders of the UK and US could listen to the many many Jews who have been speaking out for so long.

Does anyone else in the world struggle to answer their iphone? I can have it in my hand at first ring and it doesn't not listen to my finger swipes. I struggle with all touch screens. It's like I'm dead.

I will finally be able to watch some snooker this year as afternoon sessions of English Open are on DMax [freeview] starting 2 days ago in the UK. That will help my bad mood and ongoing back pain!

This Guardian headline desperately needs some punctuation to make it say what they want it to say. As it is, it sounds like he is no longer accusing Unilever of silencing their social mission.

This is a great shout. At explore dot org You can scroll through the timeline and look for bears. The salmon are cool too.

www.theguardian.com/education/20... This is the stupidest headline ever. If you read the article it clearly shows it is the mental illness causing the absence and given support, kids can stay in school. It most definitely doesn't say harassing children into school helps their mental health.

Husband's emergency alert came 1 minute late. I didn't get one at all. Is it possible I opted out?

Really envious seeing USians talking about their covid jabs. I' 56 and haven't qualified for a jab since 2022 in the UK. Paying privately costs £98.99. These are who gets common vaccines in the UK

What I find frustrating are the good people I follow on this site saying "I didn't know they would be this way" Labour said before the election they would go after migrants/trans rights/environmental protections!

At this point, I am finding it very hard to believe that anyone still endorsing this government gives a damn about human rights, besides protecting their own. Arguably this is now on practice one of the most right wing governments we have had in decades. bsky.app/profile/dani...

Really envious seeing USians talking about their covid jabs. I' 56 and haven't qualified for a jab since 2022 in the UK. Paying privately costs £98.99. These are who gets common vaccines in the UK

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Video of his arrest shared widely. This is him speaking about why he was there.

🏺 In LA? You've got the opportunity in current @gettymuseum.bsky.social exhibition to see one of the most important ancient texts on Bronze Age women: a Mycenean Linear B tablet concerning Eritha, a female religious official who owned land. #Matriarcha www.getty.edu/exhibitions/...

"Why should I care about U.S. Space Command being transferred to Alabama? I hate the military-industrial complex. We spend too much money on defense. Why does it matter which rich people get richer off it?" There are a number of reasons you should care, but you really only need one. (thread)

If only they didn't have such large egos, they could have joined the Green Party.

I went from not wanting this guy to being so glad he won. Definitely got my vote. I want a progressive party with no room for transphobia or xenophobia.

Everyone knows that Marquette guy just came to Chicago for a good time

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1l... Weird to hear the remastered version but still gorgeous.

The romance series I've been reading has been at least 45% men making travel plans/contingencies. I really don't care where they are buying their horses. The rest is scented baths, "I could never love you oops I love you," a bit of shooting guns and then sex. Not the best I've read.

Having one of those "Nurse will call you at some point between 8:30 and 12:30" mornings. "We don't know if s/he may be running behind." But surely you know if I am first in the rota, last or in the middle. Do you suppose they put us on cards and shuffle them first thing morning of appt?

Policymakers are beginning to recognize that you can't count on surveilling your local residents while keeping that data out of the hands of ICE and the Trump Administration www.aclu.org/news/privacy...

You will be shocked, shocked to hear that "The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong"! 🙄 Duh! OF COURSE IT'S WRONG. But now there's a cool article listing the biological and evidentiary reasons, along with nifty diagrams. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

On ebay I listed a woolen tapestry I inherited from an elderly neighbour, which I explained in my listing, saying all I know is she traveled to Peru at some point. Someone wrote to ask if my neighbour bought it in Lake Titicaca. This was my reply. And then theirs.

If you read about Wisteria Lodge it's always the home of the bluff ex India colonel or the awful upwardly mobile middle class lady. Whereas it should be "that ruined house where the plants broke in overnight, throttled the inhabitants, and took out the roof." Nice flowers though.