Normalise naming, shaming and avoiding big companies who have largely replaced customer service with AI slop. I’ll start: Sky, Boots The Chemist Online.

How about we all pretend it was a really cloudy day and I didn’t completely overexpose this shot ;)

Taken by a family member on a £70 camera, helped with editing in Lightroom Mobile (Oly EP2 with kit lens(

A snap from Carnlough today

A wee warning: I have never seen customer service completely collapse in an organisation the way it has done with Sky We had a ton of things through Sky, gradually removing these due to one huge hassle after another

In NI & horrified by the state of #mentalhealth services? After 4 years as carer to a family member with a severe psychiatric condition, a chat with #Belfast mental health lobbying group ‘Participation and the Practice of Rights’ = a HUGE breath of fresh air Recommend joining their mailing list

Had a tough day? There are LIVE SEA OTTER CAMS on YouTube. You’re welcome.

Love this Congrats @universityofatypical.org 👏

Throughout four years of psychiatric emergencies and most of all fighting for treatment for my wife, our contacts with Participation and Practice of Rights (PPR) have been a rare breath of fresh air PPR’s New Script for Mental Health is essential reading 👏 @lisatmsa.bsky.social

Wait, instalment payments for a GP consultation?! In NI?! What on earth @amanda.ie

Sunrise in Ballycastle with some wildflowers #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social @loveballymena.online

@declan-m-14.bsky.social thanks for the post share 🙏

*Shares appreciated* Does anyone in London or Dublin realise what collapsed health services in #NorthernIreland actually look like? Is anyone seeing this?! We’re dying on waiting lists here. #spiergorm #mentalhealth #politics #westminster @amanda.ie

He’s miles away on a holiday with my parents but still projects my mood perfectly

On Monday I emailed about 10 local #mentalhealth/ advice charities with a question re services for a severely unwell family member Four replies so far One was lovely, two were to-the-point but helpful and one was extremely abrupt & wildly ill-informed #NorthernIreland 1/2

No new photos at the min because reasons but hopefully they’ll be back asap 🤞

The anger in CMAT’s music does my heart good. Young people shouldn’t have been handed collapsed public services, bankrupt economies and an increasingly toxic society. They should be angry. And we should be listening.

Psst…NI folk. There’s something you need to know, but brace yourself for a shock. Ask your MLA/ MP this exact question: “how long will the waiting list for my local health treat’s Psychological Therapies Service be if I develop a severe mental health issue?” @amanda.ie #Belfast #NorthernIreland

NI Twitter might remember that we’re almost 4 YEARS into a battle for treatment for my wife’s serious health condition Guess what the update is? Another life-threatening crisis….zero treatment This is what public services collapse in Northern Ireland looks like sluggerotoole.com/2022/04/20/a...

No new photos at the min due to a family illness but here’s a Shih Tzu with just the finest ‘tache I mean

“Yes I get that but think of the jobs it’ll bring…” The jobs:

‘Every time someone says who they are, the world becomes a better more interesting place’ Enjoy Belfast Pride all

The best all-round whiskey I have ever tried - McConnells sherry cask - is on Tesco Clubcard offer at the min. Get stuck in, but leave some for me.

Seal, Rathlin

Father Jack would be proud!

This isn’t a political account, however this one sentence forms the basis of my views about what we’re seeing in the US and UK. Small side note that individualist thinking is encouraged - or even created - by those who will benefit from more money flowing upwards. Blame culture is used to mask this.

Also the correct name is - of course - cygnetses

Today’s timeline cleanser = baby swanses

Things I’d put on the school curriculum… -Thomas The Tank Engine isn’t a train -The context behind the 1997 live performance of Silver Springs (one year course) Plus some numbery stuff I suppose

Your morning timeline-cleansing squirrel says hello Photo taken in Cushendun, Olympus EM1x & Oly 100 - 400

16yo voters in NI @brendanjharkin.bsky.social

Baby Oly and his new hat #olympus

I’m not a street photographer because I might have to people so I took a photo of a boat

Soooooo…. Japan to Hong Kong to France to England to NI in two days just to have 24 hours in Crumlin ruin the magic Somehow this is the most NI thing ever @brendanjharkin.bsky.social @viriconia.bsky.social

My most niche irritation is the way online shops talk about Leica cameras: “This piece, in black paint with Ashby De La Zouch strap and Kryptonite lens cap, was gifted to the original custodian and stored in a vacuum unit below a mountain… £3,000, shutter jams a bit” Like it’s a camera ffs

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Incredible if true Our nearest post office counter thing works reduced hours and closes at random Meanwhile Japan is about to attempt to ship a parcel from Osaka to here in two days

We used to make beautiful things I mean *chefs kiss

That ‘tache though

Random photo OTD Saint Malo (I think), many years ago

The photo I’m going to send to BlueSky for verification.

Grebe, Six Mile Water in Antrim earlier this year Spent a lovely morning watching this grebe fish (with a kingfisher, heron and a ton of gulls calling over for a nosey at the catch)

Almost 30 years ago in Scotland I met a guy who made it his life’s mission to write ‘bang’ at the start of out of order signs and I still wonder how he’s doing

EVERY single leaf-blower and Garden Thing That Makes a Noise is going at once, your garden is fine would you take a bag of cans to the park or something

Antrim really wears change through generations on its sleeve The industrial area in the background isn’t far off being completely swallowed by new-build houses

Someone on this ship just respawned

Annual hello to NI political reps who… -Wait until late July to call for ‘urgent bonfire safety measures’ -Never mention it again -Hope no one notices Hi guys 👋

Search for the perfect camera bag continues Your turn Manfrotto!

If elected I will make it law that cars have to stop and let you cross the road if you’re carrying a chippy tea thank you in advance for your vote