Praying to the bathroom renovation gods this week. Not off to a good start, plumber already delayed by ~5 hours for something he should have known about last week when we were scheduling things. 😢

Managed to finish this lil bobbin while the Wrexham women played this afternoon. Great to see them cut the goal differential and Katie Barker set a club record scoring in 7 consecutive matches. Here's hoping they can hold off Swansea next weekend too (who looked much better v Cardiff). #AskWxm

It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑 Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for. We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.

Megillat Alice I met Alice through #Disbility twitter when it was completely new to me but our communities were still together there. Alice had zero ego. She is friendly, compassionate, a force of nature. We had fun convos, hard convos. She was really good at giving advice, listening. cont

It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.

Cymru vs usa U19 playing at the Racecourse now - free and live on youtube, if that's of interest to anyone www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8II...

In case you need an easy and uplifting thing to watch today, there's a new 40 minute Golden Girls documentary up on Disney+. 🙂

on Alice's account over on twitter posted by Sandy Ho

The world is a little darker today. Rest in Power Alice Wong, you changed the world for the better and helped so many disabled people find their voice while challenging the ableism we all grew up with. Read her books if you haven't: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/

Definitely not going to make it to the tree lighting tomorrow. 😢 My body is still being a jerk for having a day out of the house on Tuesday + the impact of wild weather. Looks like 1 day out every 2 weeks is still the max I can cope with. Shall have a very mini dance party to euro classics at home.

Mrr. Replacement shower tray was also slightly wrong, but better than original so we are just dealing with it. After reading trustpilot reviews, it's clear when anything goes wrong this company falls on its face. Hopefully the rest of the bathroom is finished next week!

Reasons you should pay audiobook narrators and not outsource this to text to speech programs: "Marina Tis-vet-eva" is not a lesbian poet of some fame. What did Marina Ivanovna do to deserve this 😭

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The grooviest of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

Awake, but no aurora here because of the cloud cover. 😭 If you have clear skies go outside! Really hoping the pain calms down enough for sleep soon.

The payback of a "normal" (still not really normal) day where I leave the house and do things is muscle spasms so severe both feet won't uncurl. On the plus side the long covid clinic seems really good and thorough, so while it won't be fast hopefully they can help my quality of life.

This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat

I am exhausted, but had a really lovely day showing a friend from the US some nice corners of Wrexham. Pies from @thepiedpieperwxm.bsky.social, record digging at revibed and a nice chat with Ian, checking the current exhibit at Ty Pawb, and she went to Llangollen for some grub and Aqueduct viewing.

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This room is in Buffalo's Albright Knox Art Gallery. If you're around, you owe it to yourself to check it out. It's a solid room with a table and a chair, everything is mirrors and the door closes. It's awesome

Ugh there's so many things wrong with Game of Wool, but the fact they randomly added flashing lights to the "catwalk" this week meant I couldn't even watch that section. It's a shame, I want to watch to support the people who took a chance on the show - but it's just not good.

iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last

Just left a negative Google review for the first time on the supplier for our bathroom. They took from Thursday until today to confirm there is a manufacturing issue and that they'll issue a replacement, but the replacement won't be here until sometime *Thursday*. Don't go to Easy Bathrooms.

Is anyone on here involved in the new Overlapping Illness Alliance? Can you provide any clarification on what you'll be asking MP's for in your drop in session at the end of the month? Some of the orgs involved have terrible track records on health advocacy and the aims are very unclear at present.

Holiday minded friends, and kitchen witches! I have a pop-up/holiday shop update of handmade hardwood kitchen goods! Spoons and Trivets! Trivets and Spoons! Trivets could also be charcuterie and serving boards! ko-fi.com/cmgaldre/sho... #bskynm #nightmarket #holidaymarket

Been trying to figure out if I'm really ill or if this is just reacting to the building chemicals for the last couple days. I think it's normie illness, because one of the plumbers went home very ill Tuesday after being here on Monday. 😢 I hope rest and manuka honey in tea help it go away quickly.

Lemon truth. 30% off posters today on Redbubble #ArtSky #DisabledArtists #GiftIdeas www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Whe...

Happy Saturday everyone! I have a jewelry shop at nora.jewelry! I'm also drawing fruit/veg for people who donate $50 to @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social for SNAP replacement grocery gift cards; I'll do up to 20 of those this weekend. See thread for details and quotes of this post for availability.

Pretty defensive starting lineup for a home match, but with a Wednesday night clash it's not surprising there's been rotation. Here's hoping Broadhead and Moore can recreate some of their WalesNT magic! #AskWxm

After such a crap week I treated myself to a rainbow faux fur blanket and "disco cherries" cushions. If I'm stuck in my house for the foreseeable future, it's gonna make me smile.

7 Nov 2025 -- Vowing to “reclaim Hampstead Heath from the TERFs” following public consultation on women's access to the famed London pond & legal threats from TERF groups, The Dyke Project collective announces "a morning of trans joy and community celebration" for Nov 8. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Are all UK driving instructors just taking the mickey? Husbands third attempt, each time the instructor says he's ready, each time multiple serious errors. I have been trapped within 15 mins of home for 4 years because of crps in my r foot.

Husband is off for his road test (booked 6 months ago!) and I'm hoping the 3rd try is the charm. I'm home waiting for the electrician. And Elly is being oh so helpful while I spin again.

🕠It's a FIVE-THIRTY kick-off at Buckley on Sunday for the #wxmafc cup tie against Llandudno, so don't get caught out and arrive three and a half hours early! A lie-in for fans in the Americas though! #AskWxm #WrexhamAFCWomen #adrantrophy #MiaRobertsDerby

“Grassroots COVID conscious advocacy has emerged in theatre. In the US, performer Ezra Tozian has published guides in HowlRound. In the UK, Dr. Sally Witcher OBE @salwitcher.bsky.social , founder of INN the Arts, has published a best practices framework for reducing airborne infection risk.”

Grrr. More snags with the bathroom works. Shower tray needs to be adjusted to drain properly, shower itself still not installed because plumber never came last night and said we'd be first this morning but that was a lie. 😢 They're on their way now at least.

Managed to watch the match laying down with noise cancelling headphones to drown out the fireworks. Score didn't change after I took this photo in the first half - that's the defense we've needed! Okonkwo my motm, but Scarr was close. #AskWxm

We live next to a large park (5m walk) and the fireworks have been non stop tonight. I feel for all the animals affected by them. 😢 And tonight it kept me from a much needed nap. Don't know if I'll be well enough to watch the Portsmouth match. 😢

A lot of us with MCS have been struggling from fragrance free manufacturers switching to recycled plastics - safe products become unsafe because the VOCs in the plastic leach into the products. Researchers are noticing it's in food grade recycled plastic too: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

At the #ICanCME2025 conference today! Sabrina Poirier & Maeghan Taverner's intros blew me away. ~Acknowledging labor from people with lived experience ~Setting out expectations ~Moment of silence for those we've lost This is what a conference designed by people with lived experience looks like 🧪

Billy Waters got a lot stick from fans for the few minutes he played, but I'm glad they had him back on the podcast because you could see how respected he was by the squad whenever there was AAA footage behind the scenes. youtu.be/mzxkPNjVbzQ #AskWxm

Please wear well fitting n95 or better masks when you are seeking healthcare. If the public health bodies meant to protect workers won't do it, people can take that initiative on their own. It helps keep everyone safer, including yourself!

Seeing how many artistic small businesses the US tariffs are killing is making me so sad. People built their livelihoods and had US customers who loved their wares, but the tariffs have put them out of reach. 😢

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

I'm curious how providing @wrexhamafc.co.uk very specific demographic information in a fan survey helps them meet a different award level of community engagement, when it asks no questions about our experiences as fans of the club?

Am I the only one who feels like awareness weeks/months don't accomplish as much as the people who organise them would like you to believe? Especially when they aren't joined up on any action/message to come from the increased awareness?

Oof. Bathroom work starts today. Didn't sleep much last night and in quite severe pain today, so the next few days are going to be lots of "fun". But the broken everything since we moved in last year will finally be brought up to a nice standard. We will be slowly fixing things up room by room.

Ugh. My tablet is not agreeing with ifollow today at all. It's on its way out but I can watch YouTube and various TV apps just fine, I don't understand why ifollow uses so many more resources. Dropping the resolution doesn't improve the choppiness. 😢 #AskWxm

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