I feel like there should be an option when ordering those little round batteries where you get to click a button that says I live with no children & no pets & subsequently you can ship me the packaging you can just get into instead of having to get the toolbox out and flail about with a craft knife

glorious thread (and a happy ending for Bridget)

What are the kids* using that isn’t Duolingo? My subscription runs out in January and I’m on the hunt for alternatives.

Two things: one) I finally watched Paddington in Peru and the bear at the end being introduced as cutty sark for maritime Greenwich had me HOWLING and two) I’m so tired

The new look iOS is so fucking ugly, Liquid Glass appears to be terrible (twenty minutes into having it)

Very telling that the Guardian Weekly article showing teenagers' reactions to Australia's social media ban have a bunch of healthy kids saying "Annoying but no biggie, I can wait two years" and one very disabled one saying "welp there goes my entire world."

Oh how I love those gloriously unhinged vintage Christie covers.

just saw 'period typical homophobia' tagged on a due south fic and OKAY I know objectively this makes sense but at the same time brb just crawling into my own grave

this Girlguiding thing is so miserable. and so emblematic of the bigot playbook. a poisonous minority of mindless, soul rotted cultists intimidating decent people - who far outnumber them - because they have the backing of Big Transphobe. and for what? to make life miserable for a defenceless few

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Seems like I’ve been wrong about what genre Twin Peaks is for the whole of time

Finished my little flower cross stitch. Seasonally appropriate as always, maybe I’ll finally finish my @slipstitchldn.bsky.social spring blanket next (although I wouldn’t bet on it) (at least there’s no expiry date on knitting projects)

Look, there might be a lot of things wrong right now, but this yorkshire cherry bakewell tea is a cracker

Pals, we're having a tired one (month, year, existence etc). Miss knitting, miss walking, miss cooking and chatting and shopping and sleeping and having a busy day and travelling and catching up with people and things and doing housework and plans and the cinema and mooching about. Miss writing.

Actual lol at the suggestion Wes Streeting is capable of plotting. If this was an RPG he'd have a negative modifier on rolls for cunning. He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.

Zadie Smith.

Watching the girl bands documentary and the Sugababes were SO YOUNG, they were BABIES

Update: this show is ridiculous and are we really just going to do super chunky yarn all season etc etc but yes I will be watching more of it

Okay I’m going in on Tom Daley’s knitting show 🧶🧶🧶

terrible news from the notebook mines: accidentally bought a blank notebook for work instead of a dotted one, and didn't realise until I'd opened it. How am I supposed to cope without dots or lines for the next year (tragique, tragique, whine whine whine)

Never underestimate the power of cracking open a cherry flavoured fizzy drink in the middle of a difficult working day. Today it’s a cherry Dr Pepper as they were out of my beloved cherry Coke Zero but we live our beautiful lives

"People are feeling hope." @zackpolanski.bsky.social appears on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as the Green Party overtakes the Conservatives in terms of membership 📈

This is a fascinating listen on how researchers uncover rural LGBT+ lives in the archive, and the difficulties in doing so compared to in urban histories:

Added cherries to the rotation of frozen fruit that I add to my overnight oats, and all I can say is that this was an impeccable perfect incredible choice, well done me

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673

No, I am not giving my wallet id to Bluesky so I continue not to be able to see my DMs, but now there is a tantalising unread count there, sorry if it’s you. Not ignoring you just can’t actually see them.

Gingerbread Oreos are my new favourite special flavour of anything

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed? 1st of October (Bob Bushtail, 1941) Artist: A Macgregor

The idea of having to read books on my phone sucks and I personally can’t do it, but the drm free ones can be transferred to kobo, so we’re GETTING THERE

What if we weren’t governed by racists though

so weird to have niall breslin and grimmy on the radio at the same time (I love niall's radio show, obsessed with it)

Proper autumnal chill in the air this morning, me shivering as I put the coffee machine on. Not entirely sure it called for me humming Rudolph the red nosed reindeer as I opened the curtains, but the brain does what it does

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

Think I cried laughing at the final task in taskmaster

Just when the world needed him the most www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don't know how I feel about Sophie Willan being the new Sewing Bee host. Cautiously curious?? ? But I was hoping for more Kiell tbh

Sometimes I really am living my best life and ordering the best things

News remains bad but Sainsbury’s order came yesterday, second time of ordering for the hot honey spicy Jaffa cakes but new to the fridge this week is spicy chilli laughing cow triangles, so who’s experience the world now, huh

Is anyone more of a wife guy than Columbo???

Looking for a knitting pattern for someone who hasn’t really knitted before, and they’d like to knit a triangle shawl/scarf. They’re coming to stay next month and want to learn while they’re here. Any suggestions? @rosieatlarge.bsky.social @emsiepopples.bsky.social @vae.bsky.social

I watched #gbbo and even though the bakers are nice and so is Alison Hammond, it’s really not that much fun anymore? You could be a really incredible amateur baker and still not be able to do the feats of design required. Boooo for change

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The challenge to the Lab govt is if you really want to stop Reform & the rise of the right, stop aping them, stop copying them. When Farage does a press conference that demonises migrants.. Starmer can't even criticise that, in fact he implicitly gives it the nod"

Labour reneged on all their pledges. As a party, you've whipped up hatred against trans people, disabled people, poor people, and immigrants. Your leadership glorifies racist thugs and are hiring staff from anti-LGBTQ hate groups. You don't get to talk about false hope or polarisation.

Telling it like it is, and cutting through.

the idea of politics being HOPEFUL instead of something to beat other people with. I would love to give my support to parties who aren't explicitly targeting minorities with hate speech and sanctions

When the Beano starts taking pops at you then it's probably time to question your amazing comms and policy strategy.

Just saw a bus stop ad for Hooch that said “By your side since ‘95” and I’m not sure I’m ready for an alcopop to be a heritage brand.

Starting the working week off right: spilling an entire cup of coffee all over my outfit (it was cute) and my chair (too tired to sort that out) and the new hardback library book I was reading