people don't talk enough about epistemology

First mediation chat and once again, I remember why I want to get into this stuff. Just lovely. I could talk with other mediators all day about their motivations and the different nuances of the practice 😍

I don’t always make proper lunch, but when I do, it’s fantastic and pretty.

I tried to limit the use of my bullet journal during the weekends since it’s so strongly ‘work coded’ for me but man, did I get a lot done this long weekend having used it all 3 days.

Today in AuDHD tax: I’ve just booked another block of refresher driving lessons, two years after the last ones because I still don’t feel I can actually drive safely on my own. 12 years after getting a licence & not driving after. Pretty keen to push through that pesky mental block this time round.

Now that's a puzzle! Unzoomed #609 2/6 🟡🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ unzoomed.com

I've negotiated on my contract extension for every other Friday to be off and it was one of the best decisions despite some lost income 🥰 finally having bandwidth to plough on in networking among Scottish mediation circles, which I put off hold for the last 6 month and felt pretty gutted about.

My old direct report got a job as a senior UR in a Gov department and I couldn’t be prouder/ happier for them 🥰 such a good time to go under the fold of civil service given how terrible the market is all around right now. Hundreds of applicants when they were struggling to hire a few years back 😨

Good morning Britain; I’ve been up since 5am caring for the doggy with an upset stomach 🫩🥱

Ohh that sounds lush for someone, sign languages are so fascinating linguistically speaking (and important, ofc) 😍

Here we go!

Wow, the new Esta mobile app is an example of genuinely good service & form design! Pleasantly surprised. 4.8 stars on App Store speak for itself. @cjforms.bsky.social one for you potentially

The crafting table has been working incredibly well and might have been a purchase of the year for me. There’s nothing nicer than being able to just push the smaller crafting unit to the back for a quick tidy away while still keeping projects in flight

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I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

Londoners! A colleague is organising event unpacking taboos around suicidal thoughts & barriers to sharing. Some of panel’s themes will cover culture - how the norm of ‘strength’ esp. within Black Africa & Caribbean communities & male dominated spaces can make it harder to be open. Join if you can!

Keep them coming, those messages are going to go swimmingly in Glasgow. Union Jacks are mostly a warning sign here not to go to certain pubs. Then again, we all know that Westminster rarely thinks about devolved nations as anything worthy of any consideration.

I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.

Molly once again finding a perfect snoozing position. We could all learn from her.

I finished a book so I rewarded myself by just buying two more. Rip backlog

Beautiful writing. ‘And once you name a ghost, it stops haunting you the same way.’

A really excellent article, on imagination over blind optimism and collective preparedness over despair. Flipping from blind optimism to despair feels like two sides of the same coin, but Butler showed us a long time ago that there are other paradigms, even when collapse is a real possibility.

Homemade onigiri for lunch thanks to my rice cooker and a handy little mould! Miso+walnut mix, marmite (yes really!) and gochujang paste fillings

There are professional and institutional tasks like this too: - doctors listening to patients - teachers marking homework - governments reading consultation responses Delegating these to AI may be efficient, but breaks trust by neglecting the invisible and vital components of care and connection.

Scotland 💚 while England is more & more starting to import the language of 'aliens' and 'illegal immigrants' from overseas, I'm hearing more talk of 'New Scots' and how can we help them feel welcome and supported. Civic nationalism at its best.

Come to Glasgow, it's got cosy jumper weather most of the year 💚

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We rewatched Leon the Professional yesterday (the director’s cut…) and boy did it not age well 😬

New focus music just dropped, double bass tone always helps somehow www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfT9...

Reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time right now is a trip.

Results time in 10 mins! 😌

there are interesting and important arguments about AI and climate/copyright but I think I have fully radicalised myself re: children on the basis that *we know this thing is giving grown-up adults psychosis*

Focusmate has been my pal the last few days finishing this report 😌

Someone should do a digital ethnography or archeology of YouTube lo-fi comments sections. Consistently the most wholesome part of the internet, where even the most trite sounding messages appear fully genuine and authentic in the little microcosm of vibing.

I'm having a bad green tea day 😭 a sign of not being mindful and dropping in and out of focus - rather then wait 30secs for it to be perfectly brewed, I forget about it for a few mins and so it gets rank and bitter. Not a great start to the day.

Molly’s favourite daytime activity of late: sunbathing. Even Apple AI ‘thinks’ she’s secretly a cat.

I've unwittingly entered a 'pancakes for breakfast' era and now it is law so time to come up with some strategies. Thinking atm about getting one of those cute squeezable bottles and prepping the batter the night before (historically not great at prepping, but it might be worth it for a bit)

5/5 Shifting perceptions of climate risk in England requires education about the risks of climate breakdown *&* a cultural shift away from seeing heatwaves as a nice chance to sit in the sun

Meeting with the assessor next week again to get the official result, but it just occurred to me that she said they usually have their triangulations on Wednesdays; so a decision has probably already been made. I'm Schrödinger's ADHD 🙀

I’ve been neck-deep in report writing all week, so of course I’m going to decompress now by crafting tiny appliances for a tiny kitchen.

I've experienced my first dogcalling yesterday - me and my dog were crossing the street and a passing driver shouted out 'that's a really lovely dog!' 😂 (admittedly, but I'm biased)

I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪 The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs. That is *pure fantasy*. Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.

ADHD care in the UK is a postcode lottery. Different rules. Long waits. Services that don’t talk to each other. We’re mapping all this, starting with lived experience. If you’ve been through ADHD assessment, diagnosis or treatment, your story matters. No personal info, just what happened.

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

And it’s done. ‘Highly likely’ but the psychologist needs to complete the formulation first to be certain & triangulate with colleagues. I’ll have the official outcome in 2 weeks. With so many years of waiting, I can wait a tiny bit more; enjoy the liminality of it. A long new road ahead after too!

Right, travelling two days in a row to Edinburgh was a verrry bad idea. Paying the price now 😒

Trains are the best. On the way to Edinburgh and got through tons of replies to people I’ve been putting off because of deadlines. If only they were cheaper 😒 I’ve also officially aged out of the extended rail card now ☹️

After about 20 years give or take of not ever making it this far into this game for one reason or another, I can happily announce I’m finally about to enter Baldur’s Gate 🥳 I might actually finish it this time.

Reminded once again that Thai massage is one of the best things for nervous system regulation! 😌