OMG, @rachelcotton.bsky.social ! 😍

Have made some lovely long term friends, many of who I've managed to meet in RL, including the Norn Iron rabble here 🥰

Frens, if you enjoy following intelligent neurdivergent women who are into dogs, ancient Egypt and old bones, follow my friend @rachelcotton.bsky.social ❤️ Rachel & I have been friends for... *counts on fingers & toes*... 22yrs. 10/10 would recommend ❤️

*infinite screaming*

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Aaaaaand my account has been permanently deleted. Apparently it's ok to make misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist remarks and death threats on FB. But suggesting someone helps kids in the foster system is a step too far 🤷‍♀️

Some guy on FB suggested folk who regret having their kids send them to him so he can love them as his own. I suggested he could help kids in the foster system. Within seconds my account as disabled & FB are threatening to ban me and report me for child exploitation. Ummm... 😂 🙈

It's weirdly accurate!

Ok, all I need is the energy to not let these bastards get me down. Energy, that's all... and mebbie some amphetamines... yeah, energy and amphetamines... that'll do...

I had a moving, heartbreaking, powerful discussion with 2 Israelis who lost family members to Hamas on Oct. 7th, 2 years ago today, on the power of 'radical forgiveness' & on standing up to the Israeli government that abandoned their family members. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/israel-gaz...

Ok, this made me laugh even though the black dog is hanging about. Do yourselves a favour, watch it with the sound on.

Having a shit mental health day that has me this 👉 👈 close to watching a terrible 🎄 movie...

Or falafel, falafel is good.

"What do you mean by Palestinian hostages?" Hadash Israeli MP Aida Touma-Suleiman "There are thousands of Palestinians who are kidnapped from their houses.. with no trial, no possibility to know what they are charged of & they are kept in prison. What can you call such a thing?"

This is superb! 😂 ❤️

Fascist policing, whatever way you look at it.

#HiveMind Crafty people in the wider northern area, anyone aware of where you can purchase nicely painted bottles? Wine-bottle size, the type of this that might be used as a candle holder?

Wee prison trailer and all 😂

I hate how accurate this is!

whether you've read hundreds of books or one book, watched hundreds of movies or one movie, played hundreds of games or one game, heard hundreds of songs or one song, studied hundreds of pieces of art or one piece of art... your favourite is just as valuable and relevant as mine. or anyone elses.

This illustration could not be more accurate 💀

Keeping an eye on the storm while warming his sausage roll over the radiator below.

Neighbour letting me know my fence was listing recently.. Him: I noticed it WHEN I WAS HANGING THE WASHING OUT. Me: Him: 🧐 Me: Oh! You're very good, hanging the washing out, your wife is SO LUCKY! Him: I know, I am VERY GOOD 😊 😄 Fixed the fence t'other day, it's holding firm so far 🤞

New mug for the princely sum of £1.99. That'll do. #hygge #Winter

All cosy with a youtube fireside video, a purring cat, heavy rain outside, and @gstyle77.bsky.social's new book 'A Wake And Other Ghost Stories.' Perfection 🥰

I unfairly blamed the cat for sharting on the couch. In my defence, when he got up there was a brown mush under him. Stuck to the cushion & the heat pad which he had stolen off me. He seemed quite offended at the accusation, but was even more offended at having his borthole wiped with a cold wipe.

I have some very sore feet on a very hot water bottle and it's bliss!

Finally almost finished organising the spare room of doooooom! It has been organised many times over the years, but because it didn't have the right storage furniture it didn't stay organised for long. Back is killing me, but I'm determined to get it finished today! 💪 💅

@louiseann.bsky.social Hear me out... one of the drawing rooms has a pull down cinema screen... I'll need half the conservatory as an art studio... we could rough it...

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I log the painkillers on my phone note, get distracted, and 10 minutes later, I wonder if I took those painkillers. Enter trusty tablet bottle with automatic lid opening counter. Frens, I had not took dem painkillers at all.

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Once you accept this as part of your job, you're just bobbing along like another turd in the sewer.

Spent ages cleaning out the condenser on the tumble drier just to discover that's not what's stopping it from heating up 😭. It's been broke for nearly two years and I'm TIRED trying to dry washing indoors in winter 💀 Looks like I'll have to fit a new thermostat and hope that fixes it.

Someone even more fond of a wee vaccine than me 😄 ❤️

I had two ginger brothers for years, I honestly don't know how I survived, they were NUTS 😂

Not these days, of course.

Had to cancel dinner plans with some of the ladies from school tonight. We only manage to meet up about once a year as it is 🥺. I've had migraines every day in September so far and can feel one starting again. Feckin' exhausted 💀

We're having a cuddle morning ❤️

"wudyalookathafukkinsizeothon!" sized spider number 7 spotted in the living room by the cat. It was fortunate to find a hiding spot as the fearsome tabby cleared the room in one silent leap. It's getting a bit much now.

Thankfully, with most of my social interactions being on social media, I get to delete things... sometimes straight after I've posted them, or even before I hit reply 😄

Just used the squeegee handle to gently guide a spider round the bath to the toilet roll ladder I had made for it. It's these sorts of little eccentricities that bagged me an autistic scientist. So if you need any tips...

Alt text folk, never not at it.

Just gonna punch myself in the heart by watching a sentimental family film, might have a wee cry over things I never really had. Wallow in self pity for the afternoon, that sort of thing. Available for funerals and children's parties for the rest of the month...

They say it was a canal boat, but it looks more like a tug boat..

She's not wrong 😂