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Dilys is in her happy place. I love this so much abut her, whatever fire she sees, she’s straight down in front of it.

Riker and his trombone

What’s up Bev.

Boldy.

Briefly changed out of PJs to walk the dogs. Back in PJs. Leftovers consumed. Me and the Dark Sugars selection box have spent some time together. Back to my book. Might nap before hitting the cheese again.

Happy Christmas everyone, just remember, you'll get to stage 4 soon enough

Nice little Christmas book haul

Searched back through Blue Sky for this. Which is one of the best things I saw all year in any medium.

Merry Christmas from Dilys.

Ham is glazed. The beige buffet is in flow. I’m back in PJs. Elf is on the tv.

Vat of sauce made for tomorrow’s Christmas lasagne. All I have to do is assemble and bake. Just to glaze the ham now, cooked it yesterday. (Cooked in ginger beer and spices. Glazed with a negroni glaze).

It’s arrived. It’s arrived!

Cheese might arrive this morning. Christmas MIGHT be back on.

Looks like the cheese isn’t arriving and frankly I’m just cancelling Christmas now.

Still absolutely no signal or plans for my bit of rural Monmouthshire. Total dead zone.

Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼 There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.

I’ve done the Big Shop.

Autistic burnout, at this time of year. Changes in routine. Increased social activity and masking. Expectations on how you’ll spend your time, your money and your energy. Sensory overload, different lights, textures, smells and sounds. It’s ok not to be ok, even when it’s “the season to be jolly”.

cool, cool cool

Rich people have no taste. I’ve never seen to many light fittings and lamps in one property. My god.

Now on to RF Kuang’s “Katabasis”. Absolute doorstop of a book.

I finally finished The Terraformers. Didn’t enjoy it. Then read Mona Awad’s “We love you, Bunny”. Both were like nothing I’ve read before. Somewhat fantasy, touch of horror, funny and a commentary on writing, academia and creativity.

It's time for "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead to be fully embraced as a Christmas song.

Our latest Nowcast projection for Scottish Parliament election 2026: SNP 🎗️ — 63 Lab 🌹 — 18 Ref ➡️ — 17 Con 🌳 — 11 GP 🌱 — 10 LD 🐤 — 10 Alba 🔵 — 0 Other ⚪ — 0 devolvedelections.co.uk/scotland/

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

Good to see some follow up on this. It’s going to be a long recovery for some of businesses who took some heavy damage. But it’s also been incredible to see how quickly so many have got back up and running.

Just woke up. Yes, I’ve slept. Today is a glorious day.

Everything covered in data centres. Yay.

Still not back to full voice or full sleep. Send help.

Heist chocolate. Blimmey that’s good stuff

Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.

Man, it's always the ones you suspect.

Yes. Pissing off the media feels a sensible thing to do.

Can anyone recommend someone looking for contract work in January who can do a mix of Product and Delivery? Going to CC @jukes.ie as it's for the team you just left! But open to good people from anywhere

Christmas movie viewing so far: 1. Oh. What. Fun. - middling bad 2. A Merry Little Ex-Mas - oh lord, that was bad. 3. Christmas Under the Northern Lights - positive: Bruce Boxleightner (child of the 80s...) 4. Champagne Problems - awful french accents. Cute dog

The rule is you have to stop and watch it. youtu.be/3KvWwJ6sh5s?...

I knew this day would come. I'm leaving Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park next year as my board tenure is up. That means, there are board positions up for grabs. In fact, there are 5 as all The Scottish Government appointed members are leaving. bit.ly/3JYmotR

Day 3 of no voice and no sleep. Whatever this lurgy is it’s EVIL.

Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐 The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces. Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

Agile Manchester event programme has just been published: take a look! agilemanchester.net/programme-2026 The event takes place from 13-14th May. Conference tickets now available, discounts for teams of 10+ and for freelancers. Follow @agilemanc.bsky.social for more event news...

This this this.

incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs It’s a eggnog recipe

For those interested, raw data download is here along with some basic cross tabs: github.com/jaclarner/Ca...

See @oohgpwales.bsky.social speak on this paper last week. Really interesting work. Grounded and sensible.

New 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 data paints picture of consolidation within two blocs: a Welsh-identifying/progressive bloc (with Plaid as largest party) and a British-identifying/conservative bloc (with Reform as largest). Adds to evidence that 2026 is shaping up to be 2-horse race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK 🧵

The media is constantly trying to push the angle that young people, particularly young men, are about to go, if not already going, fascist and young folk refute that every time at every juncture. I've got more time for them than any other demographic by a full country mile.

The age based data in this is fascinating. Wales is changing. Devolution IS having an impact on how Wales feels about itself.