All these adverts on telly for laundry powder with strong scents and added scent balls etc… I would pay good money for a laundry powder that removes scents. All of them. Gone. I want my clothes to smell of nothing.

I just super want people to understand the differences between genAI (which is trash) and other forms of "AI" that we have been using for a long time and just not calling "AI" and that can actually help. But also that still need to be checked by humans.

In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine

So beautiful, so glossy, It’s Molly 😁

Daz drove me to the seafront to get some new year birds. As we got there a marsh harrier was being chased off by gulls and curlews were pecking around in the mud. Nice little bit of car birding.

Had time for a quick cycle ride down to the coast this afternoon and was treated to some glimpses of the local Purple Sandpipers. At least five were seen amongst all of the seaweed and rocks. #UKbirding - Portishead, 31 December 2025.

A nice lifer to end the year - one of the ever elusive Water Rail in the ditches at Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve. Have been hearing them for so long, good to finally see one (well, two were seen today!) #UKbirding - Portishead, 31 December 2025.

Everything I can think of to say is grumpy whining about how crappy I feel so instead here’s my morning view - which definitely helped moral. Bed time now.

Two Redwing sit in various bushes this morning at Portbury Wharf, one looks very cold. #UKbirding - Portishead, 31 December 2025.

I managed a potter in the garden. It’s icy!

Nice cycle ride from Portishead to Pill this afternoon. Lots of Redwing seen along the route, and obligatory Sandpiper & Black-headed Gull at destination. #UKbirding #BirdingByBike - 30 December 2025.

PEM sucks. I just want to get back to my usual level of fatigue, not this super painful level of mega fatigue. My brain is foggy, my limbs hurt and I’m half asleep all the time. Not working over Christmas means not earning so I need to get back to it soon. Ughhhhh

I have walked a million miles doing other people's errands, but that's a couple of serious things ticked off the list so I am victorious. Now I just need to sell these pendants. 2 days left in 2025, 9 pendants to go!

Daz cooked us an amazing roast dinner to make up for what we had to eat on Christmas Day (it was not good) and we’re watching the hobbit and I have my cats. Even though I feel exhausted just sitting up to eat, I feel good being home. I am a hobbit. No adventures please.

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Normally I would be birding at this time on a Sunday but I think if I tried to leave the house my body would just cease to function and crumble to dust. Daz is off to collect the cats so soon I’m going to make my way to my recliner so they can climb on me when they get home.

1 pendant down, 11 to go! Who's up next? I want to find homes for all of these before we run out of year.

We are home. I am in my own bed. Tomorrow Daz will collect the cats and normality will be resumed. Time for rest.

A nice trip to NWT Thetford Heath this afternoon - hundreds of linnets seen, some kestrels, a few white wagtail, and a final lifer for the year - a Fieldfare. Adjacent to the Heath is an old Cold War bomb store with delightful watch towers. #UKbirding - Norfolk, 26 December 2025.

I’m at the all my limbs are weak and shaky stage of exhaustion. Been in bed all afternoon but too exhausted to sleep. We’re headed home tomorrow and I am going to need a *lot* of rest to feel even remotely normal again :’(

Far from home but still managed to get some birding done :D It was cold at Lackford Lakes today, some of the water was frozen. huge numbers of bh gulls, pochard, tufted, gadwall, teal, wigeon, shoveler and shelduck. Some very camouflaged snipe, a great white egret, heron and lots of tits. #UKBirding

Found a bird hide to sit in quietly for a while. (Lackford lakes)

Merry Christmas everyone. We’re staying in a hotel so have just had a massive full English breakfast :D Laying in bed until we have to do family stuff, hoping there’s still room for turkey.

Xmas journey BOP watch M4 2 buzzard, 23 red kite, 1 kestrel M25 3 buzzard, 11 red kite A1 1 buzzard, 14 red kite (8 together near Stevenage) A505 6 kestrel A11 1 kestrel Total 6 buzzard, 48 red kites, 8 kestrel

Our trip along the M4 we’ve seen 21 red kites 1 kestrel 2 cormorant (including one perched on a motorway lamp post, drying its wings in the sun)

Motorway services are my hell. This year I finally got some loop ear plugs and I’m wearing a cap to shade the awful light in here. It’s definitely helped but it’s still way too peopley!

I had a lot of amazing bird experiences this year but I think this was my favourite

I’m at the extremely anxious about having to be away from my cats for several days part of the Christmas season. I feel sick. The cattery people are lovely and take good care of them but leaving them makes me feel awful 😞

Our hotel has ‘overbooked’ the accessible rooms only realised the day before :/ We’re now getting a non-special room that can be reached by wheelchair :/ and free full breakfasts every morning :D :D

Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.

Santa told us that people that don’t add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.

This year (and last year) started out with spine surgery that was supposed to change my life and didn’t work. It’s been hard! I guess I’m going into 2026 with more acceptance of how my life is going to be from now on. I’m going to hug cats and look at birds and find ways to make art.

We just got an AI Christmas card. It went straight in the recycling bin 🤬

if you are feeling generous this christmas and have something to spare, this is just one donation away from clearing the £300 mark, and £78 away from being 20% funded!! shares hugely appreciated 💖💖💖 #MutualAid #HelpSky

Molly has somehow hurt herself and can’t jump and is limping a little. I’m really hoping it’s just a sprain as she hates going to the vets so so much. Given her painkillers which has cheered her up a bit.

So dark on this solstice morning. There were a lot of redwing flying about and enjoying all the berries. Nice to see some deer by the pools. We were looking for the reported Siberian chiffchaff but it was impossible to tell for sure if it was or just a regular one. #AvonBirds #PWNR

Today’s repair is this frayed button hole

Not only has he made the air in here impossible to breathe, he’s now sitting on my chest making it even more difficult to get air into my lungs

More of this from media please!

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Molly is becoming one with the heated blanket

Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨ Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)

Since mobility aids are the theme of the day: You don't need any excuse to use one. Cane, crutches (heavily recommend forearm), wheelchair, etc. There is no minimum amount of discomfort or disability required. By the time you think you need a mobility aid, you often have needed it for a while.

Pretty pleased with this cuff repair!!

Disabled people who want to play spot-the-faker Disability Police are among my least favorite fellow Disabled people. As far as I'm concerned it makes you a collaborator.

what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know: you are loved you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)

If someone offered to do this to me right now, I might just say yes.

UK - last call for Christmas! oishiny.etsy.com Get your orders in tonight (Thurs 18th) to go out Friday. (I will still be posting out orders while the Post Office is open, they just won't arrive for Xmas.) #Handmade #ShopIndie