My husband is really obsessed with this idea of being at "laundry zero". "Hannah we are nearly at laundry zero". How do I tell him there is no such thing?

A roundhouse kick to my back could probably fix me

I remember reading in the Special Collections search room of my university, preparing for my undergraduate dissertation, and thinking about the actual work that must have been involved in making these documents accessible to me.

You know that feeling, as a late-diagnosed autistic woman, of being in school and your classmates just ✨️smelling✨️ that there's something different about you?

Who wants their horoscope from the Cumbernauld News for 27 April 1988?

Too many fingers spoil the pie. Too many cooks in a broth.

My friend Amal’s son is in critical condition after being shot and needs urgent medical care. The costs are beyond what the family can afford. Any donation, big or small, can help save his life. Please support and share. chuffed.org/project/save...

Two years of commuting with the toddler this week. Relying on my spreadsheets, train/bus apps, no travel issues (lol), and using his nap times on other days in order to get my own rest (lol he is about to drop the last one), and using my ADP to pay for a Mother's Help one non-workday a week.

Dream within a dream. Had a dream which featured a big black cow in the garden of my childhood home (which was entirely enclosed). Woke up and went to a Philosophy Fair in ✨️ Europe ✨️, got overstimulated but also received swag. Told people at the event about cow dream. Woke up again. Where's my swag?

Oh man I forgot about this

The tinnitus is LOUD tonight

Thrilled that Deadloch is back.

Never be cruel, never be cowardly, and never ever eat pears!

People who use BSL: there's no usual sign for "crutch" but what do we think about using the "help" sign against the inner corner of the forearm and elbow? This was recommended to me by someone who asked other signers and I quite like it. Idea being you move your thumb back and forth twice.

People who use BSL: there's no usual sign for "crutch" but what do we think about using the "help" sign against the inner corner of the forearm and elbow? This was recommended to me by someone who asked other signers and I quite like it. Idea being you move your thumb back and forth twice.

Spending a week practicing using the umbrella travel stroller that we borrowed from a friend, as we are going away soon. So many things to consider like...how to store my crutches, the angle of my wrists and arms being different (causing pain). Cont.

Back to transcribing the RAF Navigator's diary entries for 1941. It's July. He's described the flying and descending between the "French Coast of North Africa and the island of Malta" like "stepping from the cool breezes into the hot houses of the Arboretum in the Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh".

Endless cycle

Huge thank you to @mininglibrarian.bsky.social @oldenoughtosay.com and some people I know IRL (including an audiologist friend) who have made me feel more positive and confident about using a hearing aid. I think it will definitely be in my near future and I now genuinely feel better about it👂

Finding out that I am not alone in having tingly itchiness in my mouth after being licked by a dog, or consuming watermelon or certain berries, or fake buttercream icing. Thanks Reddit. I knew I was experiencing OAS but hadn't found anyone else with the dog/icing thing.

Another example of my child becoming more aware of my disability. I am so happy about this, and sad at the same time. "I carry you Mummy?" (That's my toddler's way of asking if I can carry him) "Not just now, my love" "You sore? Okay Mummy!" (Then he runs off shouting about giraffes)

That 50 Shades of Grey guy coming to the shop and asking for the zip ties and me just giving him this box.

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

You know, some might say 8am is too early for Baby Shark on repeat. However, some might say that it could always be earlier. And everyone would be correct.

Please tell me what you are looking forward to this week. I need cheering. ❤️ 🌼 🌸

An image of Paddington the Psychopomp, walking towards the Gates of Heaven, holding the hand of a marmalade jar that's labelled "Marmalade" and has a little Union Flag in the corner.

Had a dream I was performing open heart surgery and my toddler was climbing on me, trying to get involved.

Happy Bad Day To Be Autistic Day!

Does anyone else with tinnitus find sometimes that they hear music, or am I a Cylon?

Having only watched the first Dune movie (which I barely remember) and having not read any of the books, I genuinely, genuinely thought "Butlerian Jihad" was about Judith Butler. I was wrong.

Just crossed the road opposite General Register House, walking slowly with my toddler in the pushchair and a crutch visibly poking out above the pushchair. Couldn't walk fast enough before the light changes to a red man, but I was NEARLY THERE. Bus driver started driving & beeping at me.

Book disposal*

We don't need AI data centres in Edinburgh because we have a finite number of prompts and we save them all for improv shows in August.

It’s the result of massive bot activity, downloading data at a scale which our infrastructure has found challenging. We have been finding this across all our metadata resources in recent months.

I once saw a man come out of a barbers with the top of his hair dyed red and the rest of it black. He got into a car with a red roof...and the rest of it was black. Now, any time I see a black car with some sort of red feature, I imagine the driver must have matching black and red hair.

Oh @historyextra.bsky.social , you know what your listeners want to hear on the Monday morning commute

important question. how would a cathedral wear trousers.

15 years ago, this grumpy guy came into the McDonalds where I worked, ordered something with various changes (fine, nbd), and when it hadn't arrived within 30 seconds, yelled "I THOUGHT THIS WAS MEANT TO BE 'FAST FOOD'" with his whole chest.

Wow 2.5-year-olds are really 2.5-year-olds huh

Since it *has* to be a boondoggle, I would dig MORE tunnels and bridges in Edinburgh so I am personally not in pain by going up and down hills. Maybe I would also get one of those driving carts. Yes I would probably inconvenience everyone else and yes I would definitely see skeletons on my route.

For months I have been thinking that my toddler has been singing about...Ebola? He sings "Eo-bola, eo-BOLA, eo-BOLA, WAYYY" It's actually Icky Sticky Bubble Gum by Ms. Rachel.

Companies House has put out a statement confirming that, for five months, every company in the UK was vulnerable to the simple exploit we identified on Friday. It enabled anyone in the world to view and change their company details.

What is the best way for checking the access issues at a train station before you travel? Have already cried twice today. It surely can't be to just type the Scotrail URL, type your station, etc.? Is there an app? I would need to do this 6 times a week in a rush.

Pfftt, Lady Whistledown would have named and shamed him. [From the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, 17 July 1858]

Pfftt, Lady Whistledown would have named and shamed him. [From the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, 17 July 1858]

Interesting how I post this and then make the exact same error the next day.

I have lived in Scotland for nearly 20 years and yet I still make rookie mistakes such as not bringing an umbrella everywhere I go

You know when Ed Miliband did his metal voice on Radio 2? That sound is exactly what my toddler does when he imitates "daddy sheep" 🐑

If you read our research re: marginalisation in the UK archives sector a few years ago, you should definitely check out this brilliant work by Melanie Griffin (2025), looking at recruitment & retention of disabled archive workers in USA rbm.acrl.org/index.php/rb...

If you read our research re: marginalisation in the UK archives sector a few years ago, you should definitely check out this brilliant work by Melanie Griffin (2025), looking at recruitment & retention of disabled archive workers in USA rbm.acrl.org/index.php/rb...