In rural North Yorkshire which is obviously freezing but I did see some Herdwicks! 😍😍😍

In rural North Yorkshire which is obviously freezing but I did see some Herdwicks! 😍😍😍

I probably shouldn't be buying clothes right now but I got distracted by shiny things. I am weak.

I see that Kemi Badenoch was on Desert Island Discs recently. One song she picked was Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around. That feels about right doesn't it? Also, two songs from Hamilton feels unimaginative.

Admin forms have always been the bane of queer people's lives and Iove this quote especially - "Vere Hutchinson and Dorothy Burroughes scrawled their names across two columns, but found space at the edge of the relationship column to bracket those names together and add the word ‘JOINT’"

Imagine my delight when Dannii Minogue's I Begin To Wonder is the lip sync song on Drag Race UK Vs The World. Imagine my dismay when we get that lip sync 🙃

My third intranet article has gone up, made from one on my oral history interviews I've done for the department. This one is for LGBT+ History month and the most difficult bit is condensing really interesting interviews into 500 words, but it's so interesting hearing about people careers.

Amazing coda here.

an incredible listing on Vinted, supreme game

I feel like you haven't made a house a home until you've baked in it so here's my sticky gingerbread cake!

86% in favour of trans-inclusive changing rooms and swimming ponds. 38000 responses. On their best day, the transphobes are outnumbered 6:1. Never forget that.

You could say that I'm late to the (Mario) party but I have just finished Super Mario Galaxy and it was absolutely delightful. The planet mechanics still feel fresh and interesting so many years on. A lovely twist on the 00s platformer. I cannot say the same about Super Mario Sunshine.

I've been having a lovely evening!

Me wearing actual beer goggles! And I won a game wearing them 😂 Not sure what that says about me. Much fun visiting the Public Health Resource Centre this morning.

Moving to a new house in January means that it's taking longer to appreciate the outside space I have around me. It was a lovely walk to work this morning! (Mating ducks not featured)

Just back from watching Marty Supreme (it's good!) and I'm confused by both the merch being used to promote the film and the music being from the 1980s. It's set in the 1950s so why Tears for Fears and puffy jackets?

Huge furniture delivery has a date - Thursday. Oh my god I cannot tell you how much I'm looking forward to sitting on a sofa and not a beanbag.

Our latest exhibition, Love Letters, is now open at The National Archives, revealing 500 years of love. From paupers, monarchs, queer networks & quiet acts of affection found in government records. Very proud to have been lead curator on this one, working with so many wonderful people! 💌

Woke up with Sash's Mysterious Times in my head for some reason. I'm not mad about it.

CD shelves are up so thought I'd finally unpack to get a sense of how much space I have to play with. I think I'll be fine 😂 Even with compilations and video game soundtracks to add.

Got one part of six of new furniture delivered on Wednesday (delivered by Amazon 'Next Day' even though I don't use them). Other five pieces finally turned up today... ... delivered by a cute Spanish guy so of course all is forgiven.

Well this is up for the Best Picture Oscar. Welp!

Just found out that after the end of this month, Leeds Teaching Hospitals will be only the trust in the country left that's still using fax machines!

You've gotta respect whoever wrote the David Walliams books for their speed in changing horses

Been in my first supplier meeting where they said they're whacking 10% on to subscriptions because of AI products that they've developed and implemented...that we did not ask for. (it's fine, they're keeping us at a 0% increase but I will definitely see more of this).

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

It's not often that I hear a contestant fact on Only Connect and want to hear more but when I hear that someone went shopping with Belinda Carlisle I really do need to hear more!

KEiiNO in Leeds one day, The Roop the day after. It's a Eurovision spring weekender!

The Office for National Statistics have used Census data to look at the causes of death among LGBT+ people. It makes for interesting and sobering reading. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

this is genuinely incredible

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

She's back! And this is, of course excellent.

As if adjusting to a new house wasn't surreal enough, last night I went to see A Christmas Carol!

Moving out of our apartment today after nearly 18 years. A very weird feeling, even though we're only moving up the road. We're the only people to have lived in this flat!

As I bubble wrap what feels like my 1,368th item I have to ask myself, am I emotionally bubble wrapped?

Messaging people "I'VE COMPLETED!". House purchase has happened or have I just orgasmed? You decide.

Packing is bringing up some long lost memories. Like this 20 year old mobile.

Excellent unintentional joke at the start of Bridget Jones' Baby which I watched that night. The TV station Bridget works for were gearing up for an interview with 'Prince' Andrew to discuss his new children's book. 😬😬😬

I love Alan Carr's Changing Ends but I've just watched an episode with an intro warning of 'distinctive humour'. What's that?!

I was literally talking about these two days ago! Sheffield University had them. Terrifying things.

Lmao apparently people near me are freaking out about a non binary teacher And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING

reposting

This lady looks like she rolled a 1 on a dexterity check for putting on pants

Working in a climate controlled library. (The library matches the temperature outside whether you like it or not)

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

Found out today that the UK AIDS Memorial quilt is coming to Wakefield Exchange in June: www.wxwakefield.co.uk/Whats-On/Det... They also have a huge, purring, inflatible cat coming in March! www.wxwakefield.co.uk/Whats-On/Det...

What nonsense is this?

Lovely stuff. Prince of Persia really hit me hard as kid. The grim deaths, the sense of peril, the thrill of running over a wobbly platform. A triumph. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

"Who is the man who appears unexpectedly in an OS map..?"

You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK