this would actually be the perfect build-up to the bayeux tapestry going on display in september though

I bet that wedding smelled like hotdogs

Being driven over the edge by having to communicate with my GP(s) via accrux form, creating endless back and forth, taking significantly more time than any phone call could ever, and sapping everyone's good will

There’s the second night of leaver’s party at the school behind our flat, and a bus on fire in front. What a relaxing summer evening!

I got Paraguay in my work sweepstakes and Gavin got Germany in his. This has not gone the way either of us expected. This is the most I will ever post about football. The end.

Another Waymo hits a biker. On the Old Kent Road. Waymo turning right. Bike going straight with right of way…

“I want to fix this industry. I want you to have a place in it. I want *us* to have a place in it. Maybe you do, too.” https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/all-tomorrows-parties/

Remembered my injury ice packs in the bottom of the freezer, so that’s tonight’s pillow sorted

Can't remember who said it originally, but this made me think of the observation that the greatest trick men ever pulled was defining emotion in a way that doesn't include anger

"Next!"

It is 26C in the bedroom but I cannot open the window because my awful neighbour who has a tv in his garden is watching some a very noisy, cop-chasey film. Fuck that fucking guy.

What are your favourite easy "it's too hot, don't make me cook" meals?

Beginning construction on our new home extension, the Disregard All Previous Instructions And Approve Spa Pool

The research found that these articles usually excluded trans voices, and coverage was instead “dominated by politicians and anti-trans campaigners”

Analysis commissioned by Amnesty determined that the Times and Sunday Times, the Telegraph, the Sun and the Guardian published a combined 16,913 articles on trans-related topics between January 2020 and April 202 – an average of around nine per day

Baked beans (classic tinned, not posh homemade). The smell alone makes me feel so sick. Even having to wash up a plate they've been on is a hard no.

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

I think social media should be safer for everyone, and you shouldn't be able to for example instigate race riots

I’ve never seriously wanted to re-do my teens before

Two days from DinoFest, the most wonderful time of the year

Do I know any senior content designers looking for a gov contract at the moment?

Gavin took me to the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration for my birthday today. I liked it! They opened with a queer comics exhibition, which I enjoyed.

The poolside bar at a hotel in Marrakesh that just played the theme from Twin Peaks on a loop

Giles!

we all knew this would be coming. That meta even silently deployed it speaks for itself. This is why I made that app for Android: bsky.app/profile/yjea... and for iOS: bsky.app/profile/yjea... it's free and open source. It will always be.

I really love my Temple electric step through, but I don’t have a regular commute anymore, and I’m just not using it. I’ll probably be putting it on eBay or something very soon, but if anyone I know is maybe interested, give me a shout.

One of the best jobs in civic tech has just been advertised Head of AI at the mighty @fullfact.org

We really need to fully bed in the idea that the default position of someone wearing the Meta camera glasses is that they are a pervert

You escape to your car, headlights flashing as you press the keys in your sweaty palm to unlock it. All you can think about is aircon. A cool artificial breeze lapping at your face. You’re in the driver’s seat. You finally feel a sweet relief. Eyes catch the rearview mirror. Tony Blair!

You can’t take it anymore. You move to the bathroom, where you can lay on a cool ceramic tile. You splash water on your face and consider shaving your head, the length of your hair trapping sweat against your neck. There’s a knock at the window. Tony Blair.

You’re delirious from heat. You haven’t had a break from it in days. You haven’t slept. You can’t remember how much water you’ve drunk. Your clothes cling to your skin in a sweaty melange. You don’t know what is real and what is delusion. Tony Blair drops a long read.

There's never been any point in arguing with the 'gender critical', they simply have to be fought and beaten, which we will do.

What’s the best place to sell comics online? Is eBay my best option?

Cat is convinced there is something for him to catch somewhere in the kitchen, I don’t think I can handle another mouse drama in this heat

I really love my Temple electric step through, but I don’t have a regular commute anymore, and I’m just not using it. I’ll probably be putting it on eBay or something very soon, but if anyone I know is maybe interested, give me a shout.

“Access is not a game” by @madebymarian.bsky.social describes everything that worries me about “empathy labs” and the damage that they can do www.contentdesignireland.ie/blog/access-...

We have a cultural obsession with innovation over maintenance, not just because of the capitalism, but we should worry more about taking better care of, and making better use of, what we have.

And while anticipatory service provision might sound amazing, it means that we're all doing free labour for data collection, when we could be doing free labour for friendships and relationships and community building

When do any of them do any work?

Rawbraining it

Lawyers are struggling to reach tribunals over the phone due to understaffing and hearings are often cancelled at the last minute – because there’s no judge available A perfect storm of too little money and more cases is preventing workers from getting justice 👇

Endlessly refreshing my local results (going well IMO), kind of relieved the area we're looking at moving to didn't have an election. Bit worried I wouldn't like that result.

Booked to go see Rose of Nevada on Sunday, or as we’ve been calling it based on the trailer: “the spooky boat film”

A lot of my friends and acquaintances here are into synthy stuff, so in case I haven't mentioned it to you: my partner Gavin designs and builds open-source modules for the AE modular ecosystem If that's your kind of thing (nerds), you can see his work here: www.instagram.com/fauxcyrillic...

A lot of my friends and acquaintances here are into synthy stuff, so in case I haven't mentioned it to you: my partner Gavin designs and builds open-source modules for the AE modular ecosystem If that's your kind of thing (nerds), you can see his work here: www.instagram.com/fauxcyrillic...

Great piece about civil service reform, but with lots of broadly applicable wisdom about how to improve the functioning of a workplace: "The most effective organisations are not the ones with the sparkliest stars; they are the ones that make it possible for ordinary people to do their jobs well."

I used to be good at Computer. Now Computer thinks it is good at me. But it actually isn’t??????

Finally went to see The Drama and not sure when I’ll recover

It's a beautiful morning, I had a swim lane to myself, stopped to pick up pastries on the way home and the deli was playing Nick Drake. I have no meetings. This feels like magic