Still made no progress on paint colours, think only one is surviving from the original round of suggestions

I have!! made progress!! on the house!!
under sink cabinets sorted, hand towel + ring for downstairs loo sorted, toilet roll holders sorted
woke up today and decided I was Over having toiletries etc all piled up on the floor and I Would Find Something, Anything but think what I did get is perfect!

Listened to a few audiobooks over the weekend whilst stitching so getting back to physical books this week - think I will start the cursed under London series, which I've had on my shelf for a while!

A screenshot of the audible title page of a very short history of the israel-palestine conflict by Ilan pappe

& another audiobook!

Hmm actually thinking back I had a short phase of those misery memoirs as a like, 11, 12 year old? So not exclusively fiction

Whereas as a kid it was exclusively fiction audiobooks e.g. hp etc on long car drives (we used to drive to Wales most weekends between ages like 7 and 9). Actually on the topic of author consistency I should give Eva ibbotsen's adult novels a crack

Definitely genre consistency, and tbh a lot of author consistency as several of the authors i liked as a kid have both childrens and adult books. I was an almost exclusively fiction reader as a kid tho and I read a lot of non fiction nowadays. Into audiobooks about the same amount? But only non fic

if i had a nickel for every time a book i read this year mentioned ea-nasir, i'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

A screenshot of the audible page of truth by tom phillips

ea-nasir mention!!!

guys, this is how you lose the time war

A screenshot of audible, showing autocracy inc. by Anne Applebaum playing

A half stitch cross stitch, showing some leaves, rose buds, and half a rose

Background sound whilst I try to finish off this cross stitch project!

What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses? Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right

From democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

So when Reform accepts £4 million from this man, are they sure of where this money actually coming from? A man convicted of running a platform deliberately designed to hide the origins of money is now pouring cash into British politics. Red flag, red flag, red flag.

The more you love ProPublica, the more reason to not visit their site today.

A paperback copy of lamorna ash's don't forget we're here forever

So march wasn't the most successful reading month! Let's have another crack at it. As someone who is exceedingly irreligious hopefully this will expose me to some interesting new perspectives!

no snow but a bunch of hail here in leeds! very weird sunny/grey/hail/rain combo

Absolutely!

devotional statue of Mary Magdalen in a cubicle completely covered in monitors, keyboards, circuit boards, cables and assorted other computer paraphernalia

Our Lady of Perpetually Online

exchanged on the house today!! now for admin! (getting move booked in, emailing notice to landlord, actually letting me think about all the bills I need to set up on day 1)

Horror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use

For anyone who needs a gift link on "Shy Girl," allow me:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

A wedge of focaccia and a generous slice of school cake, in white bowls on a small cafe table

Yes this will fix me

Maybe I'll be less discontent if I have some cake. Worth a try.

Terrifying Terrain, by Elizabeth Murray, 1989-90

Completion date for house has been set! Moving van is nearly booked! Going to hold off sending notice to my landlord until I actually have the keys™️ but aaaaa nearly there

“She’s the exception, I am the rule.”

Such articulate cutting through of the nonsense around puberty blockers and eg Keira Bell’s detransitioning from Stephanie Lynnette on GMB this morning. It is also a refreshing relief to see a trans person actually being allowed to speak for once!

Good news that the digitised Beowulf manuscript has survived the digital equivalent of the Cottonian Library fire, the British Library cyberattack of 2023

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend

www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...

Audit of the freezer done and a meal plan through to next Tues so that's my productivity for the day done, I think (jk I'm at work in 2 hours)

Also while I was fighting despair by sorting laundry and watering plants I want to say Happy International Women's Day to the women and especially the women who are in the closet about that

It's your day! Even if it's a secret