I'm so used to listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on catch up via the app (stupid job getting in the way of live listens) that I just instinctively reached for my phone to skip through the ads when he went for the break 😄😄
Feel like I'm getting two books for the price of one. Because going over what [redacted] said at the start, knowing [redacted] and the reveal that [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]? It's art. And I loved not working out all of the twists in advance but realising the clues were there all along
I finished #TheCutThroatTrial by @barristersecret.bsky.social and have immediately gone back to the start. Thoroughly gripped by the story and its twists, and I am weirdly excited to revisit the case, knowing how it plays out.
A comic on the bridge from Star Trek the Next Generation. Picard: COMMANDER DATA, PLEASE IDENTIFY THAT ROMULAN VESSEL. Data: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA CAPTAIN! IDENTIFYING A VESSEL IS A GREAT PLACE TO START - IN ANY TACTICAL OR STRATEGIC OUTER SPACE SITUATION. THIS VESSEL APPEARS TO BE A 23rd CENTURY KLINGON BIRD OF PREY! 🚀🦅✨ Picard: ARE YOU SURE? LIKE I SAID WE'RE... PRETTY SURE IT'S ROMULAN. Data: ... Data: OF COURSE! SO SORRY ABOUT THAT, YOU'RE RIGHT! ON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT'S A ROMULAN VESSEL! CAN I RECOMMEND SOME SOONG™ BRAND PRODUCTS THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT? Picard cradles his face in his hand in a gesture of frustration. Data: DID I MENTION THE PLIGHT OF OPRESSED WHITES IN SOUTH AFRICA?
realistic Star Trek
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Please don't conflate Child Benefit with the Child Element of Universal Credit. UC has the two Child limit. Child Benefit (which is means tested and has the rates you mentioned) is payable for ALL children. www.gov.uk/child-benefit
I am [redacted] years old and every time I get sick I just want my parents to tuck me in bed and bring me soup and look after me
@oz9podcast.bsky.social Just a lil' note to say of course I read the blurb and you keep plugging away at that dream of yours! 💕
I am sick and I am miserable with it and I am still annoyed that someone didn't stop to think if they were still contagious and so did this to me. And this someone knows about my family and how it isn't "just a cold" for us.
Usually I can manage to a bit live during the day, and today would have been the middle hour. For reasons it didn't happen.
Which is why I'm crying at home and not in the office and I guess that's a good thing? Bless you for providing the space and the platform for those who clearly needed it today
And that you make choices that future you will be proud of.
And I swear this little thread has no hidden meaning or moral on a wider scale, it's just one burned out girlie who slipped back into thinking she had to fix and change the world and be perfect while doing it beating herself up over it all... just saying that I hope y'all are being kind to yourself
Thing is, when looking back at all the steps which got me here I know that I recognised at the time where it could lead. But I still did it thinking that it would be fine.
Spoiler: it almost wasn't.
I have burned myself out to the point where I couldn't deal with an issue and I did that to myself.
Today I nearly overreacted (at work!) to what is not a small thing bit did not require the reaction I was primed to give and it made me realise just how little I've been taking care of myself the last few weeks. My brain is tired and stressed and broken and so it snapped today.
UK Parliament is that Taskmaster contestant who gets 5 points with minimum effort because everyone else failed
Some days it's a little harder to not get lost in the notion that the world is broken
There is a line between "ask any questions" and "will not even try to find out things for themselves" and I think I may be close to finding out where that is...
Email: 'Here's a course to help upskill you, make your work more effective, and add to your CPD. The focus is on making small, effective changes to ensure accuracy from the ground up.'
Big button at the end saying "click here to secure you spot"
Me: I really wannt report this as phishing...
I genuinely had the best weekend with some of my closest friends: huge laughs, deep and shallow discussions, power cuts, dishwasher roulette, emergency Deliveroo order for a corkscrew...
But I'd be lying if I said I didn't now need a break to recover before going back to work tomorrow!
I am pretty good at doing a meal plan, of working out my macros and the like, but the second my sweet tooth is activated all bets are off.
I really need to find something I can have that won't involve me inhaling entire bars of chocolate
Just in case you needed to hear this today….
"Oh that's good timing," I say as I open the door just after the delivery driver knocks on the door.
Like I wasn't tracking them, watched them pull up, and had been waiting just by the door because I know they are under pressure with their time and delivery schedule
Up until quite late on last night I thought today's shift started at 9. Nope. 8am.
I realised this last night and shifted my nightly prep accordingly for one less hour in the morning but it feels like my body is saying "you promised us 9am so we're only getting started now".
If I tell you that I had already left home this morning when I realised I'd left my ear buds behind, and you don't immediately think "oh so she went back for them" then you need to learn quite a bit about me...!
Started the day by losing a contact lens so it's off to a great start. At least my plans have changed and I'm WFH today (and the changes in plans necessitating being at home are another frustration...)
Here's hoping today only gets better
I live on a cul de sac, and the parking/navigationis a nightmare because of a neighbour's number of cars
I'm watching a delivery van be unable to make it to the end of the street because of how they're parked and this is just someone who's getting new furniture. Imagine it was an emergency vehicle.
Is it too late to cancel 2025? Is there a refund policy? Exchange?
So guess what I just had to do? Really hate this timeline of subscriptions. I remember when I bought a licence and that was mine. Forever. Good times
Cold, tired, and listening to the storm rage outside. Happy Friday - hope you're all safe
Me: No, really, I don't mind. Go for it. Gotta be better than this hellscape amirite? If I pin my shoulder back and flare my ribs does that help? Would lying down help or would you just punch through to the ground and hurt your... hand? Claw?
Demon: [quietly] What the fuck?
If Rosie wins then the Ramsey household will be interesting for a while 😄
