And yesterday I saw a curlew. The North is excellent for birds.

I saw an EAGLE.

JUST SAYING.

MAYBE

The clearance did come through, and there was no reason to suspect that it had been the result of Foreign Office officials effectively overriding UKSV.

How many times does it have to be repeated that Mandelson did not get the job offer until after he received security clearance?

As Sir Chris Wormald said, it was perfectly normal for the appointment to be made before vetting.

Nope. You absolutely smashed it 🏆

What a gorgeous place!

Yes! what an absolutely lovely place it is

It's a long way from us, to be fair.

I've wanted to go since I read a book about it in my 20s. It was even better than I imagined! What a wonderful place.

Where's CP?

Hahaha. My second one is in the naughty corner and needs significant unravelling...

Oh.

All normal 👍

That is MAGNIFICENT 😍🧶 💙💚

I do not understand how this is possible when I can't keep a set of wine glasses intact for more than half an hour.

Good morning from my garden where it is cold but worth it

Me, enlightened: the Strait of Hormuz is a social construct and we need to collectively work to redefine what it means to even be a strait in 2026 to encompass other routes

Just one lil fella on the doorstep last night.

So the fear of exponential toad increase and rapid takeover is off.

Got me thinking about this

😁

😳

Have you considered mindfulness

Haha.
I was not. Also I meant UNBLINDED 🙈
I did have to put a big secret cover over the bag of drugs though 😁

I have no idea why asleep me thinks this is a good idea. Wtf.

It's absolutely ridiculous though, that I have managed to do this to myself for no good reason. Just my mouth decided that grinding my own teeth to a powder would be a helpful release of tension. And I've no way of saying how very much IT IS NOT.

It's funny how our bodies know when we just cannot.
I was the only person in Oxford that could do that task yesterday morning. So I was able to, then when it was done and the adrenaline dropped, FUCK ME MY FACE HURT LIKE HELL. Nothing had changed but it was suddenly OK to drop.

🧵 As a teenager in a council scheme, I found comfort & clarity in @akalamusic.bsky.social 'Fire in the Booth's on YouTube.

Years later, I cited 'Natives' in my MSc at LSE & graduated with distinction.

Last week, I finally got to see him speak live & it was a bucket list moment tbh.

I am trying to see a dentist but yesterday I was clinical and was making up a very complicated IV drug for a research participant as a blinded nurse and I could not just drop it and go. I did leave work at 3 though. Because ouch.

Only other emergency dentist appointment is Friday. Next Friday.

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Good morning.
I seem to have taken the edge off my toothache with diclofenac. Magical stuff.