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She/her. DO NOT HUG. Tea, books, baking, bicycles. Chocolate. #OU Astronomy student. #ActuallyAutistic. šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ @scsmith4@mas.to /
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See also This is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay, where he talks about this happening in private maternity care.

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My version of this dream is that for some reason I missed the first day of term and no one will give me a timetable. I have sixth form and uni varieties. In the sixth form one it's kind of benign neglect; the uni one is much meaner. Because I need the extra source of anxiety, obviously.

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See also (as I learned yesterday) Ancient Egypt, where they really liked the name Ptolemy, even for brothers.

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Oh lordy. That's my productivity even more banjaxed. My baseline (tea) is boosted by cheese and chocolate, both of which have been seriously eaten in to (not by me) in the past year.

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I thought this was paw prints at first, and was delighted they'd been done in tile. Then I realised no, not paws in tile, and if they were, that's a very weird dog. But it's still a fab floor.

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HT @alasdairstuart.com. They look so clean! So middle management! So absolutely not in need of Ash to screw everyone over!

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(Nice timing, Universe.)

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I HEARD BACK ABOUT THE THING! I'M IN!

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Found the head of the spatula! It was hiding in one of the nests of food tubs, all innocence. If they hadn't decided to launch themselves out of the cupboard at me when I was tidying, I'd still be puzzling.

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It's when hoomans choose new housemates for Larry the Cat. Only the new housemates are already owned by a cat, so this is just the first of the challenges for British hooms that lie ahead.

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It is my contention that, actually, despite him saying he isn't, Amos is a truly good man. In this essay I will-

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Looking at some of the constituency breakdowns, it looks that way. They came third - ahead of the Lib Dems, and with about two thirds the number of votes as the Tories got - in my (v safe) Labour seat.

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They're all struggling to find parking places from which to lug the ballot boxes. *super niche local joke; Dumfries has loads of car parking, all free, and is always trying to turn more of itself into free car parking spaces.

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Work on Big News Days: most of us just getting on with it; interrupted more often than usual by managers Being Very Important and Panicking Loudly About Everything.

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Happy purr-thday Kit (does that work? do I care at this time of day?).

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At least the Greens will get as much coverage as Reform across all the channels now.

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Looking forward to a repeat of the election announcement.

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More dogs on the walk from the bus stop to the flat this evening than I usually see in a month. Must have been to the polling station.

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This is a bit of a blow. Hadn't heard.

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From Brian Bilston, on the Other Place:

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Explaining, still slightly out of breath, to the regulars at the bus stop, that this is my fault, because I was running a wee bit slow and asked the universe for the 0630 to run a little late so I wouldn't miss it.

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The Daleks' one true weakness. They died happy, slightly sticky, deaths.

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I haven't thought about them (except for the work log-on and my password manager master password) for almost a decade. S'why I had to study physics and languages instead, to keep my brain flexing šŸ˜‰

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I've just imported everything into 1Password. Next to start changing passwords. One down, 330-odd to go.

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That's my weekend sorted then.

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Ack. They're who I use. Sooo many passwords to shift.

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*dad spends most of descent grumbling to self about kids only wanting to go on the gentle slopes* *dad passes out in terror in final minute of descent* *kids hop off at the base and immediately head back out to do the last bit again*

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How about if you could sledge down Olympus Mons? Am thinking you'd get up quite the velocity.

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People sat at main lift bays and corridor junctions in work today, tallying passers-by, like they're doing the practical bit of their GCSE Geography (people) coursework.

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Ooooh. Every time I've said I'm thinking of visiting Helsinki, people say "nah, you want to go here instead". How is it?

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Someone on the bus this morning was wearing what smelled like a whole bottle of perfume. Every surface cell in my body is now raging. Slowly put down the jaffa cakes and back away, and everything will be fine.

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I am so, so pleased to see this. A report from some very serious and proper academic institutions showing the absolute lack of evidence behind the Cass Review. Bookmarking for the next political representative to show up at the door.

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