nostr:npub1pn7qvtupplzq6eyppwh387h6wauc83s35hqqzk0nargesp5tglnswtc8ly
Listening to him right now. Really gonna miss hi  next year.


This is an absolutely terrible decision.

It's short-sighted, will cause immense harm, and is wrong as a point of fact as blockers have been a known safe treatment for decades for precocious puberty.

This is a transphobic choice by the #NHS

"Children to stop getting puberty blockers at gender identity clinics", says NHS England
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/12/children-to-stop-getting-puberty-blockers-at-gender-identity-clinics-says-nhs-england


History keeps repeating itself. Will they never learn?
#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #GazaIsNotIsrael #StopFundingIsrael #BDS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Yunis_massacre


AlisonW ♿🏳🌈

Ancient pixel-stained #technopeasant #wench and damned sapphist.

Happy to talk here about #Bread #Politics  #accessibility #LGBTQ #Food #Coffee #Music  #SocialJustice #Democracy and also being a former theatre/radio/audio engineer.

Other accounts for #FLOSS (incl #OpenSource #OpenHardware #Standards) #RedSox and #Transport

I'm also somewhat #Autistic #Disabled #BiPolar #Old & very #ProEU and recently into tenpin bowling.

ALL CONTENT IS SHARE-ALIKE, NOT FOR COMMERCIAL REUSE.


'bin jab'ed. (covid and flu vaxes)


They elected a Speaker? Wow unexpected.


nostr:npub102nsdaq62g0tmdlex9g594vnma4pgr97sh28gqqp2hd4wnnrgd3qw3hzkh
Oh indeed, but this was something at least one other person remembered. 🤔


If you live inside a prison compound it shouldn't be surprising if you want your freedom back.

https://fedimon.uk/system/media_attachments/files/111/194/517/654/256/992/original/8cf9c854cd5e0cea.jpg


I don't understand the problem ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2023/oct/07/tom-gauld-on-reaching-an-agreement-about-buying-books-cartoon

https://fedimon.uk/system/media_attachments/files/111/194/101/249/773/618/original/6122f5afd551defc.jpg


I don't understand the problem ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2023/oct/07/tom-gauld-on-reaching-an-agreement-about-buying-books-cartoon


nostr:npub1zqfr7rglvjq852p2ezsgs7gjmu47ahmy5p969f9gk56k8rmazywqtg2a0w
I once had a pair of Mormons come to my door. Because I had nothing particular to do that afternoon I didn't just send them away but let them try, but refuting whatever they said with relevant quotations.
They gave up before I did. Was fun.


nostr:npub17n7czu3h235vf6gux4g94l2av48j63hkf5rqs4urvnvrnpnfcjmqy42stt
BUT THE EARTH IS *NOT* 'ROUND'! IT'S A SPHERE!
If it was just round it would be a flat disk ffs. It's actually an oblate spheroid.

</rant>


nostr:npub1h69wx80lu0f9xnlez9md8cr9x90lgyw5fsgy9qnwzh6qncrwx37sg0v89m
Circular Thingummybob? Yeah...


nostr:npub17gek9gagnhd2y6068aegka672zu2g5jf7nx040m4spclmrldxmmsvehgsu
Oh, I think Cddr Zoe looks great! 😉


nostr:npub1hh7fwfta5vyc6e8tc37y8u88ntdafnexphel4erarpq4plmzyt5sfzq50u
Shush!


nostr:npub1zapanzgjyfmxfk9whj63v6203lgpn77x9ewawpmkhals0mlgn87q6xnxa0
Worse is that the full HS2 still needs to be built, Sunak just bumped up the costs yet again. Ideally Labour should announce that any of the protected route which gets sold will be immediately repurchased *at exactly the same price as sold for*.


Still my favourite show.

https://fedimon.uk/system/media_attachments/files/111/187/501/457/609/422/original/d0e8fb30fc3ef40b.jpg


There is no "HS2 money" to spend elsewhere. It was financed by the future income it generated, or rather _permitted_ by getting long-distance trains off of existing tracks and enabling lots of new local and regional services to run. Once completed it would pay back its costs.

Without building new tracks that can't happen.


nostr:npub1zzaymkzc22kt0x9c9t3gay09pqrnpk97qk6vrxsde0c63v80p3mq7mvh2v
A good or a bad one? (I know which my money is on ...)


nostr:npub14wmt5gszape869luw47getsmseftl6lr9cjhx9xqm6kdzj5qkk2qs4gy7u
"The cure at the time for eye injuries was urine". Oh my ... eep!


When Rish! Sunak says "I'’m the person making the big decisions that are going to change our country for the future" he's obviously right.

Because he doesn't say he's going to change it for the better ...


nostr:npub15cztygtedmkw0qtmpmu5ek0g79jlcvw86zntzxu6skexc4dpyvqsee5fvs
I have crates of old chargers and wallwarts. I daren't dispose of them because one day...


nostr:npub1kslexypzhz2a24k2x08ye0waw5yl4g5u2xr6a3ch6c9xfnpd6lssuzvnkc
Everything everywhere all at once.


nostr:npub18wuffnhdzw58kwa83gd2r7m9ykdlm6snfqastg2jrlad38gsw74s4rn8ua
Electors don't choose candidates though. Possibly why so many consider voting pointless when the worst lizard always wins.


nostr:npub18wuffnhdzw58kwa83gd2r7m9ykdlm6snfqastg2jrlad38gsw74s4rn8ua
"Some" can, surely, also mean 100% ?


nostr:npub1rclx7u429r2zrqtj67nqtuz6ew568zxhydjf0urs4zrvtf3xx7qqwnhcdm
Oh absolutely, I simplified for brevity. Typically one fast service can equal four slow ones in pathing terms.


nostr:npub1722h0a3kwl4yrmvs4vp3fav835n38vaxv3udtzhln0rxvxgmq63sc36r0j
Paranoia in action, that whole Computer Weekly report is just amazing stuff.


Tories saying on #HS2 "the line would still be going ahead, but just on the existing tracks" means it won't serve the purpose of being a physically separate pair of new lines, allowing a doubling of services.

Any possibility of "levelling up" just got squashed flat.


This came with today's delivery. If "it's time for the good stuff" then what have I been paying for in the past?!

https://fedimon.uk/system/media_attachments/files/111/173/359/058/043/785/original/f71fc50fc1e5f376.jpg


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That would make sense, I wasn't expecting her to be counted.


nostr:npub1aq2wqds7uk7g9tfv6gmm2qk0t6cmqmpzh5n9hkdghgx3d0x75syspa4nfw
The violence with which he brought down the gavel was very telling!


nostr:npub1cw3lnzrseujj2tqs6z2lc6wmzpwje6fnth2sdf4uhsnl4nut65zq3flet5
And Pelosi wasn't in the chamber to vote, I noted.


nostr:npub1vfa3fqylseewdgv0235wwvshtvxfuvejmrj4c2n37xdw9gf7fl5seypg2d
Painless menstrual cramps? NO SUCH THING!


Putting it simply and accurately, Suella Braverman is a blatantly racist bitch. And I won't apologise for saying the truth.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/03/suella-braverman-claims-hurricane-of-mass-migration-coming-to-uk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other


Fun times! Kevin #McCarthy ousted 216 - 206 before missing people
#USHouseofRepresentatives


And yes, I am indeed watching the roll call. I'm on C-SPAN even though it's slightly behind NBC (because it's keeping count. Currently 183-173)


nostr:npub178h85fgemmdfrtwxq5uehw985m0ve7akcm60z9y5z845dd4hw5ds6rhyhr
I'd not previously thought about it, but I now realise I do _both_ pronunciations. Sorry!


In the USA the Republican party in the House is fighting itself over who gets the speaker's gavel.
In the UK the Conservatives are fighting themselves over who can be most racist.

Are the Parties of the right inherently self-destructive or is it learned behaviour?


nostr:npub1srdafpzsnx8lfzyhttuk24tnxwpqhsmxtavs4qvwrpufx8w662wstgg44z
Yeah but the question is will Dominos invest in speedboats to deliver pizzas or not?


Amazing that the media are parroting the Tory speil that HS2 is out of control when it's an integrated part of the Department for Transport and subject to Treasury control.

#BuildHS2inFull


In another episode of "typical Alison" at lunchtime I received a Waitrose food delivery. Then I went out... but came back past a different supermarket where I did more food shopping. Whups!

(I actually went out to buy some canvases, which I did.)


Surviving is the best form of revenge.


nostr:npub1cnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqc5xm8p
First release: "Sugar, sugar"


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I've enquired how they feel about wheelchairs ...


nostr:npub12lxtr540euchz3wpu4l745spze9fesue5lcentzceegq04ftzzxsajjvjy
"CBT"


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OK, so I just went and looked and there's a club which meets less than three miles from me and has a beginner's course starting next Monday.
I'm feeling tempted...


nostr:npub12q38hxtjnzhcw5gyr5sr2v5ha54asx0mnsza5cxr28uj5lxymp0qgkqw3l
Well if you're complaining feel free to send him around... ;-p


nostr:npub1rv4738d6q3nxf24v4gmg4u7lh3udmarsttfzp7q0xttdlqk5ls3s65ft5j
ime every machine which used the ps/2 connectors I've had they've been interchangeable.


nostr:npub1cnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqc5xm8p
Gender Assumption-until-shown-otherwise doesn't have the same ring to it though.


nostr:npub133qtqtmlse0mrfeqevc4mwz2htxe7v9tj7nclaugl2vuf65cldns79k6l3
Lerone?


nostr:npub1xlt89qp9djprwtcj069u3rx3f748rn5tjal39m2sjwpghwt54essgkqtjh nostr:npub1p2kmzcvn258h8jsjwth3tmjq4sm6m7rzse2q33ww887z645lxddq3cxfnk nostr:npub1t4vh6ha9ksw8npaeynhdpagcrwyez8mvh62922z3n9jrkwtjpdus7pha2a
Oh I'm now too old and disabled, sadly. If I'd known where to go 20-25 years ago though!


nostr:npub12rwse898adw7ed00uk00t7959ecfdjefgdx949gnw32yzvfycp3saw9x8g
Not always 😁


nostr:npub15r6dtvee2ygyj36fn8h66k3ugk4d4n83l6cgcd7h3w46rrr2nhqqrgdd9a
No C: drive on Linux 😉


nostr:npub1p2kmzcvn258h8jsjwth3tmjq4sm6m7rzse2q33ww887z645lxddq3cxfnk nostr:npub1t4vh6ha9ksw8npaeynhdpagcrwyez8mvh62922z3n9jrkwtjpdus7pha2a
Never knew where to look.


😢😢😢 Just seen the news about Wake. So sad. Soooo sad.
RIP TIM. WE LOVED YOU.
#RedSox #Knuckle


Just don't tell the Borg!

https://fedimon.uk/system/media_attachments/files/111/160/075/878/072/604/original/54bd0fdcfc0fa01c.jpg


This day in 1967 was when BBC Radio 1 and 2 launched. I remember it well!


nostr:npub14evh9mm6wkzjx6ksm0ek58kv6t9vuxgp52r8ka8zvxxffgkq2efsqpm2c5
As it's Robusta (bought for this purpose) and I always brew Arabica it will definitely have to be an emergency if I need to use it!


I made the meme 😁
(Took 1kg of robusta.)

https://fedimon.uk/system/media_attachments/files/111/154/301/369/501/117/original/48099e9c05074100.jpg


nostr:npub1j8f05kghxschq375fdqxfw0k4u6kdx0cwjk88tay2rg4yp98k3uqgsv54x nostr:npub193ru8sfw6cy6m8txd58tlu0cchclvttgn6gja289swjl6kaa2wksamdvlz
I've heard that rumour but never experienced it myself. Congrats!


Just stop adulting. Do fun things instead.


nostr:npub1fcy7kvm9lduhdyl3d9s3erayh8fpsygd4padel4q9t08zgpn60ksnmnaqf
"Reinstate", not extend!


nostr:npub188mgzx9exf82wzykpyv90n34v4uanrqz4madkn2qvc03v0ts6uwq6tevkh
Schilling absolutely sucks for saying this. Wishing the best for Wake though.


nostr:npub1zwkg7lu2jk9jl9rpnrgtr65kew3dv3p7025q3wkp9heg9rh8vzmqguumym
/me asks myself whether I want to be reminded how old I am! 😉


Really can't face cooking or even just preparing so ordered in from place at bottom of the hill. Meep.


nostr:npub128suyw3uwsdne39hsxtme4tt2y8maw9h7ysw848h2ve2xvkq4ceq7eld2n
Yup. Just like everything else!


nostr:npub1wc2eydxthyuss6lmrnhum698lr9vdd9ul4730z7glsd8alj6gthqykzdyh
Woot. Once upon a time I'd have been all over that, but maybe not at quite that price. So useful.


nostr:npub1cnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqc5xm8p
That's probably why it was free. 🙄


nostr:npub1ej68dzernetvgqh3gpk006eh509jnmyzptwqcsr7y772vtf3j2dqpxpvaa
8Gb. Did wonder about the apparent 1-2-4-8 jumper though and whether all boards are actually manufactured alike. 😏


I buy batteries in bulk so that I never run out.

So why can I find 20+ different types BUT NOT THE ONE I NEED?! 😡


Considered buying the new Raspberry Pi 5...

For about three minutes. Now ordered.


Mussels in garlic and cream with homemade bread. And a glass of house red. Nomnom.


nostr:npub1mvsewkyr66jqnychxn944f3xn0fqzece6f70rg8uaptusx8cmtsqqf35k5 nostr:npub12ezq2wrjqgwc5wxazgnsv3fsukv7uylpzpp3yu7vurc72wam3rkqyeuyf6
indeed, but actually I didn't use the word 'actually' so I'm safe this time. 😁


Today is not the Thursday I expected it to be.


And now a FOURTH!

Something which at 12.30 showed as coming tomorrow then changed by 1pm to today between 1:30 and 4:30. Then changed to between 2pm and 4pm.
And was actually delivered at 1:30pm.

This is all feeling very ridiculous.


nostr:npub178h85fgemmdfrtwxq5uehw985m0ve7akcm60z9y5z845dd4hw5ds6rhyhr
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. Etc. 🤔


nostr:npub1zqfr7rglvjq852p2ezsgs7gjmu47ahmy5p969f9gk56k8rmazywqtg2a0w nostr:npub1knfjnmaxuz0gvvw76x6tkr2503nvl0hdx94yefsl7evmqxy8ahkqyrtu8j
Yeah. I refuse to be as old as my birth certificate says I must be.


I am, allegedly by the definition if not the fact, a 'boomer', so when I was switching between stations on the radio last night seeking something acceptable (as a change from my usual BBC Radio 3) I guess it's not too surprising that I discovered for the first time a station targeted at 'my' demographic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Radio


And now a third delivery of the early morning. Sheesh!


nostr:npub1kr85r3xf07he4ccf98a7826v3cafxmw4w88shjrrndp3304fgehqqxznpx
At least I am awake for *another* unannounced delivery seconds ago. WTF is going on today?


Not-previously-advised delivery at 0825 of item I'd not even been told was despatched. And it woke me up, dammit. Guess today is starting early.

I don't do early.


nostr:npub17s78wt94a8qxu35emcz4ra7x9vrvwef3a0l56762l4w4pnrtexwqvlrwra
Being entertaining is fine if you're winning, not so much when we're crap (again) though!


nostr:npub17s78wt94a8qxu35emcz4ra7x9vrvwef3a0l56762l4w4pnrtexwqvlrwra
Where's the Mercy rule when you need it?


nostr:npub1ulmk7rglm7y8cykt7h40zhwnhv9c37qxq5tnna3jqz4wjx52wd8q2whweg
Sounds like they didn't want a Chinese inventor to get the one million tag.


Oh *great*. Went into Waitrose at the weekend and, remembering that I've almost finished the current wine box* I bought a couple more of my usual.

Just got around to putting them away ... and found two spares already there. I really ought to keep track better!

(* Being on my own I usually buy boxes as they last longer as I'm usually a glass-a-day if wine, and they don't go off. Some days I'll have a beer, or a cider, or nothing!)


"This phone call could have been an e-mail! Why did you waste my time?"

"This e-mail could have been a phone call! Why did you waste my time?"

Da capo


nostr:npub1ulmk7rglm7y8cykt7h40zhwnhv9c37qxq5tnna3jqz4wjx52wd8q2whweg
:: select all ::
:: delete ::
If it was actually urgent, they'll phone. ;-p


nostr:npub1rv4738d6q3nxf24v4gmg4u7lh3udmarsttfzp7q0xttdlqk5ls3s65ft5j
I've just bought a new printer. It cost a *lot*. A set of inks costs 1/4 the cost of the printer. I feel guilty and sad at the same time.


Getting my accounts up to date - still have money in the bank, so yay!


nostr:npub1qxzqmzxalhfch6cfh0us2smhaarl3nkdh3ckjvz9gfcp8gl5xk5qaar9fm
The question though is are _they_ leaving (eg to move to a better job) or are they being _pushed_?


nostr:npub18yl523aft0stkww4vr3dqxxafwjve6x3vrvsfa4hla698zp8gdqqy0pegw
What exactly does that consist of? 😉


nostr:npub1qpahtf3xdd7xt3jx8njfuw6myx83te7v840wqjs8qehrwf5m6tkqe08cn2
"1yo at the time". Gee thanks for making me feel ancient! 😁


nostr:npub1qpahtf3xdd7xt3jx8njfuw6myx83te7v840wqjs8qehrwf5m6tkqe08cn2
Hmmn, ok. I'm now trying to work out when/where I first heard it. Being the disco babe I was it would have been early on.


nostr:npub1qpahtf3xdd7xt3jx8njfuw6myx83te7v840wqjs8qehrwf5m6tkqe08cn2
Released *as a single* in 76 but, iirc, the album it came from* was released in 75.
(* which I own but not to hand at this moment)


Not yet 6pm and already really dark. ::sadface::


CHOOSE #KDE

You know it just makes more sense.


nostr:npub128suyw3uwsdne39hsxtme4tt2y8maw9h7ysw848h2ve2xvkq4ceq7eld2n
I did. 🍕❤


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Time is the answer. As your skin wears and is replaced with new growth from below such detritus will eventually go. Not quick though.


nostr:npub1snww2kfuxxeelaflfcrtkykgdla58swk8u5vr7rgcjnlec0lwsuq2nc8mw
Feels.


nostr:npub1xz28zqwwmdfca2g9whfsvwvk2ee500rvspll28uwcjfwunu3s4hqum69v6
Men needed for the plot, yes. Men needed in women's lives, nope thanks.


Rules to live by #24321

https://fedimon.uk/system/media_attachments/files/111/081/895/757/573/011/original/092b42381a2c51a5.jpg


Mixed and proofed two batches of dough today. First is malted and rye for a loaf tonight, second was for pizza tomorrow.


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😢


nostr:npub1r472r6l048muneexp0tx0rmhdz890lq6t7ds30unknl40tm9udhsqswytr
Which, of course, is exactly the problem emphasised by FPTP. No way I want a continued Tory #NastyParty in power but that means I've effectively got to 'support' (sic) a Labour party which is, frankly, not a lot better (if at all?)
Damned  if we do, damned if we don't.


"Starmer insists there is 'no case' for rejoining EU"
The boy is an absolute fool. Brexit is a failure, as it was always going to be, and by not offering hope #Starmer is signing his and Labour's demise.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/sep/14/starmer-migration-channel-crossings-eu-labour-tackle-people-smuggling-europol-tory-rishi-sunak-humza-yousaf-scotland-china-security-intelligence-uk-politics-latest


nostr:npub17gek9gagnhd2y6068aegka672zu2g5jf7nx040m4spclmrldxmmsvehgsu
Was wearing mine yesterday. Nice shade of grey!