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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · Jul 31

UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.

We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.

@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.

Please share and reply with ideas 🙂

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 10h

Don't do that, I thought it was an RIP

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 10h

I have done 840 miles since Mum went into hospital. Two more days will take me to 912

Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 21h

Mum & Dad have a release date, Friday 🎉

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 20h

Perhaps even Andrew.

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 20h

The vet is the only service provider I get a service from and then approach the till with no idea what the cost is

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 21h

Mum & Dad have a release date, Friday 🎉

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ADHD Pathfinding @adhdpathfinding.org.uk · 1d

Clinicians with ADHD understand the system from both sides: patient and practitioner.

But they’re almost never included in service design or contract discussions. Their insight could make services fairer, safer, and more user-centred.

📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 14 of 31

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 3d

Posting me from a different era

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UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com · 3d

UKGovCamp Birmingham: Join Us!

UKGovCamp is happening on 17 Jan 2026. If you work in gov and haven’t attended, now’s the time!

Leaders in policy, operations, and diversity, please share with your teams, connect with colleagues, and help spread the word! Contact us to get involved.

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

Beetroot 😖
Children of the corn 🌽
Any of the ‘old men singing about young girls becoming women’ genre e.g. Girl You’ll Be a Woman Soon

Ka81 @ka81.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

- I never refuse food but dislike salmon
- Dreams of a Life (Everyone should watch once but entirely heartbreaking)
- Sweet Caroline (As Caroline it's really creepy)

Heather @iamhthr.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

- Coconut
- Requiem for a Dream
- Rockstar by Nickleback

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 4d

Still waiting for the care package and Mum is having to restrain Dad from hitchhiking home from Bridport 👍

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 4d

“Socks don’t need pairing,” said Helen. “If an identical pair comes together again by accident, that’s simply universal serendipity.” Rachel McLean, Millie Ravensworth The Swimming Club

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 5d

We will have an outside area when we move in November. I have bought some lights

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 5d

“So many interactions seem to take no account of the anxiety that they might induce.” With both parents in hospital at the moment- THIS

Matt Ballantine @ballantine70.bsky.social · 5d

#weeknotes time... mmitii.mattballantine.com/2025/10/10/w...

@weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

Weeknote 751: Italia

This week I have learned: Venice really is bloody remarkable, isn’t it? My third visit and as spellbinding as ever. Sometimes, being involved in new business development work is like Whack-a-…

mmitii.mattballantine.com

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ADHD Pathfinding @adhdpathfinding.org.uk · 6d

ADHD waiting lists are often just spreadsheets. Literally. No severity rating. No link between Trusts. No shared database.

A 21st century health system run on 1990s admin tools. Patients wait years while the data stays a mess.

📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 9 of 31

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 7d

My recent calls
8:44 Dad called worried about Mum, 8:45 I called Mum who is fed up because she is having to wait for a nurse then telling me she is ok and busy eating breakfast and ordering food for tomorrow. 8:53 Ring Dad back. Will be interesting when they have to wait for a carer to arrive next week

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ADHD Pathfinding @adhdpathfinding.org.uk · 7d

Many ADHD referrals still don’t use the NHS electronic referral system (eRS).

The system exists but isn’t required. That means missing data, lost referrals, and no clear picture of demand across regions.

📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 8 of 31

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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 8d

Wish more doctors would upskill on ADHD so that many people (like myself) didn't have to spend years on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds that didn't actually improve things that much, and instead delayed the correct treatment of the issue.

A decade of my life on bad meds was wasted time.

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 8d

Naw thanks Jamie

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 8d

It has been lovely driving over to Bridport each day but a 40 mile round trip is a lot

The view from Abbotsbury Hill over the Fleet Lagoon, Chesil Beach, Portland and the Channel

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 8d

Mum & Dad have been told that they will be able to come home once their care package has been put in place, sometime between Thursday and Tuesday next week.

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Shaun Conner @sconner.net · 8d

VoiceOver on iOS doesn't have a Welsh voice synthesiser, so Welsh content is announced in English, making it completely inaccessible to Welsh screen reader users. Essentially, Welsh screen reader users who do not speak English will not be able to use any iOS apps. Are there any workarounds?

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ADHD Pathfinding @adhdpathfinding.org.uk · 8d

ADHD referrals are rarely triaged by severity. Everyone just goes into one long queue.

A person in crisis waits the same as someone stable. It’s unsafe and unfair, and it makes early help impossible.

📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 7 of 31

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 9d

Sharon’s law of socks
- Buy 3 packs of 5 M&S black socks with patterned soles
- Wear them but always odds (spots with stripes)
- Put them away in a drawer without sorting or matching them
- Throw away any which develop holes or bare patches
- Buy another pack & add them to the beautiful chaos

Five pairs of black socks with multicoloured soles

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Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · 10d

I caught these geese as they flew away

Ten geese flying away from the camera in a line

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