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Kathryn Rose

@artsyhonker.bsky.social

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composer, gardener, hedge-botherer, immigrant, locavore, neurodivergent, chaser after the wind, pastoral assistant, high liturgy, high chaos, has a profile that's just a bunch of descriptors separated by commas, she/they

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · Apr 4

OK people are talking about #gardening as a response to economic crisis and I see we are doing the "subsistence agriculture is hard, actually" disk horse again and I have a *bunch* of thoughts on this which I am going to put into a thread here so my ADHD brain will let me do the next task. 1/?

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 13m

I can't tell whether the corduroy has less plastic than the microsuede and but my instinct would be camel corduroy

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 1h

I'm more of a crochet type, but I am considering crocheting some of the patches I use for mending, and also considering crocheting a bunch of wool patches to winterise a pair of my trousers. Easier than making trousers from scratch.

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 2h

If waiting lists for trans healthcare are measured in *years* and only over-75s are eligible for free COVID vaccines then we aren't currently far off an RFK junior style NHS anyway.

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 2h

Meanwhile under Labour the NHS is functionally withholding treatments that do work, and under current Tories or Reform that might easily get worse.

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 2h

I will probably vote green next time because I am really not convinced our Labour MP here (flown in at the last minute before previous election) is going to do better for us than greens, who came second last time. I don't feel like voting Labour here keeps Tories out,but greens *might*.

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 2h

I think voting Labour if you have an actually decent Labour & Co-Op MP might still be excusable, esp. if your other options are grim, but I would want at this point to know why that MP is still in Labour given what the party is doing more generally.

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 2h

NB this is entirely vibes-based, I haven't gone digging. But their leader is on bluesky.

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 2h

I haven't seen much of that for ages and I think they're one of the only parties that is explicitly pro trans rights so if some of the party membership still want to treat their minor medical crap with magic water I can probably live with that even if I think it's silly?

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 7h

I hope Smol is back to himself soon.

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 7h

In a folder with whatever work stuff you were doing at the time, or possibly house stuff that isn't filed yet

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 16h

But have you ridden in "moldy stressful" situations?

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 18h

People claim you can cook baked potatoes in the microwave (stab with fork first) but I have never been convinced by the texture, the peels don't go properly crispy.

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 18h

If you precook some sausages you could reheat them and have sausage sandwiches

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 18h

Also I tend toward tortilla wraps because they don't take up a lot of packing space and the shop bought ones, at least, aren't completely ruined by a microwave. I would not generally microwave a bagel or a slice of bread.

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 18h

If I could bring one kitchen thing to this setup it would probably be an electric kettle though. They are standard in hotel rooms here which means things like couscous and ramen become trivial and if you want to really mess about you can even manage pasta.

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 18h

I do not recommend trying to make toast in microwave, baked beans will absolutely heat up just fine though.

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 18h

Honestly there are a lot of variations on "put some stuff on a tortilla wrap and add some cheese and nuke it for about one minute" which are pretty good. Kindof like an open quesadilla but soggier. I realise I'm not really selling it, here.

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 18h

Microwave:
- "scrambled" eggs in a glass bowl
- ...I wouldn't try poached eggs honestly, my results have been poor
- tortilla wrap, tinned baked beans, cheddar cheese, nuke
- wrap, sliced mushrooms, spinach leaves, mozzarella
- porridge (it'll overflow, use a bigger bowl than you think you need)

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 19h

Non-microwave:
- granola bars (make or buy in advance)
- Muesli that goes heavy on the nuts and dried fruit
- peanut butter and jam (or salmon and cream cheese if you feel fancy) in tortilla wraps
- yoghurt and fresh fruit (are you still drowning in apples? I am still drowning in apples)

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 19h

It's possible, but do be careful you don't end up with superheated water that essentially explodes when you stick a spoon in it

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 19h

Seconding this

Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 2d

necks were a mistake

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 2d

Really? Did anyone who was paying attention actually believe that Hunt's cuts to NI were affordable? And if the OBR's assumptions about productivity have always looked optimistic, why base your fiscal strategy on them?

Reeves and her ministerial colleagues privately grumble that the OBR could and should have reviewed its productivity forecasts earlier. If it had done so while the Conservatives were still in power, Jeremy Hunt's pre-election cuts to national insurance contributions might have looked unaffordable.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

As I said a couple hours ago about a different fake video, you don't need to feel stupid if you fell for it.

The entire internet is drowning in this AI shit. And there's no easy solution. We're just fucking cooked as a society.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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