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@pipofsuffolk.bsky.social

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Loves life's awkward questions~Catholic Anglican~Loved by God, as are you~ CofE ordinand Spoonie/AuDHD #faithfullylgbt 🏳️‍⚧️ affirming she/they Stuff here represents my views, not those of my employer. I admin the #CofEPeeps feed. Say hi or msg to be added!

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 34m

A bit niche I realise, but it’s astonishing the difference between a Blackwing pencil and the Staedtlers I used for years. I’ve had one sat in a pot for years but took it out to use recently, and my hands don’t cramp at all when I write with it. Will look at getting a spare.

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1h

H thought I was mad the other day when I said cats’ positions could be described as bread shapes, so I have just waggled this in her face 😁 “Look, other people do this too!”

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1h

I initially misread this as ‘foraging soup’ which, I suppose, is theoretically possible depending on what they do with what they find 😁

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1h

Please forgive my ignorance, but is the difference where the emphasis is placed? Initially I thought the way we pronounced it in the UK was the same, but there is a subtle difference. We say each part with the same emphasis, whereas in the US emphasis is on the first syllable?

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1h

They are indeed. I’ve now also blocked them. Sometimes the only explanation is people like to think they are more intelligent than other people.

Thousands of people think a their ‘obvious’ answer isn’t obvious, but that forces the person to consider they might be wrong, and they won’t.

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 3h

I’d love to say this was subtweet but I think most of us get asked intrusive questions so often, it isn’t.

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 3h

Louder for the folks at the back:

Disabled people, especially strangers, don’t exist to educate you on every area of their lives you don’t understand because you aren’t prepared to a do some reading.

#DisabledSky

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 3h

No, I know the answers but I have boundaries that don’t involve doing emotional and practical labour for those who could look it up themselves. Disabled people don’t exist to educate you.

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Sarah Douglas @sarahdouglas22.bsky.social · 3h

How critical are we of the published material that we use with our children's groups and in schools? Three cautionary tales (all from a C of E context!) #CofEPeeps meristemweb.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/j...

Just because it’s published…

“I’m on the rota for the children’s group at church tomorrow,” said my friend Louise, one Saturday evening when we were round for supper. “I’d better have a look at the scheme and see what I’m mean…

meristemweb.wordpress.com

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 17h

The relaxed sigh 🥹

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t think this person wants to understand, to be honest. I know folks who use the scheme and it makes total sense for them - disabled people can do maths too 😉 But it is more complex than an ordinary lease, so if someone isn’t prepared to do some reading to understand it, they won’t.

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 17h

Disabled folks can and do make informed, savvy financially choices. They don’t have to justify them publically.

You’re very welcome to educate yourself about why schemes like Mobility exist and are good fit for some by doing some reading - the Mobility Scheme website gives detailed information.

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

The trees are really beginning to glow!

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

People don’t realise that with with Motability you pay the same deposit as you would for any other leased vehicle. Every time the lease renews.

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

Louder for the people at the back.

Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 1d

“Rather than giving people “free cars”, the Motability scheme allows disabled people to use their PIP to lease new cars for 3 years.”

My colleagues Rowena Mason and @guardianheather.bsky.social report with a disclaimer every media outlet should be using tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Chancellor says she ‘can’t leave welfare untouched’ this parliament as budget looms

Rachel Reeves understood to be eyeing cuts to Motability scheme as she tries to plug hole in country’s finances

www.theguardian.com

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

What a joy it was this evening watching a black bloke leading a segment in the garden he shared with his husband, talking about the veggies he grew that his grandfather from Jamaica had also grown, and about training to be a therapist and the benefits to wellbeing the garden gave him.

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

Once upon a time, Gardeners World was so prim and proper people would complain about presenter’s own cats appearing in the background of their garden, and a woman presenting was frowned about.

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

On Gardeners World this evening there was a lovely gay man talking about his love of gardening and how it had helped him come to appreciate who was as a person. I also enjoyed his description of dahlias: “I am just tending to my dahlias…they are the drag queens of the flowerbeds.”

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

Us too - we tested as it felt so like it. H has just had two weeks off plus antibiotics. I think my steroid inhaler saved me from the worst. It is *nasty*.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

“Blah,” said Toad.

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you begin to feel better soon. There are some very nasty bugs locally, here.

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, that’s fair! There are lots of ways you can use theology - all of life in theological.

Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

Do check in on your friends and family who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. It’s a deeply unsettling time.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 8d

Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 2d

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 2d

Year end accounts submission

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 7d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Sir Gilbert Scott restoration.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 7d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Manuscript lost in fire.