Jo Kershaw
@mthrjo.bsky.social
Priest, mediaevalist, geek, Scot. All views personal. She/ her
I’m a little bit north of you and it is very soggy indeed.
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I’m a little bit north of you and it is very soggy indeed.
I mean, honestly, it often doesn’t rain that hard. It’s just it goes on all day (though according to the forecast today it will be dry after eleven today).
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I mean, honestly, it often doesn’t rain that hard. It’s just it goes on all day (though according to the forecast today it will be dry after eleven today).
Honestly, I’m surprised (it is nonetheless raining right now)
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Honestly, I’m surprised (it is nonetheless raining right now)
I don’t think people are praising it as a literary masterpiece
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I don’t think people are praising it as a literary masterpiece
and you also waste a phenomenal amount of time dealing with it, too. Family and friends in the US have spent hours of their life querying bills, arguing with the insurance when they refuse to pay for things, etc.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
and you also waste a phenomenal amount of time dealing with it, too. Family and friends in the US have spent hours of their life querying bills, arguing with the insurance when they refuse to pay for things, etc.
It’s really bad (and it was worse before Obamacare, and will be worse again)
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
It’s really bad (and it was worse before Obamacare, and will be worse again)
Mind you, it looks like the Pennines will be one of the drier bits of the country today (despite heavy rain this morning).
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Mind you, it looks like the Pennines will be one of the drier bits of the country today (despite heavy rain this morning).
I think so. I’m getting a mechanic to check it over, though.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I think so. I’m getting a mechanic to check it over, though.
Oof, yeah, that’s scary stuff.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oof, yeah, that’s scary stuff.
That said, they were really efficient in orthopaedics too, and I would have rightly been low priority there.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
That said, they were really efficient in orthopaedics too, and I would have rightly been low priority there.
Thanks! I’m not entirely sure what happened but I think it was a pothole.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thanks! I’m not entirely sure what happened but I think it was a pothole.
I was extremely lucky, really! But the hospital were great (mind you I think if there’s a possibility of brain injury you get bumped right up in triage even if you are walking wounded).
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I was extremely lucky, really! But the hospital were great (mind you I think if there’s a possibility of brain injury you get bumped right up in triage even if you are walking wounded).
I think we’re all baffled that Dan is still alive tbh
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I think we’re all baffled that Dan is still alive tbh
That’s a far-right/ far-right adjacent thing. For some reason they have decided that referring to the U.K. is unbritish.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
That’s a far-right/ far-right adjacent thing. For some reason they have decided that referring to the U.K. is unbritish.
Yeah, but it’s not like the American understanding of “middle class” is any more coherent. It’s just useless in a different way.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yeah, but it’s not like the American understanding of “middle class” is any more coherent. It’s just useless in a different way.
Probably because there’s more potato in it than leek?
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Probably because there’s more potato in it than leek?