Ribs Norman
@ribsnorman.bsky.social
Off to a standup gig in London. Already managed to lose a carrot and we all know that tea will be scalding until 9pm.
January 28, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Off to a standup gig in London. Already managed to lose a carrot and we all know that tea will be scalding until 9pm.
It’s all up my nails. I do not like it.
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour #ADHDBrain #LabLife #SensoryIssues
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour #ADHDBrain #LabLife #SensoryIssues
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
It’s all up my nails. I do not like it.
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour #ADHDBrain #LabLife #SensoryIssues
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour #ADHDBrain #LabLife #SensoryIssues
Future Me will be pleased. Current Me is filling 200 tiny pots of salt.
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ADHDBrain #ItsNotAllGlamour #LabLife #SatisfyingJobs
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ADHDBrain #ItsNotAllGlamour #LabLife #SatisfyingJobs
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Future Me will be pleased. Current Me is filling 200 tiny pots of salt.
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ADHDBrain #ItsNotAllGlamour #LabLife #SatisfyingJobs
#SchoolScienceTechnician #ADHDBrain #ItsNotAllGlamour #LabLife #SatisfyingJobs
Sometimes it is all glamour. School staff gig: gold jumpsuit, perfect green room snacks, and all rounded off with fat chips back at home.
#ItsNotAllGlamour #ScienceTechnician #StaffComedy #WomenInSTEM #BehindTheScenes
#ItsNotAllGlamour #ScienceTechnician #StaffComedy #WomenInSTEM #BehindTheScenes
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Sometimes it is all glamour. School staff gig: gold jumpsuit, perfect green room snacks, and all rounded off with fat chips back at home.
#ItsNotAllGlamour #ScienceTechnician #StaffComedy #WomenInSTEM #BehindTheScenes
#ItsNotAllGlamour #ScienceTechnician #StaffComedy #WomenInSTEM #BehindTheScenes
Child is making a cake. Asked where the piping bag was. I have just received this photo of it with the caption: "Literally prehistoric."
To be fair, it does look pretty manky. Quite glad the cake isn't gluten free…
To be fair, it does look pretty manky. Quite glad the cake isn't gluten free…
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Child is making a cake. Asked where the piping bag was. I have just received this photo of it with the caption: "Literally prehistoric."
To be fair, it does look pretty manky. Quite glad the cake isn't gluten free…
To be fair, it does look pretty manky. Quite glad the cake isn't gluten free…
Put the dog's food in the bowl and then Hand-of-Doomed it all over the floor. I'm calling it enrichment. (Weird name for a dog, I know.)
January 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Put the dog's food in the bowl and then Hand-of-Doomed it all over the floor. I'm calling it enrichment. (Weird name for a dog, I know.)
I have just tried to eat a tea bag. It seems I put it in my Huel pot and not my tea mug. I think I might be a bit tired.
January 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I have just tried to eat a tea bag. It seems I put it in my Huel pot and not my tea mug. I think I might be a bit tired.
Fast plants. Slow camera. Lettuce showing off how water moves through leaves.
#ScienceTechnician
#PlantScience
#Timelapse
#STEMTok
#ItsNotAllGlamour
#ScienceTechnician
#PlantScience
#Timelapse
#STEMTok
#ItsNotAllGlamour
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Fast plants. Slow camera. Lettuce showing off how water moves through leaves.
#ScienceTechnician
#PlantScience
#Timelapse
#STEMTok
#ItsNotAllGlamour
#ScienceTechnician
#PlantScience
#Timelapse
#STEMTok
#ItsNotAllGlamour
Left alone in a lift and I can't help myself. Please tell me this isn’t just me. Echolalia… echolalia… echo…
#ItsNotAllGlamour #Echolalia #Neurodivergent #ScienceTech #WorkplaceHumour
#ItsNotAllGlamour #Echolalia #Neurodivergent #ScienceTech #WorkplaceHumour
January 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Left alone in a lift and I can't help myself. Please tell me this isn’t just me. Echolalia… echolalia… echo…
#ItsNotAllGlamour #Echolalia #Neurodivergent #ScienceTech #WorkplaceHumour
#ItsNotAllGlamour #Echolalia #Neurodivergent #ScienceTech #WorkplaceHumour
Warm hands, cold heart. No late requests approved today!
(Clearly a lie, I am a people pleaser.)
(Clearly a lie, I am a people pleaser.)
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Warm hands, cold heart. No late requests approved today!
(Clearly a lie, I am a people pleaser.)
(Clearly a lie, I am a people pleaser.)
Turns out I'm the only gluten-free staff member, so I get all the pies!
#GlutenFree #MincePies #SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour
#GlutenFree #MincePies #SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Turns out I'm the only gluten-free staff member, so I get all the pies!
#GlutenFree #MincePies #SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour
#GlutenFree #MincePies #SchoolScienceTechnician #ItsNotAllGlamour
Been busy in the workshop today. There may have been some swearing at the Cricut…
#ConicalFlask #earrings #MakerLife #cricut #ItsNotAllGlamour
#ConicalFlask #earrings #MakerLife #cricut #ItsNotAllGlamour
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Been busy in the workshop today. There may have been some swearing at the Cricut…
#ConicalFlask #earrings #MakerLife #cricut #ItsNotAllGlamour
#ConicalFlask #earrings #MakerLife #cricut #ItsNotAllGlamour
The worst noise in the world? The "I don't know what is making that sound" noise.
I swear I'd relax if someone told me it's just a murderer sharpening his axe.
I swear I'd relax if someone told me it's just a murderer sharpening his axe.
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The worst noise in the world? The "I don't know what is making that sound" noise.
I swear I'd relax if someone told me it's just a murderer sharpening his axe.
I swear I'd relax if someone told me it's just a murderer sharpening his axe.
I just said this to a colleague: "Chopped one of those brains up - I thought it was actually pretty firm." Not something you say every day.
#SchoolScienceTechnician #NotAllGlamour #SciencePrep #LabLife #TechnicianLife #STEMBehindTheScenes
#SchoolScienceTechnician #NotAllGlamour #SciencePrep #LabLife #TechnicianLife #STEMBehindTheScenes
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I just said this to a colleague: "Chopped one of those brains up - I thought it was actually pretty firm." Not something you say every day.
#SchoolScienceTechnician #NotAllGlamour #SciencePrep #LabLife #TechnicianLife #STEMBehindTheScenes
#SchoolScienceTechnician #NotAllGlamour #SciencePrep #LabLife #TechnicianLife #STEMBehindTheScenes
On Thursday he ate 5 autumn leaves, but he was still hungry.
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
On Thursday he ate 5 autumn leaves, but he was still hungry.
On Thursday he ate 5 autumn leaves, but he was still hungry.
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
On Thursday he ate 5 autumn leaves, but he was still hungry.
I've inadvertently made an autistic puppet - she cannot make eye contact! And I'm allowed to say this because I am autistic :)
#autistic #audhd #adhd #eyecontact #puppet
#autistic #audhd #adhd #eyecontact #puppet
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've inadvertently made an autistic puppet - she cannot make eye contact! And I'm allowed to say this because I am autistic :)
#autistic #audhd #adhd #eyecontact #puppet
#autistic #audhd #adhd #eyecontact #puppet
Had to prep for flower dissections next week but the budget is, as ever, non-existent. So I went bindweed-hunting down a suspicious-looking alley on my cycle route. Found some promising blooms: free, trumpet-shaped, and just waiting to be dissected. Education on a shoestring.
June 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Had to prep for flower dissections next week but the budget is, as ever, non-existent. So I went bindweed-hunting down a suspicious-looking alley on my cycle route. Found some promising blooms: free, trumpet-shaped, and just waiting to be dissected. Education on a shoestring.
Our birds have been bathing in a filthy gutter for weeks. Felt bad. My son got me a proper bird bath (very thoughtful). Assembled it—no instructions, of course. But where should it go? Shade or sun? Near the old gutter spot? What would you want if you were a sparrow?
June 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Our birds have been bathing in a filthy gutter for weeks. Felt bad. My son got me a proper bird bath (very thoughtful). Assembled it—no instructions, of course. But where should it go? Shade or sun? Near the old gutter spot? What would you want if you were a sparrow?
Adventures in microbiology: today I pressure-cooked some E coli plates. Four alarms, one dodgy test strip, a bag of goo, and it's finally in the bin. Science is glamorous - if you like the smell of warm agar and the sound of endless alarms.
June 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Adventures in microbiology: today I pressure-cooked some E coli plates. Four alarms, one dodgy test strip, a bag of goo, and it's finally in the bin. Science is glamorous - if you like the smell of warm agar and the sound of endless alarms.
Forgot I had a science practical to prep. Only 50 minutes to get it ready. Got a trolley and prepared to race around the prep room… turns out the only item was dice. Now what to do with the other 49 minutes?
June 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Forgot I had a science practical to prep. Only 50 minutes to get it ready. Got a trolley and prepared to race around the prep room… turns out the only item was dice. Now what to do with the other 49 minutes?
Yes, I'm wearing two dresses at the same time, creating a bold double-puff sleeve look. It's a fashion statement that declares: "I simply cannot regulate my body temperature in a room that's just 18 degrees Celsius."
November 26, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Yes, I'm wearing two dresses at the same time, creating a bold double-puff sleeve look. It's a fashion statement that declares: "I simply cannot regulate my body temperature in a room that's just 18 degrees Celsius."
I can’t wait for December 1st! I’ve got a brand-new fake Lego advent calendar, and I’ll be posting about it daily. So, if you’re not into Lego*, Christmas**, or me***, consider muting.
*Are we even friends?
**It’s not Christmas-themed, just 24 windows of joy.
***Why are you even here?
*Are we even friends?
**It’s not Christmas-themed, just 24 windows of joy.
***Why are you even here?
November 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM
I can’t wait for December 1st! I’ve got a brand-new fake Lego advent calendar, and I’ll be posting about it daily. So, if you’re not into Lego*, Christmas**, or me***, consider muting.
*Are we even friends?
**It’s not Christmas-themed, just 24 windows of joy.
***Why are you even here?
*Are we even friends?
**It’s not Christmas-themed, just 24 windows of joy.
***Why are you even here?
When I lived as an ex-pat in Helsinki, my trips home always meant stocking up on Marmite, Yorkshire Tea, and Sarson's. It seems the French take a different approach...
November 24, 2024 at 8:26 AM
When I lived as an ex-pat in Helsinki, my trips home always meant stocking up on Marmite, Yorkshire Tea, and Sarson's. It seems the French take a different approach...
I'm scanning family paperwork and came across this list of my mum's. I'm aghast at how much was allocated to my grammar school uniform. And I love the final entry - you're worth it, mum. #familyhistory
November 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I'm scanning family paperwork and came across this list of my mum's. I'm aghast at how much was allocated to my grammar school uniform. And I love the final entry - you're worth it, mum. #familyhistory