tinymattresses
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a keen sense of the absurd, a passion for books and less than stellar motor skills. Everyone deserves respect. (she/her)
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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I couldn't have come up with this in my wildest parodies of Labour.
Reeves asks banks to praise her plans as they escape Budget tax raid on.ft.com/3KjmNae
Reeves asks banks to praise her plans as they escape Budget tax raid
Chancellor is under pressure from some Labour MPs to raise levies on business this week
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I couldn't have come up with this in my wildest parodies of Labour.
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There's no British Thanksgiving because we've never thanked anyone for anything and we're not gonna start now.
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
There's no British Thanksgiving because we've never thanked anyone for anything and we're not gonna start now.
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
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Women are more likely than men to be doing the Christmas chores
% doing ALL of the job
Doing present shopping: 46% of women vs 14% of men
Putting up decorations: 34% vs 10%
Food shopping: 38% vs 16%
Cooking the main meal: 27% vs 12%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
% doing ALL of the job
Doing present shopping: 46% of women vs 14% of men
Putting up decorations: 34% vs 10%
Food shopping: 38% vs 16%
Cooking the main meal: 27% vs 12%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Women are more likely than men to be doing the Christmas chores
% doing ALL of the job
Doing present shopping: 46% of women vs 14% of men
Putting up decorations: 34% vs 10%
Food shopping: 38% vs 16%
Cooking the main meal: 27% vs 12%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
% doing ALL of the job
Doing present shopping: 46% of women vs 14% of men
Putting up decorations: 34% vs 10%
Food shopping: 38% vs 16%
Cooking the main meal: 27% vs 12%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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A helpful guide
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A helpful guide
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This is a key point. Where I'm hearing people praising/using AI in healthcare, education and therapy settings it's not because AI makes their work more inclusive, rigorous, ethical, or engaging. It's because they're so overwhelmed they want to offset as much work as possible just to keep swimming.
There is one more post to be written here, about how AI is now often an austerity technology, inserted into a human process to compensate for the fact that there is just not enough time and money, and many workers are expected to do more and more with less and less.
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is a key point. Where I'm hearing people praising/using AI in healthcare, education and therapy settings it's not because AI makes their work more inclusive, rigorous, ethical, or engaging. It's because they're so overwhelmed they want to offset as much work as possible just to keep swimming.
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
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Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Appeared in Armley, Leeds (Rachel Reeves’ constituency)
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Appeared in Armley, Leeds (Rachel Reeves’ constituency)
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We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
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"because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people" is how he finished that sentence
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people" is how he finished that sentence
Really LOVE the OBR peddling the myth that Landlords create homes
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Really LOVE the OBR peddling the myth that Landlords create homes
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Leeds — Peter Mitchell, 1980s
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Leeds — Peter Mitchell, 1980s
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Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
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In niche mashup news I completely forgot I’d done a Stranger Things intro in the style of Round the Twist last season. Enjoy.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In niche mashup news I completely forgot I’d done a Stranger Things intro in the style of Round the Twist last season. Enjoy.
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A friend of my dad was an extra in Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A friend of my dad was an extra in Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
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I’m certain of very few things in life, but one of them is that I could do a better voice for Kermit the Frog than whoever they’ve got doing it nowadays.
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I’m certain of very few things in life, but one of them is that I could do a better voice for Kermit the Frog than whoever they’ve got doing it nowadays.
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The US regime is trying to export its culture wars again. We should be clear: in our jurisdiction human rights standards, based on dignity and autonomy – not the whims of Christian nationalists – mean that abortion is healthcare.
US designates NHS abortions as human rights violation
Trump administration will also crack down on sex change treatments for minors and hate speech arrests
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The US regime is trying to export its culture wars again. We should be clear: in our jurisdiction human rights standards, based on dignity and autonomy – not the whims of Christian nationalists – mean that abortion is healthcare.
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Prepping for teaching, and I'm appalled to discover how *little* detailed research exists on the Bristol Bus Boycott.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Prepping for teaching, and I'm appalled to discover how *little* detailed research exists on the Bristol Bus Boycott.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.