A Lady Bear
@bearfacedlady.bsky.social
Cat Food Letterbox Day is the best thing I've ever done. Librarian, awful lefty liberal, booming soprano. Council estate and proud.
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A friend has just pointed out that it's NINE years, not eight. Fucking hell.
AAAAAAAEEEEEEERRREUUUUURRRRGGGGGHHHHHH
Work's doing my head in.
Work's doing my head in.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
AAAAAAAEEEEEEERRREUUUUURRRRGGGGGHHHHHH
Work's doing my head in.
Work's doing my head in.
I've woken up with Paul Young's* Love of The Common People in my head. Ooh my mum loved a bit of Paul Young.
*yes I know it is a cover, hush now and leave it be.
*yes I know it is a cover, hush now and leave it be.
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I've woken up with Paul Young's* Love of The Common People in my head. Ooh my mum loved a bit of Paul Young.
*yes I know it is a cover, hush now and leave it be.
*yes I know it is a cover, hush now and leave it be.
My mate went to the doctors to ask for either an increase in her antidepressant dosage, or to try a different one. The doctor told her to listen to Sarah Cox's podcast instead. I mean, full respect to the mighty Cox, but COME ON.
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My mate went to the doctors to ask for either an increase in her antidepressant dosage, or to try a different one. The doctor told her to listen to Sarah Cox's podcast instead. I mean, full respect to the mighty Cox, but COME ON.
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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
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Thank you to everyone who credited the original UK outrage calendar. As ever, the calendar is kept under review. For example, both September's events are in jeopardy after a poor showing for the past couple of years, while confected Proms rage also seems to have subsided for now.
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you to everyone who credited the original UK outrage calendar. As ever, the calendar is kept under review. For example, both September's events are in jeopardy after a poor showing for the past couple of years, while confected Proms rage also seems to have subsided for now.
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*approaching cheese section in supermarket* oh I see. The fucking part timers have turned up because it's Christmas. Fuck you. Fuck YOU. I'm here getting stilton every damn day of the year and you useless fucks come along in November and want fucking APRICOTS in it. You SAVAGES. You SCUM.
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
*approaching cheese section in supermarket* oh I see. The fucking part timers have turned up because it's Christmas. Fuck you. Fuck YOU. I'm here getting stilton every damn day of the year and you useless fucks come along in November and want fucking APRICOTS in it. You SAVAGES. You SCUM.
Christopher Fairbank | Actor, Soundtrack
Known for: The Fifth Element, Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien³
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November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Today’s weekend read pulls together all of Mill Media’s reporting on one of the UK’s most prominent new movements: flag raising 🧵
livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...
livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
livpost.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Today’s weekend read pulls together all of Mill Media’s reporting on one of the UK’s most prominent new movements: flag raising 🧵
livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...
livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Super lovely day with @cynderness.bsky.social with bonus @chrisbrosnahan.com Bien.
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Super lovely day with @cynderness.bsky.social with bonus @chrisbrosnahan.com Bien.
Start HRT, get the most painful period in years. FML.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Start HRT, get the most painful period in years. FML.
Went to a 50th birthday party last night. It was immense. Going to bed now.
October 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Went to a 50th birthday party last night. It was immense. Going to bed now.
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It’s quite interesting spending the morning hearing about the importance of open information, open data, open infrastructure, open software - at the same time as the AWS outage perfectly highlights the risks of digital enclosure and the consolidation of infrastructure!
Massive AWS outage takes down Reddit, Snapchat, Alexa, Ring and much of the internet – all the latest updates live
An AWS earthquake has given the internet a very bad day
www.techradar.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It’s quite interesting spending the morning hearing about the importance of open information, open data, open infrastructure, open software - at the same time as the AWS outage perfectly highlights the risks of digital enclosure and the consolidation of infrastructure!
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🎶And you may find yourself protesting beside David Byrne
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"🎶
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"🎶
October 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🎶And you may find yourself protesting beside David Byrne
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"🎶
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"🎶
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[Exit pursued by a bear.]
October 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
[Exit pursued by a bear.]
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Dulce et decorum est pro ChatGPT mori.
dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Dulce et decorum est pro ChatGPT mori.
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False dichotomy. My position is that "AI" is a deliberately diffuse marketing term pushed by commercial companies so that consumers confuse machine learning (very useful for e.g. tumour detection) with large language models (moderately useful in /very limited/ usecases)...
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
False dichotomy. My position is that "AI" is a deliberately diffuse marketing term pushed by commercial companies so that consumers confuse machine learning (very useful for e.g. tumour detection) with large language models (moderately useful in /very limited/ usecases)...
It's my birthday! The Chap made me breakfast in bed, Tabby The Random Cat came in for cuddles, and later we're off to That London for dinner at Mildred's, followed by a play at Soho Theatre. I'm a very happy 48 year old.
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It's my birthday! The Chap made me breakfast in bed, Tabby The Random Cat came in for cuddles, and later we're off to That London for dinner at Mildred's, followed by a play at Soho Theatre. I'm a very happy 48 year old.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
@janjonesauthor.bsky.social Thank you for the card 💗
October 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@janjonesauthor.bsky.social Thank you for the card 💗
There is something to be said for having a boyfriend who did most of the parenting alone for years. He makes excellent packed lunches, and I am reaping that reward.
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There is something to be said for having a boyfriend who did most of the parenting alone for years. He makes excellent packed lunches, and I am reaping that reward.
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The bold font seems to me vaguely threatening.
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The bold font seems to me vaguely threatening.
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"Do you still get paid in Roubles Ted?"
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October 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"Do you still get paid in Roubles Ted?"
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The Elsevier invoice arrived."
"The Elsevier invoice arrived."
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Licensing error. TRADOS terminating."
"Licensing error. TRADOS terminating."
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The card wasn't blocked"
"The card wasn't blocked"
October 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The Elsevier invoice arrived."
"The Elsevier invoice arrived."
We got up early to go to a car boot sale our friend was doing. I haven't been to one in decades. I can confirm they are just as shit as I remember and not worth getting up early on a Sunday for.
October 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We got up early to go to a car boot sale our friend was doing. I haven't been to one in decades. I can confirm they are just as shit as I remember and not worth getting up early on a Sunday for.
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."