Claudia Kozeny-Pelling
@claudiatranslates.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Claudia. 🙂 Originally from Germany; based in Oxford since '97.
Marketing translations (DipTrans MCIL) ⭐ SEO content writing ⭐ For ethical & sustainable businesses 🌱 English ⇄ German #xl8 #ContentWriter translatedigitalmarketing.com
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It's the strangest thing: enquiries are sure to come in when you're either unwell or on holiday.
The reverse is also true.
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#SodsLaw
#xl8
#Idioms
The reverse is also true.
idiomorigins.org/origin/sods-...
#SodsLaw
#xl8
#Idioms
Idiom Origins - Sod’s Law - History of Sod’s Law
Sod’s Law Origin and History - This is a relatively recent synonym for the so-called Murphy’s Law. Sod’s Law is first cited in Britain during the late 1960s. Murphy’s Law, of course, states “...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It's the strangest thing: enquiries are sure to come in when you're either unwell or on holiday.
The reverse is also true.
idiomorigins.org/origin/sods-...
#SodsLaw
#xl8
#Idioms
The reverse is also true.
idiomorigins.org/origin/sods-...
#SodsLaw
#xl8
#Idioms
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"The rational world is behaving irrationally" sums it up, really. Not just in politics.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'The world is behaving irrationally' - Putin's warm welcome in Alaska gets cold reaction in Ukraine
In the absence of a deal, Ukrainians focused on the optics of Putin's visit to Trump in Alaska.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"The rational world is behaving irrationally" sums it up, really. Not just in politics.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nothing says “tough on Russia” like giving Putin a red carpet, an air show, and a bro hug.
August 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Nothing says “tough on Russia” like giving Putin a red carpet, an air show, and a bro hug.
"If the reservoir goes ahead, customers will pick up the tab." Course we will. 💩
Last year, Thames Water estimated it'd cost £2.2bn. Now it's up to £7.5bn. This is getting beyond the joke now.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#ThamesWater #Water #Nationalise
Last year, Thames Water estimated it'd cost £2.2bn. Now it's up to £7.5bn. This is getting beyond the joke now.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#ThamesWater #Water #Nationalise
Thames Water says new Abingdon reservoir could cost bill-payers up to £7.5bn
Costs could rise to three times original budget in blow to government’s reservoir expansion plans
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"If the reservoir goes ahead, customers will pick up the tab." Course we will. 💩
Last year, Thames Water estimated it'd cost £2.2bn. Now it's up to £7.5bn. This is getting beyond the joke now.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#ThamesWater #Water #Nationalise
Last year, Thames Water estimated it'd cost £2.2bn. Now it's up to £7.5bn. This is getting beyond the joke now.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#ThamesWater #Water #Nationalise
Is it safer to cancel direct debits to Thames Water? Or are we actually better protected through direct debits via our banks?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water: advisers appointed to plan for company’s potential collapse
FTI Consulting seen as frontrunner to advise on placing the utility into a special administration regime
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Is it safer to cancel direct debits to Thames Water? Or are we actually better protected through direct debits via our banks?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Just in case anyone here uses Instagram: switch off its access to your location in your mobile settings, not just within Insta. It seems its map privacy settings aren't working correctly.
August 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Just in case anyone here uses Instagram: switch off its access to your location in your mobile settings, not just within Insta. It seems its map privacy settings aren't working correctly.
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Once the language of hate is normalised this sort of incident becomes inevitable
Village idiots verbally abusing an influx of "illegal immigrants" at a campsite in Newbridge, Wales
They were a group of Scouts from Scotland
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has consequences
Statement from Scouts Cymru
"We are aware of a racially aggravated incident targeting under-18s"
They were a group of Scouts from Scotland
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has consequences
Statement from Scouts Cymru
"We are aware of a racially aggravated incident targeting under-18s"
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Once the language of hate is normalised this sort of incident becomes inevitable
"In a rare moment of unity, the far right began singing “f*ck Keir Starmer” to the tune of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes and the anti-fascists joined in."
Has that ever happened with any other PM? Doesn't bode well. Farage will be delighted.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Has that ever happened with any other PM? Doesn't bode well. Farage will be delighted.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Three thousand riot officers readied for weekend of protests in England and Wales
At least 20 asylum seekers’ hotels could be the focus of demonstrations and counter-rallies over migration
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"In a rare moment of unity, the far right began singing “f*ck Keir Starmer” to the tune of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes and the anti-fascists joined in."
Has that ever happened with any other PM? Doesn't bode well. Farage will be delighted.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Has that ever happened with any other PM? Doesn't bode well. Farage will be delighted.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"There is now a clear link between deeper and surface aquifers. Contaminants (farm chemicals or human waste) that drain off the land in increasingly frequent flash floods can now make their way into the lower aquifers"... [where mineral water is sourced. Cheers.]
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France
Claims that natural mineral water brands are filtering their water have shocked the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"There is now a clear link between deeper and surface aquifers. Contaminants (farm chemicals or human waste) that drain off the land in increasingly frequent flash floods can now make their way into the lower aquifers"... [where mineral water is sourced. Cheers.]
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Such is the fury, Fiepet Confesercenti, an association that represents restaurants in Italy, said it would demand a correction from the website in order to “safeguard this iconic dish”. Furthermore, it has taken up the issue with the British embassy in Rome."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Inclusion of butter in UK recipe for cacio e pepe draws outrage from Italian media
Roman restaurant association ‘astonished’ to see four ingredients, not three, listed on Good Food website
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Such is the fury, Fiepet Confesercenti, an association that represents restaurants in Italy, said it would demand a correction from the website in order to “safeguard this iconic dish”. Furthermore, it has taken up the issue with the British embassy in Rome."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Wow. "In one particularly damning conversation, an Italian-speaking lawyer for a multinational energy corporation laid bare their strategy to displace indigenous Amazonian communities." 👀 And that's not all...
www.digitaldigging.org/p/chatgpt-co...
#ChatGPT #AI #DataPrivacy
www.digitaldigging.org/p/chatgpt-co...
#ChatGPT #AI #DataPrivacy
ChatGPT Confessions gone? They are not !
OpenAI closes gap, but another opens of 110.000 chats
www.digitaldigging.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Wow. "In one particularly damning conversation, an Italian-speaking lawyer for a multinational energy corporation laid bare their strategy to displace indigenous Amazonian communities." 👀 And that's not all...
www.digitaldigging.org/p/chatgpt-co...
#ChatGPT #AI #DataPrivacy
www.digitaldigging.org/p/chatgpt-co...
#ChatGPT #AI #DataPrivacy
"When freelancers wait 45 days to be paid for work completed immediately, they’re essentially providing an interest-free loan to their clients." Very true!
Time to change that. The UK government is proposing measures for fairer payment systems. 👏
www.freelanceinformer.com/news/freelan...
#xl8
Time to change that. The UK government is proposing measures for fairer payment systems. 👏
www.freelanceinformer.com/news/freelan...
#xl8
Freelancers lose hundreds of pounds each year giving clients free credit despite late payment crackdown - Freelance Informer
Learn how to no longer be a victim of the late payment culture in the freelance economy and gain hundreds of pounds back each year
www.freelanceinformer.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"When freelancers wait 45 days to be paid for work completed immediately, they’re essentially providing an interest-free loan to their clients." Very true!
Time to change that. The UK government is proposing measures for fairer payment systems. 👏
www.freelanceinformer.com/news/freelan...
#xl8
Time to change that. The UK government is proposing measures for fairer payment systems. 👏
www.freelanceinformer.com/news/freelan...
#xl8
Love DuckDuckGo. Not only can you watch YouTube videos without ads or other distractions, you're also able to switch off AI-generated images, Duck AI, and Search Assist if you prefer a 'normal' search experience.
Better for the planet. Better for your brain.
#DuckDuckGo
#NoAI
Better for the planet. Better for your brain.
#DuckDuckGo
#NoAI
August 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Love DuckDuckGo. Not only can you watch YouTube videos without ads or other distractions, you're also able to switch off AI-generated images, Duck AI, and Search Assist if you prefer a 'normal' search experience.
Better for the planet. Better for your brain.
#DuckDuckGo
#NoAI
Better for the planet. Better for your brain.
#DuckDuckGo
#NoAI
Really interesting. Not many physical diaries or personal letters are being written these days. If the power goes off at some point, the late 20th and 21st centuries will be the new Dark Ages.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#History #WrittenHistory
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#History #WrittenHistory
Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England
Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Really interesting. Not many physical diaries or personal letters are being written these days. If the power goes off at some point, the late 20th and 21st centuries will be the new Dark Ages.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#History #WrittenHistory
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#History #WrittenHistory
New fear unlocked. Didn't know sewer rats get that big. 😱
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Massive' rat discovery sparks fears of 'growing problem'
The rodent had made its nest within a property in North Yorkshire
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New fear unlocked. Didn't know sewer rats get that big. 😱
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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I asked ChatGPT and it said that I was a credulous rube who would believe anything if the message was delivered with a sufficient degree of fawning subservience
August 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I asked ChatGPT and it said that I was a credulous rube who would believe anything if the message was delivered with a sufficient degree of fawning subservience
I do love mysterious DIY instructions. "Suggestion: wrap the thread seal tape around the joint between the waste and the bottle trap to enhance sealing." 🤷
It's for a bathroom sink plug.
It's for a bathroom sink plug.
August 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I do love mysterious DIY instructions. "Suggestion: wrap the thread seal tape around the joint between the waste and the bottle trap to enhance sealing." 🤷
It's for a bathroom sink plug.
It's for a bathroom sink plug.
TV ads used to be quite fun. These days, they seem to want to irritate or provoke rather than make us laugh. (See my list below, especially the "I put too much sugar in my spaghetti sauce" one, after which Galaxy AI comes up with an utterly disgusting tomato biscuit recipe.)
July 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM
TV ads used to be quite fun. These days, they seem to want to irritate or provoke rather than make us laugh. (See my list below, especially the "I put too much sugar in my spaghetti sauce" one, after which Galaxy AI comes up with an utterly disgusting tomato biscuit recipe.)
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Elon strikes again - Grok is going to get people killed with false information. AI is not a reliable source, people! #earthquake #tsunami #russia #hawaiitsunami
July 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Elon strikes again - Grok is going to get people killed with false information. AI is not a reliable source, people! #earthquake #tsunami #russia #hawaiitsunami
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Not if the apostrophe’s in the wrong place, it doesn’t. 😱
July 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Not if the apostrophe’s in the wrong place, it doesn’t. 😱
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Keep shining.
July 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Keep shining.