Jess Gailey 💚💙💛
@ixxxxy.bsky.social
Therapist at large from Stroud (UK) she/her
Indexer and proofreader
Gloucestershire feed: https://bsky.app/profile/ixxxxy.bsky.social/feed/glos01
Stroud feed:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jxrbtrg7layhrxzcc7y2v4d2/feed/stroud01
Indexer and proofreader
Gloucestershire feed: https://bsky.app/profile/ixxxxy.bsky.social/feed/glos01
Stroud feed:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jxrbtrg7layhrxzcc7y2v4d2/feed/stroud01
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When it comes to the drinking vessel the dictionary also offers the potpanion (fellow drinker), the tosspot (a hard drinker), the pot-knight (ditto), and the gossip-pint-pot (a chatty one). A pot-wit is a drinker who gets wittier when drunk, while a pot-hardy one becomes way too confident.
A season but not an event? What's the pots suffix of hydropots? Is there a pot definition?
December 6, 2024 at 6:40 PM
When it comes to the drinking vessel the dictionary also offers the potpanion (fellow drinker), the tosspot (a hard drinker), the pot-knight (ditto), and the gossip-pint-pot (a chatty one). A pot-wit is a drinker who gets wittier when drunk, while a pot-hardy one becomes way too confident.
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People are being asked for their views on the reintroduction of wild beavers in Gloucestershire as a population has been spotted close to the county's borders.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Views sought on wild beavers returning to Gloucestershire
Wild beavers have been spotted close to Gloucestershire, prompting a survey from a wildlife trust.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 5:24 PM
People are being asked for their views on the reintroduction of wild beavers in Gloucestershire as a population has been spotted close to the county's borders.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
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This is very good, and perfectly encapsulates my feelings about AI as a research/writing tool.
Feed your mind with information, then let it run freely. You'll be amazed where it takes you.
Feed your mind with information, then let it run freely. You'll be amazed where it takes you.
1. Here's why I'll never use AI to assist my research or writing:
A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for.
I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵
A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for.
I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 7:15 AM
This is very good, and perfectly encapsulates my feelings about AI as a research/writing tool.
Feed your mind with information, then let it run freely. You'll be amazed where it takes you.
Feed your mind with information, then let it run freely. You'll be amazed where it takes you.
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More than 1000 people have downloaded A Community Guide to a Happy Neurodivergent Christmas!
It includes ideas and experiences from 27 neurodivergent people across 44 pages.
Schools have it on their sites & orgs have sent it to members.
Get yours free via www.linktr.ee/jadefarringtonlaunceston
It includes ideas and experiences from 27 neurodivergent people across 44 pages.
Schools have it on their sites & orgs have sent it to members.
Get yours free via www.linktr.ee/jadefarringtonlaunceston
November 25, 2024 at 11:44 PM
More than 1000 people have downloaded A Community Guide to a Happy Neurodivergent Christmas!
It includes ideas and experiences from 27 neurodivergent people across 44 pages.
Schools have it on their sites & orgs have sent it to members.
Get yours free via www.linktr.ee/jadefarringtonlaunceston
It includes ideas and experiences from 27 neurodivergent people across 44 pages.
Schools have it on their sites & orgs have sent it to members.
Get yours free via www.linktr.ee/jadefarringtonlaunceston
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#LowDemand parenting ideas to help make family life a bit easier - especially if you’re all #neurodivergent
Inspired by the amazing Dr Ross Greene
@LITB_
Inspired by the amazing Dr Ross Greene
@LITB_
November 21, 2024 at 6:35 AM
#LowDemand parenting ideas to help make family life a bit easier - especially if you’re all #neurodivergent
Inspired by the amazing Dr Ross Greene
@LITB_
Inspired by the amazing Dr Ross Greene
@LITB_
Extraordinary investigation into the meaning and context of this painting.
This is an *amazing* story, excellently researched and well-writen. Do read!
A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.
November 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Extraordinary investigation into the meaning and context of this painting.
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British trans people!
I just filled in this survey about accessing trans healthcare. It took like 5 mins
Have a look if you can!
I just filled in this survey about accessing trans healthcare. It took like 5 mins
Have a look if you can!
Healthwatch want to hear from trans and non-binary people about their experiences with their GP. This is an important research project and the data will help us to highlight the issues impacting trans people.
You can complete the survey at: https://buff.ly/4hVqzme
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary
You can complete the survey at: https://buff.ly/4hVqzme
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary
November 22, 2024 at 9:22 AM
British trans people!
I just filled in this survey about accessing trans healthcare. It took like 5 mins
Have a look if you can!
I just filled in this survey about accessing trans healthcare. It took like 5 mins
Have a look if you can!
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Let’s just remind ourselves of what Farmer Clarkson said about striking public sector workers…
November 19, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Let’s just remind ourselves of what Farmer Clarkson said about striking public sector workers…
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In a few months time, millions of elvers will be nearing the end of their journey from the Sargasso Sea. Many will enter the Severn estuary, they can make for truly a special sight. Sadly we don’t welcome them with open arms.
(If you didn’t think elvers could get any cooler, look under UV.) 1/4
(If you didn’t think elvers could get any cooler, look under UV.) 1/4
November 18, 2024 at 6:05 PM
In a few months time, millions of elvers will be nearing the end of their journey from the Sargasso Sea. Many will enter the Severn estuary, they can make for truly a special sight. Sadly we don’t welcome them with open arms.
(If you didn’t think elvers could get any cooler, look under UV.) 1/4
(If you didn’t think elvers could get any cooler, look under UV.) 1/4
So my Locals List is operational:
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
Please send me anyone else to add who lives in Stroud or surrounding villages.
My Stroud Feed should now be news about Stroud and the villages around (and bits from US and Aussie Stroud too)
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
Please send me anyone else to add who lives in Stroud or surrounding villages.
My Stroud Feed should now be news about Stroud and the villages around (and bits from US and Aussie Stroud too)
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
November 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM
So my Locals List is operational:
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
Please send me anyone else to add who lives in Stroud or surrounding villages.
My Stroud Feed should now be news about Stroud and the villages around (and bits from US and Aussie Stroud too)
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
Please send me anyone else to add who lives in Stroud or surrounding villages.
My Stroud Feed should now be news about Stroud and the villages around (and bits from US and Aussie Stroud too)
bsky.app/profile/ixxx...
So I'm in Stroud and wanted to do a feed for local news and people. I'm still trying...
November 18, 2024 at 8:52 PM
So I'm in Stroud and wanted to do a feed for local news and people. I'm still trying...
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A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 PM
A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
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@bsky.app Tomorrow is the first annual National Indexing Day! Be sure to hire an indexer the next time you write a book. Your readers will thank you!
November 18, 2024 at 12:38 AM
@bsky.app Tomorrow is the first annual National Indexing Day! Be sure to hire an indexer the next time you write a book. Your readers will thank you!
One for you @calumg.bsky.social ?
💓 I made a starter pack of less mainstream political voices to follow, rather than just the ones everyone has heard of go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
November 18, 2024 at 10:32 AM
One for you @calumg.bsky.social ?
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The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
November 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
I didn't watch Wolf Hall but thought @jakethepie.bsky.social might enjoy this. I think the only thing that let's it down are the strings of pearls round her neck.
Can we take a moment to admire the extraordinary attention to detail in the costuming for #WolfHall from the incredible designer Joanna Eatwell? A flawless interpretation of Jane Seymour’s bonnet and gown from the Whitehall Mural 🙌
November 17, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I didn't watch Wolf Hall but thought @jakethepie.bsky.social might enjoy this. I think the only thing that let's it down are the strings of pearls round her neck.
Apparently #proofofcat is a thing. Here is Swirl aka Twirl.
November 17, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Apparently #proofofcat is a thing. Here is Swirl aka Twirl.
I made a feed on bsky.app/profile/blue... and broke it. So I can't do another one for Stroud yet.
bsky.app
November 17, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I made a feed on bsky.app/profile/blue... and broke it. So I can't do another one for Stroud yet.
I've made a feed for Gloucestershire UK - wish me luck!
November 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
I've made a feed for Gloucestershire UK - wish me luck!
Enjoying trying to find people on here, then not enjoying when I can't find them.
November 17, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Enjoying trying to find people on here, then not enjoying when I can't find them.
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Neurodiversity affirming language is SO important - I read so many referral forms which describe traits with an unintentionally problematic lens.
LANGUAGE IS EVERYTHING!
LANGUAGE IS EVERYTHING!
November 17, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Neurodiversity affirming language is SO important - I read so many referral forms which describe traits with an unintentionally problematic lens.
LANGUAGE IS EVERYTHING!
LANGUAGE IS EVERYTHING!