Joanne Harris
@joannerharris.bsky.social
Freelance hack with a thing about women's sport, rowing and travel (and law)
Group of friends/former colleagues: let's do pre-Christmas drinks. How about Wednesday?
Me: *cancels editing shift to attend drinks
Group of friends: oh now we have loads of other stuff going on, let's do drinks another time.
Me: 🙄 *eyes up lost income sadly
Me: *cancels editing shift to attend drinks
Group of friends: oh now we have loads of other stuff going on, let's do drinks another time.
Me: 🙄 *eyes up lost income sadly
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Group of friends/former colleagues: let's do pre-Christmas drinks. How about Wednesday?
Me: *cancels editing shift to attend drinks
Group of friends: oh now we have loads of other stuff going on, let's do drinks another time.
Me: 🙄 *eyes up lost income sadly
Me: *cancels editing shift to attend drinks
Group of friends: oh now we have loads of other stuff going on, let's do drinks another time.
Me: 🙄 *eyes up lost income sadly
Really fascinating, sobering read, especially from the perspective of a freelancer.
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Really fascinating, sobering read, especially from the perspective of a freelancer.
Really not a fan of door-to-door fundraisers. I give fairly regularly to charities that I have a connection with, I'm not likely to make a donation to someone because they arrive at my doorstep and start making small talk without even starting with "are we bothering you?"
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Really not a fan of door-to-door fundraisers. I give fairly regularly to charities that I have a connection with, I'm not likely to make a donation to someone because they arrive at my doorstep and start making small talk without even starting with "are we bothering you?"
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Could very much do without one of my neighbours smoking weed - especially when I was in the middle of a Zwift race earlier. And they're back on it now.
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Could very much do without one of my neighbours smoking weed - especially when I was in the middle of a Zwift race earlier. And they're back on it now.
Not sure China has the reduce packaging memo. Ordered a coffee at the airport, gave them my reusable cup, got empty reusable cup back with coffee in disposable cup next to it. 🤷♀️
September 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Not sure China has the reduce packaging memo. Ordered a coffee at the airport, gave them my reusable cup, got empty reusable cup back with coffee in disposable cup next to it. 🤷♀️
WhatsApp have just blocked me for apparently sending spam. WTF?
September 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
WhatsApp have just blocked me for apparently sending spam. WTF?
Have vague plans to head to Richmond Park to try and photograph the lunar eclipse but the promised clear skies don't look terribly likely right now.
September 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Have vague plans to head to Richmond Park to try and photograph the lunar eclipse but the promised clear skies don't look terribly likely right now.
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We love the Thames path but don’t like recent changes made by the council. Instead of rumble strips and pinch points, the council could have installed more mirrors to cover blind corners.
Wandsworth resident Theo has set up a petition asking to improve the Thames path: www.change.org/p/urge-wands...
Wandsworth resident Theo has set up a petition asking to improve the Thames path: www.change.org/p/urge-wands...
August 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We love the Thames path but don’t like recent changes made by the council. Instead of rumble strips and pinch points, the council could have installed more mirrors to cover blind corners.
Wandsworth resident Theo has set up a petition asking to improve the Thames path: www.change.org/p/urge-wands...
Wandsworth resident Theo has set up a petition asking to improve the Thames path: www.change.org/p/urge-wands...
French trains are generally great but the admittedly cool double decker thing makes boarding a busy train an absolute nightmare as people try and haul bags and children up narrow steps. And I can't fit my adaptor into the socket to charge my phone - must buy a European USB-C plug.
August 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
French trains are generally great but the admittedly cool double decker thing makes boarding a busy train an absolute nightmare as people try and haul bags and children up narrow steps. And I can't fit my adaptor into the socket to charge my phone - must buy a European USB-C plug.
Having dinner on a terrace at a restaurant in France and one of the women on the neighbouring table is on her third cigarette of the evening, blowing it in my direction. So glad we banned smoking in public places in the UK.
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Having dinner on a terrace at a restaurant in France and one of the women on the neighbouring table is on her third cigarette of the evening, blowing it in my direction. So glad we banned smoking in public places in the UK.
Have just rewatched the 1995 Pride & Prejudice - what a great production it was. It's stood up well over 30 years.
August 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Have just rewatched the 1995 Pride & Prejudice - what a great production it was. It's stood up well over 30 years.
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July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Am in Europe so an hour ahead of the UK and did not need to stay up watching football. On the other hand, totally definitely HAD to stay up to watch the football.
Chances of the final finishing in normal time?
Chances of the final finishing in normal time?
July 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Am in Europe so an hour ahead of the UK and did not need to stay up watching football. On the other hand, totally definitely HAD to stay up to watch the football.
Chances of the final finishing in normal time?
Chances of the final finishing in normal time?
To the man who, so desperate to get on the train that he pretty much put his thumb over mine on the not-yet-operational door button - just don't, yeah?
July 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
To the man who, so desperate to get on the train that he pretty much put his thumb over mine on the not-yet-operational door button - just don't, yeah?
Cycling round Richmond Park this morning and the line of cars, mostly with a single occupant, waiting to get out of Richmond Gate stretched back to Pembroke Lodge.
Why do we continue to allow the park to be used as a commuter route for motor vehicles?
Why do we continue to allow the park to be used as a commuter route for motor vehicles?
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Cycling round Richmond Park this morning and the line of cars, mostly with a single occupant, waiting to get out of Richmond Gate stretched back to Pembroke Lodge.
Why do we continue to allow the park to be used as a commuter route for motor vehicles?
Why do we continue to allow the park to be used as a commuter route for motor vehicles?
Blimey.
I do love a penalty shootout.
I do love a penalty shootout.
July 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Blimey.
I do love a penalty shootout.
I do love a penalty shootout.
Today I have established that working from the rowing club is not productive. Need 129 words to hit 1,000 on the 2,500 word feature I'm supposed to be writing ... this is definitely going to be finished on Monday!
June 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today I have established that working from the rowing club is not productive. Need 129 words to hit 1,000 on the 2,500 word feature I'm supposed to be writing ... this is definitely going to be finished on Monday!
Been a while since I caught a late-night Easyjet flight to Gatwick. Now in expensive Uber home. Doors opened so close to the last train time I honestly didn't think I had a hope of catching it, so didn't run, but annoyingly missed it by 5 minutes so maybe I could have made it. Grr.
June 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Been a while since I caught a late-night Easyjet flight to Gatwick. Now in expensive Uber home. Doors opened so close to the last train time I honestly didn't think I had a hope of catching it, so didn't run, but annoyingly missed it by 5 minutes so maybe I could have made it. Grr.
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💭 Dare to dream of... safe cycling for families in outer London!
📢 We're calling on Sadiq Khan to invest in the parts of outer London where it simply isn't safe for families to cycle together.
📨 Call for change by emailing the Mayor today: bit.ly/43YSUC7
📢 We're calling on Sadiq Khan to invest in the parts of outer London where it simply isn't safe for families to cycle together.
📨 Call for change by emailing the Mayor today: bit.ly/43YSUC7
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
💭 Dare to dream of... safe cycling for families in outer London!
📢 We're calling on Sadiq Khan to invest in the parts of outer London where it simply isn't safe for families to cycle together.
📨 Call for change by emailing the Mayor today: bit.ly/43YSUC7
📢 We're calling on Sadiq Khan to invest in the parts of outer London where it simply isn't safe for families to cycle together.
📨 Call for change by emailing the Mayor today: bit.ly/43YSUC7