Orazia Mortimer
@oraziamortimer.bsky.social
Grumpy optimist.
She/her
She/her
Shared office at work:
Other team, in tones of utmost despair: There's only decaf left in the kitchen.
Me: I think we've got some normal tea in the drawer.
*rummage, holds up box*
Other team: Oh they've got YORKSHIRE.
Other team, in tones of utmost despair: There's only decaf left in the kitchen.
Me: I think we've got some normal tea in the drawer.
*rummage, holds up box*
Other team: Oh they've got YORKSHIRE.
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Shared office at work:
Other team, in tones of utmost despair: There's only decaf left in the kitchen.
Me: I think we've got some normal tea in the drawer.
*rummage, holds up box*
Other team: Oh they've got YORKSHIRE.
Other team, in tones of utmost despair: There's only decaf left in the kitchen.
Me: I think we've got some normal tea in the drawer.
*rummage, holds up box*
Other team: Oh they've got YORKSHIRE.
Wait, you can turn that OFF?
February 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Wait, you can turn that OFF?
Reposted by Orazia Mortimer
Hey everyone, this recall has been expanded. If you formula feed, please check your supply.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 7, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Hey everyone, this recall has been expanded. If you formula feed, please check your supply.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Long ago, on different continent, a sibling had an (hobby) astronomy programme where you could go back/foward in time and it would show you the position of the heavenly bodies.
February 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Long ago, on different continent, a sibling had an (hobby) astronomy programme where you could go back/foward in time and it would show you the position of the heavenly bodies.
It's the spelling. English speakers are attracted to weird looking words.
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
It's the spelling. English speakers are attracted to weird looking words.
Reposted by Orazia Mortimer
Hey, several batches of baby formula from a couple different brands in the uk and Europe have been recalled for contamination causing illness: if you formula feed, check your supply. Info here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 36 UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula
It comes after some batches made by Nestle and Danone were recalled after being contaminated with a toxin.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Hey, several batches of baby formula from a couple different brands in the uk and Europe have been recalled for contamination causing illness: if you formula feed, check your supply. Info here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oh...I...well then. Wow.
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Oh...I...well then. Wow.
That sort of thinking is NOT how you get a PM who is bested by a lettuce.
February 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM
That sort of thinking is NOT how you get a PM who is bested by a lettuce.
Wait, what. Is EVERYTHING in the US just ridiculously overpriced now (I moved to the UK a long time ago). Like we got a whole new slate roof put on for less than £10,000 a few years ago.
February 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Wait, what. Is EVERYTHING in the US just ridiculously overpriced now (I moved to the UK a long time ago). Like we got a whole new slate roof put on for less than £10,000 a few years ago.
Spouse was writing an email and needed a better word, so I rattled off several alternatives.
Me: See, you don't need AI, you've got a live-in thesaurus. 😀
Spouse: NI.
Me: ?
Spouse: Natural Intelligence. ❤️
Me: See, you don't need AI, you've got a live-in thesaurus. 😀
Spouse: NI.
Me: ?
Spouse: Natural Intelligence. ❤️
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Spouse was writing an email and needed a better word, so I rattled off several alternatives.
Me: See, you don't need AI, you've got a live-in thesaurus. 😀
Spouse: NI.
Me: ?
Spouse: Natural Intelligence. ❤️
Me: See, you don't need AI, you've got a live-in thesaurus. 😀
Spouse: NI.
Me: ?
Spouse: Natural Intelligence. ❤️
In the UK our supermarket eggs all get a little stamp to show the hens have been vaccinated against salmonella (even my fancy shmancy organic ones).
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
In the UK our supermarket eggs all get a little stamp to show the hens have been vaccinated against salmonella (even my fancy shmancy organic ones).
#WritingCommunity I was reading a book at lunch break and a man asked me if it was the author's newest. I had no idea, so flipped to the copyright date. It wasn't new, but the guy did mention some of the other books by said author. Been a while since that happened.
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
#WritingCommunity I was reading a book at lunch break and a man asked me if it was the author's newest. I had no idea, so flipped to the copyright date. It wasn't new, but the guy did mention some of the other books by said author. Been a while since that happened.
No Netflix, but just finished Old Fashioned Cupcake, where desperately smitten man does his best to woo very adorable but incredibly oblivious man.
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
No Netflix, but just finished Old Fashioned Cupcake, where desperately smitten man does his best to woo very adorable but incredibly oblivious man.
*looks at Christmas tree*
*looks at world*
Bring it on, demon.
*looks at world*
Bring it on, demon.
February 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM
*looks at Christmas tree*
*looks at world*
Bring it on, demon.
*looks at world*
Bring it on, demon.
Reposted by Orazia Mortimer
📚 PROOFREADING AVAILABILITY 📚
Hi! I've got space to pick up some proofreading projects starting March (may have time for short projects in February) and I'd love to work with some more indie authors.
🚫 no gen ai
✔️ yes any genre
Drop me a message if you're interested!
Hi! I've got space to pick up some proofreading projects starting March (may have time for short projects in February) and I'd love to work with some more indie authors.
🚫 no gen ai
✔️ yes any genre
Drop me a message if you're interested!
February 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
📚 PROOFREADING AVAILABILITY 📚
Hi! I've got space to pick up some proofreading projects starting March (may have time for short projects in February) and I'd love to work with some more indie authors.
🚫 no gen ai
✔️ yes any genre
Drop me a message if you're interested!
Hi! I've got space to pick up some proofreading projects starting March (may have time for short projects in February) and I'd love to work with some more indie authors.
🚫 no gen ai
✔️ yes any genre
Drop me a message if you're interested!
#WritingCommunity Don't want to alarm anyone but I opened up the WIP and actually did a little light editing.
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM
#WritingCommunity Don't want to alarm anyone but I opened up the WIP and actually did a little light editing.
Halfway through #OldFashionedCupcake and the way Togawa's soul left his body when Nozue said he'd repay him with his body.
a cartoon of a man giving an ok sign with the word perfection below him
ALT: a cartoon of a man giving an ok sign with the word perfection below him
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Halfway through #OldFashionedCupcake and the way Togawa's soul left his body when Nozue said he'd repay him with his body.
A few years ago I realised that the UK is a modern Silk Road outpost and outlier, at least for food, b/c I can find almost all these things, plus Indian subcontinent Asian, Polish, etc in my national chain supermarket in my unremarkable Northern Town. THEN there's the specialty markets.
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A few years ago I realised that the UK is a modern Silk Road outpost and outlier, at least for food, b/c I can find almost all these things, plus Indian subcontinent Asian, Polish, etc in my national chain supermarket in my unremarkable Northern Town. THEN there's the specialty markets.
If you don't tenderly cover my ear - because you know I'm afraid of guns - while you shoot the person who wants to hurt me are you even besotted?
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 PM
If you don't tenderly cover my ear - because you know I'm afraid of guns - while you shoot the person who wants to hurt me are you even besotted?
... has no one told them what the 'L' stands for?
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
... has no one told them what the 'L' stands for?
Oh boy is that gonna be fun, b/c the Mayor of Milan doesn't even like the homegrown fascists (google "same sex marriage" and "mayor of Milan").
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Oh boy is that gonna be fun, b/c the Mayor of Milan doesn't even like the homegrown fascists (google "same sex marriage" and "mayor of Milan").
*pouts in English rain*
January 26, 2026 at 9:36 PM
*pouts in English rain*
Minor point, but just because a job is important doesn't preclude the possibility that it is, in fact, a shit job.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Minor point, but just because a job is important doesn't preclude the possibility that it is, in fact, a shit job.
The name alone puts this at the top of the list!
January 25, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The name alone puts this at the top of the list!
What should I watch for the fluffy feels now there's no more MeAndThee?
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
What should I watch for the fluffy feels now there's no more MeAndThee?