Rachel_London
@rachelondon.bsky.social
Middle class childless cat lady of a certain age.
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the problem with international men's day is all the men go out to represent their countries then come back to their local men's days injured
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
the problem with international men's day is all the men go out to represent their countries then come back to their local men's days injured
No-one's taking responsibility down on t'cobbles. I guess it's only Monday. My #Corrie ep review: coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2025/11/coro...
Coronation Street Episode Review Monday 17th November
Corrie spoilers, news, reviews, updates, original and exclusive competitions and content. Everything a Coronation Street fan could desire - and more!
coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No-one's taking responsibility down on t'cobbles. I guess it's only Monday. My #Corrie ep review: coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2025/11/coro...
Had ordered a book from BL for 4th Nov but didn't go in because of the strike. Didn't go in on 11th Nov as strike ended on 9th and thought that would not be enough time for book to arrive from Boston Spa. Ordered it for tomorrow and just got this snotty email from Item Requests:
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Had ordered a book from BL for 4th Nov but didn't go in because of the strike. Didn't go in on 11th Nov as strike ended on 9th and thought that would not be enough time for book to arrive from Boston Spa. Ordered it for tomorrow and just got this snotty email from Item Requests:
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Despite it not being Black Friday, it is somehow always Black Friday
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Despite it not being Black Friday, it is somehow always Black Friday
Received an email at 6 p.m. on Friday from someone saying: "no need to respond until next week". No shit, Moriarty.
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Received an email at 6 p.m. on Friday from someone saying: "no need to respond until next week". No shit, Moriarty.
*Someone* wants the heating on.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
*Someone* wants the heating on.
This came up on FB memories as being 11 years ago. Unfortunately, I know it's actually 22 years ago (back when @dvdnttnghm.bsky.social and I were hot young things).
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This came up on FB memories as being 11 years ago. Unfortunately, I know it's actually 22 years ago (back when @dvdnttnghm.bsky.social and I were hot young things).
Just sent an email to one of my fave customers to thank him for his same day payment and he emailed back saying YOU'RE WELCOME and it's lovely when people aren't cunts, isn't it.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just sent an email to one of my fave customers to thank him for his same day payment and he emailed back saying YOU'RE WELCOME and it's lovely when people aren't cunts, isn't it.
Sad news. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is a great book, as is Various Pets Alive and Dead, one of the very few novels set in Doncaster. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Marina Lewycka, British-Ukrainian author, dies aged 79
The writer, who was born in a refugee camp in Germany after the war, won the Wodehouse prize for comic writing for her debut A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Sad news. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is a great book, as is Various Pets Alive and Dead, one of the very few novels set in Doncaster. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Watching Kill Your Friends on Netflix. It details that there is sex, language, violence, injury detail and drug misuse in the film, but no trigger warning for James Corden.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Watching Kill Your Friends on Netflix. It details that there is sex, language, violence, injury detail and drug misuse in the film, but no trigger warning for James Corden.
“Pop it away for the big day” is the most tiresome slogan since “Domino woo-hoo”.
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Pop it away for the big day” is the most tiresome slogan since “Domino woo-hoo”.
Just complained about a younger co-worker sending a message on Teams rather than email and was asked if I still had a rolodex and a Filofax. This is anti-Gen X hate speech!
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just complained about a younger co-worker sending a message on Teams rather than email and was asked if I still had a rolodex and a Filofax. This is anti-Gen X hate speech!
Just realised that when other people talk about masking (in terms of autism etc), I call it "pretending to be nice".
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just realised that when other people talk about masking (in terms of autism etc), I call it "pretending to be nice".
Also, we (my work) has to pay parliament to borrow their crockery.
My work is donaring some produce to Parliament for a food and farming event at the HoC; you'd think those guys could afford to buy their own lunch.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Also, we (my work) has to pay parliament to borrow their crockery.
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"donald trump is threatening legal action" is not an interesting headline, he does this every day like brushing his teeth
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"donald trump is threatening legal action" is not an interesting headline, he does this every day like brushing his teeth
Looking forward to the John Oliver bit on Trump/BBC when I watch it on YouTube in 2 months.
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Looking forward to the John Oliver bit on Trump/BBC when I watch it on YouTube in 2 months.
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Threads is the new Twitter, Bluesky is the new Livejournal and Mastodon is the new Dreamwidth.
#socialmedia
#socialmedia
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Threads is the new Twitter, Bluesky is the new Livejournal and Mastodon is the new Dreamwidth.
#socialmedia
#socialmedia
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Democrats with no leverage: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Democrats with no leverage: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
Democrats with all the leverage, social mandate, moral authority, clear achievable win in sight: Give in to GOP
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old mcdonald is a nonexistent figment generated by a large language model, A I A I Oh
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
old mcdonald is a nonexistent figment generated by a large language model, A I A I Oh
Right, see you all in April.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Right, see you all in April.
Also in this post is a widget to drop a map of various transport systems onto other cities. So the village I grew up in is now on the northern line.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Also in this post is a widget to drop a map of various transport systems onto other cities. So the village I grew up in is now on the northern line.
One important factor seems to have been forgotten in the Mamdani "debate".
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One important factor seems to have been forgotten in the Mamdani "debate".
"I do not like the fireworks, no I do not."
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"I do not like the fireworks, no I do not."
Ian Beale and Ashley Storrie are really sweet together #HouseOfGames
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ian Beale and Ashley Storrie are really sweet together #HouseOfGames