Nat Guest
@unfortunatalie.bsky.social
"Natalie, HR is just concerned. We can't have a renegade jumping into bins and trying to solve crimes."
Currently working in research & scholarly technology, past lives in journalism & comedy promotion. I write things sometimes. UK based.
Currently working in research & scholarly technology, past lives in journalism & comedy promotion. I write things sometimes. UK based.
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Nat Guest
@unfortunatalie.bsky.social
· Jun 23
"words of affirmation"
"physical touch"
NO the only way I wish to show or receive affection is by sending someone a little picture of something insulting and writing "this is you"
"physical touch"
NO the only way I wish to show or receive affection is by sending someone a little picture of something insulting and writing "this is you"
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i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things
Material as fresh as american produce x
my main problem with the "british food is bad" jokes are that it's old and really dated material. it's not really true, but more importantly, it's hack
'British food is bad' has been untrue for like a generation and a half at this point but really sticks around in the U.S. U.S. supermarkets are inferior to their U.K. counterparts!
January 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Material as fresh as american produce x
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I'm always bleating on about Play for Today & similar anthology formats & how important they are for television- so this is a public service announcement that there are 13 archive episodes of Screen Two currently on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Screen Two
Landmark productions from some of the UK's greatest creative talents, as first seen in the 1980s and 1990s - part of the BBC's rich archive of classic drama.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I'm always bleating on about Play for Today & similar anthology formats & how important they are for television- so this is a public service announcement that there are 13 archive episodes of Screen Two currently on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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your mileage may vary but my experience on here improved pretty noticeably when I stopped offering explanations to people whose questions sought conflict rather than answers
January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
your mileage may vary but my experience on here improved pretty noticeably when I stopped offering explanations to people whose questions sought conflict rather than answers
Little bit of snow, very happy to see it
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Little bit of snow, very happy to see it
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if i punched a guy so hard that he flew up into the air and when he landed he broke apart into dozens of tinier versions of himself that just ran around, i would probably scream
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
if i punched a guy so hard that he flew up into the air and when he landed he broke apart into dozens of tinier versions of himself that just ran around, i would probably scream
You know I actually think kabocha is my favourite squash. I've previously said acorn but I'm updating the record.
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
You know I actually think kabocha is my favourite squash. I've previously said acorn but I'm updating the record.
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I read this in my native celcius and recoiled; "THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH YOUR CAT, ITS BOTTOM IS ABOUT TO BOIL"
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I read this in my native celcius and recoiled; "THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH YOUR CAT, ITS BOTTOM IS ABOUT TO BOIL"
white egg same god
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
white egg same god
Just started reading a new novel and could immediately tell the author was a right cunt. Google image-searched him and yep that's a cunt.
January 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Just started reading a new novel and could immediately tell the author was a right cunt. Google image-searched him and yep that's a cunt.
This was definitely not even true in twitter's heyday and *certainly* isn't true now.
If there is an argument then this is the argument. But lol I can’t find where this obviously false stat is coming from. And if the government does believe more than half the families in the UK are using it as their primary news source then woah maybe time to up the scrutiny of it!
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This was definitely not even true in twitter's heyday and *certainly* isn't true now.
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Signal Man. A cheery new drawing for January.
January 5, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Signal Man. A cheery new drawing for January.
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back at work and my true calling: verifying my identity
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
back at work and my true calling: verifying my identity
CMAT. She'd absolutely read me for filth I fear.
Raises an interesting question though. Who would you least rather have a break up song written about you by? Lily Allen, CMAT or Chappel Roan.
January 5, 2026 at 7:08 PM
CMAT. She'd absolutely read me for filth I fear.
Ah, that's a shame, I went to a gig here once. Atlas Sound, I think, possibly.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Ah, that's a shame, I went to a gig here once. Atlas Sound, I think, possibly.
Thoughts and prayers with those of you back at work today.
I am on sabbatical leave for Q1 and am beginning the long slow process of downshifting and regulating my nervous system. It's difficult! Every few minutes it spikes at me "FIND A WAY TO BE PRODUCTIVE" or "CHECK EMAILS".
I am on sabbatical leave for Q1 and am beginning the long slow process of downshifting and regulating my nervous system. It's difficult! Every few minutes it spikes at me "FIND A WAY TO BE PRODUCTIVE" or "CHECK EMAILS".
January 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Thoughts and prayers with those of you back at work today.
I am on sabbatical leave for Q1 and am beginning the long slow process of downshifting and regulating my nervous system. It's difficult! Every few minutes it spikes at me "FIND A WAY TO BE PRODUCTIVE" or "CHECK EMAILS".
I am on sabbatical leave for Q1 and am beginning the long slow process of downshifting and regulating my nervous system. It's difficult! Every few minutes it spikes at me "FIND A WAY TO BE PRODUCTIVE" or "CHECK EMAILS".
Guttering out endless clots of black blood. Cocodamol. Double bag this situation.
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Guttering out endless clots of black blood. Cocodamol. Double bag this situation.
moon so big it punches you in the eye to look at it
January 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
moon so big it punches you in the eye to look at it
I flip the book over. WHERE IS THE PLOT
Colm Tóibin: "A gamechanging piece of writing."
Olivia Laing: "I inhaled it."
Colm Tóibin: "A gamechanging piece of writing."
Olivia Laing: "I inhaled it."
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I flip the book over. WHERE IS THE PLOT
Colm Tóibin: "A gamechanging piece of writing."
Olivia Laing: "I inhaled it."
Colm Tóibin: "A gamechanging piece of writing."
Olivia Laing: "I inhaled it."
The full moon is so yellow tonight - like a big fat penny.
January 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The full moon is so yellow tonight - like a big fat penny.
2026 is my nanny mcphee era. Strap in lads we're getting poppins-pilled!!
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
2026 is my nanny mcphee era. Strap in lads we're getting poppins-pilled!!
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Misread these creme eggs (3rd January too early for easter eggs btw) as saying "WHITE EGG - SAME GOD" and was momentarily stopped in my tracks.
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Misread these creme eggs (3rd January too early for easter eggs btw) as saying "WHITE EGG - SAME GOD" and was momentarily stopped in my tracks.
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If I was ever attacked by an alien in “alien” I’d simply close my mouth and not be infected with an egg. Seems pretty simple tbh.
January 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
If I was ever attacked by an alien in “alien” I’d simply close my mouth and not be infected with an egg. Seems pretty simple tbh.
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I've just remembered I had a dream last night where I looked in a mirror at my back and it was covered in coarse ginger hair and there was a huge grey bracket fungus growing out of it. What am I becoming?
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I've just remembered I had a dream last night where I looked in a mirror at my back and it was covered in coarse ginger hair and there was a huge grey bracket fungus growing out of it. What am I becoming?