Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
Still all the things I was over at the Other Place. And still angry.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
In the process of clearing 35 years-worth of clutter from our cellar (P was a borderline - no, actual - hoarder) I happened upon a small stash of documents relating to Manchester University Film Society, where he and I met. Mostly old invoices but also this, from the early 1980s (before my time):
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In the process of clearing 35 years-worth of clutter from our cellar (P was a borderline - no, actual - hoarder) I happened upon a small stash of documents relating to Manchester University Film Society, where he and I met. Mostly old invoices but also this, from the early 1980s (before my time):
Last year she sat and watched them.
This year, she's scooted down to the cellar.
There's no telling with cats...
This year, she's scooted down to the cellar.
There's no telling with cats...
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Last year she sat and watched them.
This year, she's scooted down to the cellar.
There's no telling with cats...
This year, she's scooted down to the cellar.
There's no telling with cats...
Update: I've been able to prise the broken bit out of the housing using this tool (awl?) which belonged to my dad, and his dad before him. Never throw anything out, folks).
Not sure superglue can fix this.
Not sure superglue can fix this.
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Update: I've been able to prise the broken bit out of the housing using this tool (awl?) which belonged to my dad, and his dad before him. Never throw anything out, folks).
Not sure superglue can fix this.
Not sure superglue can fix this.
And the broken lug is wedged solid in the unit.
So even if he could buy a replacement bracket he still couldn't attach it.
So even if he could buy a replacement bracket he still couldn't attach it.
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
And the broken lug is wedged solid in the unit.
So even if he could buy a replacement bracket he still couldn't attach it.
So even if he could buy a replacement bracket he still couldn't attach it.
I go to clip the unit onto the chair to find that on of the lugs on the bracket has sheared off (there should be a lug on either side)
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I go to clip the unit onto the chair to find that on of the lugs on the bracket has sheared off (there should be a lug on either side)
In today's "additional costs of disability":
Just over a year ago @crisisincarnate.bsky.social bought a Permobil SmartDrive, a not-inexpensive bit of kit which attaches to a manual chair to add motorisation - useful when you're studying in a hilly city like Leeds.
Just over a year ago @crisisincarnate.bsky.social bought a Permobil SmartDrive, a not-inexpensive bit of kit which attaches to a manual chair to add motorisation - useful when you're studying in a hilly city like Leeds.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In today's "additional costs of disability":
Just over a year ago @crisisincarnate.bsky.social bought a Permobil SmartDrive, a not-inexpensive bit of kit which attaches to a manual chair to add motorisation - useful when you're studying in a hilly city like Leeds.
Just over a year ago @crisisincarnate.bsky.social bought a Permobil SmartDrive, a not-inexpensive bit of kit which attaches to a manual chair to add motorisation - useful when you're studying in a hilly city like Leeds.
Same, isolated tribespeople, same.
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Same, isolated tribespeople, same.
And the T-Rex?
(notwithstanding the fact that my home town's coat of arms has an iguanadon on it)
(notwithstanding the fact that my home town's coat of arms has an iguanadon on it)
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
And the T-Rex?
(notwithstanding the fact that my home town's coat of arms has an iguanadon on it)
(notwithstanding the fact that my home town's coat of arms has an iguanadon on it)
I just walked past this book of P's on the bookshelf. A mere 6 years of austerity after a devastating World War.
As we're 15 years into Austerity 2.0, I suppose we have to assume it's intended to be permanent.
As we're 15 years into Austerity 2.0, I suppose we have to assume it's intended to be permanent.
October 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I just walked past this book of P's on the bookshelf. A mere 6 years of austerity after a devastating World War.
As we're 15 years into Austerity 2.0, I suppose we have to assume it's intended to be permanent.
As we're 15 years into Austerity 2.0, I suppose we have to assume it's intended to be permanent.
Adelaide had a brother, who had two children. His daughter, Mary, married a man called McNamara, and they had a daughter, who married....
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Adelaide had a brother, who had two children. His daughter, Mary, married a man called McNamara, and they had a daughter, who married....
I've just remembered Shari Lewis and Lampchop...
October 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I've just remembered Shari Lewis and Lampchop...
This Facebook memory of mine from 2016 popped up the other day. I think the problem here is that dear Rachel simply doesn't recognise racism as racism.
Racists often don't.
Racists often don't.
September 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This Facebook memory of mine from 2016 popped up the other day. I think the problem here is that dear Rachel simply doesn't recognise racism as racism.
Racists often don't.
Racists often don't.
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema when you were a kid.
(Dad took me out of ballet class to go and see it).
(Dad took me out of ballet class to go and see it).
September 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema when you were a kid.
(Dad took me out of ballet class to go and see it).
(Dad took me out of ballet class to go and see it).
Update from said offspring:
September 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Update from said offspring:
Pretty much my philosophy these days...
September 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Pretty much my philosophy these days...
No Keir, i'm not worried about this.
I'm more worried about making access to services reliant on a compulsory digital product containing sensitive personal data.
And, since we're talking "division," you're about to introduce enforced segregation for a portion of the population.
I'm more worried about making access to services reliant on a compulsory digital product containing sensitive personal data.
And, since we're talking "division," you're about to introduce enforced segregation for a portion of the population.
September 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
No Keir, i'm not worried about this.
I'm more worried about making access to services reliant on a compulsory digital product containing sensitive personal data.
And, since we're talking "division," you're about to introduce enforced segregation for a portion of the population.
I'm more worried about making access to services reliant on a compulsory digital product containing sensitive personal data.
And, since we're talking "division," you're about to introduce enforced segregation for a portion of the population.
If you want an architectural image that captures the capitulation of civic pride to commerce, here is the former County Hall (home of the LCC and GLC until Thatcher got rid of it) on London's South Bank yesterday:
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you want an architectural image that captures the capitulation of civic pride to commerce, here is the former County Hall (home of the LCC and GLC until Thatcher got rid of it) on London's South Bank yesterday:
Another nice one in south Manchester tonight (although it's not the same since they pulled Owens Park tower down)
September 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another nice one in south Manchester tonight (although it's not the same since they pulled Owens Park tower down)
While it's tempting, 'basic humanity' is a bit tenuous.
September 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
While it's tempting, 'basic humanity' is a bit tenuous.
Look, I know you (rightly) have opinions about people you oppose, some of whom are indeed dreadful, but can we all PLEASE try and dial down the use of mental capacity slurs to get our point across? Ableism (even unconscious) is not a good look.
Just call them Nasty Fuckers...
Just call them Nasty Fuckers...
September 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Look, I know you (rightly) have opinions about people you oppose, some of whom are indeed dreadful, but can we all PLEASE try and dial down the use of mental capacity slurs to get our point across? Ableism (even unconscious) is not a good look.
Just call them Nasty Fuckers...
Just call them Nasty Fuckers...
Made this week's pub quiz, @zackpolanski.bsky.social !
September 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Made this week's pub quiz, @zackpolanski.bsky.social !
Cat was enjoying her food until the rain started drumming on the conservatory roof. She sat like that for about a minute.
September 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Cat was enjoying her food until the rain started drumming on the conservatory roof. She sat like that for about a minute.
Cat was enjoying her food until the rain started drumming on the conservatory roof. She sat like that for about a minute.
September 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Cat was enjoying her food until the rain started drumming on the conservatory roof. She sat like that for about a minute.
1994 by ... 1994.
1978 US rock. I seem to remember liking it but can barely recall it now.
1978 US rock. I seem to remember liking it but can barely recall it now.
September 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
1994 by ... 1994.
1978 US rock. I seem to remember liking it but can barely recall it now.
1978 US rock. I seem to remember liking it but can barely recall it now.