JayEsstoo
@js2.bsky.social
Ageing IT dunce.
A tough old bird so I'm told.
#ActuallyADHD at age 56, mourning the life I cd hv had.
Prolly autistic too.
Less "Suaviter in Modo", more "Fortiter in Re"
ID not verified so cant do DMs
New #allotment & new (to me) campervan=life-changing❤️
A tough old bird so I'm told.
#ActuallyADHD at age 56, mourning the life I cd hv had.
Prolly autistic too.
Less "Suaviter in Modo", more "Fortiter in Re"
ID not verified so cant do DMs
New #allotment & new (to me) campervan=life-changing❤️
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JayEsstoo
@js2.bsky.social
· Aug 2
Anyone do #colouring in?
As in #colouringbooks etc?
If so wd you pay a Ko-fi for a PDF download of a few #doodles to colour in?
I been doing 2 #doodleart classes/week since 2021, got loads sketchbooks full.
ChatGPT suggests selling PDFs of them to fund getting some printed as a colouring book.
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As in #colouringbooks etc?
If so wd you pay a Ko-fi for a PDF download of a few #doodles to colour in?
I been doing 2 #doodleart classes/week since 2021, got loads sketchbooks full.
ChatGPT suggests selling PDFs of them to fund getting some printed as a colouring book.
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Reeves is not dropping the 2 child cap because she cares about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reeves is not dropping the 2 child cap because she cares about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
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Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
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Earth: 'Why long COVID hits women harder than men'
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
Why long COVID hits women harder than men
Women are about three times more likely than men to develop long COVID, and many experience symptoms that linger and intensify.
www.earth.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Earth: 'Why long COVID hits women harder than men'
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
Spent almost the whole day on the laptop catching up on long overdue paperwork, researching insurance quotes, organising important stuff into folders, replying to 1 of the 3 v important overdue emails, responding to 2 more that came in this aft, renewing a couple of important subs...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Spent almost the whole day on the laptop catching up on long overdue paperwork, researching insurance quotes, organising important stuff into folders, replying to 1 of the 3 v important overdue emails, responding to 2 more that came in this aft, renewing a couple of important subs...
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Hmmm, what to do?🤔
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hmmm, what to do?🤔
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
I have finally looked at scary email inbox😇
After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
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After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I have finally looked at scary email inbox😇
After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
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After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
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@siamesecaroline.bsky.social
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@siamesecaroline.bsky.social
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
One of those days when I'm already thinking "is it bedtime yet?"
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One of those days when I'm already thinking "is it bedtime yet?"
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
Everyone talking about Remembrance of those who've died in war today, & rightly so, but no one is talking about veterans sleeping on streets, doing battle with drug addictions & mental health demons, about families of veterans & children growing up with no roots, belonging nowhere.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Everyone talking about Remembrance of those who've died in war today, & rightly so, but no one is talking about veterans sleeping on streets, doing battle with drug addictions & mental health demons, about families of veterans & children growing up with no roots, belonging nowhere.
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"Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas" - Stewart Lee
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Stewart Lee: Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas
Elon Musk’s AI service is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy
www.thenerve.news
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas" - Stewart Lee
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
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It continues to amaze me that a qualified chemistry teacher isn’t allowed to do any experiment involving gunpowder on school grounds (too hazardous), but old-enough A Level students can trot to the supermarket, buy rockets and set them off at will.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It continues to amaze me that a qualified chemistry teacher isn’t allowed to do any experiment involving gunpowder on school grounds (too hazardous), but old-enough A Level students can trot to the supermarket, buy rockets and set them off at will.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
I pushed the boat out tonight, had cheesy chips with gravy.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I pushed the boat out tonight, had cheesy chips with gravy.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
My last Sat night chippy tea till March ☹️
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My last Sat night chippy tea till March ☹️
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.
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Instead @wesstreeting.bsky.social spouts nonsense about the "over diagnosis" of mental illness and neurodivergence (chance would be a fine thing, most can't even access an assessment!!)
the worse health secretary ever.
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the worse health secretary ever.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Instead @wesstreeting.bsky.social spouts nonsense about the "over diagnosis" of mental illness and neurodivergence (chance would be a fine thing, most can't even access an assessment!!)
the worse health secretary ever.
5/5
the worse health secretary ever.
5/5
#NoSmoking Day 8 🚭
My alternative to having a morning cig with coffee...
A small bit of choc each morning is definitely better than a stinky expensive finger-staining lung-destroying cig.
Will need to stock up on advent calendars to last me a few months.
My alternative to having a morning cig with coffee...
A small bit of choc each morning is definitely better than a stinky expensive finger-staining lung-destroying cig.
Will need to stock up on advent calendars to last me a few months.
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#NoSmoking Day 8 🚭
My alternative to having a morning cig with coffee...
A small bit of choc each morning is definitely better than a stinky expensive finger-staining lung-destroying cig.
Will need to stock up on advent calendars to last me a few months.
My alternative to having a morning cig with coffee...
A small bit of choc each morning is definitely better than a stinky expensive finger-staining lung-destroying cig.
Will need to stock up on advent calendars to last me a few months.
I suppose it was too good to last - after 10 days of stable altho slow signal (better than the previous 2 months of v little or no mobile internet signal), today we're back to the old "2 mins to load a page" signal, enough for the phone company to say they're providing a service but barely useful 🤬
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I suppose it was too good to last - after 10 days of stable altho slow signal (better than the previous 2 months of v little or no mobile internet signal), today we're back to the old "2 mins to load a page" signal, enough for the phone company to say they're providing a service but barely useful 🤬
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A veteran activist, who has spent her life campaigning for disability rights, has called on the government to fix the “rotten to the core” social care system, after experiencing “terrifying” treatment during a short stay in a care home.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
Safeguarding probe launched after veteran disabled activist reports ‘terrifying’ care home experience
A veteran activist, who has spent her life campaigning for disability rights, has called on the government to fix the “rotten to the core” social care system, after experiencing “terrifying” treatm…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A veteran activist, who has spent her life campaigning for disability rights, has called on the government to fix the “rotten to the core” social care system, after experiencing “terrifying” treatment during a short stay in a care home.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
Words of the prophets are written on the subway walls...
A new era is here in NYC, hopeful citizens leave messages on the subway walls proving that socialism and progressive policies are what people want.
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Words of the prophets are written on the subway walls...
Woken at 4am by some dickhead shouting outside in the street 😡 Tried to get back to sleep for the past hr & half but given up now & made coffee. My day has begun.
Too early for Original Roll Call so sitting in bed thinking about this time a year ago when I was often awake at this time...
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Too early for Original Roll Call so sitting in bed thinking about this time a year ago when I was often awake at this time...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Woken at 4am by some dickhead shouting outside in the street 😡 Tried to get back to sleep for the past hr & half but given up now & made coffee. My day has begun.
Too early for Original Roll Call so sitting in bed thinking about this time a year ago when I was often awake at this time...
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Too early for Original Roll Call so sitting in bed thinking about this time a year ago when I was often awake at this time...
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ECG result is normal which is good but it means that I don't know why I'm getting so breathless on any exertion, why I'm so constantly utterly fatigued & foggy brained & why I've been getting regular chest twinges for past few weeks. I'm sure something is wrong but everything seems normal 🤷
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
ECG result is normal which is good but it means that I don't know why I'm getting so breathless on any exertion, why I'm so constantly utterly fatigued & foggy brained & why I've been getting regular chest twinges for past few weeks. I'm sure something is wrong but everything seems normal 🤷
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New official figures – hidden by government and opposition parties – have exposed months of lies by politicians and the media about “spiralling” spending on social security and the need to cut benefits.
#DWP #ReformUK #Conservatives #Labour
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-official...
#DWP #ReformUK #Conservatives #Labour
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-official...
New official figures expose how politicians and media have repeatedly lied about social security spending
New official figures – hidden by government and opposition parties – have exposed months of lies by politicians and the media about “spiralling” spending on social security and the need to cut bene…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New official figures – hidden by government and opposition parties – have exposed months of lies by politicians and the media about “spiralling” spending on social security and the need to cut benefits.
#DWP #ReformUK #Conservatives #Labour
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-official...
#DWP #ReformUK #Conservatives #Labour
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-official...
Episode 1 of the 6th & final season of Grimm.
Kind of sad that only 10 more episodes left.
Gonna have to wait another 8 years before rewatching yet again so that's I'll have forgotten most of it again.
Will have to do X files again next. 11 seasons of that + films.
m.imdb.com/title/tt1830...
Kind of sad that only 10 more episodes left.
Gonna have to wait another 8 years before rewatching yet again so that's I'll have forgotten most of it again.
Will have to do X files again next. 11 seasons of that + films.
m.imdb.com/title/tt1830...
Grimm (TV Series 2011–2017) ⭐ 7.9 | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
45m | TV-14
m.imdb.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Episode 1 of the 6th & final season of Grimm.
Kind of sad that only 10 more episodes left.
Gonna have to wait another 8 years before rewatching yet again so that's I'll have forgotten most of it again.
Will have to do X files again next. 11 seasons of that + films.
m.imdb.com/title/tt1830...
Kind of sad that only 10 more episodes left.
Gonna have to wait another 8 years before rewatching yet again so that's I'll have forgotten most of it again.
Will have to do X files again next. 11 seasons of that + films.
m.imdb.com/title/tt1830...