It is just BORING. After you have been in seventeen meetings which all talk about the same thing I do not know why you think that the eighteenth will a) resolve this issue or b) add any value.

Oh *dear*. All the sympathies on the GenAI taking over everything front. It is really quite tiresome when there are so many other things to do.

I cannot remember specifics but I can remember some of the staff occasionally suggesting that perhaps I shouldn't be allowed to choose from *all* the available cassette tapes. I do not think this was ever actioned. (My memory may be very faulty here.)

Let me simply say that it was not me doing the application and leave it at that. Sometimes less is more. As has been the moral of today's little adventure.

Let us say that finding the time has not been easy... but priorities.

(And, now I come to think of it, why it is particularly appropriate to be doing it still in the shadow of yesterday's Feast of Christ the King.) ⚓

In the middle of all of *waves hands* whatever on earth this nonsense is, giving blood says that when it comes down to it, our shared humanity and compassion for each other is much more important than any earthly kingdom or border. And that's why I do it.

I'm very happy to answer questions about blood donation if anyone's interested. It is a thing that I feel very strongly about, and it is also a way of showing that you care about the well-being of people you will never meet, simply because they deserve to get the medical care they need.

That was donation 28 *does a small dance* and it means my blood will be in stock as hospitals start to gear up for the Christmas period. I'm A+, which means I can donate to A+ and AB+ people - that means they don't need e.g. O- blood, which can be used for pretty much every patient.

See my thread above as to why this is a bad idea
bsky.app/profile/sgfm...

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