Lorna
@lornainshropshire.bsky.social
Mainly here for the #Genealogy and #FamilyHistory.
So in a level of WTAF .....
This morning went to Barclays Bank (which was open for a few hours) but UNABLE to pay in cash because my notes have been folded!!!!!
Advised that if I tried the machine would eat them and they couldn't access. Told to go to Post Office instead. #Banking
This morning went to Barclays Bank (which was open for a few hours) but UNABLE to pay in cash because my notes have been folded!!!!!
Advised that if I tried the machine would eat them and they couldn't access. Told to go to Post Office instead. #Banking
a man in a red shirt says " this is crazy " in front of an orange background
ALT: a man in a red shirt says " this is crazy " in front of an orange background
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So in a level of WTAF .....
This morning went to Barclays Bank (which was open for a few hours) but UNABLE to pay in cash because my notes have been folded!!!!!
Advised that if I tried the machine would eat them and they couldn't access. Told to go to Post Office instead. #Banking
This morning went to Barclays Bank (which was open for a few hours) but UNABLE to pay in cash because my notes have been folded!!!!!
Advised that if I tried the machine would eat them and they couldn't access. Told to go to Post Office instead. #Banking
Okay my Mum has always shared her Clinique free gifts with me but this morning's offering seemed harsh.
I had the choice between a large or small pot of Wrinkle Correcting Cream!!!! 🤔
Don't think need it but can't be definite since my sight is that bad I can't see my reflection easily.
I had the choice between a large or small pot of Wrinkle Correcting Cream!!!! 🤔
Don't think need it but can't be definite since my sight is that bad I can't see my reflection easily.
December 26, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Okay my Mum has always shared her Clinique free gifts with me but this morning's offering seemed harsh.
I had the choice between a large or small pot of Wrinkle Correcting Cream!!!! 🤔
Don't think need it but can't be definite since my sight is that bad I can't see my reflection easily.
I had the choice between a large or small pot of Wrinkle Correcting Cream!!!! 🤔
Don't think need it but can't be definite since my sight is that bad I can't see my reflection easily.
Just come across this family in a tree. 😆
December 19, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Just come across this family in a tree. 😆
Not the kind of post I like to put out but just getting very fed up of people absolutely incapable of respecting boundaries and that no means no.
I've always been easy going and won't make waves so ended up having people tell me to stop letting myself be walked over etc which is hard when nice.
I've always been easy going and won't make waves so ended up having people tell me to stop letting myself be walked over etc which is hard when nice.
December 4, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Not the kind of post I like to put out but just getting very fed up of people absolutely incapable of respecting boundaries and that no means no.
I've always been easy going and won't make waves so ended up having people tell me to stop letting myself be walked over etc which is hard when nice.
I've always been easy going and won't make waves so ended up having people tell me to stop letting myself be walked over etc which is hard when nice.
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Found over on Mastodon: how bad UX design has led to Iceland having 82 people running for president, with many not even knowing they were running...
uxdesign.cc/how-do-you-a...
uxdesign.cc/how-do-you-a...
How do you accidentally run for President of Iceland?
A digital endorsement process gone wrong
uxdesign.cc
April 29, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Found over on Mastodon: how bad UX design has led to Iceland having 82 people running for president, with many not even knowing they were running...
uxdesign.cc/how-do-you-a...
uxdesign.cc/how-do-you-a...
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There’s an obvious health and safety issue for anyone using one side of this riverside table at Wapping.
March 30, 2024 at 9:23 AM
There’s an obvious health and safety issue for anyone using one side of this riverside table at Wapping.
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I already got Mad Enough to Blog It™ yesterday about the WordPress thing but here it comes again—the time-suck of just having to figure out whether or not any particular service you used for some fully unrelated purpose is selling your stuff off for AI fodder indignity.substack.com/i/142156685/...
DocuSign now says they'll be using your data* to train AI. *Anonymized. But that's not really a thing.
DocuSign makes software to sign documents online. All types of contracts and other docs use this service now.
Info:
support.docusign.com/s/document-i...
DocuSign makes software to sign documents online. All types of contracts and other docs use this service now.
Info:
support.docusign.com/s/document-i...
February 29, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I already got Mad Enough to Blog It™ yesterday about the WordPress thing but here it comes again—the time-suck of just having to figure out whether or not any particular service you used for some fully unrelated purpose is selling your stuff off for AI fodder indignity.substack.com/i/142156685/...
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Genealogy and FamilyHistory people with blogs on WordPress 👇ICYMI
"Tumblr and Wordpress are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, according to a source with internal knowledge about the deals and internal documentation referring to the deals."
www.404media.co/tumblr-and-w...
www.404media.co/tumblr-and-w...
Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools
Internal documents obtained by 404 Media show that Tumblr staff compiled users' data as part of a deal with Midjourney and OpenAI.
www.404media.co
February 27, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Genealogy and FamilyHistory people with blogs on WordPress 👇ICYMI
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This is always worth recirculating: www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/... The cautionary tale of the first gosh-wow excited attempt to digitise Domesday Book.
Digital Domesday Book lasts 15 years not 1000
Databases recorded in old computer formats can no longer be accessed on new generation machines, while magnetic storage tapes and discs have physically decayed, ruining precious databases.
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2024 at 2:46 PM
This is always worth recirculating: www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/... The cautionary tale of the first gosh-wow excited attempt to digitise Domesday Book.
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Block and move on. Block and move on. Block on a whim, Block weird replies. We are not here to "win" the internet, we are here to read cool posts from experts and artists we would never ordinarily be able to interact with, and occasionally promote our own cool stuff to like-minded weirdos.
Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.
February 6, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Block and move on. Block and move on. Block on a whim, Block weird replies. We are not here to "win" the internet, we are here to read cool posts from experts and artists we would never ordinarily be able to interact with, and occasionally promote our own cool stuff to like-minded weirdos.
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Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!
The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…
www.southernfriedscience.com
February 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
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Event:
The cyber incident at the British Library has called into question our reliance on online systems to consult medieval manuscripts.
Join this conversation on the current situation, and on rethinking practices
🕔 5-6.30pm
💻 Wed 7 Feb Online (free)
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/feb24/...
The cyber incident at the British Library has called into question our reliance on online systems to consult medieval manuscripts.
Join this conversation on the current situation, and on rethinking practices
🕔 5-6.30pm
💻 Wed 7 Feb Online (free)
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/feb24/...
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Sustainable Access in a Digital Age
Digital library services experts field reflect on the sustainability of research practices in the current age
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
February 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Event:
The cyber incident at the British Library has called into question our reliance on online systems to consult medieval manuscripts.
Join this conversation on the current situation, and on rethinking practices
🕔 5-6.30pm
💻 Wed 7 Feb Online (free)
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/feb24/...
The cyber incident at the British Library has called into question our reliance on online systems to consult medieval manuscripts.
Join this conversation on the current situation, and on rethinking practices
🕔 5-6.30pm
💻 Wed 7 Feb Online (free)
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/feb24/...
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I am horrified that the University of Kent is planning the closure of many excellent programmes, including Anthropology, and is proposing up to 58 redundancies among academic staff! This further destruction of UK centres of academic excellence is heartbreaking.
February 2, 2024 at 7:57 PM
I am horrified that the University of Kent is planning the closure of many excellent programmes, including Anthropology, and is proposing up to 58 redundancies among academic staff! This further destruction of UK centres of academic excellence is heartbreaking.
Why is it that after years of being the nice person doing everything for others at cost to yourself and encouraged to not be such a doormat that when you dare to try and put yourself first that told so wrong for that too?!
January 12, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Why is it that after years of being the nice person doing everything for others at cost to yourself and encouraged to not be such a doormat that when you dare to try and put yourself first that told so wrong for that too?!
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Good to see this petition calling for a rethink of government plans to destroy post-1858 wills circulating. Important to share as widely as possible across all those interested in history and heritage. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/65...
January 12, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Good to see this petition calling for a rethink of government plans to destroy post-1858 wills circulating. Important to share as widely as possible across all those interested in history and heritage. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/65...
My issue with Bluesky is I see so many posts from just the few that I don't see those I'm following that may wish to interact with.
And half the time if I go search under the ancestry type threads can't find much different from the same few again.
Do I just need to post for sake of posting?
And half the time if I go search under the ancestry type threads can't find much different from the same few again.
Do I just need to post for sake of posting?
December 26, 2023 at 9:48 AM
My issue with Bluesky is I see so many posts from just the few that I don't see those I'm following that may wish to interact with.
And half the time if I go search under the ancestry type threads can't find much different from the same few again.
Do I just need to post for sake of posting?
And half the time if I go search under the ancestry type threads can't find much different from the same few again.
Do I just need to post for sake of posting?
Ancestry are now telling me there's 47 DNA matches who are on both sides on my tree. Probably should apologise to those poor people related to me at least once. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
December 17, 2023 at 2:32 PM
Ancestry are now telling me there's 47 DNA matches who are on both sides on my tree. Probably should apologise to those poor people related to me at least once. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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For those of you who have been asking if there is going to be a series 4 of DNA Family Secrets, I hear the Beeb are waiting to see what the iPlayer figures are. So, do pop it on if you've not seen it yet. All episodes are here! 😀🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
DNA Family Secrets
Stacey Dooley helps people find answers to life-changing questions using the power of DNA.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2023 at 11:54 AM
For those of you who have been asking if there is going to be a series 4 of DNA Family Secrets, I hear the Beeb are waiting to see what the iPlayer figures are. So, do pop it on if you've not seen it yet. All episodes are here! 😀🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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This project about the history of Tiger Bay in South Wales looks amazing... You can sign up to volunteer too! If only there was time to do everything History-related that comes across my desk. ☹️ www.tigerbay.org.uk
November 29, 2023 at 11:51 AM
This project about the history of Tiger Bay in South Wales looks amazing... You can sign up to volunteer too! If only there was time to do everything History-related that comes across my desk. ☹️ www.tigerbay.org.uk
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🧪 Cool!
To mark the 164th anniversary of ‘On the Origin of Species’
A fantastic piece of detective work has been published on the Darwin Online website showing scans of all known surviving pages from Darwin’s original hand-written manuscript:
darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialInt...
To mark the 164th anniversary of ‘On the Origin of Species’
A fantastic piece of detective work has been published on the Darwin Online website showing scans of all known surviving pages from Darwin’s original hand-written manuscript:
darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialInt...
November 24, 2023 at 8:03 PM
🧪 Cool!
To mark the 164th anniversary of ‘On the Origin of Species’
A fantastic piece of detective work has been published on the Darwin Online website showing scans of all known surviving pages from Darwin’s original hand-written manuscript:
darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialInt...
To mark the 164th anniversary of ‘On the Origin of Species’
A fantastic piece of detective work has been published on the Darwin Online website showing scans of all known surviving pages from Darwin’s original hand-written manuscript:
darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialInt...
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Rather sadly - my first post on here is to let anyone who will listen know that English/Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes is facing massive redundancies - 40% of staff to be culled by January including my own role. Please share and support, we are trying to save our livelihoods #SaveBrookesEnglish
November 15, 2023 at 7:10 AM
Rather sadly - my first post on here is to let anyone who will listen know that English/Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes is facing massive redundancies - 40% of staff to be culled by January including my own role. Please share and support, we are trying to save our livelihoods #SaveBrookesEnglish
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Great to see that the annual reports of the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress 1926 and 1927 are now on the Irish Labour History Society website. All reports from 1901-27 now freely available at www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/collections/...
November 8, 2023 at 8:17 AM
Great to see that the annual reports of the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress 1926 and 1927 are now on the Irish Labour History Society website. All reports from 1901-27 now freely available at www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/collections/...
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Free access to UK wartime records is available at Ancestry UK until 12 Nov: www.ancestry.co.uk/c/wartime-st...
Meanwhile Ancestry's Canadian site offers free access to military records worldwide (including UK records): www.ancestry.ca/search/categ...
Ts&Cs apply! #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudies
Meanwhile Ancestry's Canadian site offers free access to military records worldwide (including UK records): www.ancestry.ca/search/categ...
Ts&Cs apply! #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudies
November 2, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Free access to UK wartime records is available at Ancestry UK until 12 Nov: www.ancestry.co.uk/c/wartime-st...
Meanwhile Ancestry's Canadian site offers free access to military records worldwide (including UK records): www.ancestry.ca/search/categ...
Ts&Cs apply! #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudies
Meanwhile Ancestry's Canadian site offers free access to military records worldwide (including UK records): www.ancestry.ca/search/categ...
Ts&Cs apply! #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudies