Mrs Cosmopilite
mandyoldroyd.bsky.social
Mrs Cosmopilite
@mandyoldroyd.bsky.social
Dressmaker/seamstress, serial crafter, fantasy & sci-fi geek, annoyingly socialist, owned by dogs.
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Please consider signing this. I am clinically vulnerable, I care for someone who is 96 and has dementia, yet the Government has decided that I now have to pay ~£100 for a covid vaccine. Many clinically vulnerable people cannot afford this.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters
'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care hom...
petition.parliament.uk
September 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Back to normal today, yesterday was stressful but went well. Today a trip to buy a rug because one of the dogs is scared of the hard flooring.
March 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Bored. Sitting in hospital having the first of a new treatment regime for Crohn’s. Two hours of infusion. Then two hours of observation. I have my kindle and can’t concentrate, so I’m poking the Internet
March 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Some questions for Elon Musk courtesy of the late Tony Benn:

What power have you got?
Where did you get it from?
In whose interests do you use it?
To whom are you accountable?
And how do we get rid of you?
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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No apologies for the Cute 🥰 Bunny feeding time this morning!
February 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Data is mounting that the shingles vaccine is protective against dementia. It's not definitive, but it's interesting. In addition, the effect is more pronounced for women. vajenda.substack.com/p/is-the-shi...
Is the Shingles Vaccine Protective Against Dementia?
A definite maybe
vajenda.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I may have actually LOL at this juxtaposition.
January 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I wouldn't usually do this, but help needed - this year has been a car crash of epic proportions.

All of my Nick Holleran books have been put into one collection! Out today, it's in KU and is only 0.99.

That's 1,000 pages!

Dresden Files meets Supernatural with an emphasis on found family.
December 22, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Today we travelled from the Midlands to to North Wiltshire. Windy, but we’ve had worse, got home and learned shortly after that darling daughter had a tree fall on her house.
December 7, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Feeling somewhat pleased with myself today. Chatting with an older relative (who is actually open minded). She was struggling with “they” as she said, it’s a plural.
So I simply replied ”look at them over there, what are they doing?”
You could see cogs turning, and she said thanks I get it now.
November 24, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Another busy weekend done, back to work for a rest!
At least it was sunny for walking the hellhounds.
November 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
One of the most common things people say “it fits really well, it’s just needs making shorter, and smaller around the top”
I’m never sure what they think is a good fit.
Usually followed by some other complicated alteration, e.g add sleeves
November 13, 2024 at 8:19 PM
November 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Exciting news today, got the vacuum cleaner unblocked. It was full of dog hair and glitter.
My life.
November 6, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I opened this account a while ago then didn’t use it. Today I’m going to make the effort to find as many of those I follow in the other place I can before I leave. Have a dog picture, they neither know nor care
November 6, 2024 at 10:12 AM