Polly Thompson
@pollyrt.bsky.social
"surprisingly people focussed for a tech person" | "stronger than you look" | "so embarrassing"
What a lovely picture of you and @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social !
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
What a lovely picture of you and @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social !
Cackled is exactly the right word. Marvellous. Nick and David rushing to console Alan for his treachery ❤️
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Cackled is exactly the right word. Marvellous. Nick and David rushing to console Alan for his treachery ❤️
"...you feel like you’re reading out at best some bit of committee-written bureaucracy. There is an emotional sense of... no person is on the other end."
I think this is partly why it's so popular in (some parts of) gov. But it takes us in the wrong direction. We should be more human, not less!
I think this is partly why it's so popular in (some parts of) gov. But it takes us in the wrong direction. We should be more human, not less!
October 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"...you feel like you’re reading out at best some bit of committee-written bureaucracy. There is an emotional sense of... no person is on the other end."
I think this is partly why it's so popular in (some parts of) gov. But it takes us in the wrong direction. We should be more human, not less!
I think this is partly why it's so popular in (some parts of) gov. But it takes us in the wrong direction. We should be more human, not less!
"Words that ought to be working together are instead not even fighting each other (fighting is interesting) but coming apart in your hands like a cheaply-made toy."
October 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"Words that ought to be working together are instead not even fighting each other (fighting is interesting) but coming apart in your hands like a cheaply-made toy."
Reposted by Polly Thompson
Absolutely hilarious if the end of the Trump Era is marked by a dataviz chart showing various state guard units being recalled or troops lost to generals Janvier and Fevrier
August 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Absolutely hilarious if the end of the Trump Era is marked by a dataviz chart showing various state guard units being recalled or troops lost to generals Janvier and Fevrier
Everyone goes down bench-inscription-related rabbit holes, right?
August 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Everyone goes down bench-inscription-related rabbit holes, right?
An impressively long-lived family. The last Joseph is mentioned in this article about the village from 1970: www.bidefordarchive.org.uk/featured-art...
The Village of a Single Surname
Bideford and District Community Archive - the Gazette Newspaper from 1856 onwards
www.bidefordarchive.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
An impressively long-lived family. The last Joseph is mentioned in this article about the village from 1970: www.bidefordarchive.org.uk/featured-art...