Ray Owen
@riopsy.bsky.social
-Clinical & Health Psychologist - UK
-ACT/ 3rd Wave approaches in physical health, grief and sports settings
-Also interested in: rugby (union), cricket, books, science & movies. Also food...
-ACT/ 3rd Wave approaches in physical health, grief and sports settings
-Also interested in: rugby (union), cricket, books, science & movies. Also food...
I almost wish I hadn't resigned from Labour the night of the "Land of strangers" speech, so I could do it in response to this horrid sentiment
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I almost wish I hadn't resigned from Labour the night of the "Land of strangers" speech, so I could do it in response to this horrid sentiment
Ohmygod... Avrana Kern was messing up BEARS too?? Got to read that bonus story!
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ohmygod... Avrana Kern was messing up BEARS too?? Got to read that bonus story!
Just going to infill the time with The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon until more Murderbot is available
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Just going to infill the time with The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon until more Murderbot is available
I speak as someone who has just finished this year's Booker Shortlist, and tho it was better than last year's, I still long for some weird shit about sexy spider demons.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I speak as someone who has just finished this year's Booker Shortlist, and tho it was better than last year's, I still long for some weird shit about sexy spider demons.
I have, and I beg to differ. Imagine if it was somehow a verb though...
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I have, and I beg to differ. Imagine if it was somehow a verb though...
Just wondering whether the "shit" in "weird shit story" is a noun or adjective. Feels like it makes a difference.
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just wondering whether the "shit" in "weird shit story" is a noun or adjective. Feels like it makes a difference.
Was staying at a chalet high in the French Alps. Discovered that the man on the next table had read Psychology at Univ too. Spent the rest of the evening trading Jeffrey Gray stories.
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Was staying at a chalet high in the French Alps. Discovered that the man on the next table had read Psychology at Univ too. Spent the rest of the evening trading Jeffrey Gray stories.
Love it. Amid all the performances writing and production that are rightly celebrated, I sometimes think the brilliance of Jean Hagens performance gets overlooked. She definitely deserved the Oscar nom she got for it.
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Love it. Amid all the performances writing and production that are rightly celebrated, I sometimes think the brilliance of Jean Hagens performance gets overlooked. She definitely deserved the Oscar nom she got for it.
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Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
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99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
Children of Time ebook by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Children of Time Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel" by Adrian Tchaikovsky available from Rakuten Kobo. Humanity is overrated.
**The tenth anniversary edition of...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
Woo! Woo! You're going to have to pay lots of money to an evil software corporation! You'll have to change your bookkeeping system! You'll have to be up to date ALL THE TIME! And it STILL won't actually submit your end of year return for you! M'wa ha ha ha!!!! ((Rattling of Marley-esque chains))
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Woo! Woo! You're going to have to pay lots of money to an evil software corporation! You'll have to change your bookkeeping system! You'll have to be up to date ALL THE TIME! And it STILL won't actually submit your end of year return for you! M'wa ha ha ha!!!! ((Rattling of Marley-esque chains))
Ecoutez, Repetez
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October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Makes me think of James White's "Sector General" stories: dared to focus on understanding different species and trying to help, rather than - you know - blowing them up
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Makes me think of James White's "Sector General" stories: dared to focus on understanding different species and trying to help, rather than - you know - blowing them up
In fairness, Dan, the day is young. Somebody might yet organise a mob outside Westminster Abbey, shouting about papist plots and waving warming pans
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In fairness, Dan, the day is young. Somebody might yet organise a mob outside Westminster Abbey, shouting about papist plots and waving warming pans
AND it resets your mic /speaker options to what it thinks you should want, rather than what you have just been using successfully on every other call
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
AND it resets your mic /speaker options to what it thinks you should want, rather than what you have just been using successfully on every other call