Sam Barnett-Cormack
@sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk
Liberal Quaker, disabled, neurodivergent (ADHD), interested in most things. Eclectic education. He/him. narco_sam on X.
Lancaster, UK
Writing/speaking on disability, patient experience, Quaker stuff, & whatever I feel like.
https://linktr.ee/quakersambc
Lancaster, UK
Writing/speaking on disability, patient experience, Quaker stuff, & whatever I feel like.
https://linktr.ee/quakersambc
"Operator error" I could just about consider plausible. "Coding error" would seem incredibly unlikely, but also unlikely to be fixed that quickly.
Not impossible. But pretty implausible. Just from a technical point-of-view.
Not impossible. But pretty implausible. Just from a technical point-of-view.
It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website. We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon.
August 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Operator error" I could just about consider plausible. "Coding error" would seem incredibly unlikely, but also unlikely to be fixed that quickly.
Not impossible. But pretty implausible. Just from a technical point-of-view.
Not impossible. But pretty implausible. Just from a technical point-of-view.
I am trapped in St Helens. Replacement bus showing up as being in one hour.
My narcolepsy meds start to be unreliable in about ten minutes.
My narcolepsy meds start to be unreliable in about ten minutes.
February 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I am trapped in St Helens. Replacement bus showing up as being in one hour.
My narcolepsy meds start to be unreliable in about ten minutes.
My narcolepsy meds start to be unreliable in about ten minutes.
Since I got my new glasses, both with the varifocals and the readers, when I watch someone doing face-to-camera on the TV, my depth perception goes weird sometimes.
Like it looks like someone's head has been recorded separately and stuck on to the video, like it isn't really attached to their body.
Like it looks like someone's head has been recorded separately and stuck on to the video, like it isn't really attached to their body.
January 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Since I got my new glasses, both with the varifocals and the readers, when I watch someone doing face-to-camera on the TV, my depth perception goes weird sometimes.
Like it looks like someone's head has been recorded separately and stuck on to the video, like it isn't really attached to their body.
Like it looks like someone's head has been recorded separately and stuck on to the video, like it isn't really attached to their body.
I really wish that celebs and major institutional users (like media, government etc) - and, frankly, anyone else in a position to - actually used domain verification on Bluesky. Always feel a sense of doubt if accounts are really what they claim to be if they haven't.
January 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I really wish that celebs and major institutional users (like media, government etc) - and, frankly, anyone else in a position to - actually used domain verification on Bluesky. Always feel a sense of doubt if accounts are really what they claim to be if they haven't.
Knowing that the reason one has exaggerated emotional reactions is emotional dysregulation/lability due to #ADHD doesn't actually help deal with them as much as one might hope.
Easier to be kind to yourself about it, but the emotions are still there.
Easier to be kind to yourself about it, but the emotions are still there.
January 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Knowing that the reason one has exaggerated emotional reactions is emotional dysregulation/lability due to #ADHD doesn't actually help deal with them as much as one might hope.
Easier to be kind to yourself about it, but the emotions are still there.
Easier to be kind to yourself about it, but the emotions are still there.
Really sad to have learned that Lisa Egan - @lisybabe.bsky.social - has died. Dedicated, passionate and also capable of being a lot of fun. Will be sorely missed.
January 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Really sad to have learned that Lisa Egan - @lisybabe.bsky.social - has died. Dedicated, passionate and also capable of being a lot of fun. Will be sorely missed.
Looking at data dispassionately, there are a number of ways that the US doesn't fit in with the global economic north.
This is one of them.
This is one of them.
70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
January 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Looking at data dispassionately, there are a number of ways that the US doesn't fit in with the global economic north.
This is one of them.
This is one of them.
I recently got my first ever pair of varifocals. Optician does free second pair (with single vision lenses) so ordered readers as well, thought it would be useful sometimes.
Readers were delayed, finally got them, and my god it's better to use them if I'm doing mostly close stuff.
Readers were delayed, finally got them, and my god it's better to use them if I'm doing mostly close stuff.
January 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I recently got my first ever pair of varifocals. Optician does free second pair (with single vision lenses) so ordered readers as well, thought it would be useful sometimes.
Readers were delayed, finally got them, and my god it's better to use them if I'm doing mostly close stuff.
Readers were delayed, finally got them, and my god it's better to use them if I'm doing mostly close stuff.
That last thread was quite banal, but this sort of thing is actually a significant part of the life of some of us, so, yeah.
If you get it, you get it. If not, might be worth learning more about the everyday realities of being disabled.
If you get it, you get it. If not, might be worth learning more about the everyday realities of being disabled.
December 26, 2024 at 6:44 PM
That last thread was quite banal, but this sort of thing is actually a significant part of the life of some of us, so, yeah.
If you get it, you get it. If not, might be worth learning more about the everyday realities of being disabled.
If you get it, you get it. If not, might be worth learning more about the everyday realities of being disabled.
The other week, a nut fell off my rollator. I still had the bolt and wheel, and fortunately my selection of bits at home included an appropriate sized locknut, but getting home with 3/4 wheels was interesting.
December 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
The other week, a nut fell off my rollator. I still had the bolt and wheel, and fortunately my selection of bits at home included an appropriate sized locknut, but getting home with 3/4 wheels was interesting.
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Chatted with a bloke who felt he should have moved on his wife’s death by now and be feeling Mwrry about Christmas. She only died in August 2023!
If you’re finding the festive season tough due to bereavement, you’re not alone. There’s space for you here. #JoinIn
If you’re finding the festive season tough due to bereavement, you’re not alone. There’s space for you here. #JoinIn
December 25, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Chatted with a bloke who felt he should have moved on his wife’s death by now and be feeling Mwrry about Christmas. She only died in August 2023!
If you’re finding the festive season tough due to bereavement, you’re not alone. There’s space for you here. #JoinIn
If you’re finding the festive season tough due to bereavement, you’re not alone. There’s space for you here. #JoinIn
My head is too large for Christmas
December 25, 2024 at 6:03 PM
My head is too large for Christmas
This year's Christmas dinner. Not entirely happy with it. Potatoes should have been in #sousvide longer, and both the meat stuffing and the dryer stuffing have the wrong texture.
But I'm not beating myself up about it. So, score one for #mentalhealth I guess.
But I'm not beating myself up about it. So, score one for #mentalhealth I guess.
December 25, 2024 at 5:51 PM
This year's Christmas dinner. Not entirely happy with it. Potatoes should have been in #sousvide longer, and both the meat stuffing and the dryer stuffing have the wrong texture.
But I'm not beating myself up about it. So, score one for #mentalhealth I guess.
But I'm not beating myself up about it. So, score one for #mentalhealth I guess.
Happy Christmas to all, and any other relevant season's greetings.
December 25, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Happy Christmas to all, and any other relevant season's greetings.
I got Whammed by the London International Horse Show #whamageddon.
December 21, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I got Whammed by the London International Horse Show #whamageddon.
I'm beginning to suspect that entryists attempting to disrupt Bluesky as a place for liberal/left wing/just generally chill people by use of blocklists that appear to be sincere are being fairly successful and bizarrely inclusive.
Some of the ones I'm on are just bizarre.
Some of the ones I'm on are just bizarre.
December 7, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I'm beginning to suspect that entryists attempting to disrupt Bluesky as a place for liberal/left wing/just generally chill people by use of blocklists that appear to be sincere are being fairly successful and bizarrely inclusive.
Some of the ones I'm on are just bizarre.
Some of the ones I'm on are just bizarre.
I wonder if many Americans have been served a British corned beef sandwich without being told what "corned beef" is over here, and how they felt about what they received?
December 6, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I wonder if many Americans have been served a British corned beef sandwich without being told what "corned beef" is over here, and how they felt about what they received?
Red wine triggers both my migraines and IBS. Which puts a bit of a crimp in some cooking.
Finally found a simple substitute! A bit sweet, which will be a problem in some recipes, but easy to do.
White wine and pomegranate molasses. Still working on ratios.
(Don't drink it, though)
Finally found a simple substitute! A bit sweet, which will be a problem in some recipes, but easy to do.
White wine and pomegranate molasses. Still working on ratios.
(Don't drink it, though)
December 2, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Red wine triggers both my migraines and IBS. Which puts a bit of a crimp in some cooking.
Finally found a simple substitute! A bit sweet, which will be a problem in some recipes, but easy to do.
White wine and pomegranate molasses. Still working on ratios.
(Don't drink it, though)
Finally found a simple substitute! A bit sweet, which will be a problem in some recipes, but easy to do.
White wine and pomegranate molasses. Still working on ratios.
(Don't drink it, though)
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Importing the archive:
The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need.
#newscientistbandnames
The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need.
#newscientistbandnames
December 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Importing the archive:
The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need.
#newscientistbandnames
The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need.
#newscientistbandnames
Reposted by Sam Barnett-Cormack
Yes, that’s all true. But it has not happened yet. And I’m seeing a lot of disabled people talking of giving up, when we need to keep fighting. And we need the support of allies even more, so please keep spreading the word. Giving up at this stage is not helpful. We need to keep fighting.
December 1, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Yes, that’s all true. But it has not happened yet. And I’m seeing a lot of disabled people talking of giving up, when we need to keep fighting. And we need the support of allies even more, so please keep spreading the word. Giving up at this stage is not helpful. We need to keep fighting.
Reposted by Sam Barnett-Cormack
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
Seeing various things about different cultural assumptions people are making here about following back. FB is presumed, FB is all but obligatory, FB should always be at least carefully considered, or FB is just because someone following you means you notice they exist.
December 1, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Seeing various things about different cultural assumptions people are making here about following back. FB is presumed, FB is all but obligatory, FB should always be at least carefully considered, or FB is just because someone following you means you notice they exist.
I recently got blue-light blocking overglasses in an attempt to reduce #migraine frequency, and set all my computers to 'night mode' (also reduced blue light in pretty much the same way).
Too early to tell if it's making a difference, but I have to say the world looks weird through them.
Too early to tell if it's making a difference, but I have to say the world looks weird through them.
December 1, 2024 at 8:47 AM
I recently got blue-light blocking overglasses in an attempt to reduce #migraine frequency, and set all my computers to 'night mode' (also reduced blue light in pretty much the same way).
Too early to tell if it's making a difference, but I have to say the world looks weird through them.
Too early to tell if it's making a difference, but I have to say the world looks weird through them.