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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third

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sewing and comics, comix and sewing. Reading and silliness. Getting more hair-trigger at blocking transphobes and reporting hate

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · Mar 23

I see some other people doing ongoing threads of stuff they listen to or have read; seems like a good thing, share knowledge of good stuff and enjoyment of what’s out there. Here’s something I’ve just finished:

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 3h

#nofilter

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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 22h

New awareness campaign

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Nic Houghton @40percentgerman.bsky.social · Dec 10

"A good way to learn German is to read children's books to familiarise yourself with basic grammar and vocabulary"

German children's book:

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 4h

Last one for me today: just before 9 am when the charging stops for the morning. I’ve been hearing cars and a few buses whizzing past, and a couple of times the pedestrians have pushed the crossing button, but this time I only caught two bikes and a scooter in the shot.

Quiet road with little traffic: taken at just before 9 am on Tuesday 4 Nov, the first full week of the temporary congestion charge in Oxford. This is Hollow Way, which has one of the monitoring points at the other end. Here we are facing towards the Cowley Rd / Oxford Road end.

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John B @johnb78.bsky.social · 5h

It's one where the freaks and lunatics who run these Victorian institutions claim it's necessary preparation for the workplace, at precisely the same time that the workplace for anyone who does actually manage to complete school has moved to "sitting at home in a t-shirt"

Sean @shocktigan.bsky.social · 21h

Imagine having to sit in prison-like environs for two full days cus your boss didn’t like your hair.

The normalisation of this kind of stuff in our schooling system really should be understood as a national scandal

#edusky
#edpsychs

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 5h

8:30; a little more traffic again, still always very free flowing.

Quiet road with little traffic: taken at about 8:30 am on Tuesday 4 Nov, the first full week of the temporary congestion charge in Oxford. This is Hollow Way, which has one of the monitoring points at the other end. Here we are facing towards the Cowley Rd / Oxford Road end.

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 5h

8:00 am; more regular traffic but all flowing freely, a few pedestrians about. Sometimes people can just cross the road without waiting, other times people have pressed the button for the crossing.

Quiet road with little traffic: taken at just before 8 am on Tuesday 4 Nov, the first full week of the temporary congestion charge in Oxford. This is Hollow Way, which has one of the monitoring points at the other end. Here we are facing towards the Cowley Rd / Oxford Road end.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This is brilliant

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 6h

brains are better than AI for a true depth of weird

jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 6h

A few cars, still very light traffic at 7:30. A school day again and today they’re all back, no INSET day that I now of.

Quiet road with little traffic: taken at 7:30 am on Tuesday 4 Nov, the first full week of the temporary congestion charge in Oxford. This is Hollow Way, which has one of the monitoring points at the other end. Here we are facing towards the Cowley Rd / Oxford Road end. One car is driving towards the Oxford Rd end, a car or two have just gone past.

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 6h

Day 2 of anecdata on my bit of the new temporary congestion charge in Oxford. I also had a tradesman appointment yesterday afternoon and took the opportunity to ask him about traffic. He said that within the ring road it was very clear, but that the ring road itself was basically at peak, all day.

jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 6h

Day 2 of #CongestionChargeWatch on Hollow Way. I have heard a few cars but all very free flowing before 7 am.

Quiet road with little traffic: taken at just before 7 am on Tuesday 4 Nov, the first full week of the temporary congestion charge in Oxford. This is Hollow Way, which has one of the monitoring points at the other end. Here we are facing towards the Cowley Rd / Oxford Road end.

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 6h

Day 2 of #CongestionChargeWatch on Hollow Way. I have heard a few cars but all very free flowing before 7 am.

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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 18h

Holy Shit @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @ladyliminal.bsky.social
Have you seen this wall painting from Angouléme?

A massive wall painting with cartoon figures, mostly Asterix, from works by Albert Uderzo

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Jo The Bewildered 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🎓 @smoljomusic.bsky.social · 17h

If anyone wants an already up and running test case for the insanity that already is right to work checks - just ask anyone who works for a university and has the godawful task of trying to pay people for things like one off guest lectures and external examining.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 19h

Interesting factlets about Digital ID...

Government is proposing a massive extension of right to work checks, to sweep up not just employees but all individuals providing services otherwise than to consumers. So the whole gig economy and even including eg barristers (shock!)... /1

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Ask a Manager @askamanager.org · 21h

I was the abusive boss

A reader writes: I found your site a few months ago after receiving an angry, almost violent letter from a former employee of mine. I used to own and operate a small bed and breakfast in a resort community. She was a maid, cook, and sometimes bookkeeper. I have always known that I’m a difficult […] The post I was the abusive boss appeared first on Ask a Manager.

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Nick Abadzis @nickabadzis.bsky.social · 1d

If you liked Laika…

The covers of LAIKA and My Beloved Other, published by Macmillan. Art (c) Nick Abadzis

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

Can't DM but have found your councillor email address and will ping you on that

jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

WANT

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 1d

Public transport often treats bikes as a luxury—or worse a competitor—but without them leaves revenue on the table.

For 25 years, the Dutch have extended the reach of their railways through investments in (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes. The result? A doubling of train ridership.

A blue and yellow shared bike stands in the aisle of a bright white underground parking facility in Amsterdam.

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 1d

Comics and more, answering the question 'WTF Can Artists Do During a Fascist Takeover!?' vitalconversations.squarespace.com/episodes #comics

A sepia and black inky page from the comic by Jordan Seaberry

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

I lied, one more photo as we approach the cutoff of 9 am. Slightly busier in that I did see one car waiting to pass the van parked on the on street parking (which they shouldn’t actually use until 9:30 am) and a couple of bikes, plus the start of the driving instruction sessions for the day.

A still-quiet Hollow Way facing down towards the junction with Cowley Road (which is actually Oxford Road at that point). There is one van parked in the street and a car which has just passed it heading towards the Cowley Road junction. Taken at 8:56 on the first Monday of the new congestion charge scheme.

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jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, Spires used up a whole lot of INSET days in one go eh!

jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

Some state schools also have Insets, certainly Cheney does

jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

Also I thought I’d try to remember to take photos for the whole of this first week if possible - not that it’s anything more than an indication but still.

jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

I also don’t quite know if the private schools have gone back yet - I assume so but haven’t checked. Spires doesn’t have an INSET day today tho I know Cheney does.

jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social · 1d

One more, at 8:30 (the charge is only active on our road between 7 am to 9 am and 3 on to 6 pm on weekdays, so this is the last one for the morning).

A very quiet Hollow Way facing down towards the junction with Cowley Road (which is actually Oxford Road at that point). There is one car visible and I had to wait a few seconds to have one in sight. Taken at 8:30 on the first Monday of the new congestion charge scheme.

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