🍂🍁🌻Diggles (she/her)🍂🍁🌻
@diggles.bsky.social
Teacher, gamer, learner, crafter. Politically progressive Gen Xer. Lifelong nerd (DoctorWho, Trek etc) Hypermobile spoonie with Fibro and other stuff. #CovidIsAirborne (although I wish it wasn't) N95 masks all the way!
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I just went for a lovely birding walk in local Nature Reserve 2 and got inspired: with the help of the Merlin bird ID app I'm going to record all the birds I see/hear between 24/12/24 and 25/12/25. It'll be under the hashtag #2425YearOfBirding. Anyone want to join me?
...and work is done. I don't know why I'm so out of spoons this evening (I've been pacing carefully and got 5/5 the last 2 days on Visible) but it may just be the cold, damp & dark of winter. I wanna hibernate! 😴
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
...and work is done. I don't know why I'm so out of spoons this evening (I've been pacing carefully and got 5/5 the last 2 days on Visible) but it may just be the cold, damp & dark of winter. I wanna hibernate! 😴
Huzzah! We got a ton of laundry dried before the sun set and the temperature plummeted. I've had a nice, relaxing afternoon: a gentle workout & a lot of gaming 😀 Now I've got work just 4-6pm and the students are lovely 👍
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Huzzah! We got a ton of laundry dried before the sun set and the temperature plummeted. I've had a nice, relaxing afternoon: a gentle workout & a lot of gaming 😀 Now I've got work just 4-6pm and the students are lovely 👍
This is an excellent piece about the danger of the far right in the UK following in the US right's steps of co-opting Christianity for their own awful purposes. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out | Lamorna Ash
Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences, says author Lamorna Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is an excellent piece about the danger of the far right in the UK following in the US right's steps of co-opting Christianity for their own awful purposes. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Happy Tuesday folks! It's COLD here but at least it's a lot drier than yesterday and we even have a bit of sun. I've just put laundry out but now I'll be taking it easy until I work this evening. Also, this is your monthly reminder to back up your data! I'm about to do mine on my portable hard drive
a colorful drawing of a floppy disc
Alt: a colorful drawing of a floppy disc
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November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Happy Tuesday folks! It's COLD here but at least it's a lot drier than yesterday and we even have a bit of sun. I've just put laundry out but now I'll be taking it easy until I work this evening. Also, this is your monthly reminder to back up your data! I'm about to do mine on my portable hard drive
After a good bit of resting I had the spoons to do some batch baking: 2 loaves of GF bread & 2 GF apple & apple/blackberry sponges. That'll do us for snacks this week & should do me for GF bread for about 10 days. Yays! Batch cooking is a true lifesaver with chronic illness.
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
After a good bit of resting I had the spoons to do some batch baking: 2 loaves of GF bread & 2 GF apple & apple/blackberry sponges. That'll do us for snacks this week & should do me for GF bread for about 10 days. Yays! Batch cooking is a true lifesaver with chronic illness.
Happy Monday folks! I'm online later today as I've just been to the local shopping centres and back - walked it both ways in the cold and some nasty showers but I did it and I don't think I've overspent spoons! I'm def resting for the rest of today though. I enjoyed getting out and buying a few bits
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Happy Monday folks! I'm online later today as I've just been to the local shopping centres and back - walked it both ways in the cold and some nasty showers but I did it and I don't think I've overspent spoons! I'm def resting for the rest of today though. I enjoyed getting out and buying a few bits
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The return of the evening feeling that I'd like to watch some TV and there's too much choice and I don't know what I'm in the mood for and I can't decide and this is annoying and I end up doomscrolling and playing solitaire.
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The return of the evening feeling that I'd like to watch some TV and there's too much choice and I don't know what I'm in the mood for and I can't decide and this is annoying and I end up doomscrolling and playing solitaire.
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Banksy can't decide which of the new footstools is her favourite... She likes them all. #Catsofbluesky
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November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Banksy can't decide which of the new footstools is her favourite... She likes them all. #Catsofbluesky
30%off introductory price. Buy one here >>>>
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30%off introductory price. Buy one here >>>>
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I got out for a walk just before lunch, so yays! It wasn't too damp but it was cold so I'm glad I took my gloves. Hubby went out for a bit so I was able to play my fave music (which he hates 😜) on speaker instead of headphones which was fun. I've got another hour off then back to work for me.
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I got out for a walk just before lunch, so yays! It wasn't too damp but it was cold so I'm glad I took my gloves. Hubby went out for a bit so I was able to play my fave music (which he hates 😜) on speaker instead of headphones which was fun. I've got another hour off then back to work for me.
Happy Sunday folks! It's grey, dark, wet & 'orrible here so I'm not sorry that I'm working all day. I'm about to start my first class, then I go through until 4pm (but with lots of pacing breaks). Hope you have a good day and that you have better weather than us!
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Happy Sunday folks! It's grey, dark, wet & 'orrible here so I'm not sorry that I'm working all day. I'm about to start my first class, then I go through until 4pm (but with lots of pacing breaks). Hope you have a good day and that you have better weather than us!
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Accept that it is impossible for you satisfy everybody completely. Between conflicting needs and some people not wishing to be satisfied, even the best efforts with the best of intentions cannot make everybody happy. Just do the right thing as often as you can.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Accept that it is impossible for you satisfy everybody completely. Between conflicting needs and some people not wishing to be satisfied, even the best efforts with the best of intentions cannot make everybody happy. Just do the right thing as often as you can.
I got through work OK and I've been able to have a nice rest since then. I got out for a quick walk around the block between classes too so I managed some fresh air and light today! Tomorrow'll be another busy one but this is the time of year when I make the bulk of the year's income.
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I got through work OK and I've been able to have a nice rest since then. I got out for a quick walk around the block between classes too so I managed some fresh air and light today! Tomorrow'll be another busy one but this is the time of year when I make the bulk of the year's income.
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I cannot express to you how massively it fucks me off when a song thrush turns up in my living room out of nowhere, with all its bluster and assumptions, then tries to claim a piece of abstract art as its own.
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I cannot express to you how massively it fucks me off when a song thrush turns up in my living room out of nowhere, with all its bluster and assumptions, then tries to claim a piece of abstract art as its own.
Aww, friend just dropped round a bag of apples from the glut she's had on her tree this autumn! Yays! Free apples! Add those to the couple of kg of blackberries in the freezer and I see a LOT of crumbles in our future 😋
rapunzel from tangled is holding a pie and says mmmm
Alt: rapunzel from tangled is holding a pie and says mmmm
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Aww, friend just dropped round a bag of apples from the glut she's had on her tree this autumn! Yays! Free apples! Add those to the couple of kg of blackberries in the freezer and I see a LOT of crumbles in our future 😋
Happy Caturday folks! I've got a later work start today - nothing until 11am so I'm enjoying an easy morning. We've got a dry but gloomy day here so trying to wake myself up ready for work and get a bit of laundry done. Hope that whatever you're doing you have a good day x
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Happy Caturday folks! I've got a later work start today - nothing until 11am so I'm enjoying an easy morning. We've got a dry but gloomy day here so trying to wake myself up ready for work and get a bit of laundry done. Hope that whatever you're doing you have a good day x
Just watched an excellent Zack Polanski interview ( leader of the UK Green Party) by Owen Jones. Highly recommended. Polanski gives me hope that we can turn this country around and have a better future than what we're facing right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qa...
“We Will REPLACE LABOUR”: Zack Polanski Says Labour’s Time Over
YouTube video by Owen Jones
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just watched an excellent Zack Polanski interview ( leader of the UK Green Party) by Owen Jones. Highly recommended. Polanski gives me hope that we can turn this country around and have a better future than what we're facing right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qa...
Huzzah! I got out for a shortish walk after lunch - my first time out the house since Monday thanks to the ice, snow & too-cold-for-my-asthmatic-lungs air. I'm relaxing now until I start work at 4pm. This weekend is a bit easier than my usual timetable so I shouldn't be as knackered by Mon as usual.
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Huzzah! I got out for a shortish walk after lunch - my first time out the house since Monday thanks to the ice, snow & too-cold-for-my-asthmatic-lungs air. I'm relaxing now until I start work at 4pm. This weekend is a bit easier than my usual timetable so I shouldn't be as knackered by Mon as usual.
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still enjoying @thatelizabeth.bsky.social's characterisation of the gc movement as 'men's rights activism in drag'.
At least it's honest, right? Intrusive questioning of women who don't conform to norms about how they should look, and women then being banned if they tell their inquisitor to mind his own sodding business, has always been the logical end point for the patriarchal project that is TERFdom.
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
still enjoying @thatelizabeth.bsky.social's characterisation of the gc movement as 'men's rights activism in drag'.
Happy Friday folks! We have blue skies! The snow's melting! It's still horrifically cold & I need to wear a mask outside! 🥶 At least I can get outside though. We're doing laundry & I've also got housework done so I'm taking a pacing break. I've got work 4-6 so not too bad. Hope you have a good one x
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy Friday folks! We have blue skies! The snow's melting! It's still horrifically cold & I need to wear a mask outside! 🥶 At least I can get outside though. We're doing laundry & I've also got housework done so I'm taking a pacing break. I've got work 4-6 so not too bad. Hope you have a good one x
Ooh! Hubby just found out about the ITV Retro You Tube channel. It's got Sapphire & Steel, Joe 90, The Prisoner and tons of other stuff! @mtgallagher.bsky.social don't know if you've come across this? www.youtube.com/@itv-Retro/p...
ITV Retro
All your favourite, classic ITV shows in one place.
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ooh! Hubby just found out about the ITV Retro You Tube channel. It's got Sapphire & Steel, Joe 90, The Prisoner and tons of other stuff! @mtgallagher.bsky.social don't know if you've come across this? www.youtube.com/@itv-Retro/p...
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Hey Cis folks, if you're an ally of Trans+ folx, would you mind singing this Not In Our Name petition, please?
It calls on the media to report truthfully that the greatest threat to women isn't Trans+ folx, but cis men.
Thanks.
It calls on the media to report truthfully that the greatest threat to women isn't Trans+ folx, but cis men.
Thanks.
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Hey Cis folks, if you're an ally of Trans+ folx, would you mind singing this Not In Our Name petition, please?
It calls on the media to report truthfully that the greatest threat to women isn't Trans+ folx, but cis men.
Thanks.
It calls on the media to report truthfully that the greatest threat to women isn't Trans+ folx, but cis men.
Thanks.
Right. After resting most of the day to build up spoons I've batch-cooked jacket potatoes (for 2 days) veggies (for approx 4 days) and an epically huge GF/veggie lasagna (??? days? I'll freeze what doesn't get used today or tomorrow).
a chef is standing in a kitchen with a frying pan and a stove .
Alt: The Swedish Chef standing in a kitchen with a frying pan and a stove . Bork! Bork! Bork!
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Right. After resting most of the day to build up spoons I've batch-cooked jacket potatoes (for 2 days) veggies (for approx 4 days) and an epically huge GF/veggie lasagna (??? days? I'll freeze what doesn't get used today or tomorrow).
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Hey I'm a collage student at #TUDublin! I'm doing a survey for research into my final year project and would appreciate any Ireland based #lgbtq people could fill in my survey! There is also a picture of my cat at the end forms.gle/Bgs5CjmhfafV...
LGBTQ+ interview survey
Hi My name is Eimear and I am a student at TU Dublin!
This survey is for some brief interviews about lgbtq+ people in Ireland.
This survey will ask questions about the following topics, feel free to ...
forms.gle
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Happy Thursday folks! We've had a bit more snow overnight so it's cold, icy and a day to stay inside. Thankfully I can, as it's a day off. We overslept this morning - didn't set alarms as we didn't need to - and I only got a 3/5 on Visible so an easy day will do me good. Hope you have a good one x
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Happy Thursday folks! We've had a bit more snow overnight so it's cold, icy and a day to stay inside. Thankfully I can, as it's a day off. We overslept this morning - didn't set alarms as we didn't need to - and I only got a 3/5 on Visible so an easy day will do me good. Hope you have a good one x