Kerry
@kerryleslie.bsky.social
Community Development by day / community busy body by night. Though here I will talk a lot about my 5yo & baby. Views entirely personal and occasionally a bit hot-headed - don’t quote me. Late diagnosed autistic. (She/they)
Today’s challenge - all out the house together as it’s NATIVITY DAY 🥹
Tomorrow morning, filed under - WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF - school drop off followed by 2x cat vaccinations at 9.20. With the baby in tow. And the cat carriers are still in the loft. Stay tuned for more updates! 😫
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today’s challenge - all out the house together as it’s NATIVITY DAY 🥹
Every day my son splits his advent calendar chocolate with me, which is very sweet. He worked out that my calendar is far superior to his quite quickly 😅
(I recommend having a best friend who is a chocolatier www.sokopatisserie.co.uk)
(I recommend having a best friend who is a chocolatier www.sokopatisserie.co.uk)
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www.sokopatisserie.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Every day my son splits his advent calendar chocolate with me, which is very sweet. He worked out that my calendar is far superior to his quite quickly 😅
(I recommend having a best friend who is a chocolatier www.sokopatisserie.co.uk)
(I recommend having a best friend who is a chocolatier www.sokopatisserie.co.uk)
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Relatedly: please can local businesses at least put their opening hours on Google Maps (or heaven forbid, their *own website*) rather than deferring everything to Instagram? #StirchleyProblems
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Relatedly: please can local businesses at least put their opening hours on Google Maps (or heaven forbid, their *own website*) rather than deferring everything to Instagram? #StirchleyProblems
Tomorrow morning, filed under - WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF - school drop off followed by 2x cat vaccinations at 9.20. With the baby in tow. And the cat carriers are still in the loft. Stay tuned for more updates! 😫
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tomorrow morning, filed under - WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF - school drop off followed by 2x cat vaccinations at 9.20. With the baby in tow. And the cat carriers are still in the loft. Stay tuned for more updates! 😫
Lost a Santa hat between Stirchley Baths and Selly Manor! 🎅
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Lost a Santa hat between Stirchley Baths and Selly Manor! 🎅
It’s Stirchley Community Market today!10am-3pm at Stirchley Baths
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It’s Stirchley Community Market today!10am-3pm at Stirchley Baths
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A ton of interesting stuff in my timeline this week that I couldn't repost because it didn't have alt text. Depressing.
I like you, and I want to help you promote your thing, but if you don't put alt text on the promo image, I can't repost it with a clear conscience. Come on. It only takes two ticks.
I guess I think about alt text quite a bit because it's part of my day job. I notice it's become a point of tension on Bluesky and hardly a day goes by now when I don't see someone complaining that they've been told off for not including it, or for doing it wrong. I'd say... 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A ton of interesting stuff in my timeline this week that I couldn't repost because it didn't have alt text. Depressing.
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Did you know that Better Streets for Birmingham CIC is grassroots funded and run by volunteers?
Help to cover our organisation's costs by donating today: actionnetwork.org/fundraisi...
Help to cover our organisation's costs by donating today: actionnetwork.org/fundraisi...
Donate to Better Streets for Birmingham
Help us to cover our group's operating costs like membership management, insurance, printing and event materials.d
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December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Did you know that Better Streets for Birmingham CIC is grassroots funded and run by volunteers?
Help to cover our organisation's costs by donating today: actionnetwork.org/fundraisi...
Help to cover our organisation's costs by donating today: actionnetwork.org/fundraisi...
A puzzle: writers want their books reviewed, but not necessarily by people whose whole thing is churning out book reviews for a blog or social feed. How do you get your book into the hands of the kind of person who might endorse it in a meaningful way, and whose followers/readers are *your people*?
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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We're back at Stirchley Community Market from 10am tomorrow for the last spooky sale of the year! Come say hello. Or boo. I'm not your mom.
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're back at Stirchley Community Market from 10am tomorrow for the last spooky sale of the year! Come say hello. Or boo. I'm not your mom.
‘I danced to cake pop at the school disco’ 🪩 🤣
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
‘I danced to cake pop at the school disco’ 🪩 🤣
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I've been thinking about spite houses a lot this year. I think I might be becoming one. AI is bulldozing everything around me - the sector I work in, my discipline, the web I grew up with.
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I've been thinking about spite houses a lot this year. I think I might be becoming one. AI is bulldozing everything around me - the sector I work in, my discipline, the web I grew up with.
Left my bab for the first time since she’s likely to notice me missing 😱 getting a hair chop. First a fancy £9 (!) sandwich from Lemonworld.
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Left my bab for the first time since she’s likely to notice me missing 😱 getting a hair chop. First a fancy £9 (!) sandwich from Lemonworld.
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Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute
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I'm desperate for a tolerant world that's only intolerant of the intolerant. c.org/YZG4YxW6K9 #girlguidinguk #trans #guides
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
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December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm desperate for a tolerant world that's only intolerant of the intolerant. c.org/YZG4YxW6K9 #girlguidinguk #trans #guides
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "baby" (48×)
2. "stirchley" (26×)
3. "week" (25×)
4. "school" (24×)
5. "night" (20×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
(I knew I was a baby / mom bore but wow 😂)
1. "baby" (48×)
2. "stirchley" (26×)
3. "week" (25×)
4. "school" (24×)
5. "night" (20×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
(I knew I was a baby / mom bore but wow 😂)
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "baby" (48×)
2. "stirchley" (26×)
3. "week" (25×)
4. "school" (24×)
5. "night" (20×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
(I knew I was a baby / mom bore but wow 😂)
1. "baby" (48×)
2. "stirchley" (26×)
3. "week" (25×)
4. "school" (24×)
5. "night" (20×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
(I knew I was a baby / mom bore but wow 😂)
I shared a total of 154 images this year on Bluesky and included accessibility alt text with 100% of them which is 72% above the average.
Find out how consistently you include alt text here: anisota.net/harvest
🥰
Find out how consistently you include alt text here: anisota.net/harvest
🥰
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I shared a total of 154 images this year on Bluesky and included accessibility alt text with 100% of them which is 72% above the average.
Find out how consistently you include alt text here: anisota.net/harvest
🥰
Find out how consistently you include alt text here: anisota.net/harvest
🥰
Wow I went mildly viral (91 likes!) on my Christmas crown craft post last night, glad I remembered alt text.
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Wow I went mildly viral (91 likes!) on my Christmas crown craft post last night, glad I remembered alt text.
I’m back to stitching reversible, reusable Christmas cracker crowns (mat leave budget Christmas presents…) very happy that the star on the green Christmas tree is not cut off!
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I’m back to stitching reversible, reusable Christmas cracker crowns (mat leave budget Christmas presents…) very happy that the star on the green Christmas tree is not cut off!
‘The baby doesn’t have an advent calendar! Can we make her one with baby milk?’ lovely thoughtful boy 🥹
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
‘The baby doesn’t have an advent calendar! Can we make her one with baby milk?’ lovely thoughtful boy 🥹
I’ve started my next sewing project! I’m attempting to make another pair of billowy baby trousers, in more fabric I picked up at the fabric swap the other day.
Christmas cracker crowns - Christmas presents for family - are on hold, because I’ve ran out of padding / batting.
Christmas cracker crowns - Christmas presents for family - are on hold, because I’ve ran out of padding / batting.
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’ve started my next sewing project! I’m attempting to make another pair of billowy baby trousers, in more fabric I picked up at the fabric swap the other day.
Christmas cracker crowns - Christmas presents for family - are on hold, because I’ve ran out of padding / batting.
Christmas cracker crowns - Christmas presents for family - are on hold, because I’ve ran out of padding / batting.
I am in a hyperlocal mums WhatsApp group (estate wide) and I have these names saved to my phone: Sally Car Seat, Rosemary Jumperoo, Amy Christmas Girl Things, Abby Snuzpod, Rosie Bouncer 😆. It’s quite something!
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I am in a hyperlocal mums WhatsApp group (estate wide) and I have these names saved to my phone: Sally Car Seat, Rosemary Jumperoo, Amy Christmas Girl Things, Abby Snuzpod, Rosie Bouncer 😆. It’s quite something!
We have childcare for the bigger kid as he’s off to the theatre with the grandies - lucky boy. The MUST MAKE GOOD USE OF THE DAY pressure (for me, from me) is high, even though he’s at school *five* days a week.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We have childcare for the bigger kid as he’s off to the theatre with the grandies - lucky boy. The MUST MAKE GOOD USE OF THE DAY pressure (for me, from me) is high, even though he’s at school *five* days a week.
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📣 Latest update: the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has completed its passage through the House of Commons this week. Where are we now?
A thread 🧵 1/5
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social #devolution #communitypower
A thread 🧵 1/5
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social #devolution #communitypower
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣 Latest update: the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has completed its passage through the House of Commons this week. Where are we now?
A thread 🧵 1/5
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social #devolution #communitypower
A thread 🧵 1/5
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social #devolution #communitypower
First mat leave payday where the pay has dropped substantially. Still, better than when I was freelancing but *ouch*.
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
First mat leave payday where the pay has dropped substantially. Still, better than when I was freelancing but *ouch*.