Mandy Collins
@mandycollins.bsky.social
Former journalist, current content writer, life coach, author, mother, dog wrangler, reader, tea lover, baker, DIYer, needlewoman, procrastininja. Not always in that order. Depends on the day. www.reddoorink.com and www.mandycollinscoaching.com
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Congratulations Malaria!
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Congratulations Malaria!
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This is my new favorite eggcorn.
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is my new favorite eggcorn.
It is cruelty to writers to expect us to work in this heat. I regret complaining about the rain; my kingdom for a thunderstorm.
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 PM
It is cruelty to writers to expect us to work in this heat. I regret complaining about the rain; my kingdom for a thunderstorm.
My gosh. I'm sitting in a café next to a table hosting a girl, about 16, her mother and a modelling/pageant agent. The vacuousness of it all... 🤦🏻♀️
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
My gosh. I'm sitting in a café next to a table hosting a girl, about 16, her mother and a modelling/pageant agent. The vacuousness of it all... 🤦🏻♀️
It is almost 5pm on a Friday and I am sitting here just refreshing and refreshing for the last iteration of a document that must go to a client. Would it be a bad idea to pour myself a shandy?
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
It is almost 5pm on a Friday and I am sitting here just refreshing and refreshing for the last iteration of a document that must go to a client. Would it be a bad idea to pour myself a shandy?
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It’s been an eventful day. Steve has seized Rome. He’s not sure how.
January 22, 2026 at 8:21 PM
It’s been an eventful day. Steve has seized Rome. He’s not sure how.
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Today has involved so much braining that I feel like I've written three back-to-back three-hour exams.
January 22, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Today has involved so much braining that I feel like I've written three back-to-back three-hour exams.
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Can't have it both ways, if the government is going to make me do my own taxes they should live with the number I come up with. Don't come back to me later like "Actually,"
January 14, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Can't have it both ways, if the government is going to make me do my own taxes they should live with the number I come up with. Don't come back to me later like "Actually,"
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I picked a hell of a week to visit Europe, and Switzerland, at that.l I’ve spent three days at an international gathering, and, Americans: everybody else is deep into planning a post-US world. We are only worth considering as an opponent. New alliances are being formed. We are being left behind.
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I picked a hell of a week to visit Europe, and Switzerland, at that.l I’ve spent three days at an international gathering, and, Americans: everybody else is deep into planning a post-US world. We are only worth considering as an opponent. New alliances are being formed. We are being left behind.
Today is one of those where I'm just hanging around waiting for other people to get their act together. And I just know it will all land at the same time and be complete pandemonium.
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Today is one of those where I'm just hanging around waiting for other people to get their act together. And I just know it will all land at the same time and be complete pandemonium.
It strikes me as I scroll through Instagram that it's a fulltime job trying to walk 10,000 steps, strength train, mobility train, eat 30g of protein three times a day, drink enough water, improve my gut health, balance my hormones, manage my cortisol levels, regulate my nervous system, sleep...
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
It strikes me as I scroll through Instagram that it's a fulltime job trying to walk 10,000 steps, strength train, mobility train, eat 30g of protein three times a day, drink enough water, improve my gut health, balance my hormones, manage my cortisol levels, regulate my nervous system, sleep...
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Please let Rowan Atkinson read this story on Sky Sports News.
January 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Please let Rowan Atkinson read this story on Sky Sports News.
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I just want one solitary day when I don’t have to think about him at any point.
When do we get one of these "nothing happens" decades I keep hearing about? Or even a month. I need some sleep.
There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I just want one solitary day when I don’t have to think about him at any point.
I just lost a tablet under my built-in bathroom vanity. I felt it land on my foot and roll under there. Can I find it despite it being white on a black floor? No. I did find dust bunnies and a wedding photo...
January 20, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I just lost a tablet under my built-in bathroom vanity. I felt it land on my foot and roll under there. Can I find it despite it being white on a black floor? No. I did find dust bunnies and a wedding photo...
All I want for January is for my dogs to let me sleep till 5am, uninterrupted. I don't think it's a lot for ask for.
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
All I want for January is for my dogs to let me sleep till 5am, uninterrupted. I don't think it's a lot for ask for.
I have had hiccups for the past hour or so. Please send thoughts and prayers.
January 20, 2026 at 6:45 AM
I have had hiccups for the past hour or so. Please send thoughts and prayers.
They say when the US sneezes, the whole world catches a cold. I have to say, it feels a lot more like herpes.
January 20, 2026 at 5:34 AM
They say when the US sneezes, the whole world catches a cold. I have to say, it feels a lot more like herpes.
When I went to bed last night, I instructed the Labrador that he was not allowed to wake me before 4am, after yesterday's 3.30am wake-up. So the Staffie thought she would wake me at 3.30am instead. Sigh. Oh, well. I've been at my desk for a while, so at least I've got a lot done.
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 AM
When I went to bed last night, I instructed the Labrador that he was not allowed to wake me before 4am, after yesterday's 3.30am wake-up. So the Staffie thought she would wake me at 3.30am instead. Sigh. Oh, well. I've been at my desk for a while, so at least I've got a lot done.
It amuses me daily how my dogs become ever more affectionate and attentive as dinner time approaches.
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 PM
It amuses me daily how my dogs become ever more affectionate and attentive as dinner time approaches.
Me too, Steve. Me too.
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Me too, Steve. Me too.
<laughs in 3.30am> <cries>
There's a lot to be said for getting up at 10 past 4 in the morning, and much of it involves expletives.
January 19, 2026 at 7:21 AM
<laughs in 3.30am> <cries>
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
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My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
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January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...