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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 17h

People joke about tutting, but honestly, that's part of it - reminding people what's acceptable in very mundane, low-stakes ways. I feel like violence in the UK comes where there's isolation from the standing field of 'hey, maybe have a cuppa and a whinge about it, all right?'

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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 1d

She runs an event management company. The story even mentions that it was her job skills that prompted her to jump in and help manage a difficult crowd situation. Her job is not 'mum'. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Devon mum steps in to help control crowds at Corfu Airport

Faye Williams says she was given a tannoy at the departure desk in Corfu.

www.bbc.com

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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 2d

Do you know what a budget smartphone looks like, though? The bottom end of the Samsung A series is around $100 *new*, and honestly looks like any other 6" phone at a glance. Cheap phones aren't an old shape, they just have lower res and processing power.

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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 3d

Someone somewhere is making a joke about the Overton window and given the cricket/politics content I'm suspecting it's Andy Zaltzman.

Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 3d

Are any of those even people movers? Things like the Rav4 are in the 'reverse TARDIS' SUV department, where I've seen.

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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 4d

Another spooky story for Halloween: I'm likely to do a larger share of the housework even though I'm the main breadwinner, because of being a woman in a heterosexual couple! So I get paid less for the paid work I do, and also do more unpaid work!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, Is your housework split sexist?

Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 4d

Here's my spooky story for Halloween: I'm less likely to get work as a manager, and also likely to get paid substantially less for it if I do! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Female bosses earn less than men at every age

At the start of their careers, men and women earn almost the same. But by the time women reach their 30s their earnings flatten, while men's climb.

www.abc.net.au

Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sorry for the 12 year old, but glad I'm not the only one who can't stand how slow and unscannable videos are.

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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 6d

Yup, when I was a kid, any adult family friend was Uncle / Auntie (and so were my uncles and aunts) and if they weren't that close, they were Mr or Mrs. We used first names for lecturers at sixth form college, but it took me ages not to feel shy / weird about that.

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Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social · 6d

Certainly where and when I grew up, in the north of England, I would certainly have put 'Auntie' or 'Uncle' in front of the first name of any non-family adult, or used Mr. or Mrs. if not that close. This has probably changed, sure, but it's still a *change*, not a 'never happened here'.