Sarah Slade
@sladey.bsky.social
Middle-aged, middle-sized, recovering Gen X workaholic, ARMY, OT7, INFJ, PTID, embarrassing parent, Archers Listener. Truly I am Everywoman. Also jazz. And cats. And yelling at the Today programme. If I don’t know you, don’t DM me.
I’m getting a bit Uncle Roger about this episode of Culinary Class Wars (they’re cooking a fricassee and sticking all kinds of stuff into the sauce. And the pollock roe mash is…gloopy)
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I’m getting a bit Uncle Roger about this episode of Culinary Class Wars (they’re cooking a fricassee and sticking all kinds of stuff into the sauce. And the pollock roe mash is…gloopy)
I am deeply offended by that shit piece of PowerPoint WordArt on #Newsnight
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I am deeply offended by that shit piece of PowerPoint WordArt on #Newsnight
Watching the Olympic ceremony:
Spouse: “They don’t believe in getting a move on, do they?”
Me: “How long does it take for someone to die in a Verdi opera?”
Spouse: “They don’t believe in getting a move on, do they?”
Me: “How long does it take for someone to die in a Verdi opera?”
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Watching the Olympic ceremony:
Spouse: “They don’t believe in getting a move on, do they?”
Me: “How long does it take for someone to die in a Verdi opera?”
Spouse: “They don’t believe in getting a move on, do they?”
Me: “How long does it take for someone to die in a Verdi opera?”
Who had Puccini throwing shapes to 80s disco on their bingo card? #WinterOlympics
February 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Who had Puccini throwing shapes to 80s disco on their bingo card? #WinterOlympics
Driving through the suburb of my birth. Who is the genius who thought a solution to all the empty office buildings in central Croydon would be…build more, nicer offices?
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Driving through the suburb of my birth. Who is the genius who thought a solution to all the empty office buildings in central Croydon would be…build more, nicer offices?
It’s actually WORSE than the Sex and the City movie…
Utterly fabulous review!!
#Melania
"It is the most depressing experience I have ever had in the cinema. I've seen A Serbian Film, I've seen Cannibal Holocaust and I have never felt this depressed in my life in the cinema. I thought it was absolutely repugnant."
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE
#Melania
"It is the most depressing experience I have ever had in the cinema. I've seen A Serbian Film, I've seen Cannibal Holocaust and I have never felt this depressed in my life in the cinema. I thought it was absolutely repugnant."
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
It’s actually WORSE than the Sex and the City movie…
Watching Culinary Class Wars and I have just heard a Korean say, “That’s too much garlic”
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Watching Culinary Class Wars and I have just heard a Korean say, “That’s too much garlic”
Really enjoyed this. Maurice sounds a bit like my dad, only with a PhD and added racism plus an extra helping of sexism.
Blue Labour: We Need to Talk About Maurice
Podcast Episode · Origin Story · 04/02/2026 · 1h 26m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Really enjoyed this. Maurice sounds a bit like my dad, only with a PhD and added racism plus an extra helping of sexism.
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Information Commissioner launches formal investigation in X / Grok over use of people's personal data to create sexual images of children without consent. (The government will continue to post through it, no doubt.)
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Information Commissioner launches formal investigation in X / Grok over use of people's personal data to create sexual images of children without consent. (The government will continue to post through it, no doubt.)
When I worked in consulting, seniors used to demand Macbooks. But not Macbooks that could actually do the stuff Macbooks are good at (e.g. run Photoshop)
February 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
When I worked in consulting, seniors used to demand Macbooks. But not Macbooks that could actually do the stuff Macbooks are good at (e.g. run Photoshop)
Now we’re arguing about how many guitarists you can have in a band before the streams cross and the space time continuum is broken. #totp
January 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Now we’re arguing about how many guitarists you can have in a band before the streams cross and the space time continuum is broken. #totp
I think we’ve found the 11 people who saw it the UK.
January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I think we’ve found the 11 people who saw it the UK.