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Eleanor G

@zaichishka.bsky.social

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Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · Nov 26

I really couldn't ask for a better review 😊 #TheWisdomOfTea #EveryDayAGoodDay 🍵
#NorikoMorishita

(Thought it was time I advertised my work here)

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...

Me with the original edition of Every Day a Good Day and the Australia/NZ edition of The Wisdom of Tea

Cover of the British edition of The Wisdom of Tea

Quote from The Wisdom of Tea
"When you are living through difficult times, when you have lost all confidence and the world seems plunged into darkness, Tea teaches you one thing above all else: live in the moment with an eye to the future."
Noriko Morishita

Quote from the Daily Mail review of The Wisdom of Tea: 'Delightfully quirky...this is a book of wisdom and joy.'

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 16m

Yes please! 😁💖

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 16m

Thanks 🥰💖

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 16m

Thank you, lovely 🥰💖

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Pavel Iosad @anghyflawn.net · 20m

Completely correct. The UK assessment (and reassessment) system is a ratchet that ruins the lives of students that can’t keep up with the expected pace for any reason, and everyone pretends this is normal.

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 36m

NEW on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality buff.ly/89mzFbe

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 20m

I've been really lucky, comparatively speaking - really prompt medical attention at every stage, and my GP ready to push for things to happen faster in the event of any delays (there haven't been any, though).

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 21m

Thanks, Cath 😊💖

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 24m

The fainting couch is very comfortable 😊 which is good, as I'm probably going to be spending a lot of time on it in the months to come, as I undergo chemotherapy for lymphoma. The doctor I saw Wednesday was optimistic that it could be cured.

Me smiling at the camera, wearing turquoise glasses that coordinate well with my teal sofa, and a grey Motorcycle Emptiness t-shirt from the Manic Street Preachers gig at Ally Pally last year

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 27m

Ivor (3) was watching me charge something up using a USB C cable, and he asked if he could plug it in, and I said sure, and he asked which way up it goes, and I was able to proudly say “IVOR IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH WAY UP IT GOES AND THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HUMAN PROGRESS”

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 1h

Love this Kipper Williams cartoon!

Cartoon depicting a woman in Japanese-ish dress standing in front of a tea vending machine with two options: With Ceremony and Without Ceremony

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Lee Tran Lam @leetranlam.bsky.social · 8h

LOL, there were 2 reader comments about this!

“Every so often I use ‘Spartacus’ as a coffee name. Maybe 1 in 20x someone else in the cafe picks up on the joke and joins in…”

“Spartacus could be amusing but there is a strong chance a fight would break out and you'd never end up getting the coffee.”

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Lee Tran Lam @leetranlam.bsky.social · 1d

If you have a ‘difficult ethnic name’, you might know this feeling. Do you give your real name for your takeaway order - only for it to be misspelt or butchered? Or do you give a fake name for convenience: a “coffee name”?

I've wanted to write this for YEARS!
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

Strong flat white for Batman: should I use a ‘coffee name’?

Some people go undercover when ordering takeaway – here’s what baristas think of the practice

www.theguardian.com

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 8h

Hell yes!

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 11h

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 8h

he won the nobel peace prize for keeping a cowcat away from his sister, try again next year everybody else

An orange and white cat looks proud, capable. He is laying on his little paws

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 14h

PEOPLE. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. MY GOD THERE ARE LUNATICS STANDING FOR SEATS

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 14h

Only one in five Aucklanders have voted in local elections

With two days remaining until polls close, only 21.9 percent of eligible voters had returned their papers.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 9h

Behind the lens: Breaking the news to a Nobel Prize winner
www.ap.org/the-definiti...

Behind the lens: Breaking the news to a Nobel Prize winner | The Associated Press

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but these photos may be worth a Nobel Prize. In the early hours of Monday morning, Seattle-based AP

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks 😊💖

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks 😊💖

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 17h

This had been on my wish list for centuries and it is currently on sale at Treasury of British Comics. The best of Misty, from Moonchild to The Sentinels, plus a selection of short stories. Gorgeous.