Joanne Simmonds
@josimmonds.bsky.social
I’m currently rewriting my @BathSpaUni novel.
I paint, write and swim with AuDHD and hEDS.
‘Misogyny is envy with a dick.’ Edna O’Brien.
I write a Substack here: https://joannesimmonds.substack.com
I paint, write and swim with AuDHD and hEDS.
‘Misogyny is envy with a dick.’ Edna O’Brien.
I write a Substack here: https://joannesimmonds.substack.com
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What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com
Free to read:
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
Loving #strangerthings. For once, I don't understand why people are griping. I think it’s slick and genuinely terrifying.
a woman with curly hair is wearing a sweater that says seriously on it
Alt: A character from Stranger Things is saying ‘seriously?’
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Loving #strangerthings. For once, I don't understand why people are griping. I think it’s slick and genuinely terrifying.
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Every year we treat ourselves to a new decoration or two for the Christmas tree and this year’s additions are just absolutely outstanding
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Every year we treat ourselves to a new decoration or two for the Christmas tree and this year’s additions are just absolutely outstanding
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
Watching Sandy Toksvig on channel 4. I'm not sure how I'd feel if someone put a bib on me in a restaurant.
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Watching Sandy Toksvig on channel 4. I'm not sure how I'd feel if someone put a bib on me in a restaurant.
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My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
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A lovely hare in my sketchbook. #Watercolor #ArtYear
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A lovely hare in my sketchbook. #Watercolor #ArtYear
When you go to the Refuge website, you can type in your postcode to see how many cases of domestic abuse have taken place in your area. It might worry you.
refuge.org.uk
refuge.org.uk
Refuge, the UK's largest specialist domestic abuse organisation
Empowering women to live without violence & fear. Refuge is the largest domestic abuse organisation in the UK. Supporting thousands of women & their children overcome the physical, emotional, financia...
refuge.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
When you go to the Refuge website, you can type in your postcode to see how many cases of domestic abuse have taken place in your area. It might worry you.
refuge.org.uk
refuge.org.uk
Hoping this M&S wholemeal pasta will taste nice. Tried it before and didn't like it, but it sounds like it's only two thirds wholemeal from the ingredients. Hoping that might be a good compromise. Need it for okay blood sugar levels!
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hoping this M&S wholemeal pasta will taste nice. Tried it before and didn't like it, but it sounds like it's only two thirds wholemeal from the ingredients. Hoping that might be a good compromise. Need it for okay blood sugar levels!
Finished all four bookmarks. I can't post here as Skillshare projects, but I'm so chuffed with them.
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finished all four bookmarks. I can't post here as Skillshare projects, but I'm so chuffed with them.
No. It is not Thanksgiving. I am having my usual fish-and-potato dinner and have done my usual novel editing this afternoon. It's a normal, boring Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving if you're American. Howdy junior. 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No. It is not Thanksgiving. I am having my usual fish-and-potato dinner and have done my usual novel editing this afternoon. It's a normal, boring Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving if you're American. Howdy junior. 🦃
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There's an IKEA box in the living room and it's about six times bigger than I imagined it would be.
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
There's an IKEA box in the living room and it's about six times bigger than I imagined it would be.
On the second day of the sixteen days of activism for Mother’s Union, I looked at www.restored-uk.org and attended a violence against women and girls labour women’s network talk by Labour powerhouse Jess Phillips. Fascinating. We don't hear enough about her work.
Home - Restored
In the UK, 1 in 4 women will be subjected to domestic abuse. We’re working towards a world where women live free from the fear of violence. OUR WORK Speak Up Raising awareness of the realities of dome...
www.restored-uk.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
On the second day of the sixteen days of activism for Mother’s Union, I looked at www.restored-uk.org and attended a violence against women and girls labour women’s network talk by Labour powerhouse Jess Phillips. Fascinating. We don't hear enough about her work.
Did everyone get the early Pluribus episode notification? What’s shocked Carol? Are they dead bodies? 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Did everyone get the early Pluribus episode notification? What’s shocked Carol? Are they dead bodies? 🤔
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I have worked to end the two child limit ever since the day I was elected. Today this Labour govt acted to give every child the best start in life.
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have worked to end the two child limit ever since the day I was elected. Today this Labour govt acted to give every child the best start in life.
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
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Just saw a Botox commercial where a woman talked of her “moderate to severe lines” like it was diagnosis
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Just saw a Botox commercial where a woman talked of her “moderate to severe lines” like it was diagnosis
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
“This is the worst part of my job. I’m sorry to tell you that you have stage four crows feet”
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Wallis Road, London E9
graffiti on painted plywood wall of a very talented doctor.
#reference #materialreference #artreference
graffiti on painted plywood wall of a very talented doctor.
#reference #materialreference #artreference
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wallis Road, London E9
graffiti on painted plywood wall of a very talented doctor.
#reference #materialreference #artreference
graffiti on painted plywood wall of a very talented doctor.
#reference #materialreference #artreference
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Free to read:
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Free to read:
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
I'm thoroughly enjoying Sara Davies' craft hour on ITV catch-up. Well worth watching.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm thoroughly enjoying Sara Davies' craft hour on ITV catch-up. Well worth watching.
If you live in Somerset, you can walk into church and have the flu and Covid jabs on Wednesday morning at Taunton Minster. You could stay and buy a gift or a book and have a cup of coffee. Put your feet up. 😀👍🏻 www.tauntonminster.org/whats-on/
What's On | Taunton Minster, St Mary Magdalene
Our TODAY Weekly News is the go-to place for news and things happening in the near-term. Print copies are available in the Minster on a Sunday, with the
www.tauntonminster.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you live in Somerset, you can walk into church and have the flu and Covid jabs on Wednesday morning at Taunton Minster. You could stay and buy a gift or a book and have a cup of coffee. Put your feet up. 😀👍🏻 www.tauntonminster.org/whats-on/
Can someone tell The Guardian that menopause is not a medical condition? I could show them one to compare and contrast.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Can someone tell The Guardian that menopause is not a medical condition? I could show them one to compare and contrast.
Free to read:
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Free to read:
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
What’s on Apple TV?
It’s a great streamer if you love intelligent science fiction.
open.substack.com/pub/joannesi...
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Can't seem to get backing for my film project "Noah: The Early Years". They all say the narrative lacks an ark.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Can't seem to get backing for my film project "Noah: The Early Years". They all say the narrative lacks an ark.