Happy new year! I hope the next is more gentle than the last
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Happy new year! I hope the next is more gentle than the last
Merry Christmas, my dog had the BEST morning
December 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Merry Christmas, my dog had the BEST morning
Gingerbread house! Some of my decorations got eaten prior to the build by a ravenous child, and the piping fought me all the way, but the vision was mostly achieved.
December 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Gingerbread house! Some of my decorations got eaten prior to the build by a ravenous child, and the piping fought me all the way, but the vision was mostly achieved.
New car battery and I discovered the reason my car has wildly low car tax, thank you random mechanic for a learning day! (car manufacturers really find those low emission loopholes huh)
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
New car battery and I discovered the reason my car has wildly low car tax, thank you random mechanic for a learning day! (car manufacturers really find those low emission loopholes huh)
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A New Year's resolution I would thoroughly recommend for next year, and intend to follow myself, is to measure fewer things. Less logging, fewer streaks, fewer targets. Hobbies and culture are not meant to be competitive.
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A New Year's resolution I would thoroughly recommend for next year, and intend to follow myself, is to measure fewer things. Less logging, fewer streaks, fewer targets. Hobbies and culture are not meant to be competitive.
I know everyone says that vets are always money grabbing by suggesting unnecessary tests, but in my experience, most pet owners need to ask more for diagnostics. Be pushy with your vet, ask them what tests they think may be useful, ask whether this should be referred, ask for answers.
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I know everyone says that vets are always money grabbing by suggesting unnecessary tests, but in my experience, most pet owners need to ask more for diagnostics. Be pushy with your vet, ask them what tests they think may be useful, ask whether this should be referred, ask for answers.
The disappointment of going through the whole process of making a cup of tea and then remembering I didn’t buy milk yet.
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The disappointment of going through the whole process of making a cup of tea and then remembering I didn’t buy milk yet.
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At some point we are going to have to deal with the uncomfortable truth that there is a genuine lack of research into the impact of environmental exposures on chronic disease, and that has been a major factor driving formerly reasonable people into the antivax, raw milk, beef tallow wellness cults.
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
At some point we are going to have to deal with the uncomfortable truth that there is a genuine lack of research into the impact of environmental exposures on chronic disease, and that has been a major factor driving formerly reasonable people into the antivax, raw milk, beef tallow wellness cults.
I need to add a book suggestion for my bookclub. I’m out of ideas. I need a book that:
- does NOT feature a missing woman, because we’ve had 3 in a row now
- is not horror
- is a recent (popular-ish) paperback
- is not heavy sci-fi or fantasy
- is a normal book length
- is pretty light in subject
- does NOT feature a missing woman, because we’ve had 3 in a row now
- is not horror
- is a recent (popular-ish) paperback
- is not heavy sci-fi or fantasy
- is a normal book length
- is pretty light in subject
December 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I need to add a book suggestion for my bookclub. I’m out of ideas. I need a book that:
- does NOT feature a missing woman, because we’ve had 3 in a row now
- is not horror
- is a recent (popular-ish) paperback
- is not heavy sci-fi or fantasy
- is a normal book length
- is pretty light in subject
- does NOT feature a missing woman, because we’ve had 3 in a row now
- is not horror
- is a recent (popular-ish) paperback
- is not heavy sci-fi or fantasy
- is a normal book length
- is pretty light in subject
Reposted by kayanem
Channel 4 and SUTC have just launched a screening checker where you can see what cancer screening programmes you are eligible for.
screeningchecker.co.uk
screeningchecker.co.uk
Screening Checker | Stand Up To Cancer
Stand Up To Cancer is a fundraising campaign that brings the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving cancer research. Find out more.
screeningchecker.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Channel 4 and SUTC have just launched a screening checker where you can see what cancer screening programmes you are eligible for.
screeningchecker.co.uk
screeningchecker.co.uk
laptop has also been playing up all week, finally got a reboot that seems to be functional but it has recovered a document from “00:00 1st January 1601” and honestly i get it, it does feel like it took that long
December 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
laptop has also been playing up all week, finally got a reboot that seems to be functional but it has recovered a document from “00:00 1st January 1601” and honestly i get it, it does feel like it took that long
car passed it’s MOT yesterday and broke down today, my week is going great
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
car passed it’s MOT yesterday and broke down today, my week is going great
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Said it before will say it again: never used it. Won’t use it. I will go into the woods and become mulch before I use it.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Said it before will say it again: never used it. Won’t use it. I will go into the woods and become mulch before I use it.
Genuinely thought I’d survived and moved on from the plague but now I have a whole new cough to contend with, wtf
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Genuinely thought I’d survived and moved on from the plague but now I have a whole new cough to contend with, wtf
I don’t hate this house, surprisingly, but the write up is so telling - commissioned interiors for a high profile athlete? So it’s just a bland personal hotel for someone, when they happen to be in the country. (“Athlete”). I feel like this *could* be a cool place to live …
here’s a fun lil modern bit for you all. personally I hate it but somebody’s gonna want to blow 2 mil on a 2 bed
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/8...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/8...
Check out this 2 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
2 bedroom detached house for sale in Invisible House, Moreton Paddox, Moreton Morrell, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV35 9BT, CV35 for £2,250,000. Marketed by The Avenue, Covering National
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I don’t hate this house, surprisingly, but the write up is so telling - commissioned interiors for a high profile athlete? So it’s just a bland personal hotel for someone, when they happen to be in the country. (“Athlete”). I feel like this *could* be a cool place to live …
Been desperately hoping for the last 48hrs that I was just suffering post-champs fatigue but no, I’m actually sick (post-champs plague, yes probably covid, no I don’t have any tests nor was I eligible for a updated vaccination)
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Been desperately hoping for the last 48hrs that I was just suffering post-champs fatigue but no, I’m actually sick (post-champs plague, yes probably covid, no I don’t have any tests nor was I eligible for a updated vaccination)
My 3yo old niece today clocked her grandma’s knee replacement surgery scar, and the world is truly a weird and wonderful journey of discovery for a toddler.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My 3yo old niece today clocked her grandma’s knee replacement surgery scar, and the world is truly a weird and wonderful journey of discovery for a toddler.
Went to the vets today to drop off a thank you card for their care of Rio (+nice teabags and biscuits, which is a bit unconventional but felt like it would be appreciated more than chocolates?).
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Went to the vets today to drop off a thank you card for their care of Rio (+nice teabags and biscuits, which is a bit unconventional but felt like it would be appreciated more than chocolates?).
I finally got around to replacing the screen protector on my phone and it is quite nice to scroll without being stabbed by tiny slivers of glass?
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I finally got around to replacing the screen protector on my phone and it is quite nice to scroll without being stabbed by tiny slivers of glass?
the problem with anxiety is that occasionally it’s like living in a building where all the alarms are going off abruptly, sometimes for several days. And even recognising that there is no reason for the alarms, as the alarms are in fact faulty, does not stop the alarms.
October 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
the problem with anxiety is that occasionally it’s like living in a building where all the alarms are going off abruptly, sometimes for several days. And even recognising that there is no reason for the alarms, as the alarms are in fact faulty, does not stop the alarms.
More people saw this than I expected & so I want to clarify: our local moorland is peat blanket bog, which is not open water but damp spongy expanses of vegetation with small pockets of exposed peat. When the girls fall in peat bog, it’s not muddy water, it’s liquified soil (more like quicksand).
Horrible stinky creature and perfect angel baby (one of these dogs had previous experience with peat bogs and one did not. Lessons were learned.)
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
More people saw this than I expected & so I want to clarify: our local moorland is peat blanket bog, which is not open water but damp spongy expanses of vegetation with small pockets of exposed peat. When the girls fall in peat bog, it’s not muddy water, it’s liquified soil (more like quicksand).
Horrible stinky creature and perfect angel baby (one of these dogs had previous experience with peat bogs and one did not. Lessons were learned.)
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Horrible stinky creature and perfect angel baby (one of these dogs had previous experience with peat bogs and one did not. Lessons were learned.)
Took the dogs for a walk, forgetting that I currently look like I’ve been making really poor life choices*. I can’t adequately describe this without a rare photo of my face.
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Took the dogs for a walk, forgetting that I currently look like I’ve been making really poor life choices*. I can’t adequately describe this without a rare photo of my face.
Service animals should only be provided by a recognised external organisation who can assess and advocate for the animal throughout its life.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Service animals should only be provided by a recognised external organisation who can assess and advocate for the animal throughout its life.