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Salopian. Welsh Marches. Cat lover. Trans ally. She/her. CSA survivor.

'We do not forgive to change the other person. Forgiving means not even seeking to know what the other person will do with that forgiveness.'
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We're currently a bit of a plague household at the moment. I'll be grateful if I get away without it buggering up my underlying health problems. It's hit all three of us in its own way, sadly. However, the cats are keeping us company when required.
A photo of my tortoiseshell cat lying on me, asleep.
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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Toni is full of cuddles on this #Caturday.
A close-up photo of my tortoiseshell cat lying on me, asleep.
January 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Brother-in-law is at his brother's.

They broke out the Monopoly Cat version of the game that brother-in-law was getting as part of his Christmas gifts.

The cat has other ideas. 😹
A long haired calio or tortoiseshell cat, depending on what you call that colour, sitting right in the middle of the cats version of the monopoly board, glaring at the camera.
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I was just wondering how you were, and suddenly I see this post.

Kitties doing what kitties do.

Here are my two attacking the Christmas Tree my brother-in-law *tried* to install. They were both climbing and chewing on the tree.

It hit the floor not long after. 👀😹
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Finally the BBC is reporting this news. Nearly twenty-four hours after the news broke.
A screenshot from the BBC News website. It shows a photo of Nigel Farage with the words, 'Police assessment claims Reform overspent on Farage election campaign. Politics. Forty minutes ago.
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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I treated myself to a bread machine some time back.

The entire household is now using it for various loaves, and today it's on the dough setting so @buddhaakame.bsky.social can make rolls later for dinner. It's the first time this setting has been used. Hopefully it works well. It should. 🍞
A photo showing the setting for the Panasonic bread machine. It's on basic dough setting, number twelve, with two hours and five minutes left on this particular programme.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Toni is in the stay in bed camp. *nods*
A head photo of my tortoiseshell cat lying on me this morning.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Looking forward to this book by @travisbaldree.bsky.social hitting my library overnight.
A screenshot of the book from Travis Baldree, Narrated by the author. The book is called 'Brigands and Breadknives.' At the time of the screenshot being taken, it had a little over eight ours to go until the release. That makes the release time of three in the morning, UK time.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Toni: Disappeared, I assume for morning kai, and possibly for a quick hello with my sis.
Toni: Reappears, and has been moithering me for cuddles ever since.
Me: Okay, I give in, but you'd better not disappear after only a few minutes after bugging me for so long!
Toni: Laters... as she jumps down.🤦‍♀️
A photo of my tortoiseshell cat lying on me content after I gave in to her demand to focus all my attention on her. Five minutes later she was off again.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Nice to see The Greens getting some well-deserved attention on TV this morning. @zackpolanski.bsky.social wiped the floor with Trevor Phillips (yay).

It's time the media started to ignore the lies and hate peddled by Frogmouth Frarage.

Plus, Starmer = the biggest let-down in modern politics.
A screenshot from Sky News. It has a picture of Zack Polanski to the left, wording to the right and underneath the picture. The wording to the right reads: Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips. 'GREENS ARE ACTUALLY OUTPOLLING LABOUR PARTY.' Underneath it reads; 'Zack Polanski: Starmer 'not a man I would be willing to work with.''
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Ah, the happy moment of receiving a new autographed book from @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social and you had totally forgotten about the couple if extra goodies that it came with. In this case, a bookmark and tote bag.

Thank you, @bertsbooks.bsky.social for this particular book offer. Always a pleasure.
A photo showing the new book by Janina Ramirez lying on its side across the tote bag, with the words, 'She was a woman, of self-reliant strength,' printed on the material of the tote bag. A bookmark sits in the top left corner of the picture, with the title of the book printed vertically in gold, reading, 'LEGENDA.' The book tagline reads, 'Legenda, The Real Women Behind The Myths That Shaped Europe.'
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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One of the more transphobic headlines I've seen. Plus, insulting to those who either have had a hysterectomy, or were born without a uterus, making it sexist on all fronts. 🤬

Do better, MSM!
From the Huffington Post. An article with the post saying: 'This is not a drill.' The link then has the headline: 'Attention Everyone With A Uterus: Modibodi's fifty percent Off Black Friday Sale Is Here.' 'This is not a drill!'
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The final three signed books we were able to score in October have arrived.

They're: Malala Yousafzai - Finding My Way.

Kathy Burke - A Mind of My Own.

And last but not least: Tony Moyle - The Pursuit of Miracles (Ally Oldfield Series Book 3).

I love it when we can support independent sellers.📚
A screenshot of the book cover by Malala Yousafzai - Finding My Way. A screenshot of the book cover by Kathy Burke - A Mind of My Own. A screenshot of the book cover by Tony Moyle - The Pursuit of Miracles (The Ally Oldfield Series, Book 3).
October 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Councillor Alex Wagner addresses the horrific Station Gyratory scheme, which will have buses blocking the single lane at the bus stop. Passengers having to cross immediately over a cycle lane, and be a bottleneck for emergency vehicles. I'm also noting that Julia Buckley once again ignored concerns.
From Shrewsbury Councillor Alex Wagner. Apologies for the long post on a Saturday evening, but I thought it was important to put out some information about the Station Gyratory. This has been in the news a lot lately with the petition from The Buttermarket. I will be speaking to BBC Shropshire on Monday morning breakfast, but I know residents are looking for answers and so wanted to share what we know so far. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? Back in 2023, Shropshire Council was awarded funding by Central Government for both the Riverside and a scheme around the Station. The Conservatives, who were then in charge of the Council, decided to spend the latter pot of money on the wider Station Gyratory scheme. In March 2024, this was brought to Full Council after a public consultation. It was a very concerning paper. There were some good parts of it about the Riverside itself, but the Station Gyratory parts were sorely lacking in detail and had concerns raised by residents. Liberal Democrat councillors argued against this and asked that the paper be voted on without the Station Gyratory part. The Conservatives told us that we were 'putting the town into managed decline' for this. Labour councillors, including Julia Buckley MP personally, voted in favour of the scheme alongside them. It is worth noting that the Labour’s excellent Broseley councillor, Caroline Bagnall, had the good sense to not vote it through and is due credit for that. CAN'T YOU STOP THIS? The funding from Central Government has come with lots of strings attached which makes significant amendments difficult. Council officers have been told to work on ways to mitigate the potential problems which have arisen. This means Shropshire Council is in a very bad position whereby undoing work or cancelling it would mean handing both back the grant funding, which has already been spent, and incurring more costs in undoing the work. This could run into the hundreds of thousands or millions, money we don't have lying around. We have already cancelled as much of the next stage as we can, which was going to be a two-way cycle lane all the way up to Pride Hill, downscaling it to only go up to Meadow Place. This will use easily removable street furniture (think Town Walls speed bumps) rather than permanent concrete. WHAT CAN BE DONE, THEN? Options are going to be assessed now with an eye to taking action as soon as the works which we are obliged to complete have been, which should be within the next few weeks. I'm always cautious of seemingly simple solutions to complex issues, and every action has a major knock-on here. Similarly, we can't have major roadworks over Christmas, that would be even more damaging. Cross-party scrutiny have been asked to look at both the history of the scheme itself and to monitor issues, which the Chair has agreed to bring to their November agenda. They will make recommendations about this and also about similar schemes I'm not of the view that this will be black or white, but clearly this needs to be returned to and looked at again. I'M STILL VERY ANNOYED AT THE COUNCIL Fair enough. We know that this has caused a lot of perfectly reasonable criticism and loss of faith. If there was a simple and affordable solution, we'd go for it right away, but that isn't the hand we have been dealt. All the same, we will do what we can to put this right, and try to report back as soon as we have a viable option.
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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It's #Caturday. It's Toni cuddles.

Sending love and hugs to you all. ❤️🫂❤️
A photo of my tortoiseshell (or calico, whichever term you use) cat lying on me earlier. She's asleep, and has one paw stretched out in front of her.
October 18, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Apologies for the swearing, but this government are so bad sometimes a good swearing is the only thing to do.

FFS, they're only now getting their panties in a wad. What a useless group of fucking cuntwombles.
A screenshot of the BBC news website. It reads. LIVE. Home Office was told last week about potential Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban, police football unit says. Birmingham and Black Country.
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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We love where we live, and recently we discovered a mature sweet chestnut tree amongst the other trees on the green in front of the houses. It's quite well hidden, and we suspected it might be a sweet chestnut. To our delight, it's proven to be exactly that. A wonderful winter (free) food treat.❤️🌰
A photo of a small collection of sweet chestnuts, the ones on top are still in their husks. A photo of the first five sweet chestnuts we collected to confirm they were indeed the sweet variety. All out of their husks.
October 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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So, no smoking gun still on the cause for my messed-up lungs.

I'm not going to lie, I was hoping this test might throw up some answers. It's emotionally draining when you don't know the cause. 🥺

I'm incredibly thankful for such a great respiratory team behind me, though. ❤️
A photo of part of a letter from the respiratory team local to me. It reads. Known patient allergies. Information not available. I now have the results of your echocardiogram. It does look very similar to your previous echocardigram. No further action is required at this time and I will reassess things when I next see you in clinic. Yours sincerely. Electronically checked and signed by Dr (name crossed out) 06/10/2025 at 06:35.
October 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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@biggreenbooks.bsky.social

It's #BuyAStrangerABookDay.

I would love to offer someone the following signed copy from your site. 'Words For Life,' by Susie Dent.
Information on the book, Words For Life, by Susie Dent. Product Information A BIG GREEN BOOKS EXCLUSIVE! PREORDER A SIGNED/DEDICATED COPY OF SUSIE'S NEW BOOK HERE! ALL DEDICATIONS WILL BE PERSONALLY WRITTEN BY SUSIE. PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 11th 2025 365 words you'll want to keep for life. Did you know that the Scots have over 400 words for snow or what a binfluencer is? What about the medieval invention of Lubberland as a place for lazy teenagers or how Mayday became a request for help? Lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent does. From wabbit to dust bunnies, from the strange history of arse to the best ways to describe moonlight, WORDS FOR LIFE offers a full year's supply of verbal vitamin shots guaranteed to entertain and enlighten, to brighten and boost every single day. From a Mother-in-Law's Dream to a Yuleshard, in Susie Dent's hands these amazing expressions can fix (or at least nail) the problems of modern life, whether it's dealing with unrequited love or an unsatisfactory politician, eating a whole packet of biscuits or forgetting someone's name. From starting January 1 with your best foot forward (qualtagh) to leaping happily into the unknown (with a drink in your hand) on 31 December, every year is a journey and now you have the perfect guide all the way through. FOR DEDICATIONS PLEASE READ THE NEXT BIT Once you buy the book, I will have your email address. I will email you (not straight away, but I will definitely email you) from the bookshop email address biggreenbooks@gmail.com. This email will ask you who you'd like Susie to dedicate the book to. I'll compile a list of all your requests, and will meet up with Susie after publication date to sort them all out. Once the dedications have been done, I will post the books to you. PLEASE WAIT PATIENTLY FOR THE EMAIL. THANKS!
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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I'm sorry, this post will contain a lot of bad language. I'm not sorry about saying it, I'm warning people who don't like the use of swear words. I used to be far nicer, but when you get pissed off... 🤷‍♀️

No, You Really Fucking Haven't, you transphobic and bigoted piece of fucking shite! 🖕🖕🖕
A screenshot of the Sky News headline that has Starmer behind a podium with a notice that reads, 'Renew Britain.' Underneath there are quoted words from his speech that end, 'We've built a Britain for all.' Then the subheading reads, 'Cheers as Starmer says Labour has built a 'Britain for all''
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Mini-Me was the young 'un involved in Saturdays punch up with our old alpha cat. Mini-Me loves cuddles with his Dad, but the old cat is very much Dads' Cat, so Mini-Me has been keeping clear.

Until this evening.
A photo of a black and white cat lying on his Dad's front, asleep, and with one arm wrapped around him.
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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#Caturday erupted with a massive fight between two of our cats.

Yes, there is at least one war wound.

Thankfully we're very used to dealing with animal war wounds in this household, and have a small animal Vet as a friend we can call upon.

Wound cleaned and treated. Cone of shame on standby. 🙄🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️
One of the miscreants is trying to claim his innocence. He ended up the loser in that fight. A photo of our one black and white cat lying down, playing with a fluffy cat toy.
September 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Change the word president to Hitler to see how stupid and ignorant you're all being in the 'modern' Labour party! 🤬🤮🤬

Oh, and equally, the media needs to start challenging this rhetoric. 🤬
A screenshot from Sky News, Politics Hub. Next to a headshot of Emily Thornberry it reads, 'To have the ear of the president is a positive.' Underneath it reads. 'Emily Thornberry defends Keir Starmer after Trump's visit to UK.'
September 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Toni's just heard something to go and investigate. 😹

Knocking off a pile from my bedside table in the process. I'm not sure how she managed it, but she did. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I think she dropped a hind paw into the gap between table and the extension lead on said table.

Four faults (in showjumping parlance.)🐎
A photo of Toni having a fuss with me before she heard whatever it was she felt warranted her investigation.
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I'm home after a bit of a wait for hospital transport. Not a surprise, they were very busy today. However, stick a fork in me and call me done!

Although, like she normally does, the first thing Toni wanted when I got back home was cuddles. Lots and lots of cuddles. 😻❤️
A photo showing Toni lying in my arms while I cuddle her. My face is erased in the colour blue. I like to keep my privacy.
August 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM