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25yrs teaching, SENCO at an AP. Crohns, Arthritis, AuDHD, you name it, I’ve probably got it or my family has…😬. Passionate about what I do, and shiny things.✨🤩
God forbid we pay artists - they might use that cash to pay off their loans for the tuition fees he didn't get scrapped...
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
God forbid we pay artists - they might use that cash to pay off their loans for the tuition fees he didn't get scrapped...
Oh, I'm going to ask our HR lady about this next week...Just to see her face. 😂
We'll keep things as they are; we've literally no space left in the building. Anyone wants to get a bit TERF-y had better be ready to donate a tardis.
We'll keep things as they are; we've literally no space left in the building. Anyone wants to get a bit TERF-y had better be ready to donate a tardis.
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Oh, I'm going to ask our HR lady about this next week...Just to see her face. 😂
We'll keep things as they are; we've literally no space left in the building. Anyone wants to get a bit TERF-y had better be ready to donate a tardis.
We'll keep things as they are; we've literally no space left in the building. Anyone wants to get a bit TERF-y had better be ready to donate a tardis.
My brain scanned the OP and thought, 'What's H-quim? (And is it mewling?)'
When you read a broad range of fiction, you learn many words which can steer you away from dubious acronyms which could be misread...
When you read a broad range of fiction, you learn many words which can steer you away from dubious acronyms which could be misread...
December 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My brain scanned the OP and thought, 'What's H-quim? (And is it mewling?)'
When you read a broad range of fiction, you learn many words which can steer you away from dubious acronyms which could be misread...
When you read a broad range of fiction, you learn many words which can steer you away from dubious acronyms which could be misread...
I'm sure recognition and goodwill can pull together to manifest some extra space and building materials, if my workplace needs to be compliant...
For 6 years, we've had one lav with 2 cubicles. Every adult uses it and nobody asks what's in anyone's pants. 🤷
For 6 years, we've had one lav with 2 cubicles. Every adult uses it and nobody asks what's in anyone's pants. 🤷
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm sure recognition and goodwill can pull together to manifest some extra space and building materials, if my workplace needs to be compliant...
For 6 years, we've had one lav with 2 cubicles. Every adult uses it and nobody asks what's in anyone's pants. 🤷
For 6 years, we've had one lav with 2 cubicles. Every adult uses it and nobody asks what's in anyone's pants. 🤷
He was 18 & fully, legally an adult for his last few months there. He was also, as a 6th former, old enough to legally have a child & be employed in a childcare setting...Shemima Begum, at 15, wasn't.
If you take the school context out - he was a working age late teen, bullying primary age children.
If you take the school context out - he was a working age late teen, bullying primary age children.
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
He was 18 & fully, legally an adult for his last few months there. He was also, as a 6th former, old enough to legally have a child & be employed in a childcare setting...Shemima Begum, at 15, wasn't.
If you take the school context out - he was a working age late teen, bullying primary age children.
If you take the school context out - he was a working age late teen, bullying primary age children.
So, my Crohn's and psoriatic arthritis suggest I'd survive a plague.
Possibly.
Though immune suppressing meds may be an issue.
So probably best not to lick obviously diseased folk, still...
Possibly.
Though immune suppressing meds may be an issue.
So probably best not to lick obviously diseased folk, still...
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So, my Crohn's and psoriatic arthritis suggest I'd survive a plague.
Possibly.
Though immune suppressing meds may be an issue.
So probably best not to lick obviously diseased folk, still...
Possibly.
Though immune suppressing meds may be an issue.
So probably best not to lick obviously diseased folk, still...
Ahem...[shuffles awkwardly in Autistic]
This is only one link, there have been studies which suggest the genes that helped people to survive the plague, also now link to autoimmune conditions.
So you wouldn't get better, but prob wouldn't die.
www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/blog/going-b...
This is only one link, there have been studies which suggest the genes that helped people to survive the plague, also now link to autoimmune conditions.
So you wouldn't get better, but prob wouldn't die.
www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/blog/going-b...
Evolution of immunity: The genomic link between Covid-19, Crohn’s disease and the Black Death - Genomics Education Programme
New studies reveal that the presence of a particular gene variant not only helped our ancestors survive the plague, but also protects us against Covid-19.
www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk
December 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ahem...[shuffles awkwardly in Autistic]
This is only one link, there have been studies which suggest the genes that helped people to survive the plague, also now link to autoimmune conditions.
So you wouldn't get better, but prob wouldn't die.
www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/blog/going-b...
This is only one link, there have been studies which suggest the genes that helped people to survive the plague, also now link to autoimmune conditions.
So you wouldn't get better, but prob wouldn't die.
www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/blog/going-b...
We bought a few for our school when we moved buildings and still wanted to offer food tech but had to wait a month for a kitchen refit. They were pretty good. Between those, and a couple of mini oven/microwave combo devices, it was amazing what the kids managed to whip up.
December 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We bought a few for our school when we moved buildings and still wanted to offer food tech but had to wait a month for a kitchen refit. They were pretty good. Between those, and a couple of mini oven/microwave combo devices, it was amazing what the kids managed to whip up.
Please try not to electrocute yourself...you can buy quite cheap little electric camping hobs which are good (or a proper gas camping stove). Small, cheap, better than death. Just saying...
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Please try not to electrocute yourself...you can buy quite cheap little electric camping hobs which are good (or a proper gas camping stove). Small, cheap, better than death. Just saying...
Mine has a halogen ring which is violently hot in moments. The temp control kind of died on it a few years ago, but I only ever use it for boiling stuff/stir fry, so...🤷♀️
Does sound like yours is particularly iffy, though, as all of my hob rings get water boiling in under 10mins, on a 20yr old oven.
Does sound like yours is particularly iffy, though, as all of my hob rings get water boiling in under 10mins, on a 20yr old oven.
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Mine has a halogen ring which is violently hot in moments. The temp control kind of died on it a few years ago, but I only ever use it for boiling stuff/stir fry, so...🤷♀️
Does sound like yours is particularly iffy, though, as all of my hob rings get water boiling in under 10mins, on a 20yr old oven.
Does sound like yours is particularly iffy, though, as all of my hob rings get water boiling in under 10mins, on a 20yr old oven.
Obvs, I've no interest in going back to the US until they're rid of the current incumbent and his army of goons. 🤷
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Obvs, I've no interest in going back to the US until they're rid of the current incumbent and his army of goons. 🤷
My previous brick phone & past phone Luddite tendencies may be useful...
How can they prove I have anything other than the £15 burner phone I'd rock up to the airport with?
How can you prove someone isn't just using a temp phone, email address, sim and number, etc?
Social media? Never heard of it! 😂
How can they prove I have anything other than the £15 burner phone I'd rock up to the airport with?
How can you prove someone isn't just using a temp phone, email address, sim and number, etc?
Social media? Never heard of it! 😂
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My previous brick phone & past phone Luddite tendencies may be useful...
How can they prove I have anything other than the £15 burner phone I'd rock up to the airport with?
How can you prove someone isn't just using a temp phone, email address, sim and number, etc?
Social media? Never heard of it! 😂
How can they prove I have anything other than the £15 burner phone I'd rock up to the airport with?
How can you prove someone isn't just using a temp phone, email address, sim and number, etc?
Social media? Never heard of it! 😂
Visited a local mainstream who promoted their low stimulation study rooms to support Autistic children.
Turned out, these rooms were being used for storage and were full of mops and boxes.
Let's hope this funding gets used appropriately...🤞
Turned out, these rooms were being used for storage and were full of mops and boxes.
Let's hope this funding gets used appropriately...🤞
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Visited a local mainstream who promoted their low stimulation study rooms to support Autistic children.
Turned out, these rooms were being used for storage and were full of mops and boxes.
Let's hope this funding gets used appropriately...🤞
Turned out, these rooms were being used for storage and were full of mops and boxes.
Let's hope this funding gets used appropriately...🤞
*Yes, at this school, and at almost every school. Usually as a result of some miscreant pursuing others with a phobia item, eg: spider, or due to a sudden injury...Though the boy who knocked his teeth out and tried to hand them to me was quiet as a mouse. 🤷
Figured I'd keep quiet about all that. 😂
Figured I'd keep quiet about all that. 😂
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
*Yes, at this school, and at almost every school. Usually as a result of some miscreant pursuing others with a phobia item, eg: spider, or due to a sudden injury...Though the boy who knocked his teeth out and tried to hand them to me was quiet as a mouse. 🤷
Figured I'd keep quiet about all that. 😂
Figured I'd keep quiet about all that. 😂
I freaked out a pupil the other day when there was a scream from the other end of the corridor.
'Shouldn't you check that out, Miss?'
'No. I recognise pain or fear screaming. That was excitable mischief screaming. They're fine.'
'You've heard pain and fear screaming?'
'Uh, not at this school.'*
'Shouldn't you check that out, Miss?'
'No. I recognise pain or fear screaming. That was excitable mischief screaming. They're fine.'
'You've heard pain and fear screaming?'
'Uh, not at this school.'*
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I freaked out a pupil the other day when there was a scream from the other end of the corridor.
'Shouldn't you check that out, Miss?'
'No. I recognise pain or fear screaming. That was excitable mischief screaming. They're fine.'
'You've heard pain and fear screaming?'
'Uh, not at this school.'*
'Shouldn't you check that out, Miss?'
'No. I recognise pain or fear screaming. That was excitable mischief screaming. They're fine.'
'You've heard pain and fear screaming?'
'Uh, not at this school.'*
Oh, those two were where my brain leapt first, but then I remembered Thunderbolt and Lightfoot...I was quite a nonchalant teen, but I full-on wept at the end of that film when I first saw it.
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Oh, those two were where my brain leapt first, but then I remembered Thunderbolt and Lightfoot...I was quite a nonchalant teen, but I full-on wept at the end of that film when I first saw it.
Yeah, I'm a late/young GenX at 47 - which runs from 1965 to 1980, so 45-60, currently.
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Yeah, I'm a late/young GenX at 47 - which runs from 1965 to 1980, so 45-60, currently.
I'd imagine nobody goes anywhere near the odious tosspot, so it's unlikely he'd ever need to mask.
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'd imagine nobody goes anywhere near the odious tosspot, so it's unlikely he'd ever need to mask.
Thanks, this is a fantastic article, which puts all the key information clearly, with links for the further reading/studies - love that!
I'm going to pop this onto our staff training reading list (I'm an AuDHD SENDCO in an AP - I'm kind of preaching to the converted, but we can always learn more).
I'm going to pop this onto our staff training reading list (I'm an AuDHD SENDCO in an AP - I'm kind of preaching to the converted, but we can always learn more).
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thanks, this is a fantastic article, which puts all the key information clearly, with links for the further reading/studies - love that!
I'm going to pop this onto our staff training reading list (I'm an AuDHD SENDCO in an AP - I'm kind of preaching to the converted, but we can always learn more).
I'm going to pop this onto our staff training reading list (I'm an AuDHD SENDCO in an AP - I'm kind of preaching to the converted, but we can always learn more).
Got the mother-in-law their Nye Bevan one, a few years ago. She was chuffed. 😀
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Got the mother-in-law their Nye Bevan one, a few years ago. She was chuffed. 😀
This!
I had the opportunity this year, to increase my working days by taking a promotion and broadening my job role - and I'm smashing it.
But my house is now a messy hovel! 😬
It's like I ran out of 'housework spoons' a few weeks back and am subsisting on sporks I can wrestle off seagulls... 😂😭🤣
I had the opportunity this year, to increase my working days by taking a promotion and broadening my job role - and I'm smashing it.
But my house is now a messy hovel! 😬
It's like I ran out of 'housework spoons' a few weeks back and am subsisting on sporks I can wrestle off seagulls... 😂😭🤣
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This!
I had the opportunity this year, to increase my working days by taking a promotion and broadening my job role - and I'm smashing it.
But my house is now a messy hovel! 😬
It's like I ran out of 'housework spoons' a few weeks back and am subsisting on sporks I can wrestle off seagulls... 😂😭🤣
I had the opportunity this year, to increase my working days by taking a promotion and broadening my job role - and I'm smashing it.
But my house is now a messy hovel! 😬
It's like I ran out of 'housework spoons' a few weeks back and am subsisting on sporks I can wrestle off seagulls... 😂😭🤣
This is my new Crohn's spirit animal... 😂
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is my new Crohn's spirit animal... 😂
I think this wins the internet for the year!
I've already watched it 3 times in the last 10mins. It's adorable, and dark and funny and brilliant... I love it!
I've already watched it 3 times in the last 10mins. It's adorable, and dark and funny and brilliant... I love it!
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I think this wins the internet for the year!
I've already watched it 3 times in the last 10mins. It's adorable, and dark and funny and brilliant... I love it!
I've already watched it 3 times in the last 10mins. It's adorable, and dark and funny and brilliant... I love it!