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Loves life's awkward questions~Quaker-curious follower of Jesus~Loved by God, as are you~spoonie/autistic #faithfullylgbt 🏳️‍⚧️affirming she/they
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vanderbilt has lost its copy of Prayer Book Studies 18 - does anybody happen to have a PDF copy? I have the text of the liturgy it proposed, but not the prefatory materials. worst case I can order one off ebay, and I should really do so anyway, but if someone has it digitally that's much faster ⚓

Driving is going well. I’ve been told to book my theory test, as driving tests are booking in December. If I book and do theory now, I can aim to be ready in December, or sooner or if I’m ready and there’s a cancellation.

#TinyJoys Bobbie the cat sleeping on my lap whilst I did the Tesco order.

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The misogynoir is already starting–not that there was ever a break but, it is ratcheting up against our vice president already, immediately, with sexualized language used to demean her openly on broadcast/cable air. Remember what they did to Michelle Obama, this is going to be so very much worse.

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Earlier today we went out and collected rocks to put in the tortoise enclosure for enrichment. That’s what Fergus is sleeping on. Not the pillows, not the couch, not the 500 cat beds around here - a bag of rocks. 🪨

#3GoodThings 1. Cats having zoomies at bedtime 2. Making progress on invoice backlog at work 3. Lovely chat with our group’s cub scout leader

Finally! Tesco order in. Slightly random collection of items but they will build meals for us both. Always more complex as we have to essentially cook two different dinners every day for health reasons.

I’ve realised I’m a bit burnt out after year-end. I’m managing to do some nice things, but I have a touch of The Sads (which is 100% fatigue so will pass with some sleep). Some how I need to do a Tesco shop but I all want is peanuts and ice cream.

Does anyone have experience of repairing vestments? I want to restore a very heavy cope and I’m pretty sure I know how I should do it, but I’d love to speak with someone who has some experience with them. A costumier sympathetic to the task would probably be as helpful! ⚓

Always a joy to see Alfie and Eric pop up :-)

To those having a rubbish day. I offer you cute pictures of my dogs Alfie and Eric

Wow ☹️

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ChatGPT can’t summarise documents. It shortens them, misses key conclusions, adds errors, makes stuff up, and ignores actual summary sections. Use it to summarise important texts like meeting discussions at your peril. ea.rna.nl/2024/05/27/w...

When ChatGPT summarises, it actually does nothing of the kind.ea.rna.nl One of the use cases I thought was reasonable to expect from ChatGPT and Friends (LLMs) was summarising. It turns out I was wrong. What ChatGPT isn't summarising at all, it only looks like it. What it...

Completely forgot #3GoodThings but reminded by seeing @emjric.bsky.social‘s. 1. Made biscuits for neighbours 2. Gifted and planted up some leek seedlings from our vicar 3. Little walk in the village to the church

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Yet, some students from marginalized groups do buy into meritocracy. And the zeal of the converted makes them dangerous weapons for meritocracy's proponents. Because they're willing to hold themselves up as proof that merit rules, even by disparaging their family and friends. 7/

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I know this is a *brilliant* time to be asking this, but if anyone knows of any hourly paid teaching or research assistant work available from the autumn, whether that be in modern history, politics, media, sociology etc, please do let me know. All reposts much appreciated. X

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Counterpoint No they aren't Yes we do Bleak that we've got to a point where "I don't care about evidence, my emotional dislike is obviously correct!" is grounds for a full article, but hey ho

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Yeah, so, not that I think any of you would actually do this, but: these gig listings are absolutely soliciting images for training data to produce generative child sex abuse images, and that is why they are being so particular about age ranges. Do not, under any circumstances.

What a great new tech economy this is we got going here

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Demanding universities ‘put their own finances in order before looking for help from the taxpayer‘ is an awful response to a sector in crisis because their finances are determined by government policy. Not good enough, deeply disappointing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Universities told to manage own budgets after call for bailoutswww.bbc.co.uk Education secretary comments after union says many unis face

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Reminder: If you are a US citizen age 18 or over, today is a very good day to register to vote, or (if you believe you are registered) to make sure your registration is still in effect. Not sure how to do either? www.vote.org has you covered.

Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.orgwww.vote.org Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.

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Active voice is an ethical choice, not just a grammatical hangup!

Oh noes!! Black spot on my tomato plant leaves :/ Do any gardening friends, have organic-gardening-friendly treatments they’ve found effective?

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Next Weekend! (please share widely). Come to our LGBTea-party and hymnalong at St Paul's church, Bedford (UK). You can request a hymn (school assembly favourites, Christmas carols in July, whatever you like!) by emailing [email protected] - or just turn up on the day. All welcome!

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This was fascinating and something I knew absolutely nothing about.

"In the summer of 1942, as German troops encircled the Russian city of Stalingrad, Nazi commanders began to receive bizarre reports of dead bodies disappearing from German field hospitals..." Fascinating extract from Tom Ireland's book The Good Virus

Book Club: The viruses that helped win the Battle of Stalingradjonn.substack.com An extract from Tom Ireland’s The Good Virus: The Mysterious Microbes that Rule Our World, Shape Our Health and Can Save Our Future.

I can tell the final and therefore most stressful year end accounts deadline is this week because I’ve cracked out the 70’s rock playlist. Next up: It’s Magic, by Pilot.

It’s rare for me to listen ro modern Christian music these days. But I came across a Spotify playlist called ‘LGBTQ Christian’ so I thought I’d give it a go. What a gem this proved to be, Plowshare Prayer by Spencer LaJoye open.spotify.com/track/2qKXdi... ⚓️

Plowshare Prayeropen.spotify.com Listen to Plowshare Prayer on Spotify. Spencer LaJoye · Song · 2022.

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Notice when you’re using a candidate’s first name when you’d normally use their last. It was a right-wing think tank tactic to diminish all of the women candidates last few elections by pounding out only using their first names in every context.

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Every Black woman - every Black person - knows what’s coming. If you, non-Black person, plan on seeing this through, listen to me: the seething, raw & disgusting hatred on its way needs to be *drowned out.* Not rationalized, not pontificated, not reacted to, not entertained. Hear me now.

The rightwing outrage machine will settle on a new master narrative against Kamala within two weeks, that mainstream media will subsequently legitimize. Wish it wasn't so, but build up resistence now for what your billionaire owned info sphere will look like. Don't get sucked into it

#3GoodThings 1. Realised I didn’t know someone’s house number to drop round a get well card, but saved by one of the flower ladies at church. 2. Utensil rack finally up on kitchen - no more panicked scrambling in drawers at a key moment! 3. Harvested spring onions.

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The BBC and other UK media urgently need to stop normalising Trump, and start asking questions and talking about his policies, and also ask why Farage, Trump and Johnson are hanging around with someone pushing such awful, undemocratic, pro-Russia, policies www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Donald Trump tells Michigan rally he 'took a bullet for democracy'www.bbc.co.uk This was his first rally with new running mate JD Vance and since last week's assassination attempt.

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The Torties will continue until morale improves.