Katharine Schopflin

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Information manager, Long Covid, dementia care, choral singing. An atheist of Jewish extraction who really likes Anglican churchgoing. She/ Her.

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Labour members have opened a petition to Wes Streeting. Anyone can sign it. "We, the undersigned, are calling on you to immediately withdraw your support for the ban on puberty blockers for trans young people." actionnetwork.org/pe... #transgender #LGBTQ #LGBT #Labour #trans

I went, did 18 minutes on the short course and it was lovely. Long term fatigue outcomes are yet to be seen but feeling short term positive effects on disassociation and anhedonia.

And like an optimistic fool, I have booked swimming tomorrow. If I wake up tomorrow and I'm not up to it I need to cancel it immediately or I will be fined (I have a subsidised membership so it's free if I go).

No you checked to see if she was British. (It doesn't say).

Lewd tourist antics on Florence Bacchus statue lead to outrage

Lewd tourist antics on Florence Bacchus statue lead to outragewww.bbc.com The photos spark angry reactions from social media users, some of whom call for the woman's arrest.

Not feeling great but it's too late to cancel without a fine now. I'll go even if all I do is look at the water.

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Happy to announce I'm working with Guardian setter Boatman to fund one FREE place on his brilliant crossword Masterclass. If you want to get into setting cryptic #crosswords and can't afford the course fee, apply for the sponsored place NOW!! boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-ma...

Crossword Masterclasses – Cryptics by Boatmanboatmancryptics.co.uk

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Does anyone have connections with fashion/textiles conservators? I'm looking to help out a student with dissertation research. Thanks in advance for any leads/reposting into the appropriate lists.

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AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech. CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders

For @ailbhel.bsky.social or anyone else who needs some helper text.

5/5 Anyway. I have written. I have some text should you want it, feel free to hit me or any of your friends up. Remember, if one person isn't free then none of us are free.

Finally booked for a prom. Gosh those are a lot of extras you have to opt out of. And I'm sorry, I love the venue, but the rest of the year you put on boxing and Titanic screenings at £50 a pop, I think other restoration funds are more needy.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... this was really good - not Horatio Clare-style rambling but really interesting observations alongside the field recordings.

BBC Radio 4 - Seriously..., Shifting Soundscapeswww.bbc.co.uk Sound artist Alice Boyd retraces the steps of legendary field recordist Martyn Stewart.

I had to print out many copies of legal documents today, with the extraordinary detail that I need to sign them with a blue pen.

Devizes and its environs is one of those places on the corner of at least three OS orange maps. Luckily I have one already. From when I stayed near Frome, also near the border between 3 maps.

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Been a while since I plugged this, but calling all cryptic fans and wanna be fans: a reminder that I'm hosting a cryptic crossword club and pub solve along in Peckham, at The Montpelier pub, SE15 on July 23rd at 1830. Perfect for even the mildly cryptic curious.

Gentle sigh of thanks. I had a fatigue crash yesterday afternoon and was worried I wouldn't manage work at all today, never mind being in the office. Relief that I felt much better later on. I'm tired today but not non-functional. Luckily transport was unbusy today for reasons I think we all know!

I am no England fan but I am so bored with 'the other team is Vladimir Putin, Pol Pot and the devil but they're playing England so I'll be cheering for them'.

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A reminder of how Trump responded when a supporter broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and brutally attacked her husband with a hammer:

You know if you are with someone whose cognitive issues *can't* get any better, you are completely freed from any teaching moments.

Bit of a rollercoaster the last couple of days. Mr S hospitalised yesterday, unconscious after being surprisingly articulate and active. He is back to 'normal' now but I realise the care home suspected this theconversation.com/terminal-luc...

Terminal lucidity: why do loved ones with dementia sometimes ‘come back’ before death?theconversation.com Being aware of terminal lucidity can help loved ones understand it is part of the dying process.

Really interesting talk from a colleague today. Some of it was really detailed and specialist but we were all transfixed (and occasionally a bit grossed out). Colleague and I both thinking how enthusiasm alone can transform a talk.

The opening of this podcast, describing the culture that brought about prohibition, is amazing. No coincidence, I'm sure, but it's eerily familiar. shedunnitshow.com/deathatthesp...

Death at the Speakeasy - Shedunnitshedunnitshow.com During Prohibition, the cocktails are downright criminal. This episode was hosted by Leandra Griffith with guest (and usual host) Caroline Crampton. If you are interested in seeing more content from L...

He even *looks* like a Nazi collaborator in a 60s war film.

BBC Radio 3 Essential Classics Now Playing Joseph Canteloube, Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate Chants d'Auvergne - set 3 (Passo del Prat)

I was dozing while this was playing. Started awake because I was dreaming that someone called my name. It is actually possible that it was Christopher Plummer.

BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Now Playing William Walton, Christopher Palmer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Plummer & Neville Marriner Touch her soft lips and part (Henry V)

I'm not proud of this but every time someone posts in a long Covid group 'It all started with Omicron in 2021' I think 'Ancestral Wuhan virus or nothing!'. The fact that my LC is likely to be worse because of this badge of honour may be related.

I'm off sick and should be resting but I've received notification of a financial reassessment for Mr S. His client contribution comes out of his private pension pot, as does payment for extra care visits from his at-home carer. But the latter is just considered a nice to have by his care assessment.

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On this day in 1948 the new National Health Service was launched. This issue of the Nursing Times described it as a 'comprehensive service made possible by the State for its citizens, not as a form of charity, but as their right.' Happy Birthday to the NHS! #nhs76

Woke up and scrolling back. Waveney Valley is Green! My grandmother used to say 'you could put a monkey in a blue suit in South Norfolk and they would win'. My grandfather was a founder member of Friends of the Earth.

Just been 'knocked up' for the first time as an adult.

I was looking forward to not having to vote before work because I am at home today but now I feel itchy and antsy and afraid I will somehow forget at lunchtime (I'm on an online course all day).

North by Northwest is Hermann's best score. Disagree if you dare ...

BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Now Playing Bernard Herrmann, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Esa-Pekka Salonen North by Northwest (Overture)