Notices by Eleanor Rees (eleanorrees@mas.to)

I can't stop laughing at the word 'simply' in this book blurb.

@inthehands can't wait for their version of the Coventry Carol

@afewbugs I fondly remember the message from my bank saying, "We've made some exciting changes to our login screen."

Stoppard was a child refugee, first from Czechoslovakia and then Singapore. Now he's celebrated as a great British writer while our politicians want to ditch human rights law and keep refugees out.

Goodbye to Tom Stoppard. Immense work, remarkable life.

There's so much more I want to say but the thoughts will need some time to work through.

To recycle blister packs at a popular high street chemist, you need to:

"1. Register and opt in by downloading the Recycle at Boots App
2. Log empty blister packs in the app and wait for up to 24 hours until they are validated
3. Bring their empty packs into a participating Boots store and scan the QR code on the blister pack deposit box"

If I were designing a scheme to put people off recycling and ensure as little uptake as possible whilst looking virtuous, I'd do it like that.

I can't believe this jumper made it through the design and manufacturing process without anyone saying, "I don't know, it just looks a bit... murdery?"

Husband showed me how his new iphone has selected photos from when the kids were little and animated them to make fake videos.

We agreed this needs to be killed with fire ASAP.

'Here's what an LLM told me–'

*unfollow*

You might have time for that shit but I don't.

Happy anniversary of Arthur Conan Doyle getting his leg set on fire during a #cricket match in 1903.

(He was hit on the thigh while batting and the box of matches in his pocket ignited with the impact.)

Today I’ve been ill for a thousand days.

#LongCovid has taken away my independence, my social life, my job, my plans. The way I used to be able to think and to move. My identity, piece by piece.

I’m going to talk about it now. Fair warning if you want to mute.

(Please don’t reply with medical advice: I guarantee that either I’ve already tried it or there’s a good reason why I haven’t.)

1/n

The plastic thing on the juice carton broke, so I had to teach my child the ancient magic.

Infection control is woke now.

Who's for another Super Over? #cricket #T20WorldCup

And now the Star Tours advert! 😍 #cricket #T20WorldCup

(this one: https://mas.to/@eleanorrees/110400688477475227 )

17yo is having to deal with some crap because some of her college's staff are handling a sensitive situation very clumsily.* Wish I could intervene. But it's that stage of parenting when all you can do is advise and then watch while they try and navigate things for themselves. Difficult.

* sorry for being cryptic but don't want to give identifiable details

@TheBreadmonkey reminds me of an old tweet from when Twitter was funny

@JetlagJen I tend to find published resources aren't much use because they don't usually fit the specifics of a situation so they create confusion.

I used to draw little stick figure cartoons or sort of flowcharts to try and cover what might happen in a situation and what the backup plan could be if it doesn't go to plan. Or try and do a practice run beforehand - so in this situation, send him in a taxi to a friend's house or something?)

Humphrey Lyttelton, the #jazz musician and presenter of #ISIHAC, who died in 2008, used to have a nice personal website at humphreylyttelton.com. Something weird has happened to it recently: some of the old homepage text is still there, but merged with nonsense about scratch cards & an 'iGaming entrepreneur'. AI-generated spam presumably?

Anyway, it would be good if someone could edit his Wikipedia entry to change the website link to the Wayback Machine archive version https://web.archive.org/web/20080209212511/http://www.humphreylyttelton.com/

Two years ago today I tested positive for Covid. I was fit and healthy and expected to be back to normal in a few days. It's been two years and I still can't walk 50 yards.

The only people who think #LongCovid is no big deal are those who don’t know enough about it.

#MaskVentilateTest #VoteForPoliticiansWhoArentGreedySociopaths