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My kids school has had a full, armed police response, everyone under tables in silence, American style lockdown today. Because a parent bringing a forgotten school bag jumped over the wall rather than walk around the perimeter and use the entrance, like a normal person.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Calendar. What on earth is that second A doing in there?

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Adults, women's sizes, only xxs and xs left so may well fit older kids.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Muppets Christmas Carol pjs from Primark are real! This is not a drill!

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of my absolutes faves from work has left. They were such a big, vocal, passionate supporter of the library. I'm too sad to work, I plan to sulk all day instead.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm trying the Quaker ones this week (tummy rumbles by half ten) but I've had the Linwood a lot and they're good too.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My next Tesco order is 98% mixed grains.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That's really great, well done! I do overnight oats with soya milk, when I remember to do them!

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

TL:DR fuck the patriarchy, exercise version.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Could I ask what you're doing for breakfast? That's where I'm finding it hardest to up the protein.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ten times. Ten times in twenty minutes. Until I got so pissed off with them that I threw the remote control at them. Simon runs at least 4 times a week. Not once have they interrupted him when he's getting ready, or followed him to ask him inane questions.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm sure you can all see where this is going.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So. I never exercise at home because I know I'll be interrupted constantly. I stopped going to a gym I enjoyed because it messed around with the family schedule too much. Tonight I went on my walking pad, before I went on I told my family I was doing 20 minutes and asked not to be interrupted.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm realising I'm a dopamine eater too, I like a crunch!

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's the only thing I know will work for me, at least for a while until I learn a new eating habit. Protein is a bitch, I bow at your feet!

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've never weighed food so many times in my life.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anyway, I Shall Persevere as it would be healthy for me to weigh less, and it seems silly to be on a potentially life changing clinical trial drug and not to look after myself in other ways.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Three days in to balanced eating and sensible exercise and I am SO BORED. I've been living in near constant state of grazing for years, three meals a day? More like three borings a boring.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

(CW weight & diet The only time I ever get weighed is at the hospital, on Monday I decided to convert from kg to stone & lbs and got the shock of my life about how much weight I've put on over the last year. Decided to be A Big Girl and Do Something About It.

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It does, but I still don't trust the student not to take the book anyway. I think this is entirely my problem tbh, I just need to not go worst case scenario!

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Self-service reservations in a staffless library with no security system (LOL) has anyone else solved this problem so that I don't have to (or rely soley on trust)?

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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Perimenopausemaxxxxxed so hard today that I bought my own protein (tofu) to put on top of my canteen lunch (jacket potato and beans).

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If Sadiq Khan is a trans ally, why is he allowing JK Rowling’s Harry Potter to take over the Christmas lights in Oxford Circus? Email him now and ask him to pull the plug on transphobia. goodlaw.social/e1ae3f