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@amyjaneb.bsky.social
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Over-educated and fed-up. She/her

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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 3h
Right, starting tomorrow, rather than scrolling mindlessly on my phone every time I have a spare minute, I’m going to read a bit of a book instead. Can I get in the habit of carrying my Kindle everywhere instead of my phone? Unlikely, but I’m going to have a go.
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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 12h
A definite sign of ageing is that you cannot impress me with "over 20 years" anymore. Am I expected to think this sauce is ancient, because it's as old as Nelly Furtado's Maneater?
Marks & Spencer in-store signage for a tomato sauce that says "The same Calabrian recipe for over 20 years"
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 9h
Still ill and getting a bit fed up with it. Not ill enough to take a sick day but not well enough to stay sitting upright during long departmental meetings. #NastyBug
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I don’t like how #EastEnders is going at the moment. Therapists are generally not manipulative bastards and modern day antidepressants don’t turn people into Zombies. Really poor misrepresentations and messaging.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Had my fringe trimmed earlier and it’s cheered me right up. That and clearing out all the sheer polka dot thermal tights in my size from Tescos.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thought about this @makiwi.bsky.social recipe last night in bed. Haven’t made it for years. Had the ingredients so made it tonight. DELICIOUS and very comforting. justhungry.com/2006/08/a_we...
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A week of miso soup, day 4: Hokkaido-style corn, chicken and cabbage soup with miso
Today's miso soup may not look like miso soup, but it does have miso in it. It shows how to use miso as a background flavoring, instead of the predominant one. Since it has milk and a little butter in...
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Caved in and put the heating on.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s back. Still no idea what happened.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m going to have to signup to Disney Plus again (🤮) as it’s the only way to watch AHS13.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The US is a barbarous society.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Perimenopause problems. Now every cup of tea gives me a hot flush. Urgh
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An interesting development. I’ve had my Threads account suspended and I have no idea why. I barely ever use it. Weird
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today I cried in two separate meetings and had a panic attack. A total fuck of a day.
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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why is Bluesky intent on showing me endless posts about beloved dead and dying family pets. Pets that will be or have had to be put to sleep, etc. 😭😭😭
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mark Fowler turns my stomach and his hair is awful. #EastEnders
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m gonna do the class. If I need to, I can stop. Maybe no weights over me head today though. 😵‍💫
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh nice, having a vertigo attack. I’m 15 mins I’m supposed to be doing an arms and abs workout and been looking forward to it (yes, I know, who am I?). My body hates me.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
About 6-7 weeks ago, after bemoaning that I couldn’t keep up with the most basic of housekeeping tasks, I wrote myself a daily list of housekeeping duties and I’ve kept it up every single day since. Most impressed with myself and the house has never been cleaner nor tidier for this length of time.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yesterday I applied some peel and stick tiles on a splash back and today some peel and stick wallpaper in a window recess. The former was significantly easier to do. The latter has just about finished me off both mentally and physically. Never again!
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yeah, there’s a new tea shop/cafe round here, that also offers crafting and art activities AND provides space for artists to display and sell their work and I refuse to go because they use AI for their publicity. So hypocritical!
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trying to watch this Athlos thing but it’s absolutely awful. The whole presentation is about the most annoying thing I’ve ever seen. 🤮🤮🤮
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For the last hour there’s been a horrible constant droning noise coming from the direction of the train station/level crossing and I can guarantee it has something to do with sodding Sizewell C. All the windows are closed and I have my sleephones on and I can still hear it.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Does anyone else lie awake, mentally building EastEnders family trees? No, just me then? Go, on. Ask me how Pat is pretty much related to every major character there has ever been in the Square. It would take a roll of paper and a lots of pens, and probably several hours, but I could do it!
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Well, that was devastating. Sobbed all the way through. #EastEnders
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am feeling nearly as foul today as I did last Monday. Clearly I am horribly allergic to work.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just watched tonight’s EastEnders and found it very upsetting actually. Poor Zoe.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gosh, it’s almost like Jewish people aren’t a monolith and have different thoughts, opinions and beliefs … just like everyone else in society. Good grief. 🙄
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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
c.org/SzBDpQhyk5
c.org
Sign the Petition
Make OCD Education Mandatory in Schools and Workplaces
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In other news, I’ve done exercise classes two lunchtimes in a row and now I have a painful muscle spasm in my side. #MiddleAge
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#EastEnders theory. Okay, so Max and Cindy’s marriage is going to be annulled when she finds out about the affair(s), hence why the flash forward mentions his fifth rather than sixth wedding - cos this one doesn’t count.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is the same place where Nish went over the balcony, isn’t it? #EastEnders
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hmmm - we announce sanctions against Israel and then air traffic control mysteriously goes down. 🤔🤔🤔
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh, ohhhhhh, that crippling brain fog and fatigue I had yesterday … migraine prodrome. Marvellous
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh marvellous. Just read that a convicted murderer, rapist and paedophile was living just up the road from me until recently. Thankfully he’s now back in prison, but bloody hell. I walk about by myself down footpaths, in the woods, etc., round here all the time. 😧
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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Interested in women's political and trade unionist history? have a look at the Statue for Ada campaign and please share with anyone you think might be interested: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/anK25JY...
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A Statue for Ada
We want a statue in memory of Ada Nield Chew in Crewe: local factory girl, political campaigner, trade union organiser and suffragist.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’m having to watch these episodes of Casualty in short chunks. Way too stressful.
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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform HQ right now
Father Ted meme. Is there anything to be said for another by-election?
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I have discovered a pile of Nigel droppings under my bed tonight.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Back to work today but it’s okay. Lots of emails but not a lot that actually needed attention. Have spent the afternoon outside doing some work related reading. Which the whole summer had been like this. Warm but not hot, light breeze, etc. Perfect
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Now steeling myself for the return to work tomorrow. I’ve been off a week and a day. It feels like months.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I went to the new Asian shop in the town centre today and it is extremely cool. I bought some tea (of course) and I got a free sample of dried BBQ tofu! It was really busy with loads of people queuing for drinks.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Don’t talk to me about football right now.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
At long, long, LONG last, it’s finally raining properly here - consistently heavy rain for at least the last half an hour.
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Elmo in the Rain with Lightning
ALT: Elmo in the Rain with Lightning
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How can I train the cat to make and bring me a round of marmite on toast and a nice cup of tea?
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We had a bit of rain here this morning which made me feel better about wasting a day of leave being unwell in bed/on the sofa, but the now the sun’s come out and it’s 24deg. Perfect weather for a stroll … but I dare not leave the house. I think I have a (thankfully fairly mild) dose of noro. 😬
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It appears that someone has kindly given me the lurgy/some sort of ‘orrible stomach bug and it is most unfair as I’m on annual leave at the moment. :(
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Spending my day (I’m on leave) doing my favourite activity - pottering. You can’t beat it.
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AJB @amyjaneb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The answers to this are making feel prehistoric. 😬
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