Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 22/09/2026100%. Front line professional staff barely get a mention even though what we do is also vital. 140 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Ahhh just after I left. I left in 2002. That's scarily a long time ago as well. My best friends studied English so may know your colleagues. I was studying medieval history. Sweet little place. 010 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Speaking of universities. I didn't realise you'd worked at Chester. That's where I studied. 120 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Things feel quite hopeless at the moment. The news is filled with stories about bad people making the lives of others miserable and getting away with it. Last Friday was the funeral of someone who made people's lives better and brought so much sunshine and joy. Life is unfair. 010 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I've loved the warm weather over the summer (although scared of climate change). Despite this, I'm really looking forward to autumn. That's when my true fashion sense shines. Bring on the autumn hues and sweaters! 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Not sure if my 14 year old daughter is a lunatic or genius. She just spent almost all of her £20 pocket money on sponges and cleaning products to enable her to squeeze said sponges for a lather effect. Apparently it's beyond satisfying. 'shrug' 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 25/08/2026On the 7th August we lost a wonderful friend and colleague. Today Dolly has gone. Why all the good ones? It's not fair. 120 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Had a plumber round today. Not only did he tell me he liked going shooting, he also said that if he caught his grandson playing the VR headset naked, like my boys do, he'd beat him with a stick. Niiice. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 09/08/2026To be honest, even a haven holiday is beyond our means these days. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I'm curious; how do regular families afford holidays abroad. I've just searched for a jet2holiday for next year and they're all at least 4 and a half k for a family of 5. 100 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 06/08/20261 of my boys has concluded that we are all plants. He has formulated this conclusion on the basis that we all come from the seed from the daddy's mouth(??)This then goes in the mummy's mouth. He expressed some confusion around how the 'seed' ended up in the mum's tummy. But essentially, we're plants 000 0
Reposted by Jamie KnipeMike Hargis @miketakespics.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds." ~ Dalai Lama XIV Have a beautiful evening my friends ❤️ 413168712 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 19/07/2026She asked for water and has been more and more chipper since. We're now calling her either the terminator or the Messiah. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 19/07/2026My mum is incredibly unwell in the hospital. On monday we were told by a doctor that they had exhausted all treatments and that she was dying. It certainly looked that way. She looked to be gasping her last for almost 10 hours then after a horrifying throaty death rattle, her eyes snapped open. 100 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I love that two years in, one of my 7 year old boys still calls getting married a 'merrying'. Makes me think about a wedding as a proper knees up. 110 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I visited my hometown of Doncaster on the weekend. It's the first time I've been in the city centre for a year or two. I was shocked by how tired it was looking and how much deprivation I saw. I saw one homeless guy whose coat was hanging in tatters around his shoulders. #brokenbritain 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Our water bill has increased by £60 a month this year. Now I know what it's paying for. Appalling. 010 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Treat for myself this month. Body shop facial serum. Very pricey. I have to hide it from my daughter who likes to use it to pipette onto her toys' faces to replicate tears. £40 a bottle! #parenting 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 21/06/2026When it's Father's Day and you're a dad to twins... 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 21/06/2026For father's day, one of my little boys asked if we were putting on a 'display dinner' to celebrate. He meant a buffet. May adopt this from now on. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We have a two hour session tomorrow on managing change, likely because of the realignment. Wondering if bad news is imminent. 120 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Ahhh congratulations Natalie. I hear very good things about you generally, so this is very well deserved. 020 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 25/05/2026What a lovely commission I was given again. I love the whole composition of the two sweet girls and the lamb #portraitArtist 021 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 04/05/2026One of my little buys asked me why I click my fingers going up stairs. Haha! It's me knees love! #OldJoints 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 01/05/2026My husband bought me your prints as a Christmas gift because I love cherry blossoms. They grace our stairs and have been admired by lots of our guests. 110 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 25/04/2026We visited an animal sanctuary today and met this lovely fella. Made my year so far. 020 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I have had a week of art galleries. So inspiring. I so want to art, but being a grown up and having to do shit stuff like clean bathrooms and repair washing machines is significantly affecting my ability to do arty outputs. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Oh Mora Brennan from Clannad has died. That is so sad. I grew up listening to her beautiful voice. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 12/04/2026My 13 year old daughter drew this digitally after we saw Project Hail Mary 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Had a quick visit to Ordsall Hall in Salford. Beautiful little garden and a very sweet house and exhibitions. It managed to entertain my little impish boys and even fascinated my teenager enough for her to read some of the information panels. 000 0
Reposted by Jamie KnipeAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026If you've got an opinion you want on here - submit it to the form: forms.gle/1gNMupaNHQf8xeRE6 91376 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Here's Derek who is moving into our bathroom downstairs. #digitalArt #octopus 060 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 05/04/2026To slyly siphon off helpings of the children's Easter chocolate or not...hmmm...well, they have been fairly tricky the past few days, so I think a tricky chocolate tax is justified. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Here here! Lost count of the times people have asked if I get the summer off. It's my busiest time! 030 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 15/03/2026'Project Hail Mary' was so beautiful. After a bit of a conflicty day (grumpy 7 year old), it perked me up a charm. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 15/03/2026This year's mother's Day cards. One boy has drawn me chopping up a burnt potato and the other has depicted the grim reaper. Doesn't bode well for today. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Before the alarm went off this morning I entered a super hero dream. My super hero name was Atomic Mother. Super skills included growing really tall in a crowd and looking around knowingly. Anticipating shenanigans I suspect. 001 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Very tough week emotionally at work. As a support officer we are told some very distressing things. Today I cried in a meeting with a student. Hopefully they didn't notice the two silent tears slipping down my cheeks. I hope things calm down. World events are heartbreaking. 120 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Ahh Rachel Weisz in Vladimir. So beautiful! Really need to dye my hair dark brown to emulate her hair dazzle. Shame I can't copy her face. 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Just watched the new Wuthering Heights film. Loved it. You have to ignore the original book. The cinema was very cold and my husband had to wrap his scarf around his head. He said it was an immersive experience as he felt like he was on the cold moors. 100 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian share.google/eTmy5JeGj44m... Urgh! Life long Labour voter here. Not anymore.share.googleRefugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylumHome secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe 010 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Things are overwhelming at the moment. I'm so discombobulated that I was almost convinced this morning by one of my boys telling me that mosquitos used to be as big as cars as there was more oxygen in the atmosphere. Send a spa day! 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I've had a lot more spare time to sit about recently due to the ole back makarki. Massively into Netflix's Lucifer. It's pure nonsensical trash but Tom Ellis as Lucifer is a hilarious camp hottie. Addicted! 000 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I dreamt about my daughter as a baby last night and I woke up really missing her like this. (Now 13, size 9 shoes and taller than me). 010 0
Reposted by Jamie KnipeParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Just a word of thanks to our fantastic media. Despite my racist bullying at school, having a senior colleague imprisoned for being a traitor, breaking the MP’s Code Of Conduct 17 times, my dodgy house purchase and even being in the Epstein Files, nobody is demanding I resign! 21755288 0
Jamie Knipe @downsy80.bsky.social · 18/01/2026A J&J art collab. One of my 7 year old twins loves Mike from Stranger things and drew this cute picture of him. I added a splash of colour. #strangerThings #finnwolfhard #mikestrangerthings 050 0
