Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 28mAbout to go through the delightful process of booking a private flu jab through our local pharmacy, in the sure knowledge that the pharmacist will say "oh, you're entitled to a jab on the NHS, didn't your GP tell you?" for the third year running 000
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 36mWhy are so many experiences of interacting with the NHS like this? 🧵 032
Reposted by Kate GriffinAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 5hFor those in England & Wales who don’t get them on the NHS: private flu & covid jabs are available from today. I’ve just had both at my local pharmacy. £115 for the pair. Yes, that’s expensive, but if you’re a freelancer & don’t get sick pay it’s probably a lot cheaper than taking time off. 516869
Reposted by Kate Griffinthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026*mid-eulogy, looking down at casket* you’ve read your last free article 101767250
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 9hGood summary of how the textile recycling crisis (too many textiles, not enough recycling) is affecting the viability of charity shops. (Substack link) onenightstanzas.substack.com/p/vinted-isn...onenightstanzas.substack.comJo Andrews on One Night StanzasI wish charity shops were a bit more honest themselves about what they actually want, what they don’t want, how much of what they are donated they sell on and what happens to what they get rid of. For... 020
Reposted by Kate Griffinj4 @jaffa.bsky.social · 17hcreature Mouth perfec t size for put vicar in to preach! inside very Soft and Comfort 15229
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 19hWalked past an AI poster yesterday. My partner said "ok, here's a test, you just saw that poster...tell me what the date of the event is." It's a Bonfire Night thing so it's probably either November the Actual Fifth or the Sat after...but still, an actual date on the poster would be nice 040
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026TFW you contact tech support to ask how to do something, then follow up an hour later to say "nvm, I worked it out" and then tech support replies to say "but you shouldn't be able to do that" 020
Reposted by Kate GriffinDisappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Whenever I hear this what I want to see in the headline is: - What was profit last year - what was profit trajectory year on year - what was average non exec pay & what pay rises were there average - what changes were there in investors 3329
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Delighted to learn a new Scottish word from this online review for leggings. Even better than "havering"! The hint that the reviewer is a bit tight is welcome character development, despite playing into national stereotypes. 121
Reposted by Kate GriffinBrynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026the pedestrian crossing to Spalding's only McDonald's captured on Street View 222
Reposted by Kate GriffinDan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When he got home and realised it was missing, he logged onto his banking app to cancel his cards, only to discover that, within the last hour he had received four payments of £0.01 each into his account. In the Ref. field for each one was: "Found your" "Wallet in street" "Call me on" "07xxx xxxxxx" 4839
Reposted by Kate GriffinDan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026HERE IS A LOVELY STORY: a friend lost his wallet on his way home from work the other day. (that's not the lovely bit) 1/2 13330
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've had a Dropbox account since 2012. Just got an email from them saying "Please don't ignore: your setup isn't complete yet". The email doesn't say what it is I still need to do. Logged in to sort it out but no clue there either.🤷♀️ 140
Reposted by Kate GriffinPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every single news story about generative AI discovering something ends up being "someone foolishly fed their work into the machine that plagiarizes people's work and then got shocked when it regurgitated exactly what they were working on" 317347
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Emailing me when I've left the website to say "you left something in your basket, we know because we're watching you 👀" ❌ Having fewer than 17 steps between putting a thing in your basket and being able to buy it so I don't keep failing to complete the transaction ✅ (subskeeting my milkman) 020
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Update is ready for your Android 😃 It's here 😃 Access brilliant new features 😃 It's important for security 🔐 Y u ignore me? 😥 Right I'll install it myself at a time not of your choosing 💣 LOL u installed it 😆 You'll never read your emails again and we're replacing the clock with a lizard 🦎 050
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The main reason I use Ecosia as my search engine is that it's greener & more ethical than most. So I was dismayed when they started doing "AI overviews". But hey, answers like this are totally worth boiling a lake for. 043
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Big shout-out to 4th Utility broadband, who helped us diagnose the problem with a relative's connection today. It means the absolute *world* that we didn't have to jump through any hoops with robots. Just rang the number, selected "tech support" and got through to a helpful human. 0101
Reposted by Kate GriffinMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Once I interviewed a guy who brought one piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon. I hired him but he immediately used his 2 weeks of PTO. 1028025
Reposted by Kate Griffin Stone Cold Jane Austen @woolbotherer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I dunno about any of you but I'm definitely taking snacks to job interviews from now on. Maybe a drinks trolley. 8111
Reposted by Kate Griffinj4 @jaffa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've got 2 spare tickets to see Dar Williams in Bristol on Tues 6th October -- they were £23 each but I'm very open to offers as I don't want them to go to waste! Please repost for wider reach. Also please listen to Dar Williams because she's brilliant. :-) open.spotify.com/album/6OagVo...open.spotify.comThe Honesty Room - Album by Dar Williams | SpotifyDar Williams · album · 1994 · 13 songs 122
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cringeing anew about my write-up of a mental health support group where I said it was "a relaxed space for a cup of tea and a nutter" 1017921
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026how has he got time to advise Bernie Sanders when he still hasn't got back to me with his verdict on the Potato Diet 010
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026just how frequently asked *are* these questions 110
Reposted by Kate GriffinNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026How to visit an art museum with someone who isn't used to visiting art museums: 172829924
Reposted by Kate GriffinRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026*horrific racist fascist blackshirt actions* UK gov official: first of all, they are correct in their beliefs, however they should trust us to enact the violence and racism, can’t they see how good we are at it Burnham on tiktok : hey kids check out this barm! What am i like eyy up 1382101
Reposted by Kate GriffinSam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mr. Burnham, sir, it’s time for leadership. It’s time for definitive action. You must, this very hour, insert a pointed allusion to the blackshirts trying to kill charity workers into the speech you’re due to give to Labour Party Conference next week. A nation waits. 1194
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Love it when my bank takes the trouble to text me with the news that they're charging me interest for going overdrawn, but don't bother to say *how much* interest. How much was I overdrawn by? £32.26 How long was I overdrawn? 1 day 000
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Still can't get over the revelations about Eliezer Yudkowsky. Until literally last week he was just some guy online who mentioned the Potato Diet and then rudely didn't reply when I asked how he was getting on. (Going on the Potato Diet would be one example of a good decision he made, though!) 120
Reposted by Kate GriffinNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The snobbishness about this comes in part from the fact you can no longer pay all your bills doing a minimum wage job. If you work 35hrs a week you should be able to pay rent, pay utilities, buy food & have a little left over for a few beers on a Friday. This never used to be a controversial view. 14666187
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I know I've said this dozens of times before, but: the NHS could make the patient experience a thousand times better just by communicating better. Such a cheap, achievable way to improve, such value for money compared to other changes. An open goal just sitting there. 1162
Reposted by Kate Griffinmindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My phone sends me a notification whenever there's an owl nearby. I don't remember asking it to do that and I don't know how to make it stop. I tried throwing my phone into a ravine but it just reappeared in my hand moments later. The owl notifications are growing more frequent 1136065
Reposted by Kate GriffinElizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them 14843286
Reposted by Kate Griffinrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 17/09/2026oh come on if you get a full year out of it surely they should just de-falsify your dmitryism 1615111
Reposted by Kate GriffinSmylers @smylers.uk · 29/08/2026Today's unanswerable survey question: describing the size of my parcel, where none of the options are true. There's “smaller than a shoebox” and “bigger than a shoebox”, but the parcel I received isn't either of those, being very much an actual shoebox. 8339
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I like Hallowe'en and I don't want to be pushed into hating it just because retailers are "doing a Christmas" and being pricks about it. But all I can really do is slam the unsubscribe button when I get marketing crap about "spooky season" and that hardly changes anything😭 010
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In defence of old people who can't put seatbelts on: nobody ever sits in the back of their own car, so they drastically underestimate how fiddly the seatbelts in the back are, and that's before you factor in having to politely push your fellow passengers' arse overhang out of the way 070
Reposted by Kate GriffinMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026young person putting on seatbelt: click old person putting on seatbelt: where is it? is there one there? i can’t feel it. it’s sunk into the seat. why has it sunk into the seat. it’s not working. it won’t reach. it won’t click. have i got yours. oh i’ll just hold it that’s the same 1937744
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... omg sorry I missed this guys, I uninstalled Teams a few weeks ago because it kept popping up whenever I started my computer and - oh, was it WhatsApp then? because I'm positive the notifications have been on this whole time but I still just don't remember you askingbbc.co.ukWestminster coming to an end, say Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish leadersThe leaders of Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Fein say the UK government should prepare for constitutional change. 010
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026in the past week or so I've nearly doubled the (admittedly very short) list of words I really can't spell or, to put it in more positive terms, I've Learned New Words and Expanded My Horizons 040
Reposted by Kate GriffinJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If they could make us put our used water in a separate bin and say it was our job to wash it thoroughly before recycling, and that this was definitely not anyone else’s job, they would. 112729
Reposted by Kate Griffinmichael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Barber CEO: You Risk Falling Behind If You Don't Get A Haircut "Right Now" Industry Experts Foresee Future In Which Everyone Receives Multiple Haircuts Every Day Today Your Hair, Tomorrow The World: Barbers Say They Are On Track To Build A Pair Of Scissors So Big, It Could End Life As We Know It 142237645
Reposted by Kate Griffinmerman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 13/09/2026extremely niche but important question: does anyone know of any charity or service that can help get supplies to someone in hospital in bury st edmund’s i’ve got a friend who was brought in by ambulance yesterday and they need to stay at least another night, and they don’t have anything 91835
Reposted by Kate GriffinNibedita Sen @hernibsen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So today @ninocipri.bsky.social and I absolutely blew our cat’s tiny mind. He likes to sit in this window in our home office. Which, as you can see, is literally around the corner from another window in the living room 29125
Reposted by Kate GriffinMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Toilet Instructions 19762166
Reposted by Kate Griffindrewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 10/09/2026if you learn a skill or start a new hobby, it makes you a better person, not worse. nobody ever gets into calligraphy and immediately starts screeching that typefaces are useless and only the quill shall prosper. there is no "woodworking psychosis" nobody thinks they're dating their kettlebell 01184305
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026see also "I don't sign petitions" from your friends, which takes longer to type than you'd take to sign a petition or "I don't sign Early Day Motions because I am a special birthday boy 🥺" from your MP 030
Reposted by Kate GriffinXero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2110853164
