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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Alive, happy, a good deal of fun, seems to still like his parents and want to hang out with us, I think we might have just pulled it off somehow 🥰

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

15 this year. Taller than me now - has been for some time!

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Saw 2025 in on the couch with the Teen and the large dog, a packet of gingerbread Oreos, summer fruits squash, watching Ted (his choice - opened up some, uh, ‘casual discussions’.) The cat was asleep in a box in the hall, as is his wont when it’s windy. Liking 2025 so far. Think I’ll stick with it.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

12,000 fireworks apparently. Bloody marvellous effort.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Paddington at the end made me (and the boy) a bit emosh. And the D-Day voices.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Things Can Only Get Better on the London fireworks display made me properly lol. Good old Sadiq. Happy New Year, folx x

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

It’s gone straight to the top of the ‘to watch’ pile; thanks for the heads up! Σας ευχαριστώ

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Thanks! I’ll add it to the list

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Knightleys best performance to date I think; she suits the dark gritty violence in a very surprising way

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

OH I’ve just read that she plays ALL THREE WITCHES. I may combust with glee

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

(She was the wife of the mayor)

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Oooh thanks for the recommendation, I can imagine she would absolutely knock that out of the park. Look forward to seeing it!

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

She’s phenomenal. Such a rich and engaging actor. Thanks for the heads up on this!

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

In the past few days I’ve binge watched Black Doves, Poor Things and Megalopolis, and have concluded that I now want to watch every single thing Aikaterina Hadjipateras (aka Kathryn Hunter) has ever been in. I’m obsessed. I adore her. What a phenomenal actor.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“When I was growing up, our home was my family’s security. We can’t build a strong future for our country unless people have a safe home today” Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes in his Christmas message for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/opinion/keir...

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Exactly. Like how dare I care for and treat a sick animal. Absolute monster 👹

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Because several of the cats previous treatments weren’t covered by the insurance so I cancelled it and opted to save the difference. The dogs insurance has been fine so far. Not sure why it’s any of anyone else’s business tbh, weird thing for strangers to get hung up on

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I’m not sure AI is advanced enough to imitate my particular brand of chaos 😂

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Precisely, which is why I binned it off and opted to put the equivalent aside each month instead. Worked for us, but might not be for everyone.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

‘Pets can be put down’ isn’t the flex you think it is. They’re family here.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Why? His treatment was paid for and he got everything he needed, and it still worked out cheaper than it would have been to have paid the insurance over the same time period. I chose to pay into savings as a prudent reserve instead of insurance; whats possibly irresponsible about that?

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Good lord, they’re absolute scamps aren’t they?! (Cats, not vets!)

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

ETA: our vet is fantastic, doesn’t do anything extraneous, is fully upfront with costs and information before undertaking any procedures, and is realistic about what’s necessary and what isn’t. This wasn’t a poke at vets, who are remarkable human beings, it’s a warning about selling off the NHS.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

That’s exactly what I did, put the amount we would have paid in insurance into a separate savings pot that luckily covered most of it. Bloody hell, though.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Oh my vet is lovely and doesn’t do anything unnecessary. He’s very kind and knowledgable (and absolutely loves Cooper, as does everyone!)

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

(The cat has kidney disease. I suspected something was up as he’s been chronically thirsty lately and a bit incontinent. His prescription diet is now going to cost more than mine and the Teens weekly food shop combined. But I love this cantankerous fluffy wee git, so, we do what we have to do.)

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

If you ever fancy a glimpse of what privatised healthcare looks like, try taking a pet to the vets without insurance. General examination, antibiotic eye drops, anti-inflammatories, and two sets of blood tests: £511.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Looks like a haunted cross between Joe Lycett and a Raphael cherub painting

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Tucking the tshirt in would help, I think. As a bare minimum.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Ninja lentils are the way forward 😂

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This seems like a good deal!

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Use the whole one, just leave the additional salt out if it’s a salty stock cube

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

As long as I win at ‘total human volume’, I’m winning, right?

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I’m focusing my efforts on being wider than him instead. Incredibly successfully, as it happens 😂

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Sending love - I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s been like seeing it destroyed from the inside. I’m tentatively hopeful that things are going to get better ❤️‍🩹

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

This one was pretty zingy, although after 14 years of watching it get slashed to smithereens, anything that’s not ‘divide and underfund and decimate’ feels pretty wild

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I know, imagine thinking after not being behind a bar for over a decade I’d be any use at PopWorld ffs

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

(Very glad I frontloaded the carbs for this one; it’s going to be a long night)

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Spending a thrilling evening in an NHS briefing and then highlighting the highlights in yesterdays Devolution White Paper. Athough it’s probably going to be a colossal PITA from an admin point of view to initially implement, it certainly looks exciting. Ambitious, but exciting.

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Almost a foot taller than his mother too, which I find frankly rude 😂

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Would be delicious, but the cat had my last one of those yesterday! Feel free to tinker though 😃

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