josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have just made a toastie with lavash bread (because, Cowley Road) and it is incredible. Toastie goes extra crispy and all the texture sort of scoops up the filling. Makes for a terrible picture so you will have to take my word for it. Next level. 000
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Disappointing, Oxford. Try harder. Must say, commentary on this one has been.. somewhat restrained… But.. WTF Henley?! 010
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It is a sign of just how much Oxfordshire transport has come on that I am on a diesel bus with no handy USB charging and am quite annoyed about it 😂 Also the bus was early. 140
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Speaking at #LDConf on the regulation of e-bikes. This isn’t complicated. The legislation simply needs to catch up with the advance in technology on the ground. Good e-bikes good, bad e-bikes bad. Glad to say we voted to support this motion. How very sensible. 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sometimes it’s important to literally stand up for what you believe in. And today it was telling the story of the development of active travel in Oxford (even if it was terrifying). I hope more councils can follow suit. #ldconf 0124
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I made cauliflower pizza with kiddo and while it is delicious and healthy it used every single kitchen utensil I own and the kitchen is covered with tiny bits of cauliflower. Never again. 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Related : does anyone know how to re-waterproof a poncho?! It has been much used but… 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Proper ‘I am not made of sugar’ day. Foot coverings and all. Still, made the train?! 041
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today in the click and collect line at Big Sainsbury’s it’s me in a cargo bike and a lady who arrived on foot. Time for Sainsbury’s to put a wee shelter up maybe? #twofewercartrips 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026These were not supposed to be new potatoes. This summer’s weather sucks. #allotmentlife 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Just dehydrating my hops. #notaeuphemism #foraging 000
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026There is rain. The cat is unimpressed. She has just appeared begging me to dry her bit of course is unhappy that I have. #cats 070
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Playing that fun game, ‘heatwave or menopause!’ 😓😓🥵 010
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Getting some funny looks at the supermarket. (But apparently you can’t do a weekly shop by bike I’m told). 040
Reposted by @josieproc.bsky.socialGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUlez led to better lung size and function among London children, study findsResearchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone 382210606
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Crowdsourcing: I had two cats. Snowy and Azriel. Snowy died a year ago, leaving his mother Azriel. Of late she has started to TALK. Like really loud mewing whenever she comes into a room. She was silent before. Why? Also she woke me up 3 times between 2am and 7am so 😍 but 😱 000
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Planet may be burning but millinery is making a comeback. 10 mins sewing ribbons on to my hat means I can ride a bike in the sunshine comfortably. Next stop plus fours perhaps? 150
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026So, prediction. It’s going to rain on Thursday. Why? Because after approx 4 years of dithering I’ve bought a new garden table and it’ll be delivered then so summer will inevitably end precisely then. Sorry/ you’re welcome. 000
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026New normal. Saving the plants by saving shower water. 😱 120
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026At the stage of summer where ice cream is the main food group. Who's with me? 010
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026SCENES inn my house trying to get small to shower over a bucket in order to harvest grey water to water the plant babies. 😱It's not THAT weird, is it?! Glad my bathroom is on the ground floor though and can just pass the bucket out the window.... 120
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Everything is tinder dry. The climate emergency is here and now. The time to act was about 10 years ago. Why are we still making excuses? 040
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Rock & roll evening incoming. #weekendharvest 040
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Oops. They were hiding. 😱 #allotmentlife 130
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Proud of my Lib Dem colleagues for standing up to this. 🔶 0122
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026We have short notice guests. But the allotment will provide. It always does. #emergencyharvest 030
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Watering the allotment, back from hols before I’d even unloaded the car. Plants are a leeetle crispy but am hoping will come back 🤞#allotmentlife 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026You know cycling has become part of your everyday life when cornering in a stiff breeze on gravel with a 5 ft inflatable gecko on your bike doesn’t faze you. Even if others are laughing and pointing. (That gecko may have an unfortunate accident) 010
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026On a train listening to four kids (students?) On their way to Rome. They have paper phrase and guide books and are cramming Italian. Never been away without their parents. Me and the other passengers doing the ‘oh bless’ eye roll at each other, silently. The kids are all right. 120
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Parisian deputy mayor blames America (global second largest greenhouse gas emitter) for heatwave after American tourists in Paris complain about lack of air conditioning. VIVE LA FRANCE. 🇫🇷 🔥🥵 www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukFrance blames US for deadly heatwaveParis official hits back at mockery over lack of air conditioning, saying America shares responsibility for record-breaking temperatures 176
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Feel like I crossed a personal cycling Rubicon- went to the Big Sainsbury’s on the ring road by cargo bike. You know what? It’s not that hard. There are paths and crossings I never knew existed. My car trips are vanishing one at a time. 3150
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Tfw getting tickets to Hinksey Pool feels like getting Glastonbury tickets… 010
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Oats, banana, peanut butter, bicarb and dry fruit make excellent porridge breakfast bars along with a glass of milk for a small boy and I'm just mad it took me a heatwave and this long to think of it and I've been making porridge each morning for years. 110
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Just gonna sit here, in the rain, with my plants. It’s the most comfortable I’ve been all day. 👌 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026SEN mum hack if it helps anyone. Too hot for trousers, won't wear school shorts because - different. Cut the legs short of the trousers they are still, somehow 'trousers'. Winning, one tiny battle at a time. Even if he looks like a ragamuffin. 🤷♀️ 000
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Never been a Starmer fan but given Trump’s latest statement I’m now rooting for him?! 010
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Wait, Trump signed a treaty on Iran - in Versailles? Does no one in America read history books? 120
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 14/06/20269am and I’ve made dinner, breakfast pancakes, planted celery, sunflowers, cucumbers and peppers, watered the greenhouses. Who needs the gym? Now for three sisters planting #allotmentlife 010
Reposted by @josieproc.bsky.socialNathan Ley @nathanley.com · 13/06/2026cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/quiet-lane...cllrdrnathanley.substack.comQuiet Lanes, Loud NonsenseYou deserve better than the half truths being served up 1269
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I have just replaced all my failed veg that died in the hot snap that was Plantmageddon from the Oxford City Farm. It took two bikes to get them home, I also got cake and garlic scapes, plus some food waste chives. Peak East Oxford level unlocked. V. happy. 020
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The incredible soul that is Craig Simmons, my partner in crime on Magdalen Road is deservedly recognised here for decades of community work. So so so pleased for him. He also makes an excellent Santa. 😍 050
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Small has two days off school because he ate an entire punnet of plums when I wasn't looking. Today, WFH, is going about as well as you'd expect...🙄 000
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Posting in to the ether: have been learning Ukrainian but write very badly. Have now discovered I can dictate Ukrainian into WhatsApp by just speaking at it, and it will write it for me. This is a game changer for communicating with Ukrainian friends and makes me very happy. 🇺🇦 010
josieproc.bsky.social @josieproc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Bike was serviced for first time in like three years. Sailed past half a dozen people on Magdalen bridge, while wearing a giant rucksack. I should get it serviced more often 🤣 130
Reposted by @josieproc.bsky.socialOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 11/06/2026In a surprise to literally zero working mothers, researchers at the University of Oxford have found that the careers of women who take parental leave are adversely affected. Conversely men who take extended parental leave are seen as leadership material and therefore more likely to progress.theconversation.comWhen men take parental leave, their careers may benefit — but women’s do notNew research using Canadian workplace data finds that men who take six months or more of parental leave are seen as warmer and more leadership-ready by colleagues. 1279
