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Just dropped my phone in dog's water bowl 🙄 Fished it straight out & dried it off with towel, seems to be ok. Any advice what to do? I don't have any rice. No radiators, just a plug in small oil filled radiator. It's grey & cloudy, no sunshine. It's possible water is still in the charging port.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 4h

0715h pre dawn sky. Sunrise, almost exactly due East, getting rapidly & obviously later & further southward every day. 13C this morning but still warm enough (18C) during the day for sandals. The dread of Xmas & reminder of my lonely lack of connection with others getting stronger every day.

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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The BBC has failed to explain why the host of its flagship current affairs programme Question Time has repeatedly pushed the idea that social security spending must be cut, while ignoring official figures that debunk claims it is “spiralling”. #BBCQT www.disabilitynewsservice.com/bbc-fails-to...

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BBC fails to explain why Question Time host repeatedly fails to debunk the lie of ‘spiralling welfare’

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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shock and concern among disabled people’s organisations. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/free-social-...

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Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, government confirms after Burnham speech

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Leading by example, eh? In most jobs, this kind of behaviour would result in disciplinary action.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beach day! Dogs now allowed on again till next Spring. I didn't think the dog would still be around to go on our local beach again. A lovely warm sunny day, just like being on holiday again. We both paddled, the water was lovely, not cold.

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NikkSinc 📚 @nikksinc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We’re the Bank of the General Public and our sole purpose is to service the profits of shareholders.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1 Oct, how did that happen? I'm going to deliberately breach winter dress order & continue wearing sandals as I cant face the additional brain demands & time cost of having to organise socks (2 prs, without seams) & boots. Luckily it's mild, dry & sun is out today & the beach is open to dogs now.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

High drama happening above the US. Great account to follow. Some cracking messages.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not even October yet & the Xmas lights are up in town 🙄

Pedestrian shopping street with strings of white lights overhead & on trees & rainbow coloured lights wrapped around lamp posts. It's pretty but several months too early

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just had email from the online store I get my vape fluid from. The new vape tax will add an extra £2.20 to a bottle of vape fluid (normally costs £1.80). A bottle lasts about 3 days. Vaping will be just as expensive as tobacco. Eliminates a major motivating factor for quitting smoking😡

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomoro dogs are allowed on the sandy beach again over the winter, so this might be his last slipway run. He used to do this several times but now once is enough & it's a bit of a struggle. But he still enjoys it. #Staffy #olddog #enjoyinglife

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Result! Just bagged a knee length down filled coat, as new, with hood, rated to -15C, for £15 (£18.74 incl del) on Vinted. That'll be my dressing gown for in the van. Bring on winter❄️

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

0530, after lying awake for 2 hrs listening to howling wind & then having had to take the dog out to pee, I've accepted that I'm not going to be getting back to sleep now so kettle on. I already sense that today is not good to be a good day.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Discovered this today in Aldi. Looks interesting. Could be worth stockpiling it if it's ok.

Tin of beer & cheese soup, with Oktoberfest label

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Celebrating a productive few days listing old clothes on Vinted. Over the weekend I've sold 4 items total £46. Admittedly I've spent 4+hrs washing, taking photos, listing, packaging & taking to locker/PO. So its not going to earn a living but it'll pay for some treats I wouldnt have otherwise.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Beautiful dawn, tho chilly 16C in the flat, the coolest it's been in the flat since March April. I need to reacclimatise to the cold. Sunrise is creeping southward daily. 0700, it's still not quite daylight yet. It's going to be a long winter.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Watching Apocalypse on C4, a survival docu-experiment. Their biggest probs are lack of basic survival skills, teamship & leadership. Anyone with military training could breeze this. Most civvies wd struggle. Moral of the story is that to hungry ppl, Spam is gold. So stockpile Spam. 1

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lovely full moon hanging low above the rooftops at dusk. Looks enormous, is it maybe a Super Moon? In the distance are the hills where I retreat to for peace, away from the madding crowd. I wish I was up there now but I'm grounded due to vehicle problem.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Grounded at the flat bcos of a problem with the van so another Vinted purchase (£2 & del) for the full set of Pink Panther 🩷 films from my childhood to pass the time after I've finished the Jonathan Creek box set.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dog is due his night time med but is deeply asleep, snoring away for the past hour. I'm loath to disturb him & he'll probably want to go out for a pee & I'm in my bed in the flat v sleepy. But without his med & a pee now there's a good chance he'll wake ~4am wanting to go out. Rock & hard place.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Been stressed, low & tired so I'm cheering myself up with pizza, chips & pepsi, & a Jonathan Creek box set £2 from Vinted. Nostalgic for the days when phones had curly cords plugged into the wall.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Stayed in the flat last night, hoping the dog would sleep thru. Didn't get to sleep till after midnight, stuff on my mind. Dog woke me up for a pee about 4.30am. So that's me weary before the day has even started. Should have slept in the van. 1

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Steve Whalley @whalleysteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ofwat is allowing up to a 36% rise in water bills between 2025 and 2030. You may wish to take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation & demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. Let the water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership. weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike

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Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September

Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A surprisingly good sleep in the town centre car park last night, despite dog pee trip outside at 4am. I must have been tired as I went back to sleep & slept thru the noisy street cleaner & dog & I slept until 7.30. Back in the flat now with the luxury of real loo & elec kettle. 1

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't we all know it!! Chatbots - "Research found they wasted time, caused stress and delayed problem solving for more than half of users" Don't we all know it!! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told

Citizens Advice says providers of essential services such as energy, banking, phone and internet should guarantee the ‘right to talk to a human’

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In stealth mode in the town centre car park next to my flat to tonight. We've been up to the flat this afternoon & evening but we're sleeping in the van as it's easier for both me & the dog when he needs to go out to pee in the wee small hours.

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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nice one, Wales. 🥰

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today's plan was to go & get the van washed & take photos for the Agreed Value insurance as the weather forecast was reasonable & it needs doing asap. But I'm surrounded by hill fog & apparently it's grey & drizzly in town. So now trying to think of a Plan B...

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fell asleep about 10pm, slept soundly till 4.45am when woken by a car beeping next to the van. After a couple of mins it drove off. I was instantly wide awake & cursing. As I peered thru the curtain to the van cab, I noticed all dashboard lights on. Realised I'd left key in ignition. 1

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Absolutely blissful silence. Apart from the dog snoring & the fridge humming. Not a sound from outside. No wind noise. Absolutely nothing. I'm so glad I came up here tonight. It's definitely cooler up here but I've got thermal PJ's & chunky fluffy fleece on & am snug & cosy. 1

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Decisions, decisions. Where to sleep tonight? Options: 1. a layby 1mile outside the town I'm currently in, stayed there before, its well back from the road, level, ok, not brill 2. little rural car park up in the hills about 45 mins drive, with a great view, where I stayed last Sun night Or...

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

After a gentle wander round the small town centre, me & dog are peacefully snoozing in van, 22C with door open, in a sheltered corner of a quiet peaceful town centre car park, no sirens or traffic noise or loud music, just birdsong & the wind rustling leaves. Not a landscape but not a bad view.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just realised, it's the 1st anniversary of getting this van. What a blessing the van has been. It's become more of a home to me than my flat has ever been. It's given me my freedom back & allowed me to benefit from being out in nature, away from the constant noise & greyness of town.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Chilly 11C this morning altho I'm in a Yorks Dales valley & it's always cooler in inland valleys. But blue sky this morning for the first time in about a week & at last my solar panel is giving a bit of power again. It feels like it's going to be a long winter.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I done a brave thing. I'm at a gig all by myself. It's only my 2nd social function since before lockdown. I've got a skirt on! But also my DocM boots 😁 I've come to see the lead vocalist of a band I've followed since 1988 student days. He's playing solo tonight. #Levellers 1

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's finally stopped raining after a week of rainy days & stormy weather yesterday. Still v windy but it's mild, not chilly. Had a walk to our local beach for the 1st time in months, it's so much nicer now the tourists have gone. The old boy's happy altho a 15 min walk is enough for him now.

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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Uk Government definitions of Terrorism : On the left is the Reverend Sue Parfitt, protestor against genocide, described as a terrorist. On the right we have racist gangs who intimidate rnli volunteers, block roads & besieged key infrastructure. They have not been described as terrorists.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the van, in stealth mode, in the town centre car park, right next to a pub popular with Boomers & Gen X, listening to the drunken conversations of smokers stood outside. Ppl, esp late middle aged men, don't half talk a load of 💩 when they're pissed 🙄🤣

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What a fucked up country we live in when protesting a genocide gets you convicted for supporting terrorism, but threatening violence against life boat volunteers is tolerated and the station is closed. The fascists are winning and our Labour government is helping them

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Had a very good 7 hrs undisturbed sleep, most I've had for a while, in the town centre car park last night. Dog slept thru & street cleaners didn't come till after 7am. It's not raining (yet) but grey. Got paperwork & admin to do at the flat today then maybe away in Yorks Dales for weekend.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sitting in the back of the van in stealth mode in a busy town centre car park, doing an online art class. Hearing some interesting conversations by ppl coming/going in the adjacent spaces 🤣

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Much cooler tonight than last night, currently 15C & the previously warm wind is now chilly. This time ystrdy it was 19C. Already too dark to see much inside the van without a light on. Only 4 more days until Equinox & the nights get longer than the days ☹️ 2 weeks ago was my last night in Scotland ☹️

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wellies on for the 1st time in about 6 months for a dog walk on the nature reserve, in between showers. It's great for the dog (& me) - flat, v big, v quiet during the day, good tracks & dog can safely be off lead (rare nowadays). Amazingly he's still doing ok, 14 yrs 9mths.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Woke up to this...🌈 Hoping it's a good omen, it seems to be as the rain has stopped, sun is bright in the east & the sky is blue through the roof light in the van.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In a familiar safe peaceful carpark tonight, not been here for over a year & its nice to be back. We'll have a potter round the nature reserve tomorrow. Nights are really drawing in now, having to use a light in the van in the eves for 1st time in months☹️ Still v mild 17C tho v showery today. 1

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wow! For the 1st time in about 15yrs I have not needed new specs after an eye test. Apparently almost no change since last test 2 yrs ago. I was expecting to be paying about £200 today for new specs.

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Managed to dodge the rain showers long enough to check out the Victorian Jubilee Tower in a high open spot with lovely views over Morecambe Bay. I could even see the Welsh mountains in the distance last night. 1

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hmmm, I think I'm going to move on from here... A car has come & parked right next to me in the empty car park. The driver (in grubby t-shirt & orange work trousers) has just walked round the back of my van, past my open side door looking into my van saying "Now then, alright?". 1

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JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just driven ~5 miles on rural single track lanes & then thru a village. Have realised that a lot of drivers don't know or don't care about Highway code regarding priority on single tracks up/down hills & when passing parked cars 🤬 1

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