Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 18hBooked a window cleaner a few days ago. Asked him if he’d like me to see if our neighbours would be interested in having their windows done too (we have a street WhatsApp). Result - one visit, five houses done. Now thinking there’s a business model here. 000
Reposted by Steve ScottMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17171841971
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In Canada the trains are very, very long. If you make it to the end of this video and post the name on one of the last few carriages you’ll win a prize.* I sped it up x2 after the start but it’s still long. *not really 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Last week a user working through his own AfterLoss plan told us a guide to GOV.UK's online Lasting Power of Attorney service would be helpful. It's live now: afterloss.uk/guides/making-an-lpa-onlineafterloss.ukHow to Make a Lasting Power of Attorney Online: Step-by-Step Through the GOV.UK ServiceA screen-by-screen walkthrough of the GOV.UK online LPA service for England and Wales: what to have ready, what each section asks, and what happens after you print, sign and post it. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Currently in a town near Niagra Falls on Lake Ontario. The locals are making their views clear. 031
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I wrote this before an AfterLoss user completed their full family pack in just over 3 hours... so 'nobody does that' was a lie. Apologies. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My day job includes running our annual Catalyst Grant - an equity-free grant of up to £25,000 for early-stage ideas on a science-based theme. This year's theme captures the current moment well. All will be revealed tomorrow... If you know anyone who might be interested, feel free to DM. 010
Reposted by Steve ScottSteve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Your family knows your Netflix password. Ask them where your will is. Play the AfterLoss game to find out the other things they'd have to guess at. www.afterloss.uk/could-they-f...afterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 001
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I built the thing and couldn't have done it that fast. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 23/08/2026My Sunday to-do list: nothing. A real* AfterLoss user, opened an account this morning: funeral wishes recorded, added multiple contacts, 5 digital accounts, all key documents located, and downloaded the finished family pack for the family. Under 4 hours. www.afterloss.uk/family-pack *really realafterloss.ukWhat to Leave for Your Family When You Die: The AfterLoss Family Pack | AfterLossA printed A4 pack, generated from your own plan, that your family can pick up and use without needing your password, your phone, or you. See a filled-in example. 100
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You are not going to sit down one evening and sort out your entire death admin. Nobody does that. So don't. Add a few things at a time, for you or a loved one. The Family Pack is now live in Planning Ahead on AfterLoss. Read a free example - no email required: www.afterloss.uk/family-packafterloss.ukWhat to Leave for Your Family When You Die: The AfterLoss Family Pack | AfterLossA printed A4 pack, generated from your own plan, that your family can pick up and use without needing your password, your phone, or you. See a filled-in example. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Your family knows your Netflix password. Ask them where your will is. Play the AfterLoss game to find out the other things they'd have to guess at. www.afterloss.uk/could-they-f...afterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 001
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Receiving emails from users is always rewarding, good or bad. Given AfterLoss’s users are either dealing with a bereavement, or planning their own affairs, feedback is limited. So to hear ‘Your product is first class’ by a planning ahead user was a real lift for me today. www.afterloss.ukafterloss.ukAfterLoss - Bereavement support and funeral pre-planning for UK familiesAfterLoss guides UK families through bereavement tasks like registering a death and closing accounts, and helps you plan your own funeral and end-of-life wishes in advance. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 15/08/2026When you have a few minutes to spare, why not start Planning Ahead and create your own printed pack to share with family. The pack can be written gradually and reprinted whenever something changes. Download a free filled-in example (no email required). www.afterloss.uk/family-packafterloss.ukWhat to Leave for Your Family When You Die: The AfterLoss Family Pack | AfterLossA printed A4 pack, generated from your own plan, that your family can pick up and use without needing your password, your phone, or you. See a filled-in example. 000
Reposted by Steve ScottSteve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 14/08/2026AfterLoss now comes in A4 size! Planning Ahead users can now produce their own printed pack to share with family. The pack can be built gradually and reprinted whenever something changes. See a free filled-in example (no email required). www.afterloss.uk/family-packafterloss.ukWhat to Leave for Your Family When You Die: The AfterLoss Family Pack | AfterLossA printed A4 pack, generated from your own plan, that your family can pick up and use without needing your password, your phone, or you. See a filled-in example. 101
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 14/08/2026AfterLoss now comes in A4 size! Planning Ahead users can now produce their own printed pack to share with family. The pack can be built gradually and reprinted whenever something changes. See a free filled-in example (no email required). www.afterloss.uk/family-packafterloss.ukWhat to Leave for Your Family When You Die: The AfterLoss Family Pack | AfterLossA printed A4 pack, generated from your own plan, that your family can pick up and use without needing your password, your phone, or you. See a filled-in example. 101
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 10/08/2026One thing I have learned building AfterLoss: people still like to hold things in their hands. So our Planning Ahead Family Pack now prints in one click, already filled in from your plan. Something changes? Update it, print again. No crossing out, no starting over. www.afterloss.uk/family-packafterloss.ukWhat to Leave for Your Family When You Die: The AfterLoss Family Pack | AfterLossA printed A4 pack, generated from your own plan, that your family can pick up and use without needing your password, your phone, or you. See a filled-in example. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Hold music has no bereavement policy. Your family will hear all forty verses. Our game counts the calls you could cancel in advance: afterloss.uk/could-they-find-itafterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 000
Reposted by Steve ScottSteve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Billions of pounds sit unclaimed in dormant UK bank accounts, much of it belonging to families who never knew the account existed. £31.1 billion more sits in lost pension pots. In the AfterLoss quiz bank accounts are the lowest-scoring answer. What would you lose? afterloss.uk/could-they-find-itafterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 001
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Billions of pounds sit unclaimed in dormant UK bank accounts, much of it belonging to families who never knew the account existed. £31.1 billion more sits in lost pension pots. In the AfterLoss quiz bank accounts are the lowest-scoring answer. What would you lose? afterloss.uk/could-they-find-itafterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 001
Reposted by Steve ScottSteve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Gianni Infantino and The Hood. Have they ever been seen together…? 011
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Gianni Infantino and The Hood. Have they ever been seen together…? 011
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Or if you're into the Rest is History, here's George Washington 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 04/08/2026My father in law happens to be a celebrated sculptor. A fellow of the National Sculpture Society in the US no less. Here’s one of his works - a personal favourite of mine. More here: alexpalkovich.com 101
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 04/08/2026When it finally does rain in London, should we lean out of our windows and bang pots and pans? Feels warranted. 000
Reposted by Steve ScottChristina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New book quote from Prue Leith: “A surprisingly fascinating read. I thought I'd got my departure sorted, but now I know there's plenty I hadn't thought about. Who thought death could be so interesting?” geni.us/getaheadofbe...geni.usGet Ahead of Being Dead: Your Handy Planner for the End of LifeGet it now: 1497
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The ward he was in at the community hospital has now closed due to cutbacks, but I can honestly say that his quality of life near the end was improved by that place. Whatever Andy Burnham can do to give other families that peace of mind I'll support 100%. 010
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We were warned he couldn't be kept there due to others needing more care, so did what all families have to do - look for a private care home to take him when the bed was needed. He moved to a private care home in September and passed away in early December. 120
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 29/07/2026After he fell and smashed his face, my dad eventually went to an NHS community hospital in Scotland. He had dementia. Up until then, he lived at home with my saint of a sister caring for him 24/7. The community hospital was a godsend - he stayed there for about 4 months and the care was incredible. 120
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 29/07/2026What people don’t understand is that anyone, and I mean anyone, can set themselves up as a funeral director. Building AfterLoss brought many surprises, but this fact tops the lot. 010
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 25/07/2026You've insured the phone. You backed up the laptop. Your ACTUAL life? Sitting in a drawer, or in a filing cabinet at the back of a wardrobe, unlabelled. Our game opens the drawer. Eight things, two minutes: afterloss.uk/could-they-find-itafterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A good time to check your potential inheritance tax exposure at AfterLoss - www.afterloss.uk/tools/iht-ch... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comCould a death tax give Andy Burnham £18bn a year to fix social care?A succession of prime ministers have entered office promising to solve the problem of social care but none have succeeded 030
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is why Ritalin is so over-prescribed in America. 010
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Basil Brush and Sir Cliff at the next FA Cup final half time. Make it happen. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 19/07/2026And the bit the brochures gloss over - the process leaves a lot of sterile liquid behind, and what to do with it is the real question. Anyway, all 43 sources are in the writeup if you fancy a proper look. www.afterloss.uk/guides/water...afterloss.ukWater Cremation: What the Evidence ShowsWhat does the research actually say about water cremation? A plain-English review of the science, the environmental claims, the effluent question, and the law. 010
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The honest version - it probably does beat flame cremation on energy and carbon, and it skips the mercury. But no one has properly compared it against both burial and cremation yet, so the bolder 'greenest send-off ever' claims are running a little ahead of the evidence. 100
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Water cremation became legal in Scotland this year, and the internet has Opinions. Greener, gentler, barely any energy. Some of that holds up. So we reviewed 43 research papers so you don't have to, and sorted the actual science from the sales pitch. www.afterloss.uk/guides/water...afterloss.ukWater Cremation: What the Evidence ShowsWhat does the research actually say about water cremation? A plain-English review of the science, the environmental claims, the effluent question, and the law. 110
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 18/07/2026When certain politicians retire from public office, they become honest, human and relatable. To the point that you wish they’d always been like that. England are playing like they just quit their cabinet post. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I'm still dealing with my dad's estate, but in the meantime built something to help other's avoid some of these issues. www.afterloss.uk/could-they-f...afterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Film reviews of The Odyssey on the other place today... 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Me to a friend at around the 70 minute mark. Tuchel should have listened to me. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The UK's toilet deserts: every council ranked. I spent some time this weekend analysing the UK's ~20 thousand loos, because reasons... The gap between the best-served area (City of London) and the worst (Walsall) is 105-fold. See them ranked at www.spendapenny.uk/toilet-desertsspendapenny.ukPublic Toilets Near You | Free UK Toilet FinderFind public toilets near you anywhere in the UK. Live open/closed status, wheelchair access, baby changing, and free or paid, all on one map. 010
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"Getting your affairs in order" sounds like something people do in films, usually with a violin under their arm. In real life it takes an afternoon and a cup of tea. Our game is the trailer. Two minutes, no violin: afterloss.uk/could-they-find-itafterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 000
Steve Scott @manuscript.bsky.social · 12/07/2026It's Sunday: the banks are shut, the council is shut, so nobody can put you on hold. A perfect afternoon to find out whether your family could actually find your will. Eight questions, two minutes: afterloss.uk/could-they-find-itafterloss.ukCould They Find It?A two-minute game about the practical trail you'd leave behind. Eight things your family would need to find. 000
Reposted by Steve ScottChristina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026London. This is next Thursday and it's free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-ahead-... 172