Reposted by NoraFelicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 03/10/2025This article manages to name her husband before it names… her. 582129503345 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 12/09/2025It was another great episode. Was re-listening to the last one with The Simpsons the other day - it's one of my favourites 110 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, trans by Ginny Tapley Takemori 010 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 10/09/2025It's both amazing and unsurprising that treating people well at work, paying them fairly, giving them security all translates to productivity and successful projects. And yet the emphasis on productivity driven profits continues and continually results in failure 010 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 03/09/2025I'm a low user and it doesn't matter what fix I sign up to, paying £250.35 a year in standing charges is about a third of my bill - about which I can do nothing :( 010 0
Reposted by NoraHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵 40574205 0
Reposted by NoraClara Greo @claragt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Friends, using gen AI to create user personas is a *really* awful idea. 🚩☹️🚩 This suggestion comes from the AI Knowledge Hub prompt library on GOV .uk. Here's the problem: AI is designed to give you back only what you already know. It will generate what it thinks you want to hear. 43314 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 18/08/2025So it turns out parts of DWP still tell people to go to the Directgov website in their letters 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 25/07/2025this site wants me to share credit card details with it, yet it won't save my setting that I don't want auto-play on videos... 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Even if it's anonymous, they must have an option to not provide it You're absolutely right tho - in the midst of completing a form for employment, who wants to jeopardise their application and argue about incorrect fields in forms? 😒 010 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025WOW. Is there an option to say 'Prefer not to say'? Because I thought compelling people to reveal protected characteristics wasn't allowed in the UK? 120 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 20/07/2025So if I've understood correctly, more people have lost their jobs after attending a Coldplay concert, than Post Office senior managers who have lost their jobs as a result of their involvement in the Horizon IT scandal (0) 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 17/07/2025How beautiful! Planted some for the first time this year (in a pot) and they're just starting to climb 010 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Sometimes I go to unlock my front door with my Oyster card... 120 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I've asked people to consider their device volume on public transport several times - and in some cases received a genuine 'sorry'. There's a lot to be said for how you ask and not embarrassing the person 0150 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 09/07/2025And it's so inaccessible. It doesn't even support left-hand mouse users so I now refuse to use it 100 0
Reposted by NoraJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Something that gets (understandably) overlooked about the 7/7 London attacks is the digital aspect. The immediate aftermath was the first real resilience test for TfL and the Met Police's websites, as people flocked there for updates. TfL site went from 100k uniques to 2.5 MILLION in minutes. /1 514023 0
Reposted by NoraSarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 01/07/2025The loud drumbeat that companies should "embrace AI now or be left behind" has more in common with high-pressure sales techniques than biz strategy. And that's fine - tech firms have something to sell. But the rest of us needn’t confuse it with anything more profound. www.ft.com/content/4688... 10536138 0
Reposted by NoraKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Just a reminder that while her ex nonstop soils himself in public with tasteless displays of wealth and look-at-me, thirsty nonsense, Mackenzie Scott has given away close to $20 billion to 1,600 charities, no strings attached and without any need for recognition. 25284511565 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Hmm - so not just in London Second time this week my little greenhouse has toppled over: plants lost, pots smashed, much mess 100 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Anyone know why London has had such ferocious winds for the last week? 100 0
Reposted by NoraTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids. 501470409 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025And also their referring to annual savings is misleading - because tarrifs change every 3 months! 010 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025That was fun! Although I think there are some bugs with the same name appearing both red and black in places (so don't kick too hard) 010 0
Reposted by NoraAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 14/05/2025every now and again I remember that thirty years ago britain and france built the longest underwater tunnel in the world, still not beaten, and the thing that limits how many people we can shove through it is the tiny cellar underneath the train station that we use for security theatre 1236368 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 13/05/2025People who executive managed a company into a debt-ridden ground, now being paid *extra* to continue the same crappy behaviour... 021 0
Reposted by NoraNancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Applying Lessons From the Armenian Genocide to Gaza www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2025...yesmagazine.orgOn Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Lessons for GazaArmenians know from experience that genocide is a process, not an event, and they have lessons for those fighting for peace in Gaza. 063 0
Reposted by NoraAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Keep conservatives away from Dolly Parton at all costs 1133671 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Oh, I think this is very much a specific skill that needs development and practice. A bit like management - just because people are good at something, doesn't make them a good senior manager or a meeting moderator 010 0
Reposted by NoraEsther Webber @estwebber.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The govt could make a start by addressing how hilariously inaccessible the whole disability benefits system is - reliant on forms you can only fill out by hand (!) and helplines which need use of keypad/voice commands 03213 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I second the recommendations for a proper hiking type backback with added cushioning around the shoulders and lower back, and extra straps maybe at the hips and chest too. They're made for all-day carrying and with all the stuff we lug around have lots of handy pockets! 120 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Enfield Council closing nearly half its libraries to save £500,000 a year (a puny amount in the grand scheme of council spending) 010 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Wow. Thames Water just sent next year's bill - and it's £183 *more* than this year so they can waste even more money 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 11/02/2025That same tax law change also affects death-in-service payments made from defined benefit pension schemes, so some people will have to pay that tax on a death-in-service payment and other types of schemes won't. But no one is talking about that one 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 30/01/2025It's really interesting how we just assume that people understand how the technology they use works most effectively without any training. I live by shortcuts but have had to be really active in learning them 100 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Once more for those at the back: Palestinian people are not Arabs 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 26/01/2025SO excited to hear there's a the new Charles Paris story on Radio 4 tomorrow. One of the best dramas they've ever made 💕 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Very much pondering how it is that White Britons are 'expats' yet Black and Brown people are always 'immigrants' often with a derogatory adjective before it 000 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 20/01/2025So fed up of these pale male stales on generous pensions and House of Lords payments (for just turning up) telling people about the modern workplace of which they have little to no experience of 1140 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Also recommending London Centric - recently signed up and the content and style work for me (you subscribe for free to try it out) 020 0
Nora @norabee.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Once more we talking about the public sector 'doing *more* with *less*'. It is not possible to do this to get productivity gains. Have we learnt nothing? 010 0