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Boss boss is having hip surgery so she'll be gone for at least a month. Her superior, my boss and the other two on his level will split her responsibilities between them to try to manage in her absence. Hopefully nothing falls between the cracks.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For #ShowMeYourKnits what I'm excited about and proud of is my Rockhound Vest I'm working on. :)

The back piece (down to and including the arm scye increases) of a sweater vest in pale purple cashmere yarn. It's heavily textured with twisted stitches.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Signed up for this - last time I wound up in the control group, but maybe this time I’ll be luckier? I read one of his books and really liked it. livsstilsverktyget.se

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I did garden work for three hours, including digging up a troublesome flowering weed for my neighbor and moving a few of my own plants to the communal plots. I discovered some horrible self sown maple-ish things in the process. Now I’ve showered and had lunch.>

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Started the slow cooker chicken so it'll be done in the middle of the afternoon. I diced the peppers I bought yesterday into it, together with garlic, ginger, jalapenos and spices.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think I should clean out the patio today. I'll collect the remaining green tomatoes and store them for ripening and then put all the plants on the compost heap. It's 4C now in the mornings, so no need to wait for actual frost.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This place (the manor of the ironworks village) looks a fair bit like the place I went for a silence retreat for my 50th birthday.

The manor building, painted yellow with white details, with a gravel yard in front.

The view past a fence draped in autumn yellow leaves of a round summer house.

A “man cave” of old, with a huge desk, built in bookcases and a large entertaining area by a fireplace.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Going to the autumn fair in an old ironworks town tomorrow. This part of the country has lots of old ironworks communities which used to be worked by imported Walloons from Belgium, valued for their craftsmanship. They all shut down more than 100 years ago so they're mostly just>

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

HIIT done and groceries. Showered, took out trash, started dishwasher and laundry, had lunch.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In a weak moment I agreed to become the assistant accountant for the co-op renters association where I live. They are all quite old and need younger people. I did warn them I work a lot.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Got my pulse meter watch out and charged it. I haven’t used it since I moved, but now I have a better charging cable and a place to char it where the cats won’t bother it.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Okay, logged out of work for my three day weekend. Turned off notifications, which I don’t normally do, but I need it.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Two classes of three done today. I try to be a little bit of moderator/host and keep track of questions and comments since I’m project lead, but the educator does pretty much everything.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good meeting with boss today that still seems hopeful that I can get to better work conditions next year. If I can get there, boss’ lack of structure may be a little less of a problem for me.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had the other three eggs in a similar omelet as the other day. Looking forward to studying at home tomorrow and then my three day weekend.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sadly did not get to interview for the job I was certain of getting to interview for. But at least that boss wrote me a personal email telling me that yes, I was qualified and yes, I have qualities he appreciates.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Knitted some more on my sweater vest. Almost got to arm scye increases for the back.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I bring a batch in every week or so.

A row of tomatoes in various stages of ripening on top of a bookcase.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Phew, Saturday work done (first one after we expanded weekend opening hours). No Sunday work yay!

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s cats, happy after eating dinner.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Time to play Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remake!

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is what we mean when we say Israel is an apartheid state

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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Dammit so wholesome.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yesss, I can work from home tomorrow too. I only have one meeting booked, but I’m sure more things will turn up!

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A not fun fact about disability that nondisabled people seem to be unable to perceive: Disabled people are more likely to live in poverty and less likely to be able to afford preventative care or routine treatments for conditions that start small and snowball.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Teams education (basic level) for the new system done. Next week is five different classes (advanced level). We’re a little over a month from go live!

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Applied to the other job I’m interested in. Hopefully I get a message about an interview for the first one this week.

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bodies of Magic: OUT NOW! Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.) Buy US: bit.ly/BoM-US Buy UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK

A book cover for Bodies of Magic by Freya Markse. A deep blue building with a quadrangle, spires and cloisters fills the lower half of the cover with the title text in gold across it. Behind that, the upper background is grey and stormy with a prominent twisting white design that could be a bare tree rising up from the main tower OR an anatomical diagram of the lungs. Centered above the lung-tree are the words DO NO HARM in stark white. Honestly: a complete banger of a cover.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tomorrow is Trails in the Sky Chapter 2 remake - looking forward to experiencing it again. :) Today I do the six hour basic education on the new library management system from home.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The water pipes things seems to have gone well. The cats didn't seem traumatized either from only having the living room for the day.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Vacuumed and shook the rugs. I don’t want the people doing the water pipe work tomorrow to see everything dusty and Zevran’s little bits of paper everywhere. (He likes tearing paper up.)

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Queuing to vote. They don’t seem very ready to receive people yet, although it’s supposed to be open from 8am.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/09/2026

There is apparently no more searing hurt than an "AI" fluffer discovering their favorite science fiction writer disdains their beloved spicy autocorrect, it's a pain only matched by a conservative learning that their favorite rock band has been Marxist the whole time

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today I'm going to HIIT and tomorrow is Election. I need to do some cleaning, because on Monday they're high pressure flushing all water pipes in the building, so I need to shut the cats in the living room for the day.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Lol, I was going to go home early at 1 pm to reduce my extra hours, but then contract stuff had to be researched and I only reduced my twenty hours by one after all.

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northern @northernishere.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Apparently there might be flooding from rain tomorrow morning here. I hope it doesn’t get that bad.

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