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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why is there always one set of forms which a child has given me which are lost to the world until the week we come back from the trip? Given from super efficient Guide and I am ditzy as anything just now, I’m sure I’m the one who put them somewhere safe, never to be found this side of the trip 🙄

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lovely double rainbow as I came out of work this evening

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Rachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anyone saying people fake disability to rake in benefits instead of working hasn't filled in the Universal Credit Work Capability form. Not a single question about work, but 2 pages detailing how often you shit yourself. Purposefully dehumanising for an extra 217 quid a month

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sewing this evening and Po cat came to help. I’ve only just learned to thread the overlocker- thankfully she didn’t quite unthread it!

Overlocker with cats tail waving through the threads

Messy craft room with purple fabric on the floor, and cat in the middle of it

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Honoured this evening that one of my Guide/Ranger group felt safe enough to come out to me as non-binary. Now I just need to remember to use their new name, which I think might be hard- I’m bad at names anyway!

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am looking forward to going to London and not needing a nebuliser to cope with the air pollution

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Paul 4Jags @paul4jags.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at Tramway in Glasgow just now is an impressively moving reminder of the individual people behind the statistics. A sad reminder too of the harms that stigma and prejudice can bring.

The main hall at Tramway with hundreds of memorial quilts along the floor and walls.

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Why did I think a craft with eyelets was a good idea?

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hope it helps the recipient ❤️ #GiveBlood 🅾️🅰️🅱️🆎🩸

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nearly a year since mum died, and suddenly lots of things making me weepy about it, for the first time. Grief is weird

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

5 days off work from 9am tomorrow morning. Need to do Guide prep Would like to rest Garden is a mess I shouldn’t ignore Would like to craft for me Next few months will be really full on- but getting ahead would help Dilemmas

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Andy Conway Morris @andymoz78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Signing up to the organ donor register is simple, telling your family too is important as they need to know your wishes should the worst happen. Donor organs transform lives and can bring comfort after tragedy . Every week I see donor organs transform and save lives. #OrganDonationWeek

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Taking the Guides to London in less than 3 weeks now. Planning for 18months. Pretty much everything is sorted, save what crafts we do on the train. Why am I suddenly anxious about this?

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Apparently the smell of an alco wipe is distressing to a cat who has ever been to the vet. I was making up my infusion and she was big eyed and meowing around me. Settled as the smell did. Poor wee thing

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I use ambulatory oxygen. I was provided with a portable concentrator, and some small portable cylinders. The community O2 nurses wanted me to use the cylinders because on a walk test I had a better O2 saturation. The cylinder is lighter and gives constant rather than intermittent flow.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of the most powerful Scottish slow airs is “the Heroes of Longhope” Longhope is in Orkney, and in 1969 8 of their crew met the same fate. Despite that, crews like those in Cornwall in the 80s and more today still go to sea in the worst of weathers to try and save lives, at the risk of their own

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Made it to the weekend…almost. On call until the morning but glad to get to the end of a busy and emotionally draining week at work

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just been to see the amazing Susan Calman’s stand up show. 10 years from the last, and a clear split of the audience- those of us who saw her as a comedian before (40s -50s lesbians), and the older Strictly/ travel programme lot. Some of the latter were quite discombobulated! Great show- recommend

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1st Callander Guides @callanderguides.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A wonderful night at Stirling Gang Show tonight- great to go along to cheer on “our” Katrina, and now have some girls who’d like to join next time round 😀

Image of the cast of gang show lined up for the finale, in guide and scout uniform, as if in a choir

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Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk · 16/09/2026

I spent 8 years living in a village in the middle of nowhere not far from an immigration detention centre. On one evening I was locking up the pub (for clarity I worked there I hadn’t just broken into it) Two men appeared from the pub car park shadows. They were walking slowly towards me

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Aargh. Lots of attempts to thread the overlocker right and I still can’t make it work. No idea what I’m doing wrong, it looks like the pictures 🤨🤔

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Flu vaccines available from yesterday at work- so got mine at the first opportunity today- not taking any chances of being caught early on

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Coronavirus Vaccine Angel

Alt: Angel wings and halo on vaccine syringe

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Increasing anxiety about this autumn and winter already- going to be really short staffed and my chest is starting to get worse already. Now not sleeping well and having dreams about not being able to breathe in various work related settings. I have no idea how to get it better

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Fabulous service from DPD-not Couldn’t find my address, didn’t email me to tell me this, parcel on way back to place I ordered it from😡

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oxford - please join another unity march against the far right. 12pm Manzil Way, Sat 17th October. It's really important that we show them 'there are many many more of us than you'. The first unity march last autumn was a really joyful event, music, drums and a positive welcome all along Cowley Rd

Poster saying Oxford Unites against the far right, march and rally, 12pm Saturday 17th October. Assemble Manzil Way. Also showing the logos of many supporting g organisations, unions and charities

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sore throat, snotty nose, waking coughing at night. The start of the inexorable slide towards winter with crappy lungs?

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Asquealia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oh no. I just shared a thing

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am actually too angry to post about this sensibly.

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Managed to sort out mum’s sewing machine I’ve inherited. The overlocker not so much!

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1st Callander Guides @callanderguides.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last week some of the Guides made pronoun badges. One of our leaders has to leave, because how can she stay in Guiding who have kicked out trans girls when her daughter is trans, and some of the older ones want to write to GGUK to complain. We are doing some other work around equalities too.

5 pin badges with she/her and various decorations on them

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s harvest season. Plums this weekend. 40 jars of jam, a plum cake, a bucket for a friend who is a chef. At least 3/4 of the fruit still on the tree😳

Jam jars- just before we finished so more to add

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Do you think the government will stock up on essential drugs, given they are telling us to stock up on food? Resisting the temptation to over-order my prescription meds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Stock up on food to prepare for extreme El Niño weather, minister says

Dame Angela Eagle warns the weather event could lead to extreme storms this winter.

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European Lung Foundation @europeanlung.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

💙 A huge thank you to everyone who helped make #ELFPatientOrgDay2026 such a success! Inspiring speakers, engaging group discussions and shared ideas highlighted the power of patients and professionals working together to improve lung health. #ERSCongress2026 @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social

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Guiders against Trans Exclusion @guidersfortrans.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today is the anniversary of the Crystal Palace Rally, often seen as the birthplace of the girl guide movement. Swipe to learn more!

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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just in the train going past the remnants of Reading Festival. The rubbish left behind is shocking. Surely something should be done to prevent this level of waste and utter disregard for the environment & sustainability.

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As I was going on leave, there was a request to fill rota gaps. I said I could do any of about 4 out of 6 options. Just seen the rota, I’m down for all 4, and then looked at calendar- I’ve tickets for a comedy gig and guide/scout gang show on 2 of them Will I ever get this right???

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve got to go to work tomorrow. Not sure I fancy that. Trying to persuade myself to go to bed having decompressed a bit post Guides

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Car still in being fixed (at horrible cost) so driving a hire car. How do people cope with the sensory overload of some cars? Tick tock as the indicators go, bleep if you drive at 71mph in a 70, flashes on the screen if you are not entirely central in a lane (avoiding potholes) etc etc

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’ve failed annual leave. Only read one book 😳 Have cleared my mum’s clothes and shoes, which dad couldn’t face doing, rewritten my will, sorted all the non-fiction books in the house, deep cleaned my wife’s bit of the craft room and done some Guide planning, but not a restful reading week!

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Having gone down to clear out mum’s clothes and shoes, I now know quite how many she had 😳 Several sets of the same pair in different colours, lots which had barely a scuff on the bottom. 2 pairs I might wear Vinted tomorrow for size 6 pas de rouge, hispanitas, Mephistos etc😂

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.

Car broken down by the side of the road, on a wet evening. The sky is cloudy and great, it is getting dark and the streetlights are on

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are responsible for the neighbourhood cat tonight (she owns the next door neighbours but we are her ancillary slaves). She can’t wake us up because we sleep upstairs. I’m nervous she will get herself into trouble being out overnight but she often is- just has the option of getting in if needed 😬

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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Have I slept through autumn?

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