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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@sherlockstede.bsky.social
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54. UK. She/her. Gen X. Talk too much, laugh too loud. Fandom veteran ©@lushchicken Kindness is sexy ©Rhys Darby The people who mind don't matter, and the people who matter don't mind Cumberbatched. Darbinized. HudConned. Storried.

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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So the eBay app can tell me when something I've looked at, not even on my watchlist, is ending or a similar item has appeared. But it can't send me any notifications about the last 3 sales I've had 🙄 (and no I don't check it constantly considering one item's been on sale for a over a year)
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's been a day/week/month with work, family and a new foster pup in the house, so today I'm tying up all my work admin that's been ignored in favour of sorting the students out, and generally just winding down. On work's time. Manager's orders. And then it's HOLIDAY!!!
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 2026
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I declare boot season open 🍂🍁
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Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New YAGA trailer! “Magic is f***ing hard. Watch the new trailer featuring a brand-new cover of "Season of the Witch" by Alanis Morissette.” via canadacrave
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When you know the answer to this question thanks to Rhysie and #thecryptidfactor in London, August 2024 😁
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It occurs to me that I didn't share a pic of Derek here. He's been here 10 days now. Still very puppy, only started school yesterday because they had an outbreak of kennel cough so he couldn't start last week. Derek, everyone. Everyone, Derek 🥰
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
15 mins/3 junctions from home after 4 hours on the road, and we got held in a rolling road block for over half an hour 😕
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Finally saw my first one in the wild tonight 👍🏼
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When you realise that the thing you were going to, is just too much effort (and *your* act is the headliner so not on till nearly bedtime 😂) so you change plans and just meet for a coffee instead 👍 Also a pox on the organisers for not making the schedule/lineup available until 2 days ago.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dammit my brother has beaten me to seeing the first 76 numberplate. Apparently he did stand by his front window (on a main road) for 25 minutes till he saw one 🤣
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No Derek today. He's been poorly with an ear infection over the weekend so travelling not a good idea and he's on antibiotics so got to finish those. He's coming on the 14th instead. Worst part is I've got to go to work this week now and change my leave 😩
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Garden trellis installed to dog proof the garden (and ensure toileting on the yard first), downstairs vacuumed, mopped and tidied up, dog bed and blankies installed in kitchen corner. Ready for Derek to arrive tomorrow 🥰 #traineeguidedogfosterers
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just a little tree living its best life at the top of a chimney in the city centre 😁
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Met ex-workwife Emma for some retail therapy earlier. Nipped into the loo when I arrived. Heard someone go into one of the other cubicles. I knew it was her and she knew it was me, without seeing one another 😂
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yessssssssss proper rain!
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bye Dolly 👑💖
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your photo roll. The eclipse evening a couple of weeks ago when we could tell the light was changing
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
So chuffed I looked in the box and found the tubing to convert this pond pump from a fountain to a tap! Saved me buying a more expensive pump.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Drunk people and dodgems. What can go wrong? 😂 Tbf I've done this at an Xmas party under the affluence of incohol and it was one of the best nights. Fortunately last night I was just walking past on the way back to my actual car, and the rest of the team were continuing in the opposite direction.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Urrgghh due to the various staff changes at work, my bully of a former manager is now the person our boss reports to so I guess she's back to being our manager. Fortunately she's 3 levels above me but she's just been added to all the dept meetings so yay to seeing her on Teams for the foreseeable.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I clacked my teeth together last night while biting into a kebab thing and now I feel like there's something like a bit loose on one of my bottom teeth. Bit like last time my dentist did a really good scrape and it felt like I had a loose bit of enamel flapping. Wtf brain? Such a weird sensation.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I need to go to Niall to help me lose weight 😂
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Yayyyy my team leader is back from adoption leave today and she's back to being my manager 😊
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Standby @clairelouise.bsky.social 🤣
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So sad about the New Forest fire, especially as it was caused by an accident. We've holidayed loads in that specific area and it's one of my favourite places. Can't imagine the absolute carnage of the road closures as well.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The other fandom is activated #heatedrivalry www.instagram.com/cal_potter?i...
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When you keep getting a "twinge" or sensation in a random place that has never twinged before and doesn't feel muscular, rather it feels just under the skin, you can't pinpoint a possible cause and your health anxiety keeps you awake most of the night with worst-case scenarios. FFS.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Paul Heaton Night on BBC2 is how I find out that the Bramall Lane gig I was at last year was filmed for TV 😂 Never saw any signs or even the cameras! We were high up in the stands so looks like we won't be picked out in the crowd.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Happy new recycling wheelie bin day to all celebrate!
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Bin Can Can Dancing Trash
ALT: Bin Can Can Dancing Trash
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
6 years of Zoom/Teams meetings at work and yesterday found out that it's "policy" to have cameras on. Knew something was coming as team leader has messaged me about not having my camera on in recent meetings, which I ignored. Oh well if they want to see me rolling my eyes and carrying on working 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy walking green man day to those who celebrate #hamletbarbican #iykyk #benedictcumberbatch #hamlet #tobeornottobe
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Nerding out while waiting for Emma to join me (she's on the train) at the station crossing 😁
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Aldi's dog toys are erm... 🤣
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Decided I'm going to grow my hair out to a short bob. It'll probably drive me insane and I'll have it cut off by Xmas but lately it's felt thicker (it isn't) although that might be due to my increased thyroxine.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Getting rid of some clothes and was going to put some bits on eBay but I've taken the photos and now I'm sitting here in front of the PC, and I really can't be bothered. Charity shop it is then.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
July 2026
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bought 2 pairs of trousers on Saturday from BonMarche in the sale, identical apart from leg length. Khaki pair, slid on fine. Lovely. Black pair, had to haul over my hips but once over they were OK. Checked them together and they are not, in fact, the same size 🙄 (or the waistband isn't, at least)
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Captured the fox on camera last night with what looked like a rat in its mouth. No footage of it catching it but it spent a good few minutes going around trying to eat while having its mouth full 😁
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Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🚨 YAGA TRAILER IS HERE “Her voice will haunt you. From the home of #HeatedRivalry, comes #YAGA. The new Crave Original mystery thriller series premieres this October on Crave.” via cravecanada
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Woo hoo got my bowel screening results back and everything's fine (and as I have diverticulosis there's every chance I could've had a call back) 🥳
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Longing for the halcyon days of ordering something from a *catalogue* where I didn't have to (or rarely had to) wait over a week for delivery. Lesson learnt, ignore the ads Karen!
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Eeekkk! New trainee doggo coming soon 🦮
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Currys and George at Asda changing their SM avatars to Spanish names is the type of pettiness I'm here for 🤣
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Note to self: check weather forecast before trying to wrestle a shrub out of the ground 🥵
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Not sure whether it's because it's not as hot or because I've lived on salads for the last few weeks, but I've noticed my bracelet is loose tonight after being snug, and that my watch fastened on a slightly tighter notch this morning after barely being able to fasten it 😳
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My brother works for the Home Office and that's as much as I know, so I'd probably talk about it too much. My sister works in a fancy kids' shoe shop and I'd probably tell some rich customer to fk off because they're very entitled when they turn up 5 mins before closing time and expect her to stay
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
When your boss makes an executive decision to let teams WFH because of ongoing heatwave, but the rest of your team forget you've been on leave so won't get the message...
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