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@Starling two people today told me it's going to be summer warm next week. Insane.

Who here has Fybromyalgia? Say hello please!

ie: I have Fybromyalgia. Er... ok, so... right. What now.

My sciatica & lower back arthritis is on constant eye-watering form today. This is why people get addicted to bloody pain killers (I haven't taken any, which is why I am suffering somewhat).

@jannamark good lord. They should use Flickr and they'd be fine! Yes it's not totally independent but the people that built it put user privacy front and centre.

@stoof you are so well out of there

@memnus fantastic! How does it feel?

@Mainebot Taking a break is a good idea. You could try and have a learning goal during that time (and even just do a shit load of Duolingo), it makes you feel more positive whilst you're looking for work. If it's possible, get yourself a job search buddy. Doesn't have to be the same kind of job, you just meet every week and give each other positivity. Worked for me when I did it. (Let me know if you want el-cheapo healthy recipes!)

@stillinhere yay! Not that I really like Kombucha, but all home-making of interesting food is good.

@stillinhere I'm so sorry, that's horrible to deal with. It reminds me of my Mum, when my Dad died. She was with him for 20 years - he left her, she still loved him, but she was no longer his wife. There's such a loneliness in her grieving, it's awful for her. I'm so sorry that this has happened.

@stillinhere @generica wow, that video is astonishing. Where on earth are their eggs in the whole deal?

Levar Burton has just shared a fabulous early Octavia Butler short story on his podcast and the pride in his voice saying her name gave me a lump in my throat and a few tears for that brilliant woman. Unbelievably awful that she died. Over ten years ago now.
It's a really great podcast. He's an excellent storyteller.

@stillinhere sounds terrifying!

@julianproxy here's the thing about your weight numbers: they are only today's, not there for all time. You can relax and confidently go forward to where you want to be in the long term (never the short term, too much pressure). Hope it works out.

Was just watching a *blistering* colab with Prince and Beyoncé on YouTube. Last ten seconds out comes his funky silliness and missed him suddenly with a lump in my throat. Grew up with that daft, insanely talented artist of a man. It is tragic that he's gone, 30 years too soon at least. She must remember that event often.

Shaky, the lady? Too few characters left, see. I just wrote a short piece in the vague style of Shakespeare, as if she had been a woman: what sort of semi-personal character stuff would she have written (watching Andrew Scott doing Hamlet. Very fine, but not David Tennant, who was channelling Shakespeare. I could hear the bugger speaking)

I bear the full body of a woman
Who has born the fruit of man
The young ripped from my womb
See, the scars of war.
Look at me. Look at me
Am I not beautiful? That this body
Should be so endowed with life
That it can afford to thus
Give it away to others? My blood
My bones, my vitality?
Having sucked from the teet of cord
That which gave me independence
They crawled from me and set about
Sucking up the rest
'til I could see no more of myself
In yonder mirror than if I were a ghost.

Hey, well done to any Google folks who signed the letter. Proud of you.

@TQ hmm. I still have to remind mine at 12 and 14. It's as if they *want* them to fall out! Try making it some kind of a competition? Both brush teeth at once and see who can brush each and every tooth? Or, kid brushes your teeth, you brush theirs? (ow)

Blinking heck. Easter training holiday and part time afternoon job means my inner time clock is all over the place. 1.15am. Grr.

@TQ what I used to do is read a story when whichever kid is in bed, but not before. Then once story is done sing a little calm song very quietly, kiss and all lights off, leave room, etc. So if they got back up, guide them back in to bed straight away with almost no talking at all (because being up at that time must be just boring). You old also do gentle mindful thinking while they're lying down?