Alamutjones

Alamutjones, 18 days ago

Pea and ham soup, buttered toast and a piece of baklava

Alamutjones, 14 days ago

Sleeping for two days straight has helped. Still feel rubbish, but…less rubbish

Alamutjones, 14 days ago

I have purchased a crispy pork banh mi with extra extra chilli. Time to nuke my sinuses from orbit.

Alamutjones, 14 days ago

Bowl of porridge with apple and honey, please.

And some tea to take my meds

Alamutjones, 16 days ago

Medicine

Alamutjones, 15 days ago

You’ve got it too?

🫖 🍋 🍯 🥃

I’ve been operating on a steady diet of these. At this point it is more whisky than tea.

Alamutjones, 16 days ago

Ergh. Good morning.

No work for me today. I’m a wheezing snotty mess

Alamutjones, 16 days ago

Crud has spiralled into feeling Actually Awful.

I’ve held it together for long enough to go to the supermarket and call in sick for work tomorrow, but now I’m going to bed

Alamutjones, 4 days ago

^🪨^

Alamutjones, 4 days ago

I have marketed.

I have procured

• fruit
• veg
• chorizo
• pork chops
• fresh fish
• felafels
• milk
• honey
• coffee
• bread
• soap

And a partridge in a pear tree

Alamutjones, 5 days ago

Ahoyhoy

Alamutjones, 5 days ago

Toast with cheese and jam, and a cup of tea

Alamutjones, 5 days ago

Going to the market. Requests will be taken

Alamutjones, 4 days ago

I do know just the chap to put you in touch with for the book. There’s a specific guy who’s exceptionally good for art books

Alamutjones, 1 day ago

A small cut on my finger has been producing big blood. Freaked my boss out big time

Alamutjones, 2 days ago

Morning

Alamutjones, 1 day ago

Only if you promise to feed it breakfast every morning

Alamutjones, 1 day ago

😸

Alamutjones, 18 days ago

Nigh nighs

Alamutjones, 18 days ago

Market run achieved. I have baklava to eat with my tea

Alamutjones, 18 days ago

Them being trans doesn’t mean that what they did to hurt you wasn’t also abusive. Women - including trans women - are entirely capable of abuse.

I believe you. You deserved better.

Alamutjones, 11 days ago

Mmm tired

Alamutjones, 12 days ago

I have emerged from the snotting, and will be going to the market. BRB

Alamutjones, 11 days ago

Made ramen. Watching Ponyo. Sadly no ham.

Alamutjones, 1 month ago

Handwritten info tends to be retained better than typed. Something about the physical act of writing makes it stick in the memory. There’s been a measurable downward tick in kids’ ability to recall information when prompted, and it may be linked to more kids no longer writing. So there’s that.

Handwriting is some of the most consistent practice kids get with fine motor skills in general. More and more kids are learning to do things like tie their shoes, button or zip their own clothing, open packets or manipulate a pair of scissors later than expected, because they’re getting less opportunity - between less writing, less drawing, less messy art/craft stuff, less of everything hands on - to develop strength and control in their hands. So there’s that.

Handwriting hasn’t actually been replaced with typing. If you actually watch them…they hunt and peck with one finger, because that’s how touchscreens work. If would be different if the skill of handwriting had been replaced wholesale by typing, but as it stands it seems they’re not learning EITHER skill very well. A kid without the skills to do either is a kid who’s going to struggle to communicate clearly beyond a certain level of complexity.

It’s not the handwriting itself. It’s everything the handwriting practice helps them develop.