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RolloTreadway

@RolloTreadway@beige.party

Autistic Welsh NHS emergency care quality improvement person.
(they/them or he/him - those are familiar enough and will do.)

Most important:
Trans rights are human rights; Black lives matter; Tories always despise you even if they pretend not to.

Enthusiastic about woodland, cricket, silent film, constitutional stuff, birds, gardens, tea, sandwiches, music.

(Profile pic: Buster Keaton sits unhappily in a steamship funnel; header is a glass teapot full of leaves.)

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DJDarren, to random
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Just seen a post with a content warning because it contained a mention of food.

I have opinions, but it would be uncharitable to share them.

RolloTreadway,
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@DJDarren This is a complicated and delicate issue.

There are people here with eating disorders, for whom being unexpectedly exposed to food pictures and discussion is very problematic.

There are also people here with eating disorders, for whom seeing food behind a CW gives the impression that food is itself the problem, and this too is harmful.

There's no right answer here. The option I lean towards, after discussing this a lot with people who are affected in both ways, is to use a food hashtag that makes it easy to mute or ignore. But that too is not a perfect answer.

Folk are just trying their best to be as considerate as possible, and there are various different ways to approach this.

RolloTreadway, to random
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Morning everyone. Four day weeks are such a good thing, and I wish more people had the ability to do them (where appropriate and desirable).

Unfortunately, some things have given me the 'despair at my life having been taken away' feelings, so I'm not doing well right now. I shan't wang on about them here again because it's the same story as many times before.

Also, I had a dream about my Dad being an alcoholic, which is weird, because Dad drank very sparingly and I never saw him even slightly tipsy. Dreams, eh? Odd things.

Alice, (edited ) to random
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Plastic
Metal
Water
Hat
Head
KFC
Ice
Champagne
Paint

Don’t mind me, just working on my bucket list.

RolloTreadway,
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@Alice Bucket and spade, the kind kids use to make sandcastles at the beach. Do those buckets have a particular name? They probably do, idk.

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, since I'm on laundry today, a little story.

When hubs and I first got married, we were very much enjoying our little Honeymoon Bubble, and we were being lazy as Hell. We didn't do many chores, but the laundry we really let go. We weren't wearing many clothes at home anyway, so why bother. Anyhow, after weeks we finally reached the swimming suit bottoms situation, and decided it was time. It was loads and loads of laundry that needed done, so I had my husband back the trunk of the car up to a window of the house, then he popped the trunk, and I started tossing laundry out of the window into the trunk. We went to the bank, got about $30 bucks in quarters, and found the emptiest laundry mat we could, and did it all in one fell swoop. We folded it all and loaded it back into the car using those wheeled laundry carts. We never let it get that bad again, and decided it was time to be adults, and do regular chores, but it still makes me laugh imagining what the neighbors and the laundry attendant thought.

Feel free to share your own laundry story, if you feel like it, I love hearing people's stories!

RolloTreadway,
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@RickiTarr I've only ever used a laundromat once in my life (unless you count the communal laundry facilities when I was in university halls). And that once was when I didn't have anywhere to live for a brief while.

They seem very uncommon here nowadays (although I've heard of some being set up outside big supermarkets, particularly the extra large machines for duvets - but I don't go to big supermarkets or drive so that's not something I have direct experience of).

Otherwise, I've always had a washer at home and I'm very glad of that.

RolloTreadway,
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@RickiTarr And the very first time I went back home from uni, I took all my washing with me, because that's what I'd always heard of students doing. But it was a bloody nuisance carrying it, so I never did it again.

purplepadma, to random
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Afternoon! Been too busy to tweet meeting up with my auntie, uncle and cousin who are in west Wales on holiday. Not seen them in person for over a decade! Tired from peopling now. How’s everyone’s day going? The sun has just come out here

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma No sun here. Cool and rainy. I'm attempting to work and, more successfully, the robot is making bread.

purplepadma, to random
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I’ve just spent two hours on admin tasks I haven’t had the strength to do in the past weeks, everything from enquiring who to send my sick note to some financial stuff to trying to get a sitter for Miss Cinnamon when we go away in July. Very tired now! But pleased with what I’ve achieved

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma Great work!

purplepadma, to random
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Good morning. I don’t feel as perky and cheerful today, maybe that’s just because of the heavy rain or the fact that I didn’t sleep well. Got to go out into the wet to pick up my fit note and pop into the post office. I’d rather go back to sleep. How do you feel today?

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma I feel like it's my first day back at work after more than a week off. Woe is me.

RickiTarr, to random
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Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

RolloTreadway,
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@RickiTarr Your friend/acquaintance/random stranger needs to sort themselves out!

Here's something from one of my favourite albums of last year (and one of the most distinctive I know): Niecy Blues - U Care
https://youtu.be/YCEcWN5a4sU

RolloTreadway,
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@RickiTarr And also from last year, Gabriels - Glory, because Jacob Lusk is one of the most brilliant soul voices around right now https://youtu.be/GRUWxJFW6c4

RolloTreadway,
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@RickiTarr And Charlotte Adigéry! I love Charlotte very much. https://youtu.be/bGWXQpTo6MY

RolloTreadway,
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@RickiTarr Oh oh oh everyone needs Lady Aicha and Pisko Crane's Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa! Their album N'Djila Wa Mudujimu was utterly fantastic. This song is called Kraut. https://youtu.be/I3gm39XHKpg

Is this a good time to point out to your friend/acquaintance/random stranger that Africa exists, and is full of Black people make music in a million and one different genres? Seriously, I recommend to anyone: look for more music from Africa, any kind of music from any part of the continent.

purplepadma, to random
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I’m wiped out now. Trying not to nap as my sleep’s been quite disrupted this week and I thinking napping will make it worse. Tom’s got a boring DIY job to do so I might go for a walk while he gets on with it.

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma That sounds like a sensible plan.

RolloTreadway, to Bloomscrolling
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The first rose of the spring has emerged!

RolloTreadway, to random
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Morning everyone. Yesterday was an exciting day. Tomorrow is a gruesome, nightmarish prospect (or Monday). Today I think I shall do not much of anything other than walk to the woods.

Although the attachment came off my hosepipe and soaked me when I was trying to water the plants, so I guess I need to try and fix that.

Hope you all have a pleasant day.

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma Household tasks can always wait.

RolloTreadway, to Eurovision
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Actually, one more thing.

I've been scrolling through the hashtag, and there is so so much love and joy from non-binary, trans and other people about Nemo's success (and also the general wonderfulness of Bambie Thug).

And it's beautiful. Honestly, just so beautiful.

Love to all of you, you fantastic bunch of humans.

:blobcatenby: :blobcat_heart_trans:

RolloTreadway, to Eurovision
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Got to love the gay boxers.

RolloTreadway, to Eurovision
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Going first is traditionally very bad news, as nobody remembers your song when the voting opens.

But now they've decided to open the voting immediately, so the first song has a better chance to win!

And who is the first song?

SWEDEN.

RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

RolloTreadway,
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@RickiTarr The damage caused by losing all of my 20s to abuse. It continues to harm me in multiple ways every day, and I grieve for the loss of the life and the person that never got to be.

How do I cope with it? I don't. There isn't any way to cope, as far as I'm aware. And certainly, there isn't a way whilst I'm so isolated. And I can't not be isolated because of the damage caused etc etc...

So I get through each day, hour, minute, until eventually I won't.

RolloTreadway, to random
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You remember that I had a sheet, which I struggled to get dry because of the weather, and then when I finally managed to get it dry on the line a bird shat on it?

Washed it again today.

A bird shat on it.

Again.

purplepadma, to random
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siesta. Miss Cinnamon says it’s too warm outside for creatures with black fur coats

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma She's not wrong. It's also too hot for big fat humans like me.

purplepadma, to random
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There were no cheese scones in M&S. it’s like Rhubarbgate all over again. I’ve got to do some more potting up of plants this afternoon, that’s something I used to really enjoy but right now the thought makes me quite literally lose the will to live. I’ll do what I can

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma At least it's easier and quicker to produce your own cheese scones than your own rhubarb. Does Tom bake, if you're not up to it?

RolloTreadway, to random
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I think I'm the only person who didn't know anything about the aurora last night. Anyway, I was far too tired and asleep not long after sunset. Sometimes, though, I wonder how everyone knows about these things except me.

purplepadma, to random
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Oh FFS my mood has crashed again. Can’t take this rollercoaster of emotions, ultra rapid cycling or mixed mood or whatever else it is. I just need some stability 😢

RolloTreadway,
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@purplepadma I hope you can sleep. Sounds like you need it.

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