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Poor things. Overall, I'm happy we got the meds this year and I'll probably do it every year now. Have tried to train her to desensitize loud noises, but it hasn't worked.

Had to tranquilise the dog yesterday (she cannot tolerate fireworks). She slept through everything, which was great. But today she's on a massive comedown and it's very sad to see. Tried to take her out for a short walk, and she just sat down, refused to move, and gave me the Paddington hard stare.

I'm wearing a big billowy dramatic sheer black silk dress today, and enjoying the fact that it looks almost-but-not-quite like a Halloween costume.

Today has been a transport disaster. Except for Brighton's new 3X bus route. Truly the Japanese bullet train of Brighton bus routes: Hove Station to almost my doorstep in no time at all.

If the train breaks down, I will cry.

Oh, and my headphones are out of battery and I forgot my book.

I have a seat, but my nose is pretty much in the crotch of the guy standing in front of me. He's valiantly trying to eat his overnight oats, and I feel at imminent risk of spillage.

Today is a strong candidate for worst commute of the year. The two preceding London trains were cancelled, so this one is rammed with commuters and half term families. Someone has committed an atrocity in the toilet, the smell of which has permeated the whole carriage, creating a frisson of disgust.

My gym app tells me the total I've lifted at the end of each session. Today's total was 4600kg - slightly more than a large male hippo.

Who else's brain is 100% Lily Allen lyrics today?

To be fair, I might be an edge case - I only have a driving license (no passport) and a poor quality camera on my phone. Hopefully it'll be easier and faster for you!

The last time I went in there, the cashier got irritated with me because I needed to send several international parcels. Like, isn't that the main point of this place? What did I miss?

Trying to verify my identity with Companies House is one of the most painful digital experiences I've had in a long time. Think I'm going to have to give up and go to the Post Office to do it IRL. You know the digital experience is bad if I'm willing to go to the Post Office.

I will probably go and see it at the cinema again, and that's not something I do very often. Oh! Can't believe I forgot to say Benicio del Toro is great too.

Really enjoyed One Battle After Another. Story is great, pacing is great, Teyana Taylor is great, LDC is great, score is great, and there's an absolutely incredible set of villains to hate.

It was a very pretty chicken

Just when I think all the eccentrics have been gentrified out of Brighton: The path out of my office building is blocked by a couple sitting on the front steps with a loose, live chicken.

Yes - and one of the easier ones to ID too.

Have been tracking the growth of a giant puffball mushroom in the woods for a few weeks. Went to check on it and someone has stomped on it. On the one hand, I'm sad I don't get to see how big it would have got. On the other, I get it. It was begging to be stomped on and probably felt amazing

2nd year doesn't understand some fundamentals about limited stop buses and is accusing bus drivers of ignoring the bell. I am fighting the urge to butt in and be the colossal know it all I was born to be.

'You have to flag the bus down when you're standing at the bus stop. And you need to ring the bell when you want to get off.'

On a bus listening to a 2nd year American student try and explain how buses work to a first year American student. Neither of them had even got a bus before moving to the UK. It's kind of fascinating.

I love micro pasta in soup.

And with picking season over, that means it's now soup and SAD lamp season.

Today's soup: Roasted tomato pepper, and garlic.

Never in my life had such a good foraging year for apples, cherryplums, damsons, sloes, bullace, hawthorn, apples...early though and literally rotting on the trees now

Thanks Lizzie. That kind of story really came through in the comments people left. There's so much work still to do!

- Decentralised structures are more common in mid- to larger-sized orgs - but they come with lower performance scores and silo issues.

- Participants aren’t satisfied with the performance of their organising structure for content. Scores were mostly low - the average was 2.5 (out of 5)
- Over 7 in 10 respondents rate their content capability as either Reactive or Tactical. No participants said they were at an Operationalised level

Here are some of the key findings:
- 1 in 3 content teams are using a Hybrid or Hub and spoke structure, making it the most common approach and it’s also rated the highest for performance...
- ... but Centralised structures seem to work best for smaller orgs (500 employees or less)

Unlocking content potential: a report on organising structures and capability | Lauren Pope: La Pope Ltd A survey of over 70 content teams, exploring the organising structures they use, and how they help or harm content capability.

I've just published a report sharing the findings from a survey into the prevalence and effectiveness of different organising structures for content teams. (Thanks if you took part!) lapope.com/2025/09/22/u...