Briony Ryles

Stayed here recently and recommend. An unusual (and unusually nice) hotel, plus able to wander around the exhibition and rooftop after the hordes have left for the day. 10/10 would stay again.

Thank you - I really appreciate all you are putting into the media at the moment. I don't want to be 'fixed' or to have to justify my existence: I'm not a defective neurotypical person, I'm a perfectly functioning autistic person from a family with very similar traits.

I was looking out of my window this afternoon and thinking 'cool, someone's put up a small turbine'. Now I know what it is. Thank you!

The missing women of autism are differently different | Aeon Essays Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism

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I have many thoughts about this. Particularly that as there are no separate diagnostic tests for adults, adult women - often high-masking - are at a further disadvantage. I have never felt more broken than when a spotlight was shone on the things I try to hide, in order to be scored against DSM-5!

I'm not sure I'd worry much as long as it's something they enjoy and can justify their choice if asked. eg if they are good at German, they have learnt how to communicate around a language barrier. Rather than taking phys/history/whatever because they feel they ought to, which is less interesting.

One for @annarailton.bsky.social !

He seems to be becoming more of an arsehole with every day that passes. Being a decent human being really isn't as hard as he's making it out to be.

"Let me take that off your plate" is a strong love language unless cheese is involved, in which case, and let me be clear, get away from my cheese with your awful hate language

Yes, and you can report it here: account-status.amazon.co.uk/report-revie...

For this Littlemore resident, the idea of having to drive into town is the reason I own a bike. I own a car in order to get away from Oxford, not into it 😱

Loved this. The series is also excellent.

I'm wondering how many endorsements are genuine, compared with how many are trying to cover their arses in the event he comes after those who don't support him. Distasteful either way.

Been there, done that, and in my case it was a suspension coil. Hit any good speedbumps lately?

The best definition I've read is that a neurotypical introvert knows how to play the game but chooses not to, while an autistic person doesn't know the rules. I am autistic and introverted and I have autistic friends who I'd consider to be extroverted; I have huge but baffled admiration for them.

Queen B, surely? 👑

This is the pedestrian underpass under Littlemore roundabout. There are two other significant leaks within 500m of this one, all have which have been flooding intermittently for the past fortnight - and today, the hosepipe ban starts! @thameswater you need to sort yourselves out.

No BoJo, 14m people did *not* vote for you: they voted for their local MPs. Your name did not appear on the ballot paper, because this is not the US and you are not the president. Why do you need to be told this?

"Only three other countries, the US, Myanmar and Liberia, use the imperial system on a daily basis."
Ah yes, our biggest trading partners! Of course. That makes sense.

Welcome to another day of doomscrolling and existential threats. Apparently this is what we do now.

It's my birthday on Thursday. I'd like to be ambushed with a cake, please

Beginner's luck. Might quit while I'm ahead. Wordle 202 3/6

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Yesterday, @EasyJet sent me an email update on my (existing) flight voucher, stating that if I can't use it, they can refund me. Today, they replied to my refund request that I'm ineligible because I've been issued with a voucher. Some sort of bizarre joke?

.@Hermesparcels Can't get thru to your call centre because it won't understand my tracking no: it hears 'B' as V or E. I've tried 2 different phones and even the phonetic alphabet. Annoying for me; horrific for non-native English speakers or those with accessibility needs.

Why on earth is this the last para of the article, and not the first? “To even train as a student nurse, all of your vaccines have to be up to date. Why is this any different? If you don’t want to have it, maybe you should consider a different career.”

'Existing is not living says backbench MP'
It's still a damn sight better than more people dying, says I...

What a baffling take on things, when the global population has quadrupled in my parents' lifetime. Our planet can't sustain this increasing overpopulation. Weird choice of opinion piece when @guardian is normally more environmentally responsible

Nice day for a boat race! #darkblue #FTT

Depressing reading but good to see this being recognised. Locking down only the vulnerable, while lower-risk groups proceed with normal life, is not the answer when it will lead to lifelong health issues & associated pressure on the NHS for years to come: