Marie Gardiner

Fuck 'em. Do what makes you happy.

A photograph of a cheese vending machine in the village of Wigoltingen, in the canton of Thurgau.

This morning’s commute.
A fondue vending machine in the village of Wigoltingen, Thurgau.

Northumbria University staff announce 10 more days of strikes in pensions row UCU members at Northumbria University have confirmed that they will take another 10 days of strike action, as a dispute over an alleged 'pension grab' continues

PLEASE SHARE! @ucu.org.uk As it says @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social are always happy to talk - our door is open to management @northumbriauni.bsky.social . But members will never, ever accept pay and pension injustice! www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Really we deserve a holiday after our holidays. There should be a long segue back to work and then a shorter segue out of it to another holiday.

Just described someone as not particularly liking them but having affection for them in the same way you might an old cat that pisses on the carpet.

four tyres hanging on chains from a wooden frame. Behind is a coach/bus depot with trees behind that.

a blue and cream ice cream van labelled Coxons, with small wooden huts behind that are advertising various boat trips.

a back street on a sunny day. To the left are closed garages, to the right is the side of a house with a couple of windows, in shade. In the background, in sun, is a bright orange tall brick building with a smaller white pub in front of it

mostly scrubby grass and bushes, but in the background are powerlines and the top of a single story shed or building. To the right of that you can just make out a small red and white boat, which is very out of place in the setting.

My head is absolutely battered, the more I read, the less I know. Here are some photographs.

#Photography #ThePhotoHour

a signal monument with text in the middle (unreadable mostly from this distance). Most of the rest of the image is sand with dunes to each side, and the sky which is very blue with some white clouds. The sea can be seen in a thin strip behind the monument

mont saint michel in its entirety, with some marshy land in front, and the causeway to it visible. The sky is blue with white clouds

a leafy street in southern france. Direction signs are to the left and a hotel sign to the right. The buildings are all beige and quite grand

a fountain shooting upward in the middle of a pond (with some weed and scum floating on it). Buildings are seen dotted around the sites and back. It's a very sunny day

[Screams in Miss Universe] FRANCE

#photography

Another dead beast hanging mid air while geralt the witcher looks on

I blocked him a bit ago, he's either trolling or very stupid but either way I'd rather not come across him again

Yeah this is what he does, zero substance to his arguments, just makes up scenarios and argues against those

Long overdue!

You got me, I can't believe you discovered my secret plan to elect Nigel Farage and turn him into a social housing afficionado. Just incredible stuff, I hope you have your PI license or your skills are wasted here on Bluesky.

That must be it 😂

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You're just saying daft things, confidently.

No it isn't 😂 it's an entirely different system. What a silly thing to say.

Hahahaha

And before you disingenuously throw the Grenfell tragedy in again, that is a failure of government in terms of deregulation and pursuing capitalism at all costs, not an argument *for* private landlords, or *against* social and council housing.

You're having a very pedantic argument here because you know *exactly* what she means: private landlords should be abolished and people should still be able to rent through the council or a housing association (a type of social landlord), the key difference being it's not for profit & is affordable

Yeah, they are every bit as bad as the people they supposedly hate.

Awesome scenes at another @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line today @northumbriauni.bsky.social. We were delighted and humbled to welcome student Sam, who brought biscuits, and gave a great speech in support of staff. 🫶

a signal monument with text in the middle (unreadable mostly from this distance). Most of the rest of the image is sand with dunes to each side, and the sky which is very blue with some white clouds. The sea can be seen in a thin strip behind the monument

mont saint michel in its entirety, with some marshy land in front, and the causeway to it visible. The sky is blue with white clouds

a leafy street in southern france. Direction signs are to the left and a hotel sign to the right. The buildings are all beige and quite grand

a fountain shooting upward in the middle of a pond (with some weed and scum floating on it). Buildings are seen dotted around the sites and back. It's a very sunny day

[Screams in Miss Universe] FRANCE

#photography

Granted, I have a *lot* going on right now and so my tolerance for fuckery is minimal, BUT, it does feel like Bluesky got way more annoying lately.

I really can't be bothered to argue in Dan's mentions, please go away.

I'm trying to be patient here. What I said (and what you initially argued against) is correct. You can only get pre pays in 3 or 12 months, and so what you originally said 'from the second prescription onwards' (so: £19.90) isn't correct as that's less than the min 3 month pre-pay of £32.05.

God, who am I kidding, it can be 'you looked annoying from a safe distance'.

My threshold for block is so low: mood dependant it can be 'more than one annoying reply'.

Save money with a prescription prepayment certificate (PPC) Find out about prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs), including what they are and how they can help you save money.

'a 3-month PPC costs £32.05 and will save you money if you need more than 3 prescribed items in 3 months '

As someone who regularly buys a 3-month pre-pay you can take my word for this, but here's the site anyway.

www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...

Glenda is on the BBC site! Can't wait for her TV series to be made and become really popular and I'm going to be nightmarish with I KNOW HER, I KNOW GLENDA YOUNG!!