Lulu Lapin

Don't out me like that, dude!

I mean, and here was I thinking that 2026 wasn't going to be my year.

a small dog is sitting on a tiled floor . Alt: A small GSD puppy is sitting on a tiled floor doing tippy taps of excitement

Got the zoomies in Lidl and accidentally bought 3kgs of parathas

Well, I wasnt going to ruin your opportunity to deliver the punchline of your joke, now was I?

Dairylea Triangles, of course

You are an genius!

I want to say 'Can I join you?' but not in a pervy way, you understand.

Is it too early to go to bed? Asking for me.

That's ACH's department

That's so kind. Thank you! Keep everything crossed!

So, as a fan of making things and a massive fan of paying bills, I've put my big girl pants on - we're off to a mentoring workshop tomorrow learn how to make our creative space pay. Planning to teach art in different media with a strong wellbeing focus for the ‘I’m not creative’ crowd.

Totally. Some of it could be fixed upstream with proper workflow/terminology control. Like you say, post-editing ‘normal’ output is a different job. You spend half your time undoing confidently wrong choices and inconsistencies. It’s slow work, and it's not budgeted for fairly.

Yeah, the tech hasn’t suddenly become brilliant at everything. I’m all for using it as an assistive tool in the right places, but it’s being treated like a a cost-cutting lever, and we’re all left dealing with the same old pitfalls.

Oh yes, there's an agency on LinkedIn specifically recruiting translators who won't use or edit MT trash, which is refreshing. Agencies are the issue, you're right. It's a very difficult path at the moment, I do think the tide is turning a bit but I know so many who are giving up and starting fresh.

I’ve done 20+ years, picked up a few degrees, and built a word-of-mouth client base without advertising. I'd say if AI’s hitting you, it’s not a skills test, it’s a cost-cutting exercise. Yeah, I'm salty about it. I'm 50, and I need to train for something entirely new just to make ends meet.

The ‘AI only replaces bad translators’ take from smug translators not yet affected is very brave. Clients aren’t ditching you because you’re bad, they're ditching you b/c someone promised ‘good enough’ for cheaper. If your argument is ‘good translators won’t be affected’, I admire the confidence.

MY GO BOOK TOUR! as we say in Cornwall (sometimes, when we're excited)

I know. It's a real struggle at the moment. It's hard to find a bit of light among it all. You are the best. Love you, you lovely bean XXX

I'm sorry. It's rotten. Remember that you are smashing and marvellous and we think you are great.

Me: 'Alexa, play The Sisters of Mercy.'
Alexa: 'Playing The Sisters of Mercy'
Me: ...
Alexa: *Bunch of nuns singing*

Yes we can help, especially with things not to do so you don't get into strife, like us, over the long, long years.

That's wonderful. They are so debilitating. I found the propranolol had the same effect. I dropped from weekly attacks to just few a year, which was a relief. I only stopped because there was some kind of supply issue nationally. Seeing how it goes without now.

I took propranolol for the same reason, so when I had to come off it abruptly, it had the same effect as you. Palpitations too but it turns out thats due to me being anaemic. I'm a wreck. haha.
Anyway, I hope the atenolol is still doing the trick and your migraines are controlled. They are the pits.

Come to think of it, I did have to come off propranolol cold turkey a few weeks ago because of supply issues, (the doc does know), so maybe that's part of it, my brain hasn't got a fuckin' clue what's going on!

Thanks, lovely bean. X

It's really kind of you to take the time to reply. Thank you so much! A bit of moral support does wonders.

You're right. I think I'll do that. I've just realised I'm on 5mg. Haha, I don't even know what I'm taking, I'm so bloody useless. I think daily for now will do. Thank you, you are a good pal. X

I've felt shit since I started tapering but wanted to come off them to see if they're doing owt for me at all b/c my depression is pretty debilitating even on the full whack. But that is good advice. I need to think about it. Things are going a bit wrong for us atm, so it's prob terrible timing.

Well I had been on the 2.5 daily for a few weeks so I dunno if I should just suck it up and stop being a fanny, or whether to go back to daily for a bit.

I've been tapering for a couple of months. I started on 20 mg, I'm now down to 2.5 mg which I'm supposed to be doing on alternate days but it's not working out that well, TBH. There are worse things, I'm alright, it's just odd and a bit unpleasant.