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Hazel Southwell

@hazelsouthwell.bsky.social

pub manager at The Queen's Head, Stratford (E15 not upon Avon) πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ alewife, she/they, gay. used to write about cars https://buttondown.com/behind-the-bar/archive/

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Latest posts by hazelsouthwell.bsky.social on Bluesky

love Kvicha but he has the worst posture of any professional athlete I have ever seen

15.11.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

on the one hand it's good to see the Georgian national football team get back to usual form (flopping) on the other hand :( fellas :(((

15.11.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mamardashvili you big handsome man you

15.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

time for our glorious nakrebi vs their barbarous whatever football is in spanish πŸ‡¬πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¬πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¬πŸ‡ͺ

15.11.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I should not be allowed into a supermarket with my adult money when it's pitch dark at 2:43pm

15.11.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
the cover of and I'm not being sarcastic here this is what it is called Italian Brainrot The Trading Card Game which is illustrated with a figure whose face is made of spaghetti in a red tracksuit

the cover of and I'm not being sarcastic here this is what it is called Italian Brainrot The Trading Card Game which is illustrated with a figure whose face is made of spaghetti in a red tracksuit

didn't know there was an official Ferrari magazine

15.11.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Labour are evil in terms of their foreign and international policy and they always have been.

The distance of time has allowed us to be more critical of their policy - but they’ve had horrid home office and foreign office ministers and policies every time they’ve been in govt.

15.11.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Telegraph headline:

Most people think Britain was better 50 years ago

Nostalgic UK residents feel that environment was cleaner, streets safer and people happier in 1975

Telegraph headline: Most people think Britain was better 50 years ago Nostalgic UK residents feel that environment was cleaner, streets safer and people happier in 1975

Another headline!

British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows

Research shows public opinion ofen deviates from facts on key social issues including crime, benefit fraud and immigration (2013)

Another headline! British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows Research shows public opinion ofen deviates from facts on key social issues including crime, benefit fraud and immigration (2013)

Yup, this tracks.

14.11.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m looking to hire a freelance video editor for a specific project focused on creating compelling, human-centered vertical video content.

Looking for:
β€’ Strong experience editing TikTok/Reels/Shorts-style content;
β€’ Comfortable working with real people, interviews, and documentary-style footage;

14.11.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Apparently, Georgian Dream will resort to anything to make life harder for protesters on Rustaveli.

For days now, they’ve been parking cars right next to groups of protestersβ€”engines running nonstop. Some protesters are reporting carbon monoxide exposure symptoms (headache, dizziness, nausea).

14.11.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

F1 teams should not a new separate wiki page every time they rebrand. there is no reason the red bull junior team needs individual pages for toro rosso, alpha tauri, and now racing bulls. that’s asinine

14.11.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

nothing says unbridled passion like all-consuming desire to keep their memory only to your own wretched heart

14.11.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

see it's not hard to ship it at all

14.11.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh come on Lenin and Trotsky were obviously at it

14.11.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be honest I assumed I was being over confident when I said I'd have a go at getting a keg of Guinness up a flight of cellar stairs by myself but I guess all this grind is giving hench if not financial gains

14.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The little black and white cat lying in the bath tub staring up at me pleadingly

The little black and white cat lying in the bath tub staring up at me pleadingly

actively upset I won't take a shower so she can have a shower with me (LATER, cat, I have things to do)

14.11.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bless you I wish we were not opposite sides of London

14.11.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so tired and I've got an emergency beer delivery tomorrow which. let's never imagine the cost.

14.11.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if anyone wants their arse absolutely handed to them I'm extremely riled and will only cry a bit during it

14.11.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

haha I just added up all the bar hours from last week and of 125 I did 46.5. my job is not bar. this does, at least, validate the way I feel like I want to scream all the time and am through tired into dead

13.11.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

particularly enjoyed the fella who told me he was a diagnosed psychopath so could legally kill me who visibly shrank back when I looked him in the eye

(this is funny, it's all just shit that happens when you run a pub)

13.11.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

less lovely: got back to my pub and had to confront people with dozens of buzzballs under the table and tell them to leave. exploded in my face, attempted to extort me, attacked a dog, screamed and screamed at me for not serving someone who'd just tipped a drink into a couch. fuck off love

13.11.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

lovely lovely lovely night at Hackney Church Brew Co and so incredibly special to see my friend Rosie again πŸ™β™₯️

12.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

like I would expect them to at least get me to deal with anything that did come up - pubs are obviously public places where people go on dates, anything can happen without an app involved - but it's incredibly horrible to just be like oh btw you're the consent coordinator for this now like wtf

12.11.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

are there any examples of good, constructive, supportive rather than accusatory return to work forms out there? I want it to be focussed on supporting the employee to work (if they want to/can) and not whether they have a doctors' note or whatever

12.11.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh wow that's incredibly uncool - bar staff are definitely NOT either paid or trained to chaperone blind dates and yes obviously things like the Angela scheme exist but it's both not fair to put this on bar staff or to create a veneer of safety for the app like that. ugh

12.11.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it also doesn't really deal with the seriously avoidant people like me in that I still have to open an app and presumably respond to something somehow so that won't work unless they're just sending strangers my address which like. please no.

12.11.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

assuming I don't have to cover the bar tonight whomst am I seeing at Hackney Church Brew Co later for the trade event I bet it is some of youse

12.11.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

on the one hand I probably am more willing to go on a date with someone if I don't have to fucking reply to messages beforehand on the other hand: what the helllllll

12.11.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...

12.11.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 190    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

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