Caroline Mortimer

I have stumbled upon the Six Nations and why did no one tell me about the lovely lavender colour of the Scottish team (I am guessing it represents heather) There may be more important things to focus on in the game but if you are reading this why do you really expect that from me?

See also having fewer workdays at all for our mental health…

just got a letter from my landlord saying my rent - for the one bedroom flat I live in, alone - is rising by £183 PER MONTH from April? knowing that it went up by £100 a month last year? what the everliving fuck

Females as likely to be autistic as males but boys more likely to be diagnosed, study says By age 20 diagnosis rates almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study. Research led by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden scrutinised the diagnosis rates of autism for people born in Sweden between 1985 and 2020. Of the 2.7 million people tracked, 2.8% were diagnosed with autism between the ages of two and 37. Continue reading...

Females as likely to be autistic as males but boys more likely to be diagnosed, study says

It’s not terribly relevant to today’s discourse but today I learned Peter Mandelson shares a birthday with Kim Kardashian (and no, for the avoidance of doubt, I am not suggesting any further connection)

Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads.

£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%

In an airport in Malta and still on BlueSky. Guess I really am back baby…

This is the ADHD life. Think fast, regret later…

Somehow this is so on brand for you…

This is it, isn't it? A show about lying and treachery turned out to be about friendship and staying true to a promise.

WHAT a show #TheTraitors

I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors

‘When you sued that word ‘conpuntion’ oofph’ - @claudiawinkleman.bsky.social is a woman after my own heart #thetraitors

I LOVE YOU, YOU LABRADOR THAT GOT CURSED WITH THE WEIGHT OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK #Traitors

I am glad Rachel one and loyalty was (weirdly) rewarded but hashtag justice for Faraaz #thetraitors

I have screamed several times alone in my living room #thetraitors

Tbh this might a pretty fair representation of the British character…

a cartoon character says all right that 's it dishonor on your whole family ALT: a cartoon character says all right that 's it dishonor on your whole family

I believe this summarises how the nation of Morocco is feeling right now…

As a journalist who is *not* a sports journalist but nevertheless is responsible for our Afcon coverage this evening…spare a thought for the fact that I am *very* confused about what is going on…

this is like the nth working week in a row where I think "well I wasn't meant to be this busy at all but god this is a mad week, luckily next week will actually be quiet!", which I'm not complaining about necessarily but it does make me feel like that racoon trying to wash candy floss in the river

EPA Will No Longer Consider Value of Human Health Benefits in Setting Air Pollution Rules The agency is abandoning a longstanding policy to calculate the monetary savings in avoided deaths and disease from cutting certain pollutants.

The EPA long considered the cost to industry and the savings in avoided deaths and disease when coming up with air pollution rules. Under Trump, the agency is dropping human health out of that equation.

Stay tuned for silly puns, lukewarm takes & complaining about the Elizabeth line…

Ok, so I have been properly (have it on my phone) on BlueSky and I have yet to to be served AI slop or racism/misoygny/homopobia…which probably shouldn’t be a weird in a nice way but here I go…