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I need a new soap dispenser - it stands out doesn’t it! 😂 and some more “bits” on open shelf,
Best thing is we needed this to hide my Waterpik - but the Waterpik doesn’t fit inside 🫠

view of small bathroom, pale green walls, white Victorian style sink with silver coloured taps , small white radiator to right and white Venetian blinds to left. white double mirrored door cabinet on wall above sink

Feb 22 2026

🍲 a comforting Sunday roast complete with stuffing balls, broccoli cheeze & apple strudel dessert

📺 started Mr Mercedes on Netflix - mum and dad loved it so giving it a go. Definitely nsfw 🔞 😳

🔨 I actually helped drill the new bathroom cabinet onto the wall 🙌🏼

"If you can live through February you'll live another year" 😆

All the folks who tire of winter and/or are affected by SAD, I can guarantee you are not as disappointed with February as this man.

Seeing is Believing: Identifying the “Ideal Manifestation of Hidden Disability” in Ontario’s and Quebec’s Social Benefits Tribunals Authors Pascale Malenfant, McGill University Faculty of Law Keywords disability, hidden disability, health law, social benefits, administrative law, ideal victim Abstract The phenomenon of disability skepticism, especially in relation to “hidden” disabilities like chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), has fostered a culture of doubt among medical, legal, and public entities. This paper explores the intersection of such skepticism with the social benefits adjudication processes in Ontario and Quebec. In drawing parallels to feminist critiques of the “ideal victim” in sexual assault cases, it argues that the tribunals’ biased framework for believability is based on a claimant’s conformity to stereotypical expectations of what an “ideal” claimant with a hidden disability looks like. By comparatively examining 10 years worth of Ontario and Quebec tribunal decisions featuring claimants with CFS, this study highlights how those with hidden disabilities are evaluated based on visible manifestations of their disability/emotion, medical/expert evidence, and the apparent credibility of themselves or others as witnesses. This research not only addresses a significant gap in the literature but also calls for reforms in the legal treatment of hidden disabilities, advocating for a shift away from entrenched stereotypes towards a more inclusive and equitable system.

Seeing is Believing:Identifying the “Ideal Manifestation of Hidden Disability” in Ontario’s & Quebec’s Social Benefits Tribunals

digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol48/is...

"advocating for a shift away from entrenched stereotypes towards a more inclusive & equitable system"
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.

I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion

People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it

Feb 21 2026

🚪 🚪 French doors finished with new bolts and handles, freshly painted threshold & new draft seal 😍

🪛 she also put together a new mirrored bathroom cabinet to hide my ever expanding dental kit

🍝 bolognese bucatini (This Isn’t mince)

🧠 📺 1% club; love playing along with the app!

Roly's Fudge Brighton - Roly's Fudge Please visit this shop's Google page (click here) for their opening hours.

Feb 20 2026

💇 cut & colour, #BlondesHaveMoreFun

🍬 delicious crumbly fudge from www.rolysfudge.co.uk/stores/rolys...

🎁 unexpected, belated bday gifts from in-laws, lovely giant diffuser for the bathroom 🙏🏻

Feb 19 2026

❤️ celebrated a special anniversary

✍️ received a lovely hand written note

🤴 ate like queens - another Juicy Marbles steak, this time with homemade red wine sauce (with wine direct from Chile gifted by our niece 🍷)

Day 1 of Our Alternative Lent Connect Back to Your Weirdo Self Sprint Come and join the fun!

Feb 18 2026

💄 wore my Mac lipstick just for myself

🏡 a warm, dry, cosy house - roads and houses pretty close by are flooding 😔

🧘🏼 a wonderful little surprise from Jo Hutton from “Yoga For Tired People” open.substack.com/pub/happyyog...

YouTube video by Tiga Tiga ft. Boys Noize - HOT WIFE

Feb 17 2026

☕️ coffee brought to me in bed 🙏🏻 🥰

🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛🐦 bird song 🐦 magpies, pigeons, blackbirds and seagulls

💃🏼 dancing in the kitchen to R1Dance (pretending I’m young and cool) whilst cooking lentil & black bean chilli - this one was my fave:

🎧 🎧
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Quiz of the Day | Daily General Knowledge & Trivia Quiz of the Day is a fun, free daily general knowledge quiz. Test your trivia knowledge against our 10 question pub quiz or try our quickfire game.

I scored 8/10 today; slightly annoyed cos it should have been 9 but I changed one at the last minute after doubting myself - always go with your gut! I’ve only ever got a perfect 10 once so far:

quizoftheday.co.uk

Relax your toes.

You probably don't think you need to, but you do.

Done it? Okay now take a slow, deep breath. Breathe out. Now relax your toes again. Because they still aren't relaxed.

(Best single universally applicable piece of advice anyone ever gave me. It was from an astronaut)

haha, I could have written this word for word

🚨 | Local Elections in all 30 Local Authorities which were postponed until 2027 will now go ahead:

Adur
Basildon
Blackburn with Darwen
Burnley
Cannock Chase
Cheltenham
Chorley
Crawley
East Sussex
Exeter
Harlow
Hastings
Hyndburn
Ipswich
Lincoln
Norfolk
Norwich
Pendle
Peterborough
Preston

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this isn’t JUST about writing though, right? The quote wouldn’t be out of place in Oliver Burkeman’s 4000 Weeks 🧠

black fluffy cat sits on a cream leather sofa with brown cushions behind her - she isn’t looking at camera & moment is snapped with her little pink tongue sticking out slightly

sleek black cat is staring intently at human hand and lifting front right paw to tap it

Feb 16 2026

📺 finished #SmallProphets series on BBC iPlayer ♥️ brilliant!

🍜 wife cooked a red lentil coconut daal - ginger garlic goodness

🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ gorgeous cats

Feb 15 2026

🎥 The Kill Room movie on Amazon Prime for Sunday afternoon movie

🍽️ This Isn’t chicken roast

🐈‍⬛ cat cuddles

that is being decommissioned in favour of Freely via broadband (!) 🤯

how are UK people watching TV these days?

We don’t have an aerial so tried the different apps but really missed the EPG and background channel hopping. Used BT/EE TV but I’m massively overpaying considering we don’t have any movies / sport

Obvious answer is pay £300ish for aerial - but heard….

YouTube video by johnlennon LOVE. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (official music video 4K)

Feb 14th 2026

☀️ sunniest day of the year so far! Could tell it made everyone at least 12% happier as I went about my Saturday errands

🚘 found a deserted place for wife to do some L plate driving

🥖 sea salt focaccia

#HappyValentines 💘
#Love

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Feb 13 2026

🪜 wife started the prep and first coat of new paint on the wooden French doors

💞 super grateful for genuinely nice people who give their time and advice for nothing

📞 long natter with Mum on the phone

PS - the hospital visit was a routine scan with positive news

oh if THIS was currency I’d be a multi-billionaire 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐾

2 hotdogs in rolls with fried onion, crispy onions, loads of tomato ketchup and yellow mustard squirted over in a zig zag pattern - on a blue plate with black background

Feb 12 2026

🌅 perfect pink sky at sunset

🖼️ affordable art for sale on the walls of my local hospital

🎵 getting tickets to see Nile Rodgers / Chic, Brand New Heavies & Craig Charles in summer

🌭 🌭 bonus hotdogs with all the trimmings (Frys frozen dawgs)

Feb 11 2026

🐈‍⬛ when the cats could be in a million places but choose to be on our laps , ultimate privilege

✨ wife putting the fairy lights up on the conservatory roof

💪🏻 much needed and appreciated confidence boost x2 “Surround yourself with good people”

Joy and hope are
our most powerful
weapons.
Stubbon optimism
and snarling
creativity.
I bear a shield of contentment
thicker than wool socks.
I bear a sword of inspiration
gleaming with starlight.
I will thrust a
purring cat
into your arms
and dare you to
despair.

#BlackCat #BlackCats

black fluffy cat with green eyes, looking directly at the camera, is sitting in a white butler sink. White tiles with blue details and a red fruit bowl with yellow bananas in background show this is a kitchen

Feb 10 2026

🎵 fabulous choir rehearsal! Last one for this “half term” so we did 4 songs and had superstar soloists

🌯 FAJITAS (Tofoo seitan & sriracha 😋)

🐈‍⬛ girl-cat in the sink 🤦🏼 🤣

rather annoyed at myself for not spacing that properly

#SmallProphets