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HollieK

@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

mastodon 4.6.8

Meandering along, enjoying the journey. Trying to boost thoughtfully, post occasionally, and only reply when it seems like a good idea.

I love volunteering at a local charity shop where I get to mess around with a whole lot of books. I enjoy reading dystopian fiction much more than living it.

Follow requests activated to filter out trolls, etc. This is my only account, and anything based on my hashtags or account name but on another instance was created without consent. #NoBots

328 Followers

229 Following

50 Posts

Joined November 05, 2022

HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3w ago

Replying to

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Do cafes and restaurants become social media platforms if customers show each other photos, blog posts, news articles, etc? Because I'm adding charity shops to the mix for the conversations that take place in the stockrooms.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2w ago

Replying to

@jd@ottawa.place Taking a cue from whoever proofread the signs in our shopping centre, I propose it should be: Smoking. Bare Foot Pets, Prohibited In Building

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@cstross@wandering.shop The face-eating leopards are *never* going to eat *their* faces! All those dystopian novels have got it totally wrong!

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp In a few years' time Landis will be complaining that her kids like the family assistant and nanny more than her.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ketan@climatejustice.social Not to mention "Barbecue like a pro" while the world burns.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@KaCi@autistics.life And appropriating women's work as your own. Also, getting offended at the idea that women do all this work for you.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@kimlockhartga@beige.party *sigh*

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@Lana@beige.party Companies: No one wants to work anymore. People: Not for bad wages, they don't.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@neoluddite@aus.social @CppGuy@infosec.space @fesshole@mastodon.social It's a very basic requirement that women are horrified to find out is actually a stumbling block for some men.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@afewbugs@social.coop @TimWardCam@c.im At one university I worked at, there was one room that had a large AC in one corner that couldn't be switched off, even in winter. In winter it competed with the normal radiators, plus the portable radiators we had to try and keep warm, and we all went in wearing several layers of clothing, but were still freezing. Reading the university's emails bleating about energy use was pretty annoying under those circumstances.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@MissConstrue@mefi.social As a cranky, menopausal woman, I agree, and suggest we roll it out to the UK as well, since we're hell-bent on following the US down whatever path its on. Might as well choose a good road for a change.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@bielsubob@infosec.exchange I wonder if bottlenose dolphins give names to other animals that they encounter. Have they named David Attenborough, and what is his name in dolphin?

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@jbenjamint@mastodon.scot @davidallengreen@mastodon.green "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" FTW!

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems My IT husband yelped "NO!" when I suggested the rice thing, after a laptop had been drenched in squash.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@amokura@mastodonapp.uk @MissConstrue@mefi.social Still menopausal, and wondering when on earth it's going to end.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@drahardja@sfba.social @plutarch@gotosocial.plutar.ch @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange In the UK it's now called the National Living Wage, for everyone over the age of 21, whilst apprentices and people under 21 get the National Minimum Wage. It doesn't mean that you can actually afford to rent a one-bedroom (or even a studio) flat when working full-time on that wage.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@qqmrichter@sharkey.world @jwz@mastodon.social Although the Slopfondlers are making a good run of it.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@HG@beige.party The limited time offer can't end soon enough.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@amokura@mastodonapp.uk @MissConstrue@mefi.social And yes, I know menopause is a year after my last period, so it's at least a year away. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@CiaraNi@mastodon.green Cold-drink fridges are empty either because everyone is buying them up quicker than they can be restocked, or because they're the ones being turned off so that the other fridges don't break down.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@bruce@darkmoon.social @benroyce@mastodon.social Poor Neil. Toyotas are such a bad substitute.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@djstreethawk@mastodon.scot @gwynnion@mastodon.social Very good point. We don't want torches in the middle of a heat wave. So pitchforks it is for the time being.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@david_megginson@mstdn.ca @DrMcStrange@kolektiva.social @matt@oslo.town When one of our Russian lecturers told us this I think we only half believed him.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@drajt@fosstodon.org @wolfnowl@universeodon.com @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz Especially if you are droning on, running over into lunchtime, and all the attendees can see the lunch buffet at the side of the room.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@MissConstrue@mefi.social @amokura@mastodonapp.uk Yeah, I mean I assumed it would take a year or two, and was appalled that it can go on for so long!

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@MissConstrue@mefi.social @amokura@mastodonapp.uk I've gone through the bad bits, thanks, and I seem to be in the tailing off but not quite stopped yet part, so it's more of an irritation than anything else. But yes, it's likely to be 10 years before I become post-menopausal. I'm in my ninth year of perimenopause at the moment.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Cat: What's so difficult about that? I did it with no training whatsoever!

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@HG@beige.party It is a pretty lame effort.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Just got back from a shopping trip, where I successfully bought t-shirts, but didn't manage to buy any jeans. TIL that in addition to the slim, skinny, boyfriend, and mom jeans that I knew about, you can now get barrel jeans and carrot jeans. Yes, barrel jeans bulge out in the middle, and carrot jeans taper. No, I didn't feel motivated to try any on. Who wants to look like a barrel or a carrot? Couldn't they have found better names for them?

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@pepijndevos@freeradical.zone @lambda@chaosfurs.social Not hanging wet laundry to dry inside in high humidity, because it results in a light sheen of water on the floor.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@tantramar@zeroes.ca @barnesmaurice@mastodonapp.uk @zwils@mastodon.social @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange 👍

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@tantramar@zeroes.ca @barnesmaurice@mastodonapp.uk @zwils@mastodon.social @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange Most people in Europe don't have firearms, so can't put them in the sink.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@aburka@hachyderm.io @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @regehr@mastodon.social @dan@discuss.systems @dev@discuss.systems Yes, all the golden eggs develop this way. Honest, guv.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@djstreethawk@mastodon.scot @gwynnion@mastodon.social It needs to be well-thought out. No point everyone brandishing torches and then keeling over with heat stroke. Wicker men can wait until winter as well.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@gwynnion@mastodon.social At this point there's no reason for the torches and pitchforks not to come out.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@andyjennings@aus.social Much better than the bloke I saw handing a sopping wet book to a librarian who protested "But it's soaked!"

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@drajt@fosstodon.org @wolfnowl@universeodon.com @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz No, but on that particular occasion the person after lunch did their presentation the correct way.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@adamrice@c.im @cstross@wandering.shop That's the Christian version of it's all women's fault, at least. Might not be the case everywhere.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@cstross@wandering.shop Yes, we must have done something wrong, just by being women.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz @chessert@mastodon.online 12pt is the minimum for text on a page.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@neoluddite@aus.social @CppGuy@infosec.space @fesshole@mastodon.social And there are solutions to that, if it's a significant problem vis-a-vis hygiene.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange AC would be my preferred option, but that's not available in most houses, so it's all the other measures to deal with the heat. As though we'd be sitting here in AC houses with the windows open! 🤣

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@feorag@wandering.shop Yes, if you do a lot of careful route planning before you go anywhere...

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@BoredomFestival@sfba.social @tvaziri@mastodon.social And make them pay all their staff living wages.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Alt Text: Social media post: _bellathadon 20h I genuinely don't get the endgame. If the plan ends with a ruined planet, collapsed economies, and no working class left to spend money... what are billionaires actually hoarding wealth for? To sit in a bunker with numbers on a screen that don't mean anything anymore? What is the actual point? 😭 1/2 25.3k likes, 1.1k replies, 1.5k boosts 256 unknown _bellathadon 14h Reading through these replies made me realize something even crazier: they aren't playing a 100-year game. There is no master plan. It's literally just short-term greed, quarterly stock flexing, and ego. They're running us of a cliff because no one wants to hit the brakes first. 2/2

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3w ago

Replying to

"Research led by Dr Blodgett and published in 2023 supports this. The study found that replacing even five minutes of sedentary time with moderate-to-vigorous activity had a measurable benefit for heart health."

So every hour at work you get up to make a coffee or go to the toilet, which is difficult if you are in back-to-back meetings.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Oh, apparently I didn't block all instances of that tag bloke on sight. That was careless of me.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@kbm0@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop The Quartermaster's Store, apparently, although sadly it doesn't seem to be a real chant ... yet.

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HollieK @HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@infobeautiful@vis.social As a lay person with absolutely no knowledge, cannabis appears to be *the* drug to take, for whatever need.

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