Kirsty Palmer
@KirstyAPalmer
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Feminist. Free School Meals Kid. Higher Education professional. Volunteer. Cat staff. Runner. Woman in possession of opinions. Tennis & cricket obsessive. #COYS
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@bbc5live
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s tomato dhal. 200g red lentils, one tin tomatoes, water and a few gentle spices (whatever you have). Simmers on the hob in 30 minutes. Serves 4 with rice/naan/potatoes. Never fails.
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He’s back!! We think he got stuck in an empty house in the neighbouring street. Our three-doors-down neighbours spotted him and tempted him in with Dreamies. Phew!
If anyone around Angus/Lochaber/Bangor Streets in Cardiff has seen this creature today, please send him home. Went out before breakfast and hasn’t been seen since. Answers (or not) to Chester. Chipped and in big trouble.
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Doing a bit of work before heading to
#openday
accompanies by this little face
#CatsOfTwitter
#Caturday
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I think I’ve said before that I worked with someone whose subpostmaster father was caught up in the
#PostOfficeScandal
in 2005. I remember very clearly how hard it hit her. I hope
#MrBates
helps to raise the profile of this appalling public abuse of trust.
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Well, Twitter, I bloody went and did it. Mostly studied through the pandemic, online and in my back bedroom/home office. I might have to have a lie down.
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@krishgm
“It’s not a joking matter, Prime Minister”. Even his handpicked committee Chair has had enough.
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Met this very handsome and chatty fellow on my walk home from work. Excellent miaow, top quality leg-weaving and super striped tail. 11/10 would fuss again
@thecatreviewer
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Saw The Ocean at the End of the Lane
@theCentre
last night. Tickets were husband’s birthday present so was anticipating being the tolerant spouse but instead absolutely loved it. If it’s touring near you, go & see it, even if (like me) you know almost nothing of Neil Gaiman.
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@thecatreviewer
Garden visitor. 10/10 for floof but ran away when attempting to fuss. Will try to tempt again.
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Still no sign of Samson. One brief sighting on Saturday evening in our neighbours’ garden, but nothing since.
This boy hasn’t been seen since yesterday (Friday) morning. Please, Cardiff pals, keep eyes peeled around Angus Street and surrounding areas. He doesn’t wear a collar but he is microchipped, so please pop him to a vet if you find him.
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I tell thee this, they do not mess about on Penarth Pier when it comes to ice cream.
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@katewaugh
@stephenfry
Some of us love both and have aged about twenty years in one afternoon.
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Still missing after over 48 hours.
This boy hasn’t been seen since yesterday (Friday) morning. Please, Cardiff pals, keep eyes peeled around Angus Street and surrounding areas. He doesn’t wear a collar but he is microchipped, so please pop him to a vet if you find him.
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@thecatreviewer
Met this very friendly fellow on the walk home from
@CF24BottleShop
Happy to accept fuss despite grumpy expression but not interested in further interaction 9/10 would fuss again.
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@thecatreviewer
Glossy black floofball on our street. Very friendly, excellent purr, would fuss again 12/10.
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@volewriter
Don’t know if your MIL is a cat lady, but this one never fails to raise a smile for me.
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Well, what a nice surprise in today’s post. All official now and everything.
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This boy hasn’t been seen since yesterday (Friday) morning. Please, Cardiff pals, keep eyes peeled around Angus Street and surrounding areas. He doesn’t wear a collar but he is microchipped, so please pop him to a vet if you find him.
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@thecatreviewer
New local floof. 10/10 for friendliness. Plus 100 for exceptional tail. Would fuss again.
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If anyone around Angus/Lochaber/Bangor Streets in Cardiff has seen this creature today, please send him home. Went out before breakfast and hasn’t been seen since. Answers (or not) to Chester. Chipped and in big trouble.
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@thecatreviewer
Beautiful tabby met on our walk today. Huge voice, excellent eye for sunspots and keen fir head scritches. 11/10 would fuss again.
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@IanDunt
I’m no royalist, but it will be really odd when she’s gone. No one under 80 really has a living memory of any other monarch.
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Finally got up the nerve to wear my fabulous new purple trouser suit today. Having more fun with fashion in my forties than I ever did as a youngster.
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This pod accompanied me on my lunchtime walk and I cannot recommend it enough. Not only the insights into Empire, but the incredibly resonant bits on the losses suffered by socially mobile working class kids.
Journalist
@Sathnam
tells
@MrJamesOB
politicians are using British imperial history to sow division because "it plays well in focus groups."
Listen to Full Disclosure:
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I'll donate to a crowd-funded effort to pay
@hopenothate
legal bills if they go ahead. We have to start challenging this propaganda.
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@thecatreviewer
Carnegie Cat at Leeds Beckett Headingley campus. 10/10 for gingerness & excellent miaow. 5/10 for camera shyness.
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It’s now been a week since he strolled out at breakfast time and didn’t come home.
Still no sign of Samson. One brief sighting on Saturday evening in our neighbours’ garden, but nothing since.
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Hey
#BBCTennis
I did not need John McEnroe when you’ve successfully had a whole coterie of brilliant, articulate, women talking about this match and the tournament.
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What’s that you say? Students following guidelines and keeping themselves, their peers and university staff safe? Who would have thought?! Well, we would, because we trust them, treat them like the grown-ups they are and work with them.
Social distancing measures working well in K1 this evening 👍
@cardiffmet
#SocialDistancing
#StaySafe
#onecardiffmet
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Whoever has done the musical curation for the
#ClosingCeremony
is clearly a) a genius and b) somewhere in their mid-forties. Love it
#Birmingham2022
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Petition to get Mary Berry and Andy Murray their own travelogue series.
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My
#fiveyearoldselfie
@YoungMindsUK
1. ‘Bossy’ is just the first of many words men will use to try to silence you - don’t let them.
2. You don’t have all the answers, and that doesn’t matter - ‘I don’t know’ is a really powerful phrase
3. You are more than what people see.
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Well. Fat, middle-aged, perimenopausal, under-trained and drowning in stress. And I did it. Not my best time by a long way, but by Gaia it feels amazing. For the first time ever I burst into tears on the finish line.
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So, cheesy medal picture taken once I’d recovered my composure slightly. Having had proper breathing difficulties at 11 miles and again at the finish, to go with the seizing hip and generally being way too hot from about 14k onwards, I have decided to be pleased that I finished.
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Obligatory night-before-race kit shot. Anyone else totally fixated on pinning their number exactly in the middle?
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I’ve known people block me before, but none of those were one of my local councillors with whom, as far as I can remember, I’ve never had any interaction. Odd.
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Finished this. Took me a day-and-a-half. You should all read it, especially if you have any sort of responsibility for any other people. Thank you
@JMoncktonSmith
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Just had word from the vet that this handsome fellow needs all his teeth removing 🙀 We’ve tried for years to address the chronic gingivitis he arrived with, but the damage has got too much. Hoping he’ll forgive us in due course.
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A new adventure for me...
ScoutsCymru is thrilled to announce the appointment of
@KirstyAPalmer
as chair of Board of Trustees. An experienced trustee who has also worked with volunteers and young people, she will have a hugely positive impact on the Scouting movement in Wales.
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We have named him Chester. He is now helping me with my assignment on complexity theory.
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I do not think that the release on parole of Reeva Steenkamp’s murderer should be headline news. I think he should be left to fade into ignominy.
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@Number10cat
Chester is so worn out from playing with his new toys that’s he’s fallen asleep in the toy box.
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@paullewismoney
@francescrook
I worked with someone whose Dad was caught up in this. IIRC they lost their family home and I think he was under threat of prosecution. I remember her sobbing in the office because she couldn’t believe her Dad could be a criminal, and of course he wasn’t. So much debvastation.
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@richardosman
Superb catting! This boy has had just the regulation one breakfast and is not at all happy about it.
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You may take the girl off the council estate but you will never remove her love of a Viennetta 😍😍😍😍
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Genuinely cannot believe the BBC prioritising nonsense chat with Kyrgios over Reid & Hewett winning the doubles. Really poor.
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There’s so much awful in the world but there’s still Krishnan Guru-Murthy have a go at a samba while wearing a sparkly shirt.
#strictly
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Finally managed a non-stop 5k for the first time in literally months. Don’t know if I’m at last getting rid of whatever’s been bugging my lungs, or if the warmer temperature made the difference, or a bit of both. Still slow, but at least it’s progress.
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@Baddiel
I wish to place a vote for Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer. Cwm Rhondda is a marvellous tune.
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@thecatreviewer
‘Met’ this beauty at parkrun this morning. Got spooked by a dog and absolutely hurtled up into this tree. 10/10 for athleticism 1/10 for sociability.
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So, no more 5am wake up calls, no more elegant paw tapping an arm for attention, no more little black nose appearing between face and book, and no more bedtime cuddles. Farewell beautiful Countess Meena.
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Here be the hot and sweaty face of a woman who has just done her first run in two months. Yes, it was only a walk-run, but no back pain, no complaining lungs, and no wanting to stop, so we’re taking that as a successful first step.
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So unbelievably proud to be Director of Student Services at the Times Higher University of the Year. Such a brilliant team of students and staff.
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Jeez Louise that was warm. I’ll take 66 minutes in those conditions all day.
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Remember all those miles I bored on about running in October? Well, my medal arrived and I presented it to myself! 🤣
#LeaveNothingButFootprints
PS Yes, massively in need of a hair cut 😱😱
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Before and after the Swansea Bay 10k. 63:54 which included stopping for two minutes to help a fellow runner who had fallen and was then having a minor panic attack. Really nice event which. I would definitely recommend. Pretty pleased with the new giraffe print shorts too.
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The adoption fee is paid and we’ve been checked out so I think it’s safe to tell you, Twitter, that this chap is joining our family tomorrow.
#catsoftwitter
#AdoptDontShop
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Here is Samson cat. For no reason other than it’s cold and dark and Wednesday.
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@jeremycorbyn
@DrJoGrady
@ucu
Hi Jeremy. I have responsibility for Employability in a university with a large proportion of students from less privileged socio-economic backgrounds. We spend a lot of time getting corporations into classrooms to show those students all the options available to them.
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Once again channelled the sadness and frustration of the week into parkrun and this time I’m ringing the PB bell!! 28.33 official new parkrun PB. Don’t know if it’s the Moti sessions or the new shoes or what, but who cares!
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What kind of person gets up at 6.30 on a Saturday to go running in the pouring rain, comes home for a hot shower and then heads back out into said pouring rain to cheer on other people who are running in it? A
@cardiffparkrun
volunteer, that’s the kind of person. Mad.
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This absurd creature is 14 years old today. Hungry when awake and grumpy if disturbed from sleep, with a fondness for a comfy blanket and a quiet life, he is truly my spirit animal.
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@caitlinmoran
He’ll be a Rouge Dragon Poursuivant of the Order of the mighty pumpkin or something. I don’t know, I’ve lost track.
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This cat, though beautiful, is not our cat, despite it being very comfy on our sofa.
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@TennisPodcast
Mask aside, would they say that to a man? Why must women be required to smile?
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So it wasn’t all a dream… After 21 months of relentless, tireless work to reinvent everything we do, this award belongs to the team in
@CardiffMetSS
(and colleagues) who focus every day on making things better for our students. Thanks team - you’re the absolute best.
And the winner is... US!
We did it, we are
@TimesHigherEd
#THEAwards
UK University of the Year 2021! 👏
This award is for everybody who's played a part and continues to make a difference here in Cardiff and around the world.
We're delighted. We're proud. We're
#OneCardiffMet
.
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Bit of a different wedding anniversary celebration this year, but can’t really complain at
@Anatoniscafe
pizza and
@CF24BottleShop
champagne on the sofa in front of Strictly. Happy sixth Mr McCann.
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Exactly seven years ago tomorrow I started a shiny new job
@cardiffmet
having uprooted m’lovely husband and my’s perfectly lovely London life for a brand new adventure. Not sure I’m exactly part of the furniture just yet, but not far off…
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For one reason and another this week I’ve been sitting in the company of a lot of sadness. So this evening I’m sitting with this pair of furry comfort blankets. The wee beasties always know.
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Hello pals. As most of you know I’m both asthmatic and turning 40 this year. I’m bringing those things together by running in four 10k races between now and August to raise money for
@asthmauk
If you can spare a quid that’d be great.
40k for 40 years
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Happy Birthday to me! El Sardinero in Santander not a bad spot to turn 44.
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This evening I am toasting life and hope and the eternal continuation of both even in the darkest of days.
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The early week optimism has taken a terrible battering. But I’ve made it to Friday and I’ll drink to that, as well as to the memory of a beautiful, kind woman taken much too soon and much too suddenly. And to the hope that her devastated husband will find a way to heal.
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Husband and I have decided that we will go to the movies every Saturday afternoon. Phones off, popcorn microwaved and blinds closed. This afternoon was Slumdog Millionaire. Taking recommendations for future weeks. No elves, explosions or superheroes.
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💕🐈
This
#InternationalCatDay
, we are celebrating the incredible bond between Bob - a former veterinarian living with Alzheimer’s disease - and his cat, Mooshu.
'Animal contact is very important to Bob and Moosh willingly supplies it all the time,' said Patricia, Bob's wife. 💙🐱
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Chester has a very important message for his people this morning.
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Exactly five years ago today I walked through the doors of
@cardiffmet
for my first day as Director of Employability. Longest time I’ve ever worked in one place. Which says more about the excellence of my colleagues than my durability, I reckon 🤣🤣
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Well, I held out for two years and nine months, but Covid-19 has finally got me. How very tiresome.
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@Jessicae13Eaton
Remember it’s misogyny. Remember that men get away with much worse behaviour and call it ‘being dynamic’ or ‘decisive’. Remember that all insults implying weakness are female and set out to disprove that they are actually weak.
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