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Claire Read ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป @readthewriter.bsky.social
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Freelance writer and editor โ healthcare; public sector/not-for-profit; cycle sport โ and, on Tuesdays, a House of Commons committee reporter. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ fan
Tulse Hill, Sarf London
Joined April 2010
I'm attempting to properly move over to @bluesky. You can find me over there at the same handle. Oh, and if like me you've been putting off the shift because of the hassle of rebuilding your followers' list, I've found a very easy way to do it. I'll post about it over there ๐ฆ
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RT @JenTrueland: Still hoping to speak to at least one nurse who has worked abroad and come back to the UK for a feature for @NurseStandardโฆ
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Ah, GP de Marseille. The 1st French road race of the year, its arrival promises a load of good televised racing is imminent. Course that was before @WBDsports decided to move cycling to @tntsports in UK. ยฃ31 a month, not to support cycling but to subsidise football rights. No.
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Anyone can tell you Marianne-Jean Baptisteโs performance in #HardTruths is powerful. Only I can tell you it doesnโt overcome any kidsโ parties that happen to be taking place nearby. Watching her break down into sobs to the sound of the Hokey Cokey will stay with me for some time.
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@PaulaMc007 This is horrid, and it's wrong on so many levels. I'm so sorry. Sending a virtual hug.
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@SeemaJilani It's a very different situation of course, but in a weird way I was reminded of this heart on the covid memorial wall here in London; oneย which broke mine when I read it. In my experience, those who feel guilt or shame are never actually the ones who should do so. 2/2
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@TheQNI @CrystalOldman @johnunsworth10 Ah, gosh, your successor will have very big shoes to fill, Crystal! I will miss you at QNI but your retirement is well deserved and I hope will be a very happy one ๐
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I told myself I'd buy a PS5 this year, in good time for the release of GTA6. Guess I'm now buying two new games consoles in 2025. Best start saving.
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@MarkSutton3110 I tell people the main reason I went freelance was the flexibility, but reallyโฆ ๐
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@plsnotnow25 That's also the thought with which I comfort myself in this entirely this hypothetical nightmare ๐
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@Deppwifebeater Ha! I'm not a consistent watcher of Uncloaked but I'll definitely head to iPlayer tomorrow and catch up on this one. Thanks for the tip ๐
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@Deppwifebeater Completely understandable. Can you imagine? Bet even the library isn't safe. You'd go in, sit down, grab a book and two seconds later someone's there screaming and crying about how it's so unfair people are saying they're in a clique but they're not sure what a clique is. Hell.
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@plsnotnow25 Ha โ fellow weird kid here! Did people also celebrate if they were assigned to your group because they knew they'd have to do sod all work cos you'd figure it all out? That can't just have been me, surely.
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@plsnotnow25 I think I'd get too in my head about whether Claudia had in fact tapped me on the shoulder (how can I be sure? maybe I imagined a tap?), ruminate over it endlessly and then burst into tears any time someone asked me if I was a traitor because I JUST DON'T KNOW ANY MORE! #TeamOCD
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@shouldItypehere Completely understand what you mean! I suspect poor Dan's eye rolls are his way of dealing with precisely that kind of impulse. I do something similar ๐
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