COBOL programmer. Tend to assume I'm the smartest in the room. Write like I'm running out of time. She/her.
York, UK
Joined May 2010
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Claire Simpson retweeted
The October issue of the Bards & Sages Quarterly will be available this weekend. Did you know that you can always get back issues of our magazines? If you missed a previous issue, most are still available in print & ebook format at many online retailers. amzn.to/3ocdRpB
Claire Simpson retweeted
.@RexMagenta Your knitting project bag commission is complete!
I hope you love it 😍
I'm not really using Twitter at the moment, but I needed the world to see my new jumper, knitted by my mother from a Ravelry pattern
ALT Self-portrait wearing a navy jumper with an orange octopus worked into the entire garment
Day three of @NaNoWriMo and the word count is healthy as ever but the story just took an unexpected turn...
Somebody was not remotely interested in the @NaNoYorks zoom meeting this afternoon...
ALT A black cat curled up asleep on a cushion
Do you like books? Do you like *cheap* books? Do you like supporting independent business? Of course you do! Get on it!
I plied it, I gave it a lovely bath and when it was dry I twisted it into a tidy skein. I made yarn!
ALT A skein of purple hand spun yarn
Claire Simpson retweeted
Just to reiterate:
Black Lives Matter.
Trans Rights are Human Rights.
Disabled people deserve safety, comfort, and welcome.
Capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, and white supremacy are evil.
TERFs hurt all of us.
There can be no tolerance of intolerance.
Claire Simpson retweeted
Simple pasta lunch 😋
Pasta: 50p
Tomato sauce: £2
Cheese: 50p
Pots and pans: £40
Gas for cooking: £5
Warm water and soap for washing up: £5
Plates and cutlery: £10
Grater for cheese: £5
Mask for safe shopping: £5
Fridge and working oven: £1000
Flat with space to cook: £1000/mo
Got an action-packed day of near-constant meetings today. On the plus side, that means I should get plenty of knitting done
This is a fascinating look at the way different languages handle gender-neutral language, particularly the languages where gender is baked in from the start
Some people who menstruate are not women. They might be trans men, intersex, genderqueer or use another term like nonbinary.
We asked our amazing team of translators: how do you express gender-inclusivity in your language? helloclue.com/articles/cultu…
I finished spinning the second single and built a lazy kate from an old shoebox to start plying. It actually looks like yarn now!
ALT An old shoebox with holes cut in the sides to hold two chunky knitting needles, each wound with spun fibre
ALT A spindle loaded with two-ply yarn made from the two singles, still in the process of being unwound from the lazy kate
If you absolutely must put together some ridiculous 'cheap meal' that prices lettuce by the leaf or whatever, then the least you could do is also include the proportion of the travel cost to the supermarket and the gas bill for actually cooking the thing you're suggesting
Claire Simpson retweeted
I'm doing a thing! For ages, me and Katie Steckles @stecks have been thinking about doing a maths retreat for maths-loving teenagers. We so wanted to do it, and now we covid-can't. So we're going to do it virtually!