Data protection and FOI pro. LGBTQ. Fan of snooker and classical music. And dogs. And real ale. And books. Proud northener Views mine, retweet no endorsement.
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sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
The fuss over who appears in TV adverts misses the point...
ALT Adverts aren't meant to be a mirror of society, but to reflect the advertiser's openness to society as a whole. A photo of 10 people, including one in a wheelchair, doesn't say 10% of the UK are in wheelchairs, but it does signify that people in wheelchairs are welcome at the venue. Likewise adverts showing men as nursery teachers, women as builders, Asian people down the pub etc -- it's saying "you're welcome here, join us". And yes, that means including black people in adverts shown in parts of the UK where they are a minority. Too often we hear that people grew up avoiding something because they never saw people like them doing it -- and adverts that show the diversity of society fix that visibility problem by saying "yes, you can do this if you want". Isn't that a good thing?
sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
The gnomon people are charming, but one mustn’t expect them to stay long after dark.
My radio signal controlled kitchen clock, oven clock, microwave clock, and the time on the Alexa screen are all different. And none the same as my phone!
Obviously time to put the kettle on.
Please note. And the Dundonian pronunciation of hedgehog (heeedj- hooowgg) is the bested word ever.
Please do NOT take hedgehog casualties to a vet.
No matter how lovely, UK vets are a business for domesticated animals and their paying owners only, and are NOT trained in the care of wildlife.
Two more little hedgehogs lost their lives this week because their trusting owners went to a vet for help.
Both hedgehogs found out in the day, one taken to a vet who sprayed him with Frontline for fleas, and told the finder it was fine to release him as he had no injuries. Frontline is harmless to kittens, but toxic to hedgehogs, but the vet wouldn't have known that.
By the time it was dark enough to release this poor sick hedgehog he was sneezing blood, as a result of the Frontline poisoning.
He died in agony.
The second vet told the finder of the out in the day hedgehog that he was fine, just a bit dehydrated, so to take him home and syringe water into his mouth every 3 hours.
Without an autopsy I can't say for sure if this poor boy was killed by the hypothermia he was suffering from, the internal parasites he was loaded with, the shock and stress of being handled so much, or by aspiration (the water being syringe down his throat by inexpert hands and into his lungs, instead of his stomach).
My bet would be on the aspiration.
Both of these tragic victims were out in the day in the sun for one reason only - they were so sick, so near death, that they had become hypothermic. Hypothermia is a result of a dying body's desperate attempt to keep the vital organs alive for as long as possible.
It redirects the blood from the extremities into the heart and lungs, to give them as much oxygen and other critical benefits as possible. This leaves the hedgehog's body feeling cold, so he goes out in the day, desperate for the sun's warmth.
If these two little hedgehogs were taken straight to a rescue, the ONLY place wildlife can be treated, they would have been been given specialist lifesaving first aid treatment, assessed, samples taken, their sickness diagnosed, and treatment given.
Please spread this important information far and wide, to help prevent more needless, tragic deaths.
Thank you.
sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
If you are pregnant please do NOT “tough it out” when it comes to #fevers and #pain
At the end - it comes down to control and slowing down earning 💵💷 of women which frightens people
Taking paracetamol /#tylenol is safe in pregnancy- please always discuss with your doctor. Do NOT take medical advice from Donald Trump
📹 @nbcnews
sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
2/2 This concern is widespread but misplaced, driven usually by focussing on consent as a ground for processing under Art 6(1)(a) whilst ignoring the other grounds for processing dataprotection.ie/en/dpc-gui… including the vital interests of the data subject in Art 6(1)(d)
Received letter today. Send 2nd class on 30th August in North London to about 5 miles up the road. For a hospital appt on Sat 13th Sept.
Thank goodness they sent me a text the day before.
19 days to get a letter.
Doesn't help we get 2 deliveries a week now.
sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
She might not be here to say it.
But let’s not let death stop Janey Godley from giving the middle finger to Donald Trump.
Let’s do it for dear friend Janey.
sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
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My son's boyfriend is coming for the weekend. Son's spent ages cleaning his room, tidying, and bringing all the pots out (that's where all the plates were), putting clothes away. Wondering if I can get him to stay every weekend !
sarah laws (she/her/clanger) retweeted
It's 359 years ago to the day that the Great Fire of London caused Samuel Pepys to bury his cheese:
"... the fire coming on in that narrow streete, on both sides, with infinite fury. Sir W. Batten not knowing how to remove his wine, did dig a pit in the garden, and laid it in there; and I took the opportunity of laying all the papers of my office that I could not otherwise dispose of. And in the evening Sir W. Pen and I did dig another, and put our wine in it; and I my Parmazan cheese, as well as my wine and some other things."
Work meeting. Colleagues forgets a point was gonna make, blames her menopause brain. Chaps in meeting nod sagely, we carry on and circle back later.
No sniggering no jokes. So happy that the awareness campaign is working and its being normalised.
Builders on next road are still working. Been there all day today, were working till 7pm yesterday. Finally had enough and reported to @BarnetCouncil. Let's see if they do better than last time when a month later they said oh is the noise still going...