Parenting, Politics and Life

These are all the posts I’ve written relating to politics, parenting and my life in general.

House updates: Smashing the sh*t out of b*stard breeze blocks, and some other stuff

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So the weekly house update thing went well, with me totally forgetting to update last week. In fairness, we hadn’t actually done a lot because we were waiting for the plasterer to sort out the walls so I think it would have been overkill. I did write this nostalgia post instead, so hopefully my tardiness can be forgiven. You can

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Massive disappointments for British children of the 80s and 90s

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Post contains affiliate links. But only for a Mr Frosty, and I’d urge you not to buy one. Life is tough for millennials. Despite the fact that the majority of us are rapidly approaching – or have reached – 40 with kids, jobs and crippling anxiety, we are still often used as a lazy stereotype of the ‘workshy want-it-all’ generation,

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House updates: A new fireplace, a bike store and a bonfire

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I’m trying to keep a bit of a diary of things we’re doing to the house. I know that home renovations and such aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but you’re here now; you might as well have a scroll. We’ve been here over a month now, but the time we’ve actually got to do things is quite limited and I’m

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Birdwatching, and other signs that I am definitely middle aged

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One of the most stressful things about moving (aside from a traumatic van incident) is that once we’d moved our stuff into our new house and made it fairly homely, we were left with two rented houses which needed to be cleaned before the keys were handed back to the landlord. Fortunately (or not) I have a big overlap, due

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The move (I am NEVER doing that again as long as I live)

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I’m back on the housing ladder, and this time it’s for good. I’m never moving again. If my partner ditches me then we can just split the house in half or something; I’m staying put now, forever. The whole thing is just too stressful to contemplate. Anyway, I thought I’d better write a post about the whole house buying thing,

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Will AI Chatbots like ChatGPT replace bloggers? (i.e. should I be worried?!)

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This week, I have mostly been asking ChatGPT to write things for me. Not to skive off, you understand. Just to test whether ChatGPT is so good it will soon replace bloggers entirely, in case I need to quickly learn a new skill. Maybe something in Cyber, with Fatima? If you don’t know what ChatGPT is, it’s an AI chatbot.

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How to spot fake influencers on instagram

‘I spent 8 hours liking shit photos on Instagram so I could get free soap’: Why fake influencers need to stop

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I’ve never been enormously fond of Instagram. I’m much more at home on Facebook and Twitter; for all their faults I find them more engaging platforms, and as a blogger whose primary objective is to bring people to my website, the fact that I can actually link to it does help somewhat. My feelings towards the ‘Gram come and go.

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New year, same old me: It’s twenty fricking twenty three

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I know we’re a little way in to the new year now and you’ll have to forgive me for that. Nowadays I tend to leave my laptop off during the holidays, in a quest for some kind of work/life balance (although, note to self, trolling the Daily Mail comment section of Facebook doesn’t actually count as ‘work’). I spent New

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