Mary
@batsgirl.bsky.social
She/her. Warwickshire. Disabled mama, formerly of Ravelry, 4rthur, b3ta, Ouch, and blogger. I have a husband and a 9yo son.
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Mary
@batsgirl.bsky.social
· Mar 20
Jamie was trying to invent a villain for the next book he writes.
I volunteered. Evil Mama, spoils all the fun!
He considered this, then said "no. You're more of a nice, tea and books kind of vibe."
Best.
Compliment.
EVER.
I volunteered. Evil Mama, spoils all the fun!
He considered this, then said "no. You're more of a nice, tea and books kind of vibe."
Best.
Compliment.
EVER.
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Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
October 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
I am emotionally processing Stuff that happened in 2023.
I am trying to be measured and sensible about it.
I feel very aware that 2024, 25, and 26 all have their own backlogs too.
I am trying to be measured and sensible about it.
I feel very aware that 2024, 25, and 26 all have their own backlogs too.
October 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I am emotionally processing Stuff that happened in 2023.
I am trying to be measured and sensible about it.
I feel very aware that 2024, 25, and 26 all have their own backlogs too.
I am trying to be measured and sensible about it.
I feel very aware that 2024, 25, and 26 all have their own backlogs too.
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.
I got it out of the library SO often. Occasionally someone else would have reserved it and I hated having to relinquish it. A box set of Narnia books was published in the late 80s and my parents got it for me. I still have it.
I got it out of the library SO often. Occasionally someone else would have reserved it and I hated having to relinquish it. A box set of Narnia books was published in the late 80s and my parents got it for me. I still have it.
Never mind what TV programme or film "scarred" you as a kid.
What spoke to you? What book or song grabbed your soul and meant everything?
What spoke to you? What book or song grabbed your soul and meant everything?
October 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.
I got it out of the library SO often. Occasionally someone else would have reserved it and I hated having to relinquish it. A box set of Narnia books was published in the late 80s and my parents got it for me. I still have it.
I got it out of the library SO often. Occasionally someone else would have reserved it and I hated having to relinquish it. A box set of Narnia books was published in the late 80s and my parents got it for me. I still have it.
Even by current standards this is insanity.
The AI minister has used AI-generated synthetic focus groups provided by a private company to test public opinion on AI and other issues
The model is trained on data from real-life focus groups
The model is trained on data from real-life focus groups
I hosted an in-conversation with AI minister Kanishka Narayan at Labour conference
We covered a lot of ground...
He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster
And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics
1/9
We covered a lot of ground...
He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster
And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics
1/9
October 5, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Even by current standards this is insanity.
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Read the full interview here 👇
9/9
9/9
There Is Too Much Westminster 'Doomerism' About Artificial Intelligence, Says AI Minister
The AI minister has said the government must find a middle ground between “boomerism” and “doomerism” on artificial intelligence.
www.politicshome.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Read the full interview here 👇
9/9
9/9
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I hosted an in-conversation with AI minister Kanishka Narayan at Labour conference
We covered a lot of ground...
He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster
And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics
1/9
We covered a lot of ground...
He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster
And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics
1/9
October 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I hosted an in-conversation with AI minister Kanishka Narayan at Labour conference
We covered a lot of ground...
He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster
And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics
1/9
We covered a lot of ground...
He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster
And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics
1/9
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I don’t think I’m the only person who will appreciate this
October 4, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I don’t think I’m the only person who will appreciate this
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My spouse and I made a thing 👀
October 2, 2026 at 3:44 AM
My spouse and I made a thing 👀
This is one of the most excellent life goals I've ever heard. It's not a trite, irritating platitude - it's both meaningful AND achievable.
I am partly fuelled by being happier than Musk, like, it's a Goal of mine. It's a good goal to have. Especially being trans & disabled. I delight in it. I have so much that he will never have, could never have.
October 2, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This is one of the most excellent life goals I've ever heard. It's not a trite, irritating platitude - it's both meaningful AND achievable.
Our Sainsbury's is having a refit, also the packaging of the own-brand stuff is being redesigned, also christoween means seasonal product line chaos.
Jamie and I both had total overload in the store this afternoon and we're still both twitchy several hours later.
Jamie and I both had total overload in the store this afternoon and we're still both twitchy several hours later.
October 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Our Sainsbury's is having a refit, also the packaging of the own-brand stuff is being redesigned, also christoween means seasonal product line chaos.
Jamie and I both had total overload in the store this afternoon and we're still both twitchy several hours later.
Jamie and I both had total overload in the store this afternoon and we're still both twitchy several hours later.
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We've all got that friend we'd be entirely unsurprised to get a call for help from because they'd found themselves naked with their knee stuck in a tree 🙄
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"The Milon of Crotone", c1840, possibly Stephani Vignes, in Château de Loubens-Lauragais, France
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"The Milon of Crotone", c1840, possibly Stephani Vignes, in Château de Loubens-Lauragais, France
October 1, 2026 at 5:59 AM
We've all got that friend we'd be entirely unsurprised to get a call for help from because they'd found themselves naked with their knee stuck in a tree 🙄
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"The Milon of Crotone", c1840, possibly Stephani Vignes, in Château de Loubens-Lauragais, France
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"The Milon of Crotone", c1840, possibly Stephani Vignes, in Château de Loubens-Lauragais, France
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Most TV is just this now.
September 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Most TV is just this now.
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Finally the -tober prompt that I can follow to my heart's content
September 29, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Finally the -tober prompt that I can follow to my heart's content
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I'm wearing my dressing gown!
September 28, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I'm wearing my dressing gown!
My mum gave us a massive secondhand Lego set. 2207 pieces, apparently, originally across 11 bags but obviously received in one bag.
I am going through the instructions, sorting the pieces into the 11 bags.
I am on instruction 94 of more than 500.
I am going through the instructions, sorting the pieces into the 11 bags.
I am on instruction 94 of more than 500.
September 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
My mum gave us a massive secondhand Lego set. 2207 pieces, apparently, originally across 11 bags but obviously received in one bag.
I am going through the instructions, sorting the pieces into the 11 bags.
I am on instruction 94 of more than 500.
I am going through the instructions, sorting the pieces into the 11 bags.
I am on instruction 94 of more than 500.
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80 hours of embroidery! This aerial landscape is directly inspired by Dartmoor and I'd say I have another 30-ish hours to go? I'm now starting to fill in the fields for the sheep, the tor area will be done last as I'm still deciding whether I want a slope or not 😅 I hope you like it! #art
September 23, 2026 at 7:50 PM
80 hours of embroidery! This aerial landscape is directly inspired by Dartmoor and I'd say I have another 30-ish hours to go? I'm now starting to fill in the fields for the sheep, the tor area will be done last as I'm still deciding whether I want a slope or not 😅 I hope you like it! #art
Sewing a sort-of curtain with a hole in it for the exhaust tube of our little air conditioning unit.
I used one of those little handheld sewing machines to knock up a proof-of-concept during the summer. The concept is good but ... it was not durable.
I used one of those little handheld sewing machines to knock up a proof-of-concept during the summer. The concept is good but ... it was not durable.
September 23, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Sewing a sort-of curtain with a hole in it for the exhaust tube of our little air conditioning unit.
I used one of those little handheld sewing machines to knock up a proof-of-concept during the summer. The concept is good but ... it was not durable.
I used one of those little handheld sewing machines to knock up a proof-of-concept during the summer. The concept is good but ... it was not durable.
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Like, how is this not attempted murder? Or manslaughter?
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy with blade while rescue worker onboard
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to disrupt arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
Charities have condemned footage of far-right activist Daniel Thomas using a blade to slash an inflatable dinghy in the Channel while a rescue worker was onboard, in a further escalation of organised anti-immigration protest.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the early evening at Gosport in Hampshire, aiming to disrupt the planned disembarkation of asylum seekers, but the Border Force vessels carrying them landed instead in Dover. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Like, how is this not attempted murder? Or manslaughter?
Jamie just finished reading "Final Form" of @neillcameron.bsky.social 's Mega Robo Bros series. So far this morning we've had:
1. Discussed ability of various media to make us feel things
2. 🎵Poopy poopy butts butts🎵
3. Existentialism crash course
1. Discussed ability of various media to make us feel things
2. 🎵Poopy poopy butts butts🎵
3. Existentialism crash course
September 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Jamie just finished reading "Final Form" of @neillcameron.bsky.social 's Mega Robo Bros series. So far this morning we've had:
1. Discussed ability of various media to make us feel things
2. 🎵Poopy poopy butts butts🎵
3. Existentialism crash course
1. Discussed ability of various media to make us feel things
2. 🎵Poopy poopy butts butts🎵
3. Existentialism crash course
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It was me, I was considering the summer dresses/winter hoodies wardrobe swap, and wondering what slow-cooker batch food to do first. Sorry.
September 19, 2026 at 7:47 AM
It was me, I was considering the summer dresses/winter hoodies wardrobe swap, and wondering what slow-cooker batch food to do first. Sorry.
Well, I'm in one called "cool mums" and another called "coolest mums" and I'm pretty certain I'm the oldest and least cool in both of them.
hey so what’s your group chat called
September 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Well, I'm in one called "cool mums" and another called "coolest mums" and I'm pretty certain I'm the oldest and least cool in both of them.
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True story.
BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
September 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
True story.