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Enjoy this piece of writing about cricket, the cricket episode of Bluey, how Bluey may have helped save the Gabba, the joyful terror of contemplating our kids as people who will be out in the world doing things someday, and more. squareeyes.substack.com/p/bluey-part-i…

[spending most of my days hunched over my laptop, sitting like a pretzel]

hmm weird why does my back always kind of hurts now, going to assume it's back cancer

SO many survivors of child sex abuse say things like 'i didn't know if it was wrong', 'i didn't feel like i could tell anyone', 'the adult told me it was fine'. Empowering small children about boundaries is SO important for stopping CSA

yes x.com/trey_explainer…

This really is crucial - I feel there is a growing belief, encouraged by some Con MPs and parts of the right wing press - that 'they' (foreign students) are taking 'our kids places'. This is not just wrong, it is upside down - 'they' are *funding* 'our kids' places.

missed this speech yesterday but it's remarkable

going through life carrying a book you're reviewing and making little notes on the tube or whenever you have a minute, feeling like a writer in a movie: a delight!

then going to write the sodding review and having to endlessly go through the pages to find your notes: vile