Josie Stripe

@bzzjosie.bsky.social

Feminism, nursing, puns, biscuits 🍪, #stripelet, socialism, queer.

, or: how unions fight for working people to get fair recognition and treatment for the work that they do. Collective action gets results! Joining a union is one of the most powerful things you can do as a worker, not just in healthcare but in any field. Well done to @bma.org.uk ✊🏻

The Telegraph
How the BMA held a gun to the nation's head - and won
14 hours ago - From the first taboo-busting strike in 2023 to Labour's final capitulation this week, here is how the union won a 35pc pay rise for doctors.

Circumstances required me to get the spare pair of socks from the emergency bag in the back of my car today. Because of who I am as a person, I have about three bags in the back of my car for different types of emergency, and it took me a moment to work out which one a sock emergency falls under.

The Greenhouse, Manchester's one-man vegetarian/vegan restaurant run out of someone's front room. 50-odd dishes on the menu all made from scratch, plus specials. A meal took three hours and he could only manage about 5-6 covers per night but my word it was delicious.

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sunday night timeline cleanse please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there

a bunch of MEPs: trump's threats on Greenland are unacceptable. we must consider using the anti-coercion instrument me: that sounds reassuringly bureaucratic and not too anxiety-inducing. i should look that up wikipedia: "also known as the Trade Bazooka"

Just listened to a podcast advert which said "on your favourite podcast platform" instead of "wherever you get your podcasts" and I know what the words mean but it feels deeply wrong to change the slogan of podcasts like that

Seeing in 2026 singing Me And My Shadow on the karaoke with my best friend. Not a soul can bust this team in two, we stick together like glue. Can't get happier than this. Happy new year pals x

Remember: When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them. When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips. ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 7mo ago

i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides

Tomorrow is a working day for me, and #stripelet will be with his other parents, so today is Christmas for us! I've had croissants and Bucks Fizz for breakfast, and the wrapping paper everywhere is making the cats think Christmas has come earl-- well, you know.

Stripelet sitting in front of the Christmas tree, grinning as he holds a 636-piece building block model of HMHS Britannic.Wrapping paper strewn across the living room floor. Minidisc the cat sniffs around in the background.

🎁 Day 17 🎁 🍽️ Continuing the Christmas dinner menu... or "the classic meat-and-vegetable-based meal" 🍽️ 🥕 The see-in-the-dark veg 🥔 The fluffy-yet-crispy festive favourites 🐖 The Christmassy double-pig hit