Hi, I’m Charlotte, early 50s and I relocated from London to #Pembrokeshire in west #Wales 8 years ago. Interests include #QualitativeResearch, #books, #cats and capybaras. Bisexual, cis (pronouns: she/her). General CW: I post a lot about living with bipolar disorder, I try to CW individual toots about it but some sneak through, sorry.
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Last Notes npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Mastodon men would do well to look upon this chart npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I think this sounds like a fascinating conference and I don’t even like tea! npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I applaud the sentiment in terms of pushing back, but I do not approve of equating it to disability. Disability is not a choice, and a matter of conscience is. Disabled people cannot simply choose to change the impact disability has on them, these people might not like it, but they could get another job if it really bothers them that much. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Exactly what the UK needs, another tiny right wing populist political party. Maybe eventually all former Reform politicians will each have their own mini-party npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker “unaudited” certainly doing a lot of heavy lifting but I thought it worth sharing at very least to compare Tory and Green membership. What mechanism is there for verifying claims? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Excellent band name npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I feel very mentally unwell indeed. Some friends just asked what they can do to help, if jokes and memes would help, or if I wanted to chat. Any sort of interaction would help. I’m crying in the bath because my head’s so messed up and it feels like familiar bad territory. So anything to keep me feeling connected would be wonderful npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker *cat flap noise* npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Unbelievably, pecan won the nut poll. I am shook, I tell you. Thought almond was going to take the crown for sure. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I don’t even know what it means, I just know The Kids are all saying it and I wanted to sound down with them npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Beautiful! npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Men call for a national screening program for prostate cancer quite often. Unfortunately this misses the memo that testing is just not specific enough as yet to avoid creating lots of false positives which could lead to unnecessary invasive treatment. Those treatments can lead to erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence, diminishing quality of life perhaps needlessly. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Oof that sounds tough. Sending you cooling thoughts and anti-migraine juju npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker A lovely boy, I’m so sorry to hear he’s been so poorly. Best wishes for the new treatment npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker The existence of #SilentSocks implies some of your other socks are noisy npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I am loving The Witching by Silvia Morena-Garcia. Set between Mexico in 1908 and a New England college campus in 1934 and 1998, it’s weaving motifs of witchcraft, mysterious disappearances and malevolent spirits as a lonely Mexican PhD student follows the literary trail of an obscure female horror writer. I don’t want to do anything but read it #AmReading #Bookstodon #horror npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I try not to worry about by DNF rate because life is just too short to persevere with a boring or depressing book 💜 npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker All news these days npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Yes, in a perverse way I enjoyed lockdown because my local community really came together. There was a secret window painter who went round painting rainbows and messages on ship and house windows. People shopped for each other. We had socially distanced drinks with the neighbours with our chairs about 5m apart. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Except I think spaces like Mastodon allow us to build connections and networks even if we’re too sick or disabled to get outdoors. It’s a window onto the world for those who cannot access common spaces npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I did meditate but in a quite half-hearted way, bamboozled by poor sleep. I now need to pop into town in the rain once the cat has finished with me (she’s currently using me as a pedestal for an enthusiastic wash). Then I suppose I should get started on some work. There’s nothing pressing today. Maybe I deserve a second breakfast first? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Good morning. I did not sleep well knowing that I had to be up to catch my train, which is allegedly running on time. I’ve got more postgraduate researcher training in writing skills this morning and then I want to go to the library to return my interlibrary loan (probably setting off the alarm on my way in). npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Rest assured I will never create a free account just to keep reading npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker on Twitter I had 22.5k followers. I once did an unscientific audit of how many of those accounts actually interacted with me and it was fewer than 100. I think I get a lot more human engagement from my Masto followers npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I wanted to read a relevant looking 2025 book on research paradigms. I thought of buying it but it was like £140. My uni library didn’t have it, so I put in an interlibrary loan request. The document supply librarian came back to say that they couldn’t find a copy, but if I thought it would be a valuable addition to the library, I could ask for it to be purchased, so I did. I just got an email to say it’s been purchased, and it’s been reserved for me, and I’ll be notified when I can pick it up. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker In the break in my deep work session I went out into the garden to capture the very last flowers from the summer. We haven’t had much of a cold snap yet so they’ve lasted well #bloomscrolling npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker it’s not worth me even trying to touch the dishwasher, Tom is absolutely anal about it and has rules about the angle of forks and the gap between plates. Just one of the reasons I sometimes wonder if he is on the spectrum npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Is this part of your project to be OK with arachnids? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I asked why I am so tired. A locked friend posited that it’s maybe the change of season - or the ongoing fascism. Sure to be one of those npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker 😭 npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I see you are still going npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker French politics as illustrated by Matt npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker This troubled my cat npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker OK so I fucked something up at work yesterday and I’ve been a wreck ever since. If not for yoga class I think I would’ve really fallen apart. I was so upset and ashamed that I couldn’t even talk to anyone about it and I was awake in the night worrying. I was thinking I might even get a formal warning, and then my PhD supervisor would find out… npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I would question whether things were ever better than this. My experience as a schoolgirl in the 80s and 90s was exactly the same. I don’t recognise these great strides in progress that are supposed to have happened in the past npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Can’t… wake… up… I was supposed to be at breakfast 25 minutes ago. I had a very intense dream that I was in a particularly dramatic episode of Coronation Street which included car crashes and a grisly murder. Maybe that’s why I’m so tired, emotional exhaustion 😂 npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker ooh season 3 is coming this autumn, is it? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I stood up for ONE SECOND #mastocats #CatsOfMastodon npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Ooh that sounds so simple! npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Miss Cinnamon is not a fan of rainy weather. Disconsolate, she has retired to her boudoir #CatsOfMastodon #Mastocats npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Have you spent most of the day saying, “Come on” to amphibians as you try to move them somewhere safer? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Stewed rhubarb for dessert. Variety: GOLIATH npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker No, fancy pants is designer underwear 😂😂😂 npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I’ve been asleep most of the day 😳 npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Australia has mad wildlife! npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Amazing! npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker For all the workers npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Oh Caity, I’m truly sorry to hear this. What a horrendous shock for you. Poor Wonderdog, poor you. Sending love from Wales 💜 npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I have tried to get my cat to leave my laptop alone by bringing out an old, defunct laptop for her to sit on, but she’s just not interested - maybe because it’s not warm? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Morning, I had my worst night’s sleep in months, not sure why. I was a bit jittery before bed despite some lovely slow yoga, but usually that vanished after I’ve been asleep for a while, so I don’t think it was anxiety but I woke so many times and was then awake 2-4am. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I’m a bit nervous about my plan, but tomorrow intend to take the bus to the far side of the woods and jog slowly back. It’s hard to tell exactly but I think it’s about 6k, so I may end up run/walking. Hopefully I won’t get too lost, it’s not exactly a deep, dark, expansive forest. I hope I can manage it. I just thought it would make a nice change from my usual routes. I *think* I’m brave enough…? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Good morning. I slept terribly because I let Tom persuade me to allow the cat into the bedroom with us. She was very disruptive so even when she went off somewhere and presumably went to sleep I was on edge and kept jerking awake. Then at 5am she decided it was time for us to wake up, at which point I took her downstairs and shut the hall door. Tom thought that was harsh. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker So Bluesky is about to require people to verify their age, which means sharing their real identity. I’ve no problem with people knowing my identity but then I’m not trying to hide from abusers. Or explore my gender. Or be a whistleblower. Or protest without getting arrested. Or or or… there are so many reasons people need anonymity. npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Musih Tedji Xaviere - These Letters End In Tears npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker oh her colouring is gorgeous! npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker over Woody Allen? I was so disappointed by that npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Them: What sort of things do people talk about on Mastodon? npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Sadly I’m not in touch with MH services any more. I used to have a lot of input but they decided I was too functional and didn’t need input. Thankfully I have a private therapist, but she’s not an expert on bipolar and I could do with someone who is right now npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker We’ve brought the Christmas tree in and will allow it 24 hours to relax its branches before we decorate it tomorrow. Miss Cinnamon is of course investigating. Every year she becomes obsessed with drinking the water from the tree stand, with no apparent ill effects npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I’m running a bath and I’ve got a glass of Coke. I’m very angry with my parents right now LOL npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Oops totally forgot about therapy and had to run and switch my computer on! A really deep session looking at childhood stuff. She advised me to take good care of myself after discussing it npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker Oh god! He must be in so much pain! npub1vjwdpx6j4uscm937zg08h4tsulkzcfydhscsm3dff63tp5u4yzcsv27s9n Charlotte Walker I’m feeling sorry for myself though, because I got stung on the belly by a wasp. I was indoors, too, and not scantily clad - it was somehow inside my shirt. I’ve felt a bit crappy today generally
