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joanneainscough.co.uk

Labour & Co-Operative Councillor - West End Ward (Lancaster City Council) | Community Activist | Beekeeper | Gardener | Software Engineer - all whilst dealing with fibromyalgia, Hashimotos Thyroiditis, arthritis & chronic pain

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Stunningly beautiful and makes you realise we are no more significant than dust motes in the vastness of the Universe. The utter nonsense and self-destructive behaviour happening on our planet is nothing compared to the majesty of space

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Fucking hell America, why are you like this?

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Miserable day outside so of course my beloved husband decides to sort out the drawers of doom in the living room coffee table, he’s only done one so far and is already contemplating his life choices! Still he’s found three of the missing tape measures (we have atleast 6 of them!)

submitted 192 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve just put mine on for 14 days on my work & Councillor emails. It feels very strange, atm I’m somewhat bereft, who even am I without countless emails to action every day?

submitted 194 days ago • 1 comment

Can’t even drop the husband off at the train station & take the cat to the vets without stopping to report a blocked drain! The oh so glamorous life of a Councillor! It’s not all meetings & biscuits! In fact it’s rarely biscuits & if you are lucky you might get some chilled corporation pop (water)!

submitted 196 days ago • 1 comment

Somehow I’ve unlocked level 30 on the son app! I’m not quite sure how that happened, wasn’t it the 90’s only 10 years ago? His sister bought him the stupid hat & forced him to wear it in the Thai restaurant last night hence the deliberate grumpy face!

submitted 197 days ago • 0 comments

Especially when it has 2 unis, one of which is heavily involved with the Cyber Security centre just down the road & large engineering & digital employers in its district or on its doorstep. The recent LGA peer review spoke about Lancaster embracing its potential for digital, today will be fun

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

Todays interesting juxtaposition with my Councillor & real life is speaking about the vision and ambition that a transformative digital strategy should have especially when that council holds a prime position in the North West Cyber corridor 1/2

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

Great workshop today with Keep Britain Tidy to develop a five year strategy for fly-tipping for Lancaster City Council www.keepbritaintidy.org

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

Lovely article about the power of volunteering, one of my regular rants is about volunteer burnout in the Third Sector due to the lack of essential services BUT there is no denying that volunteering has many social and wellbeing benefits for the individual & wider society.

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

It’s been a pretty awful for growing this year but the one thing I seem to have got right is my #peppers and #chillis. They are doing so well & look gorgeous especially the bueta mulata’s

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

Joined last week and have been dipping in and out to read but not post so far. Felt far too burnt out by the poisonous atmosphere on X but seeing so many folk make the leap away from there is heartening. Loosing 1.5k followers and having to start again might be a good thing.

submitted 200 days ago • 3 comments