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amphibian, on 21 October 2026 - 08:45 PM, said:

Thank you amph - it's interesting (if sad) that this is a universal problem that crosses international lines. I assumed in the UK there's something of the British obsession with "class" involved in it. I don't know where the idea that a job role makes you better or worse than another person crept in, but it's a deeply unpleasant idea whatever role you apply it to.

I've had a bit of an unexpected work update (well, work-adjacent).

There's a charity in the UK called IP Inclusive who represent and push for everything EDI related in my industry (intellectual property). They put a call out around this time last year to form a working group looking at why people in business services roles (i.e. non-attorneys) didn't really engage with them much. I signed up at the time and have been working with them since to trial some pilot events, write some publicity stuff around the group and generally the idea that people in non-fee earning roles are just as integral to the industry as the fee earners.

We've this month become a fully fledged official community within the charity itself, and this is our area - championing business services roles and looking at events and content which is important and useful to them.

.... the unexpected (though lovely) bit was the working group unanimously picked me and another lady to co-lead the committee, and we've ended up with another ten volunteers to be on it too. My co-lead is absolutely lovely (and far more gregarious than me, so we make a well matched pair of different strengths) and I'm feeling very warm and fuzzy about the whole thing.

It feels like a bit of a full circle moment for someone who spent years in traditional law being treated like a monkey that talks for lack of a university education and the rather entrenched view that the "support staff" are essentially the peasantry. IP is much, much better on that front but not without its own blind spots and prejudices - and now I get to help push back.

It does mean I have to use Linkedin (yuck), but that feels like a small price to pay.

QuickTidal, on 20 October 2026 - 11:11 AM, said:

He really is brilliant in it.

There has been a lot of shouting "Ruuuuuun down the hall!" in our house since

We watched Clue over the weekend - I was completely unaware of it before Tim Curry's passing.

It's beyond silly and is an absolute joy as a result. I read afterwards that they filmed three different endings of "whodunnit" for the release in cinemas, and it's fun seeing all three on the end of the film now.

Maark Abbott, on 15 October 2026 - 07:20 AM, said:

Anecdotal, but one of our close friends has ADHD and has reported similar positive results from Warhammer miniature painting - or I presume fill in any alternative enjoyable pastime that busies mind and body.