Kate Griffin

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Interested in sustainable living, active travel, cake and cats. Living in Cardiff. Siaradwr newydd Cymraeg.

Also at: @griffinkate

Gwyl Dewi Sant hapus i bawb! 💐
Update on this over a year later: the shop seems to be using bubble wrap again 🤷

I dreamt last night there was some kind of global software upgrade that meant if someone had your phone number in their Contacts, they'd be able to link your name to everything you'd ever posted online.

In the dream I was reading an online advice column (Dear Prudence or something) and the letter-writer's name showed up in green as someone I'd met.

Feels like a scarily logical progression - remember when Google took over Blogger and suddenly your anonymous blog was linked to your real name?

Swigen AI - mae Commonwealth Bank of Australia bellach wedi ail-gyflogi gweithwyr canolfan alwadau ac ymddiheuro iddynt am eu hymddiswyddo

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/overinflated_ai_balloon/?td=rt-4a

The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon

Opinion: Are tech giants getting nervous? They should be

The Register

Long shot, but can anyone recommend a solicitor in Cardiff that does the "30 minutes' free consultation" thing?

I am supporting someone through an ongoing court case that we didn't know would be an ongoing court case. 😭

Have still heard absolutely nothing re: my application to train as a Welsh tutor. For the record, I don't think they've rejected it. I think they're too fucking disorganised to even acknowledge it. This right here is why there's a shortage of tutors.
It's now a week since I applied to train as a Welsh tutor and I've heard absolutely nothing. I've got a feeling this is going to go nowhere.

Last Friday I took the plunge and applied to train as a Welsh tutor!

Have heard absolutely nothing so far but I suppose it's early days 🤷

Petition to the Welsh government to support adequate provision of public toilets in Wales:

https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/246173

Please sign and share!

Petition: Provide funding and support for the adequate provision of accessible and clean public toilets.

Wales Seniors Forum research shows that many older people do not go out or reduce the time they are out of the house because of a lack of public toilets. This can lead to isolation and loneliness. Inadequate provision of facilities is a public health issue that affects all of us, preventing some from fully accessing their communities.

Petitions - Senedd

His colleague came over with a strong vibe of "dealing with the troublemaker" and I asked her what the problem is with reusing bubble wrap that already exists.

She said basically they don't want to be caught using any of these materials even if they are reused. Which sort of makes sense, but bloody hell, how counterproductive!