Josie Stripe

@bzzjosie

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

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Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· 10d

This is getting out of hand now.

A mock-up of an emergency alert on a smartphone. It reads:

EMERGENCY ALERT
Monday 31 August 2026 will be a bank holiday in England and Wales.
Bin Day may be affected. Check with your local authority for details: https://www.gov.uk/rubbish-collection-day

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· 14d

Minidisc has set his sights on defeating Placard.

Minidisc, a black cat, is reaching up to the top of a bookcase where a blue placard reads "Buzzin' to be a queer nurse".

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· 16d

Minidisc has not quite figured out how to defeat Printer but he's working on it.

Minidisc, a black cat, peers cautiously into the output tray of a printer with a glowing blue light.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· May 7

BBC/Getty had a great one this morning

Seven dogs of different breeds, waiting next to a polling station sign.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Mar 23

Can't believe none of you sent me this list and I had to find it myself!!!

Post by @kristinatastic: I've been working on this important list for a couple of years now. What am I missing?

Plurals internal
Culs de sac
Passersby
Attorneys general
AirPods Pro
Mothers in law
Conflicts of interest
Artists in residence
Breakfasts in bed
Runners up
Pains in the ass

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Feb 27

How it started/how it's going in a Labour "safe seat".

A BBC News article from 2023.

"Starmer: If you don't like Labour changes leave"

A graph showing the swing of votes in Gorton and Denton since 2024.

Green +28%
Reform UK +15%
Lib Dem -2%
Conservative -6%
Labour -25%

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Jan 2

For my last book I used a thank you note that the bookshop included with my order. For the current one it's the matching bookmark, obv 💜

A selfie of Josie sitting in the sun on her break at work. She's holding a hardback copy of In Love With Love by Ella Risbridger, and the matching bookmark in the same pink colour and decorated with red lobsters.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Dec 24

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.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Oct 6

Minidisc has defeated Laundry.

Minidisc (a small black kitten) balances across the top of a clothes airer which has laundry drying on it. He's so intrepid.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Sep 25

Minidisc has defeated Slipper.

Minidisc (a small black kitten) lies carefully on top of a grey slipper. He's looking directly down the lens of the camera.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Aug 8

Minidisc has defeated Toe.

Minidisc (a small black kitten) is curled up around my foot in a purple sock, and holding on with all four paws. He's nibbling the big toe.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Aug 2

WHY is everybody talking about leftist men's sex lives (PLEASE do not tell me, I only come on here to share the nonsense I put in my group chats and marvel at the fact my friends still listen to me)

A WhatsApp conversation in a group chat.

Me: "Metrolink smells like insulin"
Katie: "???"
Me: "I knew you'd say that"

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Jul 12

Josie is a white woman with long curly hair, wearing a black dress with a floral print. This is a slightly wonky selfie taken at night in front of an illuminated advertising board which says "NEVER NORMAL".

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Apr 25

"No worry dog. It perfectly safe."

Stripelet (a toddler at the time) patting Sage gently.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Apr 8

I introduced two of my very favourite people to each other last week, and one of them was @stillicides.bsky.social, so of course they've not wasted any time in setting out their stall.

A WhatsApp group chat.

Stilli, at 0043: "[name] do you like reading and if so have you read Gideon the Ninth"
Me, at 0745: "oh my god"

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Apr 2

Also a small friend tried to pollinate my dress.

A close-up of a red, white and pink floral print on a black background. A fly is sitting in the middle of one of the white printed flowers.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Mar 27

it is Pop-Smile

A bag of Pop-Smile popcorn, bubble tea flavour.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Mar 12

Text from best mate. I am so excited.

"Just bought you four of the most unhinged popcorn flavours I've ever seen"
"Oh YES. music to my ears!"

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Sep 12

There is a large bee or wasp in my room. Luckily I have been able to trap it temporarily.

An inverted mug resting on a nightstand. The mug is covered in diagrams of different types of bee.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Aug 28

I said "dank je wel" to the Starbucks grownup in Amsterdam, and he replied "¡de nada!", and I wondered why he thought I was Spanish but then I saw the name on my cup.

A Starbucks cup with "José" written on it.

Josie Stripe@bzzjosie· Aug 25

One of these days I might brush my hair, but today is not that day.