Helen Rees 🧡🎶🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇫🇷

Yesterday I was a parkrun ‘vicar’, ‘marrying’ a parkrun couple at our local event. Today I was honoured to conduct my beloved Central Berkshire Girls Choir (1986-1996) at a music centre garden party. What a weekend.

@duolingo And @duolingo - the Free Trial of ‘Max’ is disappointing. The added ‘Video Call’ option does not include Legendary, so I can’t even complete my Daily Refresh with Legendary to maximise my points for the day. Not really ‘Max’ at all, is it? Will definitely NOT be subscribing.

@duolingo I have a score of 130 in French @duolingo. When are you going to add extra content so I can continue learning in the Sections format? Daily Refresh (my only option now) is very limited.

What's your Duolingo Score?

@radiolemans @FordPerformance @FordMustang Go @jimfarley98! #LeMans #MustangChallenge #TertreRouge

@radiolemans @FordPerformance Brilliant shoutout just now from team @radiolemans for all the #ExecutiveAssistants out there, enabling & supporting their directors to be their best - and even race @FordMustang #Ford at #LeMans! Thankyou for recognising that EAs / PAs make the magic happen!

youtube.com/watch?v=BK0rXr… Tune in now for @FordPerformance Mustang Challenge Race 1

Hotel bookers - problem at @premierinn business booker site today. They've been claiming a 'temporary' issue on the website 'technical issues' but it's been down all morning, still not working at 1:45pm. Any sign of a fix, @premierinn? #PremierInn #NotPremierService

YET again @SouthernWater having to make MORE repairs to local water system causing water outages & reduced pressure. Calling it 'planned maintenance' is a JOKE. No prior warning or communication. Turned up, dug it up, messed it up for thousands of residents. #FairOak #disgraceful

People on trains - STOP TALKING LOUDLY about your colleagues, workplace dramas, and issues. Even if you don’t care about your company’s privacy (spoiler alert: you should) then at least have some respect for your fellow colleagues. Sigh. #Privacy #InformationSecurity

Why have people forgotten how to drive safely in the last couple of months? I am now regularly seeing drivers happily driving their cars around in the dark WITH NO LIGHTS ON. What is wrong with people??! Mainly Hampshire, Surrey and SW London but other idiots are also available😫

@RoyalMailHelp I have tried that site @royalmailhelp and there is no indication there of any problems with the service. Nor helpful advice on how to proceed. However your online postage service is STILL unavailable today. How are businesses supposed to send essential mail?

"Save* some jingle when you buy Tracked postage online and get proof of postage too! Buy yours today 👉 ms.spr.ly/6013o1MVZ *when you buy online vs over the counter"

@PostOffice No thankyou Ben, honestly if your managers really want to be useful, they should be deploying staff on to the counter service at Richmond and help these customers out. Or sort out the website outage.

@harmonyhelen Hi Helen, I'm sorry to hear this. Would you please be able to send us a DM? -Ben twitter.com/messages/compo…

Oh dear. @RoyalMail is down (double checked on @downdetector ), the queue in the @PostOffice #Richmond is insane, only 1 counter open (kiosks not working presumably cos website is down) & the world has lost its mind. Welcome to a normal Monday in December. #IsItSpringYet #HoHoNO

NEWS: Less than 1% of EV owners switch back to gas-powered cars after making the purchase, according to a new Global EV Driver Survey, which includes over 23,000 people from 18 countries. "Reports of declining EV popularity are greatly exaggerated,” says Petter Haugneland, Assistant Secretary General of The Norwegian EV Association. Results show that lower operating costs are the most important motivation for buying an EV. “This should serve as an eye-opener for policymakers worldwide. While a vibrant electric vehicle market is crucial for reducing climate emissions from road transport, achieving this goal hinges on making EVs an even more affordable option for all,” says Ellen Hiep, board member of the Dutch Electric Vehicle Drivers Association. Source: globalevalliance.com/wp-content/upl…

Oh… @newscientist please make it make sense. Super glossy fancy posh high end rich-people supplement magazine & a #charity #fundraising appeal for @crisis_uk in the same mail drop. Can we see how polarised our society is becoming, the inequality is screaming out here. Sad times.

What is happening?! (Very good question indeed).

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

People. We cannot control what happened. But we can control how we respond to it, & how we interact with and support others. So remember: "When they go low, we go high". These, right now, are the times when that REALLY REALLY matters. #peace #future #WeRiseTogether #FBPE

London mayor @SadiqKhan has issued a statement on the US election: “I know that many Londoners will be anxious about the outcome of the US Presidential election. Many will be fearful about what it will mean for democracy and for women’s rights, or how the result impacts the situation in the Middle East or the fate of Ukraine. Others will be worried about the future of NATO or tackling the climate crisis. "London is - and will always be - for everyone. We will always be pro-women, pro-diversity, pro-climate and pro-human rights. "London is a place where we’re proud of our diversity, proud of the contribution of all our communities and proud of our spirit of unity. These are some of the values that will continue to bind us together as Londoners." "The lesson of today is that progress is not inevitable. But asserting our progressive values is more important than ever - re-committing to building a world where racism and hatred is rejected, the fundamental rights of women and girls are upheld, and where we continue to tackle the crisis of climate change head on."

It took several days to count every ballot in 2020, and it’s very likely we won’t know the outcome tonight either. So please keep a few things in mind as you make your voice heard today: – Thousands of election workers around the country are working hard today. Respect them. Thank them.  – Don’t share things before checking your sources.  – Let the process run its course. It takes time to count every ballot.