Alice Porter
@aliceporter.bsky.social
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Currently learning to deal with psoriatic arthritis, was a mature student aiming for vetmed until COVID blew up my life/health so now 🤷‍♀️ Mother of sheep. Childless cat lady.
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aliceporter.bsky.social
Scans of the Scottish fucking maritime museum. Bloody hell. Would be hilarious if it wasn't so horrific.
jacksapoch.bsky.social
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
aliceporter.bsky.social
Thank you ❤️
It's not working as well as I'd hoped it would (didn't return to baseline after a bad summer flare, I only started it in May & had about 2 weeks of feeling amazing) so I really don't want it to stop working even more. Plus the risk of anti-drug antibodies 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
aliceporter.bsky.social
Fucking hospitals. I am now down to 1 dose of my biologic, and Addenbrooke's STILL haven't sent my repeat prescription to the delivery company (despite 3 prompts from them). Just incredibly stressful trying to get the system to work the way it is supposed to
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ALT: a cartoon character covering his eyes with his hands
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome
Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed
www.theguardian.com
aliceporter.bsky.social
I hope she develops a debilitating illness and isn't believed. I'm sorry you had to experience that, may karma find her.
aliceporter.bsky.social
EVERYONE (ok, some people) who has a cat the ideal weight thinks their cat is too skinny, due to shifting baselines. Same with dogs (and children, frankly)
aliceporter.bsky.social
Because James is a talented writer and I'm not, I would have written 'we're fucked, we're utterly fucked'
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We’re basically on the edge of an economic black hole, and it’s not clear anything has got the force to pull us clear before it’s too late.
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It’s increasingly clear that unless something radical changes the next election won’t deliver a stable/rational government.

Bond markets will notice that, meaning our borrowing costs will steadily rise as the next election gets closer. Which will make life harder for Labour, which in turn…
aliceporter.bsky.social
Limited number of clicks
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Plus you end up with stupid bits of road, like a bit I drive on every day, which is about 400m of wide, straight road with excellent visibility, no houses=40mph. As soon as you get to the entrance to the stables? The bit where the houses are? The winding bit w/blind corners? 60mph 🤦‍♀️
aliceporter.bsky.social
It's fine as long as people drive to the road conditions, not the limit. Which of course is the major flaw, because large numbers of people see a speed limit as a challenge
aliceporter.bsky.social
My local pharmacy apparently has the Pfizer COVID vaccine!!!!!!!!
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
(Will see if it's true when I go in tomorrow to be jabbed)
aliceporter.bsky.social
I'm really looking forward to meeting my first tiny Sharon
aliceporter.bsky.social
Night clubs really do have the worst names
aliceporter.bsky.social
Literally more people at my friends 70th on Saturday than in that hall
aliceporter.bsky.social
My parents have some homemade elderberry wine in the larder from the late 80s/early 90s, possibly earlier. They keep saying 'must drink that one day'
aliceporter.bsky.social
My Grandparents apparently had a rum-making phase 😬
A bottle (1980s?) of 'Bitter Lemon Drink' with a small white, hand-written, label 'MARROW RUM'. A quantity of brown liquid is visible in the bottom of the bottle, unclear how much exactly
aliceporter.bsky.social
The hip thrusts 😂😂😂
aliceporter.bsky.social
Oral contraceptives are used for a lot more than only contraception, but yes, you're right they would be useless for those who are post-menopausal
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garius.bsky.social
A lot of people don't understand how pensions (or benefits) really work.

They picture a national savings account in which their 'own' taxes are stored until they retire.

Not that they were paying for the person before them, and now someone else is doing it for them, so inflation doesn't screw them
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On a bus. Fares across Worcestershire are £1 per journey every weekend in October.

Four seniors boarded. They are loudly complaining. Quote: "They shouldn't do this £1 fare. It's workshy folk getting stuff for free yet again. No-one gives us pensioners anything."

The seniors all used bus passes.