Bored Aardvark
@boredaardvark.bsky.social
Interests palaeontology, art especially science and paleoart, science, medicine, history, sewing and beading. Most knowledgeable and least likely to engage in arguments about nutrition - what can I say, the pseudoscientific claptrap wears you down.
I had 15 years of what was labelled Chronic Refractive Migraine. Everyone I saw a new neurologist I said I thought it might be my hormones and was ignored. Didn’t push it because I was on hrt. Anyhow saw a menopause specialist, started me on testosterone and they disappeared. 15 fucking years 🤬.
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I had 15 years of what was labelled Chronic Refractive Migraine. Everyone I saw a new neurologist I said I thought it might be my hormones and was ignored. Didn’t push it because I was on hrt. Anyhow saw a menopause specialist, started me on testosterone and they disappeared. 15 fucking years 🤬.
You’ll need to link to it so people can see the sample size, how it was made representative and exactly what question they were asked.
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You’ll need to link to it so people can see the sample size, how it was made representative and exactly what question they were asked.
Oh god no - it’s normal in public health. Warn people somethjng might not be good for them, get howls of nanny state, don’t bother to tell them, get howl of “why did no one tell us?”
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh god no - it’s normal in public health. Warn people somethjng might not be good for them, get howls of nanny state, don’t bother to tell them, get howl of “why did no one tell us?”
All I can find from 2024 is some citizen‘s jury thing.
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
All I can find from 2024 is some citizen‘s jury thing.
Perhaps they’d not want you to speak for them and would actually like the choice to spend their final days in an excellent world class hospice facility or at home with world class end of life care? But hey we don’t get that unless we’re rich enough to pay for it, we get AD.
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Perhaps they’d not want you to speak for them and would actually like the choice to spend their final days in an excellent world class hospice facility or at home with world class end of life care? But hey we don’t get that unless we’re rich enough to pay for it, we get AD.
I’m actually pretty horrified about how many commenters here made exactly zero effort to find out the real story behind the headlines 🤦♀️.
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m actually pretty horrified about how many commenters here made exactly zero effort to find out the real story behind the headlines 🤦♀️.
If there‘s not an actual war on it’s just sparkling murder.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
If there‘s not an actual war on it’s just sparkling murder.
Most early adopter geeks already wear glasses, particularly the older ones who have the money to buy them. And I suspect they don’t come in the latest varifocals. Also what do you do when the sun’s out? Use those 1970s clip ons?
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Most early adopter geeks already wear glasses, particularly the older ones who have the money to buy them. And I suspect they don’t come in the latest varifocals. Also what do you do when the sun’s out? Use those 1970s clip ons?
FFS 🤦♀️. It’s only no matter what if you bear all the consequences.
The thinktank is also asking party members if they prefer “Labour politicians who have principles but are prepared to compromise to get the best outcome possible” or “Labour politicians who stand by their principles no matter what”.
The thinktank is also asking party members if they prefer “Labour politicians who have principles but are prepared to compromise to get the best outcome possible” or “Labour politicians who stand by their principles no matter what”.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
FFS 🤦♀️. It’s only no matter what if you bear all the consequences.
The thinktank is also asking party members if they prefer “Labour politicians who have principles but are prepared to compromise to get the best outcome possible” or “Labour politicians who stand by their principles no matter what”.
The thinktank is also asking party members if they prefer “Labour politicians who have principles but are prepared to compromise to get the best outcome possible” or “Labour politicians who stand by their principles no matter what”.
And prioritise the stuff you need done at the bottom of their list?
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
And prioritise the stuff you need done at the bottom of their list?
FFS you’d have got the same figures from any generation at that age. Talking In the phone is much harder than face to face, getting up early for work is grim and small talk about stuff you don’t care about excruciating. They’re just work skill sets to be learnt. Eat that frog boys and girls.
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
FFS you’d have got the same figures from any generation at that age. Talking In the phone is much harder than face to face, getting up early for work is grim and small talk about stuff you don’t care about excruciating. They’re just work skill sets to be learnt. Eat that frog boys and girls.
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold….
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold….
It’s not done in the mother. They grow the embryos for 5-7 days in a test tube, remove a few cells to send off for testing and freeze the embryo waiting for results.
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s not done in the mother. They grow the embryos for 5-7 days in a test tube, remove a few cells to send off for testing and freeze the embryo waiting for results.
I’m not sure this graph is useful. Isas and pension contributions are tax avoidance, as is the first £1k of your side hustle.
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I’m not sure this graph is useful. Isas and pension contributions are tax avoidance, as is the first £1k of your side hustle.
You don’t need to read a book to be able to pander to every left wing talking point.
December 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
You don’t need to read a book to be able to pander to every left wing talking point.
Great episode. It always amazes me quite how badly AI actually does stuff after all the money and effort that has been put into it.
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Great episode. It always amazes me quite how badly AI actually does stuff after all the money and effort that has been put into it.
Media distraction from foreign money.
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Media distraction from foreign money.
This is just horrific. There’s no way to easily calculate yourself what you’re owned with modern pensions - you’re often in 2 or 3 difference schemes as they've downgraded pensions over the years, together with a choice between two different ones with some legal judgements along the way.
December 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is just horrific. There’s no way to easily calculate yourself what you’re owned with modern pensions - you’re often in 2 or 3 difference schemes as they've downgraded pensions over the years, together with a choice between two different ones with some legal judgements along the way.
Yes so why leave them hanging around and pull a cell off them to test?
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yes so why leave them hanging around and pull a cell off them to test?
So instead of implanting the embryo as quickly as possible they leave it hanging around and pull a cell off to pay a load of money to a US company with little regulation to perform a test that at best will predict something is a few percentage more likely?
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So instead of implanting the embryo as quickly as possible they leave it hanging around and pull a cell off to pay a load of money to a US company with little regulation to perform a test that at best will predict something is a few percentage more likely?
Everybody knows who they all are, and their voters don’t care. Do the foreign money.
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Everybody knows who they all are, and their voters don’t care. Do the foreign money.
Did you leave a votive offering to the colossus of Mary Anning?
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did you leave a votive offering to the colossus of Mary Anning?
The most interesting thing in this is a journalist admitting they are desperate to speak to him because he drives clicks. Which explains the complete lack of proper scrutiny they subject him to.
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The most interesting thing in this is a journalist admitting they are desperate to speak to him because he drives clicks. Which explains the complete lack of proper scrutiny they subject him to.