Alice
@armille.bsky.social
Yorkshire • i like to cook • president of my husband's fan club • a labrador's snack-wench • ex prison teacher now in HE • avid reader • big on justice reform, rehabilitation, access to education, social history, nature, rugby & good food for all •she/her
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Alice
@armille.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Sometimes, I worry that I'm not cool enough, but then I remember I have a Lego Hamlet and laugh that I ever doubted myself
Taking myself on a date to the cinema tomorrow evening to watch H is for Hawk!
Never gone alone before but I've decided I need to take myself on dates more often. I wonder if I'll get the pre-date jitters? Will I like me? Do I shave my legs?
Never gone alone before but I've decided I need to take myself on dates more often. I wonder if I'll get the pre-date jitters? Will I like me? Do I shave my legs?
February 4, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Taking myself on a date to the cinema tomorrow evening to watch H is for Hawk!
Never gone alone before but I've decided I need to take myself on dates more often. I wonder if I'll get the pre-date jitters? Will I like me? Do I shave my legs?
Never gone alone before but I've decided I need to take myself on dates more often. I wonder if I'll get the pre-date jitters? Will I like me? Do I shave my legs?
This entire thread 🧵
Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 AM
This entire thread 🧵
This takes me straight back to summer evenings spent laughing over a pint in the Granta (or as our college fondly named it 'seminar room 3'!)
Pastel of Newnham Mill pond, Cambridge, with punts and the Granta pub. Note the ducks swimming through the water lilies in the foreground.
#pastel #cambridge #newnham #punting
#pastel #cambridge #newnham #punting
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 AM
This takes me straight back to summer evenings spent laughing over a pint in the Granta (or as our college fondly named it 'seminar room 3'!)
He's great at this. Unrattled, reasonable, and manages to make this ridiculous question look just that without overdoing it.
#bbclaurak tries to get a gotcha. Zack, you refuse to fly. How can you be a candidate for high office if you'd refuse to ever get on a plane?
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
He's great at this. Unrattled, reasonable, and manages to make this ridiculous question look just that without overdoing it.
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“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?!
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?!
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
"Don't let anyone tell you that this isn't your home" ❤️
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"Don't let anyone tell you that this isn't your home" ❤️
this is who runs this account
February 1, 2026 at 7:21 AM
this is who runs this account
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This made me cry, no lie. Complicated reasons, one being its fuck you to the baked-in structures and strictures of the world that consider harm to be inevitable.
January 31, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This made me cry, no lie. Complicated reasons, one being its fuck you to the baked-in structures and strictures of the world that consider harm to be inevitable.
I am very very happy for my tax to go towards the education of others.
Supporting other people to thrive is exactly where I want my tax to go, actually.
Supporting other people to thrive is exactly where I want my tax to go, actually.
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 29, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I am very very happy for my tax to go towards the education of others.
Supporting other people to thrive is exactly where I want my tax to go, actually.
Supporting other people to thrive is exactly where I want my tax to go, actually.
Lots of tears and feeling exhausted by grief tonight but I am so grateful to have this little face right by my side at all times. Dogs bring so much joy
(Photo taken at Christmas ... we do not have our tree still up 😅)
(Photo taken at Christmas ... we do not have our tree still up 😅)
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Lots of tears and feeling exhausted by grief tonight but I am so grateful to have this little face right by my side at all times. Dogs bring so much joy
(Photo taken at Christmas ... we do not have our tree still up 😅)
(Photo taken at Christmas ... we do not have our tree still up 😅)
I haven't been to church (as in the organised service in a building sense) regularly for two years. My faith in God has not been shaken. My love for and trust in the Church definitely has.
I've started reading Rachel Held Evan's 'Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving & Finding the Church' and
I've started reading Rachel Held Evan's 'Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving & Finding the Church' and
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I haven't been to church (as in the organised service in a building sense) regularly for two years. My faith in God has not been shaken. My love for and trust in the Church definitely has.
I've started reading Rachel Held Evan's 'Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving & Finding the Church' and
I've started reading Rachel Held Evan's 'Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving & Finding the Church' and
In other words, she wants to "stop the boats" for those fleeing for their lives but will happily jump ship from a sinking one
NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
In other words, she wants to "stop the boats" for those fleeing for their lives but will happily jump ship from a sinking one
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We start here. Keep your heart fiercely kind, especially towards the vulnerable.
January 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
We start here. Keep your heart fiercely kind, especially towards the vulnerable.
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babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel
January 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel
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If you live in the UK and you were shocked to see the US ICE seize a 5 year old boy, don't forget this is what Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK want for our country.
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM
If you live in the UK and you were shocked to see the US ICE seize a 5 year old boy, don't forget this is what Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK want for our country.
My labrador ADORES singing. And by adores I mean that when ever B or I sing around the house she goes up onto her back legs to get us to hold her paws and dance with her.
January 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
My labrador ADORES singing. And by adores I mean that when ever B or I sing around the house she goes up onto her back legs to get us to hold her paws and dance with her.
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Great coverage of ‘A Giant on the Bridge’ in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
Between the bars: theatrical gig about life after prison reveals hard truths of homecoming
A Giant on the Bridge, performed by a ‘Scottish indie folk supergroup’, draws on dozens of interviews about the confines former prisoners experience on the outside
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Great coverage of ‘A Giant on the Bridge’ in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
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It's bizarre that some politicians are trying to behave as if the US president were sane, or capable of reason or moral judgement.
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
It's bizarre that some politicians are trying to behave as if the US president were sane, or capable of reason or moral judgement.
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We need some new email sign offs: "yours sincerely," and "best wishes," and all those are done. So I'm thinking
- clement tidings,
- supposedly,
- in accordance with the law,
- with buyers remorse,
- questing after justice,
- in the hope of more hooplah,
- guessing,
- with gentle reminders,
- clement tidings,
- supposedly,
- in accordance with the law,
- with buyers remorse,
- questing after justice,
- in the hope of more hooplah,
- guessing,
- with gentle reminders,
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
We need some new email sign offs: "yours sincerely," and "best wishes," and all those are done. So I'm thinking
- clement tidings,
- supposedly,
- in accordance with the law,
- with buyers remorse,
- questing after justice,
- in the hope of more hooplah,
- guessing,
- with gentle reminders,
- clement tidings,
- supposedly,
- in accordance with the law,
- with buyers remorse,
- questing after justice,
- in the hope of more hooplah,
- guessing,
- with gentle reminders,
Oh, I love living in Yorkshire!
Yorkshire’s small gardens are places of quiet ingenuity, tucked behind terraces, squeezed beside stone cottages, or folded into hillsides, where every inch is made to count. Weathered walls shelter herbs, pots climb upwards instead of outwards, and beauty is built
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Oh, I love living in Yorkshire!
Went for my first lot of blood tests investigating our recurrent miscarriages & the phlebotomy waiting room is directly outside the door of the maternity unit. I sat with my head down - as pregnant people & those with their newborns passed by me for 30 mins - sobbing.
Such a cruel situation.
Such a cruel situation.
January 19, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Went for my first lot of blood tests investigating our recurrent miscarriages & the phlebotomy waiting room is directly outside the door of the maternity unit. I sat with my head down - as pregnant people & those with their newborns passed by me for 30 mins - sobbing.
Such a cruel situation.
Such a cruel situation.
Very excited to be joining this webinar on Tuesday!
Neurodiversity matters, and so does how we ask questions. In criminal justice settings, the way questions are framed can either support understanding or create barriers.
Join Dr Katie Maras as she explores techniques to improve communication with neurodivergent people.
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Join Dr Katie Maras as she explores techniques to improve communication with neurodivergent people.
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The Science of Asking: Neurodiversity and Evidence-Based Questioning · Luma
Asking questions in ways that reflect different ways of thinking can significantly improve communication, understanding and outcomes for neurodivergent…
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January 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Very excited to be joining this webinar on Tuesday!
Yes. All of this 🧵
the thing is, universal human rights are only universal if they include everyone, even the groups of people society has decided are less important (children, prisoners, people with names you can't pronounce, homeless people, the unemployed, disabled people who don't make good inspiration porn, etc)
January 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Yes. All of this 🧵