Dr Alice Violett
@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy
Worrier princess. Very into books, alternative music, board games, cats, and the Oxford comma. Web editor, erstwhile historian, book blogger, occasional short […]
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Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
I suppose it was inevitable that the GBR livery would look like a BNP party political broadcast from the 1990s - like having your eyes assaulted by red, white, and blue.
The roundabout painters will doubtless feel very proud, filling these trains with piss and cocaine farts on the way to shout […]
The roundabout painters will doubtless feel very proud, filling these trains with piss and cocaine farts on the way to shout […]
Original post on xtaldave.net
xtaldave.net
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I suppose it was inevitable that the GBR livery would look like a BNP party political broadcast from the 1990s - like having your eyes assaulted by red, white, and blue.
The roundabout painters will doubtless feel very proud, filling these trains with piss and cocaine farts on the way to shout […]
The roundabout painters will doubtless feel very proud, filling these trains with piss and cocaine farts on the way to shout […]
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
EMAIL WRAPPED 2025
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
Original post on discuss.systems
discuss.systems
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
EMAIL WRAPPED 2025
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
Kinda want to listen to the song Health released today, kinda want to save it for Friday when the rest of the album comes out.
Already knowing fully half of the songs, however good they are, takes some of the fun out of a new album release, I have to say.
Already knowing fully half of the songs, however good they are, takes some of the fun out of a new album release, I have to say.
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Kinda want to listen to the song Health released today, kinda want to save it for Friday when the rest of the album comes out.
Already knowing fully half of the songs, however good they are, takes some of the fun out of a new album release, I have to say.
Already knowing fully half of the songs, however good they are, takes some of the fun out of a new album release, I have to say.
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
This image could be intepreted in many ways. But right now, for me, it means that I can do everything "right" (pacing, etc) and yet still crash!
I didn't fail. This endless struggle with PEM is just part of living with ME/CFS.
art by @thelatestkate
#mecfs #chronicillness #kindness
I didn't fail. This endless struggle with PEM is just part of living with ME/CFS.
art by @thelatestkate
#mecfs #chronicillness #kindness
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This image could be intepreted in many ways. But right now, for me, it means that I can do everything "right" (pacing, etc) and yet still crash!
I didn't fail. This endless struggle with PEM is just part of living with ME/CFS.
art by @thelatestkate
#mecfs #chronicillness #kindness
I didn't fail. This endless struggle with PEM is just part of living with ME/CFS.
art by @thelatestkate
#mecfs #chronicillness #kindness
Me: why have I had 99 Red Balloons stuck in my head?!
*listens to Nation by Home Front ft. Cal Graham*
Me: ahh, right.
(Well, I think they sound a bit alike 🤷♀️)
*listens to Nation by Home Front ft. Cal Graham*
Me: ahh, right.
(Well, I think they sound a bit alike 🤷♀️)
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Me: why have I had 99 Red Balloons stuck in my head?!
*listens to Nation by Home Front ft. Cal Graham*
Me: ahh, right.
(Well, I think they sound a bit alike 🤷♀️)
*listens to Nation by Home Front ft. Cal Graham*
Me: ahh, right.
(Well, I think they sound a bit alike 🤷♀️)
Finally feeling able to do a task that I could not compute last Wednesday.
Not unrelated: I've just had a Red Bull and a whole chocolate Santa.
Not unrelated: I've just had a Red Bull and a whole chocolate Santa.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Finally feeling able to do a task that I could not compute last Wednesday.
Not unrelated: I've just had a Red Bull and a whole chocolate Santa.
Not unrelated: I've just had a Red Bull and a whole chocolate Santa.
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
🆕 blog! “Book Review: Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger”
★★★★★
This book is astonishingly good. A high-flying career woman thinks she's going through the menopause but she isn't. She's becoming a werewolf.
That, as it turns out, is more than enough of a premise to drive this book.
What I loved […]
★★★★★
This book is astonishingly good. A high-flying career woman thinks she's going through the menopause but she isn't. She's becoming a werewolf.
That, as it turns out, is more than enough of a premise to drive this book.
What I loved […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🆕 blog! “Book Review: Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger”
★★★★★
This book is astonishingly good. A high-flying career woman thinks she's going through the menopause but she isn't. She's becoming a werewolf.
That, as it turns out, is more than enough of a premise to drive this book.
What I loved […]
★★★★★
This book is astonishingly good. A high-flying career woman thinks she's going through the menopause but she isn't. She's becoming a werewolf.
That, as it turns out, is more than enough of a premise to drive this book.
What I loved […]
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
Found without source, but f'ing relatable. -.-
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Found without source, but f'ing relatable. -.-
Only working two days this week! Nonetheless aggrieved that I've had to swap my cosy bed for the fresh hell machine today.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Only working two days this week! Nonetheless aggrieved that I've had to swap my cosy bed for the fresh hell machine today.
#mondayrandom10 VLC, 7,605 tracks. Swear it always gives me Alkaline Trio and/or Hot Water Music. This is the first time the same artist has appeared twice.
1. Deftones - 7 Words
2. Chelsea Wolfe - Iron Moon
3. Dresden Dolls - The Jeep Song
4. Far - Give Me a Reason
5. Hot Water Music - Turn […]
1. Deftones - 7 Words
2. Chelsea Wolfe - Iron Moon
3. Dresden Dolls - The Jeep Song
4. Far - Give Me a Reason
5. Hot Water Music - Turn […]
Original post on ohai.social
ohai.social
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#mondayrandom10 VLC, 7,605 tracks. Swear it always gives me Alkaline Trio and/or Hot Water Music. This is the first time the same artist has appeared twice.
1. Deftones - 7 Words
2. Chelsea Wolfe - Iron Moon
3. Dresden Dolls - The Jeep Song
4. Far - Give Me a Reason
5. Hot Water Music - Turn […]
1. Deftones - 7 Words
2. Chelsea Wolfe - Iron Moon
3. Dresden Dolls - The Jeep Song
4. Far - Give Me a Reason
5. Hot Water Music - Turn […]
This week's charts...
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This week's charts...
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
Zuckerberg has blown 77 billion – enough money to revitalize entire countries – on an idea so overwhelmingly, obviously stupid that I have never once heard anyone, from the Thanksgiving avuncular table to the most wretched depths of social media, say they liked it or even tried it. He was so […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Zuckerberg has blown 77 billion – enough money to revitalize entire countries – on an idea so overwhelmingly, obviously stupid that I have never once heard anyone, from the Thanksgiving avuncular table to the most wretched depths of social media, say they liked it or even tried it. He was so […]
Plans for this week:
- Monday and Tuesday: work
- Wednesday: Emotional Madness Xmas party
Thursday: recovering social/alcohol/both hangover
Friday: no plans, but who takes Wednesday and Thursday off work but not Friday?!
Saturday: ?????
Sunday: board games
- Monday and Tuesday: work
- Wednesday: Emotional Madness Xmas party
Thursday: recovering social/alcohol/both hangover
Friday: no plans, but who takes Wednesday and Thursday off work but not Friday?!
Saturday: ?????
Sunday: board games
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Plans for this week:
- Monday and Tuesday: work
- Wednesday: Emotional Madness Xmas party
Thursday: recovering social/alcohol/both hangover
Friday: no plans, but who takes Wednesday and Thursday off work but not Friday?!
Saturday: ?????
Sunday: board games
- Monday and Tuesday: work
- Wednesday: Emotional Madness Xmas party
Thursday: recovering social/alcohol/both hangover
Friday: no plans, but who takes Wednesday and Thursday off work but not Friday?!
Saturday: ?????
Sunday: board games
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
But the best part must be this map of “unlicensed beavers in England“
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
But the best part must be this map of “unlicensed beavers in England“
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
I love everything about this story. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/07/no-one-knows-where-it-came-from-first-wild-beaver-spotted-in-norfolk-for-400-years
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I love everything about this story. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/07/no-one-knows-where-it-came-from-first-wild-beaver-spotted-in-norfolk-for-400-years
Me: I should pick up a couple of bits in town before I play board games.
*remembers Christmas market is on in town today*
Me: I should probably pick up those bits on another day when I'm less likely to puff up like a cat because there are too many people milling around 😌
*remembers Christmas market is on in town today*
Me: I should probably pick up those bits on another day when I'm less likely to puff up like a cat because there are too many people milling around 😌
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Me: I should pick up a couple of bits in town before I play board games.
*remembers Christmas market is on in town today*
Me: I should probably pick up those bits on another day when I'm less likely to puff up like a cat because there are too many people milling around 😌
*remembers Christmas market is on in town today*
Me: I should probably pick up those bits on another day when I'm less likely to puff up like a cat because there are too many people milling around 😌
Surprised by the results of this poll. Imagine feeling confident you could handle an exam, and not worried everything you'd revised would disappear from your head, or that it would ask you about course content you'd somehow completely missed in the first place […]
Original post on ohai.social
ohai.social
December 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Surprised by the results of this poll. Imagine feeling confident you could handle an exam, and not worried everything you'd revised would disappear from your head, or that it would ask you about course content you'd somehow completely missed in the first place […]
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
Is it really a Murakami story if there isn't a terrible description of a female body? In this case a 17yo boy is describing a 16yo girl:
"The balance between the size of your nose and your eyes was off-kilter, but for some reason that imbalance attracted me."
#murakami
"The balance between the size of your nose and your eyes was off-kilter, but for some reason that imbalance attracted me."
#murakami
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Is it really a Murakami story if there isn't a terrible description of a female body? In this case a 17yo boy is describing a 16yo girl:
"The balance between the size of your nose and your eyes was off-kilter, but for some reason that imbalance attracted me."
#murakami
"The balance between the size of your nose and your eyes was off-kilter, but for some reason that imbalance attracted me."
#murakami
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
The dates do give it a bit of an "in memoriam" vibe but we're not there yet.
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The dates do give it a bit of an "in memoriam" vibe but we're not there yet.
#thesundaystarter The Chameleons - Home Is Where The Heart Is
https://youtu.be/kOl9lohiMP8
This morning's earworm. The synth swells always put me in mind of It's My Life.
https://youtu.be/kOl9lohiMP8
This morning's earworm. The synth swells always put me in mind of It's My Life.
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#thesundaystarter The Chameleons - Home Is Where The Heart Is
https://youtu.be/kOl9lohiMP8
This morning's earworm. The synth swells always put me in mind of It's My Life.
https://youtu.be/kOl9lohiMP8
This morning's earworm. The synth swells always put me in mind of It's My Life.
Nice article featuring some familiar names. Wonder if they read my thesis as part of the research...
How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyv7211jljo
How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyv7211jljo
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Nice article featuring some familiar names. Wonder if they read my thesis as part of the research...
How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyv7211jljo
How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyv7211jljo
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
me telling someone i run my own personal website
'oh how many people read it?'
hhhhhhhhh "well you see unlike some big tech companies, i dont actually track everyone who accesses it, so i actually dont know the answer to this question!"
'oh how many people read it?'
hhhhhhhhh "well you see unlike some big tech companies, i dont actually track everyone who accesses it, so i actually dont know the answer to this question!"
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
me telling someone i run my own personal website
'oh how many people read it?'
hhhhhhhhh "well you see unlike some big tech companies, i dont actually track everyone who accesses it, so i actually dont know the answer to this question!"
'oh how many people read it?'
hhhhhhhhh "well you see unlike some big tech companies, i dont actually track everyone who accesses it, so i actually dont know the answer to this question!"
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
The Christmas cards must be written, and predictably, Fae (Greater London, UK) is extremely invested in making the process something of an obstacle course. Cat News has received no information about whether the task was completed.
#cats #cat #CatNews #catsofmastodon […]
[Original post on mas.to]
#cats #cat #CatNews #catsofmastodon […]
[Original post on mas.to]
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Christmas cards must be written, and predictably, Fae (Greater London, UK) is extremely invested in making the process something of an obstacle course. Cat News has received no information about whether the task was completed.
#cats #cat #CatNews #catsofmastodon […]
[Original post on mas.to]
#cats #cat #CatNews #catsofmastodon […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Reposted by Dr Alice Violett
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM