Alice
@otheralice.bsky.social
Me, putting away all the newborn clothing people bought my baby which she has worn once before growing out of
What I love about that six word Hemingway story, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" is that in those few words we instantly grasp the sadness of what it is trying to tell us: the baby was so freakishly massive when it was born that it could never wear the shoes its parents had bought for it.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, putting away all the newborn clothing people bought my baby which she has worn once before growing out of
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I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
Kids can't hang out in parks. They can't hang out at the mall. They don't have 3rd spaces because no one wants kids around and then we are surprised when they rely on SM for connection.
If you take that away, what do they have left?
If you take that away, what do they have left?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
We have taken baby for her first coffee shop brunch, hampered only slightly by the enormous pram and how busy it is today. First dry day in a while so I think everyone had the same idea.
February 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM
We have taken baby for her first coffee shop brunch, hampered only slightly by the enormous pram and how busy it is today. First dry day in a while so I think everyone had the same idea.
It's sleeting outside, so baby and I have not been able to go for our walk, and also she has a sore tummy and has spent the last few hours howling intermittently. But she's finally asleep and I have a new book to read.
February 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It's sleeting outside, so baby and I have not been able to go for our walk, and also she has a sore tummy and has spent the last few hours howling intermittently. But she's finally asleep and I have a new book to read.
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Please share the report, and if you fancy writing to your MP here's a link!
justiceforcreators.eaction.org.uk/write/
justiceforcreators.eaction.org.uk/write/
Justice for creators in the age of AI
justiceforcreators.eaction.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Please share the report, and if you fancy writing to your MP here's a link!
justiceforcreators.eaction.org.uk/write/
justiceforcreators.eaction.org.uk/write/
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The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that... contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs.
January 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that... contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs.
A few months ago a work colleague was particularly tired in a meeting, and when I asked if it was because his tiny baby had slept badly, he said no, the baby slept great! But he and his wife were so unused to her sleeping that long and they both freaked out and spent hours watching her sleep
January 28, 2026 at 2:38 AM
A few months ago a work colleague was particularly tired in a meeting, and when I asked if it was because his tiny baby had slept badly, he said no, the baby slept great! But he and his wife were so unused to her sleeping that long and they both freaked out and spent hours watching her sleep
WELL NOW
January 26, 2026 at 1:43 PM
WELL NOW
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Once again tapping my sign: ICE exist in the UK 🚨 They have had arrest powers since 2000. This government - not a hypothetical future one - is working harder than ever before to raid homes and businesses.
Immigration Enforcement raids at the highest level in UK history
Record number of arrests and raids of illegal workers across the UK including 187 raids in Northern Ireland leading to 234 arrests.
www.gov.uk
January 25, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Once again tapping my sign: ICE exist in the UK 🚨 They have had arrest powers since 2000. This government - not a hypothetical future one - is working harder than ever before to raid homes and businesses.
What's your sign? (taken from my therapists office in Cambridge, inexplicably)
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
What's your sign? (taken from my therapists office in Cambridge, inexplicably)
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
Burr has been really hesitant around me since we brought Baby home but he's just cuddled right up to us, purring away.
January 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Burr has been really hesitant around me since we brought Baby home but he's just cuddled right up to us, purring away.
The Grok/Twitter/X stuff is horrendous, and I am also really upset by how much I keep seeing the phrase 'child pornography'. They are sexual images of children (CSAM). Porn is adults, and it's perfectly possible for it to be fine and healthy and artistic. The two could not be more unalike.
January 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The Grok/Twitter/X stuff is horrendous, and I am also really upset by how much I keep seeing the phrase 'child pornography'. They are sexual images of children (CSAM). Porn is adults, and it's perfectly possible for it to be fine and healthy and artistic. The two could not be more unalike.
I had a baby! She is perfect and wonderful and miraculous. Today's milestone: dropped toast on baby while feeding her. And cereal. I am gonna need to build my 'eat one handed' skills
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I had a baby! She is perfect and wonderful and miraculous. Today's milestone: dropped toast on baby while feeding her. And cereal. I am gonna need to build my 'eat one handed' skills
@alexadwilson.bsky.social just sent you a dm, let me know if you don't get it x
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
@alexadwilson.bsky.social just sent you a dm, let me know if you don't get it x
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I like the implication in these pictures that on the other 364 days of the year, the zoo has only the vaguest sense of how many lions it should have
London Zoo are doing their annual stock take and it is a thing of joy (pics from Getty Images)
www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...
www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I like the implication in these pictures that on the other 364 days of the year, the zoo has only the vaguest sense of how many lions it should have
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Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.
Even if nobody wants to take action against Musk for building a CSAM generator, there are people using it who are based in the UK and those prompts are absolutely something that would get you on the sex offender's register. Absolutely no justification not to try to identify and prosecute users.
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.
Pretty sure we're now at 'no photos of baby at all on social media' because this very literally makes me want to throw up
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Pretty sure we're now at 'no photos of baby at all on social media' because this very literally makes me want to throw up
It is very very cold, but no snow forecast here. Probably lucky because I'm heading into the city for a nice day of shopping.
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
It is very very cold, but no snow forecast here. Probably lucky because I'm heading into the city for a nice day of shopping.
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The “political leaders are just always unpopular now” idea really does let Starmer’s operation off the hook for its deliberate efforts to alienate their own base.
The upsetting their own voters bit worked like a charm. Whatever else the plan was supposed to deliver…less so.
The upsetting their own voters bit worked like a charm. Whatever else the plan was supposed to deliver…less so.
I mean look at these graphs - 82% of 2024 Green voters disapprove of Starmer, 64% of LDs and 53% of the Labour voters *who explicitly voted for him less than two years ago.* That is not normal. I suspect it may be unprecedented.
December 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The “political leaders are just always unpopular now” idea really does let Starmer’s operation off the hook for its deliberate efforts to alienate their own base.
The upsetting their own voters bit worked like a charm. Whatever else the plan was supposed to deliver…less so.
The upsetting their own voters bit worked like a charm. Whatever else the plan was supposed to deliver…less so.
Today I have been mostly super tired and grumpy, plus the cat was unexpectedly sick everywhere (on the new hard floor as opposed to the new carpet, at least). Tomorrow will hopefully be more productive and less eventful.
December 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today I have been mostly super tired and grumpy, plus the cat was unexpectedly sick everywhere (on the new hard floor as opposed to the new carpet, at least). Tomorrow will hopefully be more productive and less eventful.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
I have had a fairly frustrating afternoon trying to construct a changing table, culminating in losing a crucial screw, and I would just like to register my hatred of allen keys.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I have had a fairly frustrating afternoon trying to construct a changing table, culminating in losing a crucial screw, and I would just like to register my hatred of allen keys.
This is an extremely good thread
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is an extremely good thread
I did like 80% of assembling an IKEA daybed but it's facing the wrong way and I need my husband to help me turn it around. Currently fighting the urge to just disassemble it and rotate it myself.
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I did like 80% of assembling an IKEA daybed but it's facing the wrong way and I need my husband to help me turn it around. Currently fighting the urge to just disassemble it and rotate it myself.