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Alice
@armille.bsky.social
Yorkshire • ex prison teacher now in HE • a labrador's snack-wench • truly inclusive education, disability, theology, collective liberation, social justice, rugby & good food for all • trans rights are human rights • she/her
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Thank you for your prayers!

In Sept, I will be starting as a Formation Tutor for Ridley Hall (practical theology with a focus on reflective methodology)

I'm also going to be joining the UK Scouts International Events Medical Panel

And both roles will work alongside my current job. I am chuffed!
Two very exciting opportunities (for career development) have come up. One I've been interviewed for and one I've been headhunted for. Both, in theory, could work alongside my full-time job (which I love).

Prayers for wisdom in how to move forward would be much appreciated!
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I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies.

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Thank you @virginiaopossum.bsky.social for the help!
October 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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I’m an I’ll knock all this shit over, acknowledge & reckon with violence done in God’s name, everybody exercise consent & agency, we gotta make our tables big & accessible enough, honor our marked bodies & particularities, and imma steal away to nap then feed people like Jesus type Christian.
October 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
We are now 20 weeks (eeek half way!)

We are both doing really well

My body shape is currently: egg

We've had 6 scans & I've cried every single time

Little one is very active

I no longer throw up when I move

I have never been happier or more grateful
October 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Stopping by to say we had our dating scan today and all is well! A very wriggly baby, a strong heartbeat, and currently measuring at 12w5d.

We've still got a long way to go and there are times it all still feels scary. But we also have so much hope! Thank you for all your prayers for the 3 of us 💛
August 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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This is a genuine shame. Timpson was a rare example of an “industry expert” parachuted into government that was rooted in genuine expertise and integrity. With a prison brief burdened by cost cutting and punishment rather than investment and rehabilitation, Timpson feels a particular loss.
The day’s first casualty: James Timpson resigns as prisons minister. This is a big surprise! Timpson had a long history as a prisons reformer before entering government and seen as one of Starmer’s more innovative & exciting appointments. He’s also delivered a big change programme in gov. So: why?
Prisons minister Lord Timpson quits government
The businessman said it was an "honour" to serve in the post, but the BBC understands he feels he has achieved all he can in the role.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Good. IPP sentences are an abhorrent violation from our British government and criminal justice system
Britain accused of ‘serious human rights violations’ over failure to end indefinite jail terms
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-united-nations-prisons-b3015928.html
July 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
WE HAVE A STRONG AND HAPPY HEART BEAT!!!!!

We both shrieked with joy and sobbed. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen! Our next scan is in just over 2wks time (continued prayers would mean the world).
A successful pregnancy & a live birth (& a living me!) is what we desire most. Peace, joy & comfort throughout would be a very welcomed addition

I'll give an update next Fri after our first scan (when I'll be 7 1/2 weeks). For now - I'm very thankful that right now, we have another chance at this 💛
July 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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A persistent and tiresome joke of a candidate, constantly running unsuccessfully in elections to the annoyance of everyone, versus some guy with a bin on his head.
The prospect of Nigel Farage fighting a people vs the establishment by-election in which the only other candidate is Count Binface - is too hilarious for words.
July 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Some (big) life updates:

A few weeks ago it came to light that I meet the criteria for Antiphosphilipid Syndrome (APS). I'm yet to receive a formal diagnosis but it's likely APS is the reason behind our 3 miscarriages

Two days after getting this news, we found out I'm pregnant again
Please pray, friends. I have some uncertain health stuff going on which has left our heads spinning. Calling the hospital tomorrow for (hopefully) some clarity and (if needed) a plan for treatment. Prayers for a miracle, for smooth next steps and for strength would be very appreciated 💛
July 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Our lovely dog walker sent these photos of Mabel and her best friend, Bess. They look like they have perfected the art of the teenage candid photshoot!
July 1, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 😭I will have to wear a caftan in Margot's honour.
Dame Penelope Keith: The Good Life and To The Manor Born actress dies aged 86
The beloved actress starred in classic British sitcoms The Good Life and To The Manor Born.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 29, 2026 at 11:34 AM
'Disability acts as a method for revealing the living God to the community, not something that always needs to be prayed away to showcase God's power.'

- Dr. Amy Kenny, 'My Body Is Not a Prayer Request' (pg.7)
June 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Having to travel 1hr on public transport (no air-con) to spend the day sitting with our whole directorate in a poorly ventilated room (also with no air-con) for a conference where the keynote speech is about supporting students' wellbeing feels painfully ironic.
June 25, 2026 at 7:16 AM
"What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of ineligance."

- Jane Austen
Letter to Cassandra Austen
18th September 1796

SAME, GIRL
June 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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How I imagine the Central Line is this morning.
June 24, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Typically, I sign off my work emails with "warmest regards" but in this heat that feels like a threat
June 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Wishing my lovely B a happy father's day. It's not the one we expected this year and we promise to hold you extra close throughout today. We are so grateful for all you are and that you are ours.

(Mabel's gift to him was a car freshener in the shape of her face!)
June 21, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting
June 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
It's not really a beer festival in a rural British pub unless a stranger accidentally spills their drink on you and whilst then chatting, you discover the most tenuous thing in common prompting them to ask "I don't suppose you know ____" only to find out you in fact do.
June 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.
June 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Please pray, friends. I have some uncertain health stuff going on which has left our heads spinning. Calling the hospital tomorrow for (hopefully) some clarity and (if needed) a plan for treatment. Prayers for a miracle, for smooth next steps and for strength would be very appreciated 💛
June 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Very important now for all of us who work with young people to make it very clear to them that they can still come to us about things they see online that scare or concern them, even if it's something they are banned from accessing, and we won't be angry with them.
June 15, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Under 16s to be banned from social media, and a white supremacist who fuels riots on our streets, still allowed to run a whole platform.
June 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
'Pulling an Alice' either means becoming very excited and talking at length when someone politely asks about a niche subject of interest or cooking enough food for the entire neighbourhood when having people over for dinner
If you heard someone say they had “pulled a [your name]”, what would you interpret that to mean
June 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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“We don't need a kinder, more inclusive settler colonialism—a bigger tower built on the same rotten unstable base. A decolonized faith says no to empire consistently, outside and within. Our safety & security cannot come at the expense of anyone else. May we see that ever more clearly.”
Patty Krawec
June 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM