Girl on the NetJun 10, 2025

Sometimes life feels futile, like nothing you can do will ever make a difference. But that is almost never the case.

The UK has a shortage of blood right now, and they're urgently looking for more donors. If you're eligible to be a donor, you could literally save someone's life in less than an hour.

https://www.blood.co.uk/news-and-campaigns/campaigns/blood-donor-appeal/

Blood donor appeal

There are spaces to donate blood at some of our city centre venues.

NHS Blood Donation
Show threadGirl on the Net
Giving blood helps me too, to be honest. My baseline affirmation when I'm in the darkest depths of a depression pit is: "I might be a miserable, self-obsessed, failure of a person but at least I am keeping this meat sack alive so that once every 16 weeks I can give my lifeblood to someone who needs it. "
Jun 10, 2025 at 12:03pmWeb
Show threadjtonlineJun 10, 2025
@girlonthenet unfortunately they don't want my blood any more so the best I've got is trying to encourage people to (re)start donating :(
Show threadDarren du NordJun 10, 2025

@girlonthenet Me too. Its something I do regularly. Altruism feels good. Plus, there maybe, might be a chance donating blood lowers cancer risk.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4k37qz4g5o

#donateBlood #DonateBloodSaveLives

Giving blood linked to lower risk of pre-cancer gene

Frequent donors were more likely to have different genetic changes in their blood stem cells, scientists found.

Show threadNigel MetheringhamJun 10, 2025

@girlonthenet I guess you have done something - just looked at blood app on my phone and it’s taken me into a queue - never seen that before.

Anyhow I have my next donation already booked for mid July - aiming to hit a milestone by the end of the year

Show threadGirl on the NetJun 10, 2025
@nmeth hooray! Congrats!