Stephanie Porter

Freelance writer and editor, managing editor for @boulderpub, and best friend of Luke the Dog.

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

@DamnAnimals Oh yay!! I'll see you there!!

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Some 11 million votes still to be counted in seven states. Trump's share of the vote has now dropped to 50.8 per cent -- on its way to roughly 50 per cent, maybe less, when all the votes are counted. Projected margin of victory has now fallen below 2 percentage points — 50.1 to 48.2. That's some "landslide."

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

@liamgallagher Ashcroft!!

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

@DamnAnimals omg i love him

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

A new single by @thecure can only be a good thing for the world

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Sisu. He was a stray who kept breaking into a Dollar General to steal a purple unicorn toy. Now he, and his unicorn, have been adopted. 14/10

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

@MerriamWebster akimbo!

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Little Buttons came into our little sanctuary @wearehappydoggo in Thailand looking for help.

A year ago I delivered her over to @liamgallagher and her perfect forever home.

I told her you are safe Agent Buttons, now get to work getting the band back together… (1/4) 🧵

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

@MerriamWebster Brouhaha!

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

A story that proves not all is bad in the world and which I guarantee will make you smile 😀

It features a street dog called Buttons, rock star @liamgallagher and the building of a hospital for a dog called Tina.

The stuff that dreams are made of… (1/8) 🧵

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

This is the heartwarming story of a street dog named Joy.

She was badly injured and we brought her in for treatment.

The only problem is she refused to stay back on the streets and comes back daily to visit her friends… (1/7) 🧵

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

@HawksleyWorkman @SonicConcerts Thank YOU! What a joy and a treat to be there. You guys are the best. ❤️

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

The 10 canine commandments…

⏰ My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be painful to me. Remember that before you commit to me

🐕 Give me time to understand what you want from me.
Place your trust in me. It’s crucial to my wellbeing.

🐶Don’t be angry with me for long, and don’t lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your entertainment, and your friends. I only have you.

🥰 Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don’t understand your words, I understand your voice when it’s speaking to me.

😔Be aware that however you treat me, I’ll never forget it.

🦷 Remember before you hit me: I have teeth that could easily crush the bones of your hand, but I choose not to bite you.

🤒 Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself is something might be bothering me. Perhaps I’m not getting the right food, or I’ve been in out in the sun too long, or my heart is getting old and weak.

🕰️ Take care of me when I get old. You too will grow old.

🤝 Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say, “I can’t bear to watch it,” or “Let it happen in my absence.” Everything is easier for me if you are there.

Remember I love you

#dogs #dogsofinstagram #doglover

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

Billy ❤️

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Billy has 2 bits of very big news to share.

The first is that he got groomed today and is feeling unbelievably good. ✂️ 🧼

He says it’s the youngest he’s felt in years and thinks it shows off his beast feature lovely… his ears.

But Billy has even bigger news (1/4) 🧵

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

@MerriamWebster penultimate!

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Jumbo passed away peacefully at 1pm yesterday. As always it was a sad moment but I got 22 months with the big guy after I took him in from the streets. I always think the amount of nicknames you have for a dog shows how much you love them. Jumbo, Big Fella, Jumbotron, Jumbalicious, Super Jumbo will be very missed.

He had a family but they left him behind during the pandemic. He then ended up on the streets living under a street food stall. His health battles were always ongoing but he was just about the happiest dog I’ve ever come across. He had a bigger social circle than me and used to visit the local restaurants, bars and his beloved 7-11 where he’d pretend he was starving and have people buying him sausages. The staff loved him so much he even patrolled the aisles and hung around the sausage area waiting for tourists.

I’ve 1000 memories in my head of the time we spent together. All good ones. Those will never leave me. What I loved about Jumbo is he welcomed Tina and Derek in for their end of life care and helped snoop when he was passing too. All since August. His end came quite quickly and it was his old street life catching up on his kidneys as they failed.

I’ve looked over to his spot on the couch for the last 24 hours or waited to hear his little steps coming but they don’t. I’ll miss him very badly and the toll lately has been hard to take but to be honest Jumbo is just one of those dogs that I was lucky enough to meet. Meeting him was one of the highlights of my life 🥰🙏

[Stephanie Porter @StephPorter42]

❤️❤️❤️

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

The Dogs of 2023

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A rousing performance of 'Fairytale of New York' was given by Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill at the funeral of Shane MacGowan in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. The performance was greeted by cheers inside and outside the church | https://t.co/a1x3oRVRMz

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

King Whacker was a street dog in Thailand who someone tried to kill with a pickaxe ⛏️. They came very close but he made a recovery and today he is in Scotland and enjoyed his first ever snow.

I know that dog so well from spending time with him and I can just see him totally at ease and enjoying his life. It’s nothing to do with the snow, the nice jackets he has or the treats he gets. He’s happy and content because he has his people now and his little brother. He had no future living on the streets and now his world is complete.

To anybody who adopts dogs and especially to Paul, Claire and Cooper who took Whacker in, you are all heroes to me.

Long live King Whacker of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥰

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Sometimes in life we can be stuck in a rut that we can’t seem to get out of. Case in point was Cindy Crawford. In just 7 weeks she’s made a start of a remarkable transformation. All she needed was…

🥘 Healthy food and portion control

🌴 A safe place to call home off the streets

💊 Medicine for her under active thyroid

🥰 Love from humans

I always remember her having to lay down and eat. How she wasn’t interested in the world at all. Her heavy breathing. How we were worried she’d have a heart attack. Her horrendous skin. All that is quickly starting to fade away as distant memories.

Cindy Crawford’s smile gets bigger by the day