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For Janey

To my trans friends, known and unknown in the States. 🏳️‍⚧️we see you🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️we appreciate you🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️we will find ways to support you🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️trans and lgbtq+ solidarity, always🏳️‍⚧️

As the late, great Maya Angelou said: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Hard to overstate how catastrophic this is for global public health. The WHO has helped save literally millions of lives, particularly those of children, from malnutrition, malaria, TB, HIV etc. Pure callous disregard for vulnerable humanity from Trump - as expected.

Looking for Shyla …

TW: DWP Amongst rather better-known false claims, the Lords’ Select Committee letter includes two glaring claims: 1, That the rise in disability is unrelated to NHS wait times and worsening healthcare. 2. That the WCA isn’t tough enough. This marks a worrying deterioration.

A little info re holiday ins for mad community. If you ring Avanti Travel Ins you can exclude your mental health conditions from the policy, this has just brought my quote down to £856 to £55 for the year making travel possible ✈️❤️ #MadCommunity #MentalHealth #TravelInsurance

📢 Stigma around people in poverty, benefits and welfare is key to understanding why poverty is still deemed acceptable in a country as wealthy as the UK. Read our recent report on stigma below: jrf.org.uk/stigma-power-a…

I sold my share in a house in Florida two days after Trump was elected I’m not going back to America any time soon. I will be leaving Twitter soon too as my values definitely don’t align with Musk. I’m over on Bluesky

“It felt like this invisible person was following me. It became really frightening and I got really unwell. I didn't feel safe” We spoke to the BBC about why we are calling for an end to Oxevision, CCTV and similar systems in psychiatric ward bedrooms bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (In collaboration with Zentrum für Politische Schönheit)

FT Leeds United 2-0 Norwich City Junior Firpo take a bow. Really helped change the game. Leeds keep ticking them off at Elland Road. Back to the top of the table ahead of a really big one. #lufc

Searching for a UK-based occupational therapist with expertise in learning disabilities and autism who can act as an expert in court proceedings. Please DM me with recommendations!

“The DWP told NatCen not to include any discussion of the figures showing how many ESA claimants had tried to take their own lives, or how many of them had had thoughts of suicide. And when NatCen passed its completed report to DWP, there was no mention of those figures“. What!!

Even the banks are not happy with DWP plans to take money directly from people's accounts, rightly so given the depts own errors and siezure of money is trespassing on possession which is an issue in law. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… What say you? Disability News Service Martin Lewis

Ethnic disparities in rapid tranquillisation use. drjohnabaker.co.uk/2025/01/21/eth…

A bit breezy but not bad with a lovely view of Sheffield

So after 14 glorious years I’m off Twitter. I’ve made friends lots whom I have met. I started up one of the first Tweetchats with a friend and I have learnt so much and I hope I’ve helped others along the way. I am over at Bluesky as my bio says .. It’s been a blast ☺️..

We can mostly google charities for ourselves thanks. All we want from you is to stop making our lives worse.