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Currently catless cat person. Not a bot - here to quietly watch and listen, and occasionally share stuff I find interesting. UK ♾️ ♿️

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ME Association @meassociation.org.uk · 22h
This leaflet explores the history & causes of #MECFS, its overlap with #LongCovid, & predisposing, precipitating & perpetuating factors. It reviews what we know - & don’t know - about this multisystem illness, & current & future research. Written by Dr Shepherd. meassociation.org.uk/w6ph
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Someone holding the MEA's booklet 'What causes ME/CFS?' on a purple background. 
Wording reads: What Causes ME/CFS? Updated booklet.
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Ana @anamcarabee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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ME Association @meassociation.org.uk · 02/10/2026
The American Psychological Association: The hidden harms of medical gaslighting   Read more: www.apa.org/monitor/2026/10/harms-m…  #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #Fibromyalgia #Endometriosis #MedicalGaslighting
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a woman sat in bed, with her head in her hands. 
Wording reads: The American Psychological Association: The hidden harm of medical gaslighting. 
MEA logo.
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Ana @anamcarabee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worth 5m 37s of your time 👇🏻
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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Make the NHS modules on #ME compulsory instead of voluntary c.org/TGcmGtvN98a
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Make ME/CFS learning mandatory for NHS staff
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As I lay in bed with PEM, always grateful to my colleague @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for helping bring M.E. into mainstream attention. The way people with M.E. are ignored and actively harmed by medics who have been trusted to help them is a hidden scandal. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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ME Association @meassociation.org.uk · 23/09/2026
1/2: Final call for this round of new volunteers - apply by 27th September! ME Connect is our frontline support service, offering support to people with ME/CFS over the phone and via email. If you have empathy and understanding for those living with ME/CFS, we would love to hear from you. #MECFS
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of two people holding hands in support. Heading: "Could you volunteer with our ME Connect Support Line?"
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ME Association @meassociation.org.uk · 22/09/2026
1/2: The Overlapping Illness Alliance has written to The Telegraph in response to their article, How having a disability became cool, published on 5 September 2026. Read the letter: www.overlappingillnessalliance.org.… #MECFS
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dismayed by defeat of the assisted dying bill. Nothing was won today – no new palliative care funding, no new disability support. And the suffering that brought this bill to parliament remains.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 10/09/2026
“Women and girls have been known for about 100 years to have subtler but not necessarily “milder” challenges for conditions like autism, but awareness and diagnostic practices5 are only beginning to catch up.” From @drstevenkapp.bsky.social: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
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expert reaction to study of changes in characteristics associated with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses over time | Science Media Centre
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 07/09/2026
It seems to me that if one wishes to have a citizen protest, then one shouldn't be able to do it with a preemptive masking of one's identity. In a democratic context, a citizen protest is an open conversation with the state. Visible. Identifiable. Hidden subversion is something else.
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Ana @anamcarabee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We should put this sign on every politician's desk
What would Dolly do?
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Clarion Call Online event FREE Thurs Aug 20th 11 AM - 12:30 PM GMT+1 Gathering of neurodivergent people to discuss the current noise coming from the media regarding Autistic & other neurodivergent people With @vivdawes.bsky.social @petewharmby.com & more www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clarion-ca...
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Clarion Call
A gathering of neurodivergent people to discuss the current noise coming from the media regarding autistic and other neurodivergent people
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 13/08/2026
"Disability does not require 2 people to have = conditions, prognoses, visibility of impairment or support needs. The existence of somebody with a progressive neurological disease does not make another person’s disability less legitimate." @drmbothapsych.bsky.social: www.linkedin.com/pulse/ahead-...
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Ahead of "The Great ADHD Myth" We Deserve Better Than a Manufactured Controversy
There is a substantial international evidence base supporting ADHD as a clinically meaningful neurodevelopmental "neurotype". The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement drew togeth...
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 11/08/2026
There is no safe amount of hate you can ingest. There's no 'lite' version you can incorporate into your respectability. It can't be bargained with. It's the scabrous tail that ultimately wags you.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 09/08/2026
Dear journalists: Please stop featuring parents who obviously resent their autistic children, belittle things their children love, and catastrophize their disabilities. Dunking on kids is a shitty thing for any parent to do. That includes autistic children (kids or adults). 1/2
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
As an aside, those politicians who created the current crisis - increasing prison sentences for tabloid applause while cutting prisons and courts to the bone - may want to quietly reflect on their culpability, instead of running for the megaphone in an unedifying fumble for clicks.
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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Google: *shoots Google assistant.* It's Gemini or NOTHING! Me: I choose nothing. Google: I knew you'd come to the ri—wait, what did you say? Me: *takes a bite of a pimento cheese sandwich* *mumbles "muhfing" through crumbs*
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 05/08/2026
A late-discovered autistic woman who spent her whole life masking her autistic traits in order to avoid attracting attention has recently been accused of faking her autism diagnosis to obtain said attention.
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Woman who spent life masking autism to avoid attention now accused of faking autism for attention
A late-discovered autistic woman who spent her whole life masking her autistic traits in order to avoid attracting attention has recently been accused of faking her autism diagnosis to obtain said…
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 04/08/2026
"If the world were built for me no one would ever assume poor eye contact meant low trustworthiness. If the world were built for me my fingernails and hair would never need cutting." From autistic writer Rhi Williams: autistrhi.com/2020/07/06/if/ #autism #autistic #neurodiversity
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If the world were built for me
If the world were built for me there would be no start times or end times, there would just be the work that needed doing and the space in which to do it. If the world were built for me no one woul…
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hurrah! Another amazing award - it has been wonderful to be part of @thrivingautistic.bsky.social's animations team! Delighted that our Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic animation has been selected for Neurocinema 2026!
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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."
The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in
FIFA competitions, football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure. From that moment onwards, every decision on the international calendar, every decision on competition formats and every decision shaping the future of football is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.
This model has no place in world football. Football's future cannot be dictated by the expectations of those whose first duty is to maximise financial return. Nor can the interests of national associations, leagues, clubs, players and supporters become subordinate to investor returns. Football cannot mortgage its future for financial gain.
Europe's position is clear. We will never lend this model our legitimacy. No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Ein Angriff auf dich ist ein Angriff auf uns alle.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 23/07/2026
Our progressive thought-shapers need to stop treating autism and disability as rare and tragic exceptions, instead of commonplace, both now and throughout history. Parents-to-be need to be aware that autism is a possibility they can prepare for, not a tragedy. #autism #parenting #neurodiversity
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 23/07/2026
Reform UK officials claim that Farage was “not politically active” and “not even considering” standing as an MP when he received a £5m “gift”. They’re not telling the truth. ❌ hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/22/s...
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Schrödinger’s Candidate: Reform UK's excuses for Farage just don't add up – HOPE not hate
Reform UK officials claim that Farage was “not politically active” and “not even considering” standing as an MP when he received a £5m “gift”. They’re...
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 21/07/2026
No, autism is NOT overdiagnosed. It is *under diagnosed*, especially in autistics who aren't white boys from financially stable families. Anyone who claims we are overdiagnosing autism is either misinformed, or cruel, or both. #autism #neurodiversity
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 10/07/2026
Many autistic people 'act out' because they are bored. They don’t have enough to do, don’t like their options, &/or want things to change but aren’t able to make it happen. We have advice for identifying sources of autistic distress that might not be obvious: thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti...
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Autism Checklist of DOOM
Our autism checklist of doom is meant to help people the kinds of things that may upset an autistic person, ones that aren't always obvious.
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Ana @anamcarabee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2026
Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
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Abir Mukherjee @radiomukhers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A little message about the Britain I love.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I love this idea of “radical listening” as a way of healing division. As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social writes: “they seem to have found a way of tearing down the walls dividing us. Do this everywhere, and who knows? We could have a very different country”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Imagine a technique that can heal Britain of division and keep out the hard right. I call it ‘radical listening’ | George Monbiot
In my constituency, a group of volunteers chats with people – most of whom find they are to the left of their voting intentions, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Ana @anamcarabee.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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James Oswald @sirbenfro.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I will never understand the effort folk put into hating people they will never meet and who will do no one any harm. Life's exhausting enough as it is. No need to go looking for more.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 18/03/2026
Miya Wilkes, 37, who counts several trans and non-binary people among her dearest friends, has announced that any law that discriminates against people she loves will be disregarded.
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Normally rule-following autistic says fuck transphobic laws
A cisgender autistic woman who is generally so law abiding she once performed a citizen’s arrest on herself for jaywalking will not acknowledge any evil transphobic legislation, it has been…
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Autistic Adam @autisticadam.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
What matters most about your interests is that they make your autistic self happy. Whether other people find them productive is irrelevant. You don't have to produce anything. You're not a machine. Some may like, others may not. Your interests are for you. Do what makes you happy.
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It is @weirdpride.bsky.social 4th March Our theme this year is Weird Pride in a Hostile World Weird Pride is a practice of becoming. A refusal to shrink. A quiet, feral devotion to staying alive as ourselves in a world that keeps trying to make us something else autisticrealms.com/weird-pride-...
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Weird Pride in a Hostile World | Autistic Realms
Weird Pride is a practice of becoming. A refusal to shrink. A quiet, feral devotion to staying alive as ourselves in a world that keeps trying to make us so ...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
No half-sentient person would trust Trump with a barbecue, and here we are watching him start a war to distract from his weapons grade depravity & incompetence.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/02/2026
If you think public spaces can be hostile for women now, wait until every man can use their Meta facial recognition glasses to identify any woman they see, slide instantly into their DMs, and then get mad when they don't instantly and positively respond. Burn this company to the ground.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 18/02/2026
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 05/02/2026
As we mourn the murders of autistic teens Otis and Leon Clune at the hands of their parents, we are forced to again state that however difficult it may be for families to support their disabled loved ones, murder is never excusable. There are always other options. Always. tinyurl.com/NoExcusesTPGA
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday Doubt has a habit of stealing dreams before they’ve even had a chance. Be kinder to yourself. Believe in yourself, even when your voice trembles.
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