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Mandy Colleran

@disabilitydiva.bsky.social
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Disabled woman. Feminist. Socialist. Scouser. Bibliophile. Short of stature but never opinion!

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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This. Gracious and full of humanity. (Via Suzanne Moore)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, And I'll put them in cages surrounded By alligator-infested swamps.
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Israel Slaughters Dozens in Attack on Popular #Gaza Cafe as Trump Claims a Ceasefire Deal is Moving Forward open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Israel Slaughters Dozens in Attack on Popular Gaza Cafe as Trump Claims a Ceasefire Deal is Moving Forward
Israel is intensifying its mass-killing operations in Gaza as Netanyahu plans White House visit. Hamas says no real progress on a deal
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
he's right and he's right to say it
screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says: "By the way, did you all notice how Zohran made affordability a central issue of his campaign without selling out trans kids or shitting on immigrants? Might be some lessons there. Just a thought."
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
“The Starmer-Reeves-Kendall axis behind this Bill are exposed as uncaring, unthoughtful, ill-prepared & dogmatically driven by this amendment.” #DisabilityBenefits #PIP Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
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Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother
To suggest that Keir Starmer is in a spot of bother with his Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. This lot have, so far, opposed his Bill by tabling an amendment that effectively ...
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 08/06/2025
Created and directed by Hideo Kojima
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Surprise surprise – the myth of the “millionaire exodus” has been conclusively debunked as misinformation spread by those who don’t want to see wealth taxed fairly (because they’ve got a lot of it!) Time for the govt to stop hiding behind this excuse and bring in a wealth tax
Screenshot of text reading "Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals"
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Absolutely. This is one of the main reasons why the proposed Assisted Death Bill is so dangerous in the long term.
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Natacha Horn @natachahorn.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Stop arming Israel! #freepalestine
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP
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Merry Cross @merryx24.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Sending warmth and strength to every disabled person on here. It seems that with our awareness of how society is once again pushing us further out, we are all feeling higher levels of anxiety than our 'normal'. But the harder they push, the louder our voices. Solidarity.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
'The Government wants to cut PIP to "help" disabled people work but the Access to Work system meant to support that is broken • 6+ month delays • 20,000 people on wait list Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will. Tell the Government to STOP' #TakingThePIP via @disabilityrebel.bsky.social
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
YES Wout!!! #GirodItalia
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 18/05/2025
"Britain still has significant diplomatic weight." "Well it ain’t working. Because the kids are still starving." @lewisgoodall.com asks Nick Thomas-Symonds what the government is actually *doing* to end the blockade in Gaza.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18/05/2025
'Criminal': Elton John condemns UK's AI copyright plans reut.rs/4md6c62
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'Criminal': Elton John condemns UK's AI copyright plans
Elton John on Sunday accused the British government of "committing theft" by proposing that tech firms could train artificial intelligence models on the UK's music and creative output without guaranteeing proper recompense.
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Naz Shah: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose” The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
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Naz Shah: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – disabled people are at risk from this bill | Lucy Webster
Proponents say the measures being debated in parliament will apply only to people who are on their deathbeds. That isn’t true, says journalist and author Lucy Webster
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
FFS!
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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‘This is the moment’: Poland elections chance for Tusk centrists to relax abortion laws
Five years after near-total ban on abortion, campaigners say Sunday’s elections will be critical to see if promised change happens
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🤬🤬🤬
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
everyone's said pretty much all there is to be said on the 'island of strangers'/'incalculable damage' stuff, so just sharing this by a migrant care worker on how it feels to hear yourself discussed like this while looking after people's loved ones www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Opinion: Migrant workers prop up the UK’s social care system. Now…
Labour’s crackdown will break a promise made to workers like me – and leave the system in disrepair
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Whilst grown adults in Reform come after Send pupils as “victims”, here’s 16 year old Niamdh Braid winning her right to a British Sign Language interpreter at school. Guess who the real losers are? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘The only thing we can’t do is hear’: the deaf pupil who beat Fife council in court
Niamdh Braid, 16, demanded her right to full education – and now hopes her success will inspire more deaf children to aim high
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the South West Coast of Scotland  #WomensArt
Print of a sunrise over a gentle sea and shore with light reflecting on the water
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/05/2025
Carney’s victory has proved that populist advance is not inevitable. "Rather than appearing cowed by Reform’s rise, now is the time for Mr Starmer to be insurgent – and offer an alternative to the politics of grievance."
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The Canadian example
Mark Carney’s election victory has proved that populist advance is not inevitable.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 03/05/2025
Mitch McConnell is retiring after 40 years of working hard to make Kentucky one of the poorest, most under-educated, and unhealthy states in the US.
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Glorious 🥰
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
US artist Alison Saar's "Rise" is a linoleum print created in 2020 as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement #WomensArt
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Inspiring celebration of David Attenborough from Kate Winslet and many others - and a much-needed reminder to stand with science www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh ...
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Feels like the moment MeToo went from discussing sexual assault and harassment by celebrities to examining these same abuses by family and friends, we saw an acceleration of the argument that “society gives boys nothing”. An orchestrated backlash by abusers who saw that their unmasking was coming.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
THIS
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Im with Judge Hannah Dugan
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This is not the first time in British government has been held to this level of scrutiny. David Cameron, Theresa May & Boris Johnson were. They responded by saying these reports were untrue and there was never any follow-up by the media to learn if this was correct or not, they just accepted it.
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Yes!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Thank you to everyone who showed up, good news, the judge has been released!
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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
“These government cuts are ruthless & heartless, pushing millions deeper into poverty. [Labour] claims it is trying to fix a ‘broken benefits system’, but it is the hostile & discriminatory culture & systems that needs to be fixed.” #DisabilityBenefits www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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UK government’s disability benefit cuts are cruel and unfair
We must unite against harmful cuts and work towards a society that values Disabled people as equal citizens, writes Fazilet Hadi I have been a Disabled person since losing my sight in my teenage yea...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I'm a massive Prince fan but never really liked Purple Rain! However I have now been converted 🥰.
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Teela (Don't call me. Call your MoC 202-224-3121) @teela.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
From a cousin in red Virginia
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The idea that she is a “danger to the community” is patently absurd and dangerously racist. Free her now. Arrest her kidnappers. www.boston25news.com/news/local/t...
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Tufts PhD student detained by ICE is denied bond after court deems her a ‘danger to community’
Federal authorities have alleged that Ozturk engaged in activities supporting the terrorist group Hamas and revoked her visa.
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Mandy Colleran @disabilitydiva.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Vile fascism.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
They’re back at it. Coming after Chris Krebs as well as the law firm that got the $787 million settlement from Fox News for their lies about Dominion
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Every year £250bn goes in profits to businesses that have been privatised since Margaret Thatcher, while about £80bn goes in profits to Private Landlords. That is £330bn a year that should be going to the Government. 8 times the cost of Brexit.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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