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Gwenfar

@gwenfar.bsky.social
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Plants. Cats. ME/CFS. Paleobotany, dinosaurs & earth sciences. Medieval History. #Disabled #FreePalestine #TransRights #Anarchist They/them Wales. #GardeningWithME #GreenParty #NoAI www.gwenfarsgarden.info Mastodon @GwenfarsGarden@rage.love

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Mister Alex @awp.christies.org.uk · 9h
The thing about bad apples, the thing that the "it's just a few bad apples" people always forget, what's really fucking important about having one or two bad apples in your barrel of apples... ...IS THAT THE BADNESS SPREADS FROM APPLE TO APPLE AND YOU HAVE TO THROW OUT THE WHOLE ROTTEN BARREL!
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My #MECFS Scandal explainer has just hit half a million views on YouTube. I remember worrying that 27 minutes was too long and nobody would watch it. I never expected it to get so many. Thank you to everyone who shared it! Here’s the trailer 👇
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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 8h
NHS and @ukhsa.bsky.social are still spreading the misinformation that levels are LOW. This may be relatively true compared to prevalence such as 1/30, but roughly 1/175 is high enough that you are likely to encounter covid in many places. Wear #FFP3 Avoid shared air. #ventilate
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 9h
Dogs when they do something wrong and it’s the monkey puppet doing the side eye

Cats when they do something wrong: and is that Sam Jackson meme where he’s staring angrily at the camera
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Long Covid SOS @longcovidsos.bsky.social · 9h
We have written to the JCVI before about the evidence that vaccination reduces the risk of developing Long Covid. We’ve now written AGAIN following their advice for autumn 2027 2 million #pwlc in the UK. Yet #LongCovid isn’t mentioned in the latest advice. www.longcovidsos.org/post/respons...
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Response to the JCVI’s Autumn 2027 COVID-19 Vaccination Advice
On the 9th of October we wrote to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) about their Autumn 2027 COVID-19 Vaccination Advice.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sex Is a Spectrum shares a scientist’s perspective on why a binary view of sex & gender is not only misguided but harmful, & why there are multitudes of ways of being human. Now in #paperback! Read a free preview & save 30% with code PUP30: buff.ly/7uezVk0 @anthrofuentes.bsky.social
Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary by Agustín Fuentes. A resounding refutation of the idea that there’s anything natural about the gender binary."—Publishers Weekly
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Managing this - the effect the furious grief about the loss of your old life, the restriction and social isolation #mecfs has on your MH - is a job in itself in the first few years. Took me about 7 years to get to a non-dangerous-to-myself place with it. There's no help from the #nhs.
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Wisgi Kevin 🇵🇸 @wisgi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last Song composed by Alexis Ffrench and played by me. Modern classical. pianokevin.vids.io/videos/5a9ad...
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Ffrench Last Song VI
Me playing Alexis Ffrench's composition Last Song using my new Vidal keyboard and the Vienna Imperial virtual piano.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Post Harry Potter art, I'm blocking you without hesitation. I don't care what the excuse is, don't support monsters.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lots of people who aren't Palestinian claiming a motion written by Palestiniams will not advance the Palestinian cause.
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alex @dremenec.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs. However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
An infographic. There are six panels.

1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded.

2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text.

3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky.

4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german.

5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say.

6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A WOMANS BODY IS NOT YOUR TESTING GROUND FOR LEARNING BOUNDARIES OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
possession subway scene
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absolute horses @jcoglan.com · 03/10/2026
it's been very noticeable that whatever noises burnham has been making about changing direction, they do not include anything about fixing this horrific situation
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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
oh FOR FUCKS SAKE So it's not intended to save the NHS at all. And if you're the parent of a disabled kid, disabled yourself, or the child of a very unwell parent who isn't yet retired 🎊🎺HEYYY!🎉🤸 YOU STILL GET TO SELL YOUR HOME TO PAY FOR CARE. If you ever managed to get one.
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 03/10/2026
I strongly believe that one of the valid outcomes of a properly functioning system of restorative justice absolutely includes the victim getting to insist that their abuser’s life should be ruined forever.
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Billy, Garry, Orville @billythecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Comfortable Man!!
Billy the brown tabby cat is asleep on his back on the top shelf in the wardrobe. Only his tail and his back legs can be seen, with his pink and black beans high in the air.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes"
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is part two (for those who missed it first time) on how anti trans movement and their allies in the show gave me no option but to to resign www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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To the End - Gaslighting Part Two | Robin Ince
Where were we? Are yes, we’d just got to here. This was when I would start having people come up to me after gigs and say, who is that perso
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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hypocrisy is the currency of Reform....when it's not roubles willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...
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Reform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impact
Is this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’?
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𝔏𝔬𝔟𝔬 ⛓️ @wolf-kin.com · 01/10/2026
The trend in paleo/cave art is cool but it is teetering on the line of some traditional Indigenous art yfm? I've seen people discussing tribes/cultures around the art they draw as if those cultures are a thing of the past 😕 I hope artists take time to research the styles they are inspired by
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So, Andy Burnham is sitting on a massive majority in Parliament, albeit one won by his predecessor, but which he has complete power to use to his advantage, and yet there appears to be nothing on his list of immediate priorities for action. It's so typically Labour I'm so tired of this shit
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026
"It is clear that Labour needs the Greens to keep them in check everyday to push them towards the real transformation this country needs." @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the Prime Minister's speech at Labour conference.
HOPE IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN, IT NEEDS TO MEAN REAL CHANGE

ZACK POLANSKI
LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY

"Unlike his predecessor, we have a PM who talks like he gets it. But sadly like his predecessor he isn’t prepared to break from the powerful and wealthy interests that have created an inequality, affordability and a climate crisis.
 
Hope is not just a slogan, it needs to mean real change. The speech today had no wealth taxes, no rent controls, no water nationalisation and a strong hint of more North Sea drilling.
 
It is disappointing that we have a country ready to break from the last 40 years, a Labour government with the majority to do it, and yet what we see are more half measures, reannouncements and tinkering."

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party, London SE1P 6YL
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Stunt Lover 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 @stuntlover.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Feels like a relevant day to share @monaeltahawy.bsky.social 's clip from 2019 ozzie TV (which I believe was subsequently banned) wherein she asks the evergreen question, "how many rapists must we (as women, not the state) kill until men stop raping us?" Unfortunately, every day is a relevant day.
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Mona Eltahawy backs controversial comments on ABC Q&A program
During an explosive all female panel on the ABC program last week, Egyptian-American writer, Mona Eltahawy, suggested rapists should be killed.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With alt text. I know someone who actually did this
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On my first big overseas client conference, I was at a dinner seated next to a drunk client who kept trying to fondle me under the table. I was young, distressed, and had no idea what to do. I moved my legs as far away from him as I could, moving into the space of the man next to me, who then started patting my legs! The Regional Manager was a French woman who caught my eye, gestured for me to go to the bathroom and when I came back had switched chairs with me. What happed next was epic. A few minutes after I sat back down, she raised her hand with his hand captured in hers and announced loudly "Does anyone know whose hand this is? I found it in my lap." There was dead silence at the table. She threw his hand back at him and said calmly "next time I pick it up with my fork." Then she started a new conversational thread and things moved on. After the meeting she found me, gave me a hug, and said seriously "Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."
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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GUYS WE ARE 376 QUID AWAY FROM THE TARGET. IT WILL TAKE LESS THAN ONE IN A THOUSAND OF MY FOLLOWERS TO DONATE A QUID TO GET THERE. Tell you what, If we get to £9900, I'll donate the last 100 quid myself.
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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Genocide is a disability justice issue. Infrastructure is a disability justice issue Listen to disabled people
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Museum collections are revealing how the genetic diversity of the moss carder bumblebee has changed over the past century! 🐝 Once widespread across Britain, these bees have declined in number and become increasingly isolated as suitable habitat has been lost.
Photograph of a moss carder bumblebee specimen on a grey background. The bee is orange-brown, showing dark markings, a hairy body, long legs and translucent, veined wings.
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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bored of this now. Leave disabled people alone you fascist cunts.
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Michael @shevekuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ridiculously there's bugger all to zero compulsory training in the NHS about ME/CFS. If it were, say, MS, people would be in uproar. So I'd appreciate it if you sign this futile attempt at chang- I mean, this petition c.org/t8D7hZ9Lh5
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Sign the Petition
Make ME/CFS learning mandatory for NHS staff
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.
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Asquealia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pooh bear style, sans balloon
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The transphobes leading the Labour Party decided to exclude trans women from the Labour Women’s conference. In doing so they excluded a huge number of cis women also; the venue was only 20% full. Labour needs to learn that transphobia harms everyone, including cis women, & not just trans people.
Lots of empty seats at Labour Women’s conference.
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ash Sarkar is helping Farage become Prime Minister. She said we shouldn't even discuss undoing Brexit. Brexit is the only thing we can point to as proof Farage has hurt millions of people. And she's defending it. Sincerely: FO
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Why is Femi attacking Ash Sarkar on Brexit?
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/pipa... Crips for eSims for Gaza hasn't stopped sending and topping up eSims since December 25, 2023 bit.ly/eSimsRUs
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Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Are you holding an event or gathering at the start of 'flu season? Do you know that Covid is rapidly rising? Do you want to keep your attendees safe? Make sure there is excellent ventilation. Encourage the use of FFP3 masks. @greenparty.org.uk
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Saw the documentary NAZA, made in secret, with interviews of members of Israel’s intelligence services testifying and showing how they created a system to perpetrate genocide in Gaza. The filmmakers and their families have been threatened by Netanyahu himself. I wrote my thoughts here boxd.it/gvDEIR
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A ★★★★★ review of NAZA (2026)
Merely a film. A film that has led Netanyahu himself to threaten the citizenship and safety of its Israeli filmmakers and even their families, simply for the act of filming veterans of Israel’s intell...
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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We are keen to see this voted through @greenparty.org.uk #Greenpartyconference. It's a significant improvement on the policies of the other parties, taking on board the findings of the #CovidInquiry, implementing disease prevention measures based on science, and research and support for illness.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour made me and tens of thousands of my colleagues and redundant, making the NHS less safe and effective. How about go **** yourselves.
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Katy B @katybrc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
After living with ME for 40 years, for countless reasons I'm more grateful than I can express for the #ME community. #pwME are a great example of how online communities can have multiple important benefits for patients, in some cases it can literally be a life line. 💙🛟💙
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour already have a huge majority. Another Labour MP putting Thames Water "on notice" isn't going to lower our water bills or protect our rivers. Nationalise Thames Water. Vote Green on October 8th. 💚
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From MCS-Aware One of our members recently shared MCSDisability.com, an American website that offers helpful resources on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.We think it may be of great interest to our community, especially those looking for wider perspectives on #MCS support #MultipleChemicalSensitivity
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) | Is It Real? YES — Medical Facts & Resources
Comprehensive, evidence-based information about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Symptoms, triggers, research, disability rights, and management strategies.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks
In fact, these are scenes we have not seen on British streets. Immigration needs to be deal with, I will be the first to say that and we are dealing with it. The boat crossings have been halved since six years ago, net migration is down massively.
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Michiel @murtoz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thankfully there's a legal campaign trying to crowdfund justice for people with ME. Please consider donating now if you can! www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice...
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NHS care for ME now
Campaigning for ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) to be medically managed safely, to protect families from permanent disability or death from neglect of the illness.
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j4 @jaffa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For H's party she watched The Dark Crystal with friends, so obviously I did a cake of the Great Conjunction. Not 100% happy with how the crystal came out (sugarpaste lump took too long to harden; tricky to cut facets or draw lines on it) but they ate it anyway (best thing about cake art!). :-)
A cake with arcane symbols (which actually say Happy Birthday) and a giant pink crystal hovering* above them 

* actually fixed to the cake obviously
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
(Geelong & Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia) People with ME/CFS sought for treatment trial impact-trials.deakin.edu.au/trial/tri-me... #MEcfs #PwME #CFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
TRI-ME Trial logo

TRI-ME Trial
Researchers at Deakin University are investigating if a potential new treatment is effective in treating Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). 

Researchers at Deakin University are investigating if a potential new treatment is effective in treating Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). This study will assess the effectiveness of the medication in a high-quality, clinical trial.

In a recent drug screening program, the medication showed promising potential to address the key elements of ME/CFS by reversing mitochondrial dysfunction – the likely pathway in ME/CFS.

The medication works to improve the efficiency of how the body creates energy by promoting specific energy production pathway.

Key Points for Participation
• There is no cost involved for participants in the trial
• Participants can continue on their usual treatments
• The trial will be held over 8 weeks and involve a total of 5 sessions
• Participants will be randomly allocated to receive either the active medication or placebo

If you would like to receive more information or enquire about participating, please visit their website.

Ethics approval number: Barwon Health HREC 23/196
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Alem Matthees @alemmatthees.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Have you tried yoga?" Yes I have, and it looked something like this amusing image I found on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/cfs/commen... Jokes aside, there are many forms of yoga, and one thing I noticed about #MECFS is how it renders useless the benefits of yoga and even makes them harmful.
Images depicting a person attempting yoga then moving into the sleeping position under a blanket and taking a nap.
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Misa on Wheels @misaonwheels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🩷💚🧡👩‍🦼🧡💙💜
Image description: an accessibility-related infographic with a lined note paper background. There are five lines/points related to accessibility. From the top:

The first line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of pink. Pink text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible once you get up the stairs” is not accessible.”

The second line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of green. Green text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible if you have someone to help you” is not accessible.”

The third line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of orange. Orange text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible if you can leave your mobility aid behind” is not accessible.”

The fourth line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of blue. Blue text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible, but you can’t access the restroom” is not accessible.”

The fifth line contains a minimalist image of a manual wheelchair user with different shades of purple. Purple text to the right of them reads, ““It’s accessible just because we call it accessible” is not accessible.”

Centered at the bottom of the image is the handle “@MisaOnWheels” in light pink text.
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Sam 🍉 😷 @spoonsnroses.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Think I'm going to go mad if I see another person say "they're coming for disabled people next!" When have they not been coming for disabled people? Certainly officially since 2010 Cameron/Osbourne, and orchestrated media attacks on people with ME since the 90s.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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