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Debs “Life” Aspland

@lifeaspland.bsky.social
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Parent carer to 3 grown-up kids (still baffled). Writing, accessibility, life after 50, and political side-eye. Some days soft. Some days feral.

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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I love this visual tool. Coloured glass beads. Each bead represents a task (word count, writing sprint, health goal - steps, etc). I use blue for writing and amber for health. Each time you finish the task you add a stone to a jar, giving a visual shot of your week.
Two whiskey glasses, one filled with blue and the other with amber beads.
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone. He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein We have published it in full. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
If only!!
Bluesky notification
“Shemar Moore followed you”
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Honestly, when I think I’m beyond being surprised by people, someone like “Claire” says this - publicly.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
NEW: Reform UK says it would re-impose the two-child benefit cap - scrapped by Labour - for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
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Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Disabled people have a poverty rate 8 percentage points higher than people with no disability. 🗣️ Hear Lead Analyst @datataha.bsky.social set out some of the additional structural barriers that disabled people face, and why the government must increase their support. 👇
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
February is going well so far. 1st - 1.3k words 2nd - 1.4k words Listened to Sally-Anne Martyn on The Writers Routine as I sat waiting for my daughter in a car park (hello to those who know how that feels) and downloaded Will Storr’s The Science of Storytelling. Such an improvement from January
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
NEW: Emily Thornberry, Labour chair of foreign affairs committee, says police should investigate emails. "Surely this is not a matter of whether Mandelson should be in the Lords [but]... of whether the police should be involved." SNP, Lib Dems and PC have all already called for police involvement
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
WE LOVE ❤️ THE BOSS,AND MINNEAPOLIS.......
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
🔴 Tommy Robinson and the London News Website Linked to a Putin-Backed Propaganda Network Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was appointed as an ambassador to an unregistered charity connected to a Russian 'black PR' operation, Matt Bernardini reports
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Tommy Robinson and the London News Website Linked to a Putin-Backed Propaganda Network
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was appointed as an ambassador to an unregistered charity connected to a Russian 'black PR' operation
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/02/2026
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
February, the bar is very low, you have to be better than January. Please.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Please share. 💔
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Wouldn’t it be great if we got paid by the hour for the time spent in car parks, especially as a parent carer! I seem to spend half my life sat in the car, waiting for someone or something. Thankfully, I can write my draft in the car so it’s all good.
Photo taken from inside a car of a car park at dusk, lights just turned on
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This is my view as I try to write the next chapter of my book - a chapter that is proving to be a challenge. I’m glad one of us is feeling relaxed and chilled. No imposter syndrome for him
Black labradoodle lying on his back, with paws up in the air, asleep on a sofa
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/01/2026
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
FUCK ICE. Hi, it’s your pal KG. I’m getting suppressed on threads b/c in addition to inappropriate jokes, I post a lot of political stuff. I wanna give this app a chance but just don’t know yet. Can u help me get a lot more followers, so I can do a test anti trump post to see if it gets traction?
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
When a government needs a distraction, or a quick moral panic to keep the public looking sideways instead of upwards, it picks a group and tells a story about them. open.substack.com/pub/lifeaspl...
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Motability Myths, Manufactured Outrage & Why Disabled People Keep Becoming the Scapegoats
And why we need to call it out when we see it
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Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
PIP is not about income. Its about "overcoming the costs" of a disability. Any study that shows PIP reform will put people into poverty shows that PIP is being misused and that other parts of the benefits system (ie UC) are inadequate. 120 Labour MPs clearly cannot be bothered to read legislation
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 01/07/2025
“If we can afford not to have a wealth tax, not to equalise capital gains, or draw on the excess profits of corporate greed; then we can afford PIP.” Labour MP Rachael Maskell gave a passionate and emotive speech at the welfare bill debate in commons this afternoon. Watch the clip 🎬
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Seriously? What is this government doing? It’s like we’re in a parody and someone is going to shout “surprise, only joking” soon!
Scrapping EHCPs won’t fix the cracks. It just hides who’s falling through them.
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Emptying my head onto paper - the good, the bad, the random, the real - is how I stay upright, or at least how I get back up faster when life knocks me down. Whether it's a to-do, a memory, something the kids said, or just how I'm feeling, it all lands here first. #ParentCarerLife #SENDParent
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I guessed all the words (41 out of 41) in today's Squares puzzle. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can you guess this puzzle? squares.org
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Squares - Daily Word Game
Play the Squares game! Connect letters in a grid to create words. A new puzzle is available every day!
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Parent Carers who work from home - how do you balance your 💩 during holidays. Normally I find a routine and we get by but this Easter break has decided that routines are not on the agenda! #parentcarer
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I guessed all the words (38 out of 38) in today's Squares puzzle. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can you guess this puzzle? squares.org
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Squares - Daily Word Game
Play the Squares game! Connect letters in a grid to create words. A new puzzle is available every day!
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I guessed all the words (58 out of 58) in today's Squares puzzle. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can you guess this puzzle? squares.org
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Squares - Daily Word Game
Play the Squares game! Connect letters in a grid to create words. A new puzzle is available every day!
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 05/04/2025
Reform: for the rich, by the rich.
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Today, I’m going to work on my novel. A piece of fiction. So I can escape from the craziness of the real world and if anyone acts in a way that offends, I can get rid of them. Perfect!
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a man and a woman are standing next to each other on a sidewalk and the woman is saying fiction can be fun .
Alt: a man and a woman are standing next to each other on a sidewalk and the woman is saying fiction can be fun .
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I guessed all the words (32 out of 32) in today's Squares puzzle. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can you guess this puzzle? squares.org
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Squares - Daily Word Game
Play the Squares game! Connect letters in a grid to create words. A new puzzle is available every day!
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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We can’t believe this needs saying out loud: It would be a good thing if the UK Government ensured that disability benefit reforms didn't inadvertently increase poverty rates among disabled people. Cutting essential support could have devastating effects on their quality of life.
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Government have published a consultation paper about changes proposed to disability benefits, One change is to make it far more difficult to qualify for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). You can read our first analysis at the link, or in summary below. (1/5) buds.org.uk/changes-to-p...
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Changes To Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
A detailed analysis of how the Government's proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will affect disabled people
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Labour: “We stand for equality.” Also Labour: “We’re cutting PIP & taking thousands from disabled people.” If schools still aren’t SEND-ready, why does Labour think employers will be? Cutting benefits ≠ creating jobs.
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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 18/03/2025
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is making a statement in the Commons introducing the government's new Welfare Reform Green Paper ... www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/61789
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Debs “Life” Aspland @lifeaspland.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about balancing the books. These benefits are a LIFELINE— keeping disabled people out of poverty, preventing isolation, and ensuring they have the dignity and independence they deserve. Cutting them isn’t "tough but necessary"—it’s CRUEL AND AVOIDABLE.
Disabled people are not invisible. They vote. Their families vote. Their friends vote. If Labour cuts their lifeline, they will remember
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Important thread 🧵 If you listen to people who know the benefits system intimately, through lived experience, advocacy and research, the upcoming cuts to disability benefits make no practical sense. Cuts will harm people and undermine the exact outcomes govt say they want to achieve
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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This MF’er just brought Andrew Tate, a rapist and human trafficker, to Florida! 🤬 The hypocrisy is astounding!
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia 👏
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/03/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dick Schoof Prime Minister of the Netherlands 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Edgars Rinkēvics President of the Republic of Latvia 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Simon Harris Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland 👏
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