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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk?utm_medium=p...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 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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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Our rivers can't take any more Big Chicken. Now is the time to act, not plan to make the problem worse. Across the UK, rivers are already paying the price for industrial chicken farming. Every year, o...
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
38d.gs/fdib
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Don’t water down the Representation of the People bill!
I just signed the campaign calling to strengthen the Representation of the People Bill
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
38d.gs/pp9a
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Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Care should put people before profit. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by private equity. It's time to end profiteering in social care. Agree? Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...
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End private profit in social care
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
38d.gs/pp9a
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Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...
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Judith Butlerian Jihad @nevernotnormal.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Note that in the same week, a LGBTQ+ nightclub was burned down in an arson attack. Not a word about that, no comment on the rising tide of homophobia and bigotry responsible for that. Because the goal is to ban the protests that are politically damaging to government, not to help anyone.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Linda @lindabythesea.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Listen (2022) by Tatiana An. Acrylic on canvas.
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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I’ve been slowly chipping away at my idea for an essay collection and my outlines are kind of vague right now but still I just wrote 900 words about how getting sick forced me to confront & unlearn the idea that I had to Earn My Keep. like oh, I guess I DO feel strongly about this, cool.
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Linda @lindabythesea.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Open Window, Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse. Oil on canvas.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Labour MP Nadia Whittome, "We don't want to be voting against this Welfare Bill, we want the government to pull it" "We want them to engage and consult disabled people and come back with a proposal that protects the dignity of disabled people" #C4News
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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 28/06/2025
#FreeLuigi
Luigi Mangione sitting outside at a tables with papers on it and a sign that reads “Every time a poor person dies from lack of healthcare, your government is breaking the social contract.
CHANGE MY MIND”
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Please share - it’s really important this story is out there. www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
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A care home is leaving a severe ME patient dangerously dehydrated after multiple other failures
Moreover, the NHS trust in Devon that is supposed to have a severe ME protocol after another patient's death has been failing Jason too
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Our NHS is not for sale. With Trump ramping up his trade wars trade talks must not open the door to US healthcare companies profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during negotiations. Agree? Add your name: 38d.gs/april_bsky
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Don't sell our NHS for a trade deal with Trump
Our NHS is not for sale. Trade talks with Trump must not open the door to US healthcare profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during deal negotiations....
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A photo of text - by Invisible Strings @ M Kelter (profile pic a doodle of a dog with a cocktail).

“In the last few decades, we have detected thousands of planets outside our solar system. They did not suddenly appear at the time we found them. No one calls it an ‘exoplanet epidemic’. They planets were always there, just previously undiscovered. This is a tweet about autism.”
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
You are not a burden because you need support. You are not faking because you don’t collapse every day. You are not undeserving because a spreadsheet says so. #DisabilityBenefits cuts are a lie.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/03/2025
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options:

Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges

Both are checked
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This Mother’s Day, show your support for mums of missing children. Join The Mirror, Missing People, and 38 Degrees by signing their petition calling for urgent government action. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Don’t let missing people fall through the gaps!
Every year, 170,000 children and adults go missing. Many are found, but others remain missing, leaving them at serious risk of harm and causing heartbreak for their loved ones. People disappear for ma...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Today, The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, is published in the UK in paperback. The timing, as the government disastrously follows the neoliberal script to the letter, could scarcely be more appropriate. www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
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The Invisible Doctrine
This book is dynamite' - Caroline Lucas | 'Fantastic' - Mark Ruffalo We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our...
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DHQBBJW... Finland ended homelessness - more cheaply than allowing it to continue. Bottom line - allowing homelessness to exist is a choice, not an unfortunate reality.
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Deported into the hands of the Taliban
In just days, Afghan human rights defenders could be deported by Pakistan - straight into the hands of the Taliban. This is a death sentence, and we can help prevent it. Sign now!
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"The sat nav says it's this way." "But that's a cliff!" "The sat nav's never wro - aaaaargh ...." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
There is a public consultation about these changes - as mentioned in the interview here. Please share about the consultation (link below) - we desperately need our voices to be heard! www.gov.uk/.../pathways....
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Recording with: - Dr @davidjoffe64.bsky.social : an overview of biological basis of Long COVID - Dr @davetuller1.bsky.social : on basis of psycho-behavioural therapy focusing on the PACE trial & a major #LongCOVID trial" youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho From latest Science for ME weekly update #MEcfs
Kirby Institute Dr David Joffe & Dr David Tuller - Is Long Covid psycho-behavioural or biological? State of evidence
Recording of a recent and great talk at Kirby Institute, Australia. "In this talk, Dr David Joffe will provide an overview of the biological basis of Long COVID, while Dr David Tuller will examine the basis of psycho-behavioural therapy focusing on the PACE trial and a major Long COVID trial."
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Dr. Amy, PsyD 🎃 @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com · 25/03/2025
Hi friends, my friend Kristine (who made my logo and taught me how to paint) is dealing with a custody situation. Her son's father took him out of state even though she has full custody, and she's raising funds for legal expenses to get him returned. Please share 💜 www.gofundme.com/f/support-kr...
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Donate to Support Kristine's Legal Battle for Gordon's Return, organized by Kristine Reiner
Help Me Bring Gordon Home Hi, my name is Kristine, and I’m a mot… Kristine Reiner needs your support for Support Kristine's Legal Battle for Gordon's Return
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
In defiance of international rules, our used tyres are exported to India, to be pyrolysed at vast cost to workers' health & air quality. The government sits on its hands. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social, we want to mount a crowdfunded challenge. Could you help? 🧵 stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com
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Stop UK tyre exports for burning
Stop UK tyre exports for burning : Make a donation today to support Stop UK tyre exports for burning
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We needed a nature equivalent of net zero in the Environment Act. As Kerry McCarthy MP rightly called for in 26 January 2021. 🧐 tinyurl.com/47d6par7
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meyo 🌸 @meyoco.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
witch’s desk ✨🌿
Artwork of a witch working on a desktop computer decorated with lots of potted plants, books, and tiny windows and doors.
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 24/03/2025
In the next essay in our Color of Long COVID series, supported by the Disability Visibility Project, Christina Igaraividez writes about making a new friend with #LongCOVID, and how their connection helped build up each other’s confidence and hope. bit.ly/4bW3mhf
An image of the essay’s author, Christina, standing in front of a window and holding a cell phone. Around the image, there’s a colorful yellow and pink border, emojis, and text bubbles. The text reads, “The Sick Times. A serendipitous friendship taught me my greatest lesson in living with Long COVID: How to just be. By Christina Igaraividez.” Black text in a salmon speech bubble on a teal background reads, "It’s difficult for me to tell people about Long COVID because it’s impossible for them to understand how someone who looks so “normal” can be so sick." - Christina Igaraividez, storytelling instructor, writer, and performer
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David Kaufman @kaufmanmd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
There are at least 10 million Americans with Long Covid. It is a devastating disease/syndrome causing a range of disability. Supposedly RECOVER was organized and funded to learn more, trial treatments etc. And now this: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-hhs-...
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Scoop: HHS Office of Long Covid Research and Practice to close this week.
The move is part of an ongoing Trump administration "reorganization" of HHS.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 24/03/2025
"In order to survive a world that is overwhelming most of the time, I need to self-regulate, i.e., stim. Stimming can take all sorts of forms and can evolve over time or be replaced with something else." By Niko Boskovic, who uses a letter board to communicate. www.spectrumlife.org/blog/navigat...
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Navigating with Niko: The Importance of Stimming and Crip Time
For autistics to thrive, they need family members to support their need to stim, self-regulate and navigate their world. Nonspeaking autistic advocate and Spectrum Life Magazine columnist Niko Boskovi...
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Say NO to Elon Musk’s $56 billion bailout
As CEO, Elon Musk has lost Tesla more than $177 billion dollars. Sales are plummeting globally.Yet Musk still feels entitled to a $56 billion dollar payday – the highest of any CEO in history – even a
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
action.eko.org/a/stop-mark-...?
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Stop Mark Zuckerberg's book ban
Mark Zuckerberg is the self-declared king of free speech…. but he’s trying to ban a book that exposes the dark side of Facebook.The memoir by Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams, reveals alarm
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🔟 This sort of cheap political backsliding is exactly why we need to pass the Climate and Nature Bill—the legally-binding, science-led action that is necessary, not just to avert catastrophic environmental consequences, but to create real lasting prosperity. 👉 zerohour.uk #CANBill
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Zero Hour - Join the campaign for the Climate & Nature Bill
It's Zero Hour for our Climate & Nature. Join our 50,000+ strong campaign.
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
4️⃣ Researchers at Oxford University are clear that the faster we move towards Net Zero, the more we’ll save. Why would Kemi Badenoch ignore these experts? www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-09... @ox.ac.uk
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Decarbonising the energy system by 2050 could save trillions - Oxford
New study shows a fast transition to clean energy is cheaper than slow or no transition Idea that going green will be expensive is ‘just wrong’ Green technology costs have fallen significantly over
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
2️⃣ International business consultancy Deloitte reports that continued inaction will cost the world $178 trillion. 💷 But accelerating Net Zero will deliver a $43 trillion benefit. www.deloitte.com/global/en/ab...
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
So now that they have made their announcement (drastic cuts, thank you so much), there’re many of us living with a sense of dread hanging over us. We went through hell with our disabilities/ illnesses and through more hell to be awarded any support. Now this. What fresh hell do we have to come?
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
this whole fraud is going to be really funny years from now, in hindsight, but it's mostly just infuriating now
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Conservation Value Solutions @win-with-nature.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Such wonderful news for California salmon, especially combined with the historic win from Klamath River dam removal. Historically, benefits of salmon could be seen well into forests along rivers - not only feeding wildlife, but also providing nutrients that fuel growth of giant old growth trees
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Salmon seen in Northern California river for first time in almost a century
This is the first time in decades Chinook salmon have been spotted in their native spawning grounds on the North Yuba River.
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John McCullough @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
CW: domestic violence. Poem of mine that appeared in Poetry Review as well as my collection, Panic Response. It's an elegy for a teacher called Avril Brown who was very kind to me, and who deserves to keep shining.
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A painting of mother and daughter baking together in a 1950’s style kitchen. “Honey, what do you want to be when you grow up?” The girls face has a naughty smile “A threat to the New World Order.”
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Wow—terrific work by @scishow.bsky.social explaining why exercise can be harmful in ME/CFS! Even gets into the scientific scandal that’s misled doctors for years on this point. Wonderful thing to share w/anyone who’s newly ill, uninitiated family members, or even docs who might not be up to date!
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Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse
YouTube video by SciShow
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
JUST A REMINDER…👇 Pass. It. On. ✨
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Percy Pocket @percypocket.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It's time for shareholders and consumers to #ditchTesla. Join the call: action.eko.org/a/ditch-tesla Tesla stock and sales are plummeting, and one major shareholder has pulled out, with another one set to go. Let’s keep this up. Also, if apple goes ahead with it’s planned merger…
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It's time to #DitchTesla
Elon Musk is a danger to the world. He’s meddling in politics all across the globe and promoting hateful narratives. He even gave a Nazi salute at a Trump rally! But Elon Musk is not invincible. In fa
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