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I believe in Love. That is all so far.

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Can I do it?” is a terrible measure of disability. Yes, I can do it. Can I do it repeatedly? Can I do it safely? Can I do it without support? Can I do anything afterwards? Can I do it tomorrow too? What does doing it COST? These tell me a lot more about my capability.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
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Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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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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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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Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Every response will help build the evidence needed to ensure Disabled people are not overlooked in future climate and heatwave planning." Very important survey from @disrightsuk.bsky.social gathering disabled expertise on the impact of the climate crisis.
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DR UK launches survey on heatwaves and Disabled people
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
‘I’m against street fascism is only 7% ahead of I’m for street fascism in Britain’
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
As misleading headlines go, that has to be up there with some of the worst! As is the claim that "Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s." The "shocking new study" does NOT show that at all 🙄 🧵 1/21
Express Headline:

Twenty-seven young foreign workers hired for every one Brit as immigration fuels unemployment crisis.
Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s, according to a shocking new study.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
So no, Mr Yusuf, that 👇 is absolute nonsense. The data actually shows: 10 TIMES AS MANY Young Brits hired as young non-EU nationals 17/
A graphic debunking the claim that 27 non-EU migrants are hired for every young Brit, with statistics on youth employment in the UK.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is shameful discriminatory and misogynistic reporting. People aren’t choosing disability to be “cool”. Young women don’t have to “prove” to you that they’re sick. Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’ve left a disabling virus rip through the population for over 6 years.
Photo from the telegraph. Red background with a roll of wheelchair stickers on white paper. Text reads “how having a disability became cool”
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Sarah @purelikegreen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sometimes I feel a bit useless, purposeless and pointless. Then I see a link I made, a suggestion to the right person at the right time, bearing fruit. And then the support that person is able to provide for many other people as a result. I might not be able to do much, but I played my part well.
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Jeremy Vine faces calls for his shows to be axed over ‘hostile’ and ‘divisive’ content on disability benefits #BlockedByVine www.disabilitynewsservice.com/jeremy-vine-...
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Jeremy Vine faces calls for his shows to be axed over ‘hostile’ and ‘divisive’ content on disability benefits
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine is facing calls to have his high-profile radio and television shows axed, after years of failing to challenge content that fuels hostility towards disabled people. So far, m…
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The meaning of the word "terrorism" continues to get more blatantly ridiculous. Terrorist graffiti. Terrorist digging up of turf.
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Don’t use alt text like this
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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This isn’t what alt text is for. Alt text id for including people in your post. Not only did you use it to exclude people, you wasted the energy of disabled people who don’t have energy to waste
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Sara Hummingbird @sarahumm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Kiddo is supposed to go to Chessington & found out they've created hurdles for people with disabilities. A paid for membership for a service to prove that a person is disabled on top of the actual proof from drs. 4 months wait for cards. Merlin also limits the number of access spaces per day.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Journalists Wanted by Munya Chawawa
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I do not need to be jumped scared into not buying a disposable BBQ. Fucks sake.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 11/08/2026
Estimates suggest over 21,000 social care workers were underpaid the minimum wage in 2024. The true figure is likely higher still once we account for the unpaid travel time which often brings home carers’ average pay below the minimum wage. Read more 👉 buff.ly/87cXtSI
Bar chart showing share of workers on the National Living Wage underpaid by sector in the UK (2024), with education highest (~55%) and social care highlighted at 22% — about 21,300 care workers underpaid.
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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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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
And yes, far more support could be given to all those in our society who are struggling But the same media and commentators who suggest that asylum seekers are somehow responsible for struggling British families are also very quick to denigrate those claiming benefits as “scroungers”🤷‍♀️ 18/
A suited man advocates against immigration to support locals, while a hungry figure pleads for help, met with indifference.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"The Moroccan police, who usually guard the border, essentially threw the gates open. This seems very much a political effort to undermine and embarrass Pedro Sanchez and to divide Europe." @bylinetimespod.bsky.social @szunes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/why-ceuta-...
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Why Ceuta Was Not Actually the 'Migrant Invasion' Widely Reported
Professor Stephen Zunes tells the Byline Times podcast what was really going on when more than 50,000 people descended on Spain's North African enclave
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Spewing hate makes money. It doesn't make you loved or respected, and nor does it add to the sum of human happiness. But it can make you hard cash and you can pop the kids through private school and drive an expensive car and live in a nice house. And frankly fuck anyone who is so shallow.
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Joe Hardy @blokeonwheels.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Jeremy Clarkson has said that benefits claimants should be forced to write a letter to a taxpayer every week, thanking them for all their hard work that allows us to receive the money we need, so I did. Unfortunately I don't think the entire text will fit in alt text, but this is an email to my dad.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Polanski very stupid for what he shared, but Reform’s pivot from bringing a woman who called for hotels full of asylum seekers to be burned down as their guest of honour at conference, to saying the Green leader should be jailed - is a difficult circle to square
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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
6) So much of talk is about dementia. Yes, it is shameful and wrong this condition is treated so differently to cancer. BUT the fastest-rising growth in demand comes from working age adults. And as so often, people with disabilities and their carers get overlooked in this debate
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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A few random thoughts on social care having lived, investigated and campaigned on these issues for many years….
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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
2) The PM sends a bad signal talking of NHS collapse without sorting social care. Social care is about far more than just taking pressure off the sanctified NHS - it should be about ensuring that all citizens in our country can live their lives with independence and dignity.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 29/07/2026
Andy Burnham said today that social care workers should be ''the best paid people in society.'' According to providers, pay is a key factor contributing to the recruitment and retention crisis in the care sector. So how can the Government make a success of the Fair Pay Agreement?➡️ buff.ly/veEOJFN
When social care providers were asked what 
the main cause of staff leaving was (the left-hand panel of Figure 6), over one-third (35 
per cent) responded better pay outside of care. Similarly, when care providers were asked 
about the main difficulty finding new staff, roughly three-in-ten (28 per cent) responded 
better pay offers outside care (the right side of Figure 6).
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This got delayed due to a chengeover in the editing team, but here at last is my piece on the EHRC guidance on trans people and how women's organisations have condemned it. bylines.scot/society/femi... 🏳️‍⚧️
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Feminists speak out as new code defining sex creates chaos - Bylines Scotland
EHRC interpretation of Equality Act becomes statutory, but uncertainty remains about application, and many trans people intend to ignore it
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Alan Lawlor @alanlawlor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The highway to hell cannot have any parking obstructions
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 20/07/2026
Is welfare spending ''out of control''? It's estimated to be 11.1 per cent of GDP this financial year. That's just 1.1 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen by 0.9 per cent of GDP since 2012-13 ⤵️
chart showing Social security spending as a proportion of GDP, by category: GB
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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Incredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...
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Statement of the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales on the publication of the EHRC Draft Code of Practice - Church in Wales
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Let's take you back to the Papal streets Original beats and real live MCs Playground tactics no bishop in a hat trick Just add classic rap shit from the Vatic
Pope raps
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"City relieved" = Burnham's government won't challenge the power of the bankers, or tax their wealth. Who is choosing our politicians - the people or the banking sector?
Financial times - city relieved as Burnham poised to choose Mahmood as his Chancellor
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Sarah @purelikegreen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ok I'll watch it. But can I online shop at the same time?
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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)
In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need. In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.
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brandon-beaber.bsky.social @brandon-beaber.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Best Explanation of Multiple Sclerosis I've Ever Seen by @aaronbostermd.bsky.social explaining the "pool" model by Dr. Steven Krieger. youtu.be/if4hRio1HeU?...
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The Best Explanation of Multiple Sclerosis I've Ever Seen.
YouTube video by Aaron Boster MD
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 13/07/2026
Reform UK’s Warwickshire library review alarms librarians and readers Reform-led Warwickshire County Council proposes censoring what children read, even if residents don’t agree with them | Meg Gain @roaringmeg.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Reform UK’s Warwickshire library review alarms librarians and readers
Reform-led Warwickshire County Council proposes censoring what children read, even if residents don’t agree with them
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The May and June heatwaves killed 2,700 people in England and Wales, new data suggests. This is a damning indictment of the climate crisis but also a warning the U.K. needs an urgent plan to keep disabled and older people and young children safe in extreme heat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests
Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures
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Stef Benstead @stefbenstead.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In one paragraph, the Timms Interim Report says, "Some people on PIP may be scared to work, volunteer or do physical activity as this could be seen as evidence that their functional ability has improved." In the very next paragraph, PIP is used to support those activities.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
WE HAVE AVOCET NEWS!!! An Avocet spotted at RSPB Middleton Lakes has been confirmed as the oldest ever recorded in the UK. At 36 years old, it's lived more than five times longer than the species' average lifespan. First ringed in 1990, it's still out there doing Avocet things. Go on Avocet. 😍
An Avocet strides across the edge of a wetland, one leg lifted mid-step as if caught in an elegant strut. Its striking black-and-white plumage and long upturned bill stand out against a softly blurred backdrop of green reeds.
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Sarah @purelikegreen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I just got asked for age verification by Ocado delivery driver 🤣. It's been about 15 yrs since my last alcohol age check. What drink, you ask? Pimms. Yep that underage drinking staple. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Still, I'm taking the win as I am in my mid 40s 😎
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