Steven Smith @stevensmith.bsky.social · 19/12/2025There are also hidden disabilities such as autism, Crohns etc. Disabilities which do not require a wheelchair but still justify some extra consideration. Oftentimes people with such conditions can come in for a LOT of unwarranted aggravation when other passengers see them being taken care of. 113
Reposted by Steven SmithBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025You have two types of Political Party in the UK. "Lets tax the rich and make things better for everyone." Or "Lets blame Immigrants, Disabled People and Pensioners so we can get in a party who will make the billionaires even richer and things worse for everyone else." 1530492
Reposted by Steven SmithUS Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Jack Smith says he could prove Trump engaged in 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election... www.nbcnews.com/now/video/ja... 1209
Reposted by Steven SmithFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/12/2025£18 - hourly rate for a resident doctor after the 29% rise £24 - hourly rate for a physicians assistant If you're ok with assistants earning more than actual doctors, congratulations, you've fallen for Streeting and Starmer's attack on the people who will keep you safe when you fall ill, doctors 28425182
Steven Smith @stevensmith.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Have you seen the new terms and conditions over there? 101
Reposted by Steven SmithSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Imagine actually believing that the US is still "leading a rules-based system" 6746
Reposted by Steven SmithBylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 02/04/2025"Recent years have seen a dramatic shift in public discourse around autism: autistic people are finally being listened to, and many leading autism researchers now speak openly about how much they have learnt this way." #Autism #Neurodivergencebylines.scotAutism understanding timeWe're all aware of autism by now, but most have very little understanding of it. Perhaps listening to autistic people could help 512543
Reposted by Steven SmithBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 05/04/2025Our penultimate article today looking at #neurodiversity picks up the theme of ADHD as an asset #CitizenJounalism @centralbylines.co.uk The ADHD brain’s unique abilities: a positive approach centralbylines.co.uk/featured/the... 02612
Reposted by Steven SmithBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/04/2025As part of our mission to raise #AutismAcceptance, this article looks at a little-known #neurodiversity @bylines.scot Aphantasia: When you cannot visualise A form of neurodiversity that is often overlooked and could be your experience bylines.scot/health/aphan... 12510
Reposted by Steven SmithKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 06/04/2025JUST IN: Saying the Trump administration’s “grievous error” “shocks the conscience,” a federal judge has rejected their call to lift her order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 9238751051
Reposted by Steven SmithSylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 06/04/2025"globalisation has come to an end" is an insane take from anyone not trying to pander to the US delusion that they can singlehandedly stop *everyone else* from also trading. Case in point, you don't hear Nintendo saying they're not launching the Switch 2 *anywhere*! 37316
Reposted by Steven SmithGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...quaker.org.ukQuakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting HousePolice broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza. 1211803950
Reposted by Steven SmithCrisis Diary @crisisdiary.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Incredible summary. Read it! “The democratic recession does not begin when a far-right party takes office. It begins when a centrist party crushes hope in democracy” “I feel there’s great potential in building a new politics [where] political power and local resources are returned to communities” 621264
Reposted by Steven SmithSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Denmark's Greens are on 15%, almost double the last election, mid-term. The social democrats in Denmark have been vocally sceptical on asylum & pace of immigration intending to go left on economics and the state. This may be effective at the next election but has potential risks on two flanks 1174
Reposted by Steven SmithJay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Fox News is now engaged in a 24 hour operation to convince Americans that invading Greenland is normal. 143972642479
Reposted by Steven SmithAlan Rodgers @bi99le5.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Looks like Carney's not fucking about then. Good to see a world leader who's ready to do what needs done. If the rest took his lead some people might have to rethink their game plan. 052
Reposted by Steven SmithJoe Fore @joefore.bsky.social · 27/03/2025As we’re approaching law-firm-hiring season, I hope students are considering which firms align with their professional and personal values and which ones don’t. 735849
Reposted by Steven SmithKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Here's how Judge Rosenthal explains why Trump's executive order does not cover drag shows storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 1145978
Reposted by Steven SmithKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025BREAKING: Judge Boasberg rejects Trump administration call to rescind his restraining order, saying the Venezuelans marked for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act are likely to win — because they are entitled to individual hearings/due process. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... 6744461090
Reposted by Steven SmithBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Spain stopped supplying Israel with weapons, recognised Palestine and will arrest Netanyahu. ¡Viva España! 402183515
Reposted by Steven SmithDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 15/02/2025This UK government should be saying unequivocally that our first interest is as a European country in terms of both economy and defence rather than quivering as to whether something that might upset the US, particularly this administration. bsky.app/profile/guys... 1394
Reposted by Steven SmithGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Stand with science. Always. 502303777622
Reposted by Steven SmithMiljøpartiet De Grønne @mdg.no · 15/02/2025– Norge kan ikke risikere å tjene penger på Trumps plan om etnisk rensing og kolonialisering av Gaza. Det vil ha stor internasjonal signaleffekt, sier @uneaba.bsky.social.nettavisen.no– Det norske oljefondet er helt katastrofaltFNs spesialrapportør til Palestina, Francesca Albanese er tydelig i talen om når det komme til hvor dårlig Norge er. 03414
Reposted by Steven SmithEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 15/02/2025If anyone doubts this is true, the stumps of ancient wildwood trees still protrude from the peat here. The evidence is all there, right in front of us, once we open our eyes. 518335
Reposted by Steven SmithLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15/02/2025Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious. 2433881834
Steven Smith @stevensmith.bsky.social · 15/02/2025America going around bullying the rest of the world is going to end badly. 000
Reposted by Steven SmithSylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 14/02/2025Checking in this afternoon: yeah, cool, the transatlantic fascism remains both wildly embarrassing and incompetent, even if simultaneously destructive. Has Europe found its big boy pants in response? Has the UK realised that there isn't a real choice between the EU and the US left yet? 1103
Reposted by Steven SmithJosh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 14/02/2025Lib Dems respond to JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference Foreign affairs spokesperson @calummillerld.bsky.social says: 22517187
Reposted by Steven SmithHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 14/02/2025This sounds great but they will probably target things like base schools and health benefits for veterans, not flashy weapons systems or Musk contracts. 89017
Reposted by Steven SmithMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I thought this guy got killed in Die Hard ages ago. 3039038
Reposted by Steven SmithRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Let's make climate great again! Check out this piece by me and @carolinelucas.bsky.social to find out how. buff.ly/42Xqut8 #Climate #ClimateNews 55924
Reposted by Steven Smith#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🚨BREAKING🚨 www.theguardian.com/business/202.... 🌿 Green MP @carladenyer.bsky.social gets DESNZ minister to admit Rosebank court ruling applies to 13 further oil/gas licences ✅ Power of #ClimateLitigation &last yearcs Finch case ⚠️Our children will see blood on #Starmer hands if he stops thistheguardian.comThirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court rulingExclusive: Future of further projects uncertain after Rosebank and Jackdaw licences were found to have been unlawfully granted 115552
Reposted by Steven SmithBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/02/2025After Trump's statement last night, this moment from #PMQs is essential viewing. Lib Dem leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk: "If Ukraine is forced to surrender its own sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945." youtu.be/ERF2mvacD50youtu.beEd Davey asks PM if he's given enough support to Ukraine so they can't be bullied by Trump & PutinYouTube video by Best for Britain 16377121
Reposted by Steven SmithSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13/02/2025This seems rather worse than Munich 1938 25441114
Reposted by Steven SmithCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comIT IS A COUPThis is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong. 16061233028
Reposted by Steven SmithHolger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 10/02/2025The Trump administration did not comply with the TRO in NY v Trump against the funding freeze. The judge now granted a motion for the enforcement of the TRO www.rid.uscourts.gov/sites/rid/fi...rid.uscourts.gov 33311
Reposted by Steven SmithErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/02/2025And it looks like it’s official. Trump is ignoring court orders. The rubicon has been crossed. 19064331862
Steven Smith @stevensmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Your democracy died when you divvies gave him immunity. You can't stop him. 020
Reposted by Steven SmithHarry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 10/02/2025July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road February 2025: 37726363
Reposted by Steven SmithBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025If the farmers get the same punishment as Just Stop Oil, that's about 6000 years for them. Of course there will be nothing. 931717502
Reposted by Steven SmithPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025BREAKING: President Trump says Palestinians would not have the right to return to Gaza under US takeover plan 113231118
Reposted by Steven SmithZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Labour to release video footage of deportations today. Is akin to the Go Home vans? No, it’s akin to Donald Trump. If Trumpist hate turns you off @teamlabouruk.bsky.social NOW is the time to tell them so. youtube.com/shorts/PFOxs...youtube.comStarmer is copying Donal TrumpYouTube video by Zoe Gardner 75437154
Steven Smith @stevensmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Blue Labour is an oxymoron. Labour no longer exist. 000
Reposted by Steven SmithKeith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I rarely disagree with you, Ian, but fuck the constraints Labour have set. They're stupid constraints. 1142
Reposted by Steven SmithAntónio Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 09/02/2025Congratulations to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on desynchronising from the Russian electricity grid and fully switching to Europe’s - 10 months ahead of schedule! A landmark moment for energy independence and security in the Baltics and in the EU as a whole. 415930