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...

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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I am disabled and very very underemployed ever since I was laid off in November of 2024. If I’m being honest I am losing hope of finding full time employment again. So I am trying to come up with other ways of supporting my family, bit by bit.

At the same time they were planning to cut back OSAP? #onpoli

Robert Benzie@robertbenzie.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The controversial decision to purchase a $28.9M executive jet was unanimously approved by Premier Doug Ford's cabinet earlier this year. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

This is the most Canadian non-Canadian thing I’ve ever seen. Goose wanted to play third. He just didn’t have a glove.

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 6mo ago

There was a goose on the field at Wrigley, they played on

Have you been loving #Survivor50? Can't get enough? You should check out the Reality Rangers podcast, where my Survivor-obsessed son and his friend dissect every episode with the precision of Christian making fire with a pair of glasses and sheer will! youtu.be/Y3mC_5vDC10?...

Reality Rangers S3 E5: Operation Bad Blood

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Wow. Fucking disgusting. Pierre Poilievre is such a loser, man. Note to everyone: if your rights become politically unpopular, Poilievre will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat, apparently.

GAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! #TheWorldIsOnFire #BurnItAllDown

Somebody get a bucket of ICE! Kristi Noem’s pants are on fire!!!🔥

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

BRENNAN: What percentage of those you have in custody have committed crimes? NOEM: 70% of them B: It's not 70% N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers B: Well, that's from your agency

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A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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lmaoooo Yesavage is a star

I *really* wish that someone would explain to right wingers that government debt is not the same as household debt. That our grandchildren will NOT be living in poverty because in 2020 we gave out relief to people who lost their paycheques due to Covid. It's exhausting listening to them yell.

I remind you that this man has been accused of domestic violence by the women in his life.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Hegseth: "Basic training is being restored to what it should be -- scary, tough, and disciplined. We're empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits, ensuring that future warfighters are forged ... they can put hands on recruits."

I just found how to disable Co-pilot in Microsoft Word. This is life-changing. #IHATEAI

It is beyond infuriating that the GOP literally published an excruciatingly detailed manifesto of their evil plans and we still have people being surprised by what they do.

I started watching "Who's the Boss?" on CTV Throwback yesterday. Just an episode here and there. But it's so calming. Sometimes hiding in nostalgia is a form of self-care.

Job applications with a MANDATORY LinkedIn profile??? What on earth for? Why the assumption that everyone uses it? Yeah, I have a profile, fine. But someone is prohibited from applying if they choose not to use it? I don't get it. #JobSearch

"Undeterred, she came back a few days later when the gate was unlocked. This time, she drove straight inside, not asking permission. Her staff 'deliberately dropped me off inside the lobby before they knew that we were there,' she said." More of this. Thank you, @chu.house.gov.

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last yr.

Chabria: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her

I think one of the worst of the problems with the Ford government is the sheer NUMBER of horrible things they are doing makes it impossible to keep the ire up about anything for very long, because then the next indignity comes along. But I will never not be angry about the Science Centre. #ONpoli

My IRL friends call me Chris@christyceeck.bsky.social · last yr.

"In the year since the abrupt closure of the Ontario Science Centre, the cost of a new site at Ontario Place has escalated, its opening date has been pushed back, there is no sign of a temporary location – & the old building’s roof that was said to be at risk of collapse appears to be intact."

It's amazing how in the course of this seven month job search I've gone from "I can't apply for that, it won't pay the bills" to "well, maybe at least we won't starve?" #JobSearch #Disability

It will never cease to amaze me how people will talk over disabled folks, tell us we’re wrong, infantilize us etc… and yet they can’t realize that in refusing to believe us and give us agency they’re almost always proving our point. We aren’t listened to. We aren’t believed. Ableism is everywhere

Random thought of the day: women seem to - on the whole, individual cases excepted - be more open re bisexuality. Men tend to stubbornly insist they are either gay or straight. I don’t think it’s that there are fewer bi men. But I wonder if it’s just indicative of overall black and white thinking?

RIP Brian Wilson - undoubtedly one of the greatest song writers of the 20th century. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82

Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time

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It's somewhat miraculous that Brian Wilson managed to live as long as he did, given everything, but it's still a loss to his family, and a great loss to music. His talent was truly a gift for the ages, and I hope he managed to find peace in his later years.

"We are sad that the journalist didn't dodge the projectile that chose to go towards her" said her employer. Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

trying to understand my ex better