Ann (she/her)
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Both newts and housing, please. Whole of society approach to looking after each other.
Welcome to day 1 of the bullies charter being given some legal clout. Remember the Code is not law, and apples to service providers, not service users. What this does is now make it a lottery every time a trans person wants to use a public loo or service, because it's now up to the manager.
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 11h agoThe EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force today
Dr Mary Ann Stevenson was appointed EHRC leader over the objections of the W&E Commitee by an ideological bigot for a singular, specific reason, and we're screamed at to pretend like the whole intestinal tract of state which has produced this shit is apolitical and innocent
The "nothing got better in the last 40 years" people are also mad that people who aren't rich can afford nicer things.
Beacon CRM is the company that was hacked. The company has an "incident guidance" page that you probably wouldn't be able to find through a search engine, because the company added a "noindex" tag code to the page's code, preventing it from being indexed. www.beaconcrm.org/incident-gui...
@maxsec.bsky.social · 23h agoMassive CRM used by many UK charities hacked . @campuscodi.risky.biz @grahamcluley.com BBC News - English National Ballet suffers customer data hack www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I think this is probably a bit overdone on older people refusing care? I agree with much of it but I think we're right to concentrate on neglect given our current system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board, says Emily Kenway, a social policy doctoral researcher
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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
Yes. You can just say yes, and then give the explanation. Scientists don’t have to complicate this so much for people.
Ed Hawkins@edhawkins.org · 5d agoThe missing words in the climate conversation are not human-caused climate change, but fossil fuel emissions. By Hayley Fowler and myself: theconversation.com/was-this-hea...
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Trying and totally failing to find an electrician to change my Mum's wired-in smoke alarms 😭 (I guess because it's school holidays? Idk.)
That people feel emboldened to direct such racist language at anyone, let alone people like you offering them their care, is a damning indictment of how far-right rhetoric has poisoned public life. To anyone who abuses NHS staff: you will be caught, and you will face the full force of the law.
A reminder to all NHS staff: you are loved, wanted and appreciated by millions of Londoners, and we collectively condemn the vile racism you continue to experience.
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff
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Happy International Owl Awareness Day! Please enjoy this photograph of ornithologist Herbert Brown (r) with an elf owl, the world’s smallest owl
In 1971, nearly one-third (31%) of NHS doctors were immigrants Neither the recruitment reality nor the responses to it seem to have changed much for decades
Certain posters are not beating the allegations that a certain type of British journalist is incapable of extending empathy to anyone other than the 50 or so colleagues they run into at dinner parties, a grace they extend to those 50 people but think minorities & the disadvantaged are unworthy of
Really glad to see another story on this important issue! As I mentioned before, this impacts us as the only option available is for us to pay for a 1:1 to go with my eldest, which would be incredibly pricey. apple.news/Aw1fHOEppQ_e...
'It’s just not fair': Tens of thousands of disabled children have no access to summer holiday clubs — ITV News
Parents of children with special educational needs have told ITV News their children feel left out and excluded over the holidays due to the lack of specialised holiday clubs, as Charlie Frost reports
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Catching up on this story. There is a dedicated far right campaign to scrutinise and intimidate black and brown academics. But this careful and judicious reporting by @lanre-bakare.bsky.social raises a lot of substantial questions. Really, a lot. www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor
Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism
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Did anyone do the maths on heat health alerts yet? Wondering what %age of days we've had in raised alert status for English regions.
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
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there are other ways to manage deficits than cutting frontline services but they generally need time, money or both A reason demand has grown because of policy failure. The community level preventative work that used to be funded by LAs could have limited this - but that damage is done now
not just a London story - a lot of health services in the last 5 years have been unsustainably funded through deficits and that has to end at some point not a lot of slack for immediate savings to be made to fund social care and other wellbeing priorities www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services
Body providing care in east London and Bedfordshire accused of ‘unfathomable and unacceptable’ move
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Was really enjoying watching gardening videos on Youtube until I discover the guy who gets the most credit for No Dig is a chemtrails guy. More grateful than ever for GQT.
This is a resource for parents of autistic children, but I think worthwhile reading for anyone with sensory issues with toothpaste. There are several different kinds available! Tho sadly not chicken flavour. www.autismtoothcare.com/toothbrushin...
Types of Toothpaste | toothPASTE
Different types of toothbrushes which may be suitable for the preferences and needs of autistic children.
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Loukas Christodoulou@loukas.bsky.social · 3d agoMy cats get so excited about having their teeth brushed because their toothpaste tastes like chicken. Maybe this suggests a solution for ADHD tooth brushing problems...
FYI that, in news that surprises no-one, major care providers are sending a lot of press releases to journalists that are being published as articles on social care.
Just about to buy another litre of Altruist SPF50 suncream. Figured I'd post about it for everyone else who has issues finding a suncream that meets their allergy and sensory needs. altruistsun.com/products/alt...
Sunscreen SPF50 - 1 litre
High SPF50 broad spectrum protection in a 1L bottle. Ideal for daily family use. Dermatologist developed. Shop now & enjoy year-round skin protection.
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I have made the bot: @socialcarestats.agvbergin.net tho it's not posting yet. I think that the 2024/2025 stats now indicate that working age people are 40% of those receiving social care funded by their local authority, up from just over a third.
Ann (she/her)@agvbergin.net · 2w agoA third of the people who have social care funded by their local authority are of working age. (I am going to make a bot with this stat because no-one ever mentions it and it is essential to reform to reform to meet the needs of this group.)