Lisa J
@choctoothpaste.bsky.social
Nature, train journeys, walks in the hills. Autistic. LGBT. Parent to a fab daughter who types to communicate. AAC, SEND, inclusion. She / her. Avoiding the dead bird app.
Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.
The main lesson from Leuven is that cities don't necessarily need more road capacity to improve accessibility. Sometimes, they need to change who gets to use their streets, and for what purpose. After all, making a city easier to move through does not have to mean making it easier to drive through.🔚
Shetland Day 7: A quieter day with fewer thrushes (though still 1000+ Redwing, many Blackbird & 1 Ring Ouzel at dusk) & only Olive-backed Pipit remaining of the rarities. Still much to enjoy, including finding a late Pied Flycatcher at the top of Ward Hill, 2 Mealy Redpolls & a couple of Jack Snipe
You don't need to be able to understand French to get this. 🐌🦌
Lisounours@lise-l.bsky.social · yesterdayIls étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière
We felt like we'd won the commissioned care lottery this morning. Two carers arrived, on time, to take my disabled teen daughter out. Only one new one! The other, she knew and liked. Unfortunately, said carer then told us it was her last day with the agency. Sad, but we've had so many leave.
Shetland day 6: No question about bird of the day on Fair Isle, with rain at dawn sparking a big fall of thrushes, dominated by Redwing. All-island total around 12000 - huge groups of 500+ swirling around, also good numbers of Song T, Fieldfare & Blackb. Two YBWs and hrd only Olive-backed Pipit too.
This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing
Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social · 2d agoDear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
As an addendum, someone has clearly just shown him the mid-terms polling. Get ready for a few weeks of absolute insanity rather than the normal derangement.
Isn’t it amazing the way life can seem too short, and intrinsically magical, yet at the same time feel like a long, uphill road, potholed with fuckwits?
"Show me a man's friends and I'll show you the man" The United States joins Iran and Afghanistan as the only countries to allow public executions.
My dad doesn't know where I got autism from but my sister and I shared a room well into our teens because the other bedroom was the Trains Room
Simply read this summary on what is driving the increased prevalence of mental health distress from the long awaiting final independent report into teenage mental health. Now compare it to the public discussion on mental health which basically comes down to social media and over-diagnosis.
Given students I’ve been supporting have been forced to turn to private providers (which the Church pays for) because the waiting lists are so insane, the system failure are already here *and it’s not the patients’ fault*
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoNHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds
Baffling that the Guardian has on its front page a headline then discredited by the contents of the article itself. No real evidence that parents of children with SEND are ‘rushing’ to get support ahead of government changes. The system is as slow as ever. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts
Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic
theguardian.com
Anyone else think having British care homes sold off for over a billion by a very wealthy man to a consortium from California is not a healthy way to provide a service? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/del...
'Delighted': Yorkshire businessman's care home company seals £1.1bn deal with US firm
A Yorkshire company which develops UK care homes and owned by one of the region’s wealthiest entrepreneurs has sealed a £1.1bn deal to sell 45 properties to a Californian investment firm.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
So much talk about parents 'rushing' to get ECHP's & diagnoses. Both take enormous amounts of time & stress. No one's doing that for fun. People do it because they've exhausted other routes to get help for their kids. It'd be excellent if kids got real support... www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts
Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic
theguardian.com
You can always tell the customers who’ve never worked in a service industry role.
Skip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know)@badposter.lol · 4d agomore business owners need to be like this
Having a customer facing retail job should be like National Service - everyone does a year. Imagine some dreadful Telegraph columnist being forced to work in Halfords
Noticing the nights drawing in? 🌙 October brings a big shift, with most of the UK losing over 2 hours of daylight this month. Do you enjoy the cosy evenings or miss the longer days?
Guys and gals you have until 30th October to get your vote in It seems to be a bit under covered this year and that would be a worry because the Tufton Street lot are working on the basis that people can be worn down Show them your metal!
Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social · last mo.Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Yes, it’s 5th October 🍂 No, it doesn’t exactly feel like it. Here’s how temperatures compare with the October average 👇
My GP recommends swimming for my back. I want to go. There are 2 communal changing rooms. Labour say I should use the mens. I am a visibly female woman with a GRC. If I use the mens there's a serious risk of me being confronted and worse. So where do I go? I don't. I'm segregated from society.
A Russian drone strike hit the road surface on Kyiv's Pivnichnyi Bridge on Oct. 4, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. Video: Kyiv Info; President Volodymyr Zelensky / Telegram.
⚡️Moscow unveils 'new doctrine' targeting Ukrainian civilians, Zelensky vows to respond with more energy strikes. Zelensky said that Putin issued a new policy allowing Russian forces to launch broader strikes against Ukrainian civilian targets this upcoming winter.
Moscow unveils 'new doctrine' targeting Ukrainian civilians, Zelensky vows to respond with more energy strikes
Zelensky said that Ukrainian intelligence obtained documents revealing that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a "new doctrine" allowing Russian forces to launch broader strikes against Ukrainian...
kyivindependent.com
On the importance of asking the right questions in politics.
How many of us would be willing to leave our principles at the door and enforce a school's (probably) unreasonable attendance policy, as long as the salary exceeds £3 million a year? As seen on TES jobs 😂
