Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer
@criquaer.bsky.social
Queer, humanist, pantheistic Quaker. Politically non-partisan. Disabled & chronically ill #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #SevereME 🇪🇺🗣️ 🏴🇦🇹🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷🇵🇹
I have just signed up for a copy of this incredible #LGBTQIA+ #artbook by #PaulDudes, @paul_dudes on IG, where one can preview the pages of this heart-warming tale. fr.ulule.com/burning-brid...
"Burning Bridges" Tome 1
An autofictional graphic novel
fr.ulule.com
"Farmers warn #FoodShortages are just 10 days away, yet the signs suggest they’ve already arrived." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Farmers warn food shortages are 10 days away – the signs suggest they’re already here
As farmers sound the alarm about a growing food crisis, experts say that Britain’s food insecurity needs to be treated as a growing national emergency. Climate change and conflict are affecting fragil...
independent.co.uk
UK 22/38 on #ChronicCareIndex. "The index combines the scores for #ChronicDisease burden and #HealthSystem performance across all 38 countries of the #OECD countries with the lowest burden and strongest systems place highest." healthcareandprotection-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/healthca...
UK lags peers in preventing and managing chronic health conditions - Zurich
UK lags peers in preventing and managing chronic health conditions - Zurich
healthcareandprotection-com.cdn.ampproject.org
Despite ranking 3d for readiness, "the UK was in the middle of the insurer’s #ChronicCareIndex (22nd) placing it ahead of countries like Germany (24th) and the US (27th), but behind France (15th), Ireland (13th) and Australia (8th)." healthcareandprotection-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/healthca...
UK lags peers in preventing and managing chronic health conditions - Zurich
UK lags peers in preventing and managing chronic health conditions - Zurich
healthcareandprotection-com.cdn.ampproject.org
#Censorship #StateCensorship #Totalitarianism www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07...
Are we heading for censorship?
Parliament is on the verge of passing the National Security (State Threats) Bill, and I think far too few people understand what it could mean. The government says this legislation is designed to prot...
taxresearch.org.uk
#PIP review has some positives, but as ever full of uncertainties. #TimmsReview www.disabilitynewsservice.com/pip-is-incre...
PIP is increasingly vital resource for disabled people but is ‘not fit for purpose’, says interim Timms Review report
Personal independence payment (PIP) is increasingly vital to disabled people to fill in the gaps caused by cuts to services, but there are “deep-rooted” problems with how it is delivered, an interi…
disabilitynewsservice.com
#ManchesterAirport voted 4th worst out of 85 in #Europe. As a #Disabled Passenger using a #wheelchair, this is not news to me or many other folk with disabilities. #MAN is consistently voted by my fellow disablies as the worst or nearly the worst airport in the UK. futurezone.at/digital-life...
Das ist der schlechteste Flughafen Europas
Überfüllung, schlechte Beschilderung, kaum Sitzplätze: Ein Ranking zeigt, welche Flughäfen man eher meiden sollte.
futurezone.at
Now would be a great time to read #WizardsOfWinworth a romance-fantasy #webcomic. The next episode (93) will be the ending, so this heartwarming tale is almost complete. Check out Wizards Of Winorth on Tapas. tapas.io/series/Wizar...
Read Wizards Of Winorth | Tapas Web Community
Your home for the world’s most exciting and diverse web comics and novels. Discover stories you’ll love from all genres, only on Tapas!
tapas.io
Just donated to the #DisastersEmergencyCommittee aka #DEC. #UKGov is matching £ for £ donations made, up to £2M. If you havenae donated elsewhere and can afford to do so, please consider donating to D.E.C.'s #Venezuela appeal. TY. 🙏🏻 dec.org.uk
Disasters Emergency Committee
Two catastrophic earthquakes have hit Venezuela. Buildings were reduced to rubble in minutes. Now the survivors urgently need support. Please donate now.
dec.org.uk
"The next round of #austerity is on its way" from economic-illiterate #AndyBurnham, who has sided with anti-social #Neoliberalism - the defunct & debunked economic-philosophy lauded since Thatcher. Yes, the former #MayorOfManchester is a #ChildOfThatcher! 😔 www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07...
The next round of austerity is on its way
It is often said that you can know a person by the company they choose to keep. Andy Burnham has chosen Tory-appointed, former Goldman Sachs banker Lord Jim O'Neill as an adviser. As the FT notes th...
taxresearch.org.uk
Cracking sleaze, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir
Cracking sleaze, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir
After ‘bottling everything up for a long time’ the faithful pet, who has remained silent for many years, will spill the beans on the pair’s ‘pet hates and fur-vent passions’
theguardian.com
"Why is it that by far the largest group in the population that supports Reform and other far-right parties is those over the age of 55?" #Over55s #Reformistas #Anger #Disillusion #Frustration #Neoliberalism www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/06...
Why do older people support the far-right?
Why is it that by far the largest group in the population that supports Reform and other far-right parties is those over the age of 55? It would be easy, and trite, to say that this is because these ...
taxresearch.org.uk
Reworked a commentary in respect to a video on IG discussing the R-word. For the first time in one of my blog-posts I have partially blogged using AI. Only my second blog-post of 2026. Hope it stimulates! #Homophobia #Disableism #Ableism crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2026/06/on-u...
On Using Potential Slurs
crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com
Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the #ManchesterBombing by the #IRA. #Mancunian news-hounds, #TheMill, have done their own investigation with the assistance of a veteran reporter on #TheTroubles. They are naming names of those involved today and tomorrow. manchestermill.co.uk/the-ira-men-...
The IRA men behind the Manchester bomb: Unravelling a 30-year mystery
Special Investigation: we can reveal the real story of the IRA attack that destroyed the city centre - and why nobody was ever brought to justice
manchestermill.co.uk
#ME/CFS is a severe neuroimmunological disease that often leads to a high degree of physical disability. ME/CFS patients often have a very low quality of life. A quarter of all patients can no longer leave the house, many are bedridden and estimated to be over 60 percent unable to work. According to
Start — Deutsche Gesellschaft für ME/CFS
Informationen über die Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis bzw. das Chronische Fatigue-Syndrom und die Arbeit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für ME/CFS.
mecfs.de
International #MEAwarenessMonth has just ended and, with the first day of June, I, a #pwME #SevereME, washed myself at my basin for the first time this year. Lovely hot water! #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin the EU. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
"One million children to be claiming #DisabilityBenefits next year" Not the children's, not the parent's but the system's fault. Systemic change is urgently needed to address the issues. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05...
The problem with our children
The Telegraph reports in a morning newsletter headline today that: One million children to be claiming disability benefits next year They add, and I make no apology for quoting a free newsletter at l...
taxresearch.org.uk
"...the statement published in July 2025 reports that 23.79 million TV licences were in force in 2024/25 (the latest period for which figures are available), compared with 25.28 million in 2020/21. That is a decrease of 1.49 million." #BBC #TVLicence #LiveTV #Streaming fullfact.org/culture-and-...
How many households have cancelled the BBC TV licence fee since 2020? – Full Fact
Claims that 2.4 million households have cancelled the licence fee since 2020 are circulating online. But we’ve found no evidence to support this figure, which the BBC says it doesn’t recognise.
fullfact.org
Just had breakie at breakfast-time for 1st time in yrs (since prior to Trafford taking on my care). Also lovely carer reminded me to wash my face - first time in c. 6 yrs. Had constant churn of social-workers over the past few years. The current one has finally sorted out some social-care. TY 😊
A well-written account of someone with #SevereME and some of the issues she has to deal with. #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis virology.ws/2026/01/27/t...
Trial By Error: An Essay on Living with Severe ME | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH I’ve been totally out of commission for three weeks while recovering from bruised ribs sustained in a fall. I have devoted most of my ...
virology.ws
Voting Intention of Men aged 18-24. • Green: 30% 🟩 • Labour: 21% 🟥 • Liberal Democrat: 17% 🟨 • Conservative: 12% 🟦 • Reform UK: 12% 🟪 Young men vote left. [YG]
Remember that you are more likely to become disabled than not. You can be disabled by illness, injury, climate disasters, war, police brutality, unmitigated pandemics, lack of access to healthcare, etc. Disability justice is for us all, and it’s foundational to all other forms of justice.
Wie erklärt man jemandem, der das noch nie gehört hat,was #PEM ist? Wie können Betroffene/Angehörige/Arbeitskollegen damit umgehen - und was ist mit Reha+Diagnosetests? Das umfassende, praxisnahe Interview mit Prof.Puta @riffreporter.bsky.social: www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/po... #MECFS #LongCovid
Post-Exertionelle Malaise: Das wissen wir heute über „PEM“
Der Sportmediziner Christian Puta erklärt die Mechanismen der Post-Exertionellen Malaise bei ME/CFS und gibt wichtige Hinweise zum richtigen Umgang damit.
riffreporter.de
6 Jahre Long COVID 0 Medikamente 0 Versorgungspfade 0 Anerkennung 0 Prävention 400 Mio Menschen, die jeden Tag körperliche Fremdbestimmung, Psychologisierung, Gaslighting, Stigma, Ignoranz und Deprivation erleben Und eine Zahl an bereits Verstorbenen, die niemand erfasst
When you see data for Trump’s popularity in Europe what is striking is not just has unpopularity but also that there are still some Europeans who hold a positive view of him. This is a man who’s whole strategy is to undermine the security and wellbeing of Europe. yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
How popular is Donald Trump in Europe? November 2025
YouGov European tracker series looks at Donald Trump's popularity in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain
yougov.com
⚡️The power of medical education! 30% of clinicians thought Long Covid wasn't real. After 90 mins of @putrinolab.bsky.social class 0% thought it wasn't real! 📺️ Full video: On Medical Education 🖇️👇️ #LongCovidAwarenessDay
Canada and Nordics seek closer 'middle power' cooperation reut.rs/40xP8y4
Canada and Nordics seek closer 'middle power' cooperation
Canada and the five Nordic countries on Sunday said they have agreed to deepen cooperation on military industrial production and other topics, in the latest push by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to build new global alliances.
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