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Mark Byrne@markobroin.bsky.social · last wk.

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The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · 2w ago

An autistic woman who subsists entirely on a diet of dough, tomato and cheese has appealed for answers as to why she’s dead on her feet, it has been rumoured.

More on the summer holiday club desert for kids with SEND. And the government’s comment in response to the I is laughably bad inews.co.uk/news/areas-s...

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

This from the Times on Donna Ockenden's report on maternity in Nottingham is mind blowing. Terrible that the Trust could cover it up - chilling that the systems meant to keep us all safe - commissioners, the CQC etc - didn't raise the alarm. It fell to families.

Beyond bleak.

Jacob Soboroff@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW from @ms.now + @themarshallproject.org: ICE has detained *over 500 babies and toddlers* during Trump's second term. www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

I don't know how Keir Starmer can wake up in the morning, see that pogroms have been taking place under his watch, that they are being fuelled by literal illegal activity on social media, and not make it his entire purpose to stop it. We know you're no politician, but are you not a lawyer?

The Far Right riot in Belfast last night was nothing less than “a race-based pogrom”, Belfast MP and leader of the SDLP Claire Hanna said. The mob hunted down non-whites and set fire to their homes. Carl Whyte, a local councillor, called it “a hard Far Right element”.

Homes set on fire in Belfast night of violence as MP says people targeted based on skin colour - follow live

On one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says.

bbc.co.uk

Such a joyful thread. I miss my My Little Ponies lunchbox all the time. Was gutted when I had kids and realised these are not a thing any more.

Discontinued Foods!@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · last yr.

VINTAGE LUNCHBOX MEGATHREAD! There is something deeply, nostalgic about the artwork on old lunchboxes. They meet at the crossroads of childhood, food, pop culture, & school/friends. Every day, for as long as I feel like, I'll be adding a new lunchbox to this thread! TMNT-1989 (My first lunchbox!)

Supreme Court have basically taken away the right to challenge being 'kept prisoner', if you are a person in a care home setting. Major charities are aghast. So are families.

Oliver Lewis@droliverlewis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The UK Supreme Court has abolished the ‘acid test’ to see if a disabled person is deprived of their liberty. Here’s a short video explainer www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojH...

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

Reform Candidate: "women are whores. All women. No exceptions. I mean this sincerely and perjoratively." Reform PR: "well that's banter, isn't it? Why can't you take a joke?" WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE: "well... it *did* seem quite tongue in cheek... I don't want to appear humourless..."

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong

Are we sure he was actually invited?

Craig Harrington@craigipedia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Imagine your dad being the president of the United States but he’s refusing to come to your wedding because of “circumstances pertaining to Government.”

I worked with Dan briefly and he did NOT enjoy being questioned. I felt it's because he doesn't always know what he's talking about but I guess we'll see.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔴 Reform Council Sacks Long-Serving Vicar as Standards Chief, in Wave of Cuts to Scrutiny Exclusive: Reverend Canon Hilary Barber says he was given no warning or thanks by Nigel Farage’s party for his years of service bylinetimes.com/2026/05/21/r...

For a while in my 20s I showered at the gym before I persuaded a friend's boyfriend to remove 5 spiders from my bath. But also a friend who lived down the street once let herself into my house at 5am to use the loo as there was a spider over her loo door. So, yeah

The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · 3mo ago

An autistic woman has surrendered use of her kitchen after finding a spider on the linoleum floor, sources have revealed. Beth Hapworth, 32, reports that she was too frightened to move the spider elsewhere, but too empathetic to harm it.

Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication.

Baby otters are adorable.🥰

Barely been beyond my garden but its fairly feral and I've spotted a few that may count as #tinyplants for #wildflowerhour - wood aven, buttercup, wintercress, and common vetch. Around Keighley and Bingley

Face it, you've run out of things to say about the Labour leadership So here's my latest substack on the govt's plans to end the SEND crisis - and what it means to take parents' legal rights away Oh, and how it ties into the Labour leadership battle chamindajayanetti.substack.com/p/send-refor...

SEND reform – a tightrope without a safety net

It’s late afternoon on Friday and you’re done for the week. So read this instead

chamindajayanetti.substack.com

She was the visual architect for the North East Metro.

Happy Birthday to Margaret Calvert today. 90 years old and what an impact! Her work is in every local town. A Margaret thread 🧵1/11

My 5 year old, understandably for someone born in 2021, asked earlier if everyone gets to be PM.

Went to Hardcastle Crags for the Bluebells but was treated to cuckoo flower and Greater Stitchworth (I think) as well #wildflowerhour

Although the sex breakdown of either perpetrators or victims isn't given in this, it feels like something the Government needs to address if it wants to tackle medical misogyny

Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 Hundreds of NHS staff a year are being investigated for sexual misconduct with many allowed back to work even after being found guilty. Now Britain's top surgeon says enough is enough and a radical overhaul is needed to protect staff & patients: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

🚨 Hundreds of NHS staff a year are being investigated for sexual misconduct with many allowed back to work even after being found guilty. Now Britain's top surgeon says enough is enough and a radical overhaul is needed to protect staff & patients: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

NHS forced to allow ‘rapist’ and sex pest doctors back to work

Claims of sexual misconduct have soared and led to £11m in compensation. For some an apology and 12-month suspension is all it takes to keep practising

thetimes.com

Deep-Sea Sea Pigs: Scotoplanes, the Echinoderms that Walk the Abyss at 5,000m Depth

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Rare pregnancy complication has put UK women into ‘emergency surgery’

Said it before and I'll say it again, you don't need to agree with Zack Polanski's politics to call out what is quite clearly in my view, antisemitic caricaturing. And no, saying this doesn't lend him any political credibility. It just means we should critique his views and actions not appearance

Ben Phillips@benphillips76.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

A vote for Reform, is a vote for concentration camps. The reference to Green constituencies is a mere distraction from the violence cretins like Zia Yusuf wants to inflict on our communities.

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · 3mo ago

This is grotesque on multiple levels.