does anyone else who struggles with fathers/mother’s day struggle more with the influx of “don’t want our emails” emails than they do the actual emails themselves?? or just me

i don’t want to lose the cute divorced couple :( but surely there’s no other way #RaceAcrossTheWorld

lost money belt klaxon 🚨🚨 #RaceAcrossTheWorld

feel like i complain about this every season but i HATE the 5th place elimination. so pointless. #RaceAcrossTheWorld

i just love the pair of sisters so much 🥹 what down to earth lovely souls #RaceAcrossTheWorld

this son is gonna kill his mum in 20 mins flat 😆 #RATW

one of my favourite #RaceAcrossTheWorld things is when they all run off from the start line as if 1) they know where they’re going 2) aren’t racing for many weeks

Anyone I know interested in sewing and maybe being on TV? I’ve been nudged by the production team for the ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ to say they are looking for ND / disabled folk for the next series of the show. Sign up form is here: eu.castitreach.com/ag/love/gbsb...

We know today may feel especially heavy for our trans and non-binary siblings. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or affected by the UK Supreme Court’s decision, please know you’re not alone. We’re here for you every day from 10am to 10pm. #TransRights #Trans #NonBinary #SupremeCourt #Gender

Kidlit colleagues, just a reminder that JK Rowling *funded* this challenge over the definition of women at the Supreme Court. Every time you choose to work with her, platform her, take a stance that aligns with her, buy her books, nominate her for more awards, she uses that and funds hate.

✍🏻 me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social on the benefit cuts as a feminist issue

The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Make no mistake: disability benefit cuts are a feminist issue Women are more likely to be disabled, and often left undiagnosed or without the support they need for longer. It is also women who commonly bear the brunt of state underfunding. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

At the heart of every attack on disability benefits is the myth disabled people “get perks”: a free car, loads of cash, a life off work. It misrepresents the reality of disability, whilst exploiting low wages and high living costs to make the public envy people in daily pain.

i’ve truly had a DAY and now somehow i’m watching a documentary about white chocolate digestives

guess who’s part of the meta scrape! very upsetting as an anti-AI author. libgen is a useful resource and I’d honestly rather people had the info in my book than not but that’s not the same as a scrape this huge for thousands of authors

People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@dov.bsky.social · 2y ago

But there's a difference between some rando quietly stealing a copy of Seeing Like A State and the entire text being fed into a machine to make Meta lots of money, isn't there. Both are illegal. The latter is a massive, massive, massive repeat crime. (And I would argue far more immoral.)

“Under the rule of the Conservatives, I felt under threat… But, even after all of that, I’ve never felt as dehumanised as I do now, under Labour’s current rhetoric and reforms.” ✍🏻 my debut for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/demonising...

Demonising disabled people is not a moral duty

As the government unveils its benefit reforms, including tightening who receives the PIP (Personal Independent Payment), disabled journalist Charli Clement says there will be unintended consequences

national.thelead.uk

Austerity with a red rosette is not the “change” people voted for.

can’t believe someone just said that those w mh needs should only be able to do “socially useful work” for benefits - what a horrific double standard and a true notion of the ideas of eugenics that this society holds

it would really be nice for someone to actually acknowledge that pip isn’t an out of work benefit actually :)

well AT LEAST they’re not changing it to vouchers!!! we’re so lucky!!

you can’t have a binary of can or can’t work!! that’s not how most disabilities work internally nor is it our experience of society and how employment/corporations work!

the words “genuine need” are so violent and loaded in this context. you do not get to set a fake bar that does not acknowledge any of our needs

objectively hilarious to say this is all due to tory failure only to treat disabled people just like they did - or arguably worse!

disgusting to put the north and midlands in your mouth as a justification for taking our benefits

we cannot “unleash talents” when there are no accessible jobs, you cut access to work, we are waiting years for surgeries and therapies and social care!!

“it’s not a post covid problem across the world” maybe because we didn’t have stringent lockdowns, had mass spreading initiatives eat out to help out, were plunged into a cost of living crisis, have no support for those with long covid, etc etc…

Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"

I just don’t think it’s that radical of an opinion that we’ve let companies go too far with what they can charge a monthly subscription fee for

in better news today is new severance, love is blind and traitors us day so. big day for the most annoying person you know (me)!

apparently I’m no longer disabled enough for my specialist dentist care!! which is not the fault of the dentist but considering I went to a new one today they didn’t even ask me any questions to ascertain whether I scored highly enough and just assumed about my communication & support needs!!