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Just a reminder that I've recorded a talk for the online Music Healing festival 'Soul Frequency' and there's still time to get tickets here event.soulgoddesslife.com/Sheila Chandra There are lots of fascinating speakers, lots to learn and experience. Head over and take a look!
World Beat live from 7- 9pm UK time with our album of the week Rising of The Bold by @merryhellband.bsky.social plus chatting with @sheilachandra.bsky.social and music from Priddy Festival 25
The brilliant ex-city trader turned economist and working class activist Gary Stevenson's solution to wealth inequality. Watch and share! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAb_...
How to stop the economy from collapsing
YouTube video by Garys Economics
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allthebestradio.com/featured/629... Beautiful sound collage personal journey from Shareekha Helaluddin for @allthebestradio which I was privileged to be part of as a contributing voice. Take a listen!
#629 Ancestral Voices -
This week, three stories about connection: connection to the land and the sea, connection to history, connection to the divine and to ourselves. Weaving Ancestral Voices by Shareeka Helaluddin In our ...
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Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else). My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a shameful British tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Stop placing complex chronic illness patients on psych holds. If you don’t know how to treat someone, say so. Don’t tell them it’s all in their head. Placing patients in the psych ward breaks their trust, sets back their baseline and sends a clear message that they’re not safe in your care.
Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards
The chronic illnesses that make doctors doubt their patients often start after what “should” be a short-lived sickness—like COVID-19.
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There's a lovely indepth 'mix' from Molly Gray on NTS radio going out on Sunday at midday GMT. You can stream it 'live' from anywhere and often they archive shows for listening on catch up too. Anyway, here are the details!
Being chronically ill at Christmas can be lonely. Many of us deal with feelings of guilt and are gaslit for not being able to participate in family traditions. My article on how to find joy in the small things, how others can make the holidays accessible and a reminder that no one is alone:
A Chronic Illness Christmas
When you're chronically ill, the holidays can be lonely. Feelings of guilt are common. A look at how to set boundaries, support other disabled people and a reminder that you're never alone.
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When I had a violent stalker who would graphically describe how he would have me gang raped, puncture my organs and and break all my bones, I was told the police "couldn't do anything". Consider this a reminder that they absolutely ✨can✨ do something. They just don't care about YOU.
Another horrifying example of neglect leading to assisted dying: Normand Meunier (a quadriplegic) developed bedsores after being left FOUR days on ER gurney. He wasn’t turned & his pleas for a specialized mattress were ignored. He decided he didn’t want to “be a burden” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Below is a series of five articles I wrote about the experience of needing the hospital when disabled or chronically ill. For those low on spoons - or people who want to share the articles with friends or family - I compiled them into a single article here: www.disabledginger.com/p/a-five-par...
A Five Part Guide to Accessing Healthcare When Chronically Ill
If you're disabled - you've likely found yourself saying "I won't go to the ER unless I'm literally dying." Here's a 5 part series of articles designed to make the hospital experience more manageable.
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Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2y agoWhen you’re disabled - going to the hospital is a completely different experience than when you’re non disabled. The loss of agency & control, risk of a setback to baseline, potential for gaslighting, hospital acquired infections and trauma… these are all reasons we avoid hospital at all costs 🧵
When we said this years ago on Twitter… based on maths… they said it was ridiculous. Slowly, slowly… this train is pulling out of the station. We’ll see what full speed looks like. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and ...
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This is another example of disabled people being the proverbial canaries in the coal mine. We’ve been screaming for years about the dangers of supply chain issues and medication shortages. 🧵 on tariffs, income inequality and disability rights
one of the worst feelings as an artist is when you have lots of ideas for what you want to draw but no time, then when you have the time you have no motivation, then when you have the motivation you have no ideas
The big disadvantage of having art not solely as a hobby is that you never can stop thinking about work. It's always present in thoughts, subconsciously or not. Such an exhausting way of making a living but also a very privileged one.
Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size. At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
