Melissa
@mcochrane13.bsky.social
mum of 2 kids, 1 cat & 1 dog, wife, ADHD, PMDD, POP, & ME/CFS with fibromyalgia, she/her, human rights are for everyone. LGBTQ+ safe here. 🇨🇦 in 🏴
I’ve got 2 spaces available in my Duolingo family plan. £15 a space for the year. All the benefits of Duolingo plus but much cheaper. Can be anywhere in the world as long as you don’t mind paying in GBP. No catches, just sharing a deal. DM or comment if interested! 🩷 #Duolingo
In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So… “…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.
It’s almost as if right wing, anti-immigrant, austerity geared, ‘back to the good old days’ ethos led governments aren’t working 🤔. 'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies www.bbc.com/news/article...
'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies
The government wants to encourage women to have babies but Italians say they need greater help.
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Back from the neurologist today. All my little twitches are benign and nothing more nefarious. Confirms the ME/CFS dx. I apparently have ‘very brisk’ reflexes - maybe this is my super power?? 😂😂. In an unrelated investigation - I might have carpal tunnel in my right wrist 🤷🏻♀️.
Absolutely critical to address racism in schools right now. Well done Nuzi for continually keeping it at the fore 👏
Nuzhat Uthmani@nuthmani.bsky.social · last yr.Shared some thoughts with @tesmagazine.bsky.social about the need for this new guidance, especially at a time when far-right narratives are growing and making their way into schools. @henryhepburn.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...
The world is so utterly grim. How can we keep killing innocent people?? 😔🥺
Yaroslava@strategywoman.bsky.social · last yr.I am having a warcoffee. It is a mourning day in Kyiv. In memory of the people killed in a large-scale russian attack on the capital on the night of June 16-17 💔 No music in cafes, shops, etc. Only the sounds of life wander gently among the shelves and souls.
I am so glad that I’m not a teacher anymore. This guidance is an utter disgrace. It’s such a slap in the face to every single Scottish teacher. The violence is very real, it’s very scary, it’s very traumatising. A laminated card is not the answer. 🤬 #ScottishEducation
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
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Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. 🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
Do people really believe that the Billionaire Media would tell them, "The problem is us, the billionaires." No of course they won't, instead they will blame absolutely anybody else.
Anyone have any recommendations for a lightweight foldable wheelchair that can be wheeled along like a bike while folded? I’m looking for something that might help me enjoy more outings this summer but that gives me the flexibility to walk when able, since I really enjoy walking.
At what point do we actually say enough is enough, let’s stop damaging the earth?
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · last yr."A huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
🧵 Le 28 mai, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale d’action pour la santé des femmes, @ladepechedumidi a publié un article éclairant sur le phénomène du gaslighting médical 👏 #CovidLong #ApresJ20 #GaslightingMedical #SantéDesFemmes
Gaslighting médical : quand les symptômes des femmes ne sont pas pris au sérieux
28 mai, journée internationale d’action pour la santé des femmes. L’occasion de mettre en lumière un nouvel exemple de gaslighting médical - procédé qui consiste à nier ou minimiser les plaintes des p...
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“I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.” ― Frida Kahlo, The Diary of Frida Kahlo Kahlo lived with #fibromyalgia after a train accident at age 18. She had numerous surgeries and was left with #ChronicPain. She created her most important works of art from bed.
Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
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Too many people around the world are hiding behind ‘Christian values’ to support dehumanising acts like this, anti-abortion laws, disability eugenics etc.
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · last yr.4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
Someone who has been able to work for 30 years but then had to give up due to disability, is no more or less worthy of support than someone who has never been able to work. They are both human beings who deserve to live and not to be in poverty.
11 misconceptions about autism that just won't go away... even though they're wrong, harmful, or have been debunked a thousand times. (Part 2) A thread.
It’s time to build big, build bold, and build now. That’s the mission I’ve given to our Cabinet, and we’re getting to work.
This thread is important to read. Medical misogyny is rife and too many women have these stories. It needs to change.
Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · last yr.When I had my hysterectomy, I was told recovery would be quick because I was young, fit & otherwise healthy. They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation. When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
We are in one seriously messed up timeline. Can you imagine going back in time, say 20 years, and telling folk that in the future THE US PRESIDENT would be slagging off a wildly successful entertainer publicly for everyone in the world to read?!?? No one would believe you. 🤯🤯🤯
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · last yr.Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
Ugh, so last Friday I went out with a pal to see Katherine Ryan. I had a great night. I rested in the days before but MY GOD my ass is still being kicked. I feel dreadful. #ME/CFS is a real bitch. 😒😣🥺😭
