Jeni Reid

A darkened picture of me, a 40ish white woman, leaning against a pillow. Overlaid text reads August 8 is Severe ME Day

August 8 is Severe ME Day. It recognizes the 25% of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) whom this neuroimmune disease has left so severely ill, we're home- or bedbound.

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A large group of counter protesters gathered in Glasgow today to oppose a 'mass deportation' rally led by UKIP leader Nick Tenconi

We’re socialised to believe disability looks like someone sat in a wheelchair. But it’s also a young guy with HIV, a mum with lupus, or teen with ADHD. Badenoch and anyone can find that offensive but they don’t get to misquote the law. Their opinion doesn’t trump legislation.

"The Prime Minister has called for Glastonbury to axe Kneecap from its line-up after a band member was charged with a terror offence" - The Sun

You know what's "not appropriate" Keir?!

Arming a fucking genocide...

Fuck The Sun and solidarity with Palestine Action. 🇵🇸

Friday the 13th. Beer O'Clock. Raising a glass to Sir Geoff Palmer. RIP 🍻

We're deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Sir Geoff Palmer. A courageous champion of equality, he challenged how we talk about history.

Portrait of a person from the early 20th century, wearing a formal suit and a patterned tie, posing against a plain background.

7 June 1904 | A Jewish man, Salvatore Capelluto, was born on Rhodes Island.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 16 August 1944. He did not survive.

June is LGBT Pride Month. Love is love. Be your fabulous selves.
A good piece here for any of my friends that want to learn about its history: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/pride-in-the-u…

Neuk Collective: In Tension Online Exhibition Opening Join Neuk Collective and Fife Contemporary online at 6pm, Thursday 29 May for the opening of the digital exhibition, In Tension

I’m exhibiting online with Fife Contemporary and Neuk Collective.
The online opening is this Thursday at 6pm uk time. I’ll be answering questions at some point in the event:)

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neuk-colle...

UK: Kneecap donate fee to Doctors Without Borders.

Kneecap.

The terrorist is Netanyahu and his supporters.

Brilliantly joyful afternoon in Dundee at Jeremy Deller’s Meet The Gods.

Four images including a book cover in orange and black with a face and text, two landscapes and an image of a woman in black and white

REFRAMING
WOMEN PRINTMAKERS !
the💥new💥 womensart book!!
Out June 1st
Available to PRE-order at any good bookshop....🧡

Israel Disrupted at Eurovision: Youth Demand x House of the People

🗓️Join us this Thursday @ 7-9pm BST/ 8-10PM CEST on zoom in bio with Meaghan and David, the two brave young people that took action at Eurovision. Hear directly from them why they took action, and how we can resist genocide.

David Currey.

Pro-Palestine protesters staged a protest during Israeli October 7 survivor Yuval Raphael's performance at the Eurovision Song Contest final.

#skynews #Palestine #Israel #Eurovision

Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.

Not often that Low was outshone, but Zec's VE Day cartoon in the Daily Mirror is one of the all-time greats...

For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain “An extraordinary novel about two extraordinary women … This slim novel is a pocket epic.” - Frank Cottrell-Boyce

And for anyone wanting to read more about Julian, please buy this wonderful novel by our friend Vicky - @vickymackenzie.bsky.social

victoriamackenzie.net/book/for-thy... 3/3

Text: DEFEND TRANS LIVES BLOC MAY DAY RALLY SUNDAY 4TH MAY TRANS RIGHTS ARE WORKERS RIGHTS! Meet 10.30am at Barrowland Park, corner of London Road and Moir Street (G1 5BG) and marching to Glasgow University Union

May Day, Sunday 4th May- GLASGOW.

DEFEND TRANS LIVES!

NHS to test all 'trans' children for autism Every child referred to a gender clinic will be screened under new guidance following Cass Review ث Michael Searles Health Correspondent 27 April 2025 4:02pm BST The NHS will test all children who believe they are transgender for autism under new plans seen by The Telegraph. Every child referred to a gender clinic will be "screened for neurodevelopmental conditions" such as autism and ADHD under new guidance, to be introduced in the wake of the Cass review.

FUCK OFF YOU ARSEHOLES.
There is only so much professionalism, particular as a non-binary, autistic, individual, I can muster at the moment. Stop treating us as if we are "broken" as if we are "wrong". How hard is it to accept us as us? I want to cry at the way we are talked about.

But it looks really calm. Now I want to see a photo of the chaos!

Listening to @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social podcast today about rain and retribution. Made me think of this poem by Alastair Reid. And this headline from my local paper last year! #blindboyboatclub

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/scotlan...

"For people with more complex, severe & enduring mental illnesses, reducing, restricting or creating further barriers to their access to benefits will only make them more ill, and in need of more NHS care."
Great to read someone talking sense on this, unlike the government. #StopTheCuts #Disability

A monumental musician. A true force of nature 🙏

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

War crime. Genocide. Barbarity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Wait… what??

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

I’m needing a haircut but I don’t know where the clippers are. That just about sums things up.

Penelope Keith is less grassy knoll and more Parker Knoll.