@zuz.bsky.social was that a subtle call for a team? I could be persuaded

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Most people don’t know moving house can void their Shared Care Agreement.

They find out only when their new GP refuses to prescribe, leaving them abruptly without medication or support.

It isn’t patient error, it’s system failure.

📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 24 of 31

check out my soundcloud: write to your MP to oppose the EHRC banning trans people from single sex spaces

"our organisation of society coerces you into violating your own right to privacy in myriad complex ways and therefore you are an idiot and a hypocrite to react against this specific instance" like come on

yes, everyone has to make complicated decisions about what information to disclose to various services for a variety of reasons. reducing this to "all these reckless idiots hand out their details to everyone at random" is cynical and is not really an honest engagement with the problem

I didn't even know it was out there! Given that I've read the second volume of the comics with... let's call it growing dismay, should I even watch it? 😬

Fuck but I am so incensed on your behalf (I've also had a run-in with them when I was at my lowest, so it's a bit on my behalf too). "Was heard laughing". WAS NOT HEARD TIRED
Was not heard weeping and grovelling every fucking second of her life. Fuck.

I'd have said "fucking hell those fucking ghouls", except ghouls probably don't have a choice

Goodness, I remember that! You seemed to have started off a good cat re-distribution system, and then... The wheel of fortune landed on you again. Somehow ;P

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

I really do hate the usage of the word "stock" to describe the number of fish/whales etc in the sea. It makes it sound as though they just sit on a supermarket shelf until we decide we want them. They are essential & beautiful parts of an ecosystem, not spare parts that need a human to have purpose!

Me and my migraine are indeed despainful

Furry piranhas! 😻

"windy ride" and "short bursts" get layers when juxtaposed with "butt injury"

The "born to dilly dally forced to lock in" meme but its been modified with the images flipped. 'Born to watch "The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon"' is writen on a photo of a cat looking at a tiny laptop. "Forced to interact with people" is written on a photo of a cat looking at the camera

Murderbot explained (poorly)

A bottle of wine, a Picpoul de Pinet. It’s called ‘Baron de Badassière’.

“Pray tell. The Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”

“Well…”

card with red border, and a slightly cross stickman with arms out in 'back off' gesture towards a second stickman blowing it's nose and having a hot drink. Text: “Please don’t come near me if you are unwell. Even if it’s ‘just a cold’. My body struggles to fight infections. Illnesses that are mild for others can be very severe for me.”

Please remember: even if it's 'just a bit of a cold' to you, it can be a significant illness for someone who is #ImmunoSuppressed or #ImmunoCompromised It is vital to take any requests they make around illness seriously - not to visit if you are unwell, wearing a facemask, or anything else.

Disabled people, self management, and 'being controlling' Disabled people are often seen as demanding and controlling - here I look at an example of why this might be, and what is really going on.

Disabled people are often seen as demanding and controlling - in this blog I look at an example of why this might be, and what is really going on:

@rgarner.bsky.social not that imaginative of an analogy, as it relies on commonplace anti-fat bias and stereotypes. Don't punch down, folks. That's part of what "None of us are free until all of us are free" means

For me, the one that has been most meaningful is not letting fatphobia from others slide.

My mom and sister are both thin, and my mom (and dad) has done diet culture garbage for decades. My sister is amazing about not letting them say shit in front of me or (much more importantly!) her kids.

BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Paradise on the Edge Travel to the beautiful islands of the Pacific - the front line of climate change.

Today's Rare Earth is about to start, and we're looking at the Pacific, a huge and culturally varied region with amazing land- and sea-scapes. Listen in to hear about the challenges, their approach, & what the future holds.

On air at 12 today or online any time afterwards:

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Thank you!! I was hoping someone else would mention it so I can hop on the hatewagon. I'd have hated it anyway, but what turned it into intense revulsion was having to listen to it blasted on repeat outside a third rate shopping mall, 5 or 6 times, before deciding my friend wasn't going to show up 😩

Common misunderstandings: pain leaflet | Stickman Comms Even the simplest of phrases can have many different meanings. Being aware of them can help avoid the problems misunderstandings cause.This leaflet, entitled “Pain: Common misunderstandings between…

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NGL, that kind of top is what I was searching for on their site (but, you know, me sized)

PS: Is it wrong that I saw this and thought of you? onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/sitting-soft... 🫣

It looks great! I once made a basket for a cat I was occasionally cat-sitting for, and all he did was bap it once, then utterly ignore it 😾 And none of my foster cats since have shown the slightest interest in it 😶‍🌫️

He's found the Cat Nexus, that is his home now 😼

If more people recognized that they are in fact disabled, our conversations around disability would be entirely different. We talk a lot about how disability can happen to anyone at any time, but we don't talk enough about how stigma means many people don't acknowledge their existing disability.