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Make BSL mandatory in UK schools now! Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

A cool petition for UK folks, on the introduction of BSL to schools

c.org/PHZ9bfn9c5

Manchester synagogue victims named as home secretary criticises pro-Palestine marches – latest The men were killed when an attacker used a car to ram into the grounds of a synagogue, then stabbed worshippers

How fucking DARE the home secretary conflate marching peacefully against a genocide and this despicable terrorist anti-Semitic attack.

We condemn genocide, and we condemn the Manchester attack.

Keep our names out of your mouth, you lowlife www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Good Morning Britain's "counter terrorism policing experts" are axe-grinding ideological propagandists. This is the way to reject the partisan reporting we'll all see so much of in the coming weeks bsky.app/profile/saul...

Defend Press Freedom I stand with Declassified UK - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press.

I stand with @DeclassifiedUK.org - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press.
secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...

UK PM Starmer says people have a right to 'peaceful protest' after anti-migrant march British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said people have a right to peaceful protest after more than 100,000 demonstrators joined an anti-immigration march through London on Saturday, but he condemned assaults on police and said Britain was built on tolerance and diversity.

…… unless they are members of Palestine Action or anti-Zionist Jews like my dad, who is being charged for allegedly publicly calling for a protest outside the BBC (he didn’t even actually do it!)

www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

Pretty twisted having a weird xenophobic rally using your own damn flag to demonstrate how much you hate migrants.. Like, you supposedly love your flag and country but you're using it as a hate symbol? Where's the genuine passion for your culture in that? Tf

In the wake of disabled people begging our MPs not to cut vital support and the cuts bill passing this is a really great time and opportunity to show MPs what their support or lack of means to us

Does your MP engage well with you? Let them know today.

Disabled folks and carers in the UK:

Scope is looking for answers (anonymous or named) to some questions on how your MP interacts with you.

They're going to meet with MPs and share your responses.

Get involved!
campaigns.scope.org.uk/page/175807/...

No I don't want "humane" deportations, for the same reason I don't want "friendly" cops in schools or "understanding" genital inspectors at sporting events.

The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.

The Final Delivery Plan for ME/CFS has been released today.

The full report was shared with some organisations and media outlets late yesterday. We’re (still) waiting for it to go online.

A short 🧵with some thoughts…

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RSE guidance is “patently and cruelly transphobic” - community responds to ‘Section 28 2.0’ curriculum It has taken a "trans exclusionary" approach and received widespread condemnation from the LGBTQIA+ community

‘Section 28 2.0’: New “transphobic” curriculum restricts teachers from encouraging Trans+ pupils to understand their identity 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-new-transphobic-curriculum-restricts-teachers-from-encouraging-trans-pupils-to-understand-their-identity/

As an artist for the Chronic Pain Project I've been asked to participate in their fundraiser Rest & Invest

I have a link if you'd like to donate, the money will go towards the cost of exhibitions and funding materials and shipping costs for artists who need it.

app.99pledges.com/fund/chronic...

And SSRIs! So common! So many features on this list are incredibly common and not all are well known to cause heat-related issues. Hit your depressed friends up

Want to highlight this point:

ANYONE taking antihistamines (lots of people are, pollen is very high) is at higher risk of heat-related illness.

Please check this thread for advice but make sure you're staying hydrated and keeping as cool as possible

HEATWAVE ACT NOW! Drink water -small sips, .often. Find cool - shade, fans, damp cloths. Close & open -close curtains by day, open windows at night. Check on others check or visit older people, babies, anyone higher risk or alone. Know the red flags: Confusion, dizziness, fast breathing 'all NHS 111 / 999. Clinically Vulnerable Families [logo] Image: view from a closed window, distant skyline shuddering in the heat, curtains softly blurred as they droop in the still air.

🌡️ UK heatwave set to peak >34°C TODAY

The Met Office has issued an amber alert.

⚠️ Heat can kill - especially if you are Clinically Vulnerable.

1/🧵 - 🙏 ♻️

www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

It's really surprising the lack of news items picking it up

It’s partly because the bill and system is complex, MPs and journos struggled to grasp it. But truthfully, it is largely because PIP cuts are deemed to matter more. Many claimants have jobs! They’re deserving! Click on most news sites and you wouldn’t know there’s a vote tonight.

The Government don’t want you to know about this. Disability cuts will force hundreds of thousands of people into poverty unless we act.

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Palestine Action: How every MP voted on proscribing them as a terrorist group Find out who voted which way

The ban on Palestine Action: how every MP voted leftfootforward.org/2025/07/pale...

Happy disability wrath month darling

Two bills have passed recently in Parliament: assisted dying and the welfare bill. In neither of the debates did long Covid or clinically vulnerable people get a mention. How can an estimated 409 million with long covid and 3.2 million in the UK not be relevant? Especially when our government is 🧵

So trans women can't give blood because biologically they are female and have female ranges for everything, but the NHS has decided we are legally male and we must meet male ranges in order to donate?

I want to scream. The science denial around trans people and biological sex is hurting everyone

Disabled people aren’t the enemy.

Trans people aren’t the enemy.

Immigrants aren’t the enemy.

Stop allowing the fascists to dictate who you’re willing to sacrifice.

Refuse to see anyone as expendable.

We aren’t safe until everyone is safe.

Ableism is one of the most acceptable forms of bigotry.

It’s everywhere. Disabled people are looked down upon by almost all groups in society.

Viewed as “useless eaters” and expendable.

Most people don’t even consider discrimination against us to be “real” discrimination

After govt's 11th hour 59th minute climbdown over PIP it's time for Reeves to go back to the drawing board and look for fairer and more sensible ways to raise money - like a wealth tax on multi-millionaires and billionaires to raise up to £24bn a year

How did my MP vote on reforms to the benefits system? Check whether your MP voted for or against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

Wanna see how your MP voted?

Here you go.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This poem by Patricia Berne, David Langstaff & Aurora Levins Morales, (from Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People, A
Disability Justice Primer, pages 55-57) has become sacred to me over this trying year. In particular, I hold these words close, "You, yes you, are irreplaceable!"

Tonight’s huge climbdown is testament to the countless disabled people who have tirelessly fought these cuts. Yes, UC was a loss and there’s more to do on PIP, but let’s not underplay this: a government with a vast majority has been forced to u-turn. Because of the disabled community.

A very hearty fuck you to every MP that voted to balance the books on the backs of disabled people.