Reform councillors aged 19 and 22 in charge of children’s and adult services at local authority
Social workers raise questions over clash of values and lack of experience of new lead members at Leicestershire County Council
What’s more worrying than these councillors’ youth is that the one in charge of adult services has posted racist messages & believes depression isn’t real, & the student in charge of children’s services thinks his experiences in life are representative of clients’.
new.basw.co.uk/about-social...
07.06.2025 07:28 — 👍 177 🔁 95 💬 18 📌 20
I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here.
First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
23.03.2025 00:52 — 👍 828 🔁 380 💬 32 📌 30
Handwritten sign, on ringbinder lined paper, pinned to a wall:
"YOU LOOK
GREAT
YOUR TEETH ARE
SHARP.
YOUR EYES ARE
LUMINOUS.
THE TOWN FOLK
WHISPER YOUR
IN HUSHED
TONES"
What I say into the mirror each morning:
28.05.2025 05:00 — 👍 1513 🔁 406 💬 2 📌 0
At Central Library, Brooklyn
A Trump exec order bans almost 300 words from being used by federal agencies, the military and any org that receives federal funds. These kinds of "editorial" decisions were popular in Germany in the early 30s.
A running list can be found here: pen.org/banned-words...
18.05.2025 01:22 — 👍 594 🔁 276 💬 27 📌 25
#vss365 #prompt #sutured
(Origin, Latin – "stitched")
On World Red Cross Day, a tribute to quiet healers.
Even broken things can be held together.
What thread saved you?
🌀 Theme 3: Wounds & Healing begins
08.05.2025 05:30 — 👍 99 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 5
Full article: Objectifying gaze: How attitudes shape occupational choice - latest publication hits the ‘shelves’ 🥰
23.04.2025 07:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
We may have a winner…
16.04.2025 06:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quilted textile artwork with images of various realistic lookibg butterflies and moths in different colours, shapes and sizes on a black background
Susan Brubaker Knapp, contemporary expert quilter, as well as an artist and author (Via J.Cannel FB) #WomensArt
06.04.2025 08:22 — 👍 1213 🔁 180 💬 0 📌 11
Her old nose was far better. However, she should have focused on improving the inside of her head…
02.04.2025 07:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cartoon of a man talking to a dog. He is saying "What's that Lassie? So long as wealth can buy power it's not really democracy?"
02.04.2025 06:58 — 👍 1316 🔁 353 💬 12 📌 8
Sky News report on McRaper's laughable attempt to be president. The quotes are brilliant. My favourite one is 'On behalf of the women of Ireland he can fuck off'.
My sentiments exactly!
1/2
30.03.2025 19:34 — 👍 84 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 8
😂🤣😂
28.03.2025 03:19 — 👍 25419 🔁 5579 💬 926 📌 430
New Tesla ad in London
13.03.2025 18:50 — 👍 5811 🔁 1412 💬 147 📌 95
youtu.be/CkcsKuMKooo
04.03.2025 05:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Have you said thank you even once?"
01.03.2025 13:32 — 👍 3810 🔁 987 💬 31 📌 53
Are you doing this TODAY!?
NOW!?
PLEASE PASS THIS ON!!
#EconomicBlackout
#WeHaveThePower
#DemCast
28.02.2025 14:25 — 👍 60 🔁 12 💬 6 📌 0
Valentine themed teaching session with Percy Pigs. Not a bad start to the module 🥰 @northumbriauni.bsky.social
14.02.2025 09:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ooh, signage confirming one’s qualifications? I shall bear that in mind. It’s a step up from adding them to your email signature, I suppose.
12.02.2025 10:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Do you have a special visible sign that indicates your qualifications? Perhaps I should get one, just in case.
12.02.2025 08:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Every second broke my heart.
10.02.2025 21:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Another one from their neighbor
bsky.app/profile/than...
07.02.2025 05:29 — 👍 216 🔁 68 💬 6 📌 2
For now…
06.02.2025 08:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump: the Persian cat to Musk’s Blofeld. @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social does it again 👌
06.02.2025 08:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Early Morning Love Poem
Duvet,
you are so groovet,
I’d like to stay under you
all of Tuesdet.
Brian Bilston
Early morning love poem.
04.02.2025 07:09 — 👍 1302 🔁 282 💬 27 📌 20
For those of you who need a moment of joy, here is Ted enjoying the beach x
02.02.2025 15:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
picture of a screaming seagull against a blue sky.
caption: have you tried SCREAMING?
*it really works!*
#mood
31.01.2025 10:17 — 👍 298 🔁 55 💬 5 📌 0
Nothing to hide?
Then they can release the data, surely?
31.01.2025 10:24 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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