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Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · Apr 30

🧵The dead can't tell their stories, so we must do it for them. No case below led to the birth of an infant surviving longer than 3 days (most didn't end in a live birth at all).
Savita Halappanavar, died at 31 from sepsis after being denied an abortion. Her case led to Ireland legalising abortion.

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 10h

I'm tired of seeing headlines highlighting Mamdani's religion.
Don't see ones that say "So and so is the 5,300th Christian elected today"

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

labour doing their best to win over greens i see.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit. Keir Starmer flew to Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, on Wednesday to join the summit of world leaders hosted by Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 1h

Genuinely. Ableism and anti-youth sentiment so frequently go hand in hand, because there's this notion that old people have "earned" the right to accomodations and young people have not

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 8h

How the FUCK does any article about this get away with not even mentioning the words 'long' or 'COVID'?

@the-independent.com please explain what you're doing here

Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 13h

The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024

UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns

The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024

www.independent.co.uk

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Imani Gandied Yams @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2h

we suck. we've always sucked. but we don't have to keep sucking.

that's my view.

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Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 2h

As a non-Yank, the only reason I ever learned gars exist was fishing in Animal Crossing! I still remember the indignation of being told by my primary school teacher "gar is not a real word" haha

Qatari Teenage Riot @dgingold.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Gar week.

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 15h

just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters

esti @estibass.com · Jun 25

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

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Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 8h

A very helpful thing disability culture taught me is that anything worth doing is worth half-assing, cause sometimes that's all we can do. That mindset can rescue people from burnout. But the rest of the world doesn't want to hear it. They only want to tell us that a 9 out of 10 is still a fail.

Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 8h

Back when I was at uni, I was in full burn out but was really proud of myself for still hoovering, doing all the laundry, and completing my studies for that day. Then my parents visit me and freak the fuck out at the sight of unwashed dishes and crumbs on the table. A 9/10 is still a fail.

Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 8h

I remember being utterly devastated to get a 9/10 in a school spelling test way back when, thinking that it meant I was a failure. Obviously this was an overreaction and was viewed as such. But being less than perfect in the real world is still often a very serious problem

Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 8h

I was feeling quite pleased with myself this morning for remembering to take my purse, keys, phone, nutritious home made lunch, work pass, and planner with me, only to get halfway to work and realise I'd forgotten my work laptop (vital to every aspect of my job). A 9/10 is still a fail.

Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 8h

Perfectionism gets named as an AuDHD trait a lot, and I think part of this is because sometimes we (people in general) really do need to do things perfectly in order for them to work / in order to get any credit

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Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 8h

The Iraq war was already multiple decades ago

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✨ LINA لينا ✨ @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 19h

It’s sad that this isn’t a bigger story, as it’s not even new, but the nurse killer stuff stayed in the news for ages

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20h

Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows

Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas Babies born to black mothers in England and Wales and those from the most deprived areas are significantly more likely to die while in neonatal units, according to analysis revealing the “deeply concerning” figures. The study, led by academics at the University of Liverpool, examined data on more than 700,000 babies admitted to an NHS neonatal unit across England and Wales between 2012 and 2022. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Rosie 🎄(she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 20h

Abolish boomers.

Return of the Cmonmacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 23h

Democrats: “why oh why do we keep losing elections??? We just don’t get it!!!”

Also democrats:

"I'm not happy with my vote. I'm not happy with it at all."
Jill Lennon, 65, a Brooklyn resident who said she reluctantly voted for Andrew M. Cuomo because he had more experience in politics and thought Zohran Mamdani's housing plans were not realistic. She said she disliked how Cuomo handled the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the sexual harassment allegations against him.

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Encephalophagy 🎃 @encephalophagy.bsky.social · 23h

The better I get at speaking English, the less grace I get when I make a "mistake" or can't explain myself as easily as I would in my native language.🧵

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Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah that's what I thought! The doc was extremely weird about it. Then tried to tell me that "autism" and "autism spectrum disorder" actually refer to different conditions(??!?!?)

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Rectum? I hardly know 'em @ninamega.bsky.social · 1d

I was asked recently if I'd ever had any "serious" medical problems and said no because none has ever put me in hospital. Then I told them I'm autistic and was scolded for not disclosing this "serious medical problem". How big a deal does it need to be to be worth disclosing (seriously asking)?

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Abby Jane 🌙 🏳️‍⚧️ @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 1d

What the hell is "masculine breast cleavage"? These people have brain worms.

Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 1d

Twitter user rosezeemore replying to quote tweet "Best transition ever filmed?": this one tbh

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Twitter user keysersouzereal: There is no question this photo shows a man wearing makeup. Obvious tells. Eyes set forward in male dominant location. Squared chin only seen in men, “Adam’s apple” throat and masculine neck thickness. Wide. Squared and forward placed shoulders. Masculine breast cleavage.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 1d

I'm an optimist on journalism's future, but efforts by Dems to confuse people about what's a trustworthy source of information and what isn't are an anchor around the neck of our industry.

TikTok has been a better source on the broad outlines of the Israel/Palestine conflict than legacy US media.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

What Hillary is saying here is a conspiracy theory and not even a tame, silly one, but a whopper. A more balefully consequential and widespread one than e.g. Trump complaining that the media lied about his crowds being big.

Hillary Clinton on the generational shift on Israel inside the Democrats.
"We have done a miserable job teaching young people history.
"And, you know, those of us who have lived through it, I went to Israel for the first time in 1980, so a long time ago, and I've been back many times. And obviously, you know, with my husband, deeply involved in all kinds of activities to support Israel and to try to be as helpful as possible. But it was astonishing to me because I had so many conversations, and frankly, they often started as confrontations with students, not just at Columbia, but elsewhere.
"Where were they getting their information?
They were getting it from social media. They were getting it most particularly from TikTok, which is governed by an algorithm until at least up till now, still largely manipulated by the Chinese Communist Party.

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity to those in @gameworkers.co.uk targeted by the worst union busting the UK has seen in years. Make no mistake, the management want to squash unionisation of the games industry so workers have less job security than even today. Stay strong peeps, and know you've a lot of support out here!

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1d

the uk’s problem is that we’ve had 40 years of neoliberal economics and it has absolutely failed and we currently have a chancellor who is a neoliberal ideologue.

she literally doesn’t comprehend that other economic systems are available. it doesn’t compute.

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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 1d

Every time you reduce disability benefits…

You harm the economy.
You put more pressure on the NHS and Social Care.
You put more people out of work.

You harm and kill the most vulnerable.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1d

i don’t want a government that overrides peer-reviewed science bcos it doesn’t align with their christian beliefs.

i won’t ever vote labour again.

@darrenpjones.bsky.social & @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social can bang on about how they believe tactical voting will save them. it won’t.

fuck labour.

NHS threatens GP practice over trans care

A GP practice in Brighton and Hove is currently under investigation for legally providing gender affirming care to trans teens

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

I keep seeing supposedly progressive podcasts saying “the problem is that people feel like they just can’t talk about these issues” while these issues are frequently the *only* thing that people are talking about 😩

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Sep 17

Am struggling with the idea that people like me somehow don't understand the legitimate concerns of people who attended the Tommy Robinson march. I literally had National Front fliers through my letterbox in my childhood in Greater London and I went to school and university with actual fascists.

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