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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · 3d

I was told it would be at least 12 months but I got in only 3 months after referral.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 10

In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So…

“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Aug 10

Handsome boy 😻

#AlexeiTheRussianBlue
#Cats
#CatsOfBluesky
#RussianBlue

A black and white image of a cat sitting on a white bookcase, whose body is facing the camera but he is looking to the left. Light is shining on his face, highlighting his features.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 6

The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jul 19

It’s almost as if right wing, anti-immigrant, austerity geared, ‘back to the good old days’ ethos led governments aren’t working 🤔.

'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies www.bbc.com/news/article...

'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies

The government wants to encourage women to have babies but Italians say they need greater help.

www.bbc.com

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · Jul 18

#DecolonisetheCurriculum

Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · Jul 17

Paisley patterns are found quite commonly in 🇺🇿,across art/clothes/ textiles because the design originated in Persia.The Moghuls who were of Uzbek heritage bought the design to 🇮🇳,where a few 100 years later the British loved & bought back to the cotton mills of Paisley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿,giving it its imperial name.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jul 18

Back from the neurologist today. All my little twitches are benign and nothing more nefarious. Confirms the ME/CFS dx. I apparently have ‘very brisk’ reflexes - maybe this is my super power?? 😂😂. In an unrelated investigation - I might have carpal tunnel in my right wrist 🤷🏻‍♀️.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jul 17

We have a government, but it definitely seems it isn’t for the people 😒.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jul 17

Baby got a new bed 🥰

#MapleTheChi
#SleepyDog
#DogsOfBluesky
#Chihuahua

A chocolate brown chihuahua is snuggled sleeping in a fluffy pink donut dog bed.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 18

My cat already open doors without thumbs. I’m fairly certain he’d just take over the world if he had thumbs 👀.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 18

Absolutely critical to address racism in schools right now. Well done Nuzi for continually keeping it at the fore 👏

Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · Jun 18

Shared some thoughts with @tesmagazine.bsky.social about the need for this new guidance, especially at a time when far-right narratives are growing and making their way into schools.

@henryhepburn.bsky.social
@emmaseith.bsky.social

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Recording of racist incidents ‘essential’, Scottish schools told

New government guidance for schools on tackling racism is timely amid a rise in far-right narratives and hate speech, says diversity expert

www.tes.com

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 18

The world is so utterly grim. How can we keep killing innocent people?? 😔🥺

Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am having a warcoffee.

It is a mourning day in Kyiv.
In memory of the people killed in a large-scale russian attack on the capital on the night of June 16-17 💔

No music in cafes, shops, etc.
Only the sounds of life wander gently among the shelves and souls.

Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 18

I often wonder if it comes from a place of seeing and feeling the world differently. Like our attraction isn’t based just on appearances and how we present is based more on how we feel than how we look 🤷🏻‍♀️? I’m bi and have known that a lot longer than I’ve known I was ND.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am so glad that I’m not a teacher anymore. This guidance is an utter disgrace. It’s such a slap in the face to every single Scottish teacher. The violence is very real, it’s very scary, it’s very traumatising. A laminated card is not the answer. 🤬 #ScottishEducation

A screen shot of a report about violence in Scottish schools (origin unknown). It reads:

“Long-awaited guidelines for teachers, who have complained of a major deterioration in behaviour in Scottish schools since the Covid lockdowns, call for a "supportive" approach to be taken towards children who refuse to follow the rules.
The guidelines suggest that those who are violent to staff or fellow pupils could be provided with a "laminated set of bullet points" to "remind and support them" not to repeat their behaviour if they become
"frustrated" in the future.
Although it states that exclusions can be used as a last resort, the SNP rejected calls to scrap a presumption against the measure, after claims that a lack of consequences for bad behaviour under an "inclusion" policy had caused standards to plummet.”

In the image the middle paragraph about the laminated set of bullet points has been highlighted in yellow.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jun 18

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"

YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 16

Came here to say the same. 😔

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 16

Retaining information is my biggest hurdle. I can learn almost anything really quickly but will equally as fast lose it. I’ve been relearning French for the past 4 years and I’m struggling now to improve as I just can’t move my surface knowledge to deep understanding.

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FEMINIST @feminists.bsky.social · Jun 11

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.

🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Jun 4

Do people really believe that the Billionaire Media would tell them, "The problem is us, the billionaires."

No of course they won't, instead they will blame absolutely anybody else.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 4

He’s actually quite pleased with himself. 😏

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 1

If trans men are forced to use female toilets, what’s stopping cis men from going into female toilets? There isn’t much stopping cis men from hurting women already, but this makes it even easier.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 1

PIP is not means tested. It is not an in work benefit. It’s solely there to compensate for the increased expenses associated with being disabled. The cuts and changes to PIP are inhumane and unfair. The way they are changing the criteria goes against current medical understanding.

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 1

The cuts to PIP, the Supreme Court ruling that marginalises trans people and actually makes it easier for cis men to hurt women, the continued support of Isreal, no efforts to increase green energy & break away from the coal & oil industry pricing…

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Melissa @mcochrane13.bsky.social · Jun 1

Will do, thanks!

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