Margo
@mserenity.bsky.social
Disabled fibre crafter and chronic illness advocate. #WrexhamAFC
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omg please keep sharing!! they're almost there compared to just yesterday 🙏 help save iconic Detroit nightlife from being destroyed and gemtrified further tr.ee/_QIn_pQPLR
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
omg please keep sharing!! they're almost there compared to just yesterday 🙏 help save iconic Detroit nightlife from being destroyed and gemtrified further tr.ee/_QIn_pQPLR
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Wayne from the Turf is having his annual holiday local fundraiser, Cheers for Charity! #askwxm. gofund.me/2252ee19a
Donate to Cheers for Charity 2025, organized by WAYNE JONES
Hi it's Wayne, landlord at The Turf in Wrexham.
Every December, we come together for something… WAYNE JONES needs your support for Cheers for Charity 2025
gofund.me
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Wayne from the Turf is having his annual holiday local fundraiser, Cheers for Charity! #askwxm. gofund.me/2252ee19a
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Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive:
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive:
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
Today marks 1 month since bathroom renovation hell started. Supposedly they will be reinstalling the radiator today, but it's 3pm with no contact about when. 1 month as a disabled person with a freezing cold bathroom because we also have to crack the window and keep the door closed due to the fumes.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today marks 1 month since bathroom renovation hell started. Supposedly they will be reinstalling the radiator today, but it's 3pm with no contact about when. 1 month as a disabled person with a freezing cold bathroom because we also have to crack the window and keep the door closed due to the fumes.
"No one can doubt the sympathy that the bill’s supporters feel for the plight of those struggling with pain and fear at the end of their lives. But the starting point should not be a hastily implemented law to allow doctors to administer death [...]" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed | Gordon Brown
Palliative care is deeply underfunded and unequal. Assisted dying cannot go ahead until politicians right that wrong, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"No one can doubt the sympathy that the bill’s supporters feel for the plight of those struggling with pain and fear at the end of their lives. But the starting point should not be a hastily implemented law to allow doctors to administer death [...]" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL BYLINE is out today in @bristol247.bsky.social with @zarananu.bsky.social!
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
'You cannot fix the pay gap without addressing unpaid work'
Academics Zara Nanu and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman discuss the gender pay gap
www.bristol247.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL BYLINE is out today in @bristol247.bsky.social with @zarananu.bsky.social!
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
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A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
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The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
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It's time for our weekly round-up of Welsh players in action all around the globe... and even in Huddersfield 😉 Da iawn Bethan. Enjoy...
@wmenywod.bsky.social
1/8
Sunday’s games involving Welsh players
FAWNL
Thierry-Jo Gauvain played a full match for Bristol Rovers in their 3-1 loss to Keynsham.
Bethan Davies played a full match for Huddersfield Town in their 0-1 win at Wythenshawe.
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Sunday’s games involving Welsh players
FAWNL
Thierry-Jo Gauvain played a full match for Bristol Rovers in their 3-1 loss to Keynsham.
Bethan Davies played a full match for Huddersfield Town in their 0-1 win at Wythenshawe.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It's time for our weekly round-up of Welsh players in action all around the globe... and even in Huddersfield 😉 Da iawn Bethan. Enjoy...
If you send emails as part of marketing campaigns - *Do Not* start the message with a rapidly flashing gif! I signed up to backmarket to keep an eye on ipad air deals and their most recent message would trigger seizures in sensitive people. Now I have a headache and I'm dizzy. 🤬
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you send emails as part of marketing campaigns - *Do Not* start the message with a rapidly flashing gif! I signed up to backmarket to keep an eye on ipad air deals and their most recent message would trigger seizures in sensitive people. Now I have a headache and I'm dizzy. 🤬
Been getting reports from the TNS match - their keeper was just taken off field on a stretcher following a collision during the last Cardiff goal. 😢 10 minutes added time to go there with TNS up by 1. Thoughts with the TNS keeper Haydn-Jones and hope she is okay. #AskWxm
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Been getting reports from the TNS match - their keeper was just taken off field on a stretcher following a collision during the last Cardiff goal. 😢 10 minutes added time to go there with TNS up by 1. Thoughts with the TNS keeper Haydn-Jones and hope she is okay. #AskWxm
I love that @tinarambles.bsky.social got a shout out on the stream. It's even a rare sunny day for football! #AskWxm #WxmThirstSection
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I love that @tinarambles.bsky.social got a shout out on the stream. It's even a rare sunny day for football! #AskWxm #WxmThirstSection
Ugh. I hate that you have to trust the competency of work men. Sometimes the answer to "Is this possible?" is *no* given the materials. We asked for a slope where our shower windowsill is because water likes to pool there. He said sure, no problem.
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ugh. I hate that you have to trust the competency of work men. Sometimes the answer to "Is this possible?" is *no* given the materials. We asked for a slope where our shower windowsill is because water likes to pool there. He said sure, no problem.
I started reading the consultation on settlement yesterday and was struck by how horrible the language in it is towards low pay but essential care work. It treats those immigrants as if their only value to society here is their income tax & NI receipts. I don't have words for how dehumanising it is.
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I started reading the consultation on settlement yesterday and was struck by how horrible the language in it is towards low pay but essential care work. It treats those immigrants as if their only value to society here is their income tax & NI receipts. I don't have words for how dehumanising it is.
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if you pay an artist to make art they’ll use that money to be able to keep making art, and stimulate the economy in the process! whereas if you get GenAI to make art it’ll use private equity money to drive up energy prices in the short term and in the long term cause the economy to collapse
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
if you pay an artist to make art they’ll use that money to be able to keep making art, and stimulate the economy in the process! whereas if you get GenAI to make art it’ll use private equity money to drive up energy prices in the short term and in the long term cause the economy to collapse
I was right to be worried. About 30 mins ago had rapidly crank up the air filter, open windows, take meds and put my mask on as my face burned and lips started swelling from *something*, unsure what. If you get anaphylaxis from chemicals don't let workmen into your house when you're alone.
I did not succeed in holding back tears when he finally arrived. Now also in a mast cell flare so had to tell him some of his plans will have to wait because if I have anaphylaxis I have no help. Just so done.
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was right to be worried. About 30 mins ago had rapidly crank up the air filter, open windows, take meds and put my mask on as my face burned and lips started swelling from *something*, unsure what. If you get anaphylaxis from chemicals don't let workmen into your house when you're alone.
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This week on Optimizer, I talk about how a year of testing over the counter CGMs off and on almost wrecked my relationship with food.
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
The dark side of optimizing your metabolism
CGMs are ultimately a tool — one that can be used for good or abused.
www.theverge.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This week on Optimizer, I talk about how a year of testing over the counter CGMs off and on almost wrecked my relationship with food.
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
OTC CGMs are powerful tools but I’ve personally struggled with increased food anxiety — especially around holidays.
www.theverge.com/column/83093...
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NHS decision at 3pm
Some risk based screening for prostate cancer:
a) 𝗡𝗢𝗧 going to screen black people
b) 𝗔𝗥𝗘 going to screen w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶m̶i̶d̶d̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ people who already have had genetic testing for BRCA genes (or parents have*)
*Shame if you're an immigrant
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Some risk based screening for prostate cancer:
a) 𝗡𝗢𝗧 going to screen black people
b) 𝗔𝗥𝗘 going to screen w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶m̶i̶d̶d̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ people who already have had genetic testing for BRCA genes (or parents have*)
*Shame if you're an immigrant
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Prostate cancer screening not expected to be made widely available in UK
Expert advisers likely to recommend only a few thousand men with genetic variant should be eligible for tests
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NHS decision at 3pm
Some risk based screening for prostate cancer:
a) 𝗡𝗢𝗧 going to screen black people
b) 𝗔𝗥𝗘 going to screen w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶m̶i̶d̶d̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ people who already have had genetic testing for BRCA genes (or parents have*)
*Shame if you're an immigrant
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Some risk based screening for prostate cancer:
a) 𝗡𝗢𝗧 going to screen black people
b) 𝗔𝗥𝗘 going to screen w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶m̶i̶d̶d̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ people who already have had genetic testing for BRCA genes (or parents have*)
*Shame if you're an immigrant
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If you're a construction contractor working in people's homes and have an autistic client - if you say you're on your way, that should mean you will be there in 30 minutes or less. Not an additional 3+ hours of distress for the person already waiting hours for you, and you still haven't shown up.
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you're a construction contractor working in people's homes and have an autistic client - if you say you're on your way, that should mean you will be there in 30 minutes or less. Not an additional 3+ hours of distress for the person already waiting hours for you, and you still haven't shown up.
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If you think that the current state of trans healthcare in the UK is because of concern or caution, I'd encourage you to think again.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you think that the current state of trans healthcare in the UK is because of concern or caution, I'd encourage you to think again.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
I am so over bathroom renovation. Guy said he'd be here this morning to finish sealing the shower, can't use it for 24 hrs after. Figured I'd just shower tomorrow because I'm tired today. Is he here yet or given any indication of when he will be? Nope.
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I am so over bathroom renovation. Guy said he'd be here this morning to finish sealing the shower, can't use it for 24 hrs after. Figured I'd just shower tomorrow because I'm tired today. Is he here yet or given any indication of when he will be? Nope.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
When you leave the house for 2 hours and the cat acts like it was 2 weeks. She won't leave my side 😂 I don't know how she'll cope with my husband gone for 3 days.
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
When you leave the house for 2 hours and the cat acts like it was 2 weeks. She won't leave my side 😂 I don't know how she'll cope with my husband gone for 3 days.
When you meet a fellow #WxmThirstSection member and discover you definitely crossed paths over 25 years ago. It really is a small world!
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When you meet a fellow #WxmThirstSection member and discover you definitely crossed paths over 25 years ago. It really is a small world!
Only 0.3% of people chose Okonkwo for this championship double header week in fantasy EFL and he scored 6 points more than every other goalie. Wonder when the non-Wrexham fans will catch on? #AskWxm
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Only 0.3% of people chose Okonkwo for this championship double header week in fantasy EFL and he scored 6 points more than every other goalie. Wonder when the non-Wrexham fans will catch on? #AskWxm