Rick B
@rickburgess.bsky.social
He/They
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
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Disabled people know:
1 - people will not abide by virus protocols, having already decided they're fine with people dying for their convenience
2 - gov public health orgs no longer try to lead on this and only advise what won't upset people.
Seeing it written down still hurts.
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1 - people will not abide by virus protocols, having already decided they're fine with people dying for their convenience
2 - gov public health orgs no longer try to lead on this and only advise what won't upset people.
Seeing it written down still hurts.
1/
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December 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Disabled people know:
1 - people will not abide by virus protocols, having already decided they're fine with people dying for their convenience
2 - gov public health orgs no longer try to lead on this and only advise what won't upset people.
Seeing it written down still hurts.
1/
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1 - people will not abide by virus protocols, having already decided they're fine with people dying for their convenience
2 - gov public health orgs no longer try to lead on this and only advise what won't upset people.
Seeing it written down still hurts.
1/
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Finger on the pulse there. Must be selling by the bucket load.
I’ve interviewed Keir Starmer for @theobserveruk.bsky.social. He is defiant about his leadership and says he’ll prove his critics wrong. He says Angela Rayner will be back in Cabinet, the Greens are “nuts” and young people have been “collateral damage” of past policy observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Finger on the pulse there. Must be selling by the bucket load.
'Your favourite songs comes on the radio in the shower
You dance, where no-one can see you
And you wish they could
See you happy'
You dance, where no-one can see you
And you wish they could
See you happy'
Dune
YouTube video by Underworld - Topic
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December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
'Your favourite songs comes on the radio in the shower
You dance, where no-one can see you
And you wish they could
See you happy'
You dance, where no-one can see you
And you wish they could
See you happy'
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In 2018, MIND surveyed UK GPs about their own mental health. 40 % of GP respondents reported personal experience of mental health problems, and (20 per cent) use or had used mental health services (both higher % than the patient population.)
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The fact that many GPs don't believe people with mental health conditions will not be news to those of us with mental health conditions who have had to deal with these cunts.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In 2018, MIND surveyed UK GPs about their own mental health. 40 % of GP respondents reported personal experience of mental health problems, and (20 per cent) use or had used mental health services (both higher % than the patient population.)
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"Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti has been brutally assaulted by Israeli prison guards,according to information relayed to his family."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
Marwan Barghouti brutally assaulted in Israeli prison, family told
Fatah leader reportedly has part of his ear cut off and his teeth and ribs broken in what sources describe as a 'slow, gradual assassination attempt'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti has been brutally assaulted by Israeli prison guards,according to information relayed to his family."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
Wait, I have an idea for a massive bejewelled gold prize for global awesomeness, a trapdoor, and a massive pool of very very hungry piranhas.
How cringe was this? Was it the only way to get him to turn up? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Trump awarded inaugural Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
US president receives new Fifa honour as scrutiny grows over Infantino’s political alliances and Trump’s disputed record on global conflicts
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wait, I have an idea for a massive bejewelled gold prize for global awesomeness, a trapdoor, and a massive pool of very very hungry piranhas.
Best advert for anti imperialism ever
www.ft.com/content/27e8...
www.ft.com/content/27e8...
US national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe
Policy document blasts traditional allies while failing to criticise Russia
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Best advert for anti imperialism ever
www.ft.com/content/27e8...
www.ft.com/content/27e8...
Propaganda by BBC no mention of her being a CIA agent and saying she had immunity which is false, memory hole level shit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Independent review finds government failings in Harry Dunn case
Dame Anne Owers issues a report into the government's response to Mr Dunn's death outside a US base.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Propaganda by BBC no mention of her being a CIA agent and saying she had immunity which is false, memory hole level shit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Recent research by @hspandler.bsky.social (Professor of Mental Health), a leading historian of Psychiatry and LGBT+ health, suggests that [aversion therapy through electroshock] was far more widespread than previously documented
Recent research by @hspandler.bsky.social (Professor of Mental Health), a leading historian of Psychiatry and LGBT+ health, suggests that [aversion therapy through electroshock] was far more widespread than previously documented
LGBT survivors tell of 'barbaric' NHS electric shock therapy
More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks in NHS hospitals, the BBC discovers.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Recent research by @hspandler.bsky.social (Professor of Mental Health), a leading historian of Psychiatry and LGBT+ health, suggests that [aversion therapy through electroshock] was far more widespread than previously documented
Recent research by @hspandler.bsky.social (Professor of Mental Health), a leading historian of Psychiatry and LGBT+ health, suggests that [aversion therapy through electroshock] was far more widespread than previously documented
Eurovision is dead. It is nothing but The Genocide Song Contest now.
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Eurovision is dead. It is nothing but The Genocide Song Contest now.
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Watchdog’s silence after removing figures that showed social security spending is not ‘spiralling’
#OBR #Budget25 #Treasury
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-si...
#OBR #Budget25 #Treasury
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-si...
Watchdog’s silence after removing figures that showed social security spending is not ‘spiralling’
The government’s “independent” spending watchdog has refused to explain why it removed figures from its crucial budget forecast report that proved spending on social security is not spiralling out …
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Watchdog’s silence after removing figures that showed social security spending is not ‘spiralling’
#OBR #Budget25 #Treasury
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-si...
#OBR #Budget25 #Treasury
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-si...
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All these statements being made with "utmost regret and sadness" fundamentally don't change the fact that these organisations are all folding to appease one vexatious bigot because she has infinite money, instead of doing the right thing and sticking by their guns and ignoring the Supreme Court.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
All these statements being made with "utmost regret and sadness" fundamentally don't change the fact that these organisations are all folding to appease one vexatious bigot because she has infinite money, instead of doing the right thing and sticking by their guns and ignoring the Supreme Court.
Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
NEW: Yasser Abu Shabab, a gang leader in the Gaza Strip who was accused of working with Israel to counter Hamas and looting humanitarian aid, has been killed according to sources.
Read more about him: zeteo.com/p/who-is-abu...
Read more about him: zeteo.com/p/who-is-abu...
Who Is Abu Shabab? Meet the Gaza Gangster that Israel Armed to Counter Hamas
Netanyahu admits to supporting ISIS-linked Gaza gangs, who have been accused of stealing humanitarian aid and have become a proxy to advance Israel's aims.
zeteo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
Who remembers this review being announced 3 months ago? www.disabilitynewsservice.com/alarm-over-g...
Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits
The government’s decision to commission a review of alleged “over-diagnosis” of mental health conditions and neurodivergence has caused alarm among many disabled people, with fears that it will all…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Who remembers this review being announced 3 months ago? www.disabilitynewsservice.com/alarm-over-g...
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An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
Reform's campaign team have an easy life, they don't have any work to do, Labour is doing it all for them.
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reform's campaign team have an easy life, they don't have any work to do, Labour is doing it all for them.
This is just a re-announcement of the review, it is to cut entitlement to social security and healthcare and MIND are fucking fools to be acting like enthusiastic lapdogs. How many times can govt announce same thing to stoke up more disablism? Apparently quite few with their fuckhead media chums.
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is just a re-announcement of the review, it is to cut entitlement to social security and healthcare and MIND are fucking fools to be acting like enthusiastic lapdogs. How many times can govt announce same thing to stoke up more disablism? Apparently quite few with their fuckhead media chums.
Wheelchair services are another permacrisis
‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
The long read: After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can be
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wheelchair services are another permacrisis
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The South Yorkshire Police Federation currently exploring how loathsome mass murderers imbued with State power can be and still have a facebook page www.facebook.com/SYPolFed/pos...
South Yorkshire Police Federation1
South Yorkshire Police Federation is aware of today’s Independent Office for Police Conduct report into the Hillsborough disaster.
The report is a significant waste of taxpayers' time and...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The South Yorkshire Police Federation currently exploring how loathsome mass murderers imbued with State power can be and still have a facebook page www.facebook.com/SYPolFed/pos...
If... Labour was going to break with orthodox austerity, now would be the time to do it by abolishing the OBR.
It won’t.
It won’t.
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If... Labour was going to break with orthodox austerity, now would be the time to do it by abolishing the OBR.
It won’t.
It won’t.