Steve Fifield
@stevefifield.bsky.social
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#MECFS
#Activetravel 🚲
#Sustainability
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#VisibleApp
Mine of occasionally useful information.
NHS and healthcare 💙
#Equality #Justbe #Inclusion
#LGBTQ+ 🌈 ally
#pwME
#MECFS
#Activetravel 🚲
#Sustainability
#Gardening
#VisibleApp
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Steve Fifield
@stevefifield.bsky.social
· Oct 17
If you are ME/CFS community, please find useful information in below posts 💙❤️🫂
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Update shared by Action for ME: their Chief Executive, Sonya Chowdhury, is personally advocating for Savannah and supporting her case.
January 28, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Update shared by Action for ME: their Chief Executive, Sonya Chowdhury, is personally advocating for Savannah and supporting her case.
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Speaking truth to power.
They are trampling on our rights!
ICE out now!
They are trampling on our rights!
ICE out now!
Another reason to love The Boss- a fiery protest song dedicated to the people of Minneapolis
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Speaking truth to power.
They are trampling on our rights!
ICE out now!
They are trampling on our rights!
ICE out now!
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This is what this looks like to someone who understands the welfare system more than most: www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/disabil...
CEOs, analysts, managers who contract services, can bring valuable insights.
But where are most DDPOs, leading advocates with lived experience of the welfare system?
CEOs, analysts, managers who contract services, can bring valuable insights.
But where are most DDPOs, leading advocates with lived experience of the welfare system?
Disability Advisory Panel members announced
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This is what this looks like to someone who understands the welfare system more than most: www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/disabil...
CEOs, analysts, managers who contract services, can bring valuable insights.
But where are most DDPOs, leading advocates with lived experience of the welfare system?
CEOs, analysts, managers who contract services, can bring valuable insights.
But where are most DDPOs, leading advocates with lived experience of the welfare system?
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This is the #DWP "Disability Advisory Panel". Some of the names and organisations on it no one has heard of: www.gov.uk/government/n...
There is no one from North West England, which has some of the highest concentration of ill-health, deprivation, #disability, #health inequality and #welfare need.
There is no one from North West England, which has some of the highest concentration of ill-health, deprivation, #disability, #health inequality and #welfare need.
From lived experience to lasting change: Disability Advisory Panel begins work
Ten experts with lived experience of disability and long-term health conditions have been appointed to help shape Government health and disability policy.
www.gov.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:13 PM
This is the #DWP "Disability Advisory Panel". Some of the names and organisations on it no one has heard of: www.gov.uk/government/n...
There is no one from North West England, which has some of the highest concentration of ill-health, deprivation, #disability, #health inequality and #welfare need.
There is no one from North West England, which has some of the highest concentration of ill-health, deprivation, #disability, #health inequality and #welfare need.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Millionaires of the world, unite!
Brian Eno writes: Nobody needs trillionaires
Brian Eno writes: Nobody needs trillionaires
Millionaires of the world, unite!
Nobody needs trillionaires
www.newstatesman.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Millionaires of the world, unite!
Brian Eno writes: Nobody needs trillionaires
Brian Eno writes: Nobody needs trillionaires
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Brilliant and concise article by Brian Eno.
"So many crises we are facing right now – the cost of living squeeze, political capture, climate breakdown and so much more – boil down to the concentration of extreme wealth."
"So many crises we are facing right now – the cost of living squeeze, political capture, climate breakdown and so much more – boil down to the concentration of extreme wealth."
Millionaires of the world, unite!
Brian Eno writes: Nobody needs trillionaires
Brian Eno writes: Nobody needs trillionaires
Millionaires of the world, unite!
Nobody needs trillionaires
www.newstatesman.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Brilliant and concise article by Brian Eno.
"So many crises we are facing right now – the cost of living squeeze, political capture, climate breakdown and so much more – boil down to the concentration of extreme wealth."
"So many crises we are facing right now – the cost of living squeeze, political capture, climate breakdown and so much more – boil down to the concentration of extreme wealth."
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"Mild for most"
"Good because it stimulates the immune system"
"Children will be fine"
Gee, I wonder where people have been hearing this in recent years?
"Good because it stimulates the immune system"
"Children will be fine"
Gee, I wonder where people have been hearing this in recent years?
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
"Mild for most"
"Good because it stimulates the immune system"
"Children will be fine"
Gee, I wonder where people have been hearing this in recent years?
"Good because it stimulates the immune system"
"Children will be fine"
Gee, I wonder where people have been hearing this in recent years?
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Ladies and Gentlemen. Introducing the Reform candidate for the seat of Gorton and Denton in… *checks notes* …. Manchester
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen. Introducing the Reform candidate for the seat of Gorton and Denton in… *checks notes* …. Manchester
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Why did Keir Starmer really block Andy Burnham from running in Gorton and Denton?
January 27, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Why did Keir Starmer really block Andy Burnham from running in Gorton and Denton?
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Just outside Seattle on I-5 🤘
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Just outside Seattle on I-5 🤘
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.
January 22, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.
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@georgemonbiot.bsky.social is one of #pwME's most loyal courageous & committed allies.
He's a hero who tells the truth about what's been done to #pwME & by whom
There's an interview with him here, no mention of #ME but an insight into his life & his values🔗👇
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
He's a hero who tells the truth about what's been done to #pwME & by whom
There's an interview with him here, no mention of #ME but an insight into his life & his values🔗👇
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
George Monbiot on Exposing Power and the Fight to Save Our Planet by The Sacred
In this episode Elizabeth Oldfield speaks with writer, environmentalist, and activist George Monbiot - a fiercely anti-establishment voice shaped by resistance, trauma, and a refusal to become what Br...
creators.spotify.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social is one of #pwME's most loyal courageous & committed allies.
He's a hero who tells the truth about what's been done to #pwME & by whom
There's an interview with him here, no mention of #ME but an insight into his life & his values🔗👇
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
He's a hero who tells the truth about what's been done to #pwME & by whom
There's an interview with him here, no mention of #ME but an insight into his life & his values🔗👇
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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How are we gonna make sure everyone knows not to park in the cycle path?
Line painter: Have I got the solution for you.
Line painter: Have I got the solution for you.
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
How are we gonna make sure everyone knows not to park in the cycle path?
Line painter: Have I got the solution for you.
Line painter: Have I got the solution for you.
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The Gorton and Denton by-election is to be held on Thursday, 26 February 2026.
A month out, polls are starting to show that The Greens are in with a real chance of winning their first ever by-election.
Let’s get behind them.
(Poll by Electoral Calculus)
A month out, polls are starting to show that The Greens are in with a real chance of winning their first ever by-election.
Let’s get behind them.
(Poll by Electoral Calculus)
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The Gorton and Denton by-election is to be held on Thursday, 26 February 2026.
A month out, polls are starting to show that The Greens are in with a real chance of winning their first ever by-election.
Let’s get behind them.
(Poll by Electoral Calculus)
A month out, polls are starting to show that The Greens are in with a real chance of winning their first ever by-election.
Let’s get behind them.
(Poll by Electoral Calculus)
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“Starmer's faction would rather burn the Labour party to the ground than lose control”
If they were prepared to have 5 more years of Johnson than risk Corbyn becoming PM then they were going to block their only nailed on chance of winning the Gorton by-election.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If they were prepared to have 5 more years of Johnson than risk Corbyn becoming PM then they were going to block their only nailed on chance of winning the Gorton by-election.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Burnham fiasco shows that the right of the Labour party would rather see it burn than lose control | Owen Jones
Starmer’s drones see themselves as characters in The West Wing, full of machiavellian skullduggery but with none of the idealism. No wonder Labour is running out of road, says Guardian columnist Owen ...
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:45 PM
“Starmer's faction would rather burn the Labour party to the ground than lose control”
If they were prepared to have 5 more years of Johnson than risk Corbyn becoming PM then they were going to block their only nailed on chance of winning the Gorton by-election.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If they were prepared to have 5 more years of Johnson than risk Corbyn becoming PM then they were going to block their only nailed on chance of winning the Gorton by-election.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Huzzah & Hooorah!🥳
That’s nearly all of Boris’s Cabinet now defecating to Reform.
All we need now is for The Big Dog to join Reform, push Fartage out and hey presto…It’s a return to the good old days!
Reform?
Ha!
It’s Conform UK now!
🇬🇧
That’s nearly all of Boris’s Cabinet now defecating to Reform.
All we need now is for The Big Dog to join Reform, push Fartage out and hey presto…It’s a return to the good old days!
Reform?
Ha!
It’s Conform UK now!
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January 26, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Huzzah & Hooorah!🥳
That’s nearly all of Boris’s Cabinet now defecating to Reform.
All we need now is for The Big Dog to join Reform, push Fartage out and hey presto…It’s a return to the good old days!
Reform?
Ha!
It’s Conform UK now!
🇬🇧
That’s nearly all of Boris’s Cabinet now defecating to Reform.
All we need now is for The Big Dog to join Reform, push Fartage out and hey presto…It’s a return to the good old days!
Reform?
Ha!
It’s Conform UK now!
🇬🇧
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Neighbors, family & school officials begged ICE not to take 5yr old Liam. They took him anyway & are now lying about the whole thing. Even JD Vance is lying about what happened because of course he is. Local news in MN is doing an excellent job fact checking all of this heinous ICE stuff.
Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents refused to allow 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos to stay at his Columbia Heights home with family after being detained, observers said, despite people in the home, neighbors and school officials begging them to do so.
Witnesses say they begged ICE agents not to detain Minnesota 5-year-old after father's arrest
People who saw federal agents detain 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in Columbia Heights pushed back against claims by ICE and Vice President JD Vance that the child was abandoned, saying neighbors and s...
www.mprnews.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Neighbors, family & school officials begged ICE not to take 5yr old Liam. They took him anyway & are now lying about the whole thing. Even JD Vance is lying about what happened because of course he is. Local news in MN is doing an excellent job fact checking all of this heinous ICE stuff.
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Not a comment on the interview with Todd Davenport - but on the first 13 minutes of introduction
#LongCovid
#ME
#26 The truth about exercise & pacing in ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS, with Todd Davenport
pod.link/1767819213/e...
#LongCovid
#ME
#26 The truth about exercise & pacing in ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS, with Todd Davenport
pod.link/1767819213/e...
January 26, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Not a comment on the interview with Todd Davenport - but on the first 13 minutes of introduction
#LongCovid
#ME
#26 The truth about exercise & pacing in ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS, with Todd Davenport
pod.link/1767819213/e...
#LongCovid
#ME
#26 The truth about exercise & pacing in ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS, with Todd Davenport
pod.link/1767819213/e...
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BREAKING: Labour’s NEC have blocked Andy Burnham’s candidacy.
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
BREAKING: Labour’s NEC have blocked Andy Burnham’s candidacy.
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This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇
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According to recorded figures, Israel has slaughtered every single member of 2,700 families, with over 6,000 families left with just a single sole survivor.
And of course the actual death toll is far higher.
And of course the actual death toll is far higher.
January 26, 2026 at 8:19 AM
According to recorded figures, Israel has slaughtered every single member of 2,700 families, with over 6,000 families left with just a single sole survivor.
And of course the actual death toll is far higher.
And of course the actual death toll is far higher.