Dr Nicole Melzack (they/them)
@nmelzack.bsky.social
Spacecraft Engineer 🚀
Disability rights advocate 🚀
Dissociative Identity Disorder | hEDS | Fibromyalgia | Chronically Unreliable | #ActuallyAutistic
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Disability rights advocate 🚀
Dissociative Identity Disorder | hEDS | Fibromyalgia | Chronically Unreliable | #ActuallyAutistic
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damnit I hate to share a LinkedIn post but Mark nailed it
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
damnit I hate to share a LinkedIn post but Mark nailed it
Everything is just on fire isn't it?
Like, everything.
And I'm here trying not to dissociate which feels like the smallest non important thing right now given everything in the world.
Like, everything.
And I'm here trying not to dissociate which feels like the smallest non important thing right now given everything in the world.
June 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Everything is just on fire isn't it?
Like, everything.
And I'm here trying not to dissociate which feels like the smallest non important thing right now given everything in the world.
Like, everything.
And I'm here trying not to dissociate which feels like the smallest non important thing right now given everything in the world.
I hate the rhetoric around welfare.
But what I don't understand at all is that there is so much about the winter fuel allowance for pensioners but then not the same compassion for those on PIP or other health related benefits.
BOTH OF THESE THINGS ARE WELFARE
A STATE PENSION IS AN ASPECT OF WELFARE.
But what I don't understand at all is that there is so much about the winter fuel allowance for pensioners but then not the same compassion for those on PIP or other health related benefits.
BOTH OF THESE THINGS ARE WELFARE
A STATE PENSION IS AN ASPECT OF WELFARE.
June 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I hate the rhetoric around welfare.
But what I don't understand at all is that there is so much about the winter fuel allowance for pensioners but then not the same compassion for those on PIP or other health related benefits.
BOTH OF THESE THINGS ARE WELFARE
A STATE PENSION IS AN ASPECT OF WELFARE.
But what I don't understand at all is that there is so much about the winter fuel allowance for pensioners but then not the same compassion for those on PIP or other health related benefits.
BOTH OF THESE THINGS ARE WELFARE
A STATE PENSION IS AN ASPECT OF WELFARE.
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Whatever your personal beliefs on Assisted Dying, we should all be able to agree on 2 fundamentals:
No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion.
It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports.
If it is, it’s not compassion.
It’s eugenics 🧵
No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion.
It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports.
If it is, it’s not compassion.
It’s eugenics 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Whatever your personal beliefs on Assisted Dying, we should all be able to agree on 2 fundamentals:
No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion.
It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports.
If it is, it’s not compassion.
It’s eugenics 🧵
No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion.
It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports.
If it is, it’s not compassion.
It’s eugenics 🧵
Why does my partner think going to get my nails done is 'self care'?
It's loud and it smells and people are touching me and talking to me and it's just so overwhelming.
Ick.
Not self care.
Just something that has to be done very rarely (sisters wedding on Saturday so needed to get something proper)
It's loud and it smells and people are touching me and talking to me and it's just so overwhelming.
Ick.
Not self care.
Just something that has to be done very rarely (sisters wedding on Saturday so needed to get something proper)
June 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Why does my partner think going to get my nails done is 'self care'?
It's loud and it smells and people are touching me and talking to me and it's just so overwhelming.
Ick.
Not self care.
Just something that has to be done very rarely (sisters wedding on Saturday so needed to get something proper)
It's loud and it smells and people are touching me and talking to me and it's just so overwhelming.
Ick.
Not self care.
Just something that has to be done very rarely (sisters wedding on Saturday so needed to get something proper)
Corrections accepted
We are a Dr and we are graduating next month!!!!!
We are a Dr and we are graduating next month!!!!!
June 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Corrections accepted
We are a Dr and we are graduating next month!!!!!
We are a Dr and we are graduating next month!!!!!
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Paid employment isn’t a universal healthcare outcome.
It might be a priority for some people… but it should never be prioritised over the person’s health and life.
And for some, it shouldn’t even be considered.
It might be a priority for some people… but it should never be prioritised over the person’s health and life.
And for some, it shouldn’t even be considered.
June 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Paid employment isn’t a universal healthcare outcome.
It might be a priority for some people… but it should never be prioritised over the person’s health and life.
And for some, it shouldn’t even be considered.
It might be a priority for some people… but it should never be prioritised over the person’s health and life.
And for some, it shouldn’t even be considered.
Having DID is so weird. Like we were a six year old doing drawings and then we drove a car as an adult. And we still have like a six year old inside us who is separate from me (the one writing this post) and it's actually like the actual way our brain works but it still makes like no sense. ♿
June 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Having DID is so weird. Like we were a six year old doing drawings and then we drove a car as an adult. And we still have like a six year old inside us who is separate from me (the one writing this post) and it's actually like the actual way our brain works but it still makes like no sense. ♿
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Millions of people are worried about paying their rent, feeding their kids or losing vital disability benefits.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
June 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Millions of people are worried about paying their rent, feeding their kids or losing vital disability benefits.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
No one ever says sorry.
No one ever wants to believe they are complicit in the suffering of others.
It's all personal choice and stop living in fear...
No one ever wants to believe they are complicit in the suffering of others.
It's all personal choice and stop living in fear...
Those who treat disabled people the worst are often the first to ask us for help when they become chronically ill.
They say some variation of “I had no idea it was this bad!”
They almost never say “sorry”.
They ask for our help without even admitting to how badly they treated us.
They say some variation of “I had no idea it was this bad!”
They almost never say “sorry”.
They ask for our help without even admitting to how badly they treated us.
June 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
No one ever says sorry.
No one ever wants to believe they are complicit in the suffering of others.
It's all personal choice and stop living in fear...
No one ever wants to believe they are complicit in the suffering of others.
It's all personal choice and stop living in fear...
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Those who treat disabled people the worst are often the first to ask us for help when they become chronically ill.
They say some variation of “I had no idea it was this bad!”
They almost never say “sorry”.
They ask for our help without even admitting to how badly they treated us.
They say some variation of “I had no idea it was this bad!”
They almost never say “sorry”.
They ask for our help without even admitting to how badly they treated us.
June 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Those who treat disabled people the worst are often the first to ask us for help when they become chronically ill.
They say some variation of “I had no idea it was this bad!”
They almost never say “sorry”.
They ask for our help without even admitting to how badly they treated us.
They say some variation of “I had no idea it was this bad!”
They almost never say “sorry”.
They ask for our help without even admitting to how badly they treated us.
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this is literally fraud. You did not sign authors with the promise to pay their due if you made a profit, you committed to pay them for their work that they delivered and has sold. At the very least this publisher needs to be blacklisted, but hope there are also legal consequences somehow
Authors published by the crowdfunding publisher Unbound will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books, unless Boundless, the new publisher founded following Unbound going into administration, "survives and thrives" 👇 #BookSky
Unbound authors will not receive unpaid royalty payments until new publisher Boundless 'is cash stable'
www.thebookseller.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
this is literally fraud. You did not sign authors with the promise to pay their due if you made a profit, you committed to pay them for their work that they delivered and has sold. At the very least this publisher needs to be blacklisted, but hope there are also legal consequences somehow
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It is true that most people who claim PIP are unable to work.
But that's because to be eligible for PIP you need to have significant health conditions that need a lot of care & support.
So it's predictable most won't be able to work.
But its still not an out-of-work benefit.
But that's because to be eligible for PIP you need to have significant health conditions that need a lot of care & support.
So it's predictable most won't be able to work.
But its still not an out-of-work benefit.
May 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It is true that most people who claim PIP are unable to work.
But that's because to be eligible for PIP you need to have significant health conditions that need a lot of care & support.
So it's predictable most won't be able to work.
But its still not an out-of-work benefit.
But that's because to be eligible for PIP you need to have significant health conditions that need a lot of care & support.
So it's predictable most won't be able to work.
But its still not an out-of-work benefit.
My #dissociated friends in the UK. Please consider getting involved with this research at @mrccbu.bsky.social !!
♿
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May 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My #dissociated friends in the UK. Please consider getting involved with this research at @mrccbu.bsky.social !!
♿
@didwewrite.bsky.social @chloeapter.bsky.social
♿
@didwewrite.bsky.social @chloeapter.bsky.social
Went for a jog and no subluxations and we are like omg it's going to be okay. The exercises are working and we are getting our mobility back
May 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Went for a jog and no subluxations and we are like omg it's going to be okay. The exercises are working and we are getting our mobility back
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I actually think many disabled people try harder and do more than an abled person does.
Like… when I’m feeling bad I tend to go into overdrive. It’s a form of distraction plus my brain’s self-destruct mode.
Like… when I’m feeling bad I tend to go into overdrive. It’s a form of distraction plus my brain’s self-destruct mode.
May 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I actually think many disabled people try harder and do more than an abled person does.
Like… when I’m feeling bad I tend to go into overdrive. It’s a form of distraction plus my brain’s self-destruct mode.
Like… when I’m feeling bad I tend to go into overdrive. It’s a form of distraction plus my brain’s self-destruct mode.
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Property rights would kill the industry. Does that tell you what the industry is, finally??
The latest in a long line of terrible humans seeing if they can destroy people lives before asking if they should. If only sociopaths were seen as bad instead of rewarded.
May 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Property rights would kill the industry. Does that tell you what the industry is, finally??
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the bit about Africans being active in the slave trade is telling. it’s something that is only relevant if you think the point of discussing slavery is to disburse racial blame rather than understanding history.
amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, “Race has some biological reality.”
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
May 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the bit about Africans being active in the slave trade is telling. it’s something that is only relevant if you think the point of discussing slavery is to disburse racial blame rather than understanding history.
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In the year of our lord two thousand twenty-five, guys named Tripp Mickle still write racialized nimble finger stereotypes into the pages of the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/t...
May 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In the year of our lord two thousand twenty-five, guys named Tripp Mickle still write racialized nimble finger stereotypes into the pages of the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/t...
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I sent another email
May 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I sent another email
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like I dunno maybe if you are going to state something weird and racial about half the population of a country of 1.4 billion people you should have… a (?) source ? ??
May 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
like I dunno maybe if you are going to state something weird and racial about half the population of a country of 1.4 billion people you should have… a (?) source ? ??
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"Throughout the collection, coroners pointed to universities’ failure to act when a student went quiet. Whether it was a string of missed lectures, unanswered emails, or failure to submit coursework, many institutions saw disengagement as the student’s problem rather than a potential warning sign."
May 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"Throughout the collection, coroners pointed to universities’ failure to act when a student went quiet. Whether it was a string of missed lectures, unanswered emails, or failure to submit coursework, many institutions saw disengagement as the student’s problem rather than a potential warning sign."
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There are no trans MPs in the UK, and nobody trans is going to subject themselves to this kind of public humiliation and degradation.
I’m told that TWO UNIONS SUPPORTED this shocking decision - one being the Public and Commercial Services Union. No surprise, given the head seems to be a terf.
I’m told that TWO UNIONS SUPPORTED this shocking decision - one being the Public and Commercial Services Union. No surprise, given the head seems to be a terf.
May 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
There are no trans MPs in the UK, and nobody trans is going to subject themselves to this kind of public humiliation and degradation.
I’m told that TWO UNIONS SUPPORTED this shocking decision - one being the Public and Commercial Services Union. No surprise, given the head seems to be a terf.
I’m told that TWO UNIONS SUPPORTED this shocking decision - one being the Public and Commercial Services Union. No surprise, given the head seems to be a terf.
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A reminder that more people are employed in the yoga industry than there are registered fishers working in the UK.
May 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A reminder that more people are employed in the yoga industry than there are registered fishers working in the UK.
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Reminder for anyone in PIP assessments.
They key words are:
- Reliably
- Repeatedly
- Safely
- More than half the days.
- Support/prompting/assistance.
They key words are:
- Reliably
- Repeatedly
- Safely
- More than half the days.
- Support/prompting/assistance.
May 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Reminder for anyone in PIP assessments.
They key words are:
- Reliably
- Repeatedly
- Safely
- More than half the days.
- Support/prompting/assistance.
They key words are:
- Reliably
- Repeatedly
- Safely
- More than half the days.
- Support/prompting/assistance.