People with intersex biological characteristics make up about 1.5-2% of the population. So much for there only being two sexes.

Don’t want to intrude on other country’s politics, babes but feel like the US’s “executive orders” thing has a few shortcomings. Almost as if one areshole shouldn’t be enabled to make a bunch of far reaching decisions without any checks or balances. Almost like…the King of England?

MPs and peers could be forced to submit to criminal record checks under proposals submitted by a new Labour MP Many local authorities already run DBS checks on elected officials but it's not standard practice in parliament news.sky.com/story/parlia...

TELFORD Jul 2022 UK-WIDE Child Sexual Exploitation - Home Affairs Select Committee June 2013

ROTHERHAM 2014 - independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation by Alexis Jay which covered CSE in the town 1997-2013    ROTHERHAM 2015 - Louise Casey looked at whether Rotherham Coucil was ‘fit for purpose’ given their abdication of responsibility for vulnerable kids

ROCHDALE 2013 Serious case review highlighted failures by 17 agencies who were meant to protect kids GTR MANCHESTER 2020 - Manc-wide Independent Review commissioned by Mayor Andy Burnham (Part 1)   OLDHAM 2022 – Burnham review (Part 2) ROCHDALE 2024 - Burnham review (Part 3)

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

Murdoch's evil minion Will Lewis is the publisher at The Washington Post. In London: "Will Lewis authorised deletion of 5.5 million emails – The day before a key meeting with the police, court documents state" bylineinvestigates.com/2020/06/08/e... www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-... Musk♥️Murdoch.

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people & institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job..I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning.. “Democracy dies in darkness” 👏 anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

I seem to have gained a number of followers here, despite having posted virtually nothing! Thank you to everyone who has followed me - I hope to be more active in 2025. I begin by sharing a post on New Year that I wrote a few years ago. (1/4)

I'm just a man, standing in front of a newspaper editor, asking them to stop with the disproportionate coverage of VAT on private school fees just because their boss sends their children to one.

It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...

The culture wars are coming for children with special needs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you look at the aftermath of these diseases And the harm they cause you have to wonder how the #PACEtrial ever got started and why it is never taken down

At no point in this is #longcovid mentioned.

This is a thread of feeds, lists and starter packs related to: 📌 chronic illness 📌 clinician-inflicted trauma #NEISvoid #MedicalGaslighting 🧵

Many people are unaware that the UK added DNRs to charts of patients with learning disabilities. They also had a whiteboard where they wrote the question “who do we not save?” The great unmasking, unsafe healthcare & push for assisted dying seems to have answered that question. The disabled.

Hundreds voted on the assisted dying bill - but only 16 come to celebrate disabled lives (and not a single conservative MP) They will give us the right to die - but when we ask for accommodations, accessibility, proper healthcare, affordable housing… it’s crickets.

My thoughts on the insanity we’re witnessing: a shadow president, an unelected billionaire, working to dismantle our institutions with a fake, non-governmental agency, all while the media treats Musk's actions as if they’re perfectly normal.

Interesting read www.facebook.com/share/xHxDUW...

NHS Devon has released its plan for how to address the case of severe ME patients.

Many of us here knew Debbie on Twitter back when she was able to use her phone to communicate. Sadly, she lost that ability a few years ago now. We mustn’t forget Debbie & those like her, who lie both unseen & unheard in darkened rooms 💔 😪 #MillionsMissing #MEcfs #LongCovid t.co/8NtrsI3S6C

All our best wishes for Dr Claire Taylor at the GP of the Year Awards on Friday night. A GP rich in compassion & understanding of #mecfs #longcovid Who'll stands up for the most vulnerable, who often have no access to decent healthcare, changing lives in the process.

Thirty years ago today. The Southern Illinoisan, US. 29th November 1994. #cfsme #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice

That’s my mum 🙂

📺Incredible footage from a new study out, showing the vast extent of viral persistence after COVID. 🦠~60% of people who had had COVID had spike accumulation 🦠The team theorises spike in the skull might be a co-factor in the development of #longcovid Paper 👇 www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

A new BMJ review claims that #LongCovid can be treated using CBT and physical exercise As ever, the devil is in the detail TL; DR the authors' own risk-of-bias analyses show that their own conclusion is unwarranted (Too bad they hid the crucial deets in an online supplement!) cc #pwME #MECFS

Living w/ ME: Sadly, the longer it takes to get a diagnosis, the worse the condition can get, and before you know it, you’ve lost your job and your quality of life has taken a nosedive. The stigma surrounding ME is a massive barrier to getting the help we need. wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi...

This is pretty amazing news

Back on bsky. Please follow or point me to accounts #hypermobility #eds #autism #adhd #brain-body. WATCH THIS SPACE for super exciting #research due to be published soon from our group at BSMS @lisaquadt.bsky.social @sedsconnective.bsky.social @hmsacharity.bsky.social @sarahgarf.bsky.social

An Amazing piece of work wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi... The uncomfortable truths about ME told by the lived experience

I don't understand how you can launch your "Get Britain Working White Paper ", without the white paper once mentioning Long Covid. I had hoped for better from this government.

Welcome to Bluesky, @jefflubellc19.bsky.social ! Great to see you here. Anyone interested in #MECFS #LongCovid, please do follow Jeff Lubell. Here's his talk from the #UniteToFight2024 conference:

Now getting ready for my talk to 1st year medical students at the Babbage Lecture Theatre Cambridge. About being a carer Angus story dismissed stigma harm Lack of research and political will Ending with a call to action from the medical profession Wish me luck

The #ME Association, a national organisation, has been dominated by this man so long it's transformed into a mental health charity. ME is not a mental illness. I wasted months meeting MEA reps (Trustees & employees) pre inquest. 2/3 resigned after listening to me. thesicktimes.org/2024/11/22/a...

We are SO excited about this. Make sure to follow us here & on our other social media to find out more very soon 👇 #ComingSoon

For anyone new to my profile, I'm an artist and crafter. Here is where I stock my wares. craftymissbcrafts.etsy.com #pwme #mhhsbd #handmadehour #giftideas #etsy

The History of ME. How a serious physical disease was hijacked by powerful influential psychiatrists leading to neglect and abuse of an entire patient population. Deaths. Collusion with government. A story that urgently needs telling. #ME #MECFS #LongCovid #journalists medium.com/@abrokenbatt...

Brilliant title

Standing (well, reclining) in solidarity with my male friends with #ME on #InternationalMensDay I feel for you having an illness labelled mainly as a female one and therefore being put in our bin with us.

“The company’s primary (fiduciary) duty is to its shareholders, not its customers, let alone to rivers & aquifers”: excellent thread by George on the “coercive private taxation” enforced by monopoly privatisation of water & beyond. Saudi/Aus “asset managers” care for dividends, not English rivers.

Ollie’s story is heartbreaking 💔 Thank you so much to Jacob Collier for speaking on behalf of him and the thousands like him suffering.

Incredible stuff from @jacobcolliermp.bsky.social! Thanks for standing up so powerfully for your constituent and all those whose lives have been fundamentally changed by ME/Long Covid 🫡 #ThereForME

Sad and very disappointing from MEA but good decision from #ThereForME. Let’s hope the damage can be repaired. Thanks @karenlhargrave.bsky.social @oonaghcousins.bsky.social @emmagl.bsky.social

We are sad to announce that #ThereForME has suspended our collaboration with the ME Association. We feel that concerns from the community must be heard. The door remains open to continue our collaboration once action is taken and concerns addressed. More here 👇

Every ICB in the U.K. now have FND clinics and the result of this infections are ignored and patients left with rehabilitation www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2430906...

The Chester Chronicle, England. 10th November 1995. "Misdiagnosis can lead to setbacks if sufferers are encouraged to exercise to 'shake off' their illness". #mecfs #myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme

Working in the Long Covid/ME space in the UK is a lonely place. As I reflect in taxi home on the last 48 hrs, I don’t regret a single moment. I genuinely believe that the group of people I was with yesterday can change the world for kids with these illnesses. There’s power in global collaboration.

We presented a case report recently showing decreased blood flow to the head after exercise during stand testing in a person with ME who also demonstrated PEM/PENE and characteristic decreases in submaximal exercise performance. Kind of makes you think twice about symptom-titration and pacing up.