Florida suddenly cuts off 12,000 people from receiving their HIV meds. www.advocate.com/news/florida...

1/ While @welfarescotland works primarily in Scotland, we are immensely concerned by increasing reports from England of letting agents and landlords requiring prospective tenants to set up limited companies and use them as a vehicle to rent or lease a residential property.

People sneering when disabled and/or chronically ill people share their shopping basket etc. Yes, pre-cut fruit and veg are more expensive and yes you can get more ‘rustic’ produce for less but when you are exhausted from just making it through the day, it’s the little things.

The Scottish Parliament election 🗳️ is only 74 days away on 7th May 2026. Make sure you are registered to vote to ensure you can have your say. 👉 Register online at gov.uk/register-to-... Registration closes 20th April 2026.

The Scottish Parliament election 🗳️ is only 74 days away on 7th May 2026. Make sure you are registered to vote to ensure you can have your say. 👉 Register online at gov.uk/register-to-... Registration closes 20th April 2026.

All told, the strikes by US forces have killed at least 133 people in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Cannabis should be freely available and taxed. Imagine the amount of money which could be invested in our communities if adults were treated like adults and were able to purchase and use cannabis in the comfort of their own homes.

Heartbroken this morning to hear of Jeane Freeman’s passing. Few live so fully in the service of others as she did and her compassion, courage and resolve touched countless lives. Holding Susan, Jeane’s family and all privileged to have shared her friendship in my thoughts ♥️

I have never seen or handled a clay wheel in real life and I have absolutely no idea what Raku is, but I’m sitting here critiquing the work of the contestants on ‘The Great Pottery Throw Down’ like I’m channeling Hayashi Kaku herself #PotteryThrowdown

If you are due to receive a UC, JSA, PIP, ADP payment on the 25th or 26th, you’ll receive it today. If you are due to receive one on the 1st or 2nd of January, you’ll get it on Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve). Merry Christmas from all at Welfare Scotland 🎄

On this day in 1542, Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland at just six days old after the death of her father, James V. A newborn monarch whose life would reshape British history. #OTD #History #MaryQueenOfScots

ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33

So I have incidentally conditioned Bonnie to come up and sit with me when I am taking my THC oil at night. She knows it gives me the munchies and she’s likely to get some biscuits or some of whatever I’m eating.

In what other country in the world are grubby political donors, political failures and bigots given a life-long seat in one of the chambers of parliament, let alone the upper (revising) chamber, with a tax-free payment of £371 every day they decide to turn up?

In a surprise to absolutely no-one, An Garda Síochána (Irish Police force) told MSPs that introducing legislation banning payment for sex has not decreased the number of people advertising sexual services. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567130...

This is devastating and exposes, yet again, how far the Home Office has strayed from even the most basic sense of humanity. An 8 yo girl, left with nothing in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, has been refused the chance to reunite with her parents in UK. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wild to see Vance et al moaning about Canada and Canadian public services considering nearly 70% of all personal bankruptcies in the US are caused by medical debt, with 1 in 3 Americans reporting that they are struggling to pay healthcare bills. Ah yes, the American dream.

Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system. PI granted. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This really is vile in the extreme. People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in a major change of policy to be announced by the home secretary on Monday. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A judge’s order means more than 600 people arrested by ICE in the Chicago region and held in custody could be released on various conditions but only if they don’t pose a risk to public safety.

‘So many boys have seen violent pornography that they’re physically harming girls’ I talk to Scotland’s best known school counsellor about the lives of teenagers. She reveals a world of sexual violence, abuse and mental illness In @heraldscotland.bsky.social Warning: disturbing & graphic content

Trans people have always been here, and always will be. 📸 Jordana Bermúdez

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

www.wired.com/story/mexico... Mexico City Is the Most Video-Surveilled Metropolis in the Americas

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant” He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.

I'm confused by this as it seems to suggest the president doesn't understand how the healthcare system works.

Trump conjured up Hugh Hefner for decorating tips 💀 🙌

Just a little more gold and it will be perfect

The Trump administration tells the Supreme Court it can’t be compelled to fully fund SNAP because paying out the money would “irreparably harm” the government, while SNAP beneficiaries … *won’t* be irreparably harmed by going hungry? The balance of equities here is completely upside down.

"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."

The Scott Monument as seen through the Advocate’s Close on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh #UrbanGaze #Scotland #Edinburgh #uk #EastCoastKin #BlueSky #blueskyphotography #photography #travel #cities #RoyalMile

Trump really is hardworking. Working hard to make life as difficult as possible for those with the least. People just trying to feed themselves and their families are pawns in Trump’s power play.

Now this, this is journalism. It’s always those with the least who suffer the most when cuts are made.

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/b0AtL8r

The WGA East stands with @condeunion.bsky.social and @nyguild.bsky.social! #1u

“This decision will cause immediate, widespread, and irreparable harm to all those who are being denied accurate identity documents,” said Jessie Rossman, legal director of the @aclum.bsky.social

Tax the billionaires.

We must note that all the condemnation of Tucker Carlson platforming Nick Fuentes has been about anti-Semitism and there has been an alarming and revealing silence around his anti-Black racism and white supremacy. When the head of the Heritage Foundation apologized, he only cited anti-Semitism.

If you are disabled and or chronically ill and you are on the Priority Service Register, ensure your contact details are up to date to ensure suppliers can pre-warn you about planned disruptions and arrange temporary power supply equipment if service delivery is affected in an emergency. (1/2)

To wrap our brains around a number we don't normally think of: 1 million seconds is 11.5 days 1 billion seconds is 31.7 years 1 trillion seconds is 31,700 years This is a cult, and no person is worth paying this much to

What a surprise.

I’m 40. Single. Laying on my bed watching Celebrity Traitors and eating dry crunchy nut cornflakes from a sandwich bag haha

Zohran Mamdani rose above the personal attacks from his opponents which were rooted in Islamophobia and bigotry. People vote with hope and it’s clear that Mamdani united communities across NYC in rejecting the old boys club and the perpetual orgy of self congratulation in the corridors of power.

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown. The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

Doesn’t go far enough John and complicates what should be a reasonable simple method of stopping our land being sold off to big money

The Firework Control Zone in Pollokshields is definitely working thus far. Been night and day from usual Bonfire Night. Her hearing reducing has been a blessing of sorts.

Amid horrendously long lines at food banks around the country, the president is willing to let Americans go hungry.

Again if you are an American military member who relies on SNAP or WIC and is dealing with food insecurity we @taskandpurpose.com want to hear from you. Please reach out, signal and email are open. Drop us a line here or on Instagram