Insurance salesman would not leave me alone 🙄

Wore my keffiyeh into work this morning, and while in the lift a hijabi lass said she liked it because she could tell I was one of the safe ones. I hate that marginalised communities feel unsafe, but if something so simple helps, I'm wearing this every time I go outside.

Was supposed to be going somewhere this weekend, but lack of investment in the north means there's no bus between 2 places an hour apart. No biggie, right? Except, the prospect of having to navigate trains as a disabled person at short notice put me off going altogether.

My favourite genre of man is the ones that get visibly confused when I don't automatically move out of their way.

I will always have at least one spoon of energy left while wearing this necklace. #spoonie

Can't believe we've had Bramble a whole year!

Gee thanks, weather app

Not to sound like a Boomer but... Finally "upgraded" to wireless earbuds and now I have to charge a case to charge my headphones that then need updating to be able to listen to music. HOW IS THIS AN IMPROVEMENT?!?

This is huge! 8 genetic markers identified in ME/CFS patients, in genes controlling the immune and nervous systems. It was NEVER in our heads. www.decodeme.org.uk/initial-dna-...

Advice needed: I need a cup holder for my new wheelchair. However, I cant attach anything to the base that would impact it folding up. It would need to be easy to remove. The arm bars are also not circular, so anything clipped to them tends to fall off. Recommendations?

Happy Yorkshire Day

New wheelchair arrived today (and passed inspection).

Saw a Disability Pride sign in the wild for the first time ever today! #DisabilityPrideMonth

Happy Leeds Pride! Theres been a lot of biphobia this year, so here's your reminder that perhaps the biggest queer influence on mainstream pop culture was, in fact, bisexual. #pride #LeedsPride #queen #FreddieMercury #bisexual

Spontaneously got my eyebrow pierced. Side note: it's damn near impossible to be spontaneous with a disability.

Between John Wick and Superman, I think we have now firmly established that the key to a successful movie is to have the leading man crash out over a dog.

Happy Disability Pride Month.

Just found out that Leeds Pride are now charging groups to march in the parade, essentially meaning only corporations and big charities can march. The group I was going with can no longer march. Gutted and honestly kinda angry too.

Every single labour MP who voted in favour of the bill, thinking the 'concessions' make it OK, should do some serious self-reflection. I don't care that my benefits are safer, it's not fair & it's not right. And to vote it in during Disability Pride Month is especially vile.

PIP Update (with gifs). My PIP has not only been approved, but increased. That's how the system should work - I have more diagnoses and symptoms, so I need more help. This means I can replace my literally falling apart powered wheelchair.

Does anyone know what the gender neutral term for aunt/uncle is? Because I'm going to be one!

Releasing a report declaring the intent to gut disability support systems, then voting in favour of a horrendous model of assisted dying 24 hours later: they really do hate disabled people, don't they? #AssistedDyingBill #AssistedSuicide

Drivers will bitch about cyclists being on the road, then park on the damn pavements. 💀

It's #InternationalPicnicDay apparently. We're doing picnics at work, and it was recommended people bring blankets or find benches. Colleague looks at me and says; I swear, if you say you brought your own bench... Me: 😁

Whoever created those ribbon bookmarks you sometimes get sewn into books clearly never had a cat.

I'm so angry right now. 6 months ago I booked accessible gig tickets for the first time since the pandemic. Today l'm told the gig has moved to O2 Academy in Leeds. Fine, it's accessible. Except it's undergoing work with the lift blocked, with no alternative access. So I can't go.

The biggest problem within the queer community right now is we've established what a 'normal' queer relationship looks like; 2 cis men or women, usually white, young and able bodied. Anything outside that is immediately deemed fake and attention-seeking.

Remember when we said after the trans people they would come for the bi's? Yeah, that. WE FUCKING TOLD YOU.

Currently in a debate as to whether using a powered wheelchair gives me an unfair advantage at Mario Kart.

Happy Pride Month from Bramble. On an unrelated note, I appear to only have 9 fingers now...

What actually happens at a PIP assessment? I had mine 2 days ago, and I'm going to talk you through the experience (with gifs!). A thread.🧵

One side has been here every week for almost 2 years with no incidents whatsoever. The other side rioted and tried to kill people last year. Guess which group the police circled like sharks, and which group they were all chummy with.

Stop the far right.

If you voluntarily use AI, just go ahead and unfollow me.

When you find out a disability rights organisation has been using AI to generate social media content, and when called out claims it's an accessibility tool and says the criticism is harassment. This is precisely why so many disabled people are jaded with these organisations.

Just encountered a lorry blocking not 1 but 2 lowered curbs, making it impossible for me to cross independently, and the driver didn't even acknowledge me or apologise. I get parking large vehicles is hard, but there's no need to block every single crossing on a road!

I have my first in-person PIP review in almost a decade later this month. Besides ID and a list of medications, what should I bring? And how should I dress? Theres a balance to be struck between making a good impression vs. being deemed fake for looking too smart.

Shout out to the people having to clean up Leeds after today's football parade; any money brought in by the crowds will just be spent on clean-up. Utterly disgusting. And no, before some smartass says it, littering at Pride is bad and still unacceptable, but it's never THIS bad.

Casual reminder that VE day celebrates a victory against Nazi's. Honour VE day by not appeasing fascists.

Just got a bunch of verbal abuse for saying 'excuse me' as someone walked diagonally into my path. 🙄

I'm just so fucking burned out by everything. The supreme court & subsequent anti-trans rulings. The anti-disability rhetoric. Watching fascism rise. Watching Palestine burn. Watching the climate collapse. Watching AI become the norm. Feeling so fucking powerless.

Fuck DuoLingo. I'm trying MemRise.

Don't be like T.K.Maxx. Leave a lift broken for 7 months. Close the fully accessible Homesense down. Move it to the top floor of T.K.Maxx. Despite redoing said floor, still don't fix the lift. So now I can't access Homesense at all. Guess my money is less valuable?

A little bit of faith in humanity restored: A man in a coffee shop moved tables so I could have the one that was easier to access from my wheelchair. A simple act of kindness, but greatly appreciated.

The policy itself is deeply problematic, but the speed with which the British Transport Police introduced their policy about the strip searching of trans women is also messed up. Yet we're told changes to stop the harassment of minorities take time.

Today's access issue wasn't caused by an immigrant, a trans person, or someone unemployed. It was a white, male cop parking a van diagonally with all 4 wheels on the pavement, who blocked the only space left while talking to someone, & not budging a mm as I struggled by.

Sadly I can't join the Trans Rights protest in Leeds today, but pleased to see it's happening.

Just been told I should stay out of women's spaces. But they 'can always tell'.

Regardless of the anti-trans rules you make, we've always been here, and we always will be. Existence is the simplest form of resistance.

JKR used her money to back anti-trans laws. Money she got from Harry Potter. Continuing to give her money is not harmless. Is Harry Potter really worth more to you than trans lives?