The crowning of Burnham for prime minister by much of the establishment tells you everything we need to know. Not even Burnham can see that his value will not last long before they will turn on him as his support dives. Meanwhile democracy and freedom to disagree are being undermined.

Hello all, I am working on a project about #ME and looking for physicians who have ME that would be willing to be interviewed about having ME. Dr Lana Dyment, BSc MD CCFP FCFP BC-CLMF

these are the finances of a university that wants to cut 150 jobs. they have 200 million that they don't know what to do with.

'Millennials living through another once in a lifetime event' except it's someone born in England in the 990s watching yet another fleet of invading warships sail past their house

My wife and I went to a turtle puns class yesterday. It tortoise nothing.

#NewsStories DNS (Disability News Service) is looking 4 examples from last few months of broadcasters, particularly BBC News & Sky News, that have failed 2 challenge claims that spending on 'welfare' is spiralling out of control & needs to be cut. Examples with links to video would be most useful.

Should writers use unfamiliar or uncommon words? Yes, of course. Grow the fuck up.

Good #fossil tour today. Found many ammonites, belemnites, reptile and fish bones including a large plesiosaur(?) vert, lots of dinosaur prints and a log complete with a epibionts. #geology #paleontology

This thread is... chef's kiss

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Happy Pride everyone!

Ok, we can now close down the internet. We have the final and supreme winner. Queen!

Having successfully reframed the existence of several demographics as optional (trans people, the sick, the disabled, anyone even slightly brown etc etc), white men are now aiming at you, women. And yes: even if you are white & went in to bat for them against all the other minorities.

Thieves: Hey, other thieves are stealing from us! Cry more, you kleptocratic shitheads.

Artist’s painting of a hippo on a flake of limestone 🦛❤️ Perhaps a practice sketch, or simply for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago! From Deir el-Bahri, ancient Thebes, c. 1479–1425 BC 📷 The Met #Archaeology #Art

TikTok's latest illegal 'life hack' seems to be 'dispute credit card transactions for free stuff' and legality aside I am here to beg you: Do not do this to small businesses. It really fucks them over in ways you may not be aware of beyond stealing from them (which is, to be clear, what this is).🧵

oh my god this is my marriage

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

35°C is normal, we used to just call that summer! Here's how many summers topped 32°C 70s 4 80s 2 90s 8 2000s 6 2010s all of them 2020s all of them And here's how many summers topped 35°C 70s 1 80s 0 90s 2 2000s 2 2010s 3 2020s 4 (out of 6 so far)

She fucking lied. Yes, we knew it. Yes, we knew they knew it, but here she is, many years & suicides later openly admitting she fucking lied. Anyone citing the Cass Report as a valid document is a despicable, rancid cunt. No exceptions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇭 On the pitch, England and Ghana play by the same rules. Off it, Ghana is stuck in a system that favours lenders. While some debt has been cancelled, private lenders keep moving the goalposts. The UK can change the rules. Tell them to take the shot ⚽ 🥅 tinyurl.com/3p9srd2k #TackleUnfairDebt

As a matter of URGENCY, PLEASE could 100,000 of you sign this petition in the next week: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

In his time in office Starmer has overseen the largest rollback of migrants, trans and disabled rights in arguably a generation. He has gone further than the previous Conservative government on hostile policies and the demonisation and discrimination of marginalised groups.

Unsurprisingly mainstream media reported the false accusations about council tax but not the fact that @zackpolanski.bsky.social was cleared. So share the hell out of this and get campaigning in Manchester if you can.

Driftwood dragon.

I hope you get all the smoke this post deserves. Imagine admitting you would rather a kid sits in shitty pants than a corporate entity be down a few dollars, and that a desperate parent should expect to be shot at for committing a misdemeanor motivated by her child's wellbeing and health.

Sorry to re-up this, but the media silence on the massive, country-changing shift towards arbitrary justice and authoritarianism is almost the most astonishing aspect of the case. The new dispensation is being normalised even as it's happening. Please spread it far and wide. We need to know. Thanks

One of the nicest things about being a gardener is that when it’s really pishing down, you can think “Welp, at least I don’t have to find the energy to water the garden” 🌱

People ask: ‘why don’t countries just refuse to pay ISDS fines.’ Here’s why. They get hounded. In this crazy case, ISDS investors are following Spain’s football team around the World Cup to try to seize their assets (inc deposits for hotel rooms). Insane www.bfmtv.com/economie/int...

Gods, I’d *love* even a *day* where I don’t have to hear or read people being disableist about Trump. A *day* where people just blame his manifold evil on just *being evil*, and his utter shittiness on privilege, selfishness and grifterism rather than supposed disability. Even *one*.

Deakin University is recruiting participants for the TRI-ME clinical trial testing a new medication for #MECFS. 👉 8-week study (Geelong, VIC) 💊 Active drug or placebo 🩸 Blood tests + $20/session Interested? 📧 [email protected] 📞 0482 869 599 #Research #ME/CFS

#AssistedDyingBill If you’re a disabled constituent and live in Lauren Edwards Constituency of Rochester & Strood & oppose Assisted Dying Bill please get in contact with the MP to raise your concerns with her & why you oppose the bill [email protected]. laurenedwards.uk/contact/

Your infrequent gentle reminder: I would like to share your art/photos/activism if you have alt text on it! Alt text lets people with vision impairments, screenreader users, people who have connection issues/slow internet/not much data/etc, and people like me (Squint Kings) enjoy it!

"This verdict will have a gigantic chilling effect on our wider rights to protest." Siân Berry MP on the Court of Appeal upholding the proscription of Palestine Action

Next time you read a headline about the cost of the benefits bill - or how we must “cut welfare to pay for warfare” - perhaps share the above. The DWP is wasting millions forcing people through pointless reassessments and it’s only the private sector who are getting the benefit (no pun intended).

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people with lifelong conditions are being put through “pointless” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidelines. This includes people with learning disabilities and limb amputations. My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wow! Emailing your MP about something Gaza genocide-related can land you in court.

No, @zackpolanski.bsky.social did NOT say "Food is too cheap" westcountryvoices.co.uk/no-zack-pola...

It feels like this is less about protecting kids and more about making it difficult for them to learn about things their parents might not like.

Today we have a special episode with the return of Professor Rory Naismith! You will remember him from his interview on Anglo Saxon Economics and Money, and today he is back to talk with us about his new book on Offa, King of the Mercians.

It was a huge pleasure to record this podcast episode on Offa with Jamie and Zee from the British History Podcast: www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/an-offa-inte...

There's sentiment that "education is too expensive & not worth it anymore" this is a lie, education is worth it, sciences and arts are a common societal good, not a scarce luxury for the privileged few. Education has been privatised & commodified, turned to product rather than a societal necessity.

You can follow us at @fightingdirty.bsky.social We'll keep you posted on this and other campaigns. Really appreciate any help you can give. Thank you.

I WROTE AN ENTIRE BOOK ABOUT WHY THIS IS A BAD IDEA STOP INVENTING THE TORMENT NEXUS

Inga Williams: "I am actively recruiting for my observational study to help us understand what causes PEM, so we can improve care for those who experience it. My email address is : [email protected] I am extremely grateful to my supervisors, mentors and donors." #MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid

Abortion care. On Demand. Without Apology. Trans health care. On Demand. Without Apology. Any age. Any gestation. Never. Ever. Ever. Cede ground on these debates. The fascists aren't making their "oh but what abouts...." in good faith. Don't give an inch, they will take everything.

The day has finally come: The Story of Birds is out in the UK! 🇬🇧 We launched it last night at the sparkling new @waterstones.bsky.social at Battersea Power Station. Hosted by fellow bird book author @matthewstadlen.bsky.social I hope friends in my adopted home of Britain like this book!