Ahmad's been deleted again by Bsky. He messaged to say his family didn't receive any donations yesterday because of a problem with the fundraiser link. Please share widely & give to help them get some food for Eid, & survive Israel's genocidal famine:

Disabled people in the UK (and worldwide)should be as vocal as possible that we roll, lean, lie, and stand with trans folks because: 1. It's the right thing to do. 2. We know what it's like to have society deliberately misinterpret and misuse legislative frameworks to exclude and silence us.

Stop PIP Cuts: Protect Support for Disabled People We call on the UK govt to reverse the changes to PIP. These cuts unfairly target disabled people who rely on PIP for essential support. We would like fair and compassionate welfare policies that protect the most vulnerable in society.

MPs are floating a “transition period” to soften the blow of PIP cuts—so claimants can move onto “other benefits.” That’s fantasy. PIP is to be the gateway. Lose it, and you lose access to nearly all other benefits. That’s the cliff’s edge. #TakingThePIP

Deep breath, lads. In response to the proposed government disability cuts, I wrote a piece about my life before The Daily Tism (it includes a PIP assessment, a mental health crisis and iced Madeira cake). We’ll fight this with everything we’ve got. #TakingThePip

If you are (inexplicably) reluctant to donate to individuals living under genocide in Gaza, you could donate to The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which is currently trying to run the Israeli blockade to bring aid to the region. Freedomflotilla.org

Hamdan could really do with some help for this lovely little one today 💓🍉 bit.ly/4mhcBNM

Soad, unfortunately, know way too much about hunger. Please help her support her son.

Malak really needs some help for her disabled sister Maali, who's struggling to cope with these very harsh conditions. chuffed.org/project/1301...

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A little one in need of some help. ❤️ gofund.me/a04502cb

Please do help Mostafa and his children if you can. gofund.me/cfc11687

I’d ask my many cis-gender friends and followers to take a moment today to consider this scenario. You are so unhappy / uncomfortable with your birth sex that you choose to live as the opposite sex at the cost of family and other relationships.

🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:

There is no dignity in losing civil rights you hack scum

hey. 100K signatures and they'll have to debate this in parliament. let's fucking go petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

This an act of such abhorrent cruelty by a government at war with its own vulnerable and sick citizens Who would ever vote Labour again www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

The truth is trans people are not a threat to your life or rights. You are a threat to theirs. And you are following through on those threats on a daily basis in the company of right wing newspapers, homophobes, misogynists and racists. Look at the company you’re keeping. You’re on the wrong side.

Maybe if TERFs are so concerned with who’s in the toilet, they should stay home in their own bathroom. “That may seem unfair, but these are life choices TERFs make. If you make extreme efforts to be a bigoted TERF, don’t be surprised when most of society shuns you.”

Emergency demo. Come out for trans liberation! Come together with trans organisations, unions, and more to for a community-focused protest against the Supreme Court ruling this Saturday! Bring food and a raincoat. Saturday 19th April, 1pm Parliament Square

If trans women have to go in the men's toilet, that's where I'm going. Cis women need to form gangs to take them in and out safely and comfortably. Full mens loo takeover time

Aca-CursedArchive-Colleagues Have a collection on Cursed Archives (Memory-Trauma-Revenge) and need abstracts on the following: — Grimoires/Necronomicon — The Stone Tapes or memory-filled objects — Rooms/Houses — Language/Music — Landscape/Forest/Seashore Send abstracts to: [email protected]

Fiona's speech on the experience of applying for disability benefits is really good and I urge people who are unfamiliar with the subject to listen to it. With all the things I've been through in life, I'm not easy to traumatise, but I strongly relate to what she says here.

'my problem with the rwanda scheme was not the racism of it but the ineffectiveness of the cruelty.' - prime minister keir starmer

“While travelling to the area on the fifth day we encountered hundreds of civilians fleeing under gunfire,” Whittall said. “We witnessed a woman shot in the back of the head. When a young man tried to retrieve her, he too was shot. We were able to recover her body using our UN vehicle.”

imagine laws, but for rich people.

This is Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. It is - as Iraq was for Blair - the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government and the party for years to come. Severely disabled people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded. No Labour MP who backs this will be forgiven.

Very pleased with my latest publication: on Romero's Living Dead Series and Existentialism, in the Palgrave Zombie Handbook edited by @baconetti.bsky.social Check it out here link.springer.com/referencewor...

Only 2 of my articles which kinda feels like I got off likely until I remember Zuck stole my ideas

UK friends, here's a document someone created of quick actions you can take against the proposed cuts to disability support: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My @uoppald.bsky.social student Sarah Harwood is recruiting autistic parents of autistic child(ren) living anywhere about their experiences. She particularly needs fathers. Feel free to share this anywhere. See below below for participation details. research.sc/participant/ Thank you

Happy Twin Peaks Day, my friends ☕️

Nazi punks fuck off for sure but I'd love for nazis who like other types of music and ones who don't like music at all to also fuck off

Aca-Nosferatu-Colleagues. CFP: In the Shadow of Orlok Exciting new collection from Phil Fitzsimmons & myself on our favourite nasty vampire, from Murnau to Egger and all shades between. Details in attached image or email us at: [email protected] & [email protected]

"Welcome to our 1939 cosplay. Playing the role of Germany will be the United States. Playing the role of Poland will be Ukraine. Russia, as always, will play themselves."

Time to stop using Airbnb? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

So exciting, the first essays for The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie have started appearing online: congratulations Gizem Yalmaz, Fernando Berns, Kristen Hutchinson, and James Rose! You can find them on the project Homepage here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

MY GIRL hits 4K this month, so let's get this classic back out into the world.