⭐️ REPOSTED WITH ALT TEXT! Also, just to clarify, the mask requirement does not of course apply to those who are exempt!💗

Saw the incomparable Judith Butler at the South Bank Centre last night and was blown away by how warm, funny and unflappable they were, as well as obviously incredibly interesting and thoughtful. Ash Sarkar was the perfect interviewer for them and my brain is still buzzing.

So grim to see Keir Starmer going even further to the right. He seems totally incapable of talking about why immigration is a good thing. Totally incapable of talking about our skills gap. Totally incapable of humanity & compassion. #PMQs

It’s been 2 months since my precious Bullseye died & I’m still having to remind myself that she’s not coming back. She was the best companion, a beautiful soul full of love and sass. It’s hard to love a creature you know you will outlive, but I will keep loving as hard and as wholly as she love me.

We talk about how awful, ableist news stories have convinced the public that chronically ill and/or disabled folks are fakers and benefit frauds - we should also talk about the effect on doctors. 1/2

Hey, Bullseye was just wondering if you’re going to eat all of that? She hasn’t been fed in about 8 minutes and she’s pretty sure that’s against the law.

Today I am mostly reading @mikaelaloach.bsky.social’s BRILLIANT book. It can be hard not to dip into despair when you pay attention to climate justice issues & despair is the enemy of action. This book is electrifyingly hopeful, clear & honest about neo-colonialism - often ignored in climate spaces

This article feels well-timed for me personally: www.theguardian.com/society/2024... Recently spent days trying to convince my GP to follow my asthma action plan and prescribe me pred for a serious exacerbation. It’s the only thing historically that can keep me out of hospital once it flares.

What a delight to see Twitter mutuals heading over here! I’m looking to follow performance artists, theatre folk (particularly queer or disabled people) and #PwME or involved in ME research.

(UK) The Government’s Final Delivery Plan ‘Should be a Watershed Moment for ME & #LongCOVID sufferers’ - Tamsin Flower A spokesman for the DHSC said the focus will be on research, education and improving care for people with ME/CFS. bylinetimes.com/2024/11/08/f... #MEcfs #CFS #PwME

Not much #EdFringe chat on here yet, maybe next year? Here are some shows I’ve loved:

"Why can't climate activists go for [fossil fuel companies / petrol stations / fossil fuel transport] instead of art???" ^^ They have been doing this consistently for decades, and people like you ignoring that is part of why they're compelled to branch out much further in their actions

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”

I do not need my bank to do a Wrapped. It should just say: “This year, you spent 365 days buckling under the weighty plough of late-stage capitalism. Also, you bought a lot of Dreamies, that’s why your cats are so chonky.”

I’m producing a gorgeous cabaret show at Battersea Arts Centre on November 18th and I’d LOVE to see some friendly faces there - the lineup is a mix of burlesque, drag, circus, clowning and sideshow and the show is a celebration of queer joy and gratitude: www.outsavvy.com/event/16322/...

Hello good afternoon I hope you all have a love as pure as Murdi and Bilbo do in your lifetime.

"Last Chance to Make History – the Huge #DecodeME Study is Closing Soon – and it Needs Your Help" www.healthrising.org/blog/2023/10... Please help to get the word out either by liking and/or re-posting this, or by highlighting the study in some other way #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #LongCovid #PwLC

It’s almost tragic how Elon tries to find the magic formula for coolness. He’s attempting the 90s/2000s formula of ostentatious wealth + cruelty. It’s not working because coolness has since been shaped by a generation of people who are driven by empathy and hope. And also because he’s not funny.

Well, I’ve packed up Bullseye, Bilbo and Murdi and joined Twitter 3.0 (non-hateful edition). Hi! Im Carmella, I am an actor and performance artist. I’m Scottish, but been in East London for years. I’m disabled (ME/cfs, POTS, MCAS) queer (agender lesbian) and autistic. Let’s be pals?