"By week one, I was already tired of his anti-rich, pro-Samaritan bullshit. I wanted to take a course in Christianity, not liberalism."

Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad "‘I don’t mind criticism,’ said Granny. ‘You know me. I’ve never been one to take offence at criticism. No-one could say I’m the sort to take offence at criticism -’ ‘Not twice, anyway,’ said Nanny."

I mean…

Dr Cortes Cerisurlo, quoted here, is the brilliant and remarkably humble surgeon who saved my life with a liver transplant too. She and her colleagues from all around the world are role models, pandemic or not. Woman's life-saving liver transplant helps set record www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ICYMI earlier, I've written for the @financialtimes.com today about the boring, empty and unsuccessful 'strategies' being imposed on all our universities. If we go on like this, sooner or later we'll have 'reorganised' them all out of existence. www.ft.com/content/5032...

One for those injured in the British military and medically discharged: One line on your medical discharge certificate can shape your pension, compensation and tax. If the PIC (primary invaliding condition) is wrong, the rest of the system can go wrong too. veteranlawproject.org.uk/blog/post42

Fellow adoptees, I need your help! I'm doing a journalism project on how the NHS treats adoptees, including a survey. It's anonymous and will take 5-15 minutes to do. More info in the survey: forms.gle/xXeiGJ1fJcrZbjfu7 #adoption #adopteerights #adopteehealth

The Timms Review into PIP has opened a Call for Evidence. For many disabled people, PIP makes everyday journeys possible and unlocks access to disabled people's bus passes and railcards, Blue Badges, and Motability. Have your say and shape our response: https://bit.ly/3PGj1Kp

The spouse is travelling and sent me the photo on the left, of a department store in Seoul (her luggage didn't arrive when she did). The similarity with the Westwork of Corvey Abbey is uncanny. Architecture experts, please explain.

This is really interesting! I had been wondering if it was a problem that our Canterbury beavers are taking down quite a lot of trees at the moment, but this makes sense now

🧵/ The NHS is about to undergo one of the most radical – and scandalous - changes in its history. From 1st April (the public are the fools in this), GPs will be contractually obliged to seek remote “advice & guidance” from hospital clinicians, making it even harder to see an NHS specialist.

Good Morning Sussex! If (like me) you continue to be frustrated by FWS and trans+ exclusion in jurisprudence, then join me in the GSL stream at 2pm in Jubilee 115 where I give a cathartic paper on how last year's judgment is evidence of a history of trans+ mistreatment #SLSA2026

Started #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society Stream! Panel 1, 'Labour rights, gender and the education sector'. Currently hearing Francesca Lee @astonuniversity.bsky.social on 'Crowning Equality: The Legal Prohibition of Natural Hair Discrimination in Employment and Schools', CRT & hair discrimination

Goldin wrote her first book (1976) about urban slavery in the antebellum South. She was one of a cohort of "cliometric" historians who used quantitative methods to shed light on the history of slavery.

Always nice to work in a friendly and supportive environment, by which I mean getting a permanent death stare from my Beagle

‘A cruel penalty’: hundreds of thousands of disabled people will have their benefit cut if their conditions are deemed not to be lifelong. My report in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 1/5

New euphamism just dropped, I hate it :

Need to escape from the news? Here are a few things we’ve got coming up at the @britishacademy.bsky.social which might help. This panel in London/online will look at how art, performance and creativity can deepen our understanding of disability www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

"Care is being undermined from every direction – from corporate kindwashing to the tech bros’ definition of empathy as weakness, from populist politicians stoking grievance & hate to the notion that if it can’t be counted, then it doesn’t have value."

Not an unfamiliar story that…

🌸SAKURA STROLLS👣 A whirlwind tour of some well-known Kyōto spots we've talked about before, this time with added cherry blossoms🙌 on one road all the way to Kyōto- blossom-viewing hats 京迄は一筋道ぞ花見笠 -Kobayashi Issa, 1822. Trans. David Lanoue. #Kyoto #京都 #sakura #桜 #blossoms #Japan

Unconscionable cruelty from a Labour government

God even this bear judges me for not taking French in school

"World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990". www.mcri.edu.au/news/insight...

I'm going to start a thread collating expert responses to the IOC's sex testing policy. Please feel free to reply with additions. I'm more interested in the views of scientists than lawyers or philosophers, but everything counts.

A disabled actor has accused the #Motability scheme of putting young disabled people’s freedom at risk and taking away their choice and control by forcing them to sign up to an “offensive” new system that monitors how they drive. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/actor-says-m...

🧵The Covid Inquiry’s latest reports have made one thing brutally clear: the first year of the pandemic - and especially the second Covid wave in winter 2020/21 - was devastating. Much of that devastation was avoidable. This 🧵: impact on NHS, impact on bereaved, and avoidable harm. 1/19

'Renaming the organisation would not have killed it, while the choice it has made could well do.' 'Gen Z are famously inclusive, more likely than any other generation to identify as LGBT+.' An own goal, and nasty with it.

Our current medical establishment seeks to erase the nightmares of 6 years ago and reinforce memories of unpleasant mitigations. However, unfortunately, for them, only they care about lockdowns today and so the MAHA coalition is cracking up. My latest.

Well, this week’s work is done. A lot has happened, but I’m looking forward to recharging my batteries through this art project. #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

I'm unreasonably furious about this. Where the fuck else are they supposed to catch up than in public, given we've defunded, prohibited or priced them out of all their other options?

A parliamentary debate just highlighted the gaping holes in NHS care for EDS and CCI patients MPs turned out to call on the government to address the abysmal lack of NHS diagnosis and medical care services for people living with EDS www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

imagine taking even one moment to consider why women from Afghanistan might want to come to the UK to pursue education and concluding that it’s definitely for scam reasons

teach it cursive

The IOC has announced a trans and intersex athlete ban requiring an invasive SRY genetic test for female athletes. In the 20+ years trans women were eligible, only one ever competed and none ever medaled. This is solving for a problem that doesn't exist. www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...

What, a short document on key points about mobility aid regulations, with references and case studies? Just the thing to read on a tea break or lunch break. Or any other time, really! Go on, have a look:

Surely this is all a marketing ploy from Amazon to make it seem less unrealistic that people would routinely pick a fight with someone the size of a small house?!

QT this with wizard schools (loosely defined) that are actually worth reading

QT this with wizard schools (loosely defined) that are actually worth reading

There was a ton of interest around our vanRaam trike review, so I should mention this is one example of an e-trike on our test track in #london on April 19th, plus more from Jorvik & others Pass it on to anyone who is looking at #mobility options this spring www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/vanr...

You know that template a few days ago about who looked great in a hat? We have a winner.

Someone at the park suggested setting up a WhatsApp Group for all the regular dog walkers and I cannot emphasise enough how much I don't want to know what a terrible idea this is. Please don't make me find out that the owner of Robert the Labrador thinks the Covid vaccine makes your blood magnetic

At least I get to repost the greatest headline the Independent has ever run.

I got fish paste sandwiches for a week. By the end a Happy Meal literally tasted like the best thing I’d ever eatean.

Northern Lights forecast to reappear across UK on Saturday 🤩 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti... #aurora #nightsky #uk

"The UK entered the pandemic with its healthcare systems in a parlous state with severe workforce shortages."

Was the report written by Matt Goodwin?

Two more Assistant Professor roles being advertised at Warwick Law School. We're a lovely bunch, if a little feisty.

Whether or not the student here is real, the pose is fundamentally pathetic: ‘I cannot cope with something challenging; I have no agency to determine my own beliefs if I’m told something in a room I have freely chosen to be in; save me from my weakness before it’s too late!’ Just ludicrous stuff.