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Katie @vimtotime.bsky.social · Jul 23

What does an autistic person look like? 🧵

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · May 1

This is your regular reminder: patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system of oppressions that privileges male dominance and some women benefit from it.

Feminism is not women or anything a woman does just because she's a woman. Feminism is the destruction of patriarchy.

Feminism is liberation.

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · May 1

Submitted a s75 charge back claim start of December. It took Jaja 6 months to reject my claim as the car was for my daughter not me.

So credit card purchases are only protected if the item is for use by the card holder, not for gifts?

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · May 1

Here's a thing to watch out for:

Bought a rubbish car from an unscrupulous dealer with my Jaja credit card. Dealer said it was fine, mechanic said it wasn't safe to drive.

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Wandering Oak @wanderingoakuk.bsky.social · Apr 25

RESCHEDULING:
The @pitponyband.bsky.social show at the Cluny is moving to Saturday 24th May, with a message here from the band.

All November tickets remain valid for the new date, and any refunds can be actioned from point of purchase.

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On a clear day @icanseeforever1.bsky.social · Apr 25

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Apr 24

Being disabled does not make someone “a victim”, Nigel Farage. Having state support to go to school does not make someone “a victim” either.

These kind of remarks are in many ways why I wrote Who Wants Normal? Disabled young people deserve more than this vile narrative.

Asked at this press conference about the rising number of children diagnosed with Send, and what could be done to help them, Farage replied:

It’s a massive problem. I have to say, for my own money, when you get to 18 and you put somebody on a disability register, unemployed, with a high level of benefits, you’re telling people aged 18 that they’re that they’re victims. And if you are told you’re a victim, and you think you’re a victim, you are likely to stay [a victim].
So many of these diagnoses, for Send before 18, for disability register after 18 – so many of these have been conducted on Zoom, with the family GP.

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 24

Take 2 mins to demand that Meta stop targeting you with creepy personalised ads and content!

goodlaw.social/gk0i

Meta: this time it’s personal

Take 2 mins to write to Meta now!

goodlaw.social

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · Apr 24

Farage talking arrant and nasty shit here. You can't get an autism/SEND diagnosis from a GP. People are having to wait years for one. This is just Trump/Kennedy stuff, with a flavour of Badenoch & the right wing UK media

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · Nov 22

I have created a Starter Pack for British Trans Activism

Let's start organising and making the UK a better place. We've been on the defense for too long

🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️✊

go.bsky.app/N6Qai5F

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 21

LBC producer: who shall we get to comment on the Pope's death?

I know! Anne Widdecombe!

Class.

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 17

This track has soundtracked some of the darkest moments in my life and some of the most hopeful. 25 years later it still moves me in many, many ways.

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Movie (Never Made)

YouTube video by Silver Mt Zion - Topic

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 17

So: 5 minutes ago I was watching my 4th child come into the world. And now this has happened. Not quite sure how.

www.northtynesidecareacademy.org.uk/you-know-tha...

"You know that you're changing lives and doing something good..." - North Tyneside Care Academy

Charlotte's Apprenticeship: From leaving college unsure of what to do next, to becoming a full-time member of staff at Key Enterprises, Charlotte’s story shows how the right opportunity can open doors...

www.northtynesidecareacademy.org.uk

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Apr 15

so I do absolutely, entirely agree with this but it also does feel like the logical endpoint of treating university as "a thing you have to do for three years otherwise you won't get a job" - if you're not making a case for why a uni education is useful, don't expect people to actually respect it

Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Apr 15

I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel

Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Apr 15

Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 7

What a stunning clip!

Shelley @shelleyr.bsky.social · Apr 2

Kraftwerk—or should I say Neu—in their short lived 1971 formation with Florian Schneider, Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger just bashing away on those drums.

Recorded in a studio in Cologne, hence the song title (Köln II), for the youth program"Okidoki."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Apr 6

We have a winner!

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Bearly Politics (@i_ratus
). The tweet reads: “‘Yes, you’re wearing a suit, BUT DID YOU EVEN SAY THANK YOU?!’” Below the tweet, there is an image of three individuals in a formal setting, with two of them seated on ornate yellow chairs and gesturing with their hands. A penguin is standing on one of the chairs, dressed in a small suit. The background includes a fireplace, a flag, and other decorative elements, suggesting a formal or official room.

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 7

Clem's drumming in this Iggy performance is phenomenal. During the intro it's as if man and drums are one - he looks like he's having the time of his life.

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Iggy Pop! Live in San Fran

YouTube video by CafyokeKareoke

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 7

The sun is shining. Time for 'Beam Me Up'.

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Gloria - Beam Me Up (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Apr 6

How come I've only just discovered Sara Parkman? It's wonderful!!!

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · Mar 30

My designs get lots of publicity in magazines and online and it looks like I’m doing really well.
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.

Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
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Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester

Surface Pattern Design & Illustration by Manchester based designer Gail Myerscough. Contemporary design meets mid century style. Contact for art licensing, commissions & collaboration enquiries.

gailmyerscough.co.uk

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Mar 29

A certain 'end of football trophy drought' celebration has scuppered our plans to revisit our wedding venue, so we're celebrating a year of married bliss by going to the scene of our first date for a meal - which was several months after we met and was aided by 'eat out to help out'.

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Mar 29

That's 2 tickets for the Fugazi film booked. Looking forward to this one 😁

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Mar 29

Wow. Have we regressed 400 years and started persecuting Quakers again?

Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · Mar 28

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Mar 29

Watched Adolescence. It is good and brilliantly acted. I don't think that the 1 shot thing helped the overall story, though. It's obviously very clever and meticulously planned and added extra tension to the first 2 episodes but meant that the resolution was awkward and convoluted.

Still good tho

Stuart Dexter @northeastender.bsky.social · Mar 29

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