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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · 5d

If you are in the UK, you can currently stream gratis via channel5.com:

www.channel5.com/show/much-ad...

Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · 5d

Acabo de mirar una película navideña. Es la tercera mirada mía. Es basada sobre la obra dramática de Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing", "Mucho ruido y pocas nueces" ¡Es prácticamente la #PelículaDeNavidad perfecta! En mi opinión, por supuesto. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas

www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...

Much Ado About Christmas (TV Movie 2021) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Family, Romance

1h 25m

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · 5d

I have just watched a #ChristmasFilm. My third viewing. It is based on the play by Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing". For myself, it is practically the perfect #ChristmasMovie. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas

www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...

Much Ado About Christmas (TV Movie 2021) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Family, Romance

1h 25m

www.imdb.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · 7d

Here's my latest blog-post, which I have been working on for several months, on my personal experience of #SexualFantasies and how they relate to my #asexuality & #demisexuality.

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-qu...

A Queer, Asexual's Sexual Fantasising?

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.itv.com/watch/the-ho...

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's September so #ChristmasFilms are available. I found a gay #ChristmasMovie starring & co-written by #JonathanBennett, #TheHolidaySitter. Zero angst but lots of laughs & heart-touching moments.

If in the UK you can stream for free via #ITVX - link in comments.

www.imdb.com/title/tt2229...

The Holiday Sitter (TV Movie 2022) ⭐ 6.6 | Comedy, Romance

1h 24m | TV-G

www.imdb.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Aug 28

Very honoured to have been painted by an artist chum (who wishes to remain anonymous but has given permission to share the artwork). They have made me look rather sexy, for which many thanks. 🥹 From my LH-side I am painted naked in pink hues. I am holding a small bottle and am watering a plant. 🪴

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Aug 26

I needed something light & frothy to buck me up. I chose #Bros because it starred #LukeMacFarlane, a regular in the #ChristmasFilms I so adore. Personally, I found it quite thought-provoking as well as laugh-out-loud funny, thanks mostly to the lead #BillyEichner.

www.channel4.com/programmes/b...

Bros

(2022) The first studio gay romcom stars Billy Eichner as a podcaster who pooh-poohs love

www.channel4.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Aug 20

My latest blog-post on the need for #intimacy.

Warning: there is a section on sexual intimacy, but this can be skipped.

Link to Blogger:

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/08/inti...

Intimacies: Eight Types of Intimacy

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Who knew that #MARINA, the Welsh singer & poët, is a #pwME i.e. suffers from ME/CFS.

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME #MEcfs
#ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #CFSme
Link to #People magazine:
people.com/singer-marin...

Singer MARINA Diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: ‘It’s Been Hard to Remember What Healthy Feels Like’

Welsh singer Marina says that she believes “chronic stress” caused her Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

people.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · May 23

I have added link to #BritishRedCross:

donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/gaza-...

Follow the link and give to their Gaza Appeal if able & willing. Cheers!

British Red Cross is an affiliate of #RedCross / #RedCrescent agencies. Other charities are also running appeals.

Gaza Crisis Appeal

Donate now to the Gaza Crisis Appeal and help provide vital aid to people affected by the devastating humanitarian crisis and threat of famine.

donate.redcross.org.uk

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · May 23

#UKGov still in breach of #UNCRPD (under which we are still on annual-report), has made no head-way in ameliorating its failures, but instead has decided to make matters very much worse.

Without #DisabilityRights
there is #DisabilityDiscrimination.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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Petition: Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper & create National Disability Strategy

The DWP Green Paper Pathways to Work proposes what we think are devastating cuts to disability benefits. We think the Government must drop these proposals and instead begin a process of co-production ...

petition.parliament.uk

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Gillian Kent @cambridgegill.bsky.social · Jul 12

Relevant to #pwME, #LongCovid and #ChronicIllness. Thanks @criquaer.bsky.social and www.equity.org.uk/news/2025

Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jul 9

Unlawful #UKGov #PIP Law!

The legal opinion says: “there can be no doubt that the reforms are regressive in #HumanRights terms. Therefore, in accordance with the principle of non-retrogression, they are presumed to be prohibited under #UNCRPD, #ICESCR and #UNCRC.”

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/we...

Welfare reforms breach international law, says new expert legal opinion

New expert legal opinion says the government’s welfare reforms “result in very serious breaches” of international human rights law and constitute “human rights violations for disabled people” and desc...

www.equity.org.uk

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Something Chronic @somethingchronic.bsky.social · Jul 11

I think this applies to #ME/CFS and #LongCovid advocacy too…

Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · Jul 11

lan Smith

@iansmithfitness

The reason that speaking out is so important is that it lowers the perceived risk of those people who are still silent but have something to say. Your courage matters.

It makes the waters warmer.

Your words matter. They assure others they are not alone and encourage them to speak. Every voice is a key to unlocking another's.

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jul 11

“#Opinion is the lowest form of human #knowledge. It requires no #accountability, no #understanding. The highest form of knowledge is #empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self.” #Plato in ‘Phaedrus’

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jul 9

Unlawful #UKGov #PIP Law!

The legal opinion says: “there can be no doubt that the reforms are regressive in #HumanRights terms. Therefore, in accordance with the principle of non-retrogression, they are presumed to be prohibited under #UNCRPD, #ICESCR and #UNCRC.”

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/we...

Welfare reforms breach international law, says new expert legal opinion

New expert legal opinion says the government’s welfare reforms “result in very serious breaches” of international human rights law and constitute “human rights violations for disabled people” and desc...

www.equity.org.uk

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jul 9

The #UnitedNations is not ignoring the treatment of #Disabled folk in UK. On 7.7.25 they sent a letter to #UKGov about ongoing serious failings to ensure #DisabilityRights and to protect people with #disabilities.

The linked doc highlights breaches of #UNCRPD.

tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

tbinternet.ohchr.org

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jul 5

“Pension benefits for the wealthy are, on average, more than maximum #PIP payments a year” #RichardMurphy

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...

Pension benefits for the wealthy are, on average, more than maximum PIP payments a year

There are varying estimates of how much total benefit payments to people who have some form of disability, or who are paid benefits relating to their health, actually cost per annum. Figures I have se...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jul 5

“The callousness of the #Labour government has been exposed. Its own backbenchers have rightly hammered it.” #RichardMurphy

Without #DisabilityRights
there is #DisabilityDiscrimination
which permits #DisabilityHate
and ultimately #DisabilityDeath.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...

Starmer has been defeated and has not a shred of credibility left

As The Guardian has reported in the last hour, Stephen Timms told the Commons after 5 pm with regard to the Bill delivering benefit reforms: I can announce that we are going to remove the clause five ...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jun 28

#EUROVISION #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Hypocrisy #VotingIrregularities

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

EU lawmakers take aim at Eurovision over 'rigged' televote

A group of European lawmakers has urged Eurovision organisers to release full voting data on this year’s song contest, citing growing concerns over manipulation raised by broadcasters across several c...

www.euronews.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jun 28

#EUROVISION #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Hypocrisy #VotingIrregularities

www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

Spain's PM Sanchez says Israel has no place in Eurovision Song Contest

This year's Eurovision Song Contest is now over, but political tension, voting doubts and differing positions haunt the European song contest.

www.euronews.com

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Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer @criquaer.bsky.social · Jun 13

In the Summer of 1978 a seminal music album was released, entitled “Classic Rock“ and performed by the #LondonSymphonyOrchestra aka #LSO.

Andrew Pryce Jackman orchestrated & arranged the majority of the tracks, including my fave #TheRollingStones’ “Paint it Black”.

youtu.be/ECbCJJa7Q-M?...

♫ The London Symphony Orchestra - Paint It Black

YouTube video by Al.Shimaa Adel

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Stefania @rainbowsteph.bsky.social · May 27

This is obscene. The disability minister literally stepping over a disabled woman who had passed out during a meeting about PIP cuts. And no answers to their very valid points. Disgusting
#takingthepip

Church Action on Poverty @church-poverty.org.uk · May 22

"I felt that I had to justify my right to live."
www.church-poverty.org.uk/shameful-and...

It was awful: what happened when we met the disability minister

Disabled activists met Stephen Timms to argue against perverse cuts, but encountered scarcely-believable Government intransigence.

www.church-poverty.org.uk

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@DUH4Healthcare @duh4healthcare.bsky.social · May 27

progressivepower
NEVER FORGET
REPUBLICANS BLOCKED THESE VETERANS BILLS IN CONGRESS
Clay-Hunt Suicide Prevention Act
Health Benefits & Retirement Pay Restoration
Wounded Veterans Job Security Act
Veterans Retraining Act
Homeless Veteran Reintegration
Disabled Veterans Home Accessibility Grant
Job Corps Act
Torture Veterans & Victims Relief
Veterans Business Center Act
THIS IS HOW THE
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"PARTY OF PATRIOTS"
RESPECTS OUR TROOPS

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · May 27

📢 We've compiled a page of information on issues affecting Access to Work customers and new applicants, and details on how we can help.

There are also actions you can take to fight the proposed changes to Access to Work.

Read now and help #ProtectAtW

disabilityarts.online/resources/gu...

A blue background with a yellow box that contains blue text that reads: How can you fight against the changes to access to work. Below is a teal box containing white text that reads: 1. Find out more about the changes on our website. 2. Sign and share the open letter from the culture sector. 3 Include the hashtag #ProtectAtW when posting on social media. 4. Write to your MP using our template letter. 5. Respond to the current DWP consultation.
Below is #ProtectAtW written in yellow and the DAO and Cathy Waller Co logos.

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