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Jay Rattray

@msjayteer.bsky.social

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Autistic, ADHDer, chronic pain, write-off.

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Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · Jun 30

For those who don’t know. If you apply for PIP you contact the DWP by phone and are sent a paper form to complete.

You’re then sent for assessment where an ‘independent assessor’ who is a medical professional (usually a physio or nurse) will ask questions based on the areas that PIP is awarded.

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Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 3h

This guy when writing MacBeth

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 11h

I just read the third news report in recent works of someone forced out of the workforce because they’ve lost Access to Work support

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry, Douglas Ross is more progressive on drug rehabilitation than the SNP or Greens???

Are we in the upside down??

Louise Wilson @louisewilso.bsky.social · 15h

MSPs have voter down the Right to Recovery Bill.

Con, Lab and Lib Dems backed general principles, but SNP and Greens said too many concerns about delivery and practicality. www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...

Scottish Parliament votes down proposal to create right to drug rehabilitation

Douglas Ross, who brought the bill forward, described it as a 'dark day'

www.holyrood.com

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 14h

I’m getting my universal credit stopped because I don’t have a driving licence or passport.

I saw someone oppose the government’s digital id proposals because everyone has a passport or driving licence. NO THEY FUCKING DON’T YOU PRIVILEGED CUNT.

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 14h

That headline id specifically about harming trans people in Scotland not throughout the UK. But hey if it’s only Scotland no-one would give a fuck

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 14h

So the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey doesn’t ask a single question about disability.

It asks about whether people feel Scottish or British but not a single question about disability.

That’s why I call this country a shithole, because it tries to pretend we don’t exist

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 15h

Look I hate Farage and he wrong about teachers. But so is Greg. When I think of school bullies it’s not other kids I think of, it’s teachers. Every neurodivergent person I know had a horrendous school experience because of awful teachers. But when it’s nd kids society finds that acceptable.

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 15h

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 17h

That headline is quite clear she is specifically targeting trans people in Scotland.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 21h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

The reason people are targeting disabled people with prosthetics with the ‘clanker’ epithet on social media is because of ableism—not because of AI hate.
Disabled people get slurs, targeted harassment, epileptics get flashing gifs sent to them; I think it’s interesting how some people suddenly care.

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Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 2d

I swear to god I just got an email from a lingerie brand promoting how their product was used in Monster: The Ed Gein Story

What the actual fuck is wrong with people?

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 2d

That’s been made into a drama starring Luke Evans

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 3d

I am once again asking us all to recognize that the Luddites were not anti-technology but anti-exploitation. If they were around today they would have joined you in a call for technology that serves everyone’s, not just the bosses.

You *are* a Luddite Bernie, and you should be proud to be one

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 3d

Can AI and robotics help us in many ways? I am not a Luddite — I believe they can.

But we must make sure these new technologies benefit all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.

I hope you'll take a few minutes to read my op-ed in Fox News. Let’s start the debate.

SEN SANDERS: AI must benefit everyone, not just a handful of billionaires

Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos invest billions in AI and robotics that could eliminate millions of jobs while increasing corporate profits at workers' expense.

www.foxnews.com

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Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 3d

In most cases, family will step in, they’ll end up in prison or they’ll die.

The tories don’t care which one.

Jay Rattray @msjayteer.bsky.social · 4d

Because as a society we don’t care if disabled adults are abused so someone with those views is seen as acceptable