List three things you can talk about for three hours without prep:

1. Tuberculosis.

2. Neighbours (the Aussie soap).

3. Cats.

There really should be a medical term for that unique brand of anxiety that hits on delivery day when you’re waiting for your clinical home care company to turn up with your life-sustaining biologics.

I have discovered there are people out there with full time demanding jobs, a young family, and marathon training (for fun!) on top of it all. Meanwhile my inner monologue just screams HOW DOES ANYONE DO ANYTHING about a thousand times a day. Is there a secret formula? Please share.

Having a depressing time in the replies to this because liberals don't think this applies to them too.

It's so strange to me how the absolutely core question at the heart of politics - "what kind of society do we want to live in?" - is so absent from discussion, either assumed settled or reduced to meaningless generalities.

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But where’s the grift in that? <cynical facial expression>

I'm just speculating here, but - hear me out - maybe, just maybe, autism isn't a defect and is just a facet of a range of brain development. And, maybe, we should focus on the specific needs of individuals rather than associating broad unfocussed labels with specific types of disability.

“Sally Rooney could be arrested as a terrorist supporter if she enters the UK”

Like read that sentence over and over and reflect on the state of this country

Yes, please!!! 🙏🏻

If only...

In London, hate will never win.

Finally, a human rights lawyer turned politician who isn’t afraid to call a genocide what it is.

Seriously, @rickycm once called me a ‘font of all bureaucratic knowledge,’ and I don’t think I’ve ever received a better compliment.

Gave my GP a card and gift for supporting me with my mental health and neurodivergence. He laughed when I told him, completely seriously, that I’d checked the GMC policy on conflicts of interest and gifts of minimal value, then recited the wording back to him. Rules matter.

We must unite against those who seek to divide us.

When we remember we beat fascism before, we must also remember that we kinda let fascism happen before we actually beat it. I'm not a historian but I think that the one lesson of history might be not to have to beat it in the first place.

I’ll never be a Conservative, but I’m not celebrating the collapse of the Tory party. I’d much rather see a centre-right party as the official opposition than Reform, a hard-right party led by Nigel Farage. Labour is cooked as well. The Greens and independents look like our only real hope now.

Good point. What I’d really like is to feel a sense of solidarity with others, so I might look into joining activist networks and getting involved in activities that support migrants & refugees. I don’t have a lot of capacity though, and burnout is a big issue for me, so I need to find a balance.

I believe this too. It reminds me of a photo taken over the weekend by Misan Harriman. I don’t cope well with crowds at demos, but I really feel I need to start being more visible and vocal in the streets.

Bedbug infestation
Broken washing machine
Gas and carbon monoxide leak.

Two of those happened at the weekend.

I need an empty field to go lie down in and scream.

Current status.