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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 10h

Thinking of you, mate.

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 11h

You can stand on the hill of Trans Rights or you can fall in the valley of fascism. Because if you abandon trans rights, you've already fallen.

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Juniper @coffinfairy.bsky.social · 1d

I’m at $50/$1,170

We are now down to a day before we lose heat as well as a day until the electric bill is due. PLEASE help us stay warm and keep electricity on. We need it for cooking, to keep the fridge on, wash clothes and of course the lights.

Juniper @coffinfairy.bsky.social · 4d

‼️Single Disabled mom‼️needing help with electric due the 8th and propane that heats my home and water filled ASAP.

Electric: $520

Propane:$650

Any help is appreciated 💜

PayPal: www.paypal.me/Coffinelf

Cashapp: cash.app/$coffinkewpie

Ko-fi: coffinfairy

Screenshot of text that says: I'm a single disabled mom of four. I have uterine fibroids that causes excessive bleeding and fatigue, POTs and PTSD from Covid turning into long covid and causing my health problems. I was working two jobs prior to not working until it caught up to me and I ended up in the ER with a heart rate that wouldn't slow down until I had to take medication. I have been trying to get on disability since. A year later I started to caretake for my disabled child by myself as well. I had help previously but it wasn't working out and l've had to do a lot of it on my own, now I'm stuck in a situation where working isn't possible for my health and while I'm already caretaking for my disabled child that needs constant care. I did not ever envision this happening to me and have always worked hard to take care of my family but now I'm in what feels like an impossible situation trying my best to take care of my kids and myself so I can stay around for them as long as possible. Im not enjoying coming online asking for help but I have no where else to turn. I'm doing

Screenshot of text that says: have no where else to turn. I'm doing everything I can to get help but it's not enough to survive off of. I'm sadly the only responsible parent and have limited family that all live too far to help. I live in California which is a bit expensive but with the state of America right now I'm trying to stay where my trans child and disabled child are the safest. Any help is appreciated and keeps my kids and I surviving while waiting on disability or other options I'm pursuing to happen. I don't know what the future holds but as a mother I'm doing everything I can to keep my family together, healthy and happy. Even if it means coming online and begging for that help. Thank you if you read.
Please boost if you're able. The chances someone who can help sees my post greatly increases with more eyes. Lots of love

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Juniper @coffinfairy.bsky.social · 16h

WE DONT HAVE HEAT AND SOON ELECTRIC WILL BE GONE. IM TRYING TO REPOST BUT MY FATIGUE HAS BEEN REALLY BAD. WE NEED HELP.

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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 18h

"she didn’t expect the level of capitulation from the private sector toward him... she believed “titans of industry would be guardrails for our democracy."

A still taken from John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) showing, from left to right) the characters Windows (Thomas G. Waites), Palmer (David Clemmon) and MacReady (Kurt Russell) all staring back behind themselves at something off screen. MacReady is holding a flamethrower and has a fuel tank for it strapped to his back.

In the film, Palmer has just said "You've got to be fucking kidding" in regards to what they are all staring at.

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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 19h

"SKINNER!"
"Superintendent Chalmers!"
"I must say Seymour I was skeptical about your plans to make the school carbon neutral, but you've actually improved the children's performance while doing so. Well done."

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🔻Bela Lugosi's Dad (Even More Spooky) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 19h

It's all just fucking eugenicist dogwhistles to justify immiserating and ultimately killing disabled people. Kemi Badenoch is genuinely one of the most repugnant Britosh politicians of my lifetime. And Labour is just going to try and chase her to the right.

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🔻Bela Lugosi's Dad (Even More Spooky) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 19h

God forbid the Guardian actually add any context to any of this by pointing out that it's all lies.

Badenoch confirms Tories would cut welfare spending
Badenoch turns to welfare.

Right now, there are six and a half million working age adults claiming benefits instead of working.

You heard me right – six and a half million.

That is the entire population of Cardiff and Belfast and Glasgow and Manchester combined being paid to sit at home all day.

We cannot expect people to get up and go to work and pay more and more in taxes to subsidise millions of others not to work …

We have done the hard work, and we have a plan to cut welfare spending.

First, British benefits for British citizens. It is common sense that you should not draw out of a system that you haven’t paid into.

Second, we will restrict benefits to those with the more severe mental health conditions, not anxiety or mild depression. Yes, these challenges are real and people should get support, but they cannot be treated as a reason for a lifetime of work.

And third, we will restrict Motability vehicles to people with serious disabilities. Those cars are not for people with ADHD.

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🔻Bela Lugosi's Dad (Even More Spooky) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 19h

Unemployment in the UK is currently around 1.7m, and not all of those claim benefits.

The entire population of those cities is about 2m people, and that includes children and retired folks.

No one gets Motability assistance *for* ADHD. It's just that some people with ADHD have mobility issues.

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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 20h

Though I guess a higher proportion of our media class are attracted to thirteen year olds than actual thirteen year olds are.

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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, but in a Turing test style scenario, could you distinguish between them and 13 year olds?

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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 20h

Are they even trying with a name like 'honest reporting'?

Is there anyone alive over the age of 13 who won't see through that??

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 22h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 21h

Folks, it would be hugely appreciated if you could help James raise the money they need to get this sorted.

Please donate if you can and share it about.

an arch on @anarchonbury.bsky.social · 14d

I've been quiet for a while. It's been due to a number of factors, the most prominent of which is poor health.

I need surgery, and I'm stuck in limbo. Please help.

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £6500 to help cure James' disease. – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to help cure James' disease.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 21h

So sorry Phil

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Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 21h

...fuck me

Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 22h

They simply cannot decide whether or not they want us to speak the language.

Badenoch: Curb students taking "rip-off" degrees such as English.

Re-Spectre Dish 📡 🇵🇸 @eccentricks.bsky.social · 22h

I just had to jot down someone's bank details, and they should make tasty post-it notes for this exact situation.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 23h

James Cleverly: "I cannot understand the motivation for protests of this type so regularly"

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LiLBazula 👻 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 23h

Remember in 2019 when Labour was planning on creating a publicly owned company to make essential life-saving medicines the NHS can't afford to buy? And all the brain genius Sensibles went 'LOL fuck you tankie scum'?

Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 23h

This is scary

We need manufacturing capacity so we can't be held to ransom says
@nickdearden.bsky.social
theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Start by reversing the sale of previously publicly owned Vaccine Manufacturing + Innovation Centre www.bmj.com/content/376/...

www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Britain prepares NHS drug spending hike to stave off Trump tariffs

Officials briefed the Trump administration on fresh proposals for pharma pricing earlier this week.

www.politico.eu

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Collapse faster! @maketotalcollapse.bsky.social · 1d

How refreshing for a UK politician to call the press 'shit rags' rather than cowering in front of negative headlines.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

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Join.greenparty.org.uk