Gerri
@gerbelean.bsky.social
Living with MS and ADHD in the best way I can. Open University student. Interested in HSD, EDS, ME/CFS, Long Covid, neurodiversity, and neuroplasticity. Everything is connected, and that includes our environment and politics.
On the bright side, the BBC resignations meant I didn't hear any mention of immigration on The Today Programme this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
On the bright side, the BBC resignations meant I didn't hear any mention of immigration on The Today Programme this morning.
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Vote for the OU's Open Societal Challenges (OSC) collaborative research platform in the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025! 🏆
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OSC aims to tackle some of the most important challenges of our time through impact-driven research 🔬🌏
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November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Vote for the OU's Open Societal Challenges (OSC) collaborative research platform in the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025! 🏆
OSC aims to tackle some of the most important challenges of our time through impact-driven research 🔬🌏
👉 https://ke.org.uk/news/ke-awards-2025-public-vote-is-now-open/
OSC aims to tackle some of the most important challenges of our time through impact-driven research 🔬🌏
👉 https://ke.org.uk/news/ke-awards-2025-public-vote-is-now-open/
As the parent of a NEET child a decade ago, nothing has changed to enable education or training for those who can't attend full-time. And it's never been needed more than now @longcovidadvoc.com @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @longcovidkids.bsky.social
Your regular reminder also that, for good and for ill, Rachel Reeves is planning measures on the wage floor and employment rights that will make it harder for NEETs to get into work!
As @stephenkb.bsky.social has said, once you tune into this sort of non-argument formulation, it’s everywhere in this government’s comms.
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As the parent of a NEET child a decade ago, nothing has changed to enable education or training for those who can't attend full-time. And it's never been needed more than now @longcovidadvoc.com @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @longcovidkids.bsky.social
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🚨NEW - Train hero who saved passengers during attack confuses racists by being a Muslim
Click for more:
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Click for more:
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack confuses racists by being a Muslim
Samir Zoutini, a heroic GNER staff member whose incredible bravery saved lives during the mass stabbing on Saturday, has confounded racists by being a Muslim.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🚨NEW - Train hero who saved passengers during attack confuses racists by being a Muslim
Click for more:
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Click for more:
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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Evening crew/western hemisphere crew! Please vote for Daphne as she is facing a strong challenge from a dog. Thank you!
Morning all - Daphne would be very grateful if you'd be kind enough to vote for her to be Miss March on next year's excellent @lawpawcalendar.bsky.social please! And then please buy the calendar! lawpawcalendar.com/vote-here-fo...
Vote here for the face of March 2026! – Law Paw Calendar
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October 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Evening crew/western hemisphere crew! Please vote for Daphne as she is facing a strong challenge from a dog. Thank you!
The power of this piece isn't because @zackpolanski.bsky.social trained as an actor, it's because Benjamin Zephaniah wrote this wonderful poem about the beautiful complexity of our country. He had more patriotism in his pen than Reform could even begin to imagine.
Why can I remember no Labour politician making this point, this well?
Everybody except the Greens seems to think the best way to fight Reform is to agree with Farage about everything.
This, right here, is brilliant. And genuinely patriotic. And so, so true.
Everybody except the Greens seems to think the best way to fight Reform is to agree with Farage about everything.
This, right here, is brilliant. And genuinely patriotic. And so, so true.
British.
October 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The power of this piece isn't because @zackpolanski.bsky.social trained as an actor, it's because Benjamin Zephaniah wrote this wonderful poem about the beautiful complexity of our country. He had more patriotism in his pen than Reform could even begin to imagine.
Chris Mason's interview on BBCR4 Feedback is making my blood boil. He doesn't understand what scrutiny is. Politics is just gossip to him.
October 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Chris Mason's interview on BBCR4 Feedback is making my blood boil. He doesn't understand what scrutiny is. Politics is just gossip to him.
Whenever someone says that social media and smartphones are damaging our children's mental health, ask them, "Where else can socialise without parents or money?" We all need to enable kids to be kids before we all forget what that looks like.
The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Whenever someone says that social media and smartphones are damaging our children's mental health, ask them, "Where else can socialise without parents or money?" We all need to enable kids to be kids before we all forget what that looks like.
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
A few months ago, my 64 year old brother accused me of "trying to cancel" him when I asked him to stop posting Bernard Manning and Roy Chubby Brown YT videos on the family group chat. He hasn't spoken to me since. I remember the time when even he understood this stuff was unacceptable.
Unbelievable that TikTok & Insta are amplifying 1970s ‘jokes’ about N*****s & P***s to a whole new generation.
Bernard Manning, of all people, is back in fashion…
Bernard Manning, of all people, is back in fashion…
Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens
Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms
@stokel.bsky.social reports
www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...
Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms
@stokel.bsky.social reports
www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...
October 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A few months ago, my 64 year old brother accused me of "trying to cancel" him when I asked him to stop posting Bernard Manning and Roy Chubby Brown YT videos on the family group chat. He hasn't spoken to me since. I remember the time when even he understood this stuff was unacceptable.
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
All of this thread is spot on ⬇️
We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who are criminals...
We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who entered the country illegally...
We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who don't speak English...
We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who entered the country illegally...
We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who don't speak English...
October 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
All of this thread is spot on ⬇️
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I’m down for this.
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’m down for this.
West Northamptonshire's household waste centres are only open 10am - 4pm, and from November, you have to book in advance. Collection from home is expensive. Fly tipping is a major issue in the county.
And the state is growing less and less effective at the same time. One relatively trivial example is fly-tipping. There are steep fines for it and rewards for those who turn in offenders. But the problem grows worse and worse in many places.
October 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
West Northamptonshire's household waste centres are only open 10am - 4pm, and from November, you have to book in advance. Collection from home is expensive. Fly tipping is a major issue in the county.
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Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
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Only piece of evidence the piece offers for its contention is that at present, only 34% of people think Farage is a racist.
Any chance that could that be because every major figure in British public life desperately avoids calling him that and instead waxes poetic about his 'legitimate concerns?'
Any chance that could that be because every major figure in British public life desperately avoids calling him that and instead waxes poetic about his 'legitimate concerns?'
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Only piece of evidence the piece offers for its contention is that at present, only 34% of people think Farage is a racist.
Any chance that could that be because every major figure in British public life desperately avoids calling him that and instead waxes poetic about his 'legitimate concerns?'
Any chance that could that be because every major figure in British public life desperately avoids calling him that and instead waxes poetic about his 'legitimate concerns?'
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And so it begins… or continues. The New Statesman’s Blue Labour appeasement of populism goes hand in hand with their constant courtship of corporate sponsors at Labour Party events. Opportunism dressed as reason
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
And so it begins… or continues. The New Statesman’s Blue Labour appeasement of populism goes hand in hand with their constant courtship of corporate sponsors at Labour Party events. Opportunism dressed as reason
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Why is Keir Starmer obsessed with Nigel Farage?
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Why is Keir Starmer obsessed with Nigel Farage?
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Is the @royalsociety.org still a legitimate learned society? 😬
They seemingly can’t even enforce their own rules 🤷🏾♂️
They seemingly can’t even enforce their own rules 🤷🏾♂️
Deeply disappointing. Once again the @royalsociety.org has avoided explaining how *actions* by Elon Musk that clearly repudiate the Society's values are consistent with the code of conduct that Fellows must adhere to. royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society
A statement from Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.
royalsociety.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Is the @royalsociety.org still a legitimate learned society? 😬
They seemingly can’t even enforce their own rules 🤷🏾♂️
They seemingly can’t even enforce their own rules 🤷🏾♂️
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Access to our colleges and universities shouldn’t just be for a wealthy few.
That’s why I’m bringing back maintenance grants for those who need them most.
Labour is ambitious for all our children, no matter their background. I’m putting our values into action.
That’s why I’m bringing back maintenance grants for those who need them most.
Labour is ambitious for all our children, no matter their background. I’m putting our values into action.
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Access to our colleges and universities shouldn’t just be for a wealthy few.
That’s why I’m bringing back maintenance grants for those who need them most.
Labour is ambitious for all our children, no matter their background. I’m putting our values into action.
That’s why I’m bringing back maintenance grants for those who need them most.
Labour is ambitious for all our children, no matter their background. I’m putting our values into action.
My husband of 15 yrs and father of my 2 young children decided he didn't want to be a responsible adult anymore. As someone who had no choice but to be a lone parent, I find this highly offensive, especially as my kids are doing great. And by the way,my son is about to start his climate science PhD.
Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
September 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My husband of 15 yrs and father of my 2 young children decided he didn't want to be a responsible adult anymore. As someone who had no choice but to be a lone parent, I find this highly offensive, especially as my kids are doing great. And by the way,my son is about to start his climate science PhD.
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My god.
This is homophobia pure and simple. The kinds of things I heard as a child; growing up in a gay household. I thought we were past this.
But they are out of step with the majority of people who support, know & care for families like mine.
This is homophobia pure and simple. The kinds of things I heard as a child; growing up in a gay household. I thought we were past this.
But they are out of step with the majority of people who support, know & care for families like mine.
Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
September 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My god.
This is homophobia pure and simple. The kinds of things I heard as a child; growing up in a gay household. I thought we were past this.
But they are out of step with the majority of people who support, know & care for families like mine.
This is homophobia pure and simple. The kinds of things I heard as a child; growing up in a gay household. I thought we were past this.
But they are out of step with the majority of people who support, know & care for families like mine.
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“The NHS and healthcare community should lead in calling for improved transport infrastructure, safer driving behaviours, and normalising active travel. Good public transport and active travel can transform neighbourhoods and promote health” @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“The NHS and healthcare community should lead in calling for improved transport infrastructure, safer driving behaviours, and normalising active travel. Good public transport and active travel can transform neighbourhoods and promote health” @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Every member of the UK government needs to stand up now because I fear this will come here if they don't.
Elon sharing the name of 66 random not-famous people to his many millions of followers because this person said they said things she didn’t like about Charlie Kirk.
I erased the names and employers from the screenshot but you can see their jobs. Nurses, teachers etc.
I erased the names and employers from the screenshot but you can see their jobs. Nurses, teachers etc.
September 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Every member of the UK government needs to stand up now because I fear this will come here if they don't.