Ellie
@madknittrsteaparty.bsky.social
Love crafts, history, stories, natural world & spending time with husband, children, family & friends. When M.E /CFS & POTS doesn't stop me - which is most of the time right now. Usually found in a dressing gown. Devon, UK ♿🌿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
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Ellie
@madknittrsteaparty.bsky.social
· Jul 23
To my followers- I am sorry I can't donate to Gaza accounts at this time. I am disabled, unable to work, & spend much of my life in bed.
Please continue to follow me.
To UK government- we're watching a genocide in real time & you do nothing. This is unbearable. I'm ashamed of my government.
Please continue to follow me.
To UK government- we're watching a genocide in real time & you do nothing. This is unbearable. I'm ashamed of my government.
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“It isn’t people seeking sanctuary who are tearing our country apart. It’s toxic, racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants for crises they did not cause.”
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“It isn’t people seeking sanctuary who are tearing our country apart. It’s toxic, racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants for crises they did not cause.”
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
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Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
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Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
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And if anyone needs reminding of what actually happened, the UN report is very clear on what was found in the audio recording.
edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/m...
edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/m...
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
And if anyone needs reminding of what actually happened, the UN report is very clear on what was found in the audio recording.
edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/m...
edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/m...
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Amazing sunset. Looks far redder in real life. Like the sunset in the movie, Rear Window.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Amazing sunset. Looks far redder in real life. Like the sunset in the movie, Rear Window.
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Mood.
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Mood.
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
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Let’s stand up to those old fossils ! I’m excited to be heading on tour next year with my brand new live show called World of Wonder: Planet on the Edge .
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Let’s stand up to those old fossils ! I’m excited to be heading on tour next year with my brand new live show called World of Wonder: Planet on the Edge .
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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As winter starts to bite, please think of the refugees and asylum seekers who depend on organisations like ours for food and shelter on a freezing cold day.
Just £5 could buy a hot meal for someone at one of our winter Drop-ins. Visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-with... Every donation doubled. 🙏
Just £5 could buy a hot meal for someone at one of our winter Drop-ins. Visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-with... Every donation doubled. 🙏
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
As winter starts to bite, please think of the refugees and asylum seekers who depend on organisations like ours for food and shelter on a freezing cold day.
Just £5 could buy a hot meal for someone at one of our winter Drop-ins. Visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-with... Every donation doubled. 🙏
Just £5 could buy a hot meal for someone at one of our winter Drop-ins. Visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-with... Every donation doubled. 🙏
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Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
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Happy shower day to me! It feels criminal to use up a good day to do mundane things like shower, but it is what it is.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Happy shower day to me! It feels criminal to use up a good day to do mundane things like shower, but it is what it is.
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Yahoo News: 'Germany pledges €50 million per year to tackle Long Covid'
"Warken said the aim of the new initiative is to help those affected by Long Covid "in their everyday lives, to support them, to raise awareness...to approve drugs..."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"Warken said the aim of the new initiative is to help those affected by Long Covid "in their everyday lives, to support them, to raise awareness...to approve drugs..."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Germany pledges €50 million per year to tackle Long Covid
Germany has pledged €50 million ($58 million) annually over a 10-year period for research into Long Covid and better care for patients. The initiative to tackle "post-infectious diseases" was introduc...
www.yahoo.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yahoo News: 'Germany pledges €50 million per year to tackle Long Covid'
"Warken said the aim of the new initiative is to help those affected by Long Covid "in their everyday lives, to support them, to raise awareness...to approve drugs..."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"Warken said the aim of the new initiative is to help those affected by Long Covid "in their everyday lives, to support them, to raise awareness...to approve drugs..."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Go on Shabana. Learn from Denmark how to lose elections girl.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses
PM Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Go on Shabana. Learn from Denmark how to lose elections girl.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Looking to connect with other #PwME.
Anyone use a Garmin tracker to help w/ #pacing? I just got one and I'm figuring out the Body Battery and other functions. I don't trust it not to push me too hard. I mean, it keeps buzzing and telling me to move.
#MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME
Anyone use a Garmin tracker to help w/ #pacing? I just got one and I'm figuring out the Body Battery and other functions. I don't trust it not to push me too hard. I mean, it keeps buzzing and telling me to move.
#MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Looking to connect with other #PwME.
Anyone use a Garmin tracker to help w/ #pacing? I just got one and I'm figuring out the Body Battery and other functions. I don't trust it not to push me too hard. I mean, it keeps buzzing and telling me to move.
#MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME
Anyone use a Garmin tracker to help w/ #pacing? I just got one and I'm figuring out the Body Battery and other functions. I don't trust it not to push me too hard. I mean, it keeps buzzing and telling me to move.
#MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME
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Mark Bonnar was also recently on Celebrity Traitors, supporting Action for ME — although unfortunately he didn’t win.
Clip from January 2022, @mark_bonnar appeared on Celebrity Catchphrase supporting @actionforme. He explained that he backs the charity because #MECFS is very misunderstood, very underfunded and affects several people he knows personally.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Mark Bonnar was also recently on Celebrity Traitors, supporting Action for ME — although unfortunately he didn’t win.
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Clip from January 2022, @mark_bonnar appeared on Celebrity Catchphrase supporting @actionforme. He explained that he backs the charity because #MECFS is very misunderstood, very underfunded and affects several people he knows personally.
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Clip from January 2022, @mark_bonnar appeared on Celebrity Catchphrase supporting @actionforme. He explained that he backs the charity because #MECFS is very misunderstood, very underfunded and affects several people he knows personally.
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My goal is to do more than just post on social media. I want this work to be seen by people who can make a difference, change policies, and raise funding. Always feel free to share the site when it can help our cause. If you know of ways to help me reach my goals, please get in touch! 5/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My goal is to do more than just post on social media. I want this work to be seen by people who can make a difference, change policies, and raise funding. Always feel free to share the site when it can help our cause. If you know of ways to help me reach my goals, please get in touch! 5/5
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For the past years, my photography has been solely dedicated to ME/CFS, in the hope of raising awareness of an underfunded and highly stigmatised illness. 4/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
For the past years, my photography has been solely dedicated to ME/CFS, in the hope of raising awareness of an underfunded and highly stigmatised illness. 4/5
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Over the past few months, I’ve reviewed my work to select the final images for my portfolio. This has been a great way to look at things more critically; I’ve redone a few photos, chosen initially overlooked ones, and filled in some gaps. 2/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Over the past few months, I’ve reviewed my work to select the final images for my portfolio. This has been a great way to look at things more critically; I’ve redone a few photos, chosen initially overlooked ones, and filled in some gaps. 2/5
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I have made myself a website! To showcase my photography portfolio, which so far consists of my most meaningful ongoing project, “Enduring: Life with Severe ME/CFS”. The site also features my short biography. I kept the pages simple. 1/5
nikosuvisto.com
#MECFS #pwME #Photography
nikosuvisto.com
#MECFS #pwME #Photography
Niko Suvisto
I’m Niko Suvisto, a photographer from Lahti, Finland. I document my life as someone who is 99% bedbound with severe ME/CFS.
nikosuvisto.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I have made myself a website! To showcase my photography portfolio, which so far consists of my most meaningful ongoing project, “Enduring: Life with Severe ME/CFS”. The site also features my short biography. I kept the pages simple. 1/5
nikosuvisto.com
#MECFS #pwME #Photography
nikosuvisto.com
#MECFS #pwME #Photography
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford