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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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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When ministers defended Starmer over Mandelson’s links to Epstein this week, they rushed to X - a platform that lets users strip photos of women and girls.
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
When ministers defended Starmer over Mandelson’s links to Epstein this week, they rushed to X - a platform that lets users strip photos of women and girls.
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Alt: sign says MANCHESTER UNITED in red; below that is hung a huge, white sign with black all-caps font. It reads, IMMIGRANTS HAVE DONE MORE FOR THIS CITY THAN BILLIONAIRE TAX DODGERS EVER WILL
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Alt: sign says MANCHESTER UNITED in red; below that is hung a huge, white sign with black all-caps font. It reads, IMMIGRANTS HAVE DONE MORE FOR THIS CITY THAN BILLIONAIRE TAX DODGERS EVER WILL
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I've now had #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis 37 years (since age 16), 31 years with #SevereME🙁
We need more public & private* research money to speed up progress
Here's my story in Irish Independent m.independent.ie/life/health-...
*List of research funds
phoenixrising.me/myalgic-ence...
#MEcfs #PwME
We need more public & private* research money to speed up progress
Here's my story in Irish Independent m.independent.ie/life/health-...
*List of research funds
phoenixrising.me/myalgic-ence...
#MEcfs #PwME
February 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I've now had #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis 37 years (since age 16), 31 years with #SevereME🙁
We need more public & private* research money to speed up progress
Here's my story in Irish Independent m.independent.ie/life/health-...
*List of research funds
phoenixrising.me/myalgic-ence...
#MEcfs #PwME
We need more public & private* research money to speed up progress
Here's my story in Irish Independent m.independent.ie/life/health-...
*List of research funds
phoenixrising.me/myalgic-ence...
#MEcfs #PwME
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The Covid inquiry reports are not being published until Summer 2027. What a complete joke. How many more will believe misinformation by then, have died from hospital infections or have long covid. It’s a travesty.
February 13, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The Covid inquiry reports are not being published until Summer 2027. What a complete joke. How many more will believe misinformation by then, have died from hospital infections or have long covid. It’s a travesty.
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🗨️If I had been given more information about the risk of vulval nerve damage associated with thrush and how to minimise infections, I would have been better empowered to protect myself.🗨️
A new blog by Philly Baines featured on the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety
A new blog by Philly Baines featured on the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety
Thrush and vulval nerve damage: lack of information and knowledge puts patients at risk (a blog by Philly Baines)
In this opinion piece, Philly Baines shares her experience and calls for action to make sure patients and healthcare professionals are more aware of the risk of thrush-associated nerve damage. She hig...
www.pslhub.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
🗨️If I had been given more information about the risk of vulval nerve damage associated with thrush and how to minimise infections, I would have been better empowered to protect myself.🗨️
A new blog by Philly Baines featured on the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety
A new blog by Philly Baines featured on the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety
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A cartoon for anyone who has been disbelieved, and how that disbelief affects the whole of our lives.
#ThereForME
@theguardian.com
@davetuller1.bsky.social
#ME #Chronicillness #LC
#PEM #POTS #LivesWeCannotLive
#MissingMillions
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#ThereForME
@theguardian.com
@davetuller1.bsky.social
#ME #Chronicillness #LC
#PEM #POTS #LivesWeCannotLive
#MissingMillions
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 12:13 PM
A cartoon for anyone who has been disbelieved, and how that disbelief affects the whole of our lives.
#ThereForME
@theguardian.com
@davetuller1.bsky.social
#ME #Chronicillness #LC
#PEM #POTS #LivesWeCannotLive
#MissingMillions
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#ThereForME
@theguardian.com
@davetuller1.bsky.social
#ME #Chronicillness #LC
#PEM #POTS #LivesWeCannotLive
#MissingMillions
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
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I need no reassurance.
The £6bn isn’t a ‘cost’
It’s an investment in our children, their future and our collective wellbeing.
A stark contrast to decades of Tory, SEND neglect.
This is what Labour governments do.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The £6bn isn’t a ‘cost’
It’s an investment in our children, their future and our collective wellbeing.
A stark contrast to decades of Tory, SEND neglect.
This is what Labour governments do.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves urged to reassure MPs over public finances amid £6bn-a-year Send costs
City analysts say financial market investors will be worried if cost is deducted from budget surplus
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I need no reassurance.
The £6bn isn’t a ‘cost’
It’s an investment in our children, their future and our collective wellbeing.
A stark contrast to decades of Tory, SEND neglect.
This is what Labour governments do.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The £6bn isn’t a ‘cost’
It’s an investment in our children, their future and our collective wellbeing.
A stark contrast to decades of Tory, SEND neglect.
This is what Labour governments do.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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@mirandakeeling.com
On a recent visit to my parents house
81yo Mum: What's this A1 thing they keep going on about?
87yo Dad: It's not A1, it's AI.
Mum: Where did you learn that?
Dad: We used to have it when I worked on a farm. The vet used to administer it
On a recent visit to my parents house
81yo Mum: What's this A1 thing they keep going on about?
87yo Dad: It's not A1, it's AI.
Mum: Where did you learn that?
Dad: We used to have it when I worked on a farm. The vet used to administer it
February 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
@mirandakeeling.com
On a recent visit to my parents house
81yo Mum: What's this A1 thing they keep going on about?
87yo Dad: It's not A1, it's AI.
Mum: Where did you learn that?
Dad: We used to have it when I worked on a farm. The vet used to administer it
On a recent visit to my parents house
81yo Mum: What's this A1 thing they keep going on about?
87yo Dad: It's not A1, it's AI.
Mum: Where did you learn that?
Dad: We used to have it when I worked on a farm. The vet used to administer it
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Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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🚨We're reopening!!! 🚨
Next week we'll be OPEN from 10am to 4pm with special activities for youngsters. 🤩🤩
Bring your kids along and we promise to get them so wound up and excited that your drive home will be a living nightmare.
sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...
Next week we'll be OPEN from 10am to 4pm with special activities for youngsters. 🤩🤩
Bring your kids along and we promise to get them so wound up and excited that your drive home will be a living nightmare.
sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...
February Half Term at Fishbourne Roman Palace - Sussex Past
Live Like a Roman this half term with fun family activities from 16th to 20th February at Fishbourne Roman Palace, near Chichester
sussexpast.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
🚨We're reopening!!! 🚨
Next week we'll be OPEN from 10am to 4pm with special activities for youngsters. 🤩🤩
Bring your kids along and we promise to get them so wound up and excited that your drive home will be a living nightmare.
sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...
Next week we'll be OPEN from 10am to 4pm with special activities for youngsters. 🤩🤩
Bring your kids along and we promise to get them so wound up and excited that your drive home will be a living nightmare.
sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...
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How I use the #VisibleHealth app:
As my Heartrate Variability (HRV) drops, the number of PacePoints used (related to spikes in my heartrate) *rises*...
...and as my HRV has now been rising for a couple of weeks, my Energy Use (and PacePoints use) has dropped significantly.
It's a great feeling 😊
As my Heartrate Variability (HRV) drops, the number of PacePoints used (related to spikes in my heartrate) *rises*...
...and as my HRV has now been rising for a couple of weeks, my Energy Use (and PacePoints use) has dropped significantly.
It's a great feeling 😊
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
How I use the #VisibleHealth app:
As my Heartrate Variability (HRV) drops, the number of PacePoints used (related to spikes in my heartrate) *rises*...
...and as my HRV has now been rising for a couple of weeks, my Energy Use (and PacePoints use) has dropped significantly.
It's a great feeling 😊
As my Heartrate Variability (HRV) drops, the number of PacePoints used (related to spikes in my heartrate) *rises*...
...and as my HRV has now been rising for a couple of weeks, my Energy Use (and PacePoints use) has dropped significantly.
It's a great feeling 😊
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"I was trying to work out whether I was shocked by this or not," says Emily Maitlis.
"Part of me wasn't. This sort of language has normalised language for Reform-leaning billionaires who are looking to Nigel Farage to reshape the country"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
"Part of me wasn't. This sort of language has normalised language for Reform-leaning billionaires who are looking to Nigel Farage to reshape the country"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
Why does a billionaire living in Monaco think the UK has been ‘colonised’ by migrants? | The News Agents
Jim Ratcliffe, believed to be the seventh-richest Brit in the world, has faced backlash for claims the UK has been “colonised” by migrants. Has this language been normalised in Britain?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"I was trying to work out whether I was shocked by this or not," says Emily Maitlis.
"Part of me wasn't. This sort of language has normalised language for Reform-leaning billionaires who are looking to Nigel Farage to reshape the country"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
"Part of me wasn't. This sort of language has normalised language for Reform-leaning billionaires who are looking to Nigel Farage to reshape the country"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Low cloud at Fourwinds Merrivale yesterday, the damp fogged the lens (camera is fine just on the skylight filter), I liked the effect…. #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #landscapephotography #fog
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Low cloud at Fourwinds Merrivale yesterday, the damp fogged the lens (camera is fine just on the skylight filter), I liked the effect…. #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #landscapephotography #fog
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My Year 9 classes have been researching FACTS about #immigrants in our lessons this week.
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My Year 9 classes have been researching FACTS about #immigrants in our lessons this week.
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
Here's an interesting one that they didn't come up with...
#GeographyTeacher #Migration #TaxHavens
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Government deals with Palantir stink, and stank long before the Peter Mandelson scandal. The government must pivot away from companies like Palantir.
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Government deals with Palantir stink, and stank long before the Peter Mandelson scandal. The government must pivot away from companies like Palantir.
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Hi! Our online art gallery, A Quiet Storm, will host an open call group exhibition on International ME/CFS Awareness Day, May 12, 2026.
The submissions will open on March 12th. Our website is currently updated to a dark theme. Full statement below!
1/9
#MECFS #pwME #OpenCall #OnlineExhibition
The submissions will open on March 12th. Our website is currently updated to a dark theme. Full statement below!
1/9
#MECFS #pwME #OpenCall #OnlineExhibition
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Hi! Our online art gallery, A Quiet Storm, will host an open call group exhibition on International ME/CFS Awareness Day, May 12, 2026.
The submissions will open on March 12th. Our website is currently updated to a dark theme. Full statement below!
1/9
#MECFS #pwME #OpenCall #OnlineExhibition
The submissions will open on March 12th. Our website is currently updated to a dark theme. Full statement below!
1/9
#MECFS #pwME #OpenCall #OnlineExhibition
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🚨BREAKING: The new Representation of the People Bill is here.
The Bill aims to "restore trust in our democracy" - but it doesn't even touch the voting system that leaves millions unrepresented.
60% of Brits want to scrap First Past the Post.
Tell Starmer to include electoral reform in the Bill ⬇️
The Bill aims to "restore trust in our democracy" - but it doesn't even touch the voting system that leaves millions unrepresented.
60% of Brits want to scrap First Past the Post.
Tell Starmer to include electoral reform in the Bill ⬇️
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
🚨BREAKING: The new Representation of the People Bill is here.
The Bill aims to "restore trust in our democracy" - but it doesn't even touch the voting system that leaves millions unrepresented.
60% of Brits want to scrap First Past the Post.
Tell Starmer to include electoral reform in the Bill ⬇️
The Bill aims to "restore trust in our democracy" - but it doesn't even touch the voting system that leaves millions unrepresented.
60% of Brits want to scrap First Past the Post.
Tell Starmer to include electoral reform in the Bill ⬇️
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I have co-sponsored a parliamentary motion backing @togetheralliance.bsky.social
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
February 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I have co-sponsored a parliamentary motion backing @togetheralliance.bsky.social
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
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I care about facts. So it’s annoying me a lot when people make sweeping comments. Christianity has nothing to do with Christian Nationalism. This has no resemblance to Christianity, you can label yourself anything, it doesn’t make it so. The Bible says things like ‘love thy neighbour as thyself’..
February 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I care about facts. So it’s annoying me a lot when people make sweeping comments. Christianity has nothing to do with Christian Nationalism. This has no resemblance to Christianity, you can label yourself anything, it doesn’t make it so. The Bible says things like ‘love thy neighbour as thyself’..
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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It's a 'Caption This' Thursday!
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 AM
It's a 'Caption This' Thursday!
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
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Cutting benefits for those assessed as unable to work, clearly isn’t about “supporting people to work”.
It’s about punishing the most vulnerable.
The most vulnerable disabled people are being killed.
It’s about punishing the most vulnerable.
The most vulnerable disabled people are being killed.
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Cutting benefits for those assessed as unable to work, clearly isn’t about “supporting people to work”.
It’s about punishing the most vulnerable.
The most vulnerable disabled people are being killed.
It’s about punishing the most vulnerable.
The most vulnerable disabled people are being killed.
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This is a disgraceful way to treat anyone, let alone nurses who are the backbone of our NHS.
The government must rethink these vindictive and self-defeating proposals.
The government must rethink these vindictive and self-defeating proposals.
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:57 AM
This is a disgraceful way to treat anyone, let alone nurses who are the backbone of our NHS.
The government must rethink these vindictive and self-defeating proposals.
The government must rethink these vindictive and self-defeating proposals.
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It’s worth noting that he spent the last year of his life fundraising for cancer treatment.
He auctioned off his Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars started doing cameos to raise money for his.
A serious diagnosis can financially destroy you in the US.
Universal healthcare now.
He auctioned off his Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars started doing cameos to raise money for his.
A serious diagnosis can financially destroy you in the US.
Universal healthcare now.
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
It’s worth noting that he spent the last year of his life fundraising for cancer treatment.
He auctioned off his Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars started doing cameos to raise money for his.
A serious diagnosis can financially destroy you in the US.
Universal healthcare now.
He auctioned off his Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars started doing cameos to raise money for his.
A serious diagnosis can financially destroy you in the US.
Universal healthcare now.