Melissa
@mcochrane13.bsky.social
mum of 2 kids, 1 cat & 1 dog, wife, ADHD, PMDD, POP, & ME/CFS with fibromyalgia, she/her, human rights are for everyone. LGBTQ+ safe here. 🇨🇦 in 🏴
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In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So…
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
August 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So…
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
August 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.
August 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.
It’s almost as if right wing, anti-immigrant, austerity geared, ‘back to the good old days’ ethos led governments aren’t working 🤔.
'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies www.bbc.com/news/article...
'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies www.bbc.com/news/article...
'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies
The government wants to encourage women to have babies but Italians say they need greater help.
www.bbc.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s almost as if right wing, anti-immigrant, austerity geared, ‘back to the good old days’ ethos led governments aren’t working 🤔.
'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies www.bbc.com/news/article...
'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Paisley patterns are found quite commonly in 🇺🇿,across art/clothes/ textiles because the design originated in Persia.The Moghuls who were of Uzbek heritage bought the design to 🇮🇳,where a few 100 years later the British loved & bought back to the cotton mills of Paisley 🏴,giving it its imperial name.
July 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Back from the neurologist today. All my little twitches are benign and nothing more nefarious. Confirms the ME/CFS dx. I apparently have ‘very brisk’ reflexes - maybe this is my super power?? 😂😂. In an unrelated investigation - I might have carpal tunnel in my right wrist 🤷🏻♀️.
July 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Back from the neurologist today. All my little twitches are benign and nothing more nefarious. Confirms the ME/CFS dx. I apparently have ‘very brisk’ reflexes - maybe this is my super power?? 😂😂. In an unrelated investigation - I might have carpal tunnel in my right wrist 🤷🏻♀️.
July 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Absolutely critical to address racism in schools right now. Well done Nuzi for continually keeping it at the fore 👏
Shared some thoughts with @tesmagazine.bsky.social about the need for this new guidance, especially at a time when far-right narratives are growing and making their way into schools.
@henryhepburn.bsky.social
@emmaseith.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
@henryhepburn.bsky.social
@emmaseith.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Recording of racist incidents ‘essential’, Scottish schools told
New government guidance for schools on tackling racism is timely amid a rise in far-right narratives and hate speech, says diversity expert
www.tes.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Absolutely critical to address racism in schools right now. Well done Nuzi for continually keeping it at the fore 👏
The world is so utterly grim. How can we keep killing innocent people?? 😔🥺
I am having a warcoffee.
It is a mourning day in Kyiv.
In memory of the people killed in a large-scale russian attack on the capital on the night of June 16-17 💔
No music in cafes, shops, etc.
Only the sounds of life wander gently among the shelves and souls.
It is a mourning day in Kyiv.
In memory of the people killed in a large-scale russian attack on the capital on the night of June 16-17 💔
No music in cafes, shops, etc.
Only the sounds of life wander gently among the shelves and souls.
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The world is so utterly grim. How can we keep killing innocent people?? 😔🥺
I am so glad that I’m not a teacher anymore. This guidance is an utter disgrace. It’s such a slap in the face to every single Scottish teacher. The violence is very real, it’s very scary, it’s very traumatising. A laminated card is not the answer. 🤬 #ScottishEducation
June 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I am so glad that I’m not a teacher anymore. This guidance is an utter disgrace. It’s such a slap in the face to every single Scottish teacher. The violence is very real, it’s very scary, it’s very traumatising. A laminated card is not the answer. 🤬 #ScottishEducation
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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
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Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.
June 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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Do people really believe that the Billionaire Media would tell them, "The problem is us, the billionaires."
No of course they won't, instead they will blame absolutely anybody else.
No of course they won't, instead they will blame absolutely anybody else.
June 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Do people really believe that the Billionaire Media would tell them, "The problem is us, the billionaires."
No of course they won't, instead they will blame absolutely anybody else.
No of course they won't, instead they will blame absolutely anybody else.
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Anyone have any recommendations for a lightweight foldable wheelchair that can be wheeled along like a bike while folded?
I’m looking for something that might help me enjoy more outings this summer but that gives me the flexibility to walk when able, since I really enjoy walking.
I’m looking for something that might help me enjoy more outings this summer but that gives me the flexibility to walk when able, since I really enjoy walking.
May 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Anyone have any recommendations for a lightweight foldable wheelchair that can be wheeled along like a bike while folded?
I’m looking for something that might help me enjoy more outings this summer but that gives me the flexibility to walk when able, since I really enjoy walking.
I’m looking for something that might help me enjoy more outings this summer but that gives me the flexibility to walk when able, since I really enjoy walking.
At what point do we actually say enough is enough, let’s stop damaging the earth?
"A huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
At what point do we actually say enough is enough, let’s stop damaging the earth?
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🧵 Le 28 mai, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale d’action pour la santé des femmes, @ladepechedumidi a publié un article éclairant sur le phénomène du gaslighting médical 👏
#CovidLong #ApresJ20 #GaslightingMedical #SantéDesFemmes
#CovidLong #ApresJ20 #GaslightingMedical #SantéDesFemmes
Gaslighting médical : quand les symptômes des femmes ne sont pas pris au sérieux
28 mai, journée internationale d’action pour la santé des femmes. L’occasion de mettre en lumière un nouvel exemple de gaslighting médical - procédé qui consiste à nier ou minimiser les plaintes des p...
www.ladepeche.fr
May 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🧵 Le 28 mai, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale d’action pour la santé des femmes, @ladepechedumidi a publié un article éclairant sur le phénomène du gaslighting médical 👏
#CovidLong #ApresJ20 #GaslightingMedical #SantéDesFemmes
#CovidLong #ApresJ20 #GaslightingMedical #SantéDesFemmes
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“I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.”
― Frida Kahlo, The Diary of Frida Kahlo
Kahlo lived with #fibromyalgia after a train accident at age 18. She had numerous surgeries and was left with #ChronicPain. She created her most important works of art from bed.
― Frida Kahlo, The Diary of Frida Kahlo
Kahlo lived with #fibromyalgia after a train accident at age 18. She had numerous surgeries and was left with #ChronicPain. She created her most important works of art from bed.
May 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.”
― Frida Kahlo, The Diary of Frida Kahlo
Kahlo lived with #fibromyalgia after a train accident at age 18. She had numerous surgeries and was left with #ChronicPain. She created her most important works of art from bed.
― Frida Kahlo, The Diary of Frida Kahlo
Kahlo lived with #fibromyalgia after a train accident at age 18. She had numerous surgeries and was left with #ChronicPain. She created her most important works of art from bed.
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Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Too many people around the world are hiding behind ‘Christian values’ to support dehumanising acts like this, anti-abortion laws, disability eugenics etc.
4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times
Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care
In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.
www.latimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Too many people around the world are hiding behind ‘Christian values’ to support dehumanising acts like this, anti-abortion laws, disability eugenics etc.
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Someone who has been able to work for 30 years but then had to give up due to disability, is no more or less worthy of support than someone who has never been able to work.
They are both human beings who deserve to live and not to be in poverty.
They are both human beings who deserve to live and not to be in poverty.
May 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Someone who has been able to work for 30 years but then had to give up due to disability, is no more or less worthy of support than someone who has never been able to work.
They are both human beings who deserve to live and not to be in poverty.
They are both human beings who deserve to live and not to be in poverty.
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11 misconceptions about autism that just won't go away... even though they're wrong, harmful, or have been debunked a thousand times. (Part 2)
A thread.
A thread.
May 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
11 misconceptions about autism that just won't go away... even though they're wrong, harmful, or have been debunked a thousand times. (Part 2)
A thread.
A thread.
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It’s time to build big, build bold, and build now.
That’s the mission I’ve given to our Cabinet, and we’re getting to work.
That’s the mission I’ve given to our Cabinet, and we’re getting to work.
May 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It’s time to build big, build bold, and build now.
That’s the mission I’ve given to our Cabinet, and we’re getting to work.
That’s the mission I’ve given to our Cabinet, and we’re getting to work.
This thread is important to read. Medical misogyny is rife and too many women have these stories. It needs to change.
When I had my hysterectomy, I was told recovery would be quick because I was young, fit & otherwise healthy.
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
May 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This thread is important to read. Medical misogyny is rife and too many women have these stories. It needs to change.