Melanie Williams
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What are energy impairment and ELCI? - Chronic Illness Inclusion
Introducing the key features of energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI) and energy impairment and why we use these terms. Energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI) is an umbrella term to describe long-t...
chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk
This is still the best article I know of on this topic - thank you chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk.
chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk/2021/04/28/w...
chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk/2021/04/28/w...
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I can walk without my stick, but I request a wheelchair at the airport EVERY TIME. Chronic fatigue is invisible to the general public, but it's a real thing. If I try to walk the airport I will be flat-on-my-back sick for the next two days.
I'm not gaming the system. I'm disabled, for reals.
I'm not gaming the system. I'm disabled, for reals.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I can walk without my stick, but I request a wheelchair at the airport EVERY TIME. Chronic fatigue is invisible to the general public, but it's a real thing. If I try to walk the airport I will be flat-on-my-back sick for the next two days.
I'm not gaming the system. I'm disabled, for reals.
I'm not gaming the system. I'm disabled, for reals.
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📣 We’re Hiring! 📣 Could you be our next Director, Peterborough & Cambridgeshire? We're seeking to appoint a creative, collaborative Director to inspire positive change through art and creativity. Apply by 19 Jan - full details here https://metalculture.com/get-involved/vacancies/
#ArtsOpps #ArtsJobs
#ArtsOpps #ArtsJobs
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣 We’re Hiring! 📣 Could you be our next Director, Peterborough & Cambridgeshire? We're seeking to appoint a creative, collaborative Director to inspire positive change through art and creativity. Apply by 19 Jan - full details here https://metalculture.com/get-involved/vacancies/
#ArtsOpps #ArtsJobs
#ArtsOpps #ArtsJobs
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🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
December 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
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ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) — 12:30 am ET — 1h 48m
(31 Days of Oscar: Oscar-Worthy Nuns and Priests)
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee Cobb; directed by Elia Kazan
A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks.
#TCM #TCMParty
(31 Days of Oscar: Oscar-Worthy Nuns and Priests)
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee Cobb; directed by Elia Kazan
A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks.
#TCM #TCMParty
On the Waterfront (1954)
www.tcm.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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“Sans titre (Untitled)” by Luce Turnier (Haitian) - 1982 - Gardy St. Fleur Collection (Brooklyn, New York) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #LuceTurnier #Turnier #GardyStFleurCollection #art #artText #BlueskyArt #arte #PortraitofaWoman #HaitianArtist #HaitianArt #WomenPaintingWomen
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Sans titre (Untitled)” by Luce Turnier (Haitian) - 1982 - Gardy St. Fleur Collection (Brooklyn, New York) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #LuceTurnier #Turnier #GardyStFleurCollection #art #artText #BlueskyArt #arte #PortraitofaWoman #HaitianArtist #HaitianArt #WomenPaintingWomen
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Thanks @climateandcap.bsky.social & @blairpalese.bsky.social for listing #ScienceUnderSiege (by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly) on your list of "The best climate books to give and read over the holidays" www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-best-cli...
The best climate books to give and read over the holidays
Fiction and nonfiction picks (some quite uplifting) for closing out 2025
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Thanks @climateandcap.bsky.social & @blairpalese.bsky.social for listing #ScienceUnderSiege (by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly) on your list of "The best climate books to give and read over the holidays" www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-best-cli...
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When the streets start telling the truth, it’s because the institutions won’t.
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When the streets start telling the truth, it’s because the institutions won’t.
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.
[street art from around the country]
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A warning that we could see "-20°C in London for 3 frozen months of the year", and -30°C in Edinburgh for 5 months.
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
Professor Tim Lenton of @exeter.ac.uk with an incredibly important warning about the dire consequences for the UK if we continue burning fossil fuels and cause the #AMOC ocean current to cross a tipping point—which could happen at 2°C.
Full talk: link below.
#NEB2025 #FoodShortages
Full talk: link below.
#NEB2025 #FoodShortages
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A warning that we could see "-20°C in London for 3 frozen months of the year", and -30°C in Edinburgh for 5 months.
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
Everyone needs to hear this whilst there's still time to avoid it. #NEB2025
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Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee
Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee
With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donations, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee
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🔥 Democracy at risk. Recent surveys show overwhelming support for UK–EU cooperation, but the clock is ticking. As global autocracies rise, the UK's silence is dangerous.
📢 See why we must prioritize Europe over isolationism. Paul Browne reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/sta...
📢 See why we must prioritize Europe over isolationism. Paul Browne reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/sta...
Standing with our European allies against autocracy and division
What do we feel about relations with Europe now? Visitors to Cambridge’s Mill Road Winter Fair were asked and were almost unanimous
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🔥 Democracy at risk. Recent surveys show overwhelming support for UK–EU cooperation, but the clock is ticking. As global autocracies rise, the UK's silence is dangerous.
📢 See why we must prioritize Europe over isolationism. Paul Browne reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/sta...
📢 See why we must prioritize Europe over isolationism. Paul Browne reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/sta...
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This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
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Ukraine war briefing: Pope defends Europe – and its role in peace talks – from Trump | Ukraine | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Ukraine war briefing: Pope defends Europe – and its role in peace talks – from Trump
Zelenskyy addresses Trump gripe with offer to hold elections if allies help; Syrski outlines territorial losses and gains around Pokrovsk. What we know on day 1,386
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ukraine war briefing: Pope defends Europe – and its role in peace talks – from Trump | Ukraine | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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I just got a taxi from the train station to home.
The muslim taxi driver told me to have a Happy Christmas. The same way that when it’s Eid, I would say Eid Mubarak.
That’s Luton. That’s the real world.
Some folk would do well to get off X and visit it sometimes.
The muslim taxi driver told me to have a Happy Christmas. The same way that when it’s Eid, I would say Eid Mubarak.
That’s Luton. That’s the real world.
Some folk would do well to get off X and visit it sometimes.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I just got a taxi from the train station to home.
The muslim taxi driver told me to have a Happy Christmas. The same way that when it’s Eid, I would say Eid Mubarak.
That’s Luton. That’s the real world.
Some folk would do well to get off X and visit it sometimes.
The muslim taxi driver told me to have a Happy Christmas. The same way that when it’s Eid, I would say Eid Mubarak.
That’s Luton. That’s the real world.
Some folk would do well to get off X and visit it sometimes.
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No one from Labour, or “Labour” or even #PretendLabour should be on it.
No one from Labour, or “Labour” or even #PretendLabour should be on it.
The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it | John Harris
Thankfully, we now know more about conditions such as autism and ADHD. The health secretary must not be part of this attempt to turn back the clock, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No one from Labour, or “Labour” or even #PretendLabour should be on it.
No one from Labour, or “Labour” or even #PretendLabour should be on it.
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3 years ago, when I recommended a massive organised switch away from X/Twitter, the EU Commission’s argument was “but our audience is there.”
Since then, that argument has become less valid by the day.
#DefendDemocracy #DSA #HandsOffMyEU
Since then, that argument has become less valid by the day.
#DefendDemocracy #DSA #HandsOffMyEU
I don't see what's stopping the European Commission from saying something along the lines of: "We will no longer post on X and we don't think citizens of EU nations should post there either."
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
3 years ago, when I recommended a massive organised switch away from X/Twitter, the EU Commission’s argument was “but our audience is there.”
Since then, that argument has become less valid by the day.
#DefendDemocracy #DSA #HandsOffMyEU
Since then, that argument has become less valid by the day.
#DefendDemocracy #DSA #HandsOffMyEU
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Starting to suspect FIFA might not be an entirely reputable organisation.
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Starting to suspect FIFA might not be an entirely reputable organisation.
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Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint
Rep. Adelita Grijalva was ‘sprayed in the face’ and ‘pushed around’ as agents descended on restaurant
By Alex Woodward
12.05.25 21:16 GMT www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Rep. Adelita Grijalva was ‘sprayed in the face’ and ‘pushed around’ as agents descended on restaurant
By Alex Woodward
12.05.25 21:16 GMT www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Arizona congresswoman says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint
Rep. Adelita Grijalva was ‘sprayed in the face’ and ‘pushed around’ as agents descended on restaurant
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint
Rep. Adelita Grijalva was ‘sprayed in the face’ and ‘pushed around’ as agents descended on restaurant
By Alex Woodward
12.05.25 21:16 GMT www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Rep. Adelita Grijalva was ‘sprayed in the face’ and ‘pushed around’ as agents descended on restaurant
By Alex Woodward
12.05.25 21:16 GMT www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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2. It has *nothing* to do with improving clarity. There’s no evidence that people are confused by terms such as veggie burgers, meat-free sausages or oat milk. It’s a crudely protectionist measure designed to stamp out competition, by forcing plant-based companies to use offputting terms. 2/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
2. It has *nothing* to do with improving clarity. There’s no evidence that people are confused by terms such as veggie burgers, meat-free sausages or oat milk. It’s a crudely protectionist measure designed to stamp out competition, by forcing plant-based companies to use offputting terms. 2/6
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6