Rick B
@rickburgess.bsky.social
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Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
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The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
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The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
Proposals for radical reform of the UK’s asylum system raise a number of legal and constitutional issues, with respect both to the European Convention on Human Rights and the domestic principle of …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
Understanding the mindset behind Israel’s usage of rape as a weapon of genocide mondoweiss.net/2025/11/unde...
Understanding the mindset behind Israel’s usage of rape as a weapon of genocide
Recent testimonies from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights share shocking stories of Palestinian rape victims released from Israeli detention. The stories are horrifying to read but essential for...
mondoweiss.net
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Understanding the mindset behind Israel’s usage of rape as a weapon of genocide mondoweiss.net/2025/11/unde...
Well, he is immortal.
Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Well, he is immortal.
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Oh, and www.ko-fi.com/soozuk coz I worked out that if 2000 of you send me a fiver I can book the surgery and have all the rehab starting, like, next week. Worth a shot imho.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Oh, and www.ko-fi.com/soozuk coz I worked out that if 2000 of you send me a fiver I can book the surgery and have all the rehab starting, like, next week. Worth a shot imho.
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TL;DR....Friday 30th January 2026 @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
An Evening with Sooz Kempner. All funds go towards lead-up and recovery from an operation on my damn larynx.
£10 TICKETS: www.outsavvy.com/event/31688/...
An Evening with Sooz Kempner. All funds go towards lead-up and recovery from an operation on my damn larynx.
£10 TICKETS: www.outsavvy.com/event/31688/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
TL;DR....Friday 30th January 2026 @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
An Evening with Sooz Kempner. All funds go towards lead-up and recovery from an operation on my damn larynx.
£10 TICKETS: www.outsavvy.com/event/31688/...
An Evening with Sooz Kempner. All funds go towards lead-up and recovery from an operation on my damn larynx.
£10 TICKETS: www.outsavvy.com/event/31688/...
There are an awful lot of 'grown ups' now backing slowly away from the face eating leopards they ensured got into power. Whatever. But now be useful, help end this Labour Party as quickly as possible.
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There are an awful lot of 'grown ups' now backing slowly away from the face eating leopards they ensured got into power. Whatever. But now be useful, help end this Labour Party as quickly as possible.
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I think Brexit was garbage. But if in 2025 you're still pedalling "all we need to do is reverse Brexit!" you're ignorant. Everything before Brexit was fine, obviously. It was definitely ALL Brexit and not the six years of austerity before that and the 31 years of untempered Thatcherism before that.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I think Brexit was garbage. But if in 2025 you're still pedalling "all we need to do is reverse Brexit!" you're ignorant. Everything before Brexit was fine, obviously. It was definitely ALL Brexit and not the six years of austerity before that and the 31 years of untempered Thatcherism before that.
Inside Britain’s Growing Prison Hunger Strike
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Inside Britain's Growing Prison Hunger Strike - Real Media - The View From Below
Prisoners, facing up to 2 years remand before trial, face government silence as they starve for justice. Their alleged crime - involvement in actions to disrupt Elbit’s supply of weaponry to the IDF.
realmedia.press
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Inside Britain’s Growing Prison Hunger Strike
realmedia.press/uk-hunger-st...
realmedia.press/uk-hunger-st...
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Sanctions imposed on claimants who miss a single universal credit (UC) interview are larger than the fines handed out to most criminals and have to be repaid nine times faster...
most sanctions are unfair and unlawful, with over 80% overturned where a claimant manages to appeal.
most sanctions are unfair and unlawful, with over 80% overturned where a claimant manages to appeal.
Claimants treated more harshly than criminals, report finds
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sanctions imposed on claimants who miss a single universal credit (UC) interview are larger than the fines handed out to most criminals and have to be repaid nine times faster...
most sanctions are unfair and unlawful, with over 80% overturned where a claimant manages to appeal.
most sanctions are unfair and unlawful, with over 80% overturned where a claimant manages to appeal.
It's happening, not only are the Greens replacing Labour, they are gaining seats that most would expect to have gone back to the Con/Reform stable.
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's happening, not only are the Greens replacing Labour, they are gaining seats that most would expect to have gone back to the Con/Reform stable.
October:
The govt’s “global ecosystem assessment” report, on the ramifications for Britain if tropical and boreal forests, coral reefs and mangroves are degraded and destroyed.
Archive archive.is/e2ECn
The govt’s “global ecosystem assessment” report, on the ramifications for Britain if tropical and boreal forests, coral reefs and mangroves are degraded and destroyed.
Archive archive.is/e2ECn
No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices
Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
October:
The govt’s “global ecosystem assessment” report, on the ramifications for Britain if tropical and boreal forests, coral reefs and mangroves are degraded and destroyed.
Archive archive.is/e2ECn
The govt’s “global ecosystem assessment” report, on the ramifications for Britain if tropical and boreal forests, coral reefs and mangroves are degraded and destroyed.
Archive archive.is/e2ECn
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These walls *will* fall
A final decision on how to repair Britain’s crumbling parliament is likely to be postponed beyond the next general election, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
These walls *will* fall
The British Army is the only military in Europe that still recruits 16-year-olds.
Those who joined aged 16 or 17 more than twice as likely to take their own lives than those who joined as adults.
Those who joined aged 16 or 17 more than twice as likely to take their own lives than those who joined as adults.
Exposed: British Army’s child recruits suffer violent abuse
An 11-month investigation reveals culture of violence, criminality and sexual abuse at army training centre for teens
www.opendemocracy.net
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The British Army is the only military in Europe that still recruits 16-year-olds.
Those who joined aged 16 or 17 more than twice as likely to take their own lives than those who joined as adults.
Those who joined aged 16 or 17 more than twice as likely to take their own lives than those who joined as adults.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
You know what to do, Go Green, vote them in. Labour is dead.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You know what to do, Go Green, vote them in. Labour is dead.
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The @observeruk.bsky.social spent a week with the brave women taking on the water bosses... and they couldn't hack it long enough to meet Mark Thurston.
Stake outs & Southend sewage pipes, what it takes to hold the biggest polluters to account: observer.co.uk/style/featur...
Stake outs & Southend sewage pipes, what it takes to hold the biggest polluters to account: observer.co.uk/style/featur...
My week with the clean-water warriors | The Observer
Some of the Just Stop Oil activists have moved on to a new campaign: citizen's arrests of CEOs. We join them on a stakeout
observer.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The @observeruk.bsky.social spent a week with the brave women taking on the water bosses... and they couldn't hack it long enough to meet Mark Thurston.
Stake outs & Southend sewage pipes, what it takes to hold the biggest polluters to account: observer.co.uk/style/featur...
Stake outs & Southend sewage pipes, what it takes to hold the biggest polluters to account: observer.co.uk/style/featur...
One in every 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyist
RELEASE: Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share | Kick Big Polluters Out
kickbigpollutersout.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One in every 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyist
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For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
17,000 employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants have, so far, had their legacy benefits claim ended after failing to migrate to universal credit (UC), according to official statistics released by the DWP. That figure is set to rise to over 26,00 by the time the process is complete.
17,000 ESA claimants fail UC migration, so far
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
17,000 employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants have, so far, had their legacy benefits claim ended after failing to migrate to universal credit (UC), according to official statistics released by the DWP. That figure is set to rise to over 26,00 by the time the process is complete.
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What does it mean to participate in a community with severe mental illness? We're hosting a seminar on 19 November with Hanna Kienzler, who will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine.
Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...
Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...
"Get to know us! Our lives with mental illness in the Palestinian community" - the journey of and lessons learned from a participatory action project | King's College London
In this talk, Hanna Kienzler will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine.
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What does it mean to participate in a community with severe mental illness? We're hosting a seminar on 19 November with Hanna Kienzler, who will share insights into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine.
Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...
Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/lesso...
LOL and why not, Hell is empty and all the devils are here!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
LOL and why not, Hell is empty and all the devils are here!