Sam Jennings
@samflower.bsky.social
#DisabledByTheRailway
Powerchair user exposing inaccessibility & encouraging others to do the same! Love live music, hate steps.
www.DisabledByTheRailway.com
Powerchair user exposing inaccessibility & encouraging others to do the same! Love live music, hate steps.
www.DisabledByTheRailway.com
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
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It's shocking that with a new Labour government and in 2025, equality of access to our railway for disabled people is actually being downgraded, not tackled.
An important letter here to the Transport Secretary to do the basic decent thing and get disabled people's needs right on the agenda.
An important letter here to the Transport Secretary to do the basic decent thing and get disabled people's needs right on the agenda.
Accessible transport campaigners have called on the government to sign up to 10 “basic equality standards” that would improve the accessibility of the rail network for millions of disabled passengers.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/letter-to-mi...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/letter-to-mi...
Letter to minister issues 10 ‘basic’ demands on rail accessibility
Accessible transport campaigners have called on the government to sign up to 10 “basic equality standards” that would improve the accessibility of the rail network for millions of disabled passenge…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's shocking that with a new Labour government and in 2025, equality of access to our railway for disabled people is actually being downgraded, not tackled.
An important letter here to the Transport Secretary to do the basic decent thing and get disabled people's needs right on the agenda.
An important letter here to the Transport Secretary to do the basic decent thing and get disabled people's needs right on the agenda.
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🔴‘MPs and the Media Cast Benefit-Claimants as Freeloaders – This Discrimination Is What Keeps Them Out of Work’
The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they’re not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/14/w...
The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they’re not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/14/w...
'MPs and the Media Cast Benefit-Claimants as Freeloaders - This Discrimination Is What Keeps Them Out of Work'
The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they're not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🔴‘MPs and the Media Cast Benefit-Claimants as Freeloaders – This Discrimination Is What Keeps Them Out of Work’
The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they’re not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/14/w...
The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they’re not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/14/w...
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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“If you’re religious then you believe those girls deserved to drown to death in that flooding because god intended it to happen”
-Donald Trump supporters on Twitter defending cuts to NOAA
-Donald Trump supporters on Twitter defending cuts to NOAA
July 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“If you’re religious then you believe those girls deserved to drown to death in that flooding because god intended it to happen”
-Donald Trump supporters on Twitter defending cuts to NOAA
-Donald Trump supporters on Twitter defending cuts to NOAA
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"Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40"
Enough already. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Enough already. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘There is no safe way to do it’: the rapid rise and horrifying risks of choking during sex
Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage. How...
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40"
Enough already. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Enough already. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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When I pointed out on Twitter a couple years ago that available evidence indicated that campaigning *against* Low Traffic Neighborhoods was functionally the same as campaigning *for* more kids to be run over, I got absolutely monstered for it.
Anywhere, here is more of that famed Social Injustice
Anywhere, here is more of that famed Social Injustice
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When I pointed out on Twitter a couple years ago that available evidence indicated that campaigning *against* Low Traffic Neighborhoods was functionally the same as campaigning *for* more kids to be run over, I got absolutely monstered for it.
Anywhere, here is more of that famed Social Injustice
Anywhere, here is more of that famed Social Injustice
Wow
Leavitt: "The alerts imminently were sent out before the flood when people were sleeping because the flood hit in the very early hours of the morning. People were sleeping in the middle of the night when this flood came. This was an act of God, it is not the admin's fault the flood hit when it did."
July 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Wow
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If we don't start telling the truth about why this happened, it's going to keep happening. We have an idiot running this country who thought FEMA & NOAA were a drain on the budget. How much is YOUR child worth? That was TX, so you know most of them voted for the man that just killed their children.
Accurate weather forecasts matter. FEMA and NOAA matter. Because little girls lives matter: Camp Mystic: Estimated 20 girls still missing after deadly Texas floods kill at least 25 people www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
At least 25 people dead, 20 girls missing after Hill Country floods
An estimate of 20 girls remained missing after deadly flooding caused “destructive” floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If we don't start telling the truth about why this happened, it's going to keep happening. We have an idiot running this country who thought FEMA & NOAA were a drain on the budget. How much is YOUR child worth? That was TX, so you know most of them voted for the man that just killed their children.
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The NWS did issue a flood watch but it took 4 hours for the state to send an alert. The state should have immediately sent an alert to cell phones but....Abbott, Patrick, et al...
July 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The NWS did issue a flood watch but it took 4 hours for the state to send an alert. The state should have immediately sent an alert to cell phones but....Abbott, Patrick, et al...
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I refuse to call an American concentration camp the same thing it calls itself at its attached gift shop
Maybe American journalism should search in the garbage for its self-respect and start taking the same position?
Maybe American journalism should search in the garbage for its self-respect and start taking the same position?
July 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I refuse to call an American concentration camp the same thing it calls itself at its attached gift shop
Maybe American journalism should search in the garbage for its self-respect and start taking the same position?
Maybe American journalism should search in the garbage for its self-respect and start taking the same position?
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Wishing all of my friends in the United States a happy Independence Day. Only took you 249 years to go back to having a King... 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Wishing all of my friends in the United States a happy Independence Day. Only took you 249 years to go back to having a King... 🇺🇸
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Due to a “statutory requirement to automatically impose budget cuts when legislation increases the deficit,” Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (which Rs just passed) requires “automatic sequestration cuts across the board,” including Medicare cuts, as “confirmed by the Congressional Budget Office…” 1/
July 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Due to a “statutory requirement to automatically impose budget cuts when legislation increases the deficit,” Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (which Rs just passed) requires “automatic sequestration cuts across the board,” including Medicare cuts, as “confirmed by the Congressional Budget Office…” 1/
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.
July 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.
#DisabledByTheRailway is one of 138 orgs who signed the reasoned amendment that has been selected today.
Urging all MPs of all party colours to now put their constituents first!
#TakingThePip
#DisabilityRebellion
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Urging all MPs of all party colours to now put their constituents first!
#TakingThePip
#DisabilityRebellion
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Dozens of Labour MPs still expected to rebel over welfare bill as government defends reforms - live updates
Keir Starmer and his ministers have been scrambling to convince MPs to back watered-down welfare changes after concessions were made last week.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#DisabledByTheRailway is one of 138 orgs who signed the reasoned amendment that has been selected today.
Urging all MPs of all party colours to now put their constituents first!
#TakingThePip
#DisabilityRebellion
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Urging all MPs of all party colours to now put their constituents first!
#TakingThePip
#DisabilityRebellion
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
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FUCK. THE. FASH.
A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
June 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
FUCK. THE. FASH.
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I'd say roughly 75% of mainstream news reporting about the disability benefit cuts has been from a Westminster angle rather than the actual impact the cuts will have
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I'd say roughly 75% of mainstream news reporting about the disability benefit cuts has been from a Westminster angle rather than the actual impact the cuts will have
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I do this myself, but an awful lot of political Discourse consists of middle class people accusing other middle class people of being middle class
June 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I do this myself, but an awful lot of political Discourse consists of middle class people accusing other middle class people of being middle class
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The thing with the disabled people of the future is they can't write to their MP by Tuesday.
But if this goes through, one day they will.
But if this goes through, one day they will.
NEW: I understand some of the concessions being floated with rebels on the welfare bill alongside the 3 point threshold includes allowing existing PIP claimants to keep their PIP even if they don’t score above 4 in any criteria, and bringing forward employment support
June 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The thing with the disabled people of the future is they can't write to their MP by Tuesday.
But if this goes through, one day they will.
But if this goes through, one day they will.