thechelsuk
@thechels.uk
✦ Diagnosed with ME/CFS (mod/sev) & MCAS - Occasional Senior Software People Leader, app developer and blogger. https://thechels.uk
Tomoz, Hiyd, EngMan, Mltply, ShortKeys and [pending].
⌘ https://links.thechels.uk
Tomoz, Hiyd, EngMan, Mltply, ShortKeys and [pending].
⌘ https://links.thechels.uk
Swearing on live TV. She’s on thin ice now.
February 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Swearing on live TV. She’s on thin ice now.
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The 50 wealthiest families in the UK own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. That's over 35 Million people. Let that sink in.
February 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The 50 wealthiest families in the UK own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. That's over 35 Million people. Let that sink in.
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🚨 WATCH: Zack Polanski delivers the Greens' Party Political Broadcast
February 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
🚨 WATCH: Zack Polanski delivers the Greens' Party Political Broadcast
Yeh. Young people broadly have integrity, care for each other, are not fucking stupid fuckwits. Want a job, a home, a family.
Broadly leaders of our country and politicians only want to fill their wallet for today.
Broadly leaders of our country and politicians only want to fill their wallet for today.
🚨 NEW: A poll for ITV has found that 83% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU
February 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Yeh. Young people broadly have integrity, care for each other, are not fucking stupid fuckwits. Want a job, a home, a family.
Broadly leaders of our country and politicians only want to fill their wallet for today.
Broadly leaders of our country and politicians only want to fill their wallet for today.
lol. Petty child 0 Boring grown ups 1
🚨 NEW: Donald Trump backtracked on the Chagos Islands deal because the UK blocked the US from using RAF bases to launch strikes on Iran
February 19, 2026 at 2:46 PM
lol. Petty child 0 Boring grown ups 1
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I've lost count of the number of times I've had to pull out this chart from the FT.
It's not really true to say young men are moving right in the developed world overall, let along within the UK.
Just like the mythical Reform surge with teenagers, it's a meme that just will not die.
It's not really true to say young men are moving right in the developed world overall, let along within the UK.
Just like the mythical Reform surge with teenagers, it's a meme that just will not die.
February 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I've lost count of the number of times I've had to pull out this chart from the FT.
It's not really true to say young men are moving right in the developed world overall, let along within the UK.
Just like the mythical Reform surge with teenagers, it's a meme that just will not die.
It's not really true to say young men are moving right in the developed world overall, let along within the UK.
Just like the mythical Reform surge with teenagers, it's a meme that just will not die.
A toy, balloon, or a signed shirt would be a typical gift.
February 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM
A toy, balloon, or a signed shirt would be a typical gift.
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'My priority is the 99% vs the 1%,' says Green Party leader
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Steve’s Law:
The reception, compassion & empathy given by a Health Care Worker to a patient is directly proportional to their confidence of leading them to a successful outcome.
Any hostility or blame directed towards the patient is evidence that they are way, way out of their depth.
#pwME #pwLC
The reception, compassion & empathy given by a Health Care Worker to a patient is directly proportional to their confidence of leading them to a successful outcome.
Any hostility or blame directed towards the patient is evidence that they are way, way out of their depth.
#pwME #pwLC
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Update on Savannah’s case in The Times. She has severe ME/CFS, has lost 30kg and eaten nothing since January 18.
Sonya Chowdhury, CEO of Action for ME, describes the situation as “appalling” and says she is very worried Savannah could die.
archive.ph/J3Xv3
Sonya Chowdhury, CEO of Action for ME, describes the situation as “appalling” and says she is very worried Savannah could die.
archive.ph/J3Xv3
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Update on Savannah’s case in The Times. She has severe ME/CFS, has lost 30kg and eaten nothing since January 18.
Sonya Chowdhury, CEO of Action for ME, describes the situation as “appalling” and says she is very worried Savannah could die.
archive.ph/J3Xv3
Sonya Chowdhury, CEO of Action for ME, describes the situation as “appalling” and says she is very worried Savannah could die.
archive.ph/J3Xv3
@abrokenbattery.bsky.social hello, just found you here via a shared post and I’m
Sub’d to your YouTube. Is it possible for you to include the published date of the source of your videos please?
E.g published 1st Jan, you publish 3 weeks later. It would be good to know it was from 1st Jan.
Thanks x
Sub’d to your YouTube. Is it possible for you to include the published date of the source of your videos please?
E.g published 1st Jan, you publish 3 weeks later. It would be good to know it was from 1st Jan.
Thanks x
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
@abrokenbattery.bsky.social hello, just found you here via a shared post and I’m
Sub’d to your YouTube. Is it possible for you to include the published date of the source of your videos please?
E.g published 1st Jan, you publish 3 weeks later. It would be good to know it was from 1st Jan.
Thanks x
Sub’d to your YouTube. Is it possible for you to include the published date of the source of your videos please?
E.g published 1st Jan, you publish 3 weeks later. It would be good to know it was from 1st Jan.
Thanks x
So many u turns. No idea what direction we are facing. Actually dizzy.
Breaking: UK government is confirming it’s dropped plans to delay local elections at 30 English councils
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
So many u turns. No idea what direction we are facing. Actually dizzy.
You are too old for him and the only lettuce he eats out is in his daily Big Mac delivery.
Same brain cell energy though
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Same brain cell energy though
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump
Unclear how encounter between Britain’s shortest-serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lasted
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
You are too old for him and the only lettuce he eats out is in his daily Big Mac delivery.
Same brain cell energy though
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Same brain cell energy though
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Huge fly tipping sites dodgy firms taking on the risk of dumping for cash on side, or legitimate firms doing it due to insufficient options. The cost of living means people are cutting corners in every aspect to make money. Issues go away with the path of least resistance being easy & cheap.
My interview this morning on Sky News.
Questions on NATO, Palestine Action and Starmers authoritarianism.
youtu.be/bTpWvNn78Zg?...
Questions on NATO, Palestine Action and Starmers authoritarianism.
youtu.be/bTpWvNn78Zg?...
Green Party leader Zack Polanski says criticism of Israeli government is a 'moral responsibility'
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Huge fly tipping sites dodgy firms taking on the risk of dumping for cash on side, or legitimate firms doing it due to insufficient options. The cost of living means people are cutting corners in every aspect to make money. Issues go away with the path of least resistance being easy & cheap.
Tommy’s on the run.
Whilst there is room to the right of Reform for another bunch of idiots who have been on Facebook too long.
What a world
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Whilst there is room to the right of Reform for another bunch of idiots who have been on Facebook too long.
What a world
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Tommy’s on the run.
Whilst there is room to the right of Reform for another bunch of idiots who have been on Facebook too long.
What a world
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Whilst there is room to the right of Reform for another bunch of idiots who have been on Facebook too long.
What a world
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Or you have to eat one day and starve the next to be able to clean or use the extreme wealth that politicians seem to think disabled people have to have takeaways every night. As a disabled person who apparently doesn’t qualify for PIP and is a carer for my wife and son, I have
Or you have to eat one day and starve the next to be able to clean or use the extreme wealth that politicians seem to think disabled people have to have takeaways every night. As a disabled person who apparently doesn’t qualify for PIP and is a carer for my wife and son, I have
Under the current PIP criteria, if you are able to put something into the oven, but not able to actually clean up after preparing it, you don’t get anything…
So you can apparently cook without support even if you have to do it in a dirty kitchen.
So you can apparently cook without support even if you have to do it in a dirty kitchen.
February 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Or you have to eat one day and starve the next to be able to clean or use the extreme wealth that politicians seem to think disabled people have to have takeaways every night. As a disabled person who apparently doesn’t qualify for PIP and is a carer for my wife and son, I have
Or you have to eat one day and starve the next to be able to clean or use the extreme wealth that politicians seem to think disabled people have to have takeaways every night. As a disabled person who apparently doesn’t qualify for PIP and is a carer for my wife and son, I have
Thoughts on ID/Age verification:
Im only on one Discord server and it’s setting are for “teens” so nothing had changed and no ID/Age needed. I joined this one because…
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Im only on one Discord server and it’s setting are for “teens” so nothing had changed and no ID/Age needed. I joined this one because…
1/n
February 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Thoughts on ID/Age verification:
Im only on one Discord server and it’s setting are for “teens” so nothing had changed and no ID/Age needed. I joined this one because…
1/n
Im only on one Discord server and it’s setting are for “teens” so nothing had changed and no ID/Age needed. I joined this one because…
1/n
The Chinese are not stupid. The felon in charge of the US however…
China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The Chinese are not stupid. The felon in charge of the US however…
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UK companies breaking Equality Act over use of Nimbus Disability Access Cards
What sort of world are we living in when companies force disabled people to carry the Nimbus card to prove they're disabled enough? @wordsbyhg.bsky.social knows...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
What sort of world are we living in when companies force disabled people to carry the Nimbus card to prove they're disabled enough? @wordsbyhg.bsky.social knows...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
UK companies breaking Equality Act over use of Nimbus Disability Access Cards
What sort of world are we living in when companies force disabled people to carry the Nimbus card to prove they're disabled enough?
www.thecanary.co
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
UK companies breaking Equality Act over use of Nimbus Disability Access Cards
What sort of world are we living in when companies force disabled people to carry the Nimbus card to prove they're disabled enough? @wordsbyhg.bsky.social knows...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
What sort of world are we living in when companies force disabled people to carry the Nimbus card to prove they're disabled enough? @wordsbyhg.bsky.social knows...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
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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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I had some fun pulling OpenAI's mission statement out of their IRS tax filings from 2016 to 2024, loading them into a git repo with fake commit dates and then taking a look at the diffs simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/...
The evolution of OpenAI’s mission statement
As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to “Briefly …
simonwillison.net
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I had some fun pulling OpenAI's mission statement out of their IRS tax filings from 2016 to 2024, loading them into a git repo with fake commit dates and then taking a look at the diffs simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/...
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"... as soon as you shift the frame to, these are politicians who've been bought & paid for by oil & gas, arms trade companies, private healthcare companies, gambling companies, their behaviour makes absolute sense"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"... as soon as you shift the frame to, these are politicians who've been bought & paid for by oil & gas, arms trade companies, private healthcare companies, gambling companies, their behaviour makes absolute sense"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
Just had a spam email to a parkrun specific email account. Never used anywhere else and only once for a specific purpose.
Has parkrun been hacked or are they knowingly selling my data?
Has parkrun been hacked or are they knowingly selling my data?
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Just had a spam email to a parkrun specific email account. Never used anywhere else and only once for a specific purpose.
Has parkrun been hacked or are they knowingly selling my data?
Has parkrun been hacked or are they knowingly selling my data?