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Article by @neilmackay.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social outlines brutal reality facing Scotland's disabled people: this needs to be heard & better understood by the people of Scotland including our First Minister and full Scottish Cabinet and Prime Minister and full UK Cabinet.
Spat on, attacked, humiliated, betrayed by government & terrified of the future: inside the brutalised lives of our disabled community

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Big Read comes with a content warning as it’s deeply distressing

This demands your attention www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493865...
Spat on, abused and terrified: Scotland’s brutalised disabled community reveal all
Our Writer at Large learns about the reality of life for disabled people in 2025. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
www.heraldscotland.com
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As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett
As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett
Specialist travel companies are using euphemisms to avoid the gender apartheid Having denied Afghan women jobs, education and free movement, ordered them to be totally covered, banned them from parks, removed their critical healthcare and silenced them…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Article by @neilmackay.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social outlines brutal reality facing Scotland's disabled people: this needs to be heard & better understood by the people of Scotland including our First Minister and full Scottish Cabinet and Prime Minister and full UK Cabinet.
Spat on, attacked, humiliated, betrayed by government & terrified of the future: inside the brutalised lives of our disabled community

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Big Read comes with a content warning as it’s deeply distressing

This demands your attention www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493865...
Spat on, abused and terrified: Scotland’s brutalised disabled community reveal all
Our Writer at Large learns about the reality of life for disabled people in 2025. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
www.heraldscotland.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM