Belinda Thompson
@belindat.bsky.social
Retired with time to indulge curiosity. Whilst getting a little obsessed playing bridge badly, my Interests include disability issues, theatre and live performance, history, politics,coffee and the Archers.
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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
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🔴 'Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government's Benefits Cuts Is Brutal'
Cutting disability benefits will do nothing but heighten scapegoating. How can a Labour Government introduce such a punitive measure? @penpep.bsky.social asks
Cutting disability benefits will do nothing but heighten scapegoating. How can a Labour Government introduce such a punitive measure? @penpep.bsky.social asks
‘Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’
Cutting disability benefits will do nothing but heighten the scapegoating of disabled people once again – how can a Labour Government introduce such a punitive measure? Penny Pepper asks
bylinetimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🔴 'Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government's Benefits Cuts Is Brutal'
Cutting disability benefits will do nothing but heighten scapegoating. How can a Labour Government introduce such a punitive measure? @penpep.bsky.social asks
Cutting disability benefits will do nothing but heighten scapegoating. How can a Labour Government introduce such a punitive measure? @penpep.bsky.social asks
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Absolutely @nhsactivistrn.bsky.social
131,000 social care vacancies in England alone
Let's think why:
🔴 Very poor wages
🔴Lack of career opportunities
🔴 Split shifts with home care companies meaning many work 7am till 10pm
🔴 No travel time or petrol paid by many firms
Why would people choose those employment conditions?!
Let's think why:
🔴 Very poor wages
🔴Lack of career opportunities
🔴 Split shifts with home care companies meaning many work 7am till 10pm
🔴 No travel time or petrol paid by many firms
Why would people choose those employment conditions?!
January 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Absolutely @nhsactivistrn.bsky.social
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The Berlin Film Festival has announced that this year’s 75th edition will honour Scottish actress Tilda Swinton with the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement.
Tilda Swinton to receive honorary Golden Bear at Berlinale 2025
The award-winning actress will be honoured for her career with this lifetime achievement award. New Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle has said Tilda Swinton brings "humanity, compassion, intelligence, ...
www.euronews.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:54 AM
The Berlin Film Festival has announced that this year’s 75th edition will honour Scottish actress Tilda Swinton with the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement.
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sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
December 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
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December 12, 2024 at 8:45 AM
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So truthful, so compassionate, so rare.
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Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal | Frances Ryan
That desperate people have to look online for help accessing disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset us, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:04 PM
So truthful, so compassionate, so rare.
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December 8, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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"These people [the disabled], the cost, they should just die... William doesn't recognize you, he should just die."
Donald Trump, speaking to his nephew Fred Trump, about Fred's disabled son, as well as about disabled people in general!
From my interview with Fred Trump: zeteo.com/p/disabled-p...
Donald Trump, speaking to his nephew Fred Trump, about Fred's disabled son, as well as about disabled people in general!
From my interview with Fred Trump: zeteo.com/p/disabled-p...
'Disabled People Should Just Die’: Trump’s Nephew Recounts Shocking Conversations with His Uncle
Fred Trump III shares with Mehdi his deep knowledge of the president-elect, including the possibility of four years of revenge.
zeteo.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:51 PM
"These people [the disabled], the cost, they should just die... William doesn't recognize you, he should just die."
Donald Trump, speaking to his nephew Fred Trump, about Fred's disabled son, as well as about disabled people in general!
From my interview with Fred Trump: zeteo.com/p/disabled-p...
Donald Trump, speaking to his nephew Fred Trump, about Fred's disabled son, as well as about disabled people in general!
From my interview with Fred Trump: zeteo.com/p/disabled-p...
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Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."
November 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."
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Really excited to announce my first book, How to be disabled and proud (or at least kinda sorta okay with it) published by Puffin and available for preorder now! www.penguin.co.uk/books/459258...
How To Be Disabled and Proud
Brought to you by Puffin.
A warm, funny and empowering guide to what you can expect growing up disabled, written by disabled journalist and mum Cathy Reay.
Have you ever felt like you don’t fit in a...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Really excited to announce my first book, How to be disabled and proud (or at least kinda sorta okay with it) published by Puffin and available for preorder now! www.penguin.co.uk/books/459258...
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Do you ever get the feeling the world’s gone crazy? With this in mind, I play the Flintstones theme in the style of the Russian classics.
November 16, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Do you ever get the feeling the world’s gone crazy? With this in mind, I play the Flintstones theme in the style of the Russian classics.