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Everything needed to understand Britain rn is contained within. Carer doing the hardest job in the country. Needs to work 60 hours a week. Can’t sleep because their autistic child also needs care. Forced to forfeit the help they need to try and avoid it costing them twice as many visa renewals.
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
A low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary.
The radical changes to legal migration announced by Shabana Mahmood on 20 November will penalise those who are living and working legally in the UK, but who claim benefits. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Everything needed to understand Britain rn is contained within. Carer doing the hardest job in the country. Needs to work 60 hours a week. Can’t sleep because their autistic child also needs care. Forced to forfeit the help they need to try and avoid it costing them twice as many visa renewals.
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So the Home Office, which is responsible for the welfare of asylum seekers & for determining their claims, has decided to call them “illegal migrants” & tell everyone it’s “furious” about them being here, but I’m sure this is fine and not a symptom of a culture of disbelief & gratuitous cruelty
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So the Home Office, which is responsible for the welfare of asylum seekers & for determining their claims, has decided to call them “illegal migrants” & tell everyone it’s “furious” about them being here, but I’m sure this is fine and not a symptom of a culture of disbelief & gratuitous cruelty
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🩵 🩷 🤍 TRANS MISSION 🤍 🩷 🩵
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🩵 🩷 🤍 TRANS MISSION 🤍 🩷 🩵
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
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In the UK we celebrate Misgiving, a year-round festival of formless dread and unease
November 23, 2023 at 8:49 AM
In the UK we celebrate Misgiving, a year-round festival of formless dread and unease
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I was increasingly on edge this whole year as we got closer to when I could apply for ILR, to the point that I was basically asked to leave work early the week i was anticipating a response because of how visibly anxious and distressed I was.
If my wait was extended, I would have been destroyed.
If my wait was extended, I would have been destroyed.
At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I was increasingly on edge this whole year as we got closer to when I could apply for ILR, to the point that I was basically asked to leave work early the week i was anticipating a response because of how visibly anxious and distressed I was.
If my wait was extended, I would have been destroyed.
If my wait was extended, I would have been destroyed.
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Hey if you're cis how much time have you had to devote to working out how you'd react to a hospital putting you on the wrong ward
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hey if you're cis how much time have you had to devote to working out how you'd react to a hospital putting you on the wrong ward
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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You don’t have to be perfect to do better. But doing anything at all really means a lot. It shows disabled people that you care about our lives. That you see us as worth protecting. And it means the world.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You don’t have to be perfect to do better. But doing anything at all really means a lot. It shows disabled people that you care about our lives. That you see us as worth protecting. And it means the world.
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If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
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If you invented a robot that sometimes cleaned my house really well & quickly & saved me lots of work—but *often* just moved things around without really cleaning—& *sometimes* added germs *to* the surfaces—such that just to be safe, I always had to clean after it
I don’t think I’d buy that robot
I don’t think I’d buy that robot
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you invented a robot that sometimes cleaned my house really well & quickly & saved me lots of work—but *often* just moved things around without really cleaning—& *sometimes* added germs *to* the surfaces—such that just to be safe, I always had to clean after it
I don’t think I’d buy that robot
I don’t think I’d buy that robot
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
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We were not asylum seekers, but nearly 50 years on, my mum still wistfully talks of the jewellery she had to sell to pay for the plane tickets that got us here.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We were not asylum seekers, but nearly 50 years on, my mum still wistfully talks of the jewellery she had to sell to pay for the plane tickets that got us here.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
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Holy shit. This is a game changer if true. The potential of antibiotic resistant diseases is terrifying
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Holy shit. This is a game changer if true. The potential of antibiotic resistant diseases is terrifying
Tonight in d&d a dead wizard on the back of an ancient white dragon tried to offensively planeshift one of the party to the plane of ice, where they would have been trapped with no way back. Very luckily they made their saving throw. We may be a bit fucked 🙃
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Tonight in d&d a dead wizard on the back of an ancient white dragon tried to offensively planeshift one of the party to the plane of ice, where they would have been trapped with no way back. Very luckily they made their saving throw. We may be a bit fucked 🙃
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My family used to have a contest at this time of year where we all chose a leaf from our garden tree and the person whose leaf remained on the tree longest was the winner. One year we discovered Mum had snuck out and sellotaped her leaf to the tree, and I still have so much respect for that.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My family used to have a contest at this time of year where we all chose a leaf from our garden tree and the person whose leaf remained on the tree longest was the winner. One year we discovered Mum had snuck out and sellotaped her leaf to the tree, and I still have so much respect for that.
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there's no such thing as 'good illness' as many seem to subscribe to
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
Acute and chronic viral infections, including Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, are linked with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular events, from a systematic review. Figure for SARS-CoV-2 below
newsroom.heart.org/news/some-ac...
newsroom.heart.org/news/some-ac...
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
there's no such thing as 'good illness' as many seem to subscribe to
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
whatever doesn't kill you, fucks you up
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To be really clear, Sussex ICB threatened, in writing, to close a Brighton GP practice serving 25,000 patients, purely to bully them into passing over child records. The GP did not want to pass on these records, because they understood the acute risk (& reality) of harm to trans adolescents.
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
To be really clear, Sussex ICB threatened, in writing, to close a Brighton GP practice serving 25,000 patients, purely to bully them into passing over child records. The GP did not want to pass on these records, because they understood the acute risk (& reality) of harm to trans adolescents.
Apparently posts about mental health are also auto-modded as "adult content" if you refuse to verify your age with Bluesky in the UK. So that's fun.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Apparently posts about mental health are also auto-modded as "adult content" if you refuse to verify your age with Bluesky in the UK. So that's fun.
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you'll definitely wanna go and make sure because turns out they had engaged the nanny locks for everything on mine
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
you'll definitely wanna go and make sure because turns out they had engaged the nanny locks for everything on mine
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
![Image shows a row of toilet stalls with blue doors. Text reads: " I went to use the women's toilets as I was on my period and there were no gender neutral ones. A middle aged male security guard ran in after me…he started banging on the [cubicle] door, trying to open it as he shouted "sir, sir you can't be in here”... hearing the pitch of my voice was enough for him to drop it and leave. But I sat in the toilet feeling scared, vulnerable and dirty for a good few minutes." -a non-binary person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dxbxnaywyhxdhuiiafrmy34/bafkreidejcnvaog3bhbxzgwcjjezztytalgxswj5nglv66zovq63le7oba@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.