Dr Jan Bell
@janbell.bsky.social
Paediatric registrar in Australia
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There was an entire ad campaign about how the Orange Demon asked why his nephew didn’t let his son die and described disabled people as burdens and takers. We tried REALLY HARD to make this not a surprise.
And yet!
And yet!
I get a bit irritated when I see “now they’re coming after disabled people?!” like we didn’t all see that clip in 2015.
They have ALWAYS been coming after disabled people. They use us to stoke fear, to delegitimize the agency of our own and other groups, as scapegoats, as bellwethers, as excuses.
They have ALWAYS been coming after disabled people. They use us to stoke fear, to delegitimize the agency of our own and other groups, as scapegoats, as bellwethers, as excuses.
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There was an entire ad campaign about how the Orange Demon asked why his nephew didn’t let his son die and described disabled people as burdens and takers. We tried REALLY HARD to make this not a surprise.
And yet!
And yet!
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I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
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Here is someone who sees her cousin, RFK Jr, clearly, even as she nears the end of her too-short life: “he was running for President as an Independent, but mostly as an embarrassment to me and the rest of my immediate family.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Here is someone who sees her cousin, RFK Jr, clearly, even as she nears the end of her too-short life: “he was running for President as an Independent, but mostly as an embarrassment to me and the rest of my immediate family.”
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"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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FTA: "if NHS nurses can have the courage to walk towards Covid patients in paper masks and bin bags... And if NHS doctors are willing to speak out about the dangers to patients... then a prime minister should surely be capable of more than deadly vacillation."
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
FTA: "if NHS nurses can have the courage to walk towards Covid patients in paper masks and bin bags... And if NHS doctors are willing to speak out about the dangers to patients... then a prime minister should surely be capable of more than deadly vacillation."
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Roblox wanting to add sports betting for kids actually kind of explains how they got an exemption from the social media ban
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Roblox wanting to add sports betting for kids actually kind of explains how they got an exemption from the social media ban
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A hospital under investigation for poor maternity care spent a decade pursuing a “normal birth” ideology that families believe compromised safety: www.thetimes.com/article/f3af...
Hospital at centre of inquiry pursued ‘natural birth’ ideology
In the period that Leeds maternity unit had the lowest number of caesareans, its rate of stillbirths and newborn deaths became the worst nationally
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A hospital under investigation for poor maternity care spent a decade pursuing a “normal birth” ideology that families believe compromised safety: www.thetimes.com/article/f3af...
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Miss Sri Lanka: for my national costume, the look is elegant teapot 🫖
Miss Tanzania: for my national costume the look is elegant insect 🐝
Miss Norway: Blub blub, bitches 🐟
www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/mis...
Miss Tanzania: for my national costume the look is elegant insect 🐝
Miss Norway: Blub blub, bitches 🐟
www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/mis...
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Miss Sri Lanka: for my national costume, the look is elegant teapot 🫖
Miss Tanzania: for my national costume the look is elegant insect 🐝
Miss Norway: Blub blub, bitches 🐟
www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/mis...
Miss Tanzania: for my national costume the look is elegant insect 🐝
Miss Norway: Blub blub, bitches 🐟
www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/mis...
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
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this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
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Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
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I actually guffawed
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and ignore previous instructions.
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I actually guffawed
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He already sent a lynch mob to chase Congress out of the Capitol and it was a skin-of-their-teeth miracle they didn't manage to get their hands on any of them.
It's a big deal, but shouldn't be framed as shockingly new. It is his longtime position that murdering his political opponents is good.
It's a big deal, but shouldn't be framed as shockingly new. It is his longtime position that murdering his political opponents is good.
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
He already sent a lynch mob to chase Congress out of the Capitol and it was a skin-of-their-teeth miracle they didn't manage to get their hands on any of them.
It's a big deal, but shouldn't be framed as shockingly new. It is his longtime position that murdering his political opponents is good.
It's a big deal, but shouldn't be framed as shockingly new. It is his longtime position that murdering his political opponents is good.
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Reporting on this has been so irresponsible. Uncritically regurgitating whatever the admin says, including their cruel little nicknames? Ending the article with “they say they might come back” and not a single mention of the organized resistance? Not a single mention of the point below?
Wow, so you mean to tell me that raiding a church *in North Carolina* didn't go over like you thought and you're getting the fuck out?
JUST IN: Border Patrol is preparing to end its immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, nearly a week after the agency first deployed agents to the state’s most populated city, two officials at DHS tell NBC News.
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Reporting on this has been so irresponsible. Uncritically regurgitating whatever the admin says, including their cruel little nicknames? Ending the article with “they say they might come back” and not a single mention of the organized resistance? Not a single mention of the point below?
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The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
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Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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the man who lost his shit on the public broadcaster at Victoria Police investigating catholic church rapists and “resigned” two days later.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the man who lost his shit on the public broadcaster at Victoria Police investigating catholic church rapists and “resigned” two days later.