Jane
@janeaire.bsky.social
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This started pretty much immediately, I have already heard several examples, as well as people looking to withdraw change of conditions applications and decideling not to apply. Families will be left destitute
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 7:51 AM
This started pretty much immediately, I have already heard several examples, as well as people looking to withdraw change of conditions applications and decideling not to apply. Families will be left destitute
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In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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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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When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New Slovenian law treats entire Romany minority ‘as a security threat’
Parliament approves law giving police powers to raid and surveil homes in what are demarcated as security risk areas
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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"All I did was embolden a series of anti-queer, right-wing and anti-trans hate groups, and now there are more anti-queer hate crimes! I am appalled"
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after niece and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"All I did was embolden a series of anti-queer, right-wing and anti-trans hate groups, and now there are more anti-queer hate crimes! I am appalled"
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
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THE DAILY TISM IS HAVING A FIRE sale. 10% off all merch with the code TAKE10 at checkout the-daily-tism.teemill.com
30% off memberships for Tylenol Tier and above!
You can gift both of those things so your neurodivergent Christmas presents are sorted! You’re welcome!
30% off memberships for Tylenol Tier and above!
You can gift both of those things so your neurodivergent Christmas presents are sorted! You’re welcome!
Attention autistics! We’ve got a massssive discount going on the Tylenol tier and above to celebrate this arbitrary neurotypical shopping weekend! We have SO much great bonus content stored up for you - and you can gift memberships! Go go go!
www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...
www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
THE DAILY TISM IS HAVING A FIRE sale. 10% off all merch with the code TAKE10 at checkout the-daily-tism.teemill.com
30% off memberships for Tylenol Tier and above!
You can gift both of those things so your neurodivergent Christmas presents are sorted! You’re welcome!
30% off memberships for Tylenol Tier and above!
You can gift both of those things so your neurodivergent Christmas presents are sorted! You’re welcome!
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#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
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FREE Shipping is GO!
Get your paws on some excellent books with free delivery 28 Nov-1 Dec. Support independent bookshops, indie booksellers (and their cats.) Bookshop.org
[Site-wide | UK only | Standard shipping]
Get your paws on some excellent books with free delivery 28 Nov-1 Dec. Support independent bookshops, indie booksellers (and their cats.) Bookshop.org
[Site-wide | UK only | Standard shipping]
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
FREE Shipping is GO!
Get your paws on some excellent books with free delivery 28 Nov-1 Dec. Support independent bookshops, indie booksellers (and their cats.) Bookshop.org
[Site-wide | UK only | Standard shipping]
Get your paws on some excellent books with free delivery 28 Nov-1 Dec. Support independent bookshops, indie booksellers (and their cats.) Bookshop.org
[Site-wide | UK only | Standard shipping]
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28th November 2025 08.03
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
28th November 2025 08.03
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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Just noticed that Channel 4 has Anna and the Apocalypse available for free. It's the Scottish Christmas zombie musical comedy you didn't know you needed. It's seriously fun.
youtu.be/dfWIfwKJ7vA?...
youtu.be/dfWIfwKJ7vA?...
ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE Official Trailer (2018)
YouTube video by Orion Pictures
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November 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Just noticed that Channel 4 has Anna and the Apocalypse available for free. It's the Scottish Christmas zombie musical comedy you didn't know you needed. It's seriously fun.
youtu.be/dfWIfwKJ7vA?...
youtu.be/dfWIfwKJ7vA?...
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It's friday! Time for the weekly good news thread. What's YOUR good news from the week? My good news? The #Creatives4Sudan auction has had an amazing response so far. Bid on everything from pro tv script reads to paintings and signed books from Katherine Rundell! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It's friday! Time for the weekly good news thread. What's YOUR good news from the week? My good news? The #Creatives4Sudan auction has had an amazing response so far. Bid on everything from pro tv script reads to paintings and signed books from Katherine Rundell! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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was talking to pals there about neurodivergence and how you notice it absolutely everywhere when you’ve discovered it about yourself. So I said these are the sections of society I firmly believe are 90% neurodivergent people:
- nuns
- pearly kings and queens
- anyone doing a PhD
- nuns
- pearly kings and queens
- anyone doing a PhD
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
was talking to pals there about neurodivergence and how you notice it absolutely everywhere when you’ve discovered it about yourself. So I said these are the sections of society I firmly believe are 90% neurodivergent people:
- nuns
- pearly kings and queens
- anyone doing a PhD
- nuns
- pearly kings and queens
- anyone doing a PhD
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Let's try this again... Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Let's try this again... Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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So far, we've managed to eradicate just one human disease: smallpox. But we’re getting closer to banishing a few others. Preventing suffering. Saving lives. Reducing the burden on healthcare systems.
informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnew...
informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnew...
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So far, we've managed to eradicate just one human disease: smallpox. But we’re getting closer to banishing a few others. Preventing suffering. Saving lives. Reducing the burden on healthcare systems.
informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnew...
informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnew...
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And from Art nouveau to Ziggurats join fellow architectural style lovers for the @c20society.bsky.social
Christmas lecture..Last few in person tickets here. But there are also tickets to watch online...
One for all twentieth century-loving girls and boys
Christmas lecture..Last few in person tickets here. But there are also tickets to watch online...
One for all twentieth century-loving girls and boys
EVENT: Join C20 President @SamiraAhmedUK
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
And from Art nouveau to Ziggurats join fellow architectural style lovers for the @c20society.bsky.social
Christmas lecture..Last few in person tickets here. But there are also tickets to watch online...
One for all twentieth century-loving girls and boys
Christmas lecture..Last few in person tickets here. But there are also tickets to watch online...
One for all twentieth century-loving girls and boys
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"Women helped make Trump. Trump never intended to repay the favor. Some women will figure that out sooner than others." Great stuff as usual by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Women helped make Trump. Trump never intended to repay the favor. Some women will figure that out sooner than others." Great stuff as usual by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
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This echoes the stories of people I've known for 2 decades. Disgraceful.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This echoes the stories of people I've known for 2 decades. Disgraceful.
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Last chance to have your say on disabled access before the UK's largest Access Survey closes!
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#AccessMatters #DisabledAccess #SmallCharity
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#AccessMatters #DisabledAccess #SmallCharity
The Euan’s Guide Access Survey is now open – and we need to hear from you!
A blog post about the Euan's Guide Access Survey opening in October 2025.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Last chance to have your say on disabled access before the UK's largest Access Survey closes!
buff.ly/bYHGbKl
#AccessMatters #DisabledAccess #SmallCharity
buff.ly/bYHGbKl
#AccessMatters #DisabledAccess #SmallCharity
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🚨 New analysis alert!
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨 New analysis alert!
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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The analysis is starting to come through this morning but if you want a rapid look at what the Budget changed for your finances, here’s the Money Box Live programme we made just an hour and a half after the chancellor sat back down:
Money Box - Money Box Live: Autumn Budget 2025 - BBC Sounds
The chancellor has delivered the Autumn Budget - what does it mean for your money?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The analysis is starting to come through this morning but if you want a rapid look at what the Budget changed for your finances, here’s the Money Box Live programme we made just an hour and a half after the chancellor sat back down:
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26th November 2025 07.40
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
26th November 2025 07.40