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kathmbrom.bsky.social
@kathmbrom.bsky.social
Manc mum of four working around inclusion. Trying to make the world a better place whilst also being a positive disrupter. Not everyone's cup of tea but trying to be ok with that. 🌹💕🕊️🌹
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"Empowering local people" is crucial as Steve Coogan - interviewed at #CoopCongress - explains why he is championing #coops in this Manchester Evening News piece👇
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
@rosemarley.bsky.social
Steve Coogan on Oasis, Kneecap and Co-ops and why he wants to change the world
Steve Coogan has recently become an ambassador for local co-op Middleton Co-operating. And after years of disillusionment with politics he tells Damon Wilkinson it has reinvigorated his belief in the ...
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Congrats to Oldham Athletic, back in the English Football League after three years away. #oafc www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Oldham Athletic v Southend United LIVE: National League play-off final score & updates
Follow live text, radio commentary and score updates as Oldham Athletic face Southend United in the National League promotion final.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Great morning at the GM Co-operative Party policy chat in Manchester. Refreshing and interesting. I bloomin love the cooperative movement and I love Manchester!
#gmcooperatives #cooperativeparty
May 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
💔heartbreaking scenes in Liverpool. My daughter is close and is ok but footage is shocking. Love to those affected.
May 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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📰 New autism research

"Both autistic and non-autistic participants in this study robustly preferred neurodiversity-aligned terms, such as “neurodivergent” and “difference,” to traditional terms assuming pathology and deficiency"

www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

#autismresearch #LTU
Neurodiversity Movement Identification and Perceived Appropriateness of Terms Used to Describe Autism | Autism in Adulthood
Background: Autism terminology is highly controversial. The debate regarding person-first and identity-first language is particularly well-studied, but the present study explores views on different te...
www.liebertpub.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Sobbing like a baby here.

Time to say goodbye, Gary.

#MOTD
#Linekar
May 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Great to see Angela Rayner announce new rules meaning developers must set build timelines before getting planning permission. Those who stall or speculate risk penalties or being barred from future projects.

Something we called for in this report: www.ippr.org/articles/str...
May 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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When talking with someone about their mental health, it’s important to use language they feel comfortable with.

Ask, don't make assumptions. But don’t let fear of saying the wrong thing stop conversations.

This guide will help you reflect on the language of mental health.
Communicating about mental health - TLAP
This guide will help you to understand and reflect on the language we use to communicate about mental health.
buff.ly
May 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is a special place in memory....
In memory of the 22 victims who sadly lost their lives on this day 8 years ago at the Manchester Arena attack, here is the Glade of Light built to commemorate that fateful night 🐝🐝 #RestInPeace #Manchester #UrbanGaze #Mcr22 #ManchesterArena #MartynsLaw #EastCoastKin 🐝🐝
May 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The historic protest comes to its end.

After a record 25 hours & 5 minutes, an emotional Cory Booker completes his marathon Senate speech by quoting the late Rep. John Lewis:

“Let’s get in good trouble. My friend, Madam President, I yield the floor.”
April 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Amazing to be at lde conference today. Seeing old friends and meeting new but more importantly firing ourselves up to change things. I mention Keys to citizenship almost daily so great to hear about the new book to help it land.....@learningdiseng.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
February 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the last few weeks I've been to a funeral and a memorial where social justice, faith and politics intertwined. Powerful reminders to be humane in our roles. Feels fitting at this moment in history. #bemoretony
January 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So busy day,trying to do good and work to my skills(not easy as anyone who knows me knows)then I see what the 47th has done in one day. Only one way to calm the sadness at the pain caused for ego.....#westwing #fire #wine
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social you are amazing!
Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says Phillips www.bbc.com/news/article...
Elon Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says Jess Phillips
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser has fiercely criticised the safeguarding minister in recent days.
www.bbc.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
January 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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CW: maternal death

17 December 1819 Mary Heys died. Four months earlier, while pregnant, she had been trampled by cavalry at the Peterloo Massacre Manchester, resulting in severe bruising, daily fits, and ultimately her death giving birth prematurely.
December 17, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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It is a peculiarity of the British constitution that the viability of leaders of the opposition must be tested by their attitudes towards and behaviour in regard to sandwiches. Bagehot wrote at length about this.
December 12, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Feels good to have deleted Twitter permanently..... a small step towards compassion
December 12, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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"Forty per cent of men under the age of twenty five in prison today were in care. For me they have already been failed by society."

Prison reform campaigner, Matthew Torbitt, explains why early Government intervention could prevent imprisonment and save money.

#Newsnight
December 11, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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“If local authorities keep commissioning care by the bed, task or hour, then you'll offer beds, tasks and hours”. Never a truer word, @neilmcrowther.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 6:19 AM
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Events and conferences about care and support must be more inclusive, ensuring that people who draw on care and support themselves are heard.

Involving people meaningfully in events can help to shape policies and practices that better reflect their experiences. (1/2)
December 11, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Alma's not normal...... I'm in bits 😢. 💔 and hilarious whilst shining a light on our mental health system. Northern writing at its best take a bow Sophie Willan 🙌
December 10, 2024 at 11:11 PM