“well I’ve had to scrape the stuff off my bus” in a very disgruntled tone. M1 from Bedminster Parade heading into the city centre at 08:20 today

This is why disabled people hate using public transport @firstbus.bsky.social

instead chose to pull the bus slightly forward and slightly scraped it against the pavement (it barely kissed the pavement). When I thanked the driver as I boarded the bus he said something like (I can’t remember the exact words)…

Thank you, I’m glad it was me and not someone who could be crushed by this treatment and not leave their house again

NK Jemisin’s Broken Earth Series is quite dystopian

I won’t afford my rent, I’ll have to start claiming other benefits and the stress will negatively impact my health, possibly leading to be not being able to work. I’ll get evicted from my home and end up in council funded temporary accommodation, needing more help from the NHS and not paying any tax

If I lose access to PIP I won’t be able to afford a cleaner and will have to either reduce my work hours and pay less tax, or overtax my body and make my health worse, which would mean I have to reduce my working hours. If I reduce my working hours just so that I can have the energy to clean, then…

PIP enables me to pay for a cleaner so my limited energy isn’t used up keeping my house clean. It enables me to pay for other things to reduce the impact of my disability, and cover some, not all of the extra costs associated with being disabled…

This morning I’ve cleaned the litter tray, had a shower, cleaned my teeth and dressed.

In the before times this would have taken 15-20 minutes and I’d not have noticed the energy expenditure.

Today it took 3 hours and I’m exhausted. It used 20% of my pace points (I’ll explain those in a bit).

It worked, recycling collected today

I’m hoping this works as official channels haven’t

Well this morning my wheelie bin was emptied, I’d left this note on the top of the bin. The person emptying the bin picked the note up, read it, then took it to the person driving the bin truck. I’m hoping they give it to the recycling collection crew that cover this area

Last summer I had 3 months without collection until I tracked down the Bristol waste CEO and emailed him directly - might do that again soon

My recycling was collected regularly over Christmas but not since mid January. Bristol Waste are a waste of oxygen

If only Bristol Waste would collect my recycling

mmmmmmm Dosa

I also want to complain that there seems to be no way to speak to a helpful human when there is an issue. You can't run a business without customer support that is contactable. AI is not customer support. Hire Workers! Pay Workers! Don't rely on AI to do a humans job.