Percy Pocket
@percypocket.bsky.social
A mover and a shaker. Especially when it’s rainy.
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Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Listen (2022) by Tatiana An.
Acrylic on canvas.
Acrylic on canvas.
June 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Listen (2022) by Tatiana An.
Acrylic on canvas.
Acrylic on canvas.
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I’ve been slowly chipping away at my idea for an essay collection and my outlines are kind of vague right now but still I just wrote 900 words about how getting sick forced me to confront & unlearn the idea that I had to Earn My Keep.
like oh, I guess I DO feel strongly about this, cool.
like oh, I guess I DO feel strongly about this, cool.
June 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’ve been slowly chipping away at my idea for an essay collection and my outlines are kind of vague right now but still I just wrote 900 words about how getting sick forced me to confront & unlearn the idea that I had to Earn My Keep.
like oh, I guess I DO feel strongly about this, cool.
like oh, I guess I DO feel strongly about this, cool.
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Open Window, Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
June 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Open Window, Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
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Labour MP Nadia Whittome, "We don't want to be voting against this Welfare Bill, we want the government to pull it"
"We want them to engage and consult disabled people and come back with a proposal that protects the dignity of disabled people" #C4News
"We want them to engage and consult disabled people and come back with a proposal that protects the dignity of disabled people" #C4News
June 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Labour MP Nadia Whittome, "We don't want to be voting against this Welfare Bill, we want the government to pull it"
"We want them to engage and consult disabled people and come back with a proposal that protects the dignity of disabled people" #C4News
"We want them to engage and consult disabled people and come back with a proposal that protects the dignity of disabled people" #C4News
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June 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Our NHS is not for sale. With Trump ramping up his trade wars trade talks must not open the door to US healthcare companies profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during negotiations. Agree? Add your name: 38d.gs/april_bsky
Don't sell our NHS for a trade deal with Trump
Our NHS is not for sale. Trade talks with Trump must not open the door to US healthcare profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during deal negotiations....
38d.gs
April 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Our NHS is not for sale. With Trump ramping up his trade wars trade talks must not open the door to US healthcare companies profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during negotiations. Agree? Add your name: 38d.gs/april_bsky
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You are not a burden because you need support.
You are not faking because you don’t collapse every day.
You are not undeserving because a spreadsheet says so.
#DisabilityBenefits cuts are a lie.
You are not faking because you don’t collapse every day.
You are not undeserving because a spreadsheet says so.
#DisabilityBenefits cuts are a lie.
April 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
You are not a burden because you need support.
You are not faking because you don’t collapse every day.
You are not undeserving because a spreadsheet says so.
#DisabilityBenefits cuts are a lie.
You are not faking because you don’t collapse every day.
You are not undeserving because a spreadsheet says so.
#DisabilityBenefits cuts are a lie.
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As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
March 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
This Mother’s Day, show your support for mums of missing children. Join The Mirror, Missing People, and 38 Degrees by signing their petition calling for urgent government action. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Don’t let missing people fall through the gaps!
Every year, 170,000 children and adults go missing. Many are found, but others remain missing, leaving them at serious risk of harm and causing heartbreak for their loved ones.
People disappear for ma...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This Mother’s Day, show your support for mums of missing children. Join The Mirror, Missing People, and 38 Degrees by signing their petition calling for urgent government action. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Today, The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, is published in the UK in paperback. The timing, as the government disastrously follows the neoliberal script to the letter, could scarcely be more appropriate. www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
The Invisible Doctrine
This book is dynamite' - Caroline Lucas | 'Fantastic' - Mark Ruffalo
We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our...
www.penguin.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Today, The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, is published in the UK in paperback. The timing, as the government disastrously follows the neoliberal script to the letter, could scarcely be more appropriate. www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
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Finland ended homelessness - more cheaply than allowing it to continue.
Bottom line - allowing homelessness to exist is a choice, not an unfortunate reality.
Finland ended homelessness - more cheaply than allowing it to continue.
Bottom line - allowing homelessness to exist is a choice, not an unfortunate reality.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Finland ended homelessness - more cheaply than allowing it to continue.
Bottom line - allowing homelessness to exist is a choice, not an unfortunate reality.
Finland ended homelessness - more cheaply than allowing it to continue.
Bottom line - allowing homelessness to exist is a choice, not an unfortunate reality.
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Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious
March 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious
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"The sat nav says it's this way."
"But that's a cliff!"
"The sat nav's never wro - aaaaargh ...."
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"But that's a cliff!"
"The sat nav's never wro - aaaaargh ...."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"The sat nav says it's this way."
"But that's a cliff!"
"The sat nav's never wro - aaaaargh ...."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"But that's a cliff!"
"The sat nav's never wro - aaaaargh ...."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
There is a public consultation about these changes - as mentioned in the interview here. Please share about the consultation (link below) - we desperately need our voices to be heard!
www.gov.uk/.../pathways....
www.gov.uk/.../pathways....
www.gov.uk
March 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There is a public consultation about these changes - as mentioned in the interview here. Please share about the consultation (link below) - we desperately need our voices to be heard!
www.gov.uk/.../pathways....
www.gov.uk/.../pathways....
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Recording with:
- Dr @davidjoffe64.bsky.social : an overview of biological basis of Long COVID
- Dr @davetuller1.bsky.social : on basis of psycho-behavioural therapy focusing on the PACE trial & a major #LongCOVID trial"
youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho
From latest Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs
- Dr @davidjoffe64.bsky.social : an overview of biological basis of Long COVID
- Dr @davetuller1.bsky.social : on basis of psycho-behavioural therapy focusing on the PACE trial & a major #LongCOVID trial"
youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho
From latest Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs
March 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Recording with:
- Dr @davidjoffe64.bsky.social : an overview of biological basis of Long COVID
- Dr @davetuller1.bsky.social : on basis of psycho-behavioural therapy focusing on the PACE trial & a major #LongCOVID trial"
youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho
From latest Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs
- Dr @davidjoffe64.bsky.social : an overview of biological basis of Long COVID
- Dr @davetuller1.bsky.social : on basis of psycho-behavioural therapy focusing on the PACE trial & a major #LongCOVID trial"
youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho
From latest Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs
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Hi friends, my friend Kristine (who made my logo and taught me how to paint) is dealing with a custody situation. Her son's father took him out of state even though she has full custody, and she's raising funds for legal expenses to get him returned. Please share 💜
www.gofundme.com/f/support-kr...
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Donate to Support Kristine's Legal Battle for Gordon's Return, organized by Kristine Reiner
Help Me Bring Gordon Home
Hi, my name is Kristine, and I’m a mot… Kristine Reiner needs your support for Support Kristine's Legal Battle for Gordon's Return
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March 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hi friends, my friend Kristine (who made my logo and taught me how to paint) is dealing with a custody situation. Her son's father took him out of state even though she has full custody, and she's raising funds for legal expenses to get him returned. Please share 💜
www.gofundme.com/f/support-kr...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-kr...
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In defiance of international rules, our used tyres are exported to India, to be pyrolysed at vast cost to workers' health & air quality. The government sits on its hands. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social, we want to mount a crowdfunded challenge. Could you help? 🧵 stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com
Stop UK tyre exports for burning
Stop UK tyre exports for burning : Make a donation today to support Stop UK tyre exports for burning
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March 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In defiance of international rules, our used tyres are exported to India, to be pyrolysed at vast cost to workers' health & air quality. The government sits on its hands. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social, we want to mount a crowdfunded challenge. Could you help? 🧵 stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com
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We needed a nature equivalent of net zero in the Environment Act. As Kerry McCarthy MP rightly called for in 26 January 2021. 🧐 tinyurl.com/47d6par7
March 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We needed a nature equivalent of net zero in the Environment Act. As Kerry McCarthy MP rightly called for in 26 January 2021. 🧐 tinyurl.com/47d6par7
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In the next essay in our Color of Long COVID series, supported by the Disability Visibility Project, Christina Igaraividez writes about making a new friend with #LongCOVID, and how their connection helped build up each other’s confidence and hope. bit.ly/4bW3mhf
March 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In the next essay in our Color of Long COVID series, supported by the Disability Visibility Project, Christina Igaraividez writes about making a new friend with #LongCOVID, and how their connection helped build up each other’s confidence and hope. bit.ly/4bW3mhf