Shirley Widdop
@psychologicsal.bsky.social
Lapsed RGN, Socialist, hooman to 7 furbies, DCM-disabled OU psych grad, lone parent, carer & activist. Equity, compassion & justice! She/her.
Appeasement mode - activated.
June 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Appeasement mode - activated.
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This might be the most honest thing ever posted on the site.
Truth Social Crashed Amid Trump's Epic Feud With Musk—And The Error Screen Was Unintentionally On Point
The most honest thing ever posted on the site.
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June 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This might be the most honest thing ever posted on the site.
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Yesterday, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social announced an expansion of Free School Meals to all those on Universal Credit in England.
Today, we share responses from parents.
'I am constantly falling behind on topping up my son's school lunch account & it seems to cost a fortune'
[🧵 pls read & share]
Today, we share responses from parents.
'I am constantly falling behind on topping up my son's school lunch account & it seems to cost a fortune'
[🧵 pls read & share]
June 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yesterday, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social announced an expansion of Free School Meals to all those on Universal Credit in England.
Today, we share responses from parents.
'I am constantly falling behind on topping up my son's school lunch account & it seems to cost a fortune'
[🧵 pls read & share]
Today, we share responses from parents.
'I am constantly falling behind on topping up my son's school lunch account & it seems to cost a fortune'
[🧵 pls read & share]
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We have a few dogs we’ve rescued who are old and sick and don’t go far.
They do wander off sometimes for a pee and it’s hard to find them in the jungle.
Not any more 😂😂😂
They do wander off sometimes for a pee and it’s hard to find them in the jungle.
Not any more 😂😂😂
June 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We have a few dogs we’ve rescued who are old and sick and don’t go far.
They do wander off sometimes for a pee and it’s hard to find them in the jungle.
Not any more 😂😂😂
They do wander off sometimes for a pee and it’s hard to find them in the jungle.
Not any more 😂😂😂
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New blog post 🎢 by Changing Realities participant, Jo: "Just for a moment: a temporary sense of security in an uncertain world" #universalcredit #work #precarity #livedexperience Read here ⬇️
changingrealities.org/blog/just-fo...
changingrealities.org/blog/just-fo...
Today, well supposed to be tomorrow, the payment for the month will go into my bank account. It’s universal credit. And I feel awful that I get it. But if I’ve been really careful the month before, there will be more there!
changingrealities.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New blog post 🎢 by Changing Realities participant, Jo: "Just for a moment: a temporary sense of security in an uncertain world" #universalcredit #work #precarity #livedexperience Read here ⬇️
changingrealities.org/blog/just-fo...
changingrealities.org/blog/just-fo...
I'd demand Dr Max Goodwin from New Amsterdam be parachuted in to sort out the mess, lol.
May 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'd demand Dr Max Goodwin from New Amsterdam be parachuted in to sort out the mess, lol.
Having seen a copy held in Lincoln Cathedral (where, coincidentally, Ron Howard fimed The Da Vinci Code), I was enthralled by the ancient manuscript. I feel so excited for the peeps at Harvard.
Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
May 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Having seen a copy held in Lincoln Cathedral (where, coincidentally, Ron Howard fimed The Da Vinci Code), I was enthralled by the ancient manuscript. I feel so excited for the peeps at Harvard.
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The U.S. and Britain announced a trade deal last week that will create a $5 billion export opportunity for U.S. beef and other products in Britain. But British consumers remain skeptical of U.S. food production, recoiling from the thought of hormone-treated beef or chlorine-washed chicken.
U.S. Ranchers Can Sell Britons More Beef. Will They Buy It?
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The U.S. and Britain announced a trade deal last week that will create a $5 billion export opportunity for U.S. beef and other products in Britain. But British consumers remain skeptical of U.S. food production, recoiling from the thought of hormone-treated beef or chlorine-washed chicken.
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Ben Cohen, a co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was arrested on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., after he interrupted a Senate hearing to protest Congress’s funding of Israel’s military as it wages war against Hamas in Gaza.
Ben & Jerry’s Founder Arrested at Senate Hearing After Protesting War in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ben Cohen, a co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was arrested on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., after he interrupted a Senate hearing to protest Congress’s funding of Israel’s military as it wages war against Hamas in Gaza.
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A vehicle manufactured for Pope Francis’ visit to Bethlehem in 2014 is being transformed into a mobile health clinic to treat ill and wounded Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip — an initiative that he blessed in the months before he died.
A Popemobile Used by Pope Francis Will Become a Mobile Clinic in Gaza
In his last months, Pope Francis blessed an effort to transform the vehicle he used when he visited the West Bank in 2014 into a mobile health clinic to treat Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A vehicle manufactured for Pope Francis’ visit to Bethlehem in 2014 is being transformed into a mobile health clinic to treat ill and wounded Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip — an initiative that he blessed in the months before he died.
Huzzah! The Handmaid's Tale is back. Season 6, Amazon Prime. Have a blessèd day.
May 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Huzzah! The Handmaid's Tale is back. Season 6, Amazon Prime. Have a blessèd day.
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🚨BREAKING: New report shows private eye companies treating NHS patients are putting their profits before patient care.
Take 1 minute to send our letter to your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/save...
Take 1 minute to send our letter to your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/save...
Take action: save our health from profiteering private firms | We Own It
The Sunday Times and CHPI have recently reported that private eye firms are making huge profits and providing poor service to patients. It is time to change this.
weownit.org.uk
April 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: New report shows private eye companies treating NHS patients are putting their profits before patient care.
Take 1 minute to send our letter to your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/save...
Take 1 minute to send our letter to your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/save...
Hi peeps. Many thanks for all the follows. I'm still finding my way round the app. Will follow back in due course. 🤗
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi peeps. Many thanks for all the follows. I'm still finding my way round the app. Will follow back in due course. 🤗
This is so very sad. 😔
Virginia Giuffre, who was the first of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims to go public — accusing Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of recruiting her to join their sex trafficking ring — and who sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault, died on Friday. She was 41.
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their sex-trafficking ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is so very sad. 😔
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Labour MPs speak up against the govt for treating vulnerable people as criminals.
Govt to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of all benefit claimants. Take money without court order, no right of appeal.
The same won't apply to tax dodgers, money launderers, scammers, other recipients of public money.
Govt to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of all benefit claimants. Take money without court order, no right of appeal.
The same won't apply to tax dodgers, money launderers, scammers, other recipients of public money.
Should benefit claimants risk having their bank accounts spied upon and driving licences revoked? I don’t think so | Neil Duncan-Jordan
MPs like me are horrified by proposals to treat vulnerable people as suspects simply because they need state support, says Neil Duncan-Jordan, the Labour MP for Poole
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Labour MPs speak up against the govt for treating vulnerable people as criminals.
Govt to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of all benefit claimants. Take money without court order, no right of appeal.
The same won't apply to tax dodgers, money launderers, scammers, other recipients of public money.
Govt to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of all benefit claimants. Take money without court order, no right of appeal.
The same won't apply to tax dodgers, money launderers, scammers, other recipients of public money.
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MPs and peers oppose Donald Trump address to parliament during UK visit.
Trump's invitation should be withdrawn. I will vote against his entry into UK parliament; will not attend any function where he is present.
A felon, dictator, liar, threat to global peace must not be honoured by the UK govt.
Trump's invitation should be withdrawn. I will vote against his entry into UK parliament; will not attend any function where he is present.
A felon, dictator, liar, threat to global peace must not be honoured by the UK govt.
MPs and peers oppose Donald Trump address to parliament during UK visit
Concerns raised address would be inappropriate because of president’s comments about UK, Nato and Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
MPs and peers oppose Donald Trump address to parliament during UK visit.
Trump's invitation should be withdrawn. I will vote against his entry into UK parliament; will not attend any function where he is present.
A felon, dictator, liar, threat to global peace must not be honoured by the UK govt.
Trump's invitation should be withdrawn. I will vote against his entry into UK parliament; will not attend any function where he is present.
A felon, dictator, liar, threat to global peace must not be honoured by the UK govt.
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Timeline cleanser! Enjoy. 😍🤗
Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the elegance, agility and effortless natural grace of the penguin.
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Timeline cleanser! Enjoy. 😍🤗
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At the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at reporters over coverage of him sharing war plans in a second Signal chat that included members of his family and his personal lawyer.
Read more: nyti.ms/3GiswuB
Read more: nyti.ms/3GiswuB
April 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
At the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at reporters over coverage of him sharing war plans in a second Signal chat that included members of his family and his personal lawyer.
Read more: nyti.ms/3GiswuB
Read more: nyti.ms/3GiswuB
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In just three months in office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has produced a run of chaos that is unmatched in the Pentagon's recent history. His inner circle — military veterans who, like him, had little experience running large, complex organizations — is in shambles.
Under Pete Hegseth, Chaos Prevails at the Pentagon
The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military officials.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In just three months in office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has produced a run of chaos that is unmatched in the Pentagon's recent history. His inner circle — military veterans who, like him, had little experience running large, complex organizations — is in shambles.