DUP: Holds NI to ransom by striking but getting paid - top down civil disobedience. SOSNI: Holds ordinary people to financial ransom without political impact. BBC/PSNI: "Strikers, please don't cause too much disruption, civil disobedience *can* be illegal". #UppaWorkers

This. The irony is utterly galling. #uppaworkers

Today's news is not fodder for memes and jokes, or political point scoring. There will be many whose own experiences such a widely discussed story will have stirred up. Despite it being a bank holiday weekend, support is still available from (underfunded, overworked) charities.

For those who tell you voting never changes anything. Sixty years ago we went to the polls with every seat held by one party. Today, our electoral map is very different. That happened through voting, not sitting at home. irishnews.com/opinion/david-…

Read beyond headlines. Read beyond tweets. I’m *astounded* by some of the people on here I’ve seen sucked in by inflammatory tweets today.

If you're more enraged about policing women's participation in the Olympics than by a man convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl being allowed to compete, it’s time to check your priorities.

Important thread:

Now more than ever, our focus should be on our society & the system which normalises behaviours & attitudes that facilitate the escalation of violence. We each have a role in creating a culture of accountability & consent...

#Foetal Screening - NI screens later compared to elsewhere in the UK. #WomensHealth bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This is something many of us have been shouting about for years. Offering additional testing earlier in pregnancy will not remove the devastation of finding out your baby has an FFA but it could lessen the suffering of the pregnant person.

Pregnant women in Northern Ireland face discrimination over not being offered early screening for foetal abnormalities, according to gynaecology experts bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Really wish I’d stayed in bed this morning and had another hour feeling hopeful.