🧵 1) Dear Rachel Reeves Hello, I'm Tim. You don't know me, so I wanted to talk to you about me & my world. It's a world of #MS #epilepsy, & #disability Can I start with symptoms? - Unable to walk. - Co-ordination problems. - Seizures, major & minor. - Depersonalisation.

Yehudit Taube, a Jewish nanny, embroidered the names of women prisoners in Ravensbruck concentration camp on a piece of Nazi flag to show the solidarity and resistance of the women #womensart In memory of the 17 million people #HolocaustMemorialDay

Embroidery by Helen Lamb in the Glascow School of Art style of embroidery, 1909 #WomensArt

What sort of democracy ransacks bookshops? The Israeli police just pillaged my brilliant friend Mahmoud Muna's wonderful bookshop opposite the American Colony, the best in Jerusalem. Apparently Muna and his nephew Ahmed have both been arrested & marched into court...

Decorators working on a shop front at the entrance to Ashton Lane off Byres Road in 1933. Once filled with workshops and stables, the lane now is well known for its bars, shops and restaurants. Ref: D-CA8/217

Last week, the new owners of the Observer wrote to tell me they would *not* be issuing me with a new contract. So...I want to say publicly that it was an absolute privilege to speak on behalf of my Observer colleagues during our strike. I don't regret doing so. And I learned so

#smalltowninertia2 I’m asked a lot why I give my time to work on Small Town Inertia. Here’s your answer. Pick a side & fight for it. Everything else is noise.

One from September 2021 of a little known Manchester School of Art and RCA trained artist who put down her brushes to light a fire 🔥 … long may it burn #InternationalWomensDay In a Glasgow Cotton Spinning Mill: Changing The Bobbin (1907) by Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960)

Most claimed PIP conditions. Oh look you can't fake any of them.

The government has announced the most devastating cuts to disability benefits on record. These plans should shame the government to its core. Here's our initial response to the new Welfare Green Paper 🧵👇

#WelfareNotWarfare Local action in York 27th March 2025 5pm Picket of City Of York Council Meeting The Guildhall St Helens Square York Please Support

📰 #Israel #Palestine Collective punishment is a war crime. Israel is doing it anyway Read more here ⤵️ middleeasteye.net/news/collectiv…

Nicola Coughlan has raised over £70,000 and counting for Not A Phase, a charity committed to uplifting and improving the lives of trans people across the UK: “To see an already marginalised community being further attacked and attacked in law is really stomach-churning and

📢 HEAR FROM MEAGHAN AND DAVID WHO DISRUPTED ISRAEL’S EUROVISION PERFORMANCE Last night, Meaghan and David jumped the barriers during Israel’s performance at the live Eurovision finale to attempt to run on the stage. Security was seen on a shocking viral video assaulting them.

A feeble old man gripping onto the stair rail for dear life, knowing the next fall is coming. Americans deserve better.

It is with great sadness that we share the news that our esteemed Chancellor and renowned humanitarian, Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer OBE, has died.  Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.   #HeriotWattUni  Sir Geoff Palmer

Imagine a world where politicians were as passionate about holding to account Israel for actual war crimes against children in Gaza - involving bombs & starvation - as they are about theoretical crimes against the IDF instigated by Bob Vylan’s awful ‘new chant’.

In Feb 2024 a track topped the Israeli charts; it called for Dua Lipa & Bella Hadid to be killed for their ‘pro-Palestinian’. Some of the reporting suggests the rap split public opinion in Israel. Sounds familiar… #BobVylan #Glastonbury.

Kemi dog whistling about 1 in 4 being disabled is just her trying to score political and media points by pushing disabled people under the bus cos she wanted the bill to be harsher. look after yourselves disabled people and use that block button freely