Here we go lovely people! It's my favourite event of the week. The #BCLI, where I shout out loads of accounts just for being awesome. If you're not on the list, it doesn't mean I don't think you're awesome, in all honesty I've probably forgotten your handle! 1
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I'm feeling weirdly emotional for whatever reason, I literally haven't got a clue why. It might just be that the political situation is wearing me down. But when I get like this the best thing for me to do is to remind myself what a wonderful community of awesomeness..1
We have and to take strength from your love and positivity. So that's what I'm doing. First of all I wanted to thank you because today I noticed I hit 43K which is a monumental number of people to follow me for whatever reason. It's not like I'm a major celebrity or well-known 2
Personality, I'm just a bloke who rants about politics, talks about cats and makes daft videos. And yet so many people love what I do and that is my only motivation. I am so appreciative of you all, you give me loads of positive interaction I otherwise wouldn't get. 3
#Thread It's a measure of the fact that the demonisation of disabled people has been ramped up recently, particularly in the last few weeks that I even feel the need to say this, but I'm gonna say it anyway: 1
I am proud of who I am, my disability is not my fault and I wouldn't change any part of it for anything. Yes, it frustrates me, yes I laugh about it, but it is part of who I am and without it I would be a completely different person. In fact I can't think of one aspect 2
Of my life that hasn't been impacted by, from the houses we've lived in to where I went to uni. That does not mean that I am my disability, but it does mean that I will fight ableism until I die, whether that be random twunts on social media or toxic government rhetoric. 2
My lovely night owls, this is a #Thread I really didnβt want to have to write. It seems the takeover is going through after all and if everything goes to shit as a result of we will probably all end up leaving this place which has fostered our Community for quite awhile 1
If the worst does happen and this place deteriorates even further, we will have to find a new home. To this end, I am now on Mastodon (I have been since this all kicked off originally) and would help to be able to keep as many of our community together as possible 2
You lot have really helped me through some incredibly difficult times and I would absolutely hate to permanently lose contact with you all just because our platform of choice went downhill. Seriously, although many of us have never met, I feel like Iβve known some of you for ..3
Right lovely people here we go! It's this week's #BigCommunityLoveIn. I know that so many of you love this just as much as I do and I think it's more than necessary in these times when people are clearly struggling and the government don't really give a shit.1
#Thread Seven years ago today I applied for income -related ESA, at times the application process was very confusing, particularly the fact that during the initial call I had to do things like confirm my date of birth three times (surely once could have been enough) 1
And attempt to explain that I could not specify the number of hours per week I had attended the history and politics university course I had just finished because it varied so much between semesters as I'm sure a lot of UK uni students and staff can appreciate. 2
It took two calls to sort out this issue, and to confirm that I would infect need to provide medical evidence of my own unfitness for work for the first 13 weeks of my claim, despite initially being told it was completely up to my GP. With that having been sorted 3
My fantasy Cabinet based on this lovely community. I'm deliberately not putting in any blue tick accounts there will be a few deft positions in there as well because it's only a bit of fun! Don't be a fun sucker
I'm very much open to other suggestions too 1