Shouty #feminist • #widow • Mum of 3 • Potty mouth • Serial over-caterer • Proud ❄️ • #NotMyBrexit
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined December 2010
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As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏😀
To make it worth sharing, here's a tiny Goldcrest saying 'Hi' 😁😍
Thank you very much! ♥️
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As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic.
The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma.
Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now.
We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives.
Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines.
This takes all of us ➡️ gofundme.com/f/levelup-media
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Is it Time to stop calling it “domestic abuse” or “violence against women & girls”?
It’s MALE VIOLENCE
When we identify the perpetrator rather than just the victim, we have a chance of eliminating it because we focus on the cause & not only it’s effect
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DON'T FORGET YOUR ID. YOU NEED ID TO VOTE. JUST ONE OF THE POINTLESS THINGS BROUGHT IN BY THESE CUNTS WE CAN VOTE OUT TODAY.
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I can't stress this enough.
I want my kids to grow up with an NHS.
Rivers that aren't filled with s**t.
An end to the epidemic of food banks.
Libraries reopened.
Trains that run on time.
Politicians that don't fake integrity - only to pull poundshop Trump stunts like this.
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When you go to Vote on Thursday - remember what the Tories done when people died alone
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Today we launch our month long campaign to drive awareness of coeliac disease.
Did you know that an estimated 500,000 people in the UK are living with undiagnosed coeliac disease? That’s why this year, we’re doubling down on our mission to find those individuals and guide them towards the answers they need.
Throughout May, we're shedding light on the various faces of undiagnosed coeliac disease and uncovering lesser-known facts about associated conditions like Down’s syndrome and autoimmune thyroid disease. Our goal? To encourage as many as possible to take our free online self-assessment so they can get on the road to recovery faster.
But we’re not stopping there! Our calendar is jam-packed with events - from local meetups to an online cook-along with our Ambassador @beckyexcell . Plus, we've got weekly blogs, podcasts, competitions, and so much more lined up!
In addition to our community focused initiatives, we’re taking our campaign straight to the heart of legislative power across the UK. Following our successful reception in the Scottish Parliament last year, we’re hosting similar events in the Welsh Parliament (Senedd) and the Northern Ireland Assembly. We'll also be engaging policymakers across all four UK parliaments through questions, debates, and motions.
You will also meet Mita, Anne, Tim, Joshua, his mum Dawn, and Joshua’s brother Joe - brave individuals who’ve shared their experiences as part of our campaign. Watch their video stories, and don’t forget to share your own on social media using our hashtags #CoeliacAwarenessMonth and #CoeliacStories.
There are countless ways to amplify our message and support our cause. Share your story online, organise an awareness event, check for local volunteer-led activities, or simply keep an eye out for BFree Foods stone-baked pitta breads in your supermarket - 20p for every pack sold in May goes towards supporting Coeliac UK.
How will you join in? Whether you're sharing your story, hosting an event, or supporting our cause in your community, every action counts. Find out more and get involved here: bit.ly/4dlTIVu
#CoeliacUK #CoeliacDisease #Coeliac #CeliacDisease #Celiac
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We are appealing for help to trace a 35-year-old woman, reported missing on Friday, 5 January, from the Calder area of Edinburgh. Khasha Smith has not been in touch with her family since Saturday, 4 November, 2023.
Read more here: ow.ly/pyrf50QowSj
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Zoe may have travelled to the Glasgow or Edinburgh area. Can you help? xitter.cf/syptweet/status/173608…
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There’s no food. People will die in a few hours without functioning ventilators.
In front of the main gate, there are many bodies, there are also injured patients, we can’t bring them inside.
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MISSING PERSON:
Alexander Ross (15)
Officers are currently looking to trace Alexander Ross, who was last seen at 1400 hours on Monday 23rd of October 2023 in the Meadowbank area.
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While Hamas needs to be destroyed for the brutalities & atrocities they committed, no “collective punishment” of the Palestinian people can make amends for the tragedy inflicted upon the Israeli people.
What differentiates democracies from terrorists is international law.
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This is Elizabeth El-Nakla. She is my mother-in-law. A retired nurse from Dundee, Scotland. She, like the vast majority of people in Gaza, has nothing to do with Hamas. She has been told to leave Gaza but, like the rest of the population, is trapped with nowhere to go.
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Words fail. Mass targeting of civilians.
Don’t look away.
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𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.
Check in on those around you.
#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans
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A jury read these messages from my rapist and still not everyone on that jury believed me. Even with watertight evidence women are not believed. This is the climate we live in, and yet we still ask “why didn’t she report”?
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I think this might be one of the most brilliant, important & honest pieces @MarinaHyde’s ever written. Please read it. It will stop you in your tracks. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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🚨🚨 PLEASE SHARE
This is Louis, my son's classmate.
He attends South Lodge Primary School in Invergordon. He uses a wheelchair and walking frame.
@HighlandCouncil are REFUSING to install ramps at the nearest exit arguing 1 for the building is enough.
His mother has said:
"Louis would like to be able to escape via the nearest exit in the event of an emergency in his classroom next school year.
"Louis would also like to go in and out of the class with his class mates at break time, from the same door so why is he being denied ramp access. He would also like to be able to independently move through the school without having to rely on others holding doors open."
To be clear, headmaster David Hayes Macleod and school staff have tried very hard on Loius behalf.
** Photo posted with permission, not for republication without permission."
ALT A boy smiling wearing glasses and a hat.