Just another JAWS

Still trying to enjoy the world despite being one of the many JAWs (just about walkings) in a world they're making more difficult for us. #pwME

[Emma Dolan @JustMissEmma]

“I wish I can finally forgive myself for all the things I am not.”

I don’t think people talk enough about the grief of becoming someone you never planned to be...especially when that shift comes through illness.

I never imagined I’d be this body. This bed. This version of me that can’t always show up, chase dreams, or even stand... I grieve the girl I was meant to be. The one who travelled light, who said yes to everything. And I carry shame...deep, strange shame for not becoming her.

Maybe the real bravery isn’t in fighting to be who you were. Maybe it’s in gently, fiercely learning to forgive yourself for the things you’re not… and learning to honour the quiet, aching beauty of who you are.

For anyone carrying the weight of an un-lived life:
You’re still here
You’re still worthy.

Even when you’re not everything you imagined...and especially then. 🖤

[Katie @LuxMeaMundiAM]

UNIVERSAL CREDIT MISINFORMATION -

We’re all being switched from legacy benefits to UC, hence the higher numbers.
The rise in pension age also means those on UC will remain there for longer.
Bare minimum research might help you come across as less of a corrupt clown show! 👍🏻

[Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft]

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the @VC_and_GC_Assoc up to £50,000.
Time is running out following @I_W_M’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.

[holdingonME @JoannaWo4]

ME/CFS is not rare. It’s ignored.
Every May, we raise our voices for the millions who can’t.
From 2020 to 2025, nothing has changed fast enough.
We’re still here. Still missing. Still fighting.
#MillionsMissing #MECFS #InvisibleIllness #MEAwarenessMonth
Repost it for awareness !!

[ME Research UK @MEResearchUK]

12th May is International ME Awareness Day. On this day, we support the millions affected by ME & other chronic diseases including Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome, & Multiple Chemical Sensitivity https://t.co/0KuZDTnf1p

#MECFS #MEAwareness #FibromyalgiaAwareness #IMEAD2025

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@5liveSport But it's not. Link to Brentford v Chelsea goes to Tottenham game.
Radio London, even on Sounds, has Gaby Roslin.
Please sort?

[Rachel 💚 ♿ 🌍 @ChasingGlimmers]

Absolutely sickened by @RachelReevesMP comments that it's 'perverse' for disabled people to be able to claim more welfare benefits than non-disabled people 'looking for work'. Disgusted by her abhorrent towards the most vulnerable. Stop inciting hate Rachel. Just stop.

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@TalkingPicsTV Ok that's it! Dont want to miss this. My TV, no matter how many times I retune, wont show Talking TV anymore. Hasnt for ages. Are you not on freeview anymore? Do I need internet connection? Is there a problem in London? Used to watch all the time. Please help!

[Catherine @cedgson91]

NO CUTS TO DISABILITY BENEFITS
NO MORE AUSTERITY
NO MORE BENEFIT RELATED DEATHS 💀
NO MORE POVERTY

@RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour

This is what will happen if you cut benefits for disabled people

Increase it or leave it alone!!!

#disabledpeopledemand

[StevieB @StevieB09074258]

Message to Labour: if you take away people’s disability benefits they will not be able to work but they will still be disabled.

Starmer’s government has had a compassion by-pass.

#TaxWealth fix Britain.

[Socialist Voice @SocialistVoice]

First, Labour went after children by refusing to lift the Tories’ 2-child benefit cap

Then, Labour went after pensioners by revoking their Winter Fuel Payments

Now, Labour is coming for sick and disabled people

This is the changed Labour Party that Sir Keir Starmer is proud of

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@greeneking Would be lovely if your managers (that's what she claimed to be) in your pubs understood this offer. Even showed my email & your "manager" was still saying I had to spend £40 today. Now. I understand the offer. Why dont your staff?

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@MEAssociation Is this for patients or healthcare workers? Still in turmoil after being asked what M.E. was by person I assumed was a doctor. That's who I'd asked to see anyway. Happened at the same surgery where I was diagnosed several years ago.

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@SophieKLinden Or, for those of us with mobility issues, it could make it unusable. Without buses how will *we* manage?

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@MartinSLewis Also made caps smaller. Combination makes opening/re-closing hard for those of us with dexterity & strength issues. Seen nasty abuse to people who've said so from (presumably able bodied) people but it's true. I want less plastic & more recycling but like the odd soft drink too.

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@GeorgeMonbiot Days after Evening Standard front page asked if Lakanal fire caused by uPVC windows we had meeting re same being put in our high rise block. I suggested a pause til investigation over. Builder: Are you tenant or leaseholder? Me: Tenent. Builder: Then you'll get what you're given.

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@MirandaBethell @DavidAltonHL @houseoflords @BaronessDeech @UKParliament @LordWajidKhan Indeed, right (& very important) idea, wrong place. Listening to the debate in House of Lords people are talking about "nearby" St James Park. Can I say that with a 4 year old (as I used to be) & with mobility issues & a walking stick (as I am now) it is not in any way nearby.

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@HolyMolythe3rd @bo66ie29 Not 1939 no. A year later in 1940. You just googled it didnt you? There was a whole year of the phony war first.

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@WTF_Every_Day @JuJuWitchyWoo @amnesty https://t.co/3dr7KsxEkE

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

Three years ago today the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.

There's been a downward spiral of human rights violations. Women are banned from most aspects of life, torture, arbitrary detentions & enforced disappearances continue with impunity.

Coordinated action is needed now

[Just another JAWS @JAWsinLondon]

@SkipDiamondWill @MichaelRosenYes @NiGhadhraC @IdaGobetti @NuevoRoma01 Being Jewish & being Israeli are not the same so dont confuse them. Also you're wrong about people become Israelis as a quick google shows. Says "a DNA test is not considered evidence that can be used to justify immigration to Israel". Whole article here.
https://t.co/UHJamoMGhZ