Jennifer D Begg

Annoyingly enthusiastic about too many things. Co founder, TwoBees #ADHD (She / her). Host of @DiscoverEcon #podcast

[ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse]

One of the hardest things to explain to people without ADHD:

• when it’s interesting, I can start on it
• when it’s uninteresting, I can’t

Note that the second one is not “I don’t want to.” I literally CAN’T.

I have to convince my brain it is interesting to even get started.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Pls help me spread word tomorrow (tue) 8pm on ITV I'll be talking you through how to check if you can boost your State Pension by possibly £10,000s. There is an urgent deadline coming after which many lose the opportunity.

This is a must watch for anyone age 40 to 73.

[BPAS @BPAS1968]

Part of Vance's comments yesterday focused on the Scottish safe access zone law. It might be a snappy talking point to claim 'private prayer is banned' but it has no basis in truth.

See what our Head of Advocacy @rachaelfrclarke had to say to the Scottish Parliament about it 👇

[BPAS @BPAS1968]

When we said the US anti-abortion extremists had their sights set on the UK, we really weren't kidding.

Across Britain, Parliaments voted for these laws to protect women. We're not backing down.

#prochoice #antiharassment #backoff

[Diary of a Disabled Person🍉 @WheelerDax]

I have a full time job. I am also on PIP.
I need PIP to be able to work; without it I couldn't afford mobility aids (and their upkeep), medication, and therapy.
PIP is also my only legal 'proof'of being disabled, & is essential to access services I need.

[michelle maher @mmaher70]

0% fraud on PIP year to April 2024 DWP figures

#bbcl

[Colin Gorrie @colingorrie]

Tomorrow is Burns Night, when Scotland honours its greatest poet.

But Robert Burns wasn't just writing poems — he was reviving the Scots language.

Scots was once spoken by kings — but it was cast aside.

Here's the untold tale of English's closest cousin, and how it survived 🧵

[Jennifer D Begg @JenniferDBegg]

@StephanieYeboah WTAF! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

It’s that time of year again—the World Economic Forum in Davos kicks off today. Once again, global elites will gather to discuss everything, except their own tax avoidance and evasion.

🧵 Thread -->

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

Reposting this today in honor of Dolly Parton’s 79th birthday!

[ADHD Designer 🟣👩🏻‍💻 @ADHDdesigner]

25% of prisoners meet the criteria for ADHD diagnosis, only 2/3 of adults with ADHD are employed, are 60% more likely to be fired than other employees, 13% have tried to commit suicide, and 50% have been diagnosed with depression.

But tell me again how ADHD isn't a disability.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Hello @Keir_Starmer I hope you’re having a good start to Christmas . I didn’t know who else to write to so I’m hoping you can help . Please make some calls & get this poor woman out of prison for Christmas . This doesn’t reflect well on the UK . Thanks #loveactually Please RT

@DavidLammy @AngelaRayner @Ed_Miliband

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

For me, that's a false comparison. In the 1980s a typical house price was around 3x annual salary, now its over 6x (and over 10x in some parts of the country). It is clearly more difficult for first timers to buy, evidenced by the fact the average age of first ownership has risen substantially.

What matters most to people is what's changing. If you buy a house on 2% interest rate and it rises to 6% that's a big hit. Buy at 10% and its stay at 10% and your budgeting works.

In the last few months worst of all we've see fixed rate mortgages rise, while fixed rate savings fall. So the margins are getting bigger.

[Jennifer D Begg @JenniferDBegg]

@ElizaTalks @FullerProject That’s awesome Eliza! Congratulations (and well deserved) 🥰🥳🥳

[Тania Melnyczuk @ekverstania]

To all these UK people who are puzzled about why there's sooo much pneumonia going around in your country, lemme tell you a short story about TB (tuberculosis) in South Africa to help you understand what's going on.

🧵

[Yasmine Mohammed 🦋 ياسمين محمد @YasMohammedxx]

In Afghanistan, women are not allowed to see male doctors

Also, women are not allowed to study medicine

So what’s the long term plan here? If a woman in Afghanistan gets sick, she can just die?

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

I sit in on many Work Capability Assessments, #Dispatches, because the level of suspiciousness, disbelief and scrutiny is such from the DWP I can’t otherwise always keep patients safe. Claimants near universally UNDERPLAY difficulties and so don’t always get the support needed.

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

Last night's @C4Dispatches was an insult to the millions of Disabled people on the poverty line.

Why is blame placed at our feet for helping one another access the support we need to survive, not the complex bureaucratic barriers placed in our way by the social security system?

[Leslie Jones 🦋 @Lesdoggg]

THIS!