Perth Pacifier 🇺🇦

[Perth Pacifier 🇺🇦 @PerthPacifier]

@Gypsypup13 I presume her mother is/was exactly the same? Didn't her parents publicly state they were proud of her. Not sure for what, unless she learnt her trade from them directly.

[Perth Pacifier 🇺🇦 @PerthPacifier]

@SusanCalman @Memebarbiegirl Little Toby (blind) wants to be next in line please 💙 if he can stay awake....

[Perth Pacifier 🇺🇦 @PerthPacifier]

@CareChampions2 @wicklowcoco any particular reason you're dragging your heels on getting this sorted??

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

This is 79-year-old Robert Thompson from Bray. Robert is completely blind, but until recently, he has managed to live a highly independent life with the help of his brilliant guide dog, Rhona.

But right now, Wicklow County Council is failing him, and the entire visually impaired community.

For years, the audible signals at pedestrian crossings across Bray have been faulty. Recently, things have gone from bad to worse. The critical audio signals that tell Robert where the crossing pole is (the "wait" sound) and when it is actually safe to cross (the "go" sound) have stopped working entirely on busy routes near his home.

"There’s no way I would cross that road without the sound," Robert says. "It’s just too dangerous."

To make matters worse, recent changes to the local Dublin bus network (replacing the old 145 route with the E1 spine) mean his usual handy bus stops are gone. Because the council has left the nearby pedestrian signals broken, Robert can no longer cross the street safely at his local stop.

Robert is now forced to get off the bus early and walk a massive, grueling 1.5 kilometers EACH WAY along a highly dangerous, busy stretch of road just to find a single working crossing.

Robert has contacted Wicklow County Council repeatedly. They have acknowledged his complaints, but they have met him with absolute silence regarding any actual repairs.

Basic mobility and safety should be a right, not a luxury. By ignoring these broken signals for years, the council is effectively trapping vulnerable residents in their own towns and actively stripping away their independence.

Please SHARE this post! Let’s get the word out and force Wicklow County Council to do their job, fix the audio signals in Bray, and restore safety and freedom to Robert and others who rely on them!

#WicklowCountyCouncil #AccessibilityMatters #Bray #Inclusion #GuideDogsIreland #RobertThompson

https://t.co/2x43RYro4E

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Farage is, always has been and always will be the establishment. Like his hero Trump his skill is being able to persuade people he is one of them when in truth he is of money, for money and obsessed with having it. As for being subject to over zealous media I can think of few other senior politicians who have had such an easy ride from our press over the years. Questions unanswered. Scandals ignored. Treated as a jovial commentator. Today was a long desperate whinge by a man being found out and needing to shift the narrative. Classic Trump distraction strategy. Still at least a by election means the people of Clacton might get to see him for once. Will be discussing on @RestIsPolitics with @mehdirhasan out later today

[Perth Pacifier 🇺🇦 @PerthPacifier]

@SabineBneu Disgusting

[Sabine 💙🇩🇪🚜🇭🇺 @SabineBneu]

Meine Tochter geht morgen in ein Konzert. Getränke darf man nicht mitbringen. In der Allianz Arena kosten 0,5 l Wasser 11 Euro! In der Hitze MUSS man was trinken. Was für eine bodenlose Abzocke😡😡😡.

[𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐎'𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧 @ob83_Matt]

I paid €2500 for a premium ticket only to be told I can't take my hand luggage, full of vital medication, as the flight 'is full' (BA417). With a short connection to USA, on an already delayed flight, words escape me!

@British_Airways stand by for complaints / Compensation!

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I'm confident nobody will share this.

[Perth Pacifier 🇺🇦 @PerthPacifier]

@bt_uk if your systems are down, how about stating this on your website?
On hold for 35 mins, being serenaded by such gems as Pink Pony Club, only to be told "sorry, we can't access any account data & we don't know when the issue will be fixed. You're better to call us back".

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

Apparently, I've been enrolled on a four-week NHS programme for people who have had cancer.

The first appointment, which includes something called a "Holistic Needs Assessment", is in ten days' time.

But instead of feeling supported, this letter has made me feel angry.

Because nobody told me anything about it until the letter arrived.

Nobody asked whether I wanted to attend.
Nobody checked whether I was available.

And in the six months since my treatment ended, not one healthcare professional has been in touch to ask if I was OK.

Apparently, I have to attend the initial assessment before I can discover what weeks two, three and four actually involve - or even what time commitment I am expected to make.

Many cancer patients have already spent months organising their lives around appointments they didn't choose.

So enrolling them on programmes without their consent risks creating exactly the sort of stress the programme is supposed to alleviate.

Which is ironic, given that financial wellbeing is apparently one of the areas covered.

Because many patients have already lost income as a result of treatment. If they're self-employed, like me, every appointment comes with a direct financial cost.

All that aside ...

I am a woman who had breast cancer.
I am not on a 'pathway'.
I am not a box to be ticked.

I am a human being. An individual. Which means my experience of cancer is unique to me - just as every other patient's experience is unique to them.

And I cannot help wondering how much money has been invested in creating programmes like this when some of the basics still seem so hard to get right.

Like making the time to actually speak to cancer patients.

And simply asking:

What support do you already have?
What support might you need?

Then actually listening to what they have to say.

And asking for their consent before enrolling them in 'wellbeing' programmes - rather than assuming.

Because sometimes a simple phone call from someone who sounds as though they genuinely care can be all a patient needs.

And that phone call didn't come when I actually
needed it.

[Jörg Kipper @kipper_jorg]

Hallo.. Bitte Bitte helft uns..

Wie Ihr vielleicht gelesen habt ist unsere Tochter am Mittwoch den 17.06. ca.14:00Uhr kurz vor der Grenze zu Deutschland auf der A44 Richtung Aachen tödlich verunglückt.
Da sie allein unterwegs war( kam vom Tanken in Eynatten) wissen wir so gar nicht was passiert ist ☹️.Die belgische Polizei ( erst Akteneinsicht anfordern) sonst bekommen wir keine Zeugenaussage.Die Deutsche Polizei und die belgische Polizei haben 12Stunden gebraucht um uns zu Informieren 😭😭.
Daher möchte ich hier einen Aufruf starten um vielleicht jemanden zu finden der evtl.was gesehen hat und uns was in unserem Schmerz sagen kann.

Es wäre schön wenn Ihr es teilt damit es viele erreicht. 🙏
Wir danken euch von ganzem 💔

Mit dem hellblauen Mini war sie unterwegs.

[Chris Phillips @CJPhillips1982]

A real long shot but can people retweet this please.

Yesterday all my items were stolen in Eastbourne including my stats book which has 20 years worth of details in. Laptops, phones, clothes, shavers etc can all be replaced but this can’t and is useless to anyone else. It’s in a plastic folder you can see in the left hand side of this photo. Can anyone in that neck of the woods please keep an eye out. I’m gutted about this.

[Perth Pacifier 🇺🇦 @PerthPacifier]

@amazonDE @amazon is there a reason you don't supply your delivery team in Germany with trolley bags to make their jobs easier?
Watching some poor guys dragging huge, heavy bags noisily along the pavement each day - there's got to be a smarter way!

[Emma @MrsEmmaWebber]

Barnaby Philip John Webber
11/01/2004-13/06/2023 💔

If you can, share these images of the beautiful soul stolen from us by the worst of humanity.

Let his face today burn bright.
Barney, I promise you there will be accountability 💛💚

For You. For Grace. For Ian.

[caoimhe @lovinqmount]

you raped a woman so violently that her tampon was lodged inside of her uterus & it had to be removed with forceps. shut the fuck up

[Narinder Kaur @narindertweets]

This is possibly the saddest thing I've seen in a long time..an immigrant nurse talking about fleeing her home..she saved her UNIFORM. So she could still WORK for our communities.

I'd fill this country with a thousand of this woman than one of those good for nothing thugs.
God help this poor woman.

[BarticusMUC @BarticusMuc]

@British_Airways what's this all about please?!

[LJHAMMOND @LJHAMMOND2]

STOLEN. Overnight from outside my home in Canterbury. Honda CB500. V329DPN. They cut through the security chain. Reported to Police. Please repost. I am not optimistic about getting it back but the more people who see this post the more chance there is.

[Caroline Farrow @CF_Farrow]

I want to recap what actually happened at M&S, because some people seem determined to turn this into something it was not.

I went early evening because I thought the shop would be quieter. I was shopping with my teenage daughter, who is autistic and has sensory issues around clothing.

Anyone who parents a child with sensory difficulties will understand how hard clothes shopping can be. Fabric, fit, seams, tightness, waistbands, labels, texture, all of it matters. Something can look perfectly fine on the hanger and be completely unbearable once worn.

Ordering several sizes online and returning them is neither logistically nor economically feasible for us, and in any case my daughter likes to touch and see things before deciding whether she is comfortable with them. That approach simply doesn’t work for her.

So, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing would have suited me better than for my daughter to be able to try the clothes on and ensure she has enough things to see her through Summer.

That was the whole point of going to the changing rooms.

I was not looking for confrontation. I was not trying to make a political point. I was trying to make an ordinary shopping trip work for an autistic teenage girl who finds clothes difficult.

I walked into the changing area calmly and practically. My intention was to find a suitable cubicle, ideally the larger disabled one, check that it felt safe and manageable, and then encourage my daughter to follow me in.

That was the plan.

Had she been able to try the clothes on, it would have saved time, stress, uncertainty, returns, and the familiar nightmare of buying something that later turns out to be impossible for her to wear.

So the idea that I somehow wanted there to be a problem is absurd.

The changing room was supposed to be the solution.

The problem arose when my daughter became distressed by the presence of a male member of staff supervising the changing area. I had not anticipated her reaction. It was not scripted by me. I did not wind her up. I did not march in looking for a row.

She reacted. I saw her distress. I took it seriously.

And yes, I think a teenage girl, particularly an autistic teenage girl, is entitled to feel safe and comfortable in a changing-room environment.

This is not complicated. It is not about hating anyone. It is not about being difficult. It is not about “vibes” or emotional projection or whatever patronising theory people wish to attach to it online.

It is about a vulnerable young woman trying to buy clothes, and finding that the space provided did not feel safe or appropriate to her.

Parents of autistic children spend a lot of time trying to prepare, adapt, reassure, smooth things over, and make ordinary life manageable. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.

On this occasion, it didn’t.

But I will not apologise for taking my daughter’s distress seriously. Or believing that M&S should change their policy.