Dawn Bracken💙

Loves swimming, former Olympic fan. Sport should be for everyone but it should be fair. All views my own

[Dawn Bracken💙 @dawnbracken]

@pullbuoy @BTM9876 I don't have a problem with neutral athletes swimming as individuals because they shouldn't be punished for things they have no control over. I don't agree with neutral athletes in teams. It makes a mockery of the bans that are in place for good reason.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

CAR FINANCE DO NOT DO ANYTHING NOW. DO NOT SIGN UP TO A CLAIMS FIRM. PLEASE SHARE.

My suspicion is the FCA will within weeks announce consultation on a redress scheme for discretionary commission cases. You may not even have to claim it ,could be automatic. And with excessive commissions I suspect more guidance will come on that at a similar time.

If you sign up to a claims firm now, you may have to give it a cut even if it does nothing. So just sit on your hands for now.

Martin

#CarFinance #SupremeCourt

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Please put out a dish of water, now.
And refresh it tonight, and every night, just before dark.
Leave yourself a reminder note on the fridge.📜✍️
Babies are dying because the mums are too dehydrated to make enough milk for their needs.
Even if you had a rain shower in the night, the natural water sources are still all dried up, and our wildlife are suffering.
It takes so little to make their hard little lives easier.
A turn of the tap is nothing for you, but could mean the difference between life and death for your nocturnal visitors, who are often forgotten about but who have slept all through the hot day and wake so thirsty.
Hedgehogs in particular need to drink a lot of water because of their shape: they have a large surface area to volume ratio, so lose water via natural evaporation quicker than other mammals.
Their mouths are set back under their snout, so drinking from a deep or small diameter dish (like a Gü pot) is uncomfortable for them, as it means them having to submerge their nose.
A wide shallow dish is best; a plant pot saucer or, like this, a glass flan dish or pyrex lid - it's heavy enough not to tip up but nice and shallow and wide.
So please put out a dish of life saving water right now, front and back of your house, and refresh it before you go to bed tonight. It'll be the easiest way you'll ever save a life.💝

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Tonight, make sure it's only the rockets that scream.
Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs don't have the Flight or Fight Response to danger.
So no matter how frightened they are, they don't bite, and they don't run away.
Their response to danger is to curl up into a protective ball and wait until the threat passes.
That's why so many get run over by an approaching car.
That's why so many are maimed and killed by an approaching strimmer.
And that's why so many get burned alive in a bonfire.

🛑Poking a stick under the bonfire pile will just make the hedgehog inside curl tighter.
🛑Lighting it from one side will just make the hedgehog curl tighter.
🛑Shining a light under the bonfire will just make the hedgehog curl tighter.

As the smoke fills her lungs she'll just curl up tighter.
As her coat starts to singe she’ll just curl up tighter.

✅The only way to make a bonfire safe is to build it the same day you light it.✅

❗️So if it's already built, you need to move it.❗️

If you are starting to build it in advance then you MUST enclose the area with a hedgehog-proof fence, to ensure no hogs enter.

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

If you really have to have fireworks, and I hope you don't - I hope you make your own new, kinder tradition for 5th November, like creating your own family home made Christmas cake together, or your own candles, or ornaments, or inviting all your friends over and telling them to bring their favourite takeaways so you can swap...
But if you really have to have fireworks, please choose the low noise type, to limit the harm and suffering you will cause neighbour's pets and all the wildlife in your area.

[Dawn Bracken💙 @dawnbracken]

@foxcot @NSPKU @macdonj @PKUFamily @gbhssports Fantastic! You're going to need a bigger trophy cabinet!

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs don't have the Flight or Fight Response to danger.
So no matter how frightened they are, they don't bite, and they don't run away.
Their response to danger is to curl up into a protective ball and wait until the danger passes.
That's why so many get run over by an approaching car.
That's why so many are maimed and killed by an approaching strimmer.
And that's why so many get burned alive in a bonfire.

❌Poking a stick under the bonfire pile will just make the hedgehog inside curl tighter.
❌Lighting it from one side will just make the hedgehog inside curl tighter.
❌Shining a light under the bonfire will just make the hedgehog inside curl tighter.

As the smoke fills her lungs, she'll just curl up tighter, hoping it will stop.
As her coat starts to singe she’ll just curl up tighter, hoping the danger will soon pass her by.

🛑⚠️The only way to make a bonfire safe is to build it the same day you light it.⚠️🛑

A ready-built bonfire is a five star hotel to a hedgehog, and one passing will absolutely move in. So if it's already built, you need to move it.

If you are starting to build it in advance then you MUST enclose the area with a hedgehog-proof fence, to ensure no hogs enter.

If you're having a bonfire party tonight, please make sure it's only the rockets that scream.

[Dawn Bracken💙 @dawnbracken]

@foxcot @NSPKU @macdonj @PKUFamily @gbhssports Well done Cait!

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

The ban on fox hunting was passed 20 years ago but it isn’t working.

It’s time for a new proper ban to end this sick pastime for good.

RT if you agree!

@ChrisGPackham

[Harry 🇬🇧 @Harry20211959]

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[Dean Walker @waterpolo_coach]

Please can everyone sign this petition. A few moments of your time could really help the healthcare support of anyone struck down with sepsis. This could happen from any type of infection. I got mine from an infection picked up during broken leg surgery! Thank you #SepsisSavvy 🙏

[Dean Walker @waterpolo_coach]

Make sepsis as much of a priority as heart attacks and strokes within the NHS - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/RGPthAdr26 via @UKChange
Please help make #SepsisEducation a vital part of all healthcare professionals knowledge and learning. #SepsisSavvy @UKSepsisTrust

[Dean Walker @waterpolo_coach]

@dawnbracken I’m hoping that my small voice on @elonmusk’s @X platform can help spread the word and educate everyone on the symptoms of Sepsis and also Post Sepsis Syndrome. Sepsis can kill very quickly, but early diagnosis and antibiotics makes all the difference!! #SepsisEducation

[Dawn Bracken💙 @dawnbracken]

@waterpolo_coach I will keep everything crossed for you Dean x

[ITV News @itvnews]

"If you don't do that, then no woman will ever win another sporting event."

Lord Coe told @stevescott_itv sport needs to ‘preserve the female category’. He was speaking hours before Imane Khelif, the boxer accused of failing a gender eligibility test, won Olympic gold.

[Kim Shasby Jones @KimJonesICONS]

Thomas Bach needs to step down.
If you can’t protect the most basic and obvious aspect of fair sport for women, you cannot lead.
#NoMeninWomensSport
@iocmedia

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Please ask WHY won’t the IOC do simple once in a lifetime cheek swab sex tests, when the result would be fair & safe sport for females?

[Dawn Bracken💙 @dawnbracken]

Overturn UKA's decision to not send qualified athletes to the Olympic games - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/SUav3YGso0 via @UKChange

[Waterways Protection 💙 #EndSewagePollution @WaterWaysProtct]

If you see a swift like this. Pick it up, hold it up, and let it fly off. They can't take off from the ground or flat surfaces. RT this. It could save a swift.