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Truly thrilled to have been one of the callers on the latest episode of @DrGameshow. I've been a fan of this podcast and its wonderful hosts since 2017 - they've kept me laughing through some rough times and scary life changes. Check it out! 🥕🕷️ https://t.co/Rq7leCmbhr
People having trouble at school need so much more support and understanding than they get. I dropped out of school at 13, mostly due to a vicious circle of anxiety and bullying, and over 20 years later the experience still makes me feel broken in half some days. Good thread.
As a clinical psychologist, I'm often asked what to do about school refusal. By which adults usually mean, how can we get the children to go to school and stop protesting? Here's why our kids need us to think differently. 1/
So a friend just told me that for the first time there were protesters outside his church on Sunday in Edinburgh.
They were protesting because the church is LGBT inclusive.
Something very bad and very dangerous seems to be happening.
NEW: For 18 months, I've watched QAnon & other extremist communities I monitor go increasingly bonkers over transgender rights.
Now, as attacks on LGBT+ people skyrocket in America, here is the story of how panic about trans people consumed the far right. https://t.co/8etFSOEpTd
So @LibDems on live TV have said ‘bring in the army’ over @RMTunion to add to their ‘we don’t support the strike’.
This is the lot that stood with the Tories in Government 2010-2015.
If anyone thinks there will be a progressive alliance or any change with this lot, forget it.
With 144 of 146 English councils declared, the Green Party has gained more seats than the Labour Party, aka the actual main opposition.
Turns out sticking your fingers up at progressive voters has actual consequences.
City of Edinburgh Council election 2022 final results:
🟨 SNP - 19 seats
🟥 Labour - 13 seats
🟧 Lib Dems - 12 seats
🟩 Greens - 10 seats
🟦 Conservatives - 9 seats
All 17 wards and 63 seats have been declared.
Pfizer, Moderna & Co have made billions of dollars in pure profit from the sale of COVID-19 vaccines over the past year.
At the same time, vaccination rates in the Global South have remained startlingly low.
What gives?
My latest video is out now: https://t.co/GP46tLkWGY