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[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

My morning poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Once a month, over on Substack, I run an online poetry workshop, then create an anthology of the poems. This is Helen's. More in next tweet.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘By the Mere’
Artist: CFTunnicliffe

[Heretoday @othatsfab]

@LindsayMLand https://t.co/dMTR4Fp5x4

[Jim Beattie @JimBeattie18]

The Swan
Hilda af Klint (Swedish 1862-1944)

[Carers UK @CarersUK]

We continue to call on Government to implement all its recommendations and ensure carers do not receive overpayments.

Gathering your experiences is vital for this campaigning. If you've experienced an overpayment, please share: https://t.co/5X5zsz9Mm9

[Faika El-Nagashi @el_nagashi]

Last weekend, I spoke about why it takes courage to stand up for women’s rights, and how our values give us the foundation to do so.

Women are a universally and uniquely oppressed group and, as a political class, deserve rights, dignity and protection. Everything else is downstream from this: being able to name, and fight against, violence against women, exploitation in prostitution, pornography and surrogacy, and other forms of oppression. And to fight for the dignity, safety and equality of women.

It should not take courage to say so. But civil society spaces have cast out women from their own “communities” for insisting on sex-based rights and have made belonging conditional on conformity.

I have experienced all of this myself. The thorough capture of activist movements: feminist and women’s rights organisations, anti-racism networks (including those working on anti-Muslim racism), refugee and migrant organisations, disability rights groups, youth activism, the climate movement, development cooperation.

It is not only deeply unpleasant, but has existential consequences: reputational damage, loss of income or funding, exclusion from platforms, networks and opportunities, monitoring and reporting, de-banking and removal from income generating services, court proceedings for hate speech and extremism, threats, harassment and attacks.

Values are only meaningful if they can be held under pressure. Civil society depends on space for disagreement. And women’s rights depend on clarity about sex-based inequality.

I am grateful to the European Network of Migrant Women (@ENoMW) for the courageous work they are doing to protect this. And for inviting me to share my experience, my perspectives and the reasons that led me to create @AthenaForumEU.

[Jim Musil Painter @JimMusilPainter]

My painting SHORELINE CLOUDS

[Carers UK @CarersUK]

Today our Chief Executive, @Helen_M_Walker, spoke on BBC’s Morning Live about Carer’s Allowance and the concern that it stops for many as they reach pension age.

You can watch the full interview here: https://t.co/G6jfNgfQzM

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

You don’t have to be the best (or even good) to enjoy doing something

Image: https://t.co/tjwlEBYz9J

[National Down Syndrome Policy Group @NDSPolicyGroup]

Many congratulations to NDPSG founding officer Dr Elizabeth Corcoran and team. Our friends @DSRF_UK continue to press for Down syndrome specific medical research by funding projects and disseminating the findings. Follow them to see their latest work.

[소리그림 @soundnimage]

제프 대니얼 스미스 (Jeff Daniel Smith), 〈몬터레이 반도, 캘리포니아〉

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

“Practice Compassion” by artist Barbara Fox

[Heretoday @othatsfab]

@LoudBonnet @canthelpmenow7 A new one for your incredible cv?!

[Andy Marshall 📸 @fotofacade]

✨ If you're struggling with present times, this might help: where I discover an amazing work of art hidden in plain sight in Richmond, Yorkshire: 👉 https://t.co/ZX7v74Gw3J

[Heretoday @othatsfab]

@NDSPolicyGroup @SOGreatBritain Congratulations
That's great news

[The Moth Magazine @themothmagazine]

❛ For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything.

Langston Hughes, who died #OTD in 1967.

[Trevor Stammers @STAGEDOC]

Lord Alton with a detailed account of why the assisted dying Bill should not be brought back and why it fell short from the start.

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Believing in good creates more good. Let’s show our faith in each other 💕

Image: https://t.co/pUMv1TBqMS

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

I've been given a copy of a briefing from Labour MPs 🧵.

Campaigners want Lauren Edwards or Andrew George to insist an identically flawed and widely criticised bill should become law using powers designed for, and only ever used by, an elected government.

Text:

The Parliament Acts plan: Members are being asked to force an unsafe bill into law

When it comes to enabling the state and doctors to help end vulnerable people’s lives, Parliament must be confident that any law it passes is safe. This Bill has already failed once because of its inadequacies.

Assisted dying campaigners want MPs to demand that the Parliament Acts are used on a Private Member’s Bill for the first time ever: to insist an identically flawed and widely criticised bill should become law using powers designed for, and only ever used by, an elected government.

This plan would mean entrenching in law known risks to vulnerable people – and to the NHS – that have been identified by experts including the Royal Colleges and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Even the Bill’s sponsor has accepted that changes are needed in at least eleven areas.

Throughout, politicians on both sides have expressed strong support for palliative care, including hospices. Yet over the period this Bill has been debated, the availability of that care has shrunk. Hospices are cutting services, closing beds, and struggling to meet rising demand. Choice cannot be theoretical.

The Parliament Acts plan asks MPs to close their eyes and pretend the law is fit for purpose and no changes are needed.

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

Vintage porcelain match holders.