VerySpecialPeople

Very proud Mum of 4 wonderful boys, youngest with ASD and LD. Interests: #autism #homeschooling #disability #painting #roses

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@VPointon My dad was born in Wales, had a strong Welsh accent, loved to watch Wales play rugby and thought of himself as Welsh. Yet his grandparents were all English. What do you think his ‘ethnicity’ was? Surely how he felt about himself was the deciding factor.

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@lewis_goodall It may well backfire. Look at all the (wasted) money Elon Musk spent on the Supreme Court election in Wisconsin. Voters didn’t like a billionaire trying to influence their election. We might see the same result here.

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@TheRickWilson Yes it is. But haven’t we learned from Trump that it will make no difference? Integrity seems to be irrelevant these days.

[Stuart Falk @stufalk]

(Gift Article) There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This

Trump's corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.

By The New York Times Editorial Board

https://t.co/dRELLrNEgQ

[Joanna Booth @stillawake]

Alex Tolley, 58, has Down's syndrome and is sleeping rough on Broad Street after Reading Borough Council cleared his belongings. The council's response came from "a spokesman." No one's taking responsibility.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

A total of 24 civilians, including children, were killed in this Russian strike that collapsed a Kyiv high-rise. More than 40 injured. Genocidal.

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@jk_rowling Harriet Harman does come from an extremely privileged family background. I do think she would find it difficult to relate to the concerns of more vulnerable women. I’m sure she would deny this though!

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@McFaul Not worried. We’ll wait for you to elect a normal president in 2028.

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@theiaincameron My experience of living in Spain is that all the rain falls all at once! Can be spectacular. But many more hours of sunshine.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran https://t.co/JXvCpyCjnQ via @NYTOpinion

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@zenahitz The other big difference is that Oxford and Cambridge don’t care about whether you were captain of the rugby team, just your academic ability. Extra-curriculars should be irrelevant.

[VerySpecialPeople @TeaRose2017]

@PaulEmbery You are right. The English have Germanic roots, with Norse and French ancestry added later. Our identity continues to evolve. I’m as ‘Anglo-Saxon’ as the some of the racists in your comments claim to be and I consider the people you mention to be as English as I am.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

In 2022 everything was taken from the women of Afghanistan. It can be an overwhelming thought but reading and passing on this poem makes a real difference to the poet. (She can't share her name)

[Tom Morgan @tomowenmorgan]

The fact that this heartfelt article, written by a human, will gain vastly less attention than that viral AI slop panic piece did tells you everything you need to know about where we are headed.

[✒️ @Literariium]

Life changing paragraph from C. S. Lewis

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzebwesa]

The Taliban’s Minister of Higher Education has once again in his speech said, branding those who criticize the group’s new so called “slavery order” targeting women as infidels. This order, now added to the Taliban’s Penal Code, places extreme control over women’s private lives.

These restrictions impose the harshest pressure on women: they are not even allowed to visit their father’s home. Universities and schools remain closed to them, and some women, driven by despair, have resorted to suicide. For years, the Taliban have refused to acknowledge this reality, choosing instead to continuously humiliate and suppress women and girls.

Over the past four years, the situation in women’s health and education has become catastrophic. From tens of thousands of doctors, fewer than ten remain available. Maternal and infant deaths are rising daily due to the lack of medical services and education for women. The situation of women in Afghanistan is truly painful and inhumane. The world must not forget this crisis and must stand against the Taliban’s ongoing bans and oppression.

@elonmusk @murtazasolangi @jk_rowling @eucopresident @heatherbarr1 @fbhutto
@nurygglez @HNeumannMEP @amnesty @BWBailey85 @sarahadams @timburchett @TRobinsonNewEra @WRNAfghanistan
@GordonBrown @manishasinghal @UN

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Take a moment, and read...

• Sheenagh Pugh •

[Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @KMooreGilbert]

The @nytimes has compiled an incredibly detailed and comprehensive account of the massacre committed in Iran, by direct order of Supreme Leader Khamenei. It was so graphic and so harrowing that I was unable to read to the end. If you know someone downplaying what happened or peddling conspiracies please show them this. @farnazfassihi
https://t.co/K7C09yPMOL

[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

Consumers need to wake up.

I’m a 64-year-old woman. I used The Ordinary for years and like a lot of people, I had no idea it’s owned by the Estée Lauder Companies.

Now I do. And I’m done.

This isn’t about cancelling, it’s about conscious choice. When powerful interests back Donald Trump and his politics, they’re backing policies that harm women, minorities, and basic human rights.

I’ll do my own research. I’ll spend my money deliberately.

Be extraordinary. Don’t outsource your values. 💄✊

[Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire]

“As Good attempted to drive away, Ross opened fire. He killed an American citizen, on a residential street in an American city, and as Good’s car careened away, a voice could be heard—reportedly Ross’s—saying, ‘Fucking bitch.’” https://t.co/RpH94IkFKg