The Assembly aired on #Gogglebox last night. Lots of sobbing at singing autistic people.

Well I couldn’t have seen that coming

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Member of the APG on Ageing and Older People Ciara Ferguson MLA making important points about the serious impact of cold houses on older people's health & wellbeing and how little financial support is available to bring their homes up to safe EPC levels.

Committee for Communities hearing from NIFHA that NI is the only part of UK & Ireland that has NO grant scheme for retrofitting housing. Older people in poorly insulated homes are losing out. Retrofitting scheme should be a priority in Communities NI new fuel poverty strategy.

We're feeling inspired by this incredible group of older women making headlines around the world after winning a landmark human rights case on climate action. They successfully argued that weak government climate policies violate our human rights. Older women creating change!

Feels like something that someone should probably protest about

'This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

Aaron Bushnell

Crazy world.

For anyone who thought they were going to stop with demonising trans kids. Also: why we need rights and justice based approaches to neurodiversity rather than medicalised.

I love him.

While anti-trans extremists scream about rights they’re not losing, this is the reality of transphobia. This is the abuse & pain they’re inflicting when they compare trans people to paedophiles & criminals.
This is what happens when trans lives are centred in a culture war.

Who does the academic housework? A new study from Denmark reveals the strategies that mid career men embrace to avoid internal service work - ignoring emails (evasion) and cultivating a reputation for being disorganized. kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

“The Asian community up and down the country was under siege. It was about time we did something for ourselves. In the face of racist violence and injustice we fought back.”
This is OUR story. Please watch #Defiance Fighting the Far Right 9pm on Channel 4

Josip Strok came to Ireland on holiday and was murdered for not speaking English. This should be unimaginable. He was 31.

Racist tensions are being whipped up by the far-right & elected opportunists. They have blood on their hands and must be opposed.

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This is the last place Lisa ever was. Grim beyond. Please share and remind the last person with her what it looks like. I bet he tries to forget…….but……we won’t ever stop reminding him. Lisa deserves to be found. #letsfindlisa

JK Rowling has used her personal and financial ties to support famous men accused of abuse and/or rape for years.

For the reasons below, J.K. Rowling is not a good advocate for feminism, women™, or domestic violence victims.

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Great to finally have this explained 😆

Spell binding, brave, moving, powerful and devastating from the proudly Jewish Miriam Margolyes. She is a bright light indeed. We need more Miriams. 👏 👏 👏

1985. P2 teacher said I was too slow with my left hand so her solution was to make me switch hands. Amazingly that didn't help so she had a kid stand behind me and poke me every time I got distracted. And this is why so many middle aged neurodivergent women are undiagnosed 🙃

‘In fact the last few years have seen a serious academic engagement with cross-border issues as well as the possibilities of constitutional change and its economic implications.’ ⁦JPCampbellBiz⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

We love to see it!

Another chat - tea train event has been organised for Tuesday 30th April. Contact your GP practice social work team if you are interested. #stayconnected #olderpeople #allyfoyle Western Trust #trainjourneys