The appalling conditions at Manston and the terror attack at Dover reflect a decades-long campaign to dehumanise refugees.

This is not a migrant crisis. This is a humanitarian crisis.

Expand safe routes, close down detention centres, and end the hostile environment.

There is quite a big difference between PTSD and cPTSD.
I don’t think the latter is always recognised enough. It’s the result of years (even decades) of trauma and it can present in totally different ways.

I'm glad I live in a country where an Asian brit can rise to highest office, it's something to be proud of. Class issue remains greatest barrier it would seem.

China has recruited dozens of British former armed forces pilots to train its air force in an effort to understand western tactics, according to the Ministry of Defence thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…

If you were “mature for their age” you might have been parentified. Parentification is when a child is made to fill an adult role.

This is an “invisible” trauma that has life long impact.

HERE’S WHY: 🧵

bro defense mechanism is twerking 😭

It’s a trauma response to hyper focus on what people say or think. At one time, this is how you stayed safe in an unpredictable environment. You learned to notice every shift in mood or behavior because you faced the consequences of those shifts.

For many years I have been posting little observations on here. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings, because they should be seen:

Pls share. There's a little known benefit for grandparents who look after their grandchildren while parents work.

If ur a parent of an under 12, if your parent (ie childs grandparent) do childcare so you can work, u can apply to get em 'Specified Adult Childcare Credit'
/contd

Don’t worry mate I’ll pay for your tattoo removal, just shoot over your info to my team & I’ll sort everything out for you. Email is in my bio.

Me on my way to annoy my favorite person

So, after all my doom and gloom posts, today I had a stroke! #LongCovid

I was on my street, walking home.

Suddenly, I couldn't put one foot in front of the other.

I collapsed in the mud.

I got myself up and stumbled along for a few metres, and then I collapsed again.

The Big Issue’s Diary of a Foodbank Manager shows the struggle that volunteers face to keep food banks running.
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