Some initial thoughts on the disability discrimination section of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission Report. First, more work is needed to seek out & respect the views of disabled people themselves, and especially those who experienced these settings firsthand.

The report does not focus in depth on many settings in which disabled people were detained (e.g. psychiatric hospitals, residential disability institutions), so it’s clearly not a full picture of the human rights violations experienced by disabled people on this issue.

The report shows the flow of disabled people between mother and baby homes, psychiatric hospitals, county homes, Magdalene laundries & specialist disability services. This deserves more attention - who was responsible for admission/discharge decisions? What criteria did they use?

On the issue of consent of disabled mothers to place their children for adoption – the report shows that often, where disabled mothers made the ‘right’, socially acceptable choice; that is, to place the child for adoption, then they were often deemed to have capacity to decide.

When disabled mothers resisted the adoption of their children, and were perceived to be making the ‘wrong’ decision, many were found to lack capacity to decide. Critical analysis of the subjective, value-laden nature of these capacity assessments is missing from the report.

NEW from me:

Two Christian right organizers of rallies and marches promoting "stolen election" and "election fraud" lies worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human

The main rally, the Jericho March, held on the National Mall on Dec. 12, helped lay the groundwork for Jan.

The Jericho March organizers partnered with Ali Alexander and Stop the Steal, which was later at the center of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

#capitolsiegereligion

Other rally speakers included Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes and conspiracist Alex Jones, both, who according to new reporting from the @nytimes last night and the @wsj this morning, were at the center of the Capitol insurrection.

NYT, on

THREAD. (You want to see conclusion)

Call me the eternal hopeful but I simply CANNOT ignore facts. Period.

I cannot ignore DECADES of global corruption, fraud, crime, human/drug trafficking being exposed during Trump’s admin.

I CANNOT ignore Trump’s statements, ie “we caught them all”, “just wait, you’ll see”, “the beer is yet to come”.

I CANNOT ignore Flynn saying he is 100% certain Trump will remain President.

I CANNOT ignore the facts that Pelosi, Schumer, Swalwell, Feinstein, and many other Dems/Reps are completely evil

I CANNOT ignore the fact the the media has CLEARLY been lying to us about Trump for 4 years.

I CANNOT ignore the fact that entire corporations, all chicom sponsored, are taking the actions they are taking to silence and destroy Trump.

I CANNOT ignore the fact Trump has done NOTHING but do everything his power to Make America Great.

I CANNOT ignore the fact that his opposition has done NOTHING in their power to destroy America.

Today's front page features our story on the loosely connected, QAnon-believing network of 'patriots' that spent weeks organizing and crowd-sourcing money for mass action at the Capitol on Jan. 6: https://t.co/Kc1BL9JqFv w/ @ddknyt @mmcintire

Keith Lee, an Air Force veteran, was one of the far-right, low-budget agitators trying to 'Stop the Steal'. More than an hour before Trump's speech: “If you died today and you went to heaven, can you look George Washington in the face and say that you’ve fought for this country?”

This is a public service announcement. The most valuable commodity in the world is human attention.

Human attention gives value to everything from currencies, to real estate to precious metals.

Human attention is the hard currency of politics and political power. Without it, no politician or party can last for one minute.

I witnessed something yesterday and made an observation which I must share with you here.

Judging from the sheer tidal wave of attention given to President Trump yesterday, and the complete lack of attention being given to Joe Biden, the Democrats and the Swamp should be very afraid. We know who won. They know who won.

This makes me rage:

“San Francisco is about 48% white, but that falls to 15% for children enrolled in its public schools.

For all the city’s vaunted progressivism, it has some of the highest private school enrollment numbers in the country.”

"California is dominated by Democrats, but many of the people Democrats claim to care about most can’t afford to live there.

In California, we’re often symbolically liberal, but operationally conservative."

"The median price for a home in California is more than $700,000.

The state has four of the nation’s five most expensive housing markets and a quarter of the nation’s homeless residents.

The root of the crisis is simple:

It’s very, very hard to build homes in California. "

"In Los Angeles, Mayor @EricGarcetti persuaded Angelenos to pass a new sales tax to address the city’s homelessness crisis, but the program has fallen far behind schedule, in part because homeowners fought the placing of shelters in their communities."

"@toniatkins, Dem State Senate leader, sponsored a modest bill to allow duplexes on single-family lots. It passed the Senate, and then passed Assembly in slightly amended form, and then died because it was sent back to the Senate w/ only 3 minutes left in the legislative session"

Good morning, I'm here at the Cottonwood school, which is next to the ICE building, site of many Portland protests

I'm here with Dr @juniperlsimonis to answer the most cheerful question possible: how badly contaminated is this K-8 school by dangerous and carcinogenic substances?

The Government is forcing Australians who have lost their job to eat their superannuation before they can access unemployment support.

On 25 September the Government reinstated the Liquid Assets Waiting Period for Australians with liquid assets applying for unemployment support.

In question time today, the Minster representing the Minister for Social Services Stuart Robert confirmed that superannuation withdrawn early is considered a liquid asset for the purposes of triggering the waiting period.

With the Government encouraging out-of-work Australians to access up to $20,000 of their superannuation early, many have been subjected to the Liquid Assets Waiting Period.

The Minister also confirmed that the Government has plans to double the waiting period to up to six months, which would cut $10,600 in unemployment support to Australians who have lost their job.

I'm about to say something some of y'all aren't gonna like: a thread

If you're gonna question the "motive" of a charity organization or those who are committed to helping them, DON'T GET INVOLVED. Especially when it comes to someone who has proven TIME AND TIME AGAIN how loyal he is to this cause.

The workout/gym community is hostile enough as it is, with people who are gonna judge you no matter how good you're doing for yourself or others. People avoid the gym because of this. MPC IS THE LAST COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS THAT.

If you don't like the charities that MPC is supporting this year, there's a very simple solution at hand.
Don't join. Don't give MPC your money. Move on.
Don't sit there and complain about it.

Go give to the charities you DO support. Go give to the causes you DO enjoy helping, or have a cause close to your heart.

Everyone in church knew him. He was a difficult man and would make boast of this.

“Even Pastor sef know say I stubborn”. He once boasted.

“Sir, you can’t reason with my husband! Many have tried including Pastor and he hasn’t changed”. His wife said.

He had a drinking problem; that much was evident. His eyes always looking beady.

Even with the AC in church, he would sweat like someone who was running a marathon.

He had an easy smile but at the edge of that smile was a man with a fierce temper.

He would beat his wife and send her out of the home. His teenage sons never wanted to be around him and he knew this so he made life difficult for them.

Several times have the Pastor, a wonderful and kind hearted man, done to entreat him speaking love to him.

Yet, he persisted.

One-day, the church had a new Men’s fellowship leader, one who had the heart for men whom have missed or failed to understand their sonship in Christ.

He paid him a visit one evening and they got talking about the Holy Spirit.

He paid attention.

The brother, with the Spirit of God upon him started operating in the gift of word of knowledge.

He revealed things to him that even his wife didn’t know. He watched as this brother shared his life’s experience going through life without the Holy Spirit.

If you care about any of the following:
#Fairness and #Integrity
#Honesty in #HigherEd
#Liverpool and #Wellbeing
Can you please RT?
👇

It pains me to have to tweet the following about the University where I have spent 18 largely happy years. I am still an honorary professor there and I want it to remain an honour.

What is happening at the University of Liverpool is not normal and it threatens not just the 47 academics who are threatened with the sack. What is at stake is even bigger. I explain why below. Please RT to ask management to reconsider.

Both teaching and research missions of universities require high integrity and respect for truth, in fact, more than respect, yearning for truth. The current campaign to sack the 47 is based on Trumpian lies ; Trumpian because of their dimension and their cruelty.

The 1st lie is that the sack of the 47 is to improve health in Liverpool. There is zero evidence that it wld do that & large amount of evidence that it would do the opposite by threatening research infrastructures & projects, including some funded by local biomedical charities.

Finally, here’s the *EASY* Steps to becoming a United States Registered Nurse🇺🇸

It’s a long thread, but that’s because I tried to make it nice and easy for you, so bookmark for reference.

Retweet and Tag as many Nurses as you know who might be interested.

#USRN 🇺🇸

STEP 1 ; You have to be a Registered Nurse with valid practicing license and at least 1year post-qualification experience in a at least 100 bedded hospital/institution, worked in the particular ward Or department for a minimum of 3months!& possess a valid international Passport!

For IELTS & immigration purposes, you’re taking, the ACADEMIC IELTS wt 6.5 overall!& at least 7 in speaking

STEP 2
Then, Register with Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools,(CGFNS) for credentials evaluation of secondary education, nursing education & licensure

in order to take NCLEX. their website:

NB; have all your academic record with you to make it easier, as the form is a bit tedious. Once you’re done, proceed to paying for Credential Evaluation Service (CES) this is the report prepared by CGFNS, the evaluation fee is $350

Lately, I've been thinking about Communities.

Thread 👇🏽

A community is where people with similar interests hang out. They feel a sense of identity. They feel at home.

In a community, people share common values. They feel identified.

When you build a community, you host the conversation. When you build and show you have an audience. It's not bad, but It's not great.

A community is a two-way avenue. An audience is a one-way street.

With a community you will get better feedback, and new ideas.

With an audience, you are going to push content not ideas.

You can't value your community on metrics. Each user will have a different experience. It's Subjective.

People hang out in a place because they are learning or they are having a good time. Aim to entertain or teach.

Build a space where people want to be.

[THREAD]

(TW; Sexual Abuse; Rapist)

I was very recently forwarded a news article concerning a person who has been convicted of various sexual offences against children, and it has came to my attention that this individual may have been targeting the #ActuallyAutistic community

The person’s name is Tom Graham. He used a couple of different Twitter account names, but the most common was this one, @serverusautismo

In December 2020, Thomas Graham was returned to prison after breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order, (SOPO). He was in prison after being convicted of rape in 2011, and previously was jailed in 2003 for taking and distributing indecent images.

When he was on Twitter, Graham frequently tried to ascertain the ages of individuals on Twitter, and given what has come to light, this is now extremely worrying as I believe he was searching for individuals to groom.

I believe he specifically targeted Autistic People because he believed we were more vulnerable to his advances for a variety of reasons.

Thread:

Recently, doxing of IMT has become a tool to suppress vocal Muslim voices, with rival Sanghis doxing those who hold opposing views. Doxers aim to escalate their conflict with targets from online to the real world, by revealing personal information which includes:1/n

1. Home addresses
2. Workplace details
3. Personal phone numbers
4. Social security numbers
5. Bank account or credit card information
6. Private correspondence
7. Criminal history
8. Personal photos
9. Embarrassing personal details 2/n

Suspension methods used

1. Dig up old tweets to see clues
2. Mark tweets which violate twitter terms and mass report
3. Agent provocateur - Use of trolls to incite to say something that violates twitter policy. 3/n

Doxing methods used:

1. Usage of twitter archive to keep track of a target account. It saves even deleted tweets. After the identity is known, the archived tweets (even if you deleted them) are used to report to goverment, police, employer etc 4/n

2. Social Engineering; Social Engineering is a manipulation technique that exploits human error or friendliness to gain private information. An agent acts as friendly and then lures the unsuspecting person into exposing their own data or their data from someone else. 5/n