CBC Top Stories1d ago
Mayor questions why police brought suspected WW II-era explosive to Stephenville, N.L.
Stephenville Mayor Bob Byrnes says it's "concerning" the RCMP brought the explosive to a residential neighbourhood, sparking distress in the community. Military experts agree: it was the wrong decision.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/stephenville-explosive-disposed-9.7216528?cmp=rss
CBC Newfoundland & Labrador1d ago
Mayor questions why police brought suspected WW II-era explosive to Stephenville
Stephenville Mayor Bob Byrnes says it's "concerning" the RCMP brought the explosive to a residential neighbourhood, sparking distress in the community. Military experts agree: it was the wrong decision.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/stephenville-explosive-disposed-9.7216528?cmp=rss
Richard Michael Blaber2d ago
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-research-shows-activists-were-right-to-warn-of-impact-of-dwp-work-advisers-on-mental-distress/. "New #government #research has proved #disabled #activists were right to warn that receiving #employment #advice on top of #NHS #talking #therapy would push many people with #mental #distress further away from the #jobs #market."
Government research shows activists were right to warn of impact of DWP work advisers on mental distress

New government research has proved disabled activists were right to warn that receiving employment advice on top of NHS talking therapy would push many people with mental distress further away from…

Disability News Service
Richard Michael BlaberMay 22
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/jobs-can-be-a-cure-for-tsunami-of-distress-says-former-minister-reviewing-disabled-young-neets-for-dwp/. "Milburn... appeared to suggest yesterday that #work was always good for those with #mental ill-health or #distress, despite years of #evidence showing that #DWP pressure on #disabled people - particularly those with significant levels of #anxiety or other mental distress - has been closely linked with #deaths, including #suicides." See: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/michael-osullivan-scandal-dwp-twice-pushed-dad-of-two-to-suicide-bids/.
Jobs can be a cure for ‘tsunami of distress’, says former minister reviewing disabled young NEETs for DWP

The former Labour minister commissioned to investigate why so many younger people are not in jobs, training or education has told MPs that he believes work can be a cure for the “tsunami of distres…

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Richard Michael BlaberMay 22
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/equality-watchdog-completes-draft-report-into-unlawful-acts-by-dwp-and-its-conservative-ministers/. "'We have campaigned for the #Labour #Government to scrap #sanctions as they increase #mental #distress & leave #disabled people at risk of #starvation & #homelessness. Unfortunately, they have carried on where the #Tories left off, launching their own #war on disabled people.'" (Quote from Mark Harrison of https://rofa.org.uk/.)
Equality watchdog completes draft report into ‘unlawful acts’ by DWP and its Conservative ministers

The equality watchdog has completed its draft report into allegations of unlawful treatment of disabled benefit claimants by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), two years after the inquiry …

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Show threadKaren ConlinMay 21

@farah if I owned a US flag, I'd fly it upside-down.

#distress

CBC LondonMay 19
Search continues for missing person on Lake Huron after raft distress call near Pinery Provincial Park
One person remains missing after a raft carrying five people went into distress on Lake Huron near Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario Provincial Police say.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/person-missing-raft-9.7204176?cmp=rss
Show threadJoseph Lim May 12
What #children wish adults understood about school #bullying
"we often overlook te children who r bullied, who feel a sense of helplessness, a loss of control & a yearning to be heard. Truly addressing te scourge of bully'g reqs moving beyond focus on punishment to place children’s voices at te ctr of te sol'n.. children speak of emotional #distress, poor self-esteem, loss of #wellbeing, ability to f'n normally.. .Will their busy #parents see their troubles as a burden?"😥
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/what-children-wish-adults-understood-about-school-bullying
What children wish adults understood about school bullying

The key challenge? Fixing a broken sense of safety. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Ray BaptistMay 11

Cassim In The Cave, Maxfield Parrish

so many books to read. This comes from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, which I just read for the first time. In the old days, casual brutality was neither glorified nor avoided, apparently. The heroine, a slave, killed 37 men in one sentence. 🤣

I like the atmosphere of this painting. Wealth hidden in a cave should have this feeling, like something isn't right. Holding on to a sword and unhappy 🤣

#art #dark #distress #greed #treasure #cave #murder #illustration #classics

BellingenNSWMay 5

Eco‑anxiety and mental health

* What kids told us about eco‑anxiety

"This is our home.
If we destroy it, and we can’t build it up,
then that’s a part of the Earth that’s destroyed,
and we won’t be able to get it back."
Matthew, age ten

"Eco-anxiety is a rational response to a real threat." >>
https://theconversation.com/im-mad-at-the-people-who-could-have-solved-the-problem-what-kids-told-us-about-eco-anxiety-278999

* "Mental health seems to be having a bigger toll on people's ability to work...More than 8 million people rely on income support, driven by a growing number of mental health claims."

"With around 2 million more people now accessing payments than a decade ago, the surge is being driven by Australians whose physical and mental health has deteriorated to the point they can no longer work." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/income-support-grows-mental-health-work/106626692
#degradation #ecosystems #pollution #climate #FossilFuels #deforestation #EcoAnxiety #MentalHealth #distress #children #work #IntergenerationalJustice #parenting

‘I’m mad at the people who could have solved the problem’: what kids told us about eco-anxiety

Even quite young children are watching, thinking and feeling things about the future of the environment. Those feelings deserve to be taken seriously.

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