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@BenCotterill
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Likes cats. Likes tech. 🇪🇺💙 He/Him

Chronic illness and pain. In bed a lot.

Profile Photo: still wearing a mask, have stitched on a biohazard sign.
Banner Photo: No idea, some old picture I took.

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Some family members turned up at home as a surprise for a meal for my birthday this evening. It was lovely as always to see everyone. But I spent a lot of the time having to wander away and have ten minutes to myself.
Not just because it was something I wasnt ready for. But when you’ve got people ten years younger talking about kids and mortgages.
Not knowing if you can get out of bed the next day kind of alienates yourself from the “normal” chats.

How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?

Armed with some research (H/T @neil) and after spending some time reading up the subject, I went to the Apple Store and then spent an hour on the phone to Apple account support yesterday.

They're very aware that they dropped a bollock here and have thousands of very angry adult customers.

The support team manager I spoke to yesterday said that some sort of fix was due within days

That's the /good/ news.

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Got taken out for a burthday brunch.

Didn’t cook 👍
Didn’t clean 👍👍
Didn’t pay 👍👍👍

That’s all my spoons used for the day. I’m going for a nap…

New post: The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/
The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner., Sightless Scribbles

A fabulously gay blind author.

Another year on this rock. Put on clean pants ‘n’ everything.
Finished Jurassic park 6 for the second time. Took until about 3/4 of the way through until I realised I’d seen it before.
It really is very forgettable.
Went for the wrong cup on the desk. Mmm yesterday’s coffee.
Fuck it. Night all. Have fun. big huggs to you all.
Been asked what I want for my birthday. Asked to not feel like shit all the time and not be in constant pain. Apparently thats a bit too much.
So went for the second option World Peace. They cant do that either. Dammit!

UK disabled folk, carers, and other interested parties, there is to be a review of the Personal Independence Payment system, and there is an open call for evidence. The details are on this page:

https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/timms-review-of-personal-independence-payment-call-for-evidence

There is a link towards the bottom of the page to a form for submitting evidence, and an email address for submitting evidence in other formats.

Call for evidence closes 28th May 2026.

#UK #PersonalIndependencePayment #Disability #UKDisability #UKBenefits #DWP #TimmsReview

Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: Call for Evidence

This Call for Evidence is being administered by DWP on behalf of the Timms Review steering group and seeks to gather feedback and insight relating to the areas outlined in the Terms of Reference of the Review.

GOV.UK