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Migration minister Marjolein Faber faced criticism from all sides of the political spectrum as she defended her department’s 2025 spending plans in parliament during a heated debate on Thursday. Not only the minister’s asylum plans, including sending Syrians back to “safe” parts of the country, came under fire. She was also taken to task for failing to achieve anything in the four months since the government was sworn in and for failing to answer questions. The VVD, CDA and JA21 said the minister was taking too long to come up with any legislation while the CDA and ChristenUnie said she was failing to involve local government in her plans. Both far right party JA21 and the Socialists warned that her plans will run into trouble in the senate, while the SGP, CDA and Denk said her financial plans did not add up. Faber is “all talk and no action,” said CDA leader Henri Bontenbal. In particular, MPs are concerned about Faber’s plans to slash the number of jobs at the immigration service IND and the COA refugee settlement agency even though there is no suggestion that refugee numbers will fall. The most recent forecasts by the COA suggest 166,000 beds will be needed by 2028, but the minister is basing her plans on 25,000.
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The minister is paving the way for the government to declare an immigration emergency, which the far-right PVV has called for all along.
#netherlands#dutch pol#migration minister#faber#underfire#no achievements#job cuts#bed shortage#planned
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101 Things You Should Know About the UK Tory Government
Thing 85
When the Tories came to power in 2010, NHS records show there were 144,455 overnight NHS hospital beds. By 2019 this figure had dropped to 127,225, a loss of 17,000 beds in total.
NHS hospital bed analysis for December 2022 shows:
“Compared to other nations, the UK has a very low total number of hospital beds relative to its population. The average number of beds per 1,000 people in OECD EU nations is 5, but the UK has just 2.4. Germany, by contrast, has 7.8." (BMA: 20/12/22)
In answer to the current NHS bed crisis Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, made this statement in the House of Commons.
“We will block book beds in residential care homes to enable around 2500 people to be released from hospital where they are medically fit to be discharged.” (Steve Barclay: 09/01/22)
A more pathetic response to the NHS crisis is hard to imagine, but it does reinforce what we already suspect, which is that this government is determined to run down the NHS.
We know that successive Tory governments have cut a total of 17,000 NHS beds in the last decade, so temporarily buying in an extra 2500 beds in care homes will make no discernible difference to the bed shortage problem. In fact, it will make matters worse as the money for these extra beds is to come out of existing NHS budgets. In other words, the NHS will be funding the private sector care home industry.
What is needed is public investment in our NHS, both in bed capacity AND staff to manage them, but this is not going to happen while the free-market obsessed Sunak right-wing government is in power.
#uk politic#rishii sunak#steve barclay#NHS#bed shortage#free market economy#residential care homes#private sector#public sector
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he JUST found this new sick place to read and you DARE coming here to bother him smh
#cult of the lamb#cotl#cotl narinder#cult of the lamb narinder#one can have a little traditional every so often#yknow. as a treat.#<- power shortages#well now funnies aside#ive been experimenting w my narinder design#i love when he just kind of kitty#my man deserves sunbaths and moss beds from time to time
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sort of surprisingly, i've written a number of thousands of word this week, so i'm doing wip wednesday, i guess? (no the words are not all on the same project, yes at least a couple hundred of them are on something i'm explicitly not writing, no they're not all good or useful words, but we're going to go with it and celebrate the functional, thank you so much for your understanding.)
anyhow have…the start of a difang fic set just after they stop shan gudao?
‘Give him some space,’ Li Lianhua had said, and Di Feisheng had listened to him. After all, who knew Fang Duobing better than Li Lianhua?
But now, alone, Di Feisheng finds himself remembering Fang Duobing walking away, his head bowed. Li Lianhua would have wanted space. But Fang Duobing was not Li Lianhua.
He finds him at the second inn that he checks. It’s the less nice of the two, and for a moment he hesitates. If Fang Duobing is here, maybe he truly doesn’t wish to be disturbed.
He would know, though, that they would know to look for him here. Or, at least, Li Lianhua would. Maybe he only seeks to avoid his family right now.
If he wishes to be alone, Fang Duobing will simply send him away. He hasn’t been shy of telling Di Feisheng to leave before, and this time, Di Feisheng will listen.
Decision made, he makes himself stop hiding his qi and knocks on the door. It’s uncomfortable, but he won’t force Fang Duobing to open the door to someone unknown, nor will he enter Fang Duobing's space uninvited, not now.
If the door doesn’t open by the time he counts to ten, he decides, he will accept the dismissal and leave.
He gets to three.
Fang Duobing has been crying, but opens the door and steps back, nodding for Di Feisheng to enter. ‘Di mengzhu,’ he says, too politely.
Di Feisheng shuts the door behind him, and Fang Duobing looks at him expectantly.
This was a mistake, he thinks. He says, ‘I can leave, if you want. He said you’d want some space, but—’
‘That damned—’ chokes out Fang Duobing, and then he gulps air and turns away. Di Feisheng lets him, and waits. It’s a long time before Fang Duobing speaks again. ‘I thought… I thought this would feel different,’ he says, finally. When he turns around, his face is wet.
‘You thought you would feel free,’ Di Feisheng offers. Fang Duobing's head jerks up with shocked recognition, and Di Feisheng lets him stare. He knows they were there after him. He knows what they would have seen. Fang Duobing isn’t so foolish he wouldn’t have put it together.
#it's technically not wednesday anymore for me#because it's…five thirty thursday morning#BUT it is still wednesday for the majority of you#so we're gonna go with it because there's a critical dopamine shortage around this place (my brain) lately#wip wednesday#mysterious lotus casebook#difang#there's a bunch of backstory to this bit but let's be real: no one cares that much#and also i have not written all the backstory#echoes linger#(i have lingered too long at the computer and am going to go to bed really for realsies now)
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i may be obsessed.
#her name is tenka but everyone calls her brandy#(warden nickname she earned in her early days due her unbreakable record of being able to drink ANYONE under the table)#her mother was banished from orzammar when she fell pregnant with her (long story very sad and dramatic and lowkey personal)#and while she was pregnant she was cared for and eventually fell in love with a gentle blacksmith from a small ferelden village#who her mother married (taking his surname) and who raised tenka as his daughter#she was a young child during the fifth blight and their village survived unscathed w the exception of some food shortages and trade issues#nothing life shattering#but she had heard of the darkspawn from her mother's stories about their family's history and they were her boogeymen#her monsters under the bed#but her parents reminded her she's smaller than all the other children and that's her strength. she's brilliant at hide and seek.#the darkspawn didn't come during the apex of the fifth blight but after#some lone grey warden had been staying at the inn that weekend. said something about looking for someone#now when the darkspawn came tenka Hid. her father was outside. her mother had already gone to the market. it was still morning#they said they wouldn't get in the house. it got very loud and then very quiet. and they got in.#she burst from the cupboard and ran to her father's smithy but she was only a child and when a darkspawn axe raked her back she collapsed#into the rack of blades she had been reaching for. these were her monsters and she was bleeding so much and her parents were missing#and she was so scared so so so scared. between fight and flight it was always flight and she had nowhere left to fly to#another graze of the blade across her chest as she scampered back made her scream and that's when she saw rowena#her uncles and cousins from her mother's stories never felt like heroes due to what they did to her mother but when she saw rowena hack#down her monsters piercing through them valiantly like light through the crack in her dark bedroom door#with her mother and father right behind completely safe and sobbing and relieved and Alive#she had never looked up to someone more#see rowena got a lot of things wrong but brandy is exactly what she got right#only two villagers died. farmers. it had been but a small darkspawn raid. but she saved a girl. saved a family. saved a town.#rowena stayed in town while tenka recovered (most likely to ensure she didn't contract the blight) and tenka adored her every move#she knows nothing of rowena's struggles. knows nothing of rowena's missteps. nothing of the constant reminder of mortality in her head#just that she's her hero. just that she wants to be exactly like her.#she joined the wardens young with a kiss to her parents goodbye and never looked back even when it turned out to be harder#in ways she'd never imagined. but she was immovable. a force of will. she was dauntless and daring and it was her idolization of rowena#that inspired her and kept her going. where other wardens cracked no amount of hardship could break her. it was almost Smug
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@salzrand - the bed shortage continues. As does the lobster dancing <3
#jorah mormont#daenerys targaryen#dany x jorah#daenerys x jorah#jorleesi#game of thrones#fanfic#this bed shortage is crazy#it's a conspiracy#no for real#i know#because i'm one of the conspirators#salzrand is the other#XD#art by salzrand#and it's gorgeous as always#heart eyes#<3333333333333333333
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The weather was supposed to be bucketing rain today and I got lucky, while I was outside today it didn't rain on me, except for once. The bus had pulled up at the mall (where it starts its run) and let the previous passengers off. So I pull up my hood and go stand in the line.
The first few to get on had gold cards (In NZ if you are over 65 you get one, benefits include free public transport at off peak times). Then came a youngish dude who wanted to use his bus card. The driver told him he had to wait as he needed to change over the bus info (i.e. numbers on banners, data for card readers).
So he waited, as did the man behind him who technically could have gotten on with his gold card, as did me, my mum and another couple of people. It's maybe 3 or 4 meters (10-13 feet) between the sheltered seats and the bus. The driver obviously knew we were waiting and therefore would not leave without us. I amend my statement, young dude waited maybe 15 seconds before letting himself onto the bus and sitting down.
Driver asked what he was doing as he'd told dude to wait. Dude said he didn't want to stand in the rain. I repeat it's a mild drizzle, and did I mention we live in a place known for bad weather? Older gentleman that was behind the young dude asked what he was doing to, dude said getting out of the rain. Driver asked him who he thought he was. Dude said he was sick and didn't want to be in the rain. Older gentleman asked why wasn't he at home if he was so sick. Dude said he was on his way to the docs and was adamant he'd done the right thing. I repeat the sheltered seats are a hop, skip and a jump from the bus.
Anyway it took less than a minute for the driver to switch the system then, after letting the rest of us on, he went and had a smoke in the sheltered area so we were like 3 minutes late leaving. Tell you what, I have never been less annoyed by someone smoking. Why would you show a bus driver such disrespect? I mean I've seen worse but like, this individual is driving you somewhere that you can't get yourself.
Long story short, please be nice to your bus drivers and train conductors etc.
#ramble ramble ramble#before bed thoughts#all three guys were white for context#that particular bus driver has had some awful passengers that I've seen#and they wonder why there's a shortage of bus drivers#and when the guy got off he called out thanks to the driver#which we do in my city#but like why not sorry#did I do anything else today#not really#watched some classic Criminal Minds#queued a post#took cute photos of REDACTED
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I used my one personal floating holiday this year to take off Friday, November 1 in order to play the new Dragon Age game (that I have been waiting 10 YEARS to play). I literally had been imagining that day, a day where I would live alone, have time off of work, and a new Dragon Age game to play, for a decade.
And then I came down with a severe case of stomach flu.
#this is me#i am so tired#spent the whole weekend lying in bed dehydrated and suffering#in my telehealth appointment the doctor told me do whatever you can to avoid going to the ER unless you are actively dying#because there is a national shortage of iv fluids and you may spend hours in the waiting room only to be told to go home and eat a popsicle#doing better now but my esophagus is raw as hell and it sucks
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Y'ALL WHAT THE FUCK.
MY ROOMMATE HAD SOMEONE OVER FOR THE NIGHT AND SHE LET THEM SLEEP IN MY BED WITHOUT ASKING ME FIRST??? EVEN THOUGH WE EXPLICITLY AGREED THAT WE WOULD ASK EACH OTHER FIRST BEFORE EVER HAVING SOMEONE OVER??? AND IN MY BED???? HELLO?????
this is such a massive boundary for me and i'm so upset. she knew i was gone this weekend because i have to work (when i work i'm out in the city so i just stay there for the night instead of dealing with the commute to/from college) or else i can't afford to yknow exist as a human being under capitalism but like. that's so fucked. she literally knew that i wouldn't be able to do ANYTHING about it bc i'm out of town for the weekend and she took advantage of that.
and she pretended that we never discussed having someone over she tried to play the "oh i'm sorry we just never talked about it before" card and i'm like. we literally DID talk about it. it was in the roommate contract that the college MADE US FILL OUT TOGETHER and we both agreed we would have to ASK each other and COMMUNICATE before anything like that happened.
the thing is i'm just a very personal type of person and this is a massive boundary she just crossed for me. and she was already really upsetting me bc she's been belittling me all the time and she's not respectful of my work and i woke up a couple times to her watching me sleep and she's been staring at me while i change and she doesn't listen when i tell her no, ever, and i'm very, very upset about this all. this is the last straw.
#vent#i texted my RA about it because i'm so done but there's also a housing shortage on campus#and bc my roommate never fucking leaves me alone - like she literally follows me around places and tracks me down if i try to avoid her -#our friend groups are kinda overlapping now which makes things very very complicated#and i was putting up with all the other random shit but when i found out she let a stranger sleep in my bed ON MY SHEETS WITH MY PILLOWS i#just needed to cry. i NEED to cry. this is a massive thing for me and i just can't forgive her for this.
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black people who are into raceplay are braindead self hating losers. there thats what i think god you people are so fucking dumb
i think you're stupid as fuck for liking when people """pretend""" to be racist to you slkjaf;sldfsdf and i think its really funny how ppl try to use " but im black!!" as a gotcha for this stupid shit like im black i got black family we are not immune to being dumb as fuck
like lmaoooo what???? what?????? yall think white ppl understand racism enough to "properly" do raceplay? most em don't even understand racism well enough to have a regular ass convo w black ppl are you dumb or just STUPID lmaooooooo
#Are you telling me Char broiled this burger?#god like other black ppl can be colorist and antiblack as hell yall been on black twitter or black tiktok? its a damn mess lmaoo#this particular person sitting up here fighting for their life to get called the n word in bed like damn if you want that so bad go get it#there is NO shortage of white ppl willing to do it lmaoooo but we still go call u a dumb bitch for it!!!
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It has now been two weeks since my Adderall order has been sent to the pharmacy. It is still sitting there out of stock and unfilled. I am thinking about using my one last end of the world emergency Adderall that has been living in my murse for years. This is going to be like spending your lucky penny.
#the adderall shortage quite literally couldn’t have come at a worse time#my CFS is so severe I’m struggling to get out of bed#my brain fog means I can barely concentrate#in one of those sleep 15 hours a day pop an adderall to force myself to do laundry type of flareups#maybe going back on Ritalin would help???
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I neeeeeeed to get more energyyyyyyy
#im sorry to the many friends who i have just completely fuckin ghosted for MONTHS#im waiting on getting a spinal cord stimulator which will hopefully reduce my pain#and in the meantime my meds are staggared weird because theres been shortages#so i havent been able to manage my pain#and thus i am Dead In Bed 24/7#but i love you i miss you and i promise im workin on it
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April-May is birthday season around here and I really do go insane some years like gift giving is my favorite love language and every April/May I'm practically psychoanalyzing people to tailor their gifts (and gift wrap) to them like
"I will find you the unattainable item you've been yearning for and then I will wrap it and tuck it into your bed for you to find after work this is not insane I love you"
#Creepy chatter#It is a point of pride I was able to buy multiple PS5s during the initial shortage#Idk why I always have such luck in queues or random drops for things like that but I can usually snag what I need#And YES I did tuck his PS5 into bed
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Thinking normally about old college try.
#(lying)#I WOULD WALK. ALL THE WAY DOWN. TO THE END. WITH YOU. IF YOU WOULD COME. ALL THE WAY DOWN. WITH ME.#also international small arms traffic blues which is way too long of a song title but makes me crazy in the brain. there is a shortage in th#blood supply. but there is no shortage of blood. do you hear me. I am shaking you. I am yelling.#not even like. in relation to anything. listening to it just to feel something#anyway. divorce saga goats playlist for bed.#prsnl
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@salzrand - Part 1 of our studies in the eastern arts of #ThereIsOnlyOneBed :)
#daenerys targaryen#jorah mormont#dany x jorah#daenerys x jorah#jorleesi#game of thrones#fanfic#the bed shortage in the region is shocking#i know#what a tragedy#XD#art by salzrand#AND I AM STILL NO OVER IT BECAUSE ADKALJKDJDKSJ#<33333333333333
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actual representation of me both mentally & physically fhxjdjdjjdjs
#tbd#so i went to the doctor's & it is tonsillitis as expected :)))#now i'm back in my bed & exist in my misery 😂#also you do forget about the antibiotics shortage here in germany until you have to walk to another pharmacy to get their last ones#it's all fun :)))#illness tw
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