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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

A moment that changed me: My unbearable grief kept growing until I found solace in a silent community

I coped by keeping incredibly busy. I regularly informed friends I'm fine, actually, as I threw myself into a new job in communications, went clubbing every weekend, picked up a side hustle selling secondhand clothes and got suspiciously invested in my gym routine. If I could just keep busy, I thought, perhaps I could drown out the growing tidal wave of grief. And it worked, until it just didn't any more.
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5 months ago

Police arrested autistic activist in supported housing as part of Quaker raid operation

Police conducted controversial raids on a Quaker meeting house and arrested an autistic activist linked to nonviolent climate protests.
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