🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈 Freelance digital marketing & fundraising, library campaigner, Girlguiding volunteer, M.E. advocate, writing student, book nerd.https://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3mlxxi5wf522aWell. That’s it then. 😢16 May 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxxi5wf522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3mlxvppl6yc2aTense afternoon in Casa MacCollier as husband watches very important match on my behalf as a lifelong Jambo… (he would also quite like my team to win the league since he’s not a fan of the Old Firm teams, though he supports the Dons as his “Scottish” team).16 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxvppl6yc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3mllplu6rq22fToday is the start of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) awareness week. Sounds like a rare illness. It’s definitely not. It’s estimated that 109,000 people in Scotland have ME, many have Long Covid too. It’s a debilitating illness for many, including myself. There’s no cure or treatments.11 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllplu6rq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3mlecos43wk2kIt’s clear from results that the central belt focused parties need to do more to engage with and serve the people of North East Scotland. Didn’t see any effort from candidates in my neighbourhood. No sign of anyone at polling stations again, something I was accustomed to growing up in Edinburgh.08 May 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlecos43wk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3mldw3dhrp223Watching people vote against their own interests is utterly heartbreaking 😢08 May 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldw3dhrp223https://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3mdlb3z2rlc2dLovely chat this afternoon with the M.E. Action Scotland volunteer network. There’s so much work to be done to improve education in medicine and nursing, and to provide proper clinical and practical support to people with M.E. She types while flopped on the sofa feeling sick, dizzy & exhausted.29 Jan 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlb3z2rlc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3m7xazrmm2c2xUtterly devastating to hear the news coming from Sydney this morning. Everyone deserves to celebrate their cultural holidays without fear of dying because of it. My thoughts are with Jewish Australians and all those affected by what happened at Bondi Beach today.14 Dec 2025 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7xazrmm2c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3m7sn7xdwmc2sThanks @heraldscotland.bsky.social for highlighting GATE's peaceful protest that is planned in Edinburgh tomorrow: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25691967.edinburgh-protest-girlguidings-message-trans-rejection There's also going to be protests over the next few days in Sheffield, London and Cardiff.12 Dec 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7sn7xdwmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3m7ppp3idvc2vFor fellow Girlguiding volunteers who are angry about the recent rushed decision taken in response to legal cases that declared no new young members who are transgender can be accepted into units, find Guiding for All and Guiders Against Trans Exclusion on Instagram.11 Dec 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ppp3idvc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3m7a5fhl7hc2pMorning @justgiving.bsky.social I think your help pages might be down as when I try to access them, it's coming up with a Cloudare 'Internal Server Error'.05 Dec 2025 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7a5fhl7hc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lz56vxdn3c2mI haven't been on this much, as the last few months have been a whirlwind - a new family member, a parent diagnosed with dementia, plus the usual juggle of trying to work as much as I can, live within our means and manage a chronic illness. And then there's just the state of the world.18 Sep 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz56vxdn3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lrbxq4bx7s25Today my thoughts have very much been with the people in Graz. Every time news like today’s comes I’m immediately transported back to March 1996. Once again, it hit a little close to home thinking of pupils at my sister’s school in Vienna who made us these bracelets for our wedding.10 Jun 2025 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbxq4bx7s25https://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lr6uv2osvs2gPaediatric first aid training with St Andrew’s ambulance done. Now I just need to get my first aid kit restocked to be ready for Surf Camp this summer!09 Jun 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6uv2osvs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lqzunmddnk2zSo awesome to be back at Grampian Pride again this year after missing last year. Thank you Mother Nature for not raining on our parade even if you soaked us going back to the car 🤣07 Jun 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqzunmddnk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lpwsdra4422bI had three days off booked weeks ago all so I could go see Lilo & Stitch at a cinema tomorrow and now I won’t be able to get there because they’re closing all the routes to the cinema tomorrow and all the roads with disabled parking bays. Thanks SO much Aberdeen.24 May 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwsdra4422bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lowi2w5oy22tToday was a successful day. A morning of naps, an afternoon trip to beach for ice cream, a work project complete, roast dinner and evening listening to Joni Mitchell live at Newport Festival on vinyl.11 May 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowi2w5oy22thttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3loogitfxvc22Oh good. A pope that has gone on record as anti LGBTQ+ and covered up sexual abuse. Way to go backwards in the progress Pope Francis made…08 May 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3loogitfxvc22https://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lmtorkyh4k2lOnce again, our local city neighbourhood has stickers, graffiti and leaflet with hate against Muslims, Black communities and LGBTQ+ communities. The far right are radicalising others, feeling emboldened and it is deeply concerning. I’ve signed this petition too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmtorkyh4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3llzofvkn5c27I don’t need presents, but I’d love for people with M.E. to have the support they need, the understanding from PIP assessors and to not fear being in hospitals. Here’s how you can give me a birthday gift: https://www.justgiving.com/page/laura-anne-collier-10?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL05 Apr 2025 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzofvkn5c27https://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3llyir5cak22wInterested to know what my former neighbours at @edinburghzoo.bsky.social have to say - will they too stand with their cousins in Antartica? 🐧 #IStandWithThePenguins [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyir5cak22whttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3llyikujyek2wStanding with the penguins. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyikujyek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lacollier.bsky.social/post/3lk2jtpli7c24My husband and I received a £40 gift card for @dominiontheatre.bsky.social from friends at end of last year. After a tough weekend, we went to go use it today only to discover there’s no disabled access at all. Not even to get wheelchair into building. Utterly gutting and so disappointing.10 Mar 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:bewfld2jcf2oriforpbzmnyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2jtpli7c24