Jessi Langsen-Gaston

Childcare has been broken by the Conservatives. Labour will make lasting change to how we think about childcare, integrating it into our education system so parents have flexibility and children get the best start in life. thetimes.co.uk/article/bridge…

Joining a lot of angry, disgusted customers in asking @PrimeVideo to cancel Clarkson’s Farm. Series 2 release date emerged just ahead of Jeremy Clarkson’s vile public abuse in The Sun and that is not a man that deserves a charming little platform.

The government has refused to add #sicklecell to the list of conditions exempt from prescription charges Laurel needs at least five medications every month to keep her healthy - and has to pay full-price for each one: stylist.co.uk/fitness-health… #PrescriptionCharges

Additionally, new data from @GBT_news revealed that living with sickle cell disease reduces productivity and decreases potential future income by more than £500,000 over a lifetime stylist.co.uk/fitness-health…

For people with sickle cell, cold is a known risk factor for triggering a dangerous crisis episode: "Sickle cell patients are urged to stay warm because that keeps your blood less ‘sticky’. The stickier your blood, the more acute the pain crisis will be.” stylist.co.uk/fitness-health…

For @StylistMagazine I wrote about how the cost of living crisis is disproportionately affecting people with sickle cell People like Laurel who risk a life-threatening crisis if they don't put the heating on this winter: stylist.co.uk/fitness-health…… #SickleCell #CostOfLivingCrisis

She’s ready for the middle school play…does that mean she’s ready for this?

Look, I was always going to buy this book. @designmom blew my mind when she first started talking about abortion this way. But especially if you have sons? Get this on your shelf and into the conversation.

@juliaalonzo_ Fwiw I’ve had one of these for six years and it remains my favorite piece of outerwear. In spite of the weight of desolation sewn into the ample pockets.

@Pookiepoo22 @CourtneyWRocket @SBirrd Literally in the same situation. My parents still had power as of 11:30 GMT last night but haven’t had an update since.

@CourtneyWRocket Thank you @SBirrd I’ve also been waiting for an update from parents, I’m uk based so have been checking on Twitter through the night, seems to be the only place with real-time updates on Lakewood Ranch!

Can anyone tell me what #HurricaneIan is like in #LakewoodRanch right now? Messages to my dad aren’t going through…

A mutual friend of ours from college was also told her colon cancer symptoms were all in her head for months after she gave birth — her story is here: today.com/health/health/…

I didn't know if I should write that piece or not; it felt very basic. But I've heard from 100+ people who've told me it prompted them to schedule theirs, so that feels like actual service journalism somehow

But my friend read my piece about getting one at age 40 b/c of family history, and pushed back when her doctor told her that she didn't need one yet annehelen.substack.com/p/welcome-to-c…

Most people, even many health care providers, don't know that the guidance on when you should get your first colonoscopy has changed: *all* people should be getting them by age 45 cancer.org/cancer/colon-r…

A good friend just got a colonoscopy — had a medium polyp removed that the doctor thinks was pre-cancerous. It would've been cancerous by the time she went in, like most people do, at age 50

@snjacobs @British_Airways This is The boy’s third rodeo but he’s at a different developmental place every time. Expecting a loooong day but then HOME.

My husband, 2.5 year old and I are all booked @British_Airways Premium Economy on a long haul to Boston Friday. It appears we don't have seat assignments and there's only one seat left in the section. Odds other passengers will pay us not to be left alone with our toddler?

Please respond to my DM. We have no way to get seats the seats we paid for online and need help. If it were just my husband or I, we could wait and deal at the airport but there’s a 2.5 year old involved who’s flying long haul in his own seat for the first time.

@British_Airways Bumping this because it's been 5 hours since the original message and the closer the flight gets, the more nervous I am.

@British_Airways I've been waiting for a DM from the team about seating with a toddler for a flight in two days. What is the wait time?