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2026-10-30 18:58:46 UTC

From the BBC on #PatrickStewart : "Dame Harriet Walter, who first met Sir Patrick in his theatre days more than 40 years ago, said his passing was like a "huge giant tree has fallen in the forest".
When a huge tree falls, it keeps providing life, allowing new shoots to grow from all the energy of the great tree.
Stewart will provide strength for us to build in a better humanity from all that he left us for generations to come

2026-10-29 06:47:32 UTC

When the fascists attack even the far right media with violence, you know they never desire to have a free and open media.
Also, BBC, he does not deserve to be called a "political activist" what about more accurate terms like violent thug?
"Tommy Robinson has been convicted of harassing two Daily Mail journalists.
A jury at Southwark Crown Court found the 43-year-old, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, guilty of two counts of harassment causing fear of violence."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq2d6z36pp53o
#antifa

2026-10-24 16:36:32 UTC

Petition to the UK government to ban Glyphosphate in public parks and spaces.
The licence to use glyphosate in the UK expires in December, but the UK government looks likely to renew it. Ministers face a critical choice: protect nature or prioritise industry profits.
Please sign if you're able:
https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/stop-glyphosate

2026-10-24 07:39:07 UTC

Organise Together: London Summit
Sat 24 Oct 2026 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL
A space for organisers, campaigners, trade unionists, activists, creatives, educators, community leaders and local people to organise, collaborate and share strategies about how we stop the far right.
Info: https://www.togetheralliance.org.uk/organise-together
Tickets:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/tatest/2463623
#antifa
#london
#Organise

2026-10-23 11:38:55 UTC

RE: https://zirk.us/@StingrayBadger/110876629715169866
The UN has declared that a record breaking #ElNino is approaching, with global #ClimateDiasters imminent.
Where is the investment in the #GlobalSouth to help mitigate the #ClimateEmergency ?
We are fortunate, with the plunder from colonialism to survive with lower costs disasters such as the 2015 Storm Desmond
Why, #Burnham are we building #Jackdaw #Rosebank when we must leave fossil fuels in the ground?
Why are we not investing to #retrofit homes inc #heatpumps ?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/weather-uk-el-nino-forecast-37798564
#note16yx…8qvz

2026-10-14 06:03:35 UTC

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This is so horrific.
Here's the original article in the British medical journal, which includes references
https://www.bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026-101118

2026-10-13 06:21:03 UTC

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I'm sure you are aware that the number of people arriving in Britain is decreasing.
The focus of asylum seekers is a really good distraction from what we need to do rapidly to deal with the poverty and lack of investment in services:
- tax the rich
- train and invest in a nationwide home retrofit of insulation, double glazing and solar panels, this will provide lots of jobs and cut bills
- invest and train people in renewable energy such as turbines and solar

2026-10-08 05:47:10 UTC

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So we avoid traffic going to the far right supporting Substack, you can access this information via your podcast provider: The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
https://pod.link/1604218333
@npub14sz…ur2r

2026-10-03 10:16:40 UTC

RE: https://masto.ai/@Miro_Collas/117369728004068037
#Macklemore understands:
“What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage,” he said.
“When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.”
#FreePalestine
#StopGazaGenocide
#note15lf…987h

2026-09-25 06:08:43 UTC

So, explain to me why Danny Tommo (Daniel Thomas) hasn't been charged with terrorism offences for putting #RNLI staff at significant risk and using a bladed weapon?
...but elderly vicars armed with cardboard, they're really the threat to the UK?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkgwe3egpzgo
#antifa
#Portsmouth
#Dover

2026-08-19 20:04:47 UTC

#Israel admits firing on car carrying #HindRajab - symbol of Gaza’s suffering
The Israeli military has announced a criminal investigation into the killing that shook the world, but hopes for justice are slim.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/israel-admits-firing-on-car-carrying-hind-rajab-symbol-of-gazas-suffering
#HindRajabFoundation
#StopGazaGenocide
#Gaza
#BDSIsrael

2026-08-15 20:30:16 UTC

Dr Arday’s tragic death was the direct, foreseeable and foreseen result of press harassment.
There cannot be any doubt that #racism lay at the heart of this story.
Self-regulation of the #press has comprehensively failed, and these are the consequences. We cannot stand still and wait for it to happen again.
#GoodLawProject are asking the prime minister to commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press. Will you join us?
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/jason-arday-letter/
#JasonArday
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2026-08-15 06:36:13 UTC

#UK Need to keep a hidden phone silent from Government Alert to protect yourself?
While it is recommended that the alerts should be kept on if at all possible, those with a secret device can opt out via their phone’s settings.
On iOS devices, enter the ‘notifications’ tab & switch off ‘severe alerts’ and ‘extreme alerts’.
Those with an android device should search for ‘emergency alert’ before using the toggle to switch it off.
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#EmergencyAlert
#DomesticViolence
#UKWildFires
#PhoneSafety

2026-07-17 07:03:24 UTC

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Thanks so much for putting this information together, I've shared with my family, and had an instant "thank you that's so helpful" from my mum.
I've tried to find the setting on WhatsApp on my phone (android) to turn off the AI but it's not showing anywhere in the settings (I've searched through every part) 😔

2026-07-14 06:19:20 UTC

RE: https://fediscience.org/@hausfath/116913342415195017
We are heading into unknown territory. Our best meteorologists can only warn us this will be the worst El Níno yet. They don't know in detail how bad this next year will be, as it's never been this hot.
This is so frightening, but is also so powerful to remind our leaders why acting on the #ClimateEmergency is vital.
#elnino
#ClimateChange
#note17f2…uj7t

2026-07-11 07:46:10 UTC

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I wonder if there's an attempt by the author to hide the genuine crisis of late stage capitalism and the climate collapse behind a nice sounding rouse "it's bad data"
I've never seen so many people suffering so much (especially with extreme poverty), with so little support (all the sort groups are struggling out have closed), and such cruel state interventions (removal of benefits, cutting disability allowance, v.long edits for council housing).

2026-06-11 21:51:24 UTC

Every time I look at #bbc news the reporting gets more racist and transphobic.
Out of convictions at one mini-mart, they build a #racist story suggesting it's repeated across the nation, without evidence. At a time when there's violent racist riots, it's fucking disgusting.
Followed by #transphobic coverage of investigation of a GP service offering gender affirming care to adolescents, making out that's it's harmful. Also disgusting.
I know, it's been getting bad, but this is awful

2026-05-20 15:36:58 UTC

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More here
https://mcb.org.uk/mcb-statement-on-islamophobic-calls-at-unite-the-kingdom-rally/

2026-05-20 15:36:29 UTC

"The Muslim Council of Britain condemns the openly Islamophobic rhetoric broadcast at the so-called “Unite the Kingdom” rally. Statements such as Tommy Robinson’s calls that “it’s time for many Muslims to leave this country,” that he “would stop Islam,” are not political speech – they are incitement. History teaches us, painfully and repeatedly, that language demanding the removal of an entire group from its home is the language that precedes ethnic cleansing & genocide."
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2026-05-02 10:08:43 UTC

Listening to the new release from #Kneecap #Fenian
Great response to power us up against #facism #Starmer #Netanyahu #StopGenocideInGaza
#Music #Gaza

2026-04-09 06:04:08 UTC

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Fuck this is scary. #Palantir is already embedded in the #NHS , government depts, and the military. All ready for #Farage to build a British #ICE and concentration camps.
We must pressure #Starmer #Labour to scrap Palantir asap
Please sign and share the petition:
https://nopalantir.org.uk/
#antifa #UKPol

2026-04-08 05:42:36 UTC

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Will this be the moment the U.S. and Europe step away from supporting Israel, and start to push Israel to abide by international requests? I hope so.

2026-04-08 05:39:40 UTC

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I'm concerned that Israel had refused to accept the Lebanon ceasefire, and, as usual, will scupper the peace plan.

2026-04-03 11:15:08 UTC

Hannah Spencer:
"The Green party is clear: ordinary people should not pay for this crisis (US/Israel war on Iran). The government should guarantee right now that it will not allow energy bills to rise beyond the April-June price cap, and every single pound of reckless profiteering by energy companies must be repurposed to this end."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/03/weeks-green-mp-politicians-clue-cost-living-labour
#Iran #WarWithIran #UKPol #GreenParty #Labour #CostOfLiving

2026-03-02 21:02:57 UTC

Menopause can have a significant impact #mentalhealth
The Royal College of Psychiatrists are raising awareness of this link; calling on govts, employers, healthcare professionals & public to improve policies, care & support 👇
https://shorturl.at/ojjca #MenopauseAndMentalHealth
#Menopause
#MenopauseMatters
Although the news item refers to women, the full guidance statement recognises this affects trans, non-binary & intersex people (to a degree).

2026-02-23 08:12:45 UTC

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Good news for the green party tho!

2026-02-22 08:32:39 UTC

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It's good to think about these things together Oyu.
The Zionist project as a whole does need critiquing and resolving in a way people feel safe.
But... do we need to wait till we can find enough people who wholly reject Zionism, before we get round to saving the world?
Mark Steel talks about this idea (altho in relation to a more trivial concern) here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTpZtxFiDtL/
& in his recent appearance on Polanski's podcast "Bold politics"

2026-02-21 22:59:15 UTC

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The question is, do we have the time and resources to read and review every comment of a leader? Will this be helpful, in our common goal of defeating facism?
Instead of spending so long critiquing Polanski, I'd suggest we will do better if you can spend your energy doing work in your community, fighting fascists directly, or fundraising for people who are fighting to save democracy etc.

2026-02-21 11:27:32 UTC

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I think Polanski was right to say the key problem now is Netanyahu and the fascist state of Israel.
If you think people need to be 100% purely committed to anti colonialism, or always says exactly the right thing, you will find the left lose their power.
We need to stand together with those that broadly share our aims to stop facism, and not fight amongst ourselves.
Also, suggest you write to Polanski as he has changed his views, as he's developed, as we all do.

2026-02-07 06:50:48 UTC

McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-morgan-mcsweeneys-labour-together-investigators-journalists
#Starmer
#McSweeney
#Labour
#UKPol
#Democracy

2026-02-01 13:29:05 UTC

Happy #Imbolc to those who celebrate
Happy First Day of #Spring
#Trees
#Photography
https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/115/995/590/938/507/166/original/e0e48e481ce610d9.jpg

2026-01-10 11:15:38 UTC

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Our very hypocritical prime minister 🤮
(Starmer has been silent on ICE murder of #ReneeGood and #Palestine protesters face years in jail)
"UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ... said: "The Iranian authorities have the responsibility to protect their own population and must allow for the freedom of expression and peaceful assembly without fear of reprisal."

2025-12-27 20:42:14 UTC

Good Law Project has setup up a system so you can find out if your local #NHS trusts have signed up to evil US tech giant #Palantir and email them to ask them to opt out
Do a good thing to #SaveTheNHS this evening and pop over here:
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/

2025-12-13 20:05:50 UTC

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The dolphins already left*.
*Thanks for all the fish. Douglas Adams

2025-12-04 20:27:15 UTC

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First they came for the trans people, I did not speak out because I was not a trans person.
Then they came for the mentally unwell, I did not speak out, because I was not unwell.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.

2025-11-13 07:11:51 UTC

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My only small hope for labour is that their members recognise the challenge and get rid of Starrmer, although if they can't manage to do that in the next year, or even by the May locals, they are handing the next government to Farage on a plate.
Here's hoping that Polanski 's messages can tempt some of the waivering Reform votes too.

2025-11-13 07:00:36 UTC

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Really interesting results, and gives some hope that there is opportunity to prevent a Reform government, if
- address cost of living, and NHS crisis
- electoral reform
If only we had a government that was interested and knew how to address these crises instead of focusing on immigration!

2025-11-11 07:12:53 UTC

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It is so unfair that tax fiddling by a market stall holder gets him locked up (and no pork chops for you), while Michelle Mahon who committed million pound fraud from the government is still swanning around her mansion.

2025-09-29 12:45:45 UTC

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Shit that's awful.
Is "mentoring" the same or different from "sales pitches" to UK defence firms?

2025-09-08 06:17:15 UTC

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Unfortunately, it's a common problem that politicians, local and national, are not addressing any of the root causes of the crisis in health and care, particularly training, and retaining staff, and instead like a click bait friendly headline.
But this leaves people frustrated as they still sit on long waits for GPs and hospital appointments, and don't see any change. It's no wonder we have such lack of trust in politicians, and very low voter turnout.

2025-09-08 05:52:57 UTC

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... And where will all the doctors and nurses come from to stay these centres? GPs and nurses are leaving the profession in droves. There aren't enough training places for all the doctors finishing medical school.
Building a centre is easy, staffing it is not

2025-09-06 07:26:23 UTC

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Here's the direct link to the #GlobalSumudFlotilla for those that want to avoid a visit to a Meta site
https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/
#SailToGaza
#StopGenocide

2025-08-22 06:19:39 UTC

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The full statement can be found here:
www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/100-womens-rights-groups-warn-against-racist-weaponisation-of-vawg/

2025-08-22 05:41:13 UTC

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It felt very relevant to the current times when I read it recently, and the really interesting ideas she brings for us

2025-08-21 20:20:58 UTC

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Could I recommend The Dispossessed by Ursula le Guin?
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/dispossessed

2025-08-21 06:10:52 UTC

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The rights to property ownership need to come with responsibility. Squatting rights for long term unoccupied places are certainly one way to ensure property owners are not solely using the property for investment.
Houses are for housing people.
The UK housing situation is in a really bad state, we need both incentives and penalties to make sure everyone's can be housed.

2025-07-25 05:50:02 UTC

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...And pay and conditions for many jobs are still appalling, why bother training to work in a stressful job for little pay?

2025-07-18 06:52:33 UTC

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#UKLFI clearly forgot to take into account the Streisand effect ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect )
The more the Israeli govt tries to censor the campaign to stop the horrific Gaza & Palestinian genocide, the more publicity they give to the Palestinian cause

2025-07-18 06:47:57 UTC

@npub15sv…dk54
It's great to have Massive Attack stand with Kneecap and Vylan against the censorship.
The Led by Donkeys video exposed the harm that UKLFI are inflicting on our rights, and damaging the fight against anti-Semitism.
#StopGenocide
#LedByDonkeys
#Gaza

2025-07-17 07:01:05 UTC

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Depends how "peaceful" is defined.
Not much point in protest of it's not disruptive / loud/ attention grabbing. If there govt only want protest that is quiet and out of the way, they're not really supporting the right to protest.
If they were really serious, they'd redfine terrorism and scrap the draconian anti protest laws

2025-07-14 06:52:44 UTC

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We may disagree with Palestine Action on whether criminal damage helps Palestinian people, but the story here is that people who are peacefully protesting against the proscription are now being criminalised as terrorists.
We already had effective laws to prosecute people who do criminal damage.
Who will the government decide to designate as terrorists next?

2025-07-02 06:11:06 UTC

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You're welcome, we need more kindness in these challenging times.

2025-07-02 05:35:19 UTC

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Excellent proposal Chris, I like the combination of lottery drawn people and the plan to have experts giving advice to the chamber.

2025-07-01 06:09:03 UTC

#BobVylan reminds us:
"Teaching our children to speak up for the change they want & need is the only way that we make this world a better place."
"As we grow older & our fire possibly starts to dim under the suffocation of adult life and all its responsibilities, it is incredibly important that we encourage & inspire future generations to pick up the torch that was passed to us."
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#StopGenocide
#Gaza
#FreePalestine
#BDSIsrael

2025-06-26 06:53:21 UTC

Calling on #cisWomen :
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community: petition.
"We reject - completely and categorically - the active discrimination and exclusion of #trans , #nonbinary and gender-diverse people. Those who continue to target this minority group do not speak for us or represent our interests. They never have. They never will."
https://chng.it/DWnZ6M6SVq
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#TransRights
#UKSupremeCourt
#NION

2025-06-09 06:53:16 UTC

Disgusting that Israel govt has not been made to understand, has not been punished and sanctioned for the #Genocide and still thinks it can continue its war crimes on the basis of Oct 7 attack.
FFS Israel even showing "a video of 7 Oct" to Thunberg and the #FreedomFlottilla crew: do they think this will somehow stop us fighting against genocide?
This weird act only shows how out of touch they are with what most of the world think.
Much love to all suffering from #GazaGenocide

2025-06-07 09:05:26 UTC

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Great speech from Owen
Each day, many many people are taking action to stop the genocide, the tide will turn.
They think they can stop us, but they are wrong, it will not be long before we will be looking for the racist genocide supporters, we will be putting leaders and supporters of war crimes on trial across the globe.
Including many in the media, who seem to think they are unaccountable

2025-06-06 21:01:02 UTC

Excellent season finale #Andor - Nemik's manifesto
"Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. 1/2
#Antifa
#Pride
#BLM
#ClimateEmergency
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

2025-06-04 06:41:45 UTC

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Really powerful letter and action by #Rumbelow
As we stand in the face of the #ClimateEmergency our leaders refuse to make bold changes, they fail to invest in renewable energy, in improved insulation, in recycling.
Instead they allow more mining of North sea oil, and invest in weapons.
We can see who are the good people, and so will the history books (if humanity survives long enough to write them)
#StarmerOut
#uk_politics

2025-05-03 08:55:59 UTC

Join the demonstration outside #Manchester Crown Court at 14:00 on Saturday the 3rd of May to unite against the attacks.
Crown Square
M3 3FL
The British state is attempting to strip away our rights.
The #SupremeCourt 's ruling is nothing more than 50's style segregation and must be rejected and resisted.
Organised by Manchester #Trans Liberation Assembly
https://mcrtranslib.neocities.org/
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/443/036/214/541/962/original/b866fed50dbc2aa0.jpg

2025-03-26 07:26:40 UTC

"Europe must be on its guard.
Extreme vigilance is required."
V. worrrying #facist plans for Europe (and I include the UK as many of us still see ourselves as #European )
Everyone is in danger, the facists threaten refugees, LGBTQIA community, abortion and contraception, and basic human rights
Sadly many in the UK are unaware: we talk about this threat.
Please help out in the May #LocalElections & say no to the Racist Homophobic Misogynist Reform party
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/right-wing-push-to-dismantle-the-eu-heritage-foundations-private-workshop/?feed_id=6568&_unique_id=67e3a2aed16ec

2025-03-09 08:39:37 UTC

Great news in #UKPolitics . We now have an equal number of #Green MPs as #Reform
So no excuse now for having Farage to speak in the media without hearing from the Greens
It's quite impressive that Farage could not manage to work with 4 other people for only 8 months, doesn't make him look like a leader.
Now can the #Westminster bubble stop thinking they need to promote fascists and instead get on with doing what they promised before the election. Thanks

2025-03-08 12:53:31 UTC

Wonderful piece of research on the problems with #fashion industry and the myth of clothes #recycling
#ClimateEmergency
#Sustainability
#Waste
#Colonialism
#GlobalSouth
https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-03-01/where-do-the-clothes-go-after-we-put-them-in-a-recycling-bin-an-11-month-investigation-covering-thousands-of-kilometers.html

2025-03-05 07:37:25 UTC

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We don't want to have to rely on such mechanisms again, the time is right to refresh the safeguards to our democracy

2025-02-09 09:27:13 UTC

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Hey, pressuring a random person to do stuff is unlikely to be helpful.
It would be better to tell us what you are doing, to give those of us that are able, inspiration or motivation.
Not everyone is able to take direct action. For some people it's to unsafe.

2025-02-02 22:22:32 UTC

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I learn from you most days, you deserve great thanks

2025-02-02 21:54:18 UTC

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A massive thanks to the many who have taught me, and the many still to teach me. In particular, my family & friends who give me great love; [@mekkaokereke](https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke ) for their bravery; @npub1ld5…63uk for their hard work; @npub1c24…0kcs for sharing the love; @npub12pw…zvxn for their frequent knowledgeable reports and summaries; @npub1san…jgxu for bringing fresh perspectives; @npub1ee8…ph2w for their insights; @npub19at…c8rf gifting humour; @npub1wpg…08a3 for getting to the point on the important things;
13/n

2025-02-02 21:52:50 UTC

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"If it Anarres you want, if it is the future you seek, then I tell you that you must come to it with empty hands. You must come to it alone, and naked, as the child comes into the world, into his future, without any past, without any property, wholly dependent on other people for his life. You cannot take what you have not given, and you must give yourself. You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
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2025-02-02 21:52:03 UTC

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"We have nothing to give you but your own freedom. We have no law but the single principle of mutual aid between individuals. We have no government but the single principle of free association. We have no states, no nations, no presidents, no premiers, no chiefs, no generals, no bosses, no bankers, no landlords, no wages, no charity, no police, no soldiers, no wars. Nor do we have much else. We are sharers, not owners. We are not prosperous. None of us is rich. None of us is powerful.
11/n

2025-02-02 21:50:54 UTC

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"We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out must be empty, as mine is. You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have is what you are, and what you give.
“I am here because you see in me the promise, the promise that we made two hundred years ago in this city—the promise kept. We have kept it, on Anarres. We have nothing but our freedom.
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2025-02-02 21:49:15 UTC

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Shevek’s well-rehearsed speech to the crowd of striking workers in Nio Esseia:
“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our brotherhood. We know it, because we have had to learn it.
9/n

2025-02-02 21:48:13 UTC

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"Here you see the jewels, there you see the eyes. And in the eyes you see the splendor, the splendor of the human spirit. Because our men and women are free, possessing nothing they are free. And you the possessors are possessed. You are all in jail. Each alone, solitary, with a heap of what he owns. You live in prison, die in prison. It is all I can see in your eyes—the wall, the wall!”
8/n

2025-02-02 21:47:23 UTC

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"You can’t always have what you want, or even what you need, because there isn’t enough. You Urrasti have enough. Enough air, enough rain, grass, oceans, food, music, buildings, factories, machines, books, clothes, history. You are rich, you own. We are poor, we lack. You have, we do not have. Everything is beautiful, here. Only not the faces. On Anarres nothing is beautiful, nothing but the faces. The other faces, the men and women. We have nothing but that, nothing but each other.
7/n

2025-02-02 21:45:41 UTC

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Shevek’s drunken speech to the wealthy partygoers at Vea Oiie’s private celebration:
“No. [Anarres] is not wonderful. It is an ugly world. Not like this one. Anarres is all dust and dry hills. All meagre, all dry. And the people aren’t beautiful. They have big hands and feet, like me and the waiter there. But not big bellies. They get very dirty, and take baths together, nobody here does that. The towns are very small and dull, they are dreary. No palaces. Life is dull, and hard work.
6/n

2025-02-02 21:43:40 UTC

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I wanted to share these two speeches made by Shevek, the main character of Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1974 fictional work, The Dispossessed.
These speeches resonated so deeply with me, and the book, and many before it, have taught me we can change, we can still have hope in the human spirit.
5/n
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2025-02-02 21:40:39 UTC

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I still believe in hope, that there are enough good people, if we can stand together, and make the massive changes that are needed to not only save the planet, but must also change our society, there is no longer room for capitalism, for wars, for hatred.
It will be a great struggle, and we can each only give what we have, but together we are the many, together we are strong.
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2025-02-02 21:38:09 UTC

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But still, we are given #misinformation and opportunities for change are hidden from us, and the blame is set to the “other”.
We are told that change is too expensive unless it benefits the wealthy and the powerful.
We are not told we are trapped, or suffering.
We are only told to blame the other, the immigrant, the disabled, or human rights.
We are told that we are racist when we ask to stop a #genocide is happening.
3/n

2025-02-02 21:36:03 UTC

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I found the books, the teachers and the historians because I knew deep down, that what I was taught in school, and what was published in the mainstream media was corrupt, and often fraudulent, to keep people from asking questions, to keep people from thinking there may be a better or different way of living.
We stand now, as earth dwellers, on a precipe, about to destroy this amazing planet, and all its life, and all humankind, in the midst of the #ClimateEmergency
2/n
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2025-02-02 21:34:19 UTC

I have been learning about the history of cruelty, #imperialism , and #revolution .
I have been learning #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilityRights #LGBTQIArights #EndRacism #PeaceNotWar #WeAreTheMany #EqualRightsForAll #ClimateCrisis
Nothing I have learned was taught at school. None of the books, history or teachers I have learned from are talked about in most of our media.
Long thread 1/n
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2025-01-31 21:47:12 UTC

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Thanks for sharing. I've chipped in and shared
I still can't believe the UK are trying to expand flying when we're in the midst of the #ClimateEmergency

2025-01-18 11:20:05 UTC

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It's almost like we could really benefit from giving people a small income, enough to live on, so we could get the best from our creators without them having to struggle in poverty or give up.
I sometimes wonder how many great creators we've lost as a society due to this lack of investment, it's hard to quantity and no one wants to count
#UniversalBasicIncome
#ubi4all
#Musicians

2025-01-16 07:02:21 UTC

Please share or support if you're able: Clean energy pioneer’s lab destroyed in suspected arson attack in Liverpool
News article: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-answered-phone-told-lifes-30774925
Crowdfunding site:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-groundbreaking-technology-after-arson-attack
#ClimateEmergency
#RenewableEnergy
#FuelCells
#Engineering
#MutualAid

2024-11-06 07:41:28 UTC

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America is not a homogeneous mass, there are many in the US who didn't support the rapist, therefore we give our support to the many good people of the US

2024-10-23 20:11:08 UTC

Does anyone else have a #dog that thinks it's a squirrel?
Our hound gets given a new bone and spends an hour trying to bury it underneath cushions, or even under me, before repeating the process over and over.
Thankfully he's now decided to bury it in the blankets in his bed and had fallen asleep
#DogLover
#DogsOfFedi

2024-09-29 21:49:43 UTC

If you'd like to support people recover from the severe flooding in Asheville & a queer feminist collective bookshop
@npub10k8…t8a5
their donation page is accepting support here:
https://firestorm.coop/sustainers.html
#HurricaneHelene
#Helene
#Flood
#LGBTQ
#Donate

2024-09-15 08:36:13 UTC

#GretaThunberg :
"We are never going back to normal again because ‘normal’ was already a crisis.
What we refer to as normal is an extreme system built on the exploitation of people and the planet.
It is a system defined by colonialism, imperialism, oppression and genocide by the so-called global North to accumulate wealth that still shapes our current world order.
If economic growth is our only priority, then what we are experiencing now should be exactly what we should be expecting.”
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2024-09-06 06:02:14 UTC

The more I hear about the outcomes of the #Grenfell report, the more I think our society is as bad, or worse, than the Victorian era society portrayed in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist but sadly without enough voices recognising the failures of #capitalism and #racism
May the 72 victims rest in peace, and know they will not be forgotten.
We will remember their deaths were avoidable.

2023-08-12 12:25:04 UTC

LONG POST ON #ELNINO / #FLOODING
As we hear of the effects of the #ClimateEmergency round the world, and see #flooding in #Norway I am reminded of #StormDesmond that hit #Cumbria between 5th & 6th Dec 2015. In 48 hours #Thirlmere in #LakeDistrict recorded 405mm of rainfall in combination with severe gales up to 81mph. This was an El Nino year.
It was the 4th major storm of the autumn. The ground and the lakes were already saturated.
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateAction
#FloodPrevention
#Hydrology
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