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Anna Pethen

@annapethen.bsky.social
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Graphic designer / Web designer / Illustrator. Animal / biophile human from Heeley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, The World. annapethen.co.uk Most importantly: Free, Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Harlinah Teoh, creates botanical ceramic art inspired by walking in the Australian landscape #WomensArt
A group of six vases in different shapes and sizes all ddcorated with flowering plant designs, all on a white surface against a white background
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'The Pond' by Dee Nickerson contemporary English painter who explores themes of living in the countryside #Womensart
Painting featuring a woman and her cat standing next to a pond surrounded by trees as birds fly overhead
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Well, I have a new favorite meme.
Christina Baranski as Agnes Van Rhijn, saying, “This situation requires me to take leave of my manners.”
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Gaza: More Than 21,900 Palestinian Children Killed in Israeli Attacks Over Three Years of Genocide | Countercurrents
Gaza (QNN)- More than 21,900 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s genocidal war, including over 1,100 infants under the age of one, according to official figures…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/10/2026
Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Watercolour painting from the 'Leafscape' series, by Jessica Rosemary Shepherd, contemporary ethnobotanical artist #womensart #October
Realistic painting of a leaf in light green and gold against a white background
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump and Musk going all out to protect Putin
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Mamdani bans horse carriage industry in New York City. 👏👏👏
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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 14/10/2026
Idea 25, 1957. Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura. designreviewed.com/artefacts/id... #YusakuKamekura #JapaneseDesign
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Liquidambar leaf palette. This tree puts on such a stunning show in October. If you know of one growing near you maybe go and visit it -they look like a sycamore or maple that’s part of a Pride parade…intense leafy dopamine fireworks 🍁:
Liquidambar leaves from a tree in Dullingham, arranged on buff coloured linen so they create a colour gradation
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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Claude Monet in front of some of his murals in 1923.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X
Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Deeply irresponsible. We're in a climate crisis. This is such a terrible start. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Anna Pethen @annapethen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Terrorists, Barbarians, Savages: How Every Empire Dehumanises Its Opponents
And Why Capitalist Imperialism Needs Racism to Survive
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Anna Pethen @annapethen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Demilitarise South Yorkshire Now!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
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Demilitarise South Yorkshire Now!
Members of the South Yorkshire community are invited to show their support for a renewal of our historic demilitarisation by signing this open letter (below), addressed to South Yorkshire Mayor, Olive...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/05/2026
'Having a Green in the room makes a difference' Greens build social housing, stand up to developers and push for affordable homes. Vote Green this Thursday. 🗳️✅
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Politicians and media attacking @zackpolanski.bsky.social over antisemitism lack any decency. So says Rabbi Herschel Gluck - who was given an OBE for advancing interfaith understanding.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
How is this cartoon of Zack Polanski, published in the Sun - complete with forked tongue and other Der Stürmer tropes - not blatantly antisemitic?
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Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Remember to take your photo ID with you when you go and vote to stop fascism today ✊🏼
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is insane. This is the government’s “independent” advisor on antisemitism. He sees four antisemitic cartoons targeting Zack Polanski. His response? To demand an end to the antisemitic targeting of Polanski? No. It’s to attack the Green Party.
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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is what the BBC told someone they were interviewing from Gaza. Who gives a fuck what israel says? It’s literally like BBC telling a Jew inside a concentration camp “the Nazis strongly reject the accusations that war crimes are committed against you. What do you say to that?”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/08/2025
Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children
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Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children
The pioneering African country is lauded for slashing rates of mother-to-child transmission to just 1.2% and is holding trials that may now hold the key to curing young people
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Alistair Green @mralistairgreen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Well we waited 45 years for it … and Oasis at Wembley did NOT disappoint for me and the boys. From ‘live forever’ to ‘sally can wait’ they played all the hits and other ones too and we’ll be ‘mad fer* it’ for a long time to come ie we’ll remember it for years! What a night! *for
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Join our campaign to end hunting now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/end-hunting/
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End hunting for good email campaign - Protect the Wild
Join the campaign to end hunting for good 20 Years of Failure. One Chance to End It.Join the Campaign to End Hunting for GoodHunting with dogs was meant to be banned 20 years ago. But two decades afte...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The question before us isn’t if the ethnic cleansing and Israeli policies are legal or not. The challenge is whether the world will ever find the resolve to take action against an apartheid state that uses war crimes as a mental fog for the slow-motion dispossession of an entire nation.
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Anna Pethen @annapethen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
10 days left to get 100,000 signatures on @chrisgpackham.bsky.social petition to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships – please sign and share govpetition.uk/700024
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
2025: setting all the worst records 🔥
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Where did all the butterflies go? 🚨🦋 Newly released data has revealed that 2024 was one of the worst years on record for butterflies in the UK, and more than half of butterfly species are now in long-term decline. We are in a #ButterflyEmergency.
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign @pscupdates.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
If you’re still a Barclays or Tesco Bank customer, pledge to join the next mass account closure day on 22 May 2025. We’ll send you all the information you need to make it easy to join the boycott. #BoycottBarclays (4/4)
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Anna Pethen @annapethen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Ethnic cleansing is happening right in front of our eyes. The UK government must stop all arms to Israel and enforce full sanctions on Israel now. Until then our county is complicit in genocide. @louisehaighmp.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Indicted war criminal Netanyahu confuses the notion of 'the beginning' with that of 'ongoing' while celebrating the genocide he is perpetrating with the full support of a West that is disunited on everything except its complicity in this genocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Netanyahu warns Israel’s renewed Gaza offensive ‘is only the beginning’
Israeli PM says attacks will continue until Hamas is destroyed and hostages freed, as airstrikes kill hundreds
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
As mass murder and genocide escalate in #Gaza, the UK government should denounce them, cut off all support to Netanyahu's government and assist in its prosecution. Instead, Starmer silences his ministers. In doing so, he facilitates the crimes.
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
When a genocidal maniac announces genocidal intent on the world stage - the world should intervene. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gaza war: Netanyahu says fighting has resumed in Gaza with 'full force'
Israel's PM warns
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Timewalkproject @timewalkproject.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
@helpsheffield.bsky.social Trust Birley Spa to do something different.
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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Casa Lazzari in Milan by architect Romano Juvara (1974) Photo by Carla De Benedetti
Living space decorated in primary colors 

Image from House's Architects Live In by Barbara Plumb
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment. Happy World Book Day.
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Anna Pethen @annapethen.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Support Ukraine, not Trump. Join the World Vs Trump letter: action.eko.org/a/world-lead...
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World leaders: stand up to Trump
Trump and Vance just orchestrated one of the most shameful moments in US history, live on TV.They tried to intimidate the man fighting to save his country from Russian annihilation, tried to humiliate
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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Eggs and Egg Products, Agriculture Canada (1973) Designed by Mary Brett
The cover, printed in 3 colors, is made up of two graphics, a smaller whole egg and one much larger egg sliced in half with its central yellow yolk exposed. The background is orange. 
Archive Repository: Government of Canada, 1973
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Anna Pethen @annapethen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
According to a Vinted seller "Y2K" is "vintage". I accept it's technically true but it still CAN'T BE TRUE
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Bang on!
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians shifts up a gear with Trump 2.0: Trump now promotes the 'relocation' of Palestinians from Gaza - itself a war crime - calling it temporary or long-term. For good measure he lifted the 'hold' on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...
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Ethnic cleansing feared as Trump asks Jordan, Egypt to take Gaza residents
Trump says relocation may be temporary or long-term as he announces lifting of hold on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel.
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Anna Pethen @annapethen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It's 2025. It's time to ban driven grouse shooting. Please sign + share to help @wildjustice.bsky.social reach 100k sigs by 22nd May @markavery.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @lucylapwing.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Here are some nice mushrooms
A family of splitgill mushrooms grow aligned on the edge of an upturned branch in a bare winter forest. They look like seashells on wet stone

All photos by me
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Alan Partridge - Quote of the Day @apartridgeqotd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Ding Dong! Merrily on High...
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Ding Dong Merrily
YouTube video by Alan Partridge - Quote of the Day
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BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Join us for our Annual Virtual Meeting Saturday 15th of February 2-4pm to discuss society matters and hear 'A beginner's guide to sawflies' by Andrew Halstead (photo credit). We'll be meeting over Zoom, link to be posted on the website Members' Area and emailed to membership.
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Pathetically inadequate response from DEFRA / UK Westminster Govt to our petition to ban driven grouse shooting. Ignores all the evidence & will embolden The Untouchables. Our campaign will now intensify over coming weeks... #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/19/p...
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Pathetic Government response to Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition
DEFRA has responded on behalf of the Westminster Government to the latest petition calling for a ban on driving shooting. Here is DEFRA’s pathetic statement in full: 16th January 2025 The Gov…
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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
My illustration of Brachglottis broomrape (Orobanche minor var. heliophila). We described this plant as a new variety in 2020 after showing that it is genetically and physiologically distinct, having become isolated on its host - a shrub called Brachglottis. It tends to turn up in IKEA carparks.
My illustration of Brachglottis broomrape (Orobanche minor var. heliophila).
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/01/2025
Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution
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Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution
Campaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open Parents driving children to private schools is associated with a 27% increase in air pollution and congestion in a south London street, according to…
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