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@beckymiller33.bsky.social
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Dreamer, doer, cyclist, human being, Planet Earth. Policy and service designer at Defra. New here... beckymiller.co.uk

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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Urrr I'm sorry BBC News this 'in depth' piece reads like some kind of perverse April Fool. But hang on, it's September so you must be for real, right?! POV: Maybe start charging tax on aviation fuel and subsiding and investing in train travel instead? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Flyers might have to face more disruption with hotter skies
Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Waiting on the platform with the blue sky and clam after the storm last night. Not the usual punctual french rail service but what can you do when a tornado hits and 130km winds follow in its wake?
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name to make sure Burnham keeps his word. water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org/s/AvlgZH
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Stop the water industry rip-off
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name.
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Put nature on British bank notes! 💚💵🐸🦊🐧🐝🦋🐋🐬 cast your vote… www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...
bankofengland.co.uk
Help us celebrate the UK’s wildlife
Tell us which animals you would like to see on our next series of banknotes by 3 July 2026
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
125 people have registered for Policy Camp with 53 days to go! You can too! policycamp.org.uk
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Policy Camp
Policy Camp is an unconference for policy practitioners, taking place at UCL on 23 July 2026.
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Let's hold the Government to its promise! No new oil and gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, and won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit
The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!
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UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com · 18/05/2026
🚨Are you a policy professional who has attended GovCamp?🚨 We are developing Policy Camp, an event for policy practitioners! Tell us your experience of unconferences. What worked, what was useful, how we can best support policy professionals. Email us at policycamp1@gmail.com by 24th May! Thanks!
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 28/04/2026
Power belongs in your hands, not just in Westminster. Today, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill finally passes into law, featuring a landmark Community Right to Buy. This is massive win for community power and for the co-operative movement. 🐝
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Had anyone else working in public sector found themselves playing acronym number plate bingo by mistake? This evening cycling home I got ‘LFA’ = Less Favourable Area, aka the Uplands (I work for Defra)
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I've just backed the crowdfunder for @oldtreebrewery.bsky.social so I can [hashtag] Drink the Seasons! Check out their vision for Brewing a Biodiversity Revival and be part of that hopefuly future here >>> www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/oldtreebre...
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Drink the Seasons! Brewing a Biodiversity Revival
Funding the next decade of Old Tree Brewery CIC: brewing for biodiversity and community land regeneration.
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
BRIEFING: CONCERNS REGARDING PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES AND NHS DATA SYSTEMS www.medact.org/2026/resourc... <Palantir out of the NHS, MOD, law enforcement
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Briefing: Concerns Regarding Palantir Technologies and NHS Data Systems - Medact
This briefing document outlines the key concerns regarding the involvement of Palantir Technologies in NHS data infrastructure and operations, including via their delivery of the FDP.
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ask your MP to meet with ‘Dirty Business’ activists!
#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March...
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Drink the Seasons! Brewing a Biodiversity Revival - great crowdfunder to get involved with if you’re interested in any of the following: #agroforestry #localFoodNetworks #komboucha #livingSoil #microbrewery #regen www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/oldtreebre...
crowdfunder.co.uk
Drink the Seasons! Brewing a Biodiversity Revival
Funding the next decade of Old Tree Brewery CIC: brewing for biodiversity and community land regeneration.
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Credit unions help people access fair, ethical finance. But an outdated law is holding them back. I’ve signed this petition to update the rules so credit unions can grow and serve more communities. Sign here 👇 party.coop/campaign/com...
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Let credit unions serve their communities
Don’t let outdated laws hold credit unions back.
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 10/02/2026
Today’s Local Power Plan announcement is the biggest investment in community-owned energy in British history. Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Who watched Night Manager season 2? Does anyone else feel like its quite a timely dramatisation of our current story? 🤔🙈
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Some Friday reading! 👇 ☕ 📖
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop the water stitch-up!
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
There are likely many reasons why the civil service is not as efficient as it could be. Low grade Dell laptops is one of them. Hashtag false economy.
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time? Really American FB
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"As the market for insecure work grows and more people depend on it, it is critical that their voices are heard in policymaking." 🗣️ Hear from our Partnership Insight Manager Aleks Collingwood in this piece by @bigissue.com on our recent report with @demos-uk.bsky.social. bit.ly/4pKmunL
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Unemployment in Britain much worse than reported, study finds
Gig economy workers may be missing from official employment statistics that show the UK employment rate currently sits at 5.1%.
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Cash is a lifeline for millions of vulnerable people and a vital public utility - like water and electricity. We shouldn’t let our money and payments system be run for profit 💷 Tell the government to mandate cash acceptance Sign the petition to #KeepCashAlive 👇🏿 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the petition to Keep Cash Alive
No matter what shop, supermarket, or pub you want to pay in, they should accept the cash you give them 💷 Tell the government to mandate cash acceptance. Sign now to Keep Cash Alive! 👇🏿
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
What if government is stuck in a local maximum? Today I'm publishing a new post exploring whether the evidence standards and control mechanisms we use in government are limiting us to a dangerously narrow field of view. If so, what could we do about that? medium.com/@jamestplunk... 1/n
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What if government is stuck in a local maximum?
The case for broadening our field of view
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Honestly, the extent to which you now need to work around the machinery of government (in stealth, against the rules, etc.) in order to save it from itself is truly extraordinary.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨 Last chance to register! On Thursday, our Talking about Homes webinars with @frameworks.bsky.social @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social return, as we explore how to do justice to lived experience stories. Sign up now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/92…
Promotional graphic for a webinar titled "Talking about Homes - Doing justice to stories" scheduled for Thursday 27th November, from 1-2 pm. Two individuals are seated on a bench, one holding a tablet. Logos for Nationwide Foundation, Frameworks UK and JRF are displayed at the bottom.
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Hugh Wallace @tumshie.me · 31/10/2025
People like real things! I wrote about the important stuff that's missing from the new wave of AI tools. tumshie.ghost.io/people-like-...
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People like real things
Thoughts on trust, authenticity and bubbles in response to the launch of Sora, OpenAI’s new video-sharing app.
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New thing alert! 📣 Today's we're launching a new initiative: The Centre for the Edge 📣 @kinship.works and @jrf-uk.bsky.social How can leaders in our struggling public institutions support the emergence of alternatives? More here from @mssophiaparker.bsky.social and me: medium.com/@jamestplunk...
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The Centre for the Edge
A new initiative to help public sector leaders support emerging alternatives
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Have you head of GHS, Government Human Service? Probably not! It's just a thought experiment I've been entertaining in my head for a while. I'd love to know what you think... #govdesign #ServiceDesign medium.com/ghs-governme...
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Introducing GHS
Government Human Service
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
@lukelukeluke.bsky.social look 👀 I saw these mushrooms popping up in a sand dune in the north of the Netherlands, the island of Schiermonnikogg to be exact 🇳🇱 🍄‍🟫 🍄‍🟫 I never thought about the mycorrhizal network in sand dunes before… their caps were gently nodding in the wind #fungi #sanddunes
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Demand a UN-mandated Multinational Armed Force for Gaza - this is how apartheid was ended in South Africa - be part of history for the better and add your name now: www.stopgenocide.com/unga/
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Demand a Multinational Armed Protective Force for Gaza!
Automatically generate emails to World leaders to demand that they call for the UN General Assembly to pass a Uniting for Peace resolution and deploy a UN-mandated multinational armed protective force...
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Hilary Cottam @hilarycottam.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
‘Learn to care’ could replace ‘learn to code’ as the go to career advice for the next generation @jburnmurdoch.ft.com #TheWorkWeNeed
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Respect to @itvx.com and the Tour de France Highlights programme documenting the #greenwashing of @totalenergie.bsky.social #bold 👊
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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 10/07/2025
Catch up on great speakers to date - inc @andreasthinks.me @jenitennison.com, @cthimon.bsky.social @miriamlevin.bsky.social @henrymidgley.bsky.social @kmeinnes.bsky.social @karakane-kk.bsky.social @noelito7.bsky.social @antonioweiss.bsky.social @beckymiller33.bsky.social medium.com/@transformgo...
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TransformGov Talks – Medium
Read writing from TransformGov Talks on Medium.
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Privatisation broke our water system. @labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it. Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: ​https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&​
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives. In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water!
We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?
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Netpol @netpol.org · 26/06/2025
Palestine Action ban: what will it mean in practice? Our guide covers what won't be allowed after the ban comes into force. Counter-terror powers are used in an overtly racist & Islamophobic way- the policing situation is likely to be unstable once it's in force. netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I’ve just signed Greenpeace’s petition calling on the Foreign Secretary David Lammy to stop selling arms to Israel. British arms are fuelling the killing - can you join me and call for a ban?
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
About to listen to this conversation at the #CharlstonFestival so ironically I’m making a rare post online. This is the hook for me: ‘Christine Rosen argues that true human fulfillment comes from living an unpredictable, analogue life.’ www.charleston.org.uk/event/strange-new-minds/
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Charleston — Strange New Minds
Christine Rosen and Christopher Summerfield debate technology’s impact on human connection and experience
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Israel needs help - I can’t help thinking how short and selective human memory can be when I watch this. Did no one teach them what happened in Germany to their people? www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Louis Theroux - The Settlers
Fourteen years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.
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Richard Pope @richardpope.org · 15/04/2025
"These are not benign actors, scrappy startup founders who move fast and break things - they share world views that are destroying our democracies as we know it." www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Im-f... In which Emer Coleman draws a dotted line between Musk, Zuckerberg and Jacob Rees-Mogg's father
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'I’m from the technocracy and I’m here to help' - how tech bros are taking over the world | Computer Weekly
The idea of the futility of the nation state and of politics in favour of new technological frontiers is echoed in The sovereign individual published in 1997. This book examined the social, economic a...
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QM @qmarcellus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
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Involve @involveuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Join our Climate and Nature Engagement Lead, Emily Tulloh along with Harold Garner | London Borough of Camden and Fiona Dyer | Climate Action Durham to explore how councils can engage residents to deliver better climate solutions. ⌛ 5:30pm Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scorecards...
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Scorecards in Action: Engaging with residents | LinkedIn
Join us as we explore how councils can engage with their residents and local campaign groups on climate action in a meaningful way. - Are Climate Assemblies the gold standard for democratic participa...
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Just watched @labourlewis.bsky.social's powerful speech on his Water Bill, raising the fundamental question that’s been ignored for too long: who should own our water? It’s time to bring water back into public hands. Watch the debate here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIOTHnvxEI
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Have you heard of the Butterfly Revolution? Please report if you feel comfortable so more people understand what’s happening. The BBC aren’t reporting on this but Adam Curtis will be in a couple of decades. youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?...
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DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America
YouTube video by Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious
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Texting Menace @textingmenace.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
You would appreciate this video. Talks about Tech Bros and Vought working together to destroy America and rebuild as they see fit. They will ultimately battle each other for complete control but until then they are sadly doing a good job. youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?...
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DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America
YouTube video by Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Trump. Is. One. Petty. Motherfucker. ✨
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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beckymiller @beckymiller33.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Curious - how many people on here are aware of the role of 'special advisers' aka SpAds in government?
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