Reposted by Carolyn BrownIndivisible Abroad 👑❌ @indivisibleabroad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. #abolishice www.instagram.com/p/DdnPas4jr1... 1104
Reposted by Carolyn BrownBluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 16hEtta James rehearsal ft. Keith Richards, Robert Cray 🎶'Hoochie Coochie Gal' #blues #bluesmusic 510328
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 21hReform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...humanists.ukReform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymnsReform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave... 2881734512
Reposted by Carolyn BrownIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19hThese anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk. 104888136
Reposted by Carolyn BrownFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18hChris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it" 8654146
Reposted by Carolyn BrownIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19hEach week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth. 87749151
Reposted by Carolyn BrownTristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A calming neoclassical piece while my two dogs take one of their many daily naps 🐶 Happy Monday! Plus tôt - Alexandra Stréliski 1615823
Reposted by Carolyn BrownMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026💥 HUGE NEWS 💥 “Ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto” Exclusive for The Independent.independent.co.ukBurnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EUExclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next el... 51745206
Reposted by Carolyn BrownRoses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trawling through our rose archive for #SundayYellow I give you Hybrid Musk Rose ‘Francesca’, bred by Pemberton. Her loosely shaped, semi-double, tea-scented blooms are so pretty, sadly they don’t last for long. Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱 0313
Reposted by Carolyn BrownTristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Another piece from the 2005 film "Pride and Prejudice", played as Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet share their true feelings in a romantic scene at dawn outside Pemberley. My aim is to play every piece from the soundtrack here-- a few more to go! Stars and Butterflies - Dario Marianelli ✨ 🦋 1021826
Reposted by Carolyn BrownSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cattle associations say ICE operations are disrupting Texas agriculture industry, will cause higher beef prices www.texastribune.org/2026/09/25/i...texastribune.orgCattle groups call out ICE operations for workforce disruptionsThe beef industry has been under pressure recently from market disruptions, record high beef prices and small herd sizes. The groups say the ICE operations are another challenge for the industry. 33216
Reposted by Carolyn BrownEuropean Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Home Office faces legal action after 1,473 people living in UK before #Brexit told settled status was granted in error www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘We’ve done everything by the book’: EU citizens left in limbo after UK government strips post-Brexit residency statusHome Office faces legal action after 1,473 people living in UK before Brexit told settled status was granted in error 046
Reposted by Carolyn BrownTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 28/09/2026“Same goes for the claims that these companies are already profitable… [essentially] the companies are claiming that they are so cool that their profitability can only be measured using a novel, secret form of mathematics.” www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...thenerve.newsCory Doctorow: AI’s big beasts aren’t really scared of their products. They’re scared of their competitionThe US giants would love to stop battling each other and be protected from China – and they might have hit on just the narrative to make that possible, writes our tech columnist 316968
Reposted by Carolyn BrownGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nigel Farage is now a desperate man. Chasing every headline; no low too low; the politics of the gutter, racism and fear embraced. His pronouncement on Fairford trying to link with ZERO evidence to asylum is beyond pathetic. 99805196
Reposted by Carolyn BrownParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If only we'd had someone like Chis Philp in government for fourteen years, including being Minister for Immigration... 641147281
Reposted by Carolyn BrownHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🧵Recovered from the infirmary hall at the Cistercian Abbey at Rievaulx Abbey, the probably late 13th-century carved stone piece vividly depicts a miller leading a packhorse/donkey laden with corn toward a four-sailed post windmill. Windmills were only 216831
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd 60913512
Reposted by Carolyn BrownMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:meidasnews.com“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banksWeeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states 44194574484
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s a wrap! Goodbye Sri Lanka - what a wonderful country - with so many rich layers of history. Watch out for Ancient Sri Lanka by Train on @channel4.bsky.social in the New Year! 1637125
Reposted by Carolyn BrownSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin. 1792134624
Reposted by Carolyn BrownTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le... 11388144
Reposted by Carolyn BrownMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026Being a leftist means taking big shots. And making them. 271146142700
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'. 1981878404
Reposted by Carolyn BrownGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time. 732868733
Reposted by Carolyn BrownLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'lemonde.frThousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice. 452266744
Reposted by Carolyn BrownBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/09/2026⚠️ How many more will there be...bbc.co.ukTwo Essex Reform councillors suspended in a week, party saysThe two councillors are suspended for different reasons, the party says. 20283113
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/09/2026Photos: Pope Leo draws hundreds of thousands for open-air Mass in Paris aje.news/m8j7ff 08714
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 59893503987
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAriana Niko @ariananiko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Governor Newsom is sounding the alarm: take this election seriously. If President Trump challenges the results, the courts, Congress and the American people must do their part. November 3 is bigger than one party. The result must stand. Democracy depends on it.Every vote counts. Vote! #Midterms2026 8207100
Reposted by Carolyn BrownGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...leftfootforward.orgOutrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseriesMembers of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans 40773299
Reposted by Carolyn BrownSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045. The plans include ramping up renewable energy from 55% to 80% of electricity generation by 2030. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGermany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality 1229999
Reposted by Carolyn BrownBluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Howlin' Wolf at the American Folk Blues Festival '64. 🎶'Love Me Darlin'' #blues #bluesmusic 1330665
Reposted by Carolyn Brownfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reform UK and Restore Britain defending a far-right activist charged with endangering life after slashing a Channel dinghy with a knife proves populist law-and-order posturing is a farce. Endorsing vigilantism and maritime sabotage damages rule of law. Why excuse vigilantism? 🤔 #FBPEleftfootforward.orgReform and Restore Britain defend far-right activist ‘Danny Tommo’ over arrest for slashing dinghyThe right-wing parties are rallying behind Daniel Thomas, who organised a masked protest in Dover 22214
Reposted by Carolyn BrownSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In glorious technicolour, the video version of my "American Week" is now available for viewing via the LBC Official YouTube Channel: 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpny...youtube.com'Donald Trump baffles the Chinese' | Simon Marks' American WeekYouTube video by LBC 57615
Carolyn Brown @cbrown75.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Like Stephen Yaxley Lennon crying in jail when he was in a documentary 000
Reposted by Carolyn BrownMax Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If the LAPD is allowed to defy court orders, they are above the law. If you or I defied a court order, we'd be in deep shit, because we are subject to the law. I do not understand why people constantly say "In America, no one is above the law." Bullshit. Lot's of people are above the law. 1052120745
Reposted by Carolyn BrownNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m not for one second suggesting that hard right parties are using the funding they get to buy bot farms to try and influence public opinion via social media BUT there are an extraordinary number of obvious-if-you-know-what-to-look-for bots on Instagram churning out Reform and Restore slogans. 615632
Reposted by Carolyn BrownOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Brexit and Trump have combined to be an absolute disaster for UK food and drink exports. Deficit worst in a quarter of a century and sales have plummeted ever since we left the single marketft.comBrexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bnIn the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record 18442191
Reposted by Carolyn BrownMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026YouGov makes the point that there’s an efficiency in the left bloc vote which isn’t there for the right. Left parties win 60% of seats with 52% of the vote while the right wins 40% of seats off 47% of votes. And that’s without tactical voting. 1916540
Reposted by Carolyn BrownSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As Trump welcomes Xi to the White House and they make opening remarks, none of the major networks is carrying the White House-distributed video live. There is, once again, no broadcast network pool camera today. 76714
Reposted by Carolyn BrownBluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ray Charles '80. 🎶'Stormy Monday' #blues #bluesmusic 011132
Reposted by Carolyn BrownMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/09/2026Blue Note London marks a major new chapter for the legendary New York institution in the heart of the West End and a sign of what's to come for our capital. With new licensing powers from the government, we will be even better placed to supercharge London's nightlife.jazzwise.comBlue Note Jazz Club London opens with stellar line-up of Robert Glasper, Nubya Garcia and Richard Bona - JazzwiseWith the iconic club set to open its doors on 23 September, Jazzwise spoke to the venues programmer, Nick Lewis, about bringing this famous name to capital’s... 18920
Reposted by Carolyn BrownJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026"Shabana Mahmood is the cabinet minister responsible for the UK’s policing and its national security – as well, of course, as managing the country’s borders…I include this reminder because Mahmood increasingly seems to be operating under the assumption that her job only concerns the latter."thenewworld.co.ukIf Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere 312829
Reposted by Carolyn BrownAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms Trump’s advisers gathered once-classified documents that he could share on genuine foreign efforts to influence elections, set up a prime-time address where he again falsely suggested that the 2020 election was stolentheatlantic.comThe Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the MidtermsTrump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult. 188
Reposted by Carolyn BrownThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/09/2026Some CNN journalists and media analysts are wondering whether the network will be willing to stand up to President Trump once it is subsumed in the merger of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance.washingtonpost.comParamount-Warner Bros. merger raises questions about CNN’s futureJournalists say an oversight board may not be enough to maintain the network’s independence under David Ellison. 144112
Reposted by Carolyn BrownMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 685248855497
Reposted by Carolyn BrownTristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A playful tune from 2009's stop-motion masterpiece "Coraline" featuring some views from the garden 🌸 Stay until the end to see our neighbor's cat who I had the honor of cat-sitting 🐈 Have a nice day! Explorations- Bruno Coulais 3330043