Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 31/12/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAlaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi KleinI have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and c... 000
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/10/2025#Booksoftheyear 12 The Voyage Home Pat Barker ***** 💙 📚 030
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/10/2025#Booksoftheyear 11 Death at the Sign of the Rook Kate Atkinson 💙 📚 110
Reposted by Denise BrownPeter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Magnificent peroration to Simon Schama’s @financialtimes.com weekend essay on defending freedom of speech in the era of Trump - with help from Milton, Jefferson et al. on.ft.com/4gSqvDw Simon Schama: What America’s Founders can teach Trump about liberty 16425
Reposted by Denise BrownAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/ 1672165857
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025#Booksoftheyear 10: The Life Impossible Matt Haig **** 📚💙 020
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025#Booksoftheyear 9: The Midnight Feast Lucy Foley *** 📚💙 010
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025#Booksoftheyear 8: We Solve Murders Richard Osman **** 📚💙 000
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025#Booksoftheyear 6: The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley **** 📚💙 021
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 28/07/2025‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...nytimes.com‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza 010
Reposted by Denise BrownAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Also an olive tree, keys to symbolise Palestinian homes dispossessed, a bag of flour 193
Reposted by Denise BrownAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 22/07/2025“That’s the red line”: protesters gather outside parliament in London, all in red, marking the red line that has been crossed in Gaza. The protest was organised by NGOs including Oxfam and MSF aje.io/jzhyu9?updat... 13814
Reposted by Denise BrownPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly: "No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT." "HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS." 936322049
Reposted by Denise BrownAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/06/2025If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place 872598899
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Shame on the UK Gov for not only *not* speaking out against the genocidal horrors being perpetrated every day in Gaza, but also for choosing to turn the force of the law on those who do speak out. #PalestineAction 010
Reposted by Denise BrownNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/06/2025NEW: 549 Palestinians now killed in the last 30 days. Itself shocking. But, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS KILLED AT A FOOD AID STATION. A unique war crime. Firing squads using aid as bait. Palestinians in #Gaza face two choices: starve to death, or risk death to get food. 🧵 28586434
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 24/06/2025You’d think… lots of headlines like these, then tumbleweeds. 020
Reposted by Denise BrownRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Gomez: “I have been deeply disturbed by reports of federal agents detaining people in public places, apparently without showing warrants or evidence that those they are taking into custody are in the country illegally. This situation is not worthy of a great nation.” angelusnews.com/voices/ice-r...angelusnews.comPanic is not an immigration policyThis is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes. 416744
Reposted by Denise BrownRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Archbishop Wester: “As Catholics, we believe that all human beings have God-given rights and dignity that cannot be trumped or ignored. Regardless of why people immigrate (and there are many legitimate and compelling reasons why they do), the human rights and dignity immigrants must be respected.” 7401113
Reposted by Denise BrownRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances. 173144763582
Reposted by Denise BrownRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, on Catholic Solidarity with Refugees: "We need to help our society recognize that these are the type of people we want among us." www.jrsusa.org/resource/cat...jrsusa.orgCatholic Social Teaching and Solidarity with Refugees and Immigrants at a Time of Uncertainty: A U.S. PerspectiveCardinal McElroy reflects on Catholic social teaching and the U.S. responsibility to uphold the dignity and rights of refugees and immigrants with JRS/USA and CMS/NY. 2348
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Books of the year 5: There are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak ***** 💙📚 010
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 18/04/2025#poemoftheday www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44103/...poetryfoundation.orgGood Friday, 1613. Riding WestwardLet mans Soule be a Spheare, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion is, And as the other Spheares, by being growne Subject to forraigne motion, lose their owne, And being by others h... 000
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Books of the year 4: Miss Austen, Gail Hornby ***** 💙📚 #books 040
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 16/03/2025What a gift! Episode 1 is an erudite and uplifting journey through ancient and contemporary culture, woven together with beautiful music. Can’t wait for episode 2! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a....podcasts.apple.comNarcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The FollowerPodcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 15/03/2025 · 59m 000
Reposted by Denise BrownAlex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Launching on the 15th of March 2025. Subscribe/Follow now, to get the first episode as soon as it hits the apps. SPOTIFY 🎧: open.spotify.com/show/2x7cD3H... APPLE 🍏: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... RSS FEED 🔊: feeds.megaphone.fm/podyssey 4517646
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025#Books of the Year 3: All Our Yesterdays, Natalia Ginsburg **** 110
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Thanks (again) @restispoliticsus.bsky.social - @tomfletcherun.bsky.social comes across as so thoughtful, interesting and human - one of the best listens of this excellent series. If he did go into politics he’d get my vote! 👏 010
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 15/01/2025A poem for winter. 📚💙 #Heaney www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57045/...poetryfoundation.orgfrom Squarings: LighteningsSink every impulse like a bolt. A million million accuracies passed Between your muscles' outreach and that space Marked with three round holes and a drawn line. v Three marble holes thumbed in the co... 000
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Another great podcast taking up the sword of truth against the tide of effluent from across the Atlantic. Bravissima @bethrigby.bsky.social and the team! 👏👏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comElectoral DysfunctionPolitics Podcast · 107 Episodes · Updated weekly 3287
Reposted by Denise BrownBeth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social · 09/01/2025ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION SPECIAL: Jess Phillips: the inside story @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social talks about the past week, the abuse, the disinformation and we talk about child sex abuse and grooming, the inquiries past and what she wants to happen next podfollow.com/electoraldys...podfollow.comElectoral DysfunctionPolitics Podcast · 106 Episodes · Updated Weekly 1110323
Reposted by Denise BrownMikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 08/01/2025STORY Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukKemi Badenoch has never actually met any grooming gang survivorsThe Tory leader's spokesman said she didn't need to meet with victims, because she's read all about it in the media - and had no current plans to meet with anyone - but denied she was jumping on an El... 1622289841
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 06/01/2025It is; it’s also beautiful and moving. I read it in one sitting. 020
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 05/01/2025#Books of the year 2: 05/01/25 The Shipping Forecast: Celebrating 100 years Meg Clothier ***** 000
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Books of the year 1: 02/01/25 Kala, Colin Walsh *** 010
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Enjoyed a bit of cultural fusion this weekend. #ChristmasLights #SpanishIrishCoffee #ODonoghuesCordoba 000
Reposted by Denise Brownsimonsinghnerd.bsky.social @simonsinghnerd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024This is my first post on Blue Sky ... nice to meet you all ... pls RT (?) or do whatever it's called and help me find the great teachers and tutors who can join me in my efforts to nurture the next generation of nerds. 45626
Reposted by Denise BrownKexin Huang @khuangwrites.bsky.social · 29/11/20245 poets for today are: @pollyrowena.bsky.social @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social @janeburn.bsky.social @chenchenwrites.bsky.social @melwardlepoet.bsky.social #PoetsonBluesky More to come ️☁️ 2246
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I wrote a thing; have a read. ko-fi.com/post/Yoga-Ra...ko-fi.comYoga RageDeniseElizabeth published a post on Ko-fi 000
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024They would be better listening to her on Monday’s @therestispolitics.bsky.social Leading podcast, where she is given a chance to explain the bill in some detail. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...podcasts.apple.comIs it time to legalise assisted dying? (Kim Leadbeater)Podcast Episode · Leading · 25/11/2024 · 48m 010
Denise Brown @deniseeb.bsky.social · 26/11/2024www.nytimes.com/badges/games... This is a hard one!nytimes.comThe New York Times Spelling BeeHow many words can you make with 7 letters? 000
