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Denise Field

@df6.bsky.social
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Senior career with leading Housing Associations.UCL Philosophy degree in 1980s. I chair an inclusive choir in L B Ealing. Interested in social justice, the arts and humanities.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a really serious piece of investigative work. Thank god someone is doing it.
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 08/10/2026
Please submit your small ideas for fixing Britain to the Small-Ideas.org website. It’s a new charitable initiative I’ve set up to try and make sure life’s potholes don’t get ignored. Working with two charities and a cross party panel to turn your ideas into policy then try and make it happen.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 07/10/2026
A very happy 50th birthday to our patron Tim Minchin. Thank you for the music, the laughter, and these really lovely words on living, happiness, and finding meaning in the here and now. Happy Birthday, Tim!
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Conservatives announce plans to scrap Section 106, CIL and Future Homes Standard
Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith has confirmed plans to scrap Section 106 agreements, the Community Infrastructure Levy and Future Homes Standard
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 05/10/2026
We are aware of an individual using a UK number on Telegram and WhatsApp under the name “Antony Kevin” to seek assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria. They claim to work for Bellingcat, but do not. Please disregard requests from them and contact [contact@bellingcat.com].
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Triple Locke From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1627, July 2024.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Watch to the end for the best bit
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve mentioned a Ghanaian energy economist a few times who said to me he’s very keen on renewables partly because they are much more resistant to corruption than oil and gas. Well, it seems that many of those in charge seem to prefer corruption, now they have a real choice.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Barack Obama had done this, every Sunday show would have talked about nothing else.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Farage cheers on his supporters as they physically assault a protestor who dared to challenge his multi-million dollar bribes.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 03/09/2026
She was an enduring face of American feminism, co-founder of Ms. magazine and spent spending six decades fighting for reproductive rights, equal pay, and women's liberation. Gloria was named the Humanist of the Year by the @americanhumanist.bsky.social in 2012.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Worth a look:
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mayor Boris Johnson, announcing ULEZ in 2015: "ULEZ is an essential measure to help improve air quality" PM David Cameron, same day: "The Government is backing this initiative with £25 million of support" But suddenly it's Khan's fault. www.london.gov.uk/press-releas...
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things. A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NEW: UK YouTube?! Matt Brittin backs creating a “public service algorithm” free from big tech biases. Suggests inviting creators to make YouTube-style content curated by algorithm “biased towards what we want public service to be”. Radical. Realistic? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
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BBC chief proposes ‘public-service algorithm’ with YouTube-style user-generated content
Speaking at Edinburgh TV festival, Matt Brittin says BBC platform would be free from interests of US tech giants
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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Allen Lane, co-founder of Penguin Books, extracts a book from the brand new "Penguincubator" – a vending machine with a range of Penguin titles available for sixpence, placed outside Collet's bookshop on London's Charing Cross Road in July 1937 🗃️
b&w page with a photo of a man in a suit extracting a book from a vending machine
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Bucket of Infinite Owlets is an underrated magic item in D&D
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
How have we set up a system of regulation that allows this to keep getting worse?? How is that UK politicians for decades have failed to end the larcenous, polluting corruption that water privatisation has been? inews.co.uk/news/water-f...
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Worst-ever year for toxic water spills - as firms rake in billions in profits
Water firms are set to record their worst year for pollution, with 59 serious incidents recorded in the first six months of 2026
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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I am looking for a copy of Nabijan Tursun’s "Uyghur Reader" (Dunwoody Press, 2007). I know one can find a scanned version online, but would like a physical copy if possible. I have few followers and reposts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In the aftermath of yesterday's unannounced emergency alerts, I thought it might be useful to repost the Women's Aid instructions for turning these alerts off and preventing alarms that might reveal the hiding place of spare phones kept by vulnerable people. womensaid.org.uk/uk-emergency...
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UK emergency alerts: How to stay safe - Women’s Aid
UK emergency alerts: How to stay safe   A nationwide test of the UK’s emergency alert service will take place at 3pm on Sunday 7 September 2025. The alerts will warn you if there’s a danger to life ne...
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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 10/08/2026
I still absolutely think that the English rugby team should learn how to morris dance properly and do it in response to the Haka against New Zealand.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 10/08/2026
The populist right offers belonging through exclusion. Our new political project argues the left needs to offer belonging through contribution instead — #reciprocism, not nationalism. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/wha...
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Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Found some lovely posters of my home town on Etsy. You know, with the sea front facing the wrong way and featuring that lighthouse we don’t have, and the local pubs the Ope and Howebts. (Biographical note: we used to go drinking in Howebts when I was a teenager. Fun times!)
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
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Dr Negrin's Victory Pills @dr-negrin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper
Exclusive: Foreign secretary warns of combined risks of AI, climate crisis, irregular migration and foreign interference
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
For the last few decades I’ve mostly been working on non-ideal theory (start from actual injustices, not an abstract theory of justice). But I feel I’m destined to go down as a member of the last generation of idealists.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
THE ENTIRE world held its breath last night as a man kicked a ball. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1056, June 2002.
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Brilliant!
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Share the news: OVER 30 COUNTRIES COME TOGETHER TO REDESIGN FINANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Pioneers remaking financing for the 21st century 🗞️ gpigovernments.org/over-30-coun...
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
2/2 Just a glass of water. Centerpiece of Velazquez's painting. Mesmerizing.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Eco chamber From the latest Private Eye, out now.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Only bollards can deliver this much happiness. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
You need to read Mamdani’s “Mayor’s Order” repealing kids’ bedtime so they can watch the Knicks in the final. This is how to do politics with joy.
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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.
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Frenemy of the People @frenemyofthepeople.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Jed Clampet has dropped out of the #Freedom250 concert.
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Jed Beverlyhillbillies: Guitar Dance
ALT: Jed Beverlyhillbillies: Guitar Dance
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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Nicola’s only crime was to love too much. And to not notice the Jaguar on the drive | John Crace
Rather than being one of the shrewdest operators in British politics for a decade, it turns out Sturgeon was just too trusting
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Tony Marra @tony-marra.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Let’s back the Bill again! @dignityindying.org.uk
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The Economist @economist.com · 18/05/2026
We estimate that more than 3% of Russia’s pre-war male population of fighting age has been killed or wounded. This grim toll has come with few gains on the front lines
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Russia is starting to lose ground in Ukraine
Our tracker suggests it has suffered its first sustained net loss since October 2023
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
A rare variant, no vaccine or therapeutics, poor access to healthcare, porous borders with other countries, security problems with armed groups fighting for control over minerals... www.science.org/content/arti...
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Major outbreak of rare Ebola virus species in northern Congo alarms scientists
No vaccines exist for Ebola Bundibugyo, which has caused 80 suspected deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one in Uganda
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I’d hypothesise this happened here too: hospitals, magistrates courts, police stations etc concentrated in bigger centres, so solid jobs go, local services then fold, shops close - a downward spiral 1/2
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Madness. This should all be in-house.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If the mainstream press refuses to investigate Reform’s candidates and their scandalous backgrounds and attitudes, I guess @bylinetimes.bsky.social will have to do it. These are just some of our exclusives from the last couple of days Www.bylinetimes.com
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This will be a must-read: edconway.substack.com/p/why-ive-be...
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Why I've been a bit quiet recently...
I've been writing a book. It's out in September. I think you'll like it.
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