Reposted by Diana SkeltonTogether Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Our history. We keep marching on 💚 #CableStreet90 #TheyShallNotPass 46049
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Impressed by the new Right to Food UK Commission roadmap! Well done to @jen-jen-clark.bsky.social, @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social & all commissioners. And thanks for including 3 pages of the evidence gathered by @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social. See full report at: static1.squarespace.com/static/5fbd4... 111
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026'Women are in jail for “survival crimes” she explained, like prostitution or stealing, they’re jailed because of poverty, abuse, trauma and discrimination. Prison only deepens these issues. “Their kids are being put up for foster care – the whole family suffers.”' observer.co.uk/news/columni...?observer.co.ukSaving women from prison is a blueprint for a more compas...The debate around the future of women’s prisons is intensifying. Calls for alternatives focus on support and rehabilitation rather than incarceration 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026C’est très émouvant de voir qu’ @audreypulvaroff.bsky.social et @egregoire.bsky.social ont rendu visite à @atd4thworld.bsky.social à New York ! Ca semble avoir été une rencontre plein de sens et de compréhension. 022
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of History www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of HistoryThe Times has witnessed the country’s transformation. It will keep its eyes open. 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Fascinating!! The Day Before The Times Began www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/n...nytimes.comThe Day Before The Times BeganMost newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else. 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is a hugely fascinating interview of @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social by @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Architecture of Autocracy with Isabella SegalovichPodcast Episode · The Guilty Feminist · August 10 · 1h 32m 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026observer.co.uk/news/archive...observer.co.ukGloria Steinem: ‘There is so much still to do’The great feminist trailblazer died yesterday, aged 92. In this 2011 interview from the Observer archive, Rachel Cooke talked to her about tap dancing, undercover journalism and the importance of stay... 010
Reposted by Diana SkeltonAndy_Bilson @bilson.org.uk · 03/09/2026ONLY 38 HOURS LEFT Read the community Care article about my new research published today and see why it's important to respond to the government's consultation before 12pm tomorrow www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news... bilson.org.uk/consultationcommunitycare.co.ukMASHs associated with more child protection investigations but not better outcomes, study finds - Community CareSection 47 investigations higher in multi-agency safeguarding hubs areas, but with no impact on child deaths or harm 011
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u... What a loss to the world - long will her voice resonate!nytimes.comGloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. 020
Reposted by Diana SkeltonAndy_Bilson @bilson.org.uk · 30/08/2026If you or your child are NEURODIVERSE you need a kinder child protection system. Tell the Government bilson.org.uk/consultation/ it takes just a few seconds to ask for changebilson.org.ukProfessor Andy Bilson – My research and activities 033
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Via @tortoisemedia.bsky.social / @theobserveruk.bsky.social "Part of the west’s genius has been its capacity for reinvention and correction. Those who campaign for justice and opportunity and dignity don’t hate the west, they hope for it." observer.co.uk/news/opinion...observer.co.ukThe west does not need saving from those fighting for jus...New Telegraph owner Mathias Döpfner’s essay about threats to the west is compelling, but its pessimism and dismissal of ‘woke’ ideas raises concerns for journalism on the right 100
Reposted by Diana SkeltonAndy_Bilson @bilson.org.uk · 30/08/2026I've just heard the Sunday Times will cover my research showing the need to make child protection kinder next Sunday. But you can speak up and tell the Government today bilson.org.uk/consultationbilson.org.ukProfessor Andy Bilson – My research and activities 031
Reposted by Diana SkeltonAndy_Bilson @bilson.org.uk · 28/08/2026Only a few days left to tell government in England to make a kinder child protection system 011
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Until 4 September, please join @bilson.org.uk and @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social by adding your voice to this call for the government to make child protection kinder and more effective mailchi.mp/atd-uk/gover... 112
Reposted by Diana SkeltonJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly made times less hard for a lot of people thoughtcatalog.com/nicolestawia...thoughtcatalog.comDolly Parton Funded an Oscar-Winning AIDS Documentary in the 1980s When the Reagan Administration Wouldn’t ActParton lost friends to AIDS in the 1980s and put her production company Sandollar behind Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, the documentary about the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt that wen… 53311714
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The Government is proposing to expand information-sharing between services and create new child protection teams. @bilson.org.uk has drafted a deeply insightful response and is inviting anyone interested to sign on, here: bilson.org.uk/home/consult... #SocialWork #FamiliesBelongTogetherbilson.org.ukConsultation response: Deadline 4 Sept 2026 | Consultation response: Deadline 4 Sept 2026 – Professor Andy Bilson 001
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Go Ahead, Sean Duffy. Let Your Daughter Go to Harvard. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Go Ahead, Sean Duffy. Let Your Daughter Go to Harvard.Four years at Harvard won’t corrupt your children. 010
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The Humanities Are the Moat theslowai.substack.com/p/why-humani...theslowai.substack.comThe Humanities Are the MoatTwenty years of defunding the disciplines that teach judgement. Now we are surprised nobody can tell when AI is wrong. 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Status Defines Friendship for Too Many Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Status Defines Friendship for Too Many AmericansThe four-year degree isn’t just an economic signal; it’s become a lifestyle determinant. 010
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Everyone’s Using This A.I. Dictation App That I Want to Murder With a Hammer www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/m...nytimes.comEveryone’s Using This A.I. Dictation App That I Want to Murder With a HammerWispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I “wrote” this column with it. 001
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Where the Teacher Is a Hero www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Where the Teacher Is a HeroThe Trump administration is squeezing struggling Americans with benefit cuts, but ordinary people are stepping up to help. 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This Is the Solution to America’s Literacy Crisis, and It’s a Lot of Fun www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is the Solution to America’s Literacy Crisis, and It’s a Lot of FunCome join the fun. 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The Only Way to Keep the World Safe From A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Only Global Cooperation Can Keep the World Safe From A.I.A conversation with Robert Wright, the author of “The God Test.” 030
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A strong message from @koldocasla.bsky.social! 152
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026open.substack.com/pub/dianaske...?open.substack.comJasmine’s storyThe Impact of the Approach of ATD Fourth World 031
Reposted by Diana SkeltonAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We need to get to 100% renewable energy, and the only way we're going to do that is by taking the Chevrons and the Exxons of the world out of our politics. 16818211
Reposted by Diana SkeltonAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Meet Mr. Larry. Mr. Larry was a bus driver in Detroit before he was forced into early retirement after a car crash left him with severe injuries. Despite having health insurance, he ended up with thousands of dollars in medical debt. Then we erased it. 6372104
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"The note from Barclays Research comes as a recent report claims that Barclays is also Europe’s biggest funder of fossil fuel companies, channelling $17.6bn (£13.2bn) into companies increasing production of coal, oil and gas last year." www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...independent.co.ukBarclays criticised over research note ‘highlighting opportunities’ of super El NinoExclusive: Barclays research note seen by The Independent and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism appears to suggest ‘historical events often driving significant price movements’ over climate event... 121
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026observer.co.uk/news/interna...observer.co.uk‘It amounts to plunder’: The Odyssey’s Western Sahara pro...Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has drawn rare attention to the status of a territory dubbed Africa’s last colony 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026observer.co.uk/news/opinion...observer.co.ukTrump v history: Who gets to tell America’s story?The Smithsonian stands accused of ‘extreme political activism’ and sexual impropriety. But the attack reveals the brittleness of the administration’s patriotism 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 08/07/2026She Labeled a Swim Party ‘Muslims Only.’ The Response Ravaged Her Life. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...nytimes.comShe Labeled a Swim Party ‘Muslims Only.’ The Response Ravaged Her Life. 001
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 04/07/2026About the work still to do, very relevant podcast about the true legacy of Mount Rushmore—https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/empire-world-history/id1639561921?i=1000774982093podcasts.apple.com374. The Dark Truth About Mount RushmorePodcast Episode · Empire: World History · July 1 · 48m 000
Reposted by Diana SkeltonSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026It’s important to keep today’s birthright citizenship decision in context. First, SCOTUS left the status of a fundamental, explicitly articulated constitutional right uncertain for over a year all to affirm what was clear from the issuance of Trump’s EO. Birthright citizenship cannot be abridged. 411773429
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026If you're in #Asheville, NC, please join Mae Mims from the Asheville Poverty Initiative, Shelley McKechnie, me and @firestorm.coop for this book talk on June 18th! #poverty #SocialJustice @atd4thworld.bsky.social givebutter.com/joyfulrevolu...givebutter.comDay-to-day Bitchiness and Joyful ResistanceOn fighting against poverty and for social justice 063
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026If you're in the DC area, please join Taylar Castellanos and me for this event in Takoma Park at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social on June 16th! www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...busboysandpoets.comJoyful Revolution: Poverty, Social Justice, and the Story of Mary Rabagliati - An evening of story, reflection, and conversation - Busboys and PoetsJoyful Revolution: Poverty, Social Justice, and the Story of Mary Rabagliati An evening of story, reflection, and conversation The event is grounded in the life of Mary Rabagliati, whose work emphasiz... 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 26/05/2026 Love this reflection on AI from Pope Leo! « With the heart of a shepherd and a father, I ask everyone to abandon the construction of yet another Tower of Babel and to join forces in building up the common good, so that humanity will never lose its beauty. » 000
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This video is from @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social for the #MillionActsOfHope campaign! www.instagram.com/reel/DYkOxPJ...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 021
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Proud that @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social is one of the signatories! 052
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026For anyone in the DC area, please join the dynamic Taylar Castellanos and me for this book talk being hosted at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social on June 16th at 6:30 PM. To register: givebutter.com/joyfulrevolu...givebutter.comJoyful Revolution: An Evening of Story, Reflection, and ConversationBy ATD Fourth World 100
Reposted by Diana SkeltonTogether Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 16/05/2026🚨 Right now, Tommy Robinson is in London claiming to speak for us. It’s the ultimate distraction from the very real problems we face. But we know the truth: migrants aren’t the problem, far-right billionaires are. ✊ Share this post to make it clear: Tommy Robinson does not speak for us. 8107109
Reposted by Diana SkeltonMegan Bryer @meganbryer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Jess Phillips - minister for safeguarding violence against women and girls - becomes the second minister to resign today, telling the PM that "deeds, not words are what matter". Our explainer @instituteforgovernment.org.uk has info on all 15 ministers that have resigned since Labour took office... 4128
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 09/05/2026observer.co.uk/news/science...observer.co.ukPassing the buck: how AI caused a harrowing month for a s...When calls to its crisis helpline increased tenfold, a small US organisation that works with journalists and activists went into meltdown. AI was directing suicidal children to get in touch 020
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 09/05/2026observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...observer.co.ukThe Observer view: Starmer should stay | The ObserverIn these serious times, dumping the PM would be an act of national self-sabotage. But if a change has to be made, Labour must avoid taking the Liz Truss route and set out an orderly transition with a ... 020
Diana Skelton @dianaskelton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026At the #AmnestyMediaAwards tonight, it was deeply moving to see so much recognition for those documenting the war crimes in Palestine. Many thanks to @amnesty.org for its support of the heroic journalists risking their lives to tell the truth. 010