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Education : Equity : Environment I really GAF Head of @hamiltonbrookes.bsky.social Also: @whojewthinkur.bsky.social Oxford : UK linktr.ee/eylanezekiel

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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 13h
This 🧵 Not about Trump, Man City, Burnham or Traitors... AND as important to the lives of people around you.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bloody love this account.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026
Brilliant @amyremeikis.bsky.social piece here - absolutely gut-wrenching that Nepal PM's speech got buried under the nonsense of AI doom-hype. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
“We have built a world with flawless logistics for war, and broken logistics for food, and this is not Nepal’s private misfortune. Ask Bangladesh, ask Bhutan, ask India, ask the Maldives, ask Pakistan, ask Sri Lanka, ask any other country in our region, and you’ll hear the same account.

“Hit by the climate, we did not warm, and again hit by the wars, we did not start.”

Shah is right. Nepal contributes less than 0.1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. It does not have the institutional or global power to force change, even as its people are swamped by the consequences of inaction.

“Our glaciers are retreating, our mountain slopes are becoming unstable, our rivers are becoming less predictable and every major disaster threatens to erase years of development,” he told the UN.
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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For Green Party people coming to Conference - there will be a fringe about @standing-together.bsky.social on Saturday evening. Hosted by @ukfost.co.uk - actionnetwork.org/events/green... #GPconf #GPconf2026 #GPconf26
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Green conference Standing Together fringe: Palestinian and Jewish co-resistance for equality and peace
Standing Together is the largest anti-occupation movement in Israel. It is led by and organises thousands of Palestinians and Jews together. They fight against Israel’s occupation and genocidal war, f...
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How has the conversation about #JewishDiversity changed in the past decade, and what prompted the shift? New episode of @whojewthinkur.bsky.social - about Jewish Sudan - and lessons from a plural view of Jewish Histories #jewsky
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For those breaking their Yom Kippur fast,... A feast for your ears!
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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
After the fast, a feast! @timfranks.bsky.social on his first trip to NYC and how it changed his view of the Jewniverse. A bonus audio special for subscribers to the Substack! Links in Bio #jewsky
A Substack ad featuring a partial view of a deli and the title "After the fast, a feast"
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why are we so afraid to say out loud what is clearly evident: that our young people are suffering because the race to 'productivity' and success at school is a bust, because late-stage capitalism has made promises that are now obviously hollow. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
To all those Jews who - for whatever reasons - are not going to Shul this evening, are not fasting, won't hear a shofar... But for whom the next 24 hours is a chance to reflect and atone , ... We ARE a congregation. We've always been here. #jewishdiveristy #YomKippur
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rest in Power #RIPBonnieGreer One of the wise voices that I've chosen to read and listen to throughout my life.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Intended, and unintended meanings! Noodle place in #Bristol that might not be Kosher! #jewsky #ifyouknowyouknow
Noodleshop shop front. Called 'brisnoodles'
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Discussion of PISA results on BBCR4, and grateful that Seldon is on to challenge @daisychristo.bsky.social . The claim that PISA is a metric that can be used to continue the Trad/Prog : KR/Skills false binary - and that issues in Scot/Wales are down entirely to curriculum choices; is daft.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shana Tova and Shabbat Shalom y'all
Slices of honey cake with apple slices either side
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New Episode out now; and a special one for the Jewish New Year! Huge thanks to @timfranks.bsky.social for being so open and generous - including about being a Jew and a Journalist. Given the wider geo-political / domestic debate about Jewish identity, this is a timely one.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Apples harvested Honey cake baked (and quality checked!) Are you ready? #RoshHashanah
Apples in a colander Close up of honey cake
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If there's one thing in a kids book Which irritates me each time It's when it's written in quatrains With an awful plodding rhyme
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've had the privilege of spending time with Rabbi Jonathan, including for Shabbat, & the idea that anyone could question his commitment to Israel or his support for Jewish lives is utterly preposterous... Yet, these Rabbis will be dismissed as antisemites. Mad www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Senior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlements
Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Bummer. If only we could do something about it!! Oh - hang on,... we can! We should. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence.
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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Feeling emotional about this (including the whole package of sanctions, not just the headline) - at long last! Thank you Ed Miliband! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Too soon, Coop. Too soon
Mince pie display in the Coop supermarket
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Powered by US money and far-right European think tanks, Cambridge has recently become an outpost of a peculiar blend of national conservatism and apocalyptic Christianity" Not necessarily surprising, but the sort of journalistic probing we need right now.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Homeless Bar" - spotted in Spain. I'm sure this translation makes sense locally. Can anyone offer an explanation for calling your pub this?
Outside sign of a bar, on a red awning, reads "Homeless Bar"
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
'The Human in the Classroom' Podcast Are you a human? Do you spend time in or near a classroom? Do you have experience of, or thoughts relating to; laughter grief introversion creativity music play having a 'world view' Would you let me record a quick conversation with you?
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Had a lovely few days settling Littlezeek into Uni in Spain. However today was marred by trying to get an ID card sorted. The bureaucracy, websites and contradictory information were really bad,and gutting that next year none of this hassle will be needed as UK is back in Erasmus.
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is very good indeed from @alexquigley.bsky.social Wouldn't it be lovely if we could move past waves of fashionable theory and towards informed praxis. I suppose we would need a very different inspection regimen to make that happen but we can dream.
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FIELD STATION @fieldstation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Free #TechFreedom taster session on September 9th: luma.com/qdqzb9xg
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TechFreedom: Is the biggest risk to your organisation even on your risk register? · Luma
Your tech stack has more power over you than you think. Find out where the risks are hiding and what to do about them. Most mission-driven organisations depend…
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Tim Curry meant a lot to my younger self - mainly because of Rocky Horror. I don't have much more to say about how his performance changed me that others haven't said. But, I still marvel at this performance in 'Legend' that shone through all the makeup. Yet another baddy we loved. #RIPTimCurry
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Tim Curry's Devil Laugh
Alt: Tim Curry's Devil Laugh
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There's a reason we insisted on featuring Tim Curry's Frank N. Furter on the cover of our book. It's because it's probably the most influential drag performance of all time. Here's what we wrote about him
Tim Curry, Queen of the Midnight Scene

“I just wanted you to go further with it. You
weren’t letting go completely.”
Michelle Visage to Sasha Velour during
the 9021‐HO challenge

If Divine terrified and fascinated the mainstream 1970s with his
size, demeanor, and rage-based drag, then Tim Curry terrifiedthem, because his drag made them want to fuck him. Crossing
the draggy aggression of glam rock with the sensual archness of

Mick Jagger, Curry tapped into his nasty feminine side and cre-
ated the immortal sweet transvestite from Transylvania, Frank‐-
N‐­Furter, in the greatest cult film of all time, The Rocky Horror

Picture Show. Curry has never stated or articulated his sexuality
publicly, so while we can’t claim him as a queer man, we can still
claim him as a queer icon, because his performance was like a
big pansexual nonbinary sex bomb going off smack in the middle
of the most sexually open decade in centuries, the 1970s. Curry’s
Frank‐­N‐­Furter was simply hot and up for anything, regardless
of who was involved or which way they swung. Coming at a time
when people like David Bowie had already cracked open the door
on nontraditional, nonbinary presentation styles, Curry’s thick
lips, heavy eye makeup, and sinewy body turned on everyone
and made the young queer and trans folks in Rocky Horror’s
countless midnight audiences feel like they weren’t such freaks
after all—or even better, like they were freaks and wasn’t that a
glorious thing to be?
The cult success of The Rocky Horror Picture Show spawned
a subcommunity around it, full of its own traditions, slang, and
mode of dress, all based on or playing off the film itself, similar
to the midnight movie traditions that spawned the Cockettes.

None of this is notable in the general sense because all subcul-
tures, from underground comics fans to S&M clubs, have all

the trappings of their own cultures. But starting in the mid-
1970s, because the film’s cult following practically demanded

cosplay from its most ardent fans, it allowed and encouraged
countless young men to step out in public on a Saturday night
wearing fishnets, heels, a face beat to the gods, and a corseted

bustier—for over four decades. For the entire span of a genera-tion, The Rocky Horror Picture Show encouraged men—queer,
questioning, or not—to get in touch with their feminine sides
and then show them off to the world. For some of these men, it

was a doorway opening up new ideas about their gender iden-
tity or sexual orientation; but for the majority, it was about ex-
isting in a space that allowed them to do something they’d never

normally think to do in their own life. In some ways, getting
cishet men to try drag and feel a little freaky about it was a

more significant achievement on the film’s part than the count-
less men it walked up to the closet door and opened it on the

realization of their own queerness.
If Divine used drag in part to express her rage and to let loose

her id, then Tim Curry used it to express his desire and desir-
ability. Curry’s drag was the first time mainstream folks openly

admitted they found drag hot. Of course there have always been
plenty of folks who found the non-gender-conforming sexually
attractive, but it was a big damn deal for people to go around
admitting it in the (more or less) mainstream in 1975. People
tend to think of drag as something composed of glamour and
focused on beauty or a style of performance designed to get
laughs, but it can just as easily be a vehicle for anger or a tool to
explore desire, which is why it makes such great inroads to acting
and why Michelle Visage considers every drag queen an actress.
Tim Curry straddled all the lines of drag—boldness and
camp; male, female, and nonbinary; gay, bi, and pansexual—in
an underground film that satirized old Hollywood horror films

and musicals in order to explore themes of desire, fear, and per-
sonal freedom of expression. What does that have to do with

Drag Race?
What part of that doesn’t have something to do with Drag
Race?The cover to Legendary Children, featuring Tim Curry among a sea of legends
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Seeking helpful advice posts for Parents of primary age kids who are not engaging with reading positively. Assume an informed, literate, research aware reader - who wants to work better with the school - but also ready to do stuff at home to help. Thank you
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hi @markgoodrich.bsky.social, been reading @readwritejen.bsky.social wonderful blog posts thanks to you. Tx loads Was telling someone else at Brookes about your links to so much good stuff - and they asked if you had a list of posts for parents of primary kids who are 'struggling' with reading. Ta
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Love is like a Butterfly" was the song that played as @lezeki.bsky.social and got married - NOT because it's just sweet, but because it's perfectly formed, full of variety, and far more complex than it appears... #RIPDolly
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky on your camera roll.
Apple tree with ripening fruit against a mostly blue sky and a hand holding a jar of honey in the foreground
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Happy Birthday to me! EE5522 Friends and family have me covered ♥️
Frisbee books chocolate mandolin and hot sauce gifts
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Today, BBC News has been terrible, peddling Reform announcements, allowing Cambridge Chancellor a free pass on distancing themselves from guilt for mishandling a tragic situation, and for not using parliamentary holidays to report global news Love the BBC overall but news continues to be poor.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Spent most of yesterday in a rental van on the M25 (moving LittlestZeek out of digs) because of 3x very serious RTAs. Stayed sane by reflecting on those whose lives have changed for ever, on their ways to hospital, and ... Belting out sing along hits. Now watching bees to recover
View from a front window of a traffic jam in late evening.Sunflowers against a blue sky.
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Rabbi Ariel Stone @rabbiariel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Great things can be read in friends’ kitchens
change me, book. please. do it. distract me from my ordinary life. make me hate to put you down. break my heart. crack me up. in 24,783 words, tell me why i should care.
TIl stay up late. ill skip breakfast. i'll recommend you to my sister. come on, book. i'm ready.
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Doug Belshaw @dougbelshaw.com · 07/08/2026
FIELD STATION is an action lab investigating the future of work, the reach of technology, and the shape of society. Based in North East England, working globally. We study digital sovereignty and build civic tech, in the open.
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FIELD STATION — an action lab
An action lab studying digital sovereignty and building civic tech, in the open.
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RR @rlrossi64.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🧵 with interesting thoughts on Swiss education system
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Theo Kuechel @theokl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Question for anyone who might know. Why does @bsky.app round off the corners of an image? It is aesthetically #irritating
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sundowners as my mini staycation slowly winds up. Been busy, with lots of podcast, sorting kids, and birthday celebrations but also lots lazing around.
Sunflowers and a glass of red wibe
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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
@boardofdeputies.bsky.social picked a giant pickle to represent British Jewish culture this summer. Cute. Also very Ashkenazi, very Eastern European, very much not the whole story. New post: why Jewish food can't be reduced to one jar of vinegar! open.substack.com/pub/whojewth...
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What's on your plate? (Beyond the Pickle)
Imagine the scene.
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Proof of the power of younger voters. One resignation is a start. I hope the Cockroach movement keep protesting Modi's populist, racist, and kleptocratic regime. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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India’s education minister resigns in victory for Cockroach youth movement protests
Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal, prompting celebrations among thousands of protesters
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Discovering more about #Jewish lives in #Mexico was full of genuine surprises for me, as you can hear in this new episode. #jewsky
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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Why not get a taster of tomorrow's episode? Can you guess where we are off to? open.substack.com/pub/whojewth...
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Inside the Bellybutton of the Moon! (Subscriber only sneak peak / listen!)
We’ve had a month of Mexico on television, via the World Cup. A country led by a Jewish Woman- Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. But, have you ever wondered what Jewish lives are like in “The Bellybutton of th...
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie released the year you turned 18?
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The Abyss: Alien Encounter
Alt: The Abyss: Alien Encounter water morphing into shape of woman's face
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It's almost like some people don't want us to transition from fossil fuel. Of course AB was going to approve more drilling, despite it being a Summer that proves we are 'boiling frogs' , because it's short term politics. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue
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Hamilton Brookes - Primary Education Specialists @hamiltonbrookes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
✨ Try Hamilton for Free ✨ Thinking about using Hamilton in your school? Register for a Free Taster Account and explore what we have to offer - completely free. 👉 Register today and start exploring: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/sign-up/ #PrimaryTeaching #FreeResources
A promotional graphic for Hamilton Brookes on a dark blue background with orange accents. In the center is a white line-art icon of a computer monitor showing a login screen and a hand clicking a button. Text in the top-left reads "Hamilton Brookes" in orange outline font. A banner at the bottom reads "Try out our taster account for FREE!
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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Wonderful day at the 2026 @biajs.bsky.social conference. Grateful to @hannahewence.bsky.social and @bengidley.bsky.social for inviting @eylanezekiel.bsky.social to speak about racism in Jewish life. Learned so much from all especially Daniella Shaw.
Bald man in glasses in front of Birkbeck college front entrance Woman point to one of two display boards3 white appearing women and a man on a panel at a lecture theatre Conference stage . Man at lecturn, two men and one women  seated below screen
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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Having a #Bowie day with LittlestZeek. First stop, The Lightroom, You're Not Alone, KingsX. Much more moving than I expected, especially the concert footage. Also, (thankfully) NOT just a greatest hits! Only around 45mins but I lost track of time. Next stop... Southbank! For Ziggy, reimagined.
Two projected walls with large images of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust
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