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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20/05/2026

I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work.

US Department of Education Facebook post saying SKILLS THAT PAY OFF, showing an AI image of a White man and a brown-skinned woman wearing blue coveralls and tool belts. He's pointing off into the distance and she's working on a sink that has way too many exposed copper pipes in all the wrong places

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Reach Volunteering @reachvolunteering.org.uk · 11/05/2026

Hope is within reach 💙 Thousands are already creating change by volunteering their skills. We’re joining the #MillionActsOfHope Action Week to: • celebrate these acts of hope • encourage even more people to step forward • show that hope is louder than hate. Read more: buff.ly/I38QyO0

Alt text: The a Million acts of Hope and Reach Volunteering logos on a light green background with green bunting with smiley faces. At the bottom is a darker green shape and the words "Hope is within reach".

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

There IS NO STORY WITHOUT VILLAINS! Trump and the Republicans know this — and they use it in ALL their political communications. Liberals think reason and markets mean the suspension of conflict. “The end of history.” IT’S SO STUPID!!

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Reach Volunteering @reachvolunteering.org.uk · 06/03/2026

Support women. Strengthen equality. This #InternationalWomensDay, answer the Give to Gain call: volunteer your skills to help charities empower women to flourish in our society. Browse opportunities below or find more on the Reach website and help put gender equality within reach. 💜 #Volunteering

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Reach Volunteering @reachvolunteering.org.uk · 07/10/2025

🚀 We’re live! 🚀 The new, upgraded Reach platform is here — making it even easier to volunteer your skills or post volunteer opportunities. Check it out 👉 buff.ly/YZM5Nzx We’d love your feedback — and your help spreading the word 💙 #ReachVolunteering #Launch #Volunteer

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Its time to ensure the legitimate concerns of ethnic minorities in Britain – about a concerted effort to dissolve foundational social norms against racism + deny our status as equal citizens – are heard too We should *reject* excessive pessimism about pushing bsck www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...

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Reach Volunteering @reachvolunteering.org.uk · 21/08/2025

Charities employ 1.25M staff and rely on 6.5M volunteers, no wonder they need HR expertise on their boards! Have you got HR skills? You could make a real impact as a #trustee. Check out some current roles in our video or browse more here: buff.ly/o1UTEA4 #Volunteering

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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Some people on the left have argued politics is destined to become 'blame the migrants vs blame the rich'. Fair or not, this binary turns out to be a surprisingly useful question for dividing the country right down the middle! Look at the generational splits, madness.

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Volunteering is not in decline. On the contrary, it is thriving in many grassroots organisations. But it is a different kind of relationship as I explain in this blog 👇

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Reach Volunteering @reachvolunteering.org.uk · 30/05/2025

🌟 Next week is officially our favourite week of the year! 🌟 Join us for #VolunteersWeek from 2 to 8 June as we celebrate skills-based #volunteering. Take a look at our video for the full line-up and if you feel inspired to find out more about volunteering your skills, go to: buff.ly/2LBxyky

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James Watson-O'Neill @jwatsononeill.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Please can I ask for your help? We are working on the future of @sensecharity.bsky.social but we don’t want to do that on our own I want to know what you think! Please complete our 2 minute survey forms.office.com/e/E6ngg1HPVX

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Stupendously interesting, useful - and interactive - chart from @psurridge.bsky.social public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

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How voters for each party view the other parties

A Flourish data visualization by Paula Surridge

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Good morning! Nearly 200 people have completed this survey so far. If you work in tech, no matter how loosely, and want to be part of a positive social movement, please take a look and share with your networks

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I’ve written for @thespectator1828.bsky.social about people’s stories in focus groups of how they’ve turn inward and become less social since the pandemic and the risk it leaves us lonelier, more isolated less cohesive and less open to new experiences. www.spectator.co.uk/article/were...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A really excellent discussion of what's desperately needed more than anything else: a vision of what we want our world to look like. Please read, share and consider.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

Screenshot of a BBC Politics tweet shows Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaking at a podium during a live broadcast of her speech. The quote at the top reads, “We are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into a nature restoration fund… they can focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts,” as she addresses the audience. In the background, there are large screens displaying the live stream of the speech, with a banner at the bottom reading “Kickstarting Economic Growth.”

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20/01/2025

We’re living in increasingly uncertain times, and I know many Londoners are concerned by what’s taking place around the world. I want to remind Londoners that this is your home, and you are wanted here. You help to make London what it is—the greatest city in the world.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Well, that's not good. Thank goodness we have such strong global leadership to tackle climate change. We are in so much trouble. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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World's hottest year: 2024 first to pass 1.5C warming limit

Last year was the world's warmest on record, bringing temperatures above a politically symbolic milestone.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Morning. Happy New Year. A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Hair ice. Who knew of such a thing? Apparently it needs specific conditions - temperature, humidity and a fungus which creates anti freeze proteins 😍

Long white ice crystals growing in what looks just like a great quiff

Some hair ice removed showing bare twig below. Remaining ice crystals look like they are streaming out of wood pores

Hair crystals wrapped around twig like candi floss

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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Writing isn't what you do after you have an idea. It's how you develop an inkling into an insight. Turning thoughts into words sharpens reasoning. What's fuzzy in your head is clear on the page. "I'm not a writer" shouldn't stop you from writing. Writing is a tool for thinking.

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The comments in this thread... This is what I have been missing since twitter. This, and the nature posts (pebble of the day, micro seasons)

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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

✊ Our united, cross-party call to MPs is clear. 🗳️ On 24 January, we need you to follow the science—and help secure a liveable future—by voting for the Climate and Nature Bill. 🐝 Join us—email your MP today—and ask them to back the #CANBill. 👉 action.zerohour.uk

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Hardly get round to saying anything here, but am accumulating new followers at a rate I've never experienced anywhere before. My new followers don't seem to have much to say either 😂 Feels like the early stage of Monopoly when you collect everything you land on, just in case....

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Sébastien Fauconnet @daryo.me · 01/12/2024

La fameuse fenêtre d’Overton

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#BlackFriday is the frenzied gasp of late stage capitalism. #CitizenFriday is the future! Resist consumer culture Reconnect with life Take action....

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Every day, in 1000s of ways, we're being cultivated to be consumers. Forget #BlackFriday - let's make it #CitizenFriday Resist the call to consume Reconnect with what matters to you. Find your agency and purpose And....

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Louise Davies @louisedavies.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Recommended Sunday pm viewing: www.netflix.com/gb/title/815... Eye watering facts about our wasteful consumer culture. Eg 13m phones are thrown out every day, & 15m items of clothing arrive in Ghana every week. And the film doesn't even touch on the extractive & exploitative nature of production!

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Watch Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy | Netflix Official Site

This subversive documentary unpacks the tricks brands use to keep their customers consuming — and the real impact they have on our lives and the world.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

It's #TrusteesWeek so I'm here to share that: a) trustee recruitment can hard (report from NCVO today showing 1/3 charities have 1+ vacancies for over a year, Small and micro charities facing biggest challenge b) charities have recruited over 1,570 trustees through Reach Volunteering...

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

This is hopeful: surge in people stepping up to volunteer their expertise. Ytd 12,000 + new volunteers signed up to Reach Volunteering. Disbelieve your socials - lots of people care and are taking action. It is the story we tell about human nature that is the problem, not human nature itself.

Graph showing numbers of volunteers signing up, January to September , rising from 3348 in 2019 to 12446 in 2024

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

🧵More than a few Bluesky people have been defending Starmer's Sun piece, saying this is "only rhetoric", which is fine because the piece upholds the UK's commitment to net zero. Here's why such claims are objectively false.

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Me chatting about how we are wired for connection, collaboration and care, and how this inspires #volunteering. Plus our campaign to prompt people into climate action, board diversity and more on this podcast open.spotify.com/show/2IC9M1Z...

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Time For Impact Podcast

Podcast · [object Object] · Promoting and celebrating innovation and ground-breaking ideas and practice in the volunteering profession. Each episode we invite special guests to share their learning ...

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Anyone else finding they've lost their tweeting muscle? I'm busy collecting people to follow here but posting nothing.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Children’s lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago. Recently, more have died each year than they did a few years ago. Increased poverty, more destitution & the effects of ongoing austerity are the clear culprits.

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

So in this crucial decade, we are increasing subsidies on things that destroy our life-support systems. Our collective stupidity is mind-boggling. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Global spending on subsidies that harm environment rises to $2.6tn, report says

Exclusive: analysis finds $800bn increase in direct support for activities including deforestation and fossil fuel use

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Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Been roundly beaten at Boggle by my mum, who is 95 🙄

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Which is more amenable to change: How the economy works or how the climate does? The roles of "consumers" and "producers" or the fundamental needs of humans? National boundaries or the boundary between earth and the vacuum of space?

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Jane Ide @janeideceo.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

Really proud of my colleagues Shareen and Helo for creating our first ever #ACEVOClimateWeek. If you have the slightest interest in the role of civil society leaders in addressing this massive issue then do please share - this is how we build our new community :) www.linkedin.com/posts/sharee...

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Shareen Patel on LinkedIn: #climateweek

Looking forward to ACEVO's first-ever #ClimateWeek ! A lot of work has gone into this from across the team, getting it up and running and ready for the 9th of…

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