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Reader, knitter, dog-owned, atheist. Everything is political. No you're not getting profile photos even if it means you think I'm a bot.

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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our energy bills are out of control. Meanwhile, the banks are making huge windfall profits and paying bumper bonuses. Can you join me and sign this petition calling on the chancellor to introduce a windfall tax on bank profits to cut energy bills? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Tax the banks — cut our bills!
Our energy bills are out of control. Meanwhile, the banks are making huge windfall profits and paying bumper bonuses. Sign this petition calling on the chancellor to introduce a windfall tax on bank ...
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Christian Nationalism is a threat to our democracy largely funded by American evangelical groups. Sign this Humanist UK petition to register your opposition to this imported claptrap supported by the likes of Steven Yaxley Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson.. humanists.uk/action/deman...
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Demand action against religious extremism in the UK
Stand up to religious extremism, protect LGBT+ communities, and defend the values of equality and freedom that define modern Britain. A group calling itself the ‘King’s Army’ recently marched through ...
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I've just emailed my MP to give them the answers for Thames Water. The case for public ownership is undeniable. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/tw-briefing-... @weownit.org.uk
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Email your MP - give them the answers for Thames Water
An action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 23/06/2026
Andy Burnham can allow US hedge funds to profit at our expense OR He can take back Thames Water, and show us that he’s serious about putting people over profit Take 2 mins to sign the petition: Andy Burnham must bring Thames Water into public hands weownit.org.uk/burnham-thames-water
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
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We need a maximum working temperature
A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
No one should be making profits from vulnerable children. Yet £1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit. Another example of an area where profit seeking is inimical to good service provision. Please sign! weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-p...
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End profit in children’s social care
£1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Stand in solidarity with Misan Harriman | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The Railways Bill comes back to parliament on 3rd June. We have just a few days to make sure MPs back amendments to protect passengers' rights and our environment. I've emailed my MP. Can you take 2 minutes now to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/act-now/prot...
weownit.org.uk
Railways Bill: Demand your MP protect passengers' rights and our environment
The Railways Bill must protect passengers' rights and our environment
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Andy Burnham to clarify his views on control or ownership of public services. Can you sign and share it as well? We need to get in before the private sector for once! weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
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Add your name to our open letter to Andy Burnham
Public control is not public ownership. Andy Burnham must clarify that he backs public ownership of life's essentials.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ask the government to stand firm on its pledge to ban zero hours contracts. I just signed, can you? This is a key moment: some businesses are pushing for the protections to be watered down ahead of the government’s upcoming consultation. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
Ask the government to stand firm on its pledge to ban zero hours contracts. This is a key moment: some businesses are pushing for the protections to be watered down ahead of the government’s upcoming...
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Trans people have a right to the same healthcare we all need goodlawproject.org/s/ec0359
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Trans people have a right to the same healthcare we all need
Across the country, trans people are being denied vital healthcare that has nothing to do with their gender identity – simply because they are trans.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@romanpalace.bsky.social do you have a shop? I've a friend who loves the typical Roman colourways and is looking for things to distract from the grey of a rented flat and obviously I thought of you, but it has been decades since I visited. If you do do you do mail order or is it only on site? Ta!
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
See? It's not just me that thinks so.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Better still just ban transphobes from using the existing bathrooms, problem solved.
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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We love this 👏 Spotted on St Clare Road, this brilliantly knitted postbox topper features a miniature Colchester Castle, complete with tiny figures, gardens and even a working bridge! A lovely bit of local creativity that’s been brightening the street for weeks. Have you seen it in person?
Front view of a knitted postbox topper showing a miniature Colchester Castle with a raised wooden-style bridge, tiny figures walking in a garden, flower beds and trees. The red knitted base reads ‘Once a Town now a City", photographed on a quiet residential road.
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The Ghost Of Titsmas Future @antinoe.prettyfem.me · 21/05/2026
if you're cis and you are asked by your management to police bathrooms, "can you confirm in writing that you are ordering me to approach customers to discuss their sex?" is an email no manager wants to reply to
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Andy Burnham to clarify his views on control or ownership of public services. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
weownit.org.uk
Add your name to our open letter to Andy Burnham
Public control is not public ownership. Andy Burnham must clarify that he backs public ownership of life's essentials.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 21/05/2026
We've read the new Code of Practice. Here's what you need to know.
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The Code of Practice: what you need to know | Good Law Project
The updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations has been laid before Parliament. Here’s what that means.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Indigo is a wonderful dye, giving character to the garments dyed with it as they age.
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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I am so angry about the ‘Trans Panic’ vilifying a vulnerable community because of what? Some bigotted people being scared of difference and spreading lies for their own gratification. Do you know what these people dont spend their energy on? Challenging CIS male violence against women.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Damn right it's not a good idea.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🧵conclusion on new ERHC guidance, I agree that if they were confident in this guidance they'd make it law rather than rules. There isn't the appetite for that because they know too many people would campaign against that, and we must work against this too.
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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 14/05/2026
“When voters learn about Kennedy’s efforts to tear down these vital services for millions of American seniors and disabled people, they immediately shift their opinions against him by 26 points on net.” Read the full piece from Matthew Cortland here: www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...
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Attack Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the Weakest Point in His Record: Medicaid Cuts
There is an overwhelming advantage to attacking Kennedy on his administration’s cuts to Medicaid and home care services.
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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 14/05/2026
NEW DFP Insights from @matthewcort.land: “While attacking Kennedy on his anti-vaccine policies is still convincing to voters, there is an overwhelming advantage to attacking him on his administration’s cuts to Medicaid and home care services.”
Description: Initial ask: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? Voters were then split randomly into two groups. Each saw one of the following messages, and was asked again whether they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Vaccine message: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as U.S. health secretary, has withdrawn longstanding guidelines for routine childhood vaccines and claimed autism is linked to vaccines and Tylenol. Medicaid message: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as U.S. health secretary, has campaigned to cut funding for Medicaid, including home care services for seniors and people with disabilities that allow them to stay in their own homes.
Initial — Favorable: 45%, Unfavorable: 47%
Vaccine message — Favorable: 42%, Unfavorable: 50%
Medicaid message — Favorable: 31%, Unfavorable: 59%

Read the full poll at: https://www.dataforprogress.org/insights/2026/5/14/attack-robert-f-kennedy-jr-on-the-weakest-point-in-his-record-medicaid-cuts
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
An English Bluebell a day until I run out of photos #14
An English Bluebell
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Life hack from a marine biologist: When your blue sea dragons need a little snack, remember that they never evolved to swim, so you have to drive the Portuguese man-o-war around and pick them up like a little bus 🎥 by me during field work :)
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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We only have ONE MORE DAY to leave comments to the FCC regarding their intention to institute a new version of the Hays Code. glaad.org/fcc Deadline to leave comments i tomorrow May 22
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The FCC & the Hays Code | Yesterqueers #queerhistory
YouTube video by Yesterqueers
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Paleontologist Mary Anning was born #OTD in 1799. ⚒️🦖 (Here is her statue & tombstone in Lyme Regis).
Statue of Mary Anning in Lyme RegisTombstone of Mary Anning in Lyme Regis on a grassy hill next to a church.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Given that Palantir are one of the companies the Government is employing on data analysis in various areas Dr Taylor has a good point that you might want to opt out of data sharing for the time being.
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KCC @kachangnut.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Fantastic essay on the tangible ROI of UBI, or why Universal Basic Income is a solid net positive for economies.
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The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI
Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâc...
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If you enjoy my science cartoons and are a Comics industry professional, you can vote for my latest book 'Physics for Cats' (amongst many other great books!) in the Eisner Awards: www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Have you seen this? Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I'm really worried about it. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights!
Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Let’s show the ECB how many people want the amateur sport to stay inclusive. Together, we can keep transphobia out of cricket goodlaw.social/525376
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Tell the ECB to scrap their blanket ban on trans women
It didn’t take them long. After years of welcoming trans people into cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rushed through a ban on trans women playing women’s cricket just two weeks after...
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Please sign this petition if you are British. Those of us who know we have a future of uncontrollable pain should have the right to help ending our lives when it all becomes too much. The current Bill will not give us that, but it's a step in the right direction. humanists.uk/2026/02/06/p...
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TAKE ACTION: Sign petition to tell the Lords not to block Assisted Dying Bill
Sophie Blake, a 52-year-old mother with stage four breast cancer, has launched a petition calling on ‘the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are supported by MPs & the ...
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Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings is out now @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Loved this book-- @julietemckenna.bsky.social never seems to run out of fresh takes on British folklore!
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Fun with bollards!
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 02/02/2026
I am in @therumpus.net today talking about how Heated Rivalry is connected to both chirping in Letterkenny and Shoresy, and also Pride and Prejudice and Austen film adaptations: therumpus.net/2026/02/02/m...
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Mouth and Muscle - The Rumpus
In Tierney’s shows, hockey runs on two blades: muscle and mouth. You need the athletic strength, speed, and skill — and if an opponent asks you, “Nice onesie, does it come in mens?” You need to be abl...
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Mike Fahey @mikefahey218.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“Epstein Files dump causes Bitcoin collapse” is a great way to end January 2026.
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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
To be clear: the majority of assaults in prisons are not committed by trans ppl. Prisons in the UK have tolerated excessive force by guards and prisoner-prisoner violence since we first built rock walls. This isn't about safety. It's about ideology. It's about dehumanization. It's about genocide.
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Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I'm a fan! Go check them out!
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Books are not clutter. Clutter is all the other stuff that gets in the way of having more books.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Turkey Oak at New Shute House, England A quercus cerris about 250 years old, with one of the largest unsupported crowns of any tree in the UK. Photo: Jeroen Philippona
Massive tree in a forest
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Forever young, sisters Mabel and Emma are host to an ever increasing cover of wildflowers They fell asleep days apart, comforted by their eternal bond, embraced by their closeness to nature’s finest
A graveyard covered in snowdrops
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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Hey, guess what? Smart Bitches is 21 years old today! 🍾🥂 So we're giving away custom champagne flutes because obviously. Happy anniversary to us!
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Cheers! Happy 21st Anniversary, Smart Bitches! - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
My husband was admitted to the local hospital because he was delirious, but they couldn't find a bed, and he was initially cared for in a corridor, opposite the toilets(!). Staff were trying hard, but there simply weren't enough of them. I had to leave him there and I was genuinely scared for him.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The more medical staff tell their stories the more difficult it is to brush the extent of corridor care under the carpet. Numbers don't hit most of us the way stories about actual people do!
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
You just know the kid got shouted at, and was running away.
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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
⚠️ Temporary closure – Colchester Castle Due to a power outage today, Saturday 31 January, Colchester Castle is closed until further notice. We’ll share updates as soon as we have them. Thank you for your patience.
Purple graphic with a thin white border and the Colchester Museums logo at the top. Large white heading reads “Closure Notice”. Body text states that Colchester Castle has lost power again today, Saturday 31 January, and will be closed until further notice, with updates to follow.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 31/01/2026
Freeze dried take: It already is.
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Jazzlet @jazzlet.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
🧵 about the way the British in Africa used the excuse of stopping slavery to steal most of the continent. If like me you weren't taught about this in school history it's definitely worth clicking through and reading Lester's keynote address too.
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