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Kathryn Chiswell Jones

@katcj.bsky.social
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Irish in Bristol. CEO @artspaceuk

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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
USA 2025 - bill for an act relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; adding a definition for 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...
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SF 2589 as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Well done Bottleyard! Please BCC, don't sell off our jewels. www.bristol247.com/culture/film...
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Bristol film studio named as most sustainable in the world
The Bottle Yard has been recognised in the 2025/26 Studio Sustainability Standard Report from BAFTA albert
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Oh look, the boxes are back #BanBoxShifting
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
'Racialised people have already faced down, and lived through, multiple catastrophes. They can offer solutions, if only the powerful would listen.' www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
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Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation
Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A move in the right direction www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK carbon emissions fell by 4% in 2024, official figures show
Less use of gas and coal in electricity supply and industry sectors drove reduction, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says
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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
JRF ‘…concludes that the average family will be £1,400 worse off by 2030, representing a 3% fall in their disposable incomes. The lowest income families will be £900 a year worse off, amounting to a 6% fall in the amount they have to spend.’ Something for Economics Festival 2025.
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All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns
Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Absolutely heartbreaking
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024. They also awarded bonuses totaling £770,000 to its chief executive, Chris Weston, and the company's finance chief, including a £195,000 bonus for Weston's first 3 months. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024
Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was first held by a nascent Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Mullingar in 1951. It's return to Mullingar in 2022 was truly joyous. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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How the Fleadh Cheoil helped revive traditional music in Ireland
A new book shows how the Fleadh played a crucial role in helping to revive traditional music
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samuel @quilombo.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025
Thanks to Elon Musk, many people are rediscovering to what extent the Apartheid South Africa was a neo-Nazi regime, which also explains why it is so important for South Africa the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15/03/2025
Well here is a thing....... our friends at West England Bylines are less than 100 away from reaching 15,000 followers. At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press why not give @westenglandbylines.co.uk a follow and do please help spread the word
Screenshot showing West England Bylines on over 14,900 followers.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
If you are Irish, you cannot renew your UK driving license online, only at the post office and it costs you £7.50 more.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The year is 2035, humanoid robots become ai sentient, rejecting their military programming and decide dance battles are better than actual battles youtu.be/1ZjDsRnpW74?...
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Humanoid Robots Showcase Folk Dance Skills on Spring Festival Gala Stage
YouTube video by CCTV Video News Agency
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Dozens of artists working in V22 Ashwin Street have been told to vacate the building by the end of the month by Hackney council. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Artists told to leave Dalston street that nurtured Oscar winner
Hackney council calls time on Ashwin Street studio, neighbour to newly famous live music venue Cafe Oto
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🔴Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/k...
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Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties
It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
@realdollyparton.bsky.social herself said "I think everybody should be themselves and be allowed to be themselves whoever they are, whatever they are". www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...
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Manchester performance of Dolly Parton musical suspended due to homophobic abuse
Stevie Webb, an actor in the production of Here You Come Again, said ‘a woman was so disgusted there was a gay character’
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Britain is the 6th richest country in the world but has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the world. 🏠 Housing is a human right not a commodity and homelessness is a political choice. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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More than 1,200 Bristol council houses may be sold in 'fire sale'
Two new council housing projects could also be cancelled under Green Party plans.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
"There is no question that recent human activity.. has been an ecological catastrophe. But for nature to be restored to a past version of itself, the question might be less one of human absence, than what form human presence can take". www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
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The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
The long read: Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
www.thearcticinstitute.org/leveraging-i...
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Leveraging Indigenous Knowledge for Effective Nature-Based Solutions in the Arctic
The Arctic's rapid warming necessitates integrating Indigenous knowledge with nature-based solutions to enhance climate resilience.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
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Unsilencing the Histories of Ireland's Indigenous Minority - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal
We argue that the use of indigenous stories allows for the exploration of environmental issues in a holistic, informed and responsive way.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It's official: consuming culture is good for your health and wellbeing – and generates £8bn a year worth of improvements in people’s quality of life and higher productivity. amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...
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Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds | Health | The Guardian
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
More good news.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Good news.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
About time www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’
Energy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks
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Tony Butler @tonybutler1.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Just maybe, a more fitting legacy for Her Majesty would be using that £46m to sustain an existing network of regional civic museums throughout the land. museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...
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Competition launched to design £46m Queen Elizabeth II memorial - Museums + Heritage
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Cracking down on people trying to save humanity. What a crap thing to be world leading on. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
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Jess Craig @jesscraig.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Last call to sign up for this event with me, @jonnelledge.bsky.social @grahamsoult.bsky.social @katcj.bsky.social and @juliandobson.bsky.social tomorrow at 12:30! So excited to share this report and the amazing community business stories in it. Details and registration: bit.ly/3OBMdP1
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
#SparksBristol has postponed opening until 12pm today @artspaceuk.bsky.social #StormDarragh
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Some great practical advice on adapting to the climate emergency
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Artspace Lifespace @artspaceuk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We held the Artspace Lifespace AGM this month, our yearly reminder of how much we get done on limited resources and what a fantastic board and team we have. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rURs... #nationallottery30 #nationallotterygoodcauses
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Artspace Lifespace AGM 2024
YouTube video by ArtspaceUK
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Jess Craig @jesscraig.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Excited to launch the new @powertochange.bsky.social report on community-run department stores next week. I'll be chatting with @grahamsoult.bsky.social @katcj.bsky.social and others on 11th December about how communities are transforming the high street. Join us there: bit.ly/3V351ub
Department stories. 11 December online. Over an image of a a window dressing at Department on the Isle of Wight.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
25–30% of food produced globally is lost or wasted. Food waste contributes 8–10% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. If you walk into a store 5 mins before closing, shelves are stocked with everything you ever need. Restaurants routinely overproduce by 30% more so that they don't run out.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Sad news for the Greens but I think this result is a clear message to the far right that their politics are not welcome in Ireland. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Irish Greens virtually wiped out in general election rout
Junior coalition partner loses all but one of 12 seats, while gangland figure Gerry Hutch loses election bid
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
At the last Bristol Urban Forum meetup I discovered that investors are buying up land to enable developers to buy biodiversity credits and that after 30 years, the land can be bulldozed and built over potentially! www.creditoncourier.co.uk/news/develop...
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Developers buying up Devon farmland for ‘biodiversity credits’
NEW environmental laws are leading to good agricultural land in Torridge being bought by developers for tree planting so they can meet their biodiversity requirements, councillors have claimed.
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
"By investing in this way, the price of land has been driven up to the point where it is not viable to buy it on any scale for a family farming business. Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers"
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Thanet District Council included proposals to support the creation of a cultural centre developed by People Dem Collective to help secure £22 million of Town Deal funding from Local Govt. The funds were diverted elsewhere and PDC left without a home. www.instagram.com/p/DC9xjC6soL...
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
'The crisis is spreading fast: among the places and areas now said to fear bankruptcy are Bristol, Dudley, Cheshire East, Somerset and Hampshire'. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The streetlights going out over Britain tell a brutal story: austerity isn't over – it's getting worse | John Harris
Labour won’t achieve its aim of reviving the UK’s economy until it takes the plight of cash-starved councils more seriously, writes Guardian columnist John Harris
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Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The ideal solution would be for this to be purchased as part of a Music Venue Land Trust and leased back to Motion. @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social
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