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Lucy Furlong

@lucyfurleaps.bsky.social
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writing ~ mapping ~ walking ~ snapping clew~ (Hesterglock Press) Villiers Path, Sward, Amniotic City 2nd ed. (Sampson Low) Setting Sundays lucyfurlong.substack.com Amniotic City film www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E25IOgfD4Q www.lucyfurlong.com

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The impossible has been achieved - my son is enrolled in college to start tomorrow! A year of fighting and SEN appeal - this is not where he wanted to go and he won't have all the support he should get - but at least he has a chance of continuing his education. V proud of him!
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Coming soon - I'm looking forward to this #writingsky good-show.co.uk/events/creat...
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Creative Writing… at Old London Road Cafe | Good Show
W.O.R.D Creative Writing Workshops at Old London Road Café with Lucy FurlongLimited spaces available - book now to avoid disappointmentRelease The…
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 30/09/2026
I would have assumed an audio guide would be a welcome money earner and would also help pace crowd flow through the exhibition and could also be sold as a souvenir Of course vision impaired people should have access as a matter of course
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now we need to see similar energy behind a commitment to get dirty money out of politics, clamp down on donations, greater transparency over lobbying, Lords reform and an end to the revolving door between politics and lobbying. Only then will we have a politics people can truly trust
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏
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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#HillfortsWednesday Maiden Castle in England is one of the largest hillforts in Europe. Photograph taken in 1935 by Major George Allen (1891–1940). #Archaeology
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2846 emails deleted today (extra waiting time at the hospital) #digitaldetox
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 30/09/2026
Proposal: the fines levied on the water companies for serious environmental failure like this should be set at a sum equal to what the company paid in dividends + any executive bonuses, in the previous year (since this is a good estimate of the ‘spare’ money sloshing about) for a first offence …
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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Humans are messy and imperfect and emotional and funny and they pour that into their art. Why would anyone want to outsource that to the planet-killing plagarism machine?
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Already up and writing to my MP again...
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or you carry on listening to vinyl and CDs and the radio, go to gigs and ignore the dross... "AI music is now very, very good" is hardly a compelling recommendation 🤣
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Something uplifting #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkQL...
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Jon Hopkins & Kelly Lee Owens - Luminous Spaces (Official Audio)
YouTube video by JonHopkinsVEVO
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Write a guest post for Liberal England
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Write a guest post for Liberal England
I love publishing guest posts here on Liberal England. Have you thought of writing one yourself? It could be on where the Liberal Democrats ...
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Walking Pete @walkingpete.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And the 50 richest families in the UK are worth £500bn..
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Since I came back from Ireland in 2021, my writing's been directed towards advocating for my father's cancer treatment & care and my son's health & education. It's taken most of my time and energy to continually fight. Dad's been gone for 2 years & my son's education hangs in the balance yet again.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most of a snail is storage.
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How about stop paying the royal family millions and millions every year that they don't need.
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These threats are not regarded as some far-off or remote contingency: disastrous impacts, for instance on the UK’s food supply, could be expected as soon as 2030, it warns. One person who had seen the whole report described it to the Guardian as “apocalyptic”. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you think things can’t get any more ridiculous at the White House, Trump is now floating the idea of replacing the White House press briefing room with a swimming pool.
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just watching the bit where Pippin grabs the palantir out of the water at Isengard and Gandalf sternly commands he hands it over, then the big G wraps it up, and no more of it is mentioned and Pippin looks a bit shame-faced. Honestly, these billionaire nutters who name their bad shit after this...
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Dr Diane A Rodgers @dianearodgers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you're following me on here, it's more likely because of the folklore/folk horror/hauntological work that I do, but I'm gonna tell you about my band THE CRYPTKICKER FIVE's forthcoming gigs anyway...
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just when you think the legal fustercluck might be untangling it gets even worse... If those SEN reforms go through it will be a complete goner. It's useless now. I have spent a year fighting this particular bit. All the evidence and more...makes no difference. Despair 😱
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another 2 miles done today - 39 miles in September but I've got 21 to go - ironically running disrupted by son being ill with Crohn's symptoms and legal stuff around fighting for his so-called SEN education. So I'm giving it another 10 days! #ibd crohns-colitis-uk.sync.giving/fr/cr-x7314q...
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Lucy Furlong is fundraising on behalf of Crohn's & Colitis UK
Right now, 1 in 123 people in the UK live with Crohn’s or Colitis, and a staggering 25,000 more will be diagnosed this year alone. That's why I am taking on Run60 this September and running 60 miles ...
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 28/09/2026
It's that day again. Use any and all resources available to help you through it. (And, as always, #FuckAI)
Reminder to treat your body like a data center:
1. Consume as much water and literature as possible 
2. Upset the local city council with your existence
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🌱 "The symphony of nature is played by the smallest of hands — mycelium, microbes, roots entwined in the unseen dance of life." —Paul Stamets
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Catching up on the running - won't be done by the 30th but will keep on plugging...had a lot of legal stuff to deal with in the last couple of weeks. Grateful for sponsorship! #crohns #ibd crohns-colitis-uk.sync.giving/fr/cr-x7314q...
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Lucy Furlong is fundraising on behalf of Crohn's & Colitis UK
Right now, 1 in 123 people in the UK live with Crohn’s or Colitis, and a staggering 25,000 more will be diagnosed this year alone. That's why I am taking on Run60 this September and running 60 miles throughout the month. Every mile I cover and every pound I raise, fuels life-changing support and drives progress towards a cure. £25 could run our online symptom checker for one week, helping people quickly access approved healthcare information. 💻 £36 could fund a life-changing enquiry to the Crohn's & Colitis UK helpline, offering information and support to someone facing the daily challenges of these conditions. 📞 £100 could fund 3 hours of expert postdoctoral research, driving us closer towards finding a cure for Crohn’s and Colitis. 🔬 Any donation, big or small, helps to fund the amazing work of Crohn's and Colitis UK. Thank you for your support.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty.
Stuff of nightmares UK cuts aid to Un Gaza food operations by 78%
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Morning all, 1625 emails deleted today #digitaldetox
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Time for a run. Still catching up...My Run60 will probably finish just before I run a 10k...yikes!!
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 27/09/2026
Reject the defeatist lie that it's too hard to take our public services into public hands Our NEW REPORT explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership Take 2 mins to send it to your MP now: vist.ly/5j26v Thank you so much, John MacDonnell, for your strong support
Screenshot of a tweet by John MacDonnell that says "This new report from  @We_OwnIt   should add pace to the development of Labour's commitment to public ownership. Decades of experience have proved control of essential services and natural resources will not be enough. Ownership not regulation has to be the way forward."
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bangkok on red alert - All 50 districts of Thailand's capital Bangkok were declared a flood disaster area on Saturday after more than 300 millimetres of rain in less than 48 hours caused widespread flooding. TT: @countrycrazy75 www.thenews.pk/print/143969...
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Back in greater London and missing Somerset.
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A bumper 2572 emails deleted today! #digitaldetox
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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Helen Tookey @helentookey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wow. @longbarrowpress.bsky.social always make beautiful things but this set of three pamphlets by Matthew Clegg is just gorgeous. The accompanying postcards are going in a frame on the wall!
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Currently in Frome, but going home this afternoon. Always sad to leave.
St Catherine's Hill, Frome - pavement above and shops on the RHS slightly below. Tall thin distinctive building in the centre (also shop) with sky blue painted window frames which match the sky.
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Please take a moment to sign and save important habitat and wild life from a hyper scale data centre you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Extreme weather around Boston, made much worse by climate change, has provided some material for some karma lessons to Ed Sheeran.
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Ed Sheeran’s concerts at Robert Kraft’s Gillette stadium canceled
The shows were scheduled for Friday and Saturday evening following major controversy surrounding Sheeran’s tour
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1938 emails deleted today - making up for yesterday #digitaldetox
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"We need to ask why so many patients have been abandoned, why discredited and dangerous treatments continue to be prescribed and why ignorance and neglect still dominate... In other words, there has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry." #pwme #me www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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GorgonGoddess_The @avngmedusa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good morning.
May the birds be loud, the breeze be cool, and nobody ask anything stupid.
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📍Loci: A Web of Intrigue at Lavenham www.digest.andymarsh...
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Afternoon all, 1469 emails deleted yesterday and 1149 today #digitaldetox
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Andy Donaldson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @triplezero.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This world is deeply fucked, but it still has some truly remarkable things happening in it.
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just notched up another 2 miles but am way behind...partly cos my son isn't doing too well at the moment. Gonna try and catch up this week! Grateful for your support! #run60 #crohns #ibd crohns-colitis-uk.sync.giving/fr/cr-x7314q...
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Lucy Furlong is fundraising on behalf of Crohn's & Colitis UK
Right now, 1 in 123 people in the UK live with Crohn’s or Colitis, and a staggering 25,000 more will be diagnosed this year alone. That's why I am taking on Run60 this September and running 60 miles ...
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Last year I went to Brighton & got a flat tyre as we were leaving to drive there - luckily replacement fitted within an hour. A year later in Brighton, we go back to where I'd parked and my brand new tyre, fitted last Monday is flat as a pancake - nail in it... so it goes. #roundroundbabyroundround
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1005 emails deleted today. About 25,000 emails deleted so far... #digitaldetox
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