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Monica Dyer

@monicadyerartist.bsky.social
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Artist, Green activist, interested in the real and the spiritual and strange. Strapline - Reality beyond the Visible

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
But it didn’t happen (although it still might) but global warming is happening and faster than predicted.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I contrast this with my aunt and uncle who had four children. My uncle was a diplomat so they moved around a lot but stayed together, only going away to school at 16. They are still a happy close family now but a lot bigger with all the grandkids
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I did A levels at a small boarding school. I found it heartbreaking to have 9 or 10 yr old girls coming to me for help with their maths. They should have been at home with their parents
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rees Mogg has six children. He must get some practice
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is. My daughter graduated in ‘22. She is now working for a large food manufacturer. This is important work for the economy and to just keep everyone fed.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I would like to do a shout out for the Food Science course at Nottingham, which is in the process of closing. Every single student on this course is guaranteed a good job and food science is essential to the health and wealth of our country.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s not even clear that a crime has been committed yet.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve just done it and it takes very little time.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Some unintended consequences I suspect the rise of AI agents will create: 1. Restaurants that only take reservations by hand written letter, or more likely, don't take them at all. 2. Gigs where you can only buy tickets in person. 3. Businesses that operate without websites.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Totally agree. But, electorally, that could be their strength. There is a certain type of English person who doesn’t do politics but still goes to vote. Could explain why they are doing so well in Surrey.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔥 Me on TalkTV: At @europeanmovement.co.uk UK we want REJOIN in many manifestos at the next GE.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The message on AI is chilling.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well yes. Because they really do want to be out in the world. For a 7 yr old a trip to the shops on their own is a big adventure.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You need to start chucking them out the house much younger. About 7. For short periods at that age.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They have had that opportunity for years. I’ve even voted on (successful) conference policy motions to rejoin. But the leadership can’t bring themselves to go there. Very disappointing.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here in Surrey the council has installed speed cameras along the worst racetracks and this has helped, although you still get noisy motorbikes. But the racing still goes on in the industrial estate.
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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨🚨 BREAKING: Activists have unveiled a 'Cut the Royal Budget' banner in front of Buckingham Palace after MPs voted to give the royals another £50 million in Sovereign Grant money. It's time to scrap the grant, it's time to get rid of the royals. #AbolishTheMonarchy
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We coddle children too. They need to be allowed to grow up earlier. Peter Gray is great on this: petergray.substack.com/p/124-restorin…
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#124. Restoring Childhood: How To Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety
Here is an invitation to get a head start in reading my new book, to be released Sept. 15.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thought experiment. Imagine them dressed in green, blocking the roads, carrying banners saying ‘Protect our Planet’. Imagine how fast they would be arrested.
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Rachel5742 @rachel5742.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026
#Butterflies I want my European Rights & Protections back... Dump #Trump Foil #Farage Exit #Brexit
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I might just get all my Christmas presents from the RNLI!
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The point is that they were planning to do something illegal and so should have been stopped.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’ve been on enough marches to know you have to get permission from the police to march on public roads. So, surely, all of these people were breaking the law.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
50 years ago one of our teachers asked us to put up our hand if all our grandparents were born in the UK. One girl did. The rest of us were from somewhere else. It was North London so maybe unusual but not unique.
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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com · 08/09/2026
The RNLI has some cuter planters and today would be the day to spend some money in their shop shop.rnli.org/collections/...
RNLI boots as plantersLifeboat as planter
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The main reason kids are suffering from poor mental health is school. Research shows this. We just want to ignore it. petergray.substack.com/p/126-sticking…
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#126. Sticking Our Collective Heads in the Sand
Why are we adults so unable to see (or say?) that school is a (the?) major cause of children’s psychological suffering?
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’ve just been on a painting course with a whole lot of non-technical people. They are worried about AI. It feels like a threat. I think it is but the question is: A threat to what?
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Why we need to rewrite the economic rules youtu.be/3iVEvkwRJEw?... The economy we have is failing. That's because of the absurd rules that we have imposed on it. To get a better economy, we have to break the rules.
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Why we need to rewrite the economic rules
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🎉 A historic win for Greens in Dover. ✊🏽 We will always take the fight and win against Reform, Restore or whatever the far-right call themselves. 💚 We will always champion our communities. We will always put people before profit.
Poll showing greens beating reform 28.8 to 27.5
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We did a road trip around NE US last year. Best food was fresh from the sea in Maine. Fish tacos - delicious. Worst food was processed from the supermarket. The vegetables were fine but strange - Fennel bulbs the size of melons for instance.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In the interest of fairness I watched the BBC coverage last night. They said that the flood was made more likely by climate change and had a climate scientist backing this up. Also, no opposing view.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Reform’s Tice spreads the weakest Net Zero misinformation yet www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Reform's Tice spreads the weakest Net Zero misinformation yet
Reform UK wants more of the activity that drove this years droughts & wildfires, but Richard Tice is struggling to sell it
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It was the first item on the BBC news last night but no mention of climate change or, indeed, what the cause was at all.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As I read this, whole areas of my life began to make sense. As a woman with a mind of her own I was an obvious target for people like this www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’ve been voting for 45 years. In all that time I’ve only once voted for someone who got elected. This has to end.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“We think it's the right time now for the Government to commit to a National Commission to look at electoral reform... to make sure that people feel like their vote counts and to make sure people don't feel disenfranchised by the political system” 🎙️ @mike-reader.bsky.social 📺 1 of 2 🌹 #Labour4PR
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/08/2026
Sheffield councillor Robert Hanson left Reform after he saw the rot behind the facade. Now he's urging others not to be taken in. Reform is haemorrhaging councillors at a rate of 1 every 3 days since May. We're tracking them all: bestforbritain.org/reform-uk-defect…
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thank you. Very rounded and thoughtful.
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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Granny gave the best answer ever. Explained where we’re going wrong. Watch it to the end - she got it all in there. Ten out of ten no notes.
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There is plenty of work to do. Every charity and local group is looking for volunteers. But this work (and it is real work) does not pay. Should we be looking at UBI (Universal Basic Income)?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Over 3000 people died this summer due to excess heat.
Richard Rice: Scrap net zero and enjoy the weather
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Two things to sign. Both important! 1) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... And 2) t.co/0ds6oRCEEH - @hackedoff.bsky.social
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Monica Dyer @monicadyerartist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yes, but also about heat. Trump’s billionaire friends are eyeing it up as the perfect long term bolt hole. Virtually uninhabited, so far north it may still be comfortable when the rest of the world burns. The ultimate gated community.
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
⚠️ Severe Alert. 🔴 Andy Burnham must take immediate action on the #ClimateCrisis.
Alt text: Graphic from Bradford District Green Party showing a smartphone-style “Severe Alert” message against a background of wildfires. The message says there is an extremely high risk of harm to people and nature due to climate breakdown and calls on Andy Burnham to take immediate action: keep people safe, tackle wildfires, prevent droughts, protect the food system, nationalise water, and reject new oil and gas. It ends by inviting people to join the Green Party.
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East Surrey Green Party @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A Warning
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 13/08/2026
Remarkable. A provisional 38.1°C at Kew Gardens marks the hottest day so far this remarkable summer, and draws with 2022 for being one of only two years where 38°C has been reached twice in a summer.
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