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Rachel Hamada

@rachelhamada.bsky.social
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Director at @takeoneaction.bsky.social Founder and chair at @theferret.scot Former lead on community-led investigations at @tbij.bsky.social Playwright. Love games, play, stories. Scotland-based. She/her

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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This is going to be epic! If you’re in Glasgow come and build Real Utopias with us ✨🌳❤️
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/09/2025
Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos. It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry. heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
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Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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Inside the Tony Blair Institute
A former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
It’s not clear what these changes will concretely consist of but this is an appalling proposal from Mahmood, ignoring the challenges that asylum seekers face in accessing legal advice and undermining protections for trafficking survivors
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
This does not look like “impartiality”. It looks like propaganda. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
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Reform, with 0.7% of all MPs, featured in 25% of BBC's recent 10pm news bulletins
Astonishingly, a party with 18 times as many MPs as Reform has received one-third less coverage on BBC News at 10.
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Pooka & Co @pookaco.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Our friends at @takeoneaction.bsky.social kick off their festival in Edinburgh this week. See the programme at www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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Take One Action! Film Festivals | See the change you want to be
Take One Action believes small actions lead to big ones, and that we all make a difference. We connect individuals and groups through film, creativity and action - for a better world, starting from Sc...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
My latest, on how concepts like the populist hype and reactionary centrism can help us understand how our media and political system normalises dangerous far right talking points and policies shado-mag.com/articles/opi...
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Rethinking the rise of the far right
shado editor Elia Ayoub looks at how populist hype and reactionary centrism have fuelled misunderstanding about the rise of the far right.
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Few countries have been privatised as deep or as far as in Britain. This failed experiment has shaped your life. To learn how, explore our new project — Who Owns Britain? — at the link below. www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...
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Who Owns Britain?
How the radical experiment of privatisation transformed society and reshaped our lives.
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Power Station is screening tonight at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social - and then you can come along to this brilliant workshop tomorrow with filmmaker Dan Edelstyn. All pay what you can!
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The solar revolution means that power can be decentralized, democratized, distributed far more justly. So it makes perfect and hideous sense, given the nostalgia of authoritarians for a golden age (of exclusion, exploitation, and inequality ), to tie themselves to all fossil fuel's problems.
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The Future Is Coming and It's (Literally) Sunny: Notes on the Solar Revolution
I drove home to San Francisco from New Mexico last weekend, and in the western Mojave desert of California I passed in quick succession three vast renewable energy sites: the first was three solar con...
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We're excited to launch a new survey exploring Gender Equity in the Scottish Film Exhibiton sector, in partnership with @filmhubscotland.bsky.social. If you work or volunteer in film exhibition, please fill out the survey. We welcome responses from all genders: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FilmEquity
A photograph of a white woman with brown hair in a messy bun, operating a camera on a film set. Text overlaid reads: Gender Equity in Scottish Film Exhibition Survey. Logos: Equal Media & Culture Centre, FilmHub Scotland, BFI FAN, The National Lottery, Screen Scotland
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This is the stark testimony of former BBC journalist Mohamed Shalaby, who quit the corporation over its reporting on Gaza Read the full interview 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Excited to moderate this at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Sat as part of our Real Utopias festivals. Come along if you like weird but brilliant shorts exploring the frontiers of tech, and brilliant-post screening conversations with @karengregory.bsky.social, @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and YOU
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Draft EHRC guidance on Equality Act is unworkable for businesses 👇👇👇 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Hundreds of firms warn new draft guidance on single sex spaces is ‘unworkable’
Exclusive: More than 650 organisations have urged Bridget Phillipson to ‘take immediate action to prevent these proposals from moving forward’
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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"There's quite a lot of evidence that facts alone don't necessarily change people's minds. You need to get to people's emotions as well" @takeoneaction.bsky.social, Scotland's film festival for social change is back – we talk to director Rachel Hamada
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Better Worlds: Take One Action 2025 preview - The Skinny
Take One Action's director Rachel Hamada introduces this year's festival, which takes place under the banner of Real Utopias.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
In an era where trans kids are spoken over and spoken for, NIÑXS sparkles with confidence, wit, and magic: a joyous demand that trans youth get to narrate their own stories. Presented in collaboration with @sqiff.bsky.social www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/ninxs/
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NIÑXS - Take One Action!
In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
👁️FILM SPOTLIGHT: NIÑXS 👁️ In the rural small town of Tepoztlán, Mexico, fifteen-year-old Karla gets to tell her own coming-of-age story as she navigates the joys and complexities of trans adolescence. Book your tickets: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/ninxs/
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NIÑXS - Take One Action!
In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
🎥Film Spotlight: POWER STATION (2025) Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time. We'll be showing POWER STATION in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee! 👉 TICKETS: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/power-s...
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Power Station - Take One Action!
Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time.
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Really excited to announce the launch of our 2025 film festival programmes - hope to see many of you at one of our events! #RealUtopias2025
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
👋 We’re BACK! Real Utopias will be coming to screens and community spaces near you this autumn: 〰️ #Edinburgh (17-21 Sep) 〰️ #Glasgow (25-28 Sep) 〰️ #Inverness (28-30 Oct) 〰️ #Dundee (7-8 Nov) We’re excited to share our gorgeous poster for this year’s festivals, designed by Maddie Lennon!
Poster for the Take One Action areal Utopias poster, in purple and bronze. Topographic lines of a map intersect with bronze stills from this year’s films. It includes dates and info about funders.
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Today! Last chance to get free tickets for this event exploring videogames, their place in our culture and how they could be key to imagining alternative futures - exhibition with @marijamdid.com, discussion with @adrianhon.bsky.social, and short film screening bit.ly/resistanceingames
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Resistance in Game Space
Level up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures.
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Gary Dunion 🍉 @garydunion.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
This is utterly shameful.
Tweet by Chris McCall (@Dennynews)

John Swinney announces £180,000 of public money will help stage a golf tournament at Donald Trump's Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire. The First Minister meets the US President next week.

[screengrab of Scottish Government statement:]

First Minister John Swinney said:

I welcome the Nexo Championship being held at the Trump International Golf Links this August.

"Scotland has long been recognised as a world-class host of major events. Golf and golf events are a key part of our national identity, supporting communities, driving economic growth, contributing to environmental sustainability across the country and promoting Scotland through global profile.

"The Scottish Government recognises the importance and benefits of golf and golf events, including boosting tourism and our economy. As the Home of Golf we have a longstanding track record of support and I am proud this funding will further enhance Aberdeenshire's reputation as a leading golfing destination and I'm hopeful of securing further golfing events in future years."
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 25/07/2025
Edinburgh folk! A fantastic Videogames + Art + Politics event is taking place tomorrow. What a treat, do NOT miss! 💚
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This Saturday is Resistance in Game Space, an evening looking at how videogames are key to imagining alternative futures. We'll be at Sett Studios in Leith, Edinburgh, from 6-9pm and tickets are free! Find out more about what's planned and sign up at bit.ly/resistanceingames
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Resistance in Game Space
Level up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures.
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I am not a member of any political party but holy shit it's refreshing to finally hear some clear political narrative about the state of the UK and what has brought us here. More please!
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
We’re on Letterboxd! Give us a follow to find out what we’ve been watching… boxd.it/2SAqr
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takeoneaction’s profile
takeoneaction uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 179 films watched. Favorites: Union (2024), Niñxs (2025), Red Skirts on Clydeside (1984), Space to Breathe (2025). Bio: Scotland’s global...
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🌱Our first Beans on Screen event was a delicious success! On the hottest day of the year, we were so lucky to be in the coldest room in Platform Glasgowfor our film screening and Living Table with artist Désirée Coral.
People sitting around a table and watching the short films on screen.Close up on Black Beans
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“In immediate danger of starving to death”
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
OK I didn't come back until July. I sadly wasn't hibernating all of that time...
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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This Saturday in Edinburgh I'm speaking at Resistance in Game Space, a free event including an exhibition around @marijamdid.com's writing, short film screenings, and a talk by @josephdelappe.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @rachelhamada.bsky.social for putting this amazing event together! Come along!
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Resistance in Game Space
Level up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures.
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Last chance to get tickets for @theferret.scot 10th Birthday AGM and a cracking panel talking about what the implications are of the second Trump regime for Scotland
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Taking the rest of January off for some much needed rest and hibernation, see you in February! 🌱
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a cartoon bear is sleeping in a hole in the jungle
Alt: a cartoon bear is sleeping in a hole in the jungle
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 06/01/2025
“They aim to create suspicion and fear and to convince the people that liberal democracy, with its respect for individual human rights, is a less attractive political option than majoritarianism and authoritarian rule” theferret.scot/orban-conservative-t…
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How a populist think tank is stoking Scotland's culture war
MCC Brussels, a think tank funded by Hungary's populist government, is working with academics and campaigners with influence in Scotland.
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Daniel York Loh @danielyorkloh.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This is devastating. Bristol Old Vic is historically one of the best drama schools in the country. Reduced to this. Our industry is becoming unrecognisable oldvic.ac.uk/news/an-impo...
oldvic.ac.uk
An important announcement regarding future undergraduate training at the school - Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
For almost 80 years, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School – one of the most well-regarded and successful drama schools in the UK – has prepared talented students from all walks of life to join the creative ...
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This may be a long shot but can anyone recommend any affordable, interesting online courses as I’d like to get my Mum one for her birthday? She did a public history one and enjoyed it, possibly one of UCL’s. History, art, literature, design, architecture all possible areas of interest. Thank you
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Ooft
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The Labour Party, who are currently forming the government of a G8 country, made this:
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
What a wild, wild ride
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
This is sick 🤮 Zuckerberg sucks up to Trump and the fash while creating fake black women for profit. Enough.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Citi, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley have all pulled out of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance this week. The global alliance, which is backed by the UN, is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo also left the group last month.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Clearly this is correct as far as it goes, but a) it’s not just Tories/Reform who are obsessed with immigration, is it, & b) whilst X is a cesspit, only today the BBC’s yet again vacuously counting small-boat arrivals, so Tory focus on immigration helped stoke riots, equalities committee chair says
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Tory focus on immigration helped stoke riots, equalities committee chair says
Exclusive: Sarah Owen warns Reform MPs are making task of strengthening UK communities more urgent
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
It is entirely within our power to make 2025 a year where not one single person drowns attempting to cross the channel. It is up to us to demand it, in these people’s names.
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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
This looks great: The World After Amazon A project to support workers to reclaim the power of future-making afteramazon.world
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The World After Amazon
A collection of short, speculative fiction from rank-and-file Amazon workers - in print, online, and as a free audiobook and podcast.
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Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 29/12/2024
interestingly, the oxford literary festival has many participants and sponsors, any of which you could contact to express your disgust at its hosting a cosy chat between two hideous bigots oxfordliteraryfestival.org/about
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Welcome to the Oxford Literary Festival | Oxford Literary Festival
Welcome to the Oxford Literary Festival
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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 30/12/2024
"Children as agents of cultural adaptation" - very interesting. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The human capacity for culture is a key determinant of our success as a species. While much work has examined adults’ abilities to create and transmit cultural knowledge, relatively less work has focused on the role of children (approx. 3-17 years) in this important process. In the cases where children are acknowledged, they are largely portrayed as acquirers of cultural knowledge from adults, rather than cultural producers in their own right. In this paper, we bring attention to the important role that children play in cultural adaptation by highlighting the structure, function, and ubiquity of the large body of knowledge produced and transmitted by children, known as peer culture. Supported by evidence from diverse disciplines, we argue that children are independent producers and maintainers of these autonomous cultures, which exist with regularity across diverse societies, and persist despite compounding threats. Critically, we argue peer cultures are a source of community knowledge diversity, encompassing both material and immaterial knowledge related to geography, ecology, subsistence, norms, and language. Through a number of case studies, we further argue that peer culture products and associated practices — including exploration, learning, and the retention of abandoned adult cultural traits — may help populations adapt to changing ecological and social conditions, contribute to community resilience, and even produce new cultural communities. We end by highlighting the pressing need for research to more carefully investigate children's roles as active agents in cultural adaptation.
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