Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This is going to be epic! If you’re in Glasgow come and build Real Utopias with us ✨🌳❤️ 041
Reposted by Rachel HamadaErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/09/2025Excellent 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...heated.worldFossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movementAn investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding. 6127751295
Reposted by Rachel HamadaPeter 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...democracyforsale.substack.comInside the Tony Blair InstituteA former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong? 9125108
Reposted by Rachel HamadaAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2025i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended 11898844536
Reposted by Rachel HamadaNatalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 24/09/2025It’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 01310
Reposted by Rachel HamadaProf Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025This does not look like “impartiality”. It looks like propaganda. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...thelondoneconomic.comReform, with 0.7% of all MPs, featured in 25% of BBC's recent 10pm news bulletinsAstonishingly, a party with 18 times as many MPs as Reform has received one-third less coverage on BBC News at 10. 551104486
Reposted by Rachel HamadaPooka & Co @pookaco.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Our friends at @takeoneaction.bsky.social kick off their festival in Edinburgh this week. See the programme at www.takeoneaction.org.uktakeoneaction.org.ukTake One Action! Film Festivals | See the change you want to beTake 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... 032
Reposted by Rachel Hamadaelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/09/2025My 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...shado-mag.comRethinking the rise of the far rightshado editor Elia Ayoub looks at how populist hype and reactionary centrism have fuelled misunderstanding about the rise of the far right. 613157
Reposted by Rachel HamadaCommon Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Few 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/...common-wealth.orgWho Owns Britain?How the radical experiment of privatisation transformed society and reshaped our lives. 0106
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Power 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! 223
Reposted by Rachel HamadaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17/09/2025The 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.meditationsinanemergency.comThe Future Is Coming and It's (Literally) Sunny: Notes on the Solar RevolutionI 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... 7545143
Reposted by Rachel HamadaEqual Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2025We'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 043
Reposted by Rachel HamadaThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/09/2025This 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... 14730
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Excited 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 066
Reposted by Rachel HamadaNancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Draft EHRC guidance on Equality Act is unworkable for businesses 👇👇👇 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukHundreds 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’ 27417
Reposted by Rachel HamadaThe 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 Hamadatheskinny.co.ukBetter Worlds: Take One Action 2025 preview - The SkinnyTake One Action's director Rachel Hamada introduces this year's festival, which takes place under the banner of Real Utopias. 023
Reposted by Rachel HamadaTake One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 13/08/2025In 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/takeoneaction.org.ukNIÑXS - 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. 011
Reposted by Rachel HamadaTake 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/takeoneaction.org.ukNIÑXS - 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. 111
Reposted by Rachel HamadaTake 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...takeoneaction.org.ukPower Station - Take One Action!Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time. 132
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Really excited to announce the launch of our 2025 film festival programmes - hope to see many of you at one of our events! #RealUtopias2025 132
Reposted by Rachel HamadaTake 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! 132
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Today! 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/resistanceingamesbit.lyResistance in Game SpaceLevel up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures. 193
Reposted by Rachel HamadaGary Dunion 🍉 @garydunion.bsky.social · 26/07/2025This is utterly shameful. 33214
Reposted by Rachel HamadaMarijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 25/07/2025Edinburgh folk! A fantastic Videogames + Art + Politics event is taking place tomorrow. What a treat, do NOT miss! 💚 071
Reposted by Rachel HamadaThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland 315123743737
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 24/07/2025This 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/resistanceingamesbit.lyResistance in Game SpaceLevel up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures. 2158
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I 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! 27011
Reposted by Rachel HamadaTake One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 23/07/2025We’re on Letterboxd! Give us a follow to find out what we’ve been watching… boxd.it/2SAqrboxd.ittakeoneaction’s profiletakeoneaction 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... 021
Reposted by Rachel HamadaTake 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. 112
Reposted by Rachel HamadaKatherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 22/07/2025“In immediate danger of starving to death” 001
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 22/07/2025OK I didn't come back until July. I sadly wasn't hibernating all of that time... 170
Reposted by Rachel HamadaAdrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 22/07/2025This 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!eventbrite.co.ukResistance in Game SpaceLevel up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures. 1187
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Last 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 130
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Taking the rest of January off for some much needed rest and hibernation, see you in February! 🌱media.tenor.coma cartoon bear is sleeping in a hole in the jungleAlt: a cartoon bear is sleeping in a hole in the jungle 280
Reposted by Rachel HamadaThe 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…theferret.scotHow a populist think tank is stoking Scotland's culture warMCC Brussels, a think tank funded by Hungary's populist government, is working with academics and campaigners with influence in Scotland. 89455
Reposted by Rachel HamadaDaniel York Loh @danielyorkloh.bsky.social · 06/01/2025This 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.ukAn important announcement regarding future undergraduate training at the school - Bristol Old Vic Theatre SchoolFor 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 ... 21010
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 05/01/2025This 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 622
Reposted by Rachel HamadaGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 04/01/2025The Labour Party, who are currently forming the government of a G8 country, made this: 201588136
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 03/01/2025This is sick 🤮 Zuckerberg sucks up to Trump and the fash while creating fake black women for profit. Enough. 150
Reposted by Rachel HamadaMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Citi, 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. 21607194
Reposted by Rachel HamadaAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Clearly 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 saystheguardian.comTory focus on immigration helped stoke riots, equalities committee chair saysExclusive: Sarah Owen warns Reform MPs are making task of strengthening UK communities more urgent 17625
Reposted by Rachel HamadaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 01/01/2025It 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. 17627204
Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 31/12/2024This looks great: The World After Amazon A project to support workers to reclaim the power of future-making afteramazon.worldafteramazon.worldThe World After AmazonA collection of short, speculative fiction from rank-and-file Amazon workers - in print, online, and as a free audiobook and podcast. 121
Reposted by Rachel HamadaRobert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 29/12/2024interestingly, 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/aboutoxfordliteraryfestival.orgWelcome to the Oxford Literary Festival | Oxford Literary FestivalWelcome to the Oxford Literary Festival 08035
Reposted by Rachel HamadaAlberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 30/12/2024"Children as agents of cultural adaptation" - very interesting. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 03612