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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Crucial point made here — we should learn from others rather than imagine that everything is new and therefore shocking and impossible to resist. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

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So You Want to Be a Dissident?

A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty” Save the children UK This must be stopped

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Equinox swim in the river. Water very low as we have had no rain for 3 weeks. And none today when forecast.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Our niece, Cressie is now eligible for early release.

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Kymm Coveney @kymminbarcelona.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Women’s March 2025 #resist

Gourmet women’s holding signs for the Women’s March actos from Barcelona University Library.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trying to forget how Ukraine is about to be sold down the river so i went swimming x 2 in the sea in South Devon, off Burgh Island.

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Lesley Curwen @elcurwen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Thank you so much to @dustpoetry.bsky.social for nominating my poem 'All praise the count of two' for a #forwardprize. I'm amazed, and grateful. 🙏

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Betrayal is betrayal. I always thought better of America.

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Supressing a woman’s right to vote. They’re just a white Christian version of the Taliban.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Our once-a-year-if-lucky-visitation of starlings to the two great sycamores was a blessing yesterday. Their orchestra of sounds was incredible. Maybe a hundred or more.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Trials abandoned due to the stop-work order on USAID-funded research:

The Times identified more than 30 frozen studies that had volunteers already in the care of researchers, including trials of:

malaria treatment in children under age 5 in Mozambique

treatment for cholera in Bangladesh

a screen-and-treat method for cervical cancer in Malawi

tuberculosis treatment for children and teenagers in Peru and South Africa

nutritional support for children in Ethiopia

early-childhood-development interventions in Cambodia

ways to support pregnant and breastfeeding women to reduce malnutrition in Jordan

an mRNA vaccine technology for H.I.V. in South Africa

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Image enhanced to bring out the metaphor.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

John Walters gave us a terrific talk with his superb photography at our Village Hall tonight. Sorry if you missed it but I noticed we only had 3 seats left and no more chairs to be had! There were glow worms, Heath Potter wasps, cuckoo bees among other extraordinary creatures.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The outcome of this case will affect every one of us but is barely getting a mention in UK media. Why? Peaceful protest is a fundemental democratic right. The decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s important case is due any time now. This is why I’m standing with them👇 youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...

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Labour Government backs Tory power grab by appealing Liberty High court victory

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Why are we considered " in line" and with what or whom? I would prefer to be " out of line" in Trump's judgement.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

First February swim I hoped would be in the sea at Teignmouth ( less cold than the river) but found it was high tide with a swell, splashing passersby on the promenade. Lost my courage and retreated to the river where the cold was knifesharp but no waves or tide to contend with. 🤣

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Jo Bell @jobellwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The coup in America: a terrifying summary. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/call-it-by...

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Call it by its name: A coup.

February 1, 2025

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

If you want a really brilliant show to see, go to Pride and Prejudice, sort of. We just saw it in Plymouth where some of the best shows come first. Here are the tour dates prideandprejudicesortof.com/tour-dates

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Pride & Prejudice (sort of)

Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love s...

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy Candlemas to one and all. I must try to stop worrying about events unfolding in US ( er, and here)

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

First they went for air traffic control and now they go for the country's data. A complete takeover???

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MariKula@bsky.social @marikula.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Events leading up to Washington plane crash FAA director left by order of Musk because he had said Space X etc are less than safe. (FAA stands for Federal Aviation Authority)

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

A wee bit of hope for Cressie Gethin who was given 4 years for being on a Just Stop Oil zoom call about climate protest to which she had been invited and which was infiltrated by a Sun journalist. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Sixteen jailed UK climate activists to appeal against ‘unduly harsh’ sentences

Protesters will gather outside court of appeal in support of activists, who say judges defied decades of precedent

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 23/01/2025

We’re mourning the loss of the wonderful Michael Longley, who has died in Belfast aged 85. A Vice President of The Poetry Society, we were proud to publish him in our magazine The Poetry Review throughout his long career. Sharing below a 2014 poem which celebrated his long marriage to Edna Longley.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

One of my most favourite poets ever. I once climbed a mountain in Co Galway in order to see Co Mayo laid out like a map. I looked for Michael Longley and gave him a wave.

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thealchemyspoon.bsky.social @thealchemyspoon.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Hurrah: launch date set for issue 14 of The Alchemy Spoon is 31 Jan. Live on Zoom. Register free and join us for a fab hour of poetry and chat. Next submission window opens the very next day, 1 Feb, the theme is SOIL. Get those pens out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-launch...

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The Launch of Issue 14 of The Alchemy Spoon

Join us for the online launch of Issue 14 of The Alchemy Spoon for a sneak peek into our latest magical literary creations!

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Sorry about the face but Geirge Monbiot's piece shows why I am dreading what tomorrow will trigger. And America's powerlessness to stop it.

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

can't stop thinking about this little (vast) poem

Of Absence
by Linda Gregg

I climb the mountain
up steps the moon has already taken.
Of absence. Of things broken.
To see if the moon is a mouth.
To see if I am what it wants.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Another wonder in our high Dartmoor garden

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

As the snow melts ... out come snowdrops. All the more miraculous as we are at 330m on Dartmoor

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

This poem has helped me through many days. 🕯️

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Wise advice from Ian Dunt. I have feared the rise of Fascism for years and years and now it is upon us... we have to find a way to cope/ resist/ speak out.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Really weird that people can get this kind of thing published.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Morning All from Molly on Dartmoor

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Snowy weather meant I could sit and read this wise and magical book. It could change everything.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Such a very fine person. What courage.

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Ink, Sweat & Tears kindly published this poem of mine. Thank you, @helenivory.bsky.social Helen Ivory. I think the submission window is open. inksweatandtears.co.uk/rebecca-geth...

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Rebecca Gethin | Ink Sweat and Tears

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Rebecca Gethin @rgethin.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Our niece was sentenced to 5 years for being on a zoom call with JSO chiefs. She is only 23.

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