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Sarah Wishart

@sarahwishart.bsky.social
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Glasgow- based artist + writer | Co-production and film making - #ExcludedTheFilm | Chair #OfflineGlasgow | #CloreSocialLeadership | Co-Director #SluiceFilmFestival @sluiceart.bsky.social |

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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Neutral in the culture war"
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Sarah Wishart @sarahwishart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
everyone bitching about house of dragons are tripping - this series has been absolutely brilliant. The shift of focus, the shift in how the audience has been steered. Seriously no notes.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Addendum: Tintwistle, Cairngorms and Harlech are the most reported. A few other large fires from July: Conwy: 200acres, evacuations. Kelfield, Yorks: 35acres Clare, Suffolk: 100acres Bridgnorth, Shrops: 98acres Roden, near Telford: 88 acres Brentmoor Heath, Surrey: size unknown, burned for 5 days.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Fires are burning larger, hotter and fiercer. The Peak District blaze has set into the peat, meaning it can smoulder underground and flare up again easily. Severity indexes are off the charts.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Large fires in the Peak District, Cairngorms and north Wales are now effectively competing for limited firefighting helicopter resources. On Saturday, Welsh farmers said they felt abandoned - while authorities had approved helicopter use, they were still waiting for one to be available.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For something to be technically a wildfire, it must reach 1 hectare in size. We counted grass/heath/crop/forest fires that might narrowly miss that distinction but still take huge resources to tackle. This is two weeks of Britain burning:
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Been on the apocalypse beat this week. Surveying English and Welsh fire services, we count 250+ significant wildfires in the first two weeks of July, destroying thousands of acres: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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How a ‘firewave’ gripped Britain with 250 blazes burning
An exceptionally hot, dry summer has turned the country into a ‘tinderbox’ as fire crews tackle dozens of incidents a day
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Maudi63 @maudi63.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
No matter what kind of day you are having, this👇 will make it better. 🥹 🚲 ❤️
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Sarah Wishart @sarahwishart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Went to the launch of this very fabulous book earlier this week - edited by my lovely friend Rastko Novaković - and got to meet @joeljoel.bsky.social - really fabulous book - also lots of additional STUFF on the website for-peace.maydayrooms.org
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For Peace!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/07/2026
Usually, if something is deeply damaging and defamatory to an organization you founded, you wouldn't say you want everyone to read it. Rowling is someone who is confident the system will back her regardless of how she undermines her own organizations legal position because of her wealth.
A screenshot of a social media post by J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling). The post is a quote-tweet of a user named Cara Pace (@CaraPac46808618), whose profile picture is a transgender pride flag.
​Cara Pace's quoted post reads: "Silencing Amnesty just ensures more people will the read the report you do not want us to see"
​J.K. Rowling's response reads: "I hope everyone reads the report. Nothing could better demonstrate how far Amnesty has fallen than their demonisation of gay rights charities for refusing to adopt Amnesty’s approved gender beliefs, or their attack on a rape crisis centre because it is run by women, for women."
​The timestamp at the bottom shows 5:16 AM • Jul 16, 2026 • 344K Views.
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Sarah Wishart @sarahwishart.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Taking a book to the bubbled bath with an ice lolly. Ah sobriety your joys are myriad
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Sarah Wishart @sarahwishart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Goldman, reprimanded by a male relative as a true agitator shouldn't be seen dancing as frivolity would hurt the Cause, wrote: "I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release & freedom from convention & prejudice, should demand the denial of life & joy".
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Sarah Wishart @sarahwishart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@glassjarofmoles.bsky.social hello old friend x
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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What's going down in the loo? Tracking two friends across four scenes ahead of Flush @ Arcola, Maddy Costa looks at toilets onstage and off: sites for examinations of class and gender, the setting for discomfort and solidarity... Read it here or a sneak preview if you're not yet a paid subscriber:
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A brief history of toilets on stage
Written in four (short) scenes
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On a more positive note, and this is not an exhaustive list, but please do follow, read, and support our friends at places like @wearequeeraf.com, @attitudemag.bsky.social, @divamag.bsky.social and other UK queer media that provide good public interest journalism for our community.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We hope others will join us to do the same. This is based on how @pinknews.bsky.social have decided to act, and we will be happy to revisit it if they change course and provide public interest journalism for the LGBTQ+ community. Until then, we will boycott the publication.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We deserve better from our community’s news outlets, and others provide vital coverage while respecting queer journalists, operating ethically and speaking truth to power. We are removing @pinknews.bsky.social from our press lists and will no longer provide direct comment to them.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Pink News have now: - Made journalists redundant in search of a ‘reporter-free newsroom’. This includes one of the UK’s only trans reporters covering our community, and many other talented queer reporters. - Uncritically platformed Wes Streeting spinning taking healthcare away from trans kids.
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Wes Streeting: 'Every trans person deserves safety and respect'
Writing for PinkNews, Wes Streeting says he wants to reassure trans youngsters that they have not been forgotten.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The time has come for us, as an organisation, to boycott @pinknews.bsky.social. Despite reservations about the company, we have sometimes worked with queer and trans reporters there to tell stories we thought were important for our community - the same as other outlets. That ends today. Why?
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Marc Garrett @mgarrett.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Reminder - I will be presenting my book, Feral Class, at Broadside, Glasgow. Publication Launch. 28.03.26. 2 – 5 pm. All welcome 🙂 broadside.space/event/for-fr... Publisher - @minorcompositions.bsky.social #readingcommunity #books #stories #WritingCommunity #outsider #art
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@cOmmunicants

I saw a bumper sticker that said "Make tea, not war", and what a wild ride they are in for when they learn literally any fact about tea.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 17/03/2026
The Court of Appeal have given the transphobic group Sex Matters permission to challenge trans inclusion at Hampstead Heath ponds. But we’re preparing to intervene: goodlaw.social/9iqr
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Court greenlights transphobic challenge at Hampstead ponds | Good Law Project
The transphobic group Sex Matters will argue at the High Court for a ban on trans women –  we’re pushing back
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/03/2026
The writing is on the wall. The UK is going to attempt to ban hormones for trans adults. This is just one of the steps they're taking to limit access slowly. www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/17/n...
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NHS England to review private HRT prescriptions for trans adults
A new report from NHS England suggests that the public health service will review whether to continue shared care ageements for trans adults.
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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
You hide in the toilets because your colleague eats an apple criminally slowly at exactly 10am every day. A non-exhaustive catalogue of sensory malfunctions. open.substack.com/pub/nothingb...
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Bad Wiring: A Non-Exhaustive Catalogue of Sensory Malfunctions
It’s giving AuDHD
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 05/03/2026
Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills
Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK
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Scary Gorgon @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
When did your obsession with hot toxic women begin?
Debbie from Addams Family Values sitting in her car as a house blows up in the background.
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Gendered Intelligence @genderedintelligence.co.uk · 08/03/2026
✊International Women’s Day is a protest ✊ Today, we recognise all women who are organising for justice and against division and inequality. For all those fighting back against transphobia, ableism, racism, male violence against women, misogyny and attacks on bodily autonomy. #IWD IWD26
Graphic with cream, yellow, orange and blue curves. Purple text reads:
International Women’s Day is a protest. 
Today, we recognise all those women who are organising for justice and against division and inequality.  For all those fighting back against transphobia, ableism, racism, male violence against women, misogyny and attacks on bodily autonomy.
Progress towards gender equality includes all of us. Those most marginalised must be front and centre.
Gendered Intelligence logo at the bottom.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 06/03/2026
unfortunately I lost it at this extremely stupid New Yorker cartoon
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Your 3-minute guide to today’s asylum policy changes
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Another Disappointing Day in The Obituaries @deadlyvices.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Have a seat, sir. And prepare to Get Served.
The Ratio Cafe, Oxford.
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Karlito P @litop12.blacksky.app · 01/03/2026
Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I know it is easy to doomscroll, especially today. Please plan for yourself at least one or many more offline activities. Buy a pastry, read a book, go to a museum, see a friend, cook a meal, play with a pet, or even a trip to Costco. Try to limit time on your phone and avoid stewing in anxiety.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/02/2026
you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe
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Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I love the sound of Tories losing their deposit in the morning
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Nicholas Middleton @parallel-movement.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Save the date: 'Shadows and Projections', an exhibition of paintings, photographs and drawings. 03/04/26-18/04/26 The Art Space, Cass Art 63 – 67 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3EN Open Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm Sundays 11am-6pm Private view Friday 3rd April 6-8pm
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
And that’s the clip that’s been circulating. A calm, rational exchange in the face of a group of Americans declaring over a loud speaker that all Muslims are sinful, criminals full of anger and hatred as families (some with children) walked home from prayers 10/
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Kurt Vonnegut stop being so applicable to all time periods of American life, you can’t do that Kurt Vonnegut, your insights are too evergreen Kurt Vonnegut
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.
'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom?
'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
In the New Statesman this morning, I tackle an odd subgenre of Epstein coverage that's become more and more prevalent: breathless warnings that we're on a slippery slope to mob rule when we ask awkward questions of the world's most powerful people. www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
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Don't email a paedophile
It's a slippery slope!
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 17/02/2026
joyce is going after elon again
Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates
how is it possible to cram so much
ignorance--"English-Scott-Irish origin" -- into such a small space?
miracle of a person said to be "world's richest man" has no more grasp of US history than a crumpled paper tissue underfoot in a men's restroom not recently cleaned.
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Strathclyde Institute of Education @strath-ioe.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Curious to learn more about independent filmmaking? - Improve your screen skills at our filmmaking masterclass on Wednesday 18th Feb @ 1.30pm. More info and register here: sway.cloud.microsoft/nCp7rZZHTV3D...
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Film Education CPD for Secondary School/College Teachers
Invitation to our free CPD filmmaking education workshop @ University of Strathclyde. Our event maps on to key film and screen learning areas in the Scottish (draft) film and screen curriculum: camera
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Far be it from me to say we ought to be careful who we listen to on these issues, but it’s worth pointing out that these reason this guy is doing this interview is to plug his subscription service.
(This might be the moment to add that Chatterjee is about to launch an individualised programme offering blood tests and health coaching, yours for £249 a year.) What he would like to see is the NHS separated from politics. "If we're really going to transform it, we need a 30-year plan, not a five-year plan."
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Mams4TransNI @mams4transni.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We are going to make a specific mams patch for the Trans Unity Quilt and we want to include the names of our loved ones for posterity. Just first name and first initial of surname for safety. If anyone would like to be included or a loved one, please let me know ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️
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Netpol @netpol.org · 13/02/2026
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
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Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
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Sarah Wishart @sarahwishart.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I love that he hated his life’s work. Relatable.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 10/02/2026
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Great to hear a Democracy for Sale story on heads of news on Today on Radio 4 Also very good to see a proper credit for us - as an ‘investigative website’ not ‘a Substack’ - high up in the story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cabinet office minister used PR firm to investigate journalists' sources
Cabinet office minister Josh Simons commissioned APCO Worldwide for the investigation in 2023.
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
welp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up
But Liam was scared and frequently asked what they had done wrong, where they were and what happened to the little blue knit hat he wore the day he was detained, Conejo said.

There wasn’t much he could say to his son, “except hug him and tell him everything would be OK,” Conejo said.

Worried about further upsetting his son, Conejo said, he was forced to bite back his own tears.Liam has since been reunited with his hat and continues to wear it, even inside the house, his dad said Thursday. Asked how he might one day explain to Liam everything that has happened, Conejo said he would tell his son that he had become the face of hope and change.

"He was the global figure who did all this so that the voices of the people demanding freedom would be heard, especially those of the children who are still locked up," Conejo said. “I would tell him he was very brave and that I am very proud of him.”
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Sarah Wishart @sarahwishart.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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