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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 19h
its so cool that you can't be disabled until you're 25, modern neoliberal science is magic www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Welfare changes under debate include ending key disability benefit for under-25s
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive package of support to help young people into employment
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👻 🎃 🦇 Bela Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Like, please, also continue giving money to the RNLI. They are amazing. But right now, for just a day or two, if you can afford it, please consider contributing a few quid extra to someone who has committed his life opposing people like Danny Tommo and his fascists, and may end up doing time for it.
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👻 🎃 🦇 Bela Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Heya folks. We're on a final push to get to £10k. We're on just over £8.3k. That's less than 1/10th of what fascist Danny Tommo has recently received inndonations after slashing a dinghy with an RNLI worker on it at sea. Meanwhile our comrade faces more than 12x the jailtime for opposing fascism.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“All of these movements, past and present, understand that racism will not be defeated from above. It will only be defeated by us – ordinary citizens who refuse to look away.” - @tajali1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s far-right violence comes to us direct from the 1970s. But so does the solution | Taj Ali
Young men punched in the street, mosques attacked: Britain badly needs an anti-racist uprising. Let 70s Asian youth movements provide the inspiration, says Taj Ali, author of Come What May, We’re Here...
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thinking about the Bayeux Tapestry? A while back I spoke with artists and historians about community embroidery. Come see the Palestinian History Tapestry, the Keiskamma Tapestry, Quakers sewing the Peterloo Massacre and more…🪡🇵🇸 www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
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The 'new Bayeux tapestries' revealing hidden histories
The 11th-Century embroidery of the Norman Conquest has inspired communities across the world to stitch their own histories in fabric, to powerful effect, writes Sarah Woolley.
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I know it’s disappointing but I am not the General Secretary of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers union.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 22/09/2026
NEW: For months, an account called "Big Time Charlie" has been building a database of charity/aid workers and others it brands "traitors". Our investigation shows he is an activist and has donated thousands to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/22/m...
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Meet Big Time Charlie: The Restore Britain activist harassing the progressive sector – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate exposes “Big Time Charlie”, the man behind a recent campaign of online harassment against progressive charities, campaigners and others he considers “traitors”....
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
And this applies to cis people as well. Just because the "truly knowing yourself" isn't as obvious or pronounced for you as trans people... You've still gotta do it. You've got to be able to see yourself, face yourself, all of yourself. You've got to know who you are, beneath all the stuff.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Being trans is sad Being trans is horrid." Shut up. Being trans is great. Look. I've got inner peace and a fucking scythe.
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 30/07/2026
I host a podcast about the economy of violence and have covered Sudan and the Myanmar government’s historic genocidal treatment of the Rohingya. I think you might just be a tedious contrarian.
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Old tweet in 2012 from the late Dawn Foster reads “You've got 48 hours to take down your flags, or you're in the EDL.”
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Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd · 13/07/2026
He's the sort of person where you'd say "raised good kids, entire neighbourhood will miss him, etc" and could go on and on without mentioning a single aspect of all the famous guy shit he did and it would still be a glowing eulogy
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Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd · 13/07/2026
I didn't know Sam Neill closely, but we were 'pub and shopping neighbours' for over a decade. Not a bad word to say, never crossed paths without thinking "what a lovely, funny man." Would often see him at wine tastings, pouring glasses and tidying up alongside the bar staff. Normal as bloke.
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
You can talk about how hot Sam Neil was too. It’s what he would have wanted.
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Dr. Ashok Karra @akarra.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
watching now -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovtj... -- about 10 minutes in, sam neill talks about how NZ brought the army out to beat up kids in Christchurch over absolutely nothing
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Sam Neill on 'New Zealand Cinema'
YouTube video by filmSCHOOLarchive
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
You can find this on YouTube and it’s an incredible introduction to Kiwi cinema. What a man. What a life.
Poster for Cinema of Unease
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Subtle Anime Apparels @devilscrush.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Before you say “I’m gonna watch Possession in honour of Sam Neil” consider that he’s also just as amazing in Sleeping Dogs and it has some things to say about fascism and also a turn by Warren Oates
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Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Remember how in Sleeping Dogs America sends troops to help oppress New Zealanders rebelling against a corrupt authoritarian regime? Seemed pretty sci-fi at the time.
Warren Oates berates Sam Neil in Sleeping Dogs.
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 13/07/2026
I call for a national holiday in Australia and New Zealand as we mourn one of the very best human beings of the past century, who also happend to be quite a dab hand at acting. Mine is one of so many broken hearts the world over - what a fucking mensch.
Sam Neill in Zulawski's Possession, his back turned to the camera with his hand on a window, looking outside. It feels final as fuck.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/07/2026
More than 2,700 deaths linked to UK heatwaves ft.trib.al/V3NBVoR
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More than 2,700 deaths linked to UK heatwaves
For the first time on record temperatures of 35C or higher had been recorded in May, June and July of the same year in UK
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Hank & Townes’s Mom @katehascats.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It’s bittersweet to share that Kaleb Horton has posthumously won an @LAPressClub award for Feature Writing. Read the piece here: www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...
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Do or Die: On George Harrison, Living, Dying, and Formula 1
George Harrison may be thought of as a holy man, but the primordial ooze his career emerges from is made of cars.
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Laura @lauranway87.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I only knew Dawn through Twitter; she was one of life's good ones, was so intelligent & witty, & sadly departed way too soon. She knew the measure of the Tories & their cruelty,& the danger of Farage & his ilk. I would love to have read her thoughts on the Labour Party, & the UK as it is now.
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Helen Zaltzman @helenzaltzman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A tribute to Dawn Foster: a candle burns next to a copy of her book Lean Out, and a pin badge that says Punch Today in the Face. Overlaid is text reading “five years/four prime ministers since we lost the mighty Dawn Foster”
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Lauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Dawn Foster Forever.
A sticker saying Dawn Foster Forever with an illustration/edited photo of her, on a pub toilet door in Edinburgh
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Dawn Foster died five years ago on this date. I really miss her and I think about her every day. If you’re new to her work or want to introduce it to someone, this was the best tribute written about her: tribunemag.co.uk/2021/07/in-m... Dawn Foster Forever
Dawn outside the Sunflower pub in Belfast. Sign reads “no topless bathing Ulster has suffered enough.”  Dawn in front of a print reading “greet the Dawn five Labour its chance” Dawn in the Bread and Roses pub in Clapham and a painting of John Burns Addressing and Open Air Crowd by Alexander Joseph FinbergDawn looking amazing and eating oysters
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
THIS ONE IS MY FAVOURITE
The regional KGB headquarters in Arkhangelsk suffered a major fire and was almost completely destroyed. Shortly after, a man called looking for help.

“I’m sorry, we can’t do anything,” said the receptionist. “The KGB has burnt down.”

Five minutes later, the receptionist received another call. “I’m sorry, we can’t help. The KGB has burnt down.”

Another five minutes passed, and the phone rang again. The receptionist recognised the voice as the man who’d twice called previously.

“Why do you keep calling? I told you that the KGB has burnt down.”

“I know. I just like hearing it.”
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Matt Holland Author Dot Com @gallaethamatt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Already seen a: "but where are the climate protestors?" in the wild. A lot of them are in prison for ten years or they're awaiting trial right now. I don't know what to tell you
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just for context, Laleh is probably one of the most important academics in the country right now, given the sheer depth and quality of her knowledge and expertise in the Gulf, shipping and logistics.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
You’d think “too right wing” in at number three would be getting more airtime but NO!
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What are your highlights? I will never forget racist riots taking place where they were trying to burn people alive and he took about 8 business days to call them racist and sent Yvette Cooper out to talk about how much she loves England flags and has them in bunting form
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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
actually, one of Shakira's hips always tells the truth, and one of Shakira's hips always lies
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 16/06/2026
not people demanding “real name” (legal name now, at birth, after marriage?) policies online when the feds are indicting “enemy” activists
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SMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
one trillion dollars and you can neither buy a personality nor the love of another human being
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Justin Hancock @justinhancock.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I'm trying not to have my ear buds in when I'm nipping out to the shop. My reward just now was a toddler in a pushchair saying 'hiya' to me and me saying a cheery 'hello' back
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I read the headline three times because I couldn’t believe it. What an incredible human being and a true ally to trans people. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72
British actor starred on the West End before finding international fame in the 90s on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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Arsenal parade with a lad who climbed a traffic light cheering to the fans
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Haris @afcmhr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Love this. ♥️
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📣 My summer Activism Academy is back! Learn more about the UK political system and campaigning for change. 📍 Parliament 🗓 27-28 or 29-30 July 🎓 Open to anyone aged 16-18 who lives or attends school in Clapham & Brixton Hill. Apply 👉🏾 bit.ly/ActivismAcademy2026
A promotional poster for “Bell’s Activism Academy 2026” featuring a smiling Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP superimposed in front of the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben. The background shows the River Thames under a partly cloudy sky. Text on the poster reads: “July 27–31. Apply by 30 June. Bell’s Activism Academy 2026. Insight into the world of politics for young people in Clapham & Brixton Hill. Apply now.” A short link is included at the bottom.
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 24/05/2026
Today @polphilpod.bsky.social gives us a very important breakdown of what has happened to trans rights in the UK and what it means for the freedom of even cis citizens there. We published it because the UK press is completely captured on this topic. Please read & share with folks who live there.
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I’ve got myself into a situation where I’m the admin of a WhatsApp group for 70+ Arsenal fans travelling solo to the parade from all over the world (Egypt, Texas, Montreal) and the kindness of strangers has been overwhelming.
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Tony Wilson didn’t die for this
Screenshot of opinion page at the guardian reads “Andy Burnham's Manchester has a defining spirit - and Britain could do with a lot more of it” by John Harris
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Tom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
trying not to be mawkish but i guess it was so evident that loads of people living around me day to day have just not really had a reason to celebrate for a long long time. what i'm trying to say is arsenal winning the league is the only thing holding the fabric of society together
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Tom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
really hungover so can't express this well but something about being at the emirates last night with everyone celebrating just felt like the complete antithesis of everything the right has tried to imagine london is. people want to get along, they just need a reason to be happy and have purpose
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Po-LINA-tergeist 👻 لينا @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Screenshot of Mamdani reel. He’s holding a football and he’s saying: just like Arsenal we got it done
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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Bristol Friends: please go to Keynsham Civic Centre today & tomorrow to support the @unisonsw.bsky.social picket line. 💌 Or email solidarity to unison@bathnes.gov.uk Children’s services at Bath & North East Somerset Council deserve better. @unison.org.uk www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...
Picket line
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SMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Crying
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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“Are they a proud people?” - my wife, just now, about Juggalos
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