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Elke Weissmann

@tellyelk.bsky.social
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Reader in TV, who watches TV and sometimes makes some with her students at Edge Hill University. Interested in the role of media in communicating climate change. Also interested in questions of inequality and television. Also posts pretty pictures.

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Picton Cycles @pictoncycles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I found the shops old Christmas poster, this must be 30 years old, I think Arthur got a signwriter to make it by hand, no computers used never mind Ai. Still applies though, if you want a bike for Christmas you can reserve any bike with a small deposit, then pay it off.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wtaf. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I get them thrown at me on Viki Rakuten but they may well be on YouTube too.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From mine, I will take away your citizenship.' So polarising. What a horrible guy this is.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And listening to the language tells you everything you need to know. 'You have things coming out of your mosques'. 1) Dehumanising other people. 'Go back to being British. Go back to being leaders of the free world '. 2) er, wrong country and 3) 'just because you have an opinion different/
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wow, Israel placing adverts in the UK, trying to convince the British audience to reject Burnham's decision to speak out against the settlements in the West Bank which, you know, is part of the limited land of a different nation. Others would call it invasion.... Desperation?
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
'Choice... is an idea that is inflicted on poor people by people in positions of power so they don’t have to do anything to help.' Hear, hear. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Can anyone be too poor to buy a toothbrush? Yes – I know, because that was me | Katriona O'Sullivan
LBC’s Nick Ferrari can’t see what is stopping people buying a cheap toothbrush, but the grinding reality of living in poverty creates its own priorities, says psychologist, author and professor Dr Kat...
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Interesting and pertinent arguments here. At the same time, I wonder what we will say in a few years time about MAGA et Al. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here is the news from the US: Woke 1.0 is over. But what did progressives do wrong? | Nesrine Malik
A movement with safety, dignity and equality at its heart has been blamed for the rightwing backlash. But within it were principles worth carrying forwards, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#NoToFossilFuels @andyburnham.bsky.social #KeepItInTheGround for the future of our children, for a more just future.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What the f***, @andyburnham.bsky.social ??? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licenses.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yes. Amongst others in Lake Windermere. Record number of illegal sewage spills in Windermere last year - BBC News share.google/6UBQX2aTceTQ...
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Record number of illegal sewage spills in Windermere last year
Campaigners identified 140 illegal spill days into the beauty spot in 2024
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/07/2026
In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine Malik
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In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine Malik
The suffering of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is no isolated case. The abuse of Palestinian detainees is happening in plain sight, yet nothing changes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A weight tax for SUVs? Yes please. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Oh they are all so lovely. 🤢
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Also who said that move fast thing again? All the evil Neoliberalists are melting into one now... Musk? Branson?
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
How about 'cogito, ergo sum'?
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Good point. It depends on the AI as well of course.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Ah, good point. Though that's the individualistic feeling not the collective empathy/ feeling with?
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Question for the day as we allow #AI and #Algorithms to take over the thinking for us, is the machine now 'I think therefore I am' while we human beings learn the value of human emotion and therefore 'we feel, therefore we are?'
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
#AI doesn't just affect the #Editorial side of #TVProduction and #FilmProduction. #ProductionManagement does exist....
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
'becoming' might be the wrong word.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Oh and yes, white middle aged men are so discriminated against at the moment, as we can see in the fact that none of the richest people in the world is white and middle aged, and that none of the European and beyond politicalleaders is currently white and middle aged...
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Just heard the man who stays with my neighbour next door say to his girlfriend (in the context of HR protected characteristics monitoring): 'Let's be honest, one of the reasons you got your job, is because you are a woman, and not a white, middle aged man.' #TotalBoyfriendFail. #BeBetter.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Banning under 16s from #SocialMedia is like treating measles with a concealer. It doesn't address #MediaLiteracy, it doesn't address the problems of social media such as dis- and misinformation. What we need is better #Regulation and better #Education. @ukgovernment.bsky.social #NotImpresssed
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Ordinary people, you need to change your behaviour to avoid climate catastrophe while we rich make sure your children have no planet to live on. #ClimateChange www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
How much coffee is one allowed to drink on a Friday? Not asking for a friend.
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Snow White Enjoys Coffee
ALT: Snow White Enjoys Coffee
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Happy World Bicycle Day.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Spring is just wonderful
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Urgh. #marking after a bad night's sleep is really hard.
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Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) Tired at Desk
ALT: Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) Tired at Desk
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Morning.
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Gareth Hooper @garethhooper.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Birmingham is by most measures a financially poor city. Politicians need to make it a cheap city to live in. Bike lanes = free travel + free exercise + low pollution Low pollution = less demand on financially constrained health and social care Politicians need to level with electorate.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Mystery in #Liverpool isn't the most botanically exciting park, but it can be pretty 😍😍
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I knew it. 🤣🤣 www.facebook.com/share/v/1AW3...
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Change is possible. For a better future... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hope is contagious and science is king: 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era
At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Hannah Spencer speaking to PoliticsJOE, "You can smell the alcohol when people are in-between votes" "I wasn't prepared for what goes on in the rest of the chamber where there is a lot of jeering going on" "We're making decisions about people's lives we're here to do a job and to serve people"
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
About time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Government to propose electricity price changes in clean power push
The war in the Middle East has brought renewed attention to Britain's vulnerability to energy price shocks.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I was on the @merseyrail.bsky.social to get to and from work. The amount of people taking that daily is incredible and we love our new trains!!!
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
10 asks for Better Streets: www.instagram.com/reel/DWW9YiH... #cycling #walking #traffic #roads #cars
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Elke Weissmann on Instagram: "#betterstreets #liverpool"
6 likes, 0 comments - elxwelx on March 26, 2026: "#betterstreets #liverpool".
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spent a few days in #Rouen. What a gorgeous place. With amazing cycling infrastructure. I am jealous.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
#Pfalz. Guten Morgen.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Morning peeps.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In an Istanbul market, I came across an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants | Carolin Würfel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In an Istanbul market, I came across an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants | Carolin Würfel
Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today’s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake, says Carolin Würfel, a writer who lives in Berlin ...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Political Will Sold Separately. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
person biking in protected lane

CONCRETE

Stronger than any helmet!
Louder than any bell!
Brighter than any clothing!
More effective than any tech!
*political will sold separately. Ask your elected official if they care about the safety of people on bikes.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#SaferStreets in #Liverpool, please. @exploreliverpool.bsky.social @liverpool.greenparty.org.uk @liverpoolweather.bsky.social @liverpoolecho.co.uk
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I used to hate Paris. Now it's one of my favourite capital cities. It's not just become cleaner, it's become friendlier as well.
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#SaferStreets are much needed for all of us, including those of us who do not drive #cars. #CarCulture #Cycling #Walking www.linkedin.com/posts/active...
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Safer Streets for Women and Girls | Active Travel England
Poorly lit spaces, design and location of bus stops, lack of CCTV – these are all reasons why women and girls don’t feel safe getting out and about in their neighbourhoods. Last night, Local Transpo...
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Had the pleasure to speak to @liliangreenwood.bsky.social yesterday about pavement parking and why it makes walking less safe and convenient. Here's the proof or so... youtu.be/HOV6SporrIo?... with @activetraveleng.bsky.social and Living Streets. @nihilisticgherkin.bsky.social
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Pavement Parking
YouTube video by TVElk1
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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We should be better than this @labouruk.bsky.social
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