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Victoria Nunn

@viva-victoria.bsky.social
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North East mum of 5 | ADHD, Autism, BPD, Depression, C-PTSD | PhD Student: VCSE Contribution to Health Research | Sr Research Assistant | Lived Experience Consultant | Project Coordinator/Evaluator | Charity Comms | Film, Running, History, True Crime

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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Another successful crumble using the last of the rhubarb (with apple and blackberries), plus a raspberry and cream sponge #Baking is such mindful work, but I also love having something nice to share with people
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Finally just got around to watching #Mobland and not sorry we did I already love Tom Hardy, and Guy Richie was one of the central directors from my 1st Masters Dissertation, but this looks like something we're really going to enjoy Plus Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren are forever a joy
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The before-and-after of a wonderful evening with amazing company last night With the kids, being unwell and so much work, it's so rare I have anyone over, so it was wonderful to be able to cook for people and enjoy their great company
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can't believe it took me this long to watch Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die! Reminded me of my favourite sci-fi movies like The Matrix and 12 Monkeys, but with the genius of Sam Rockwell
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
holodeck and chill
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Healthwatch @healthwatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Does the UK actually have the regulatory capacity and expertise to monitor AI continuously across thousands of real-world clinical settings—and enforce the rules when it finds problems? www.gov.uk/government/p...
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What the National Commission’s recommendations mean for you
How new recommendations could make healthcare AI safer, clearer and fairer for patients, professionals, providers and developers across the UK.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
A newly elected Reform UK councillor has been arrested on suspicion of making false statements in nomination papers. Reform UK is haemorrhaging the people it recruits. We keep track of all of them: bestforbritain.org/reform-uk-defect…
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Reform councillor arrested over election paperwork
Elected representative for Nigel Farage’s party arrested on suspicion of making false statements in nomination papers
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 06/10/2026
There’s officially a new Hollywood colossus in town. bit.ly/3UbEPA7
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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Selection of colorful shaped erasers such as Garfield head, unicorn, Hello Kitty, rainbow and clown. Text reads: Childhood erasers are proof that you don't have to function properly for people to still value you.

@tales.from.the.thrift
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Contributing to the North East Childcare Strategy Co-Production Panel As a parent of 5, I shared how school nursery, childminders and holiday care must fit together in real life I called for clearer help with changing costs, genuine choice and a continuing role for parents #Parenting #ChildCare
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Healthwatch @healthwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NHS dentistry has become a two-tier system. In some areas, more people only have access to private dentists than NHS ones. The issue isn’t choice: NHS capacity has contracted, leaving those who can’t pay with fewer options. www.hsj.co.uk
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HSJ | Health Service Journal - for healthcare leaders
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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A $110bn merger now looks like a certainty, as Paramount has settled a lawsuit blocking its Warner Bros deal. filmstories.co.uk/news/paramou...
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Paramount Warner Bros deal | Lawsuit with US states settled, making merger almost certain
A $110bn merger now looks like a certainty, as Paramount has settled a lawsuit blocking its Warner Bros deal.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 24/09/2026
Nikita Hand, who won civil rape case against Conor McGregor, on why you don't need to be 'the perfect victim'
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Nikita Hand, who won civil rape case against Conor McGregor, on why you don't need to be 'the perfect victim'
Nikita Hand speaks to Sky's Cathy Newman about the "mental trauma" of her ordeal.
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Hidden ADHD often resurfaces in #women as adults" Diagnosed #ADHD at 40, alongside #autism, explains so much of a lifetime I once saw as personal failure Long suspected #PMDD: many of my biggest crashes follow a clear pattern Late diagnosis was relief, grief and a lot of “ohhh, THAT explains it”
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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Addiction is not only caused by weak will’: how a talking pigeon got Czechia to face up to its alcohol problem Director Pepa Lubojacki’s heartbreaking film chronicles the lives of her brother as he struggles with drink and homelessness – and her own shame in the face of societal...
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‘Addiction is not only caused by weak will’: how a talking pigeon got Czechia to face up to its alcohol problem
Director Pepa Lubojacki’s heartbreaking film chronicles the lives of her brother as he struggles with drink and homelessness – and her own shame in the face of societal prejudice
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Saw this on FB from @pregthenscrewed.bsky.social Employees will be entitled to 2 weeks unpaid bereavement leave, applying to pregnancy loss, terminations, unsuccessful IVF embryo transfers, and to partners Congrats to Miscarriage UK , who led the #LeaveForEveryLoss campaign ❤️
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you @balancene.bsky.social for highlighting that it doesn't matter about your education, career, wealth or family - if you have it all or have nothing, anyone can fall to alcohol Read Paul's story and how anyone can end up one of the tragic statistics reducemyrisk.tv/news/pauls-s...
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Paul's story - Reduce My Risk
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Balance North East @balancene.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
2/2 Alcohol-specific deaths have risen accutely, including rising deaths from alcohol related liver disease among younger women. Kelly’s story shows how regular drinking can hide real harm – and how stopping can be life changing. Support matters. Help is available ReduceMyRisk.tv #ReduceAlcoholHarm
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 23/09/2026
Pressure came from the top for a Paramount settlement. Gov. Gavin Newsom had expressed concerns about California’s lawsuit, particularly in relation to employment levels.
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California Vowed to Stop Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger. Why Did It Fold?
For months, California attorney general Rob Bonta told anyone who would listen that Paramount‘s $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery would ruin Hollywood and that he could stop the merger. Then, when his leverage appeared the highest, the political and economic realities surrounding the showdown became impossible for him ignore.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize
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I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize
I found being a Booker judge hugely rewarding. All the works on our shortlist will change how you see the world
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Deadline @deadline.com · 23/09/2026
The Oscar winner says he still doesn't know why the long-aborning reboot of Marvel's Blade franchise never happened.
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Mahershala Ali On Kevin Feige's 'Blade' Failure: "He Should Feel That Way"
The Oscar winner says he still doesn't know why the long-aborning reboot of Marvel's Blade franchise never happened.
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A miracle of lost & found! My ring was handmade by my partner years ago. It survived being cut off due to a serious infection, was mended but loose, and then recently lost Suddenly reappears in the loft! Missing out on a job hurt but getting this back is proof that good things and love find a way
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Meditate for Peace at the Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub, Newcastle: tonight, 21 Sept, 6.30-7pm Beginners welcome. Free places or optional donation Book: bookwhen.com/mindfulthera... #InternationalDayOfPeace
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Welcome To Community Classes Delivered by Mindful Therapies CIO - Booking by Bookwhen
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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Adults with severe mental illness die 15 to 20 years earlier from diseases such as cancer
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Adults with severe mental illness die 15 to 20 years earlier from diseases such as cancer
Exclusive: Stark health inequalities in terms of deaths before age of 75, NHS data reveals
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 21/09/2026
Settlement talks for the Warner Bros/Paramount merger reportedly include a financial penalty if they fail to distribute 30 films per year theatrically. They would have to pay $30M for every film that falls short of that target. (Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 21/09/2026
Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin said Jeremy Strong treated his co-stars in The Social Reckoning “the way he imagines Mark [Zuckerberg] treats the people around him” while filming The Social Network follow-up.
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Jeremy Strong Treated His ‘Social Reckoning’ Co-Stars “the Way He Imagines” Mark Zuckerberg Treats People, Aaron Sorkin Says
Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin said Jeremy Strong treated his co-stars in The Social Reckoning “the way he imagines Mark [Zuckerberg] treats the people around him” while filming The Social Network follow-up.
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Weekend spent quietly celebrating son 2 turning 17 Cheesy movies from my own youth - Mystery Men with a Chinese takeaway, Mummy Returns with a hake tea and birthday cake Then, a fun family #partygame night with KA-BLAB! 🙂❤️ 🎂🎉 Birthday boy won 2 rounds, son 3 won 1, and we all had plenty of laughs
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
After some family gardening and tidying for winter (yes, we got the kids weeding too!), we had a great afternoon and decent homemade grub with friends Weather was kind, party games were out and the company was lovely Really needed some chilled social time after how intense things have been
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Autism @autismtalk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Review expected to say patients in England should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosis
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gateshead International #FilmFestival showcasing global independent film Submissions free for North East #filmmakers - love local talent getting a platform right here in #Gateshead! 16–18 July 2027 Vue Cinema Gateshead & free outdoor screenings in Trinity Square #FilmFestival #IndependentCinema
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Gateshead to host International Film Festival as callout made for local talent
New GIFF is out to champion local talent and create opportunities ahead of summer debut
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
At @brilliantclub.bsky.social's pre-placement training today, focuing on #pedagogy and #safeguarding young people Soon I'll tutor Key Stage 3 pupils in South Tyneside on The Secret to Living a Long and Happy Life - using data to ask why life expectancy differs and what inequality has to do with it
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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We live in a society in which the pussy inspector shirt is in demand but contemporary feminist thought is not smh
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A quiet moment for a big subject 🌺 On Monday 21 Sept, the Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub in Newcastle is marking the #InternationalDayOfPeace with a guided meditation Newcomers welcome; free places or optional donation Book: bookwhen.com/mindfulthera... #Mindfulness #Meditation #Peace
lose-up photograph of bright red flowers against a softly blurred background. The Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub logo and a dove graphic with the UN emblem appear at the top. The same blue panel gives the Meditate for Peace date, time, free place and donation information.
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Strange New Worlds felt like the modern Trek willing to trust Trek After Discovery’s gloom, Pike’s warm, hopeful Enterprise brought back the thrill of exploration The cast is still excellent. So why does season 4 keep asking, “What genre can we do this week?” 1/5 #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Visited @openclasp.bsky.social today Reminded me what powerful, socially engaged art can do Theatre made with women, rooted in lived experience, challenging violence and inequality Creating space to be heard, understood and safer “End violence against women & girls” ✊ #VAWG #Women #Arts
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Piddington thing must be so annoying for twee British film producers as "village declares independence" is the perfect setup except for the toxic racism.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Join us on Wednesday 30th September for the official launch of Discovering Liveability’s Lived & Living Experience Hub! 📅 30th September ⏰ 11:00am – 13:00pm BST 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up for free here: events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
More Than a Story: Hidden Impact of #LivedExperience Engagement So pleased this exists. I’ve written a lot about the real cost of academic contribution and exploring how #MentalHealth research can involve people safely Book here - free event events.bookitbee.com/university-o... #LivedExperience
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More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Hub Event with Maria Roberts (The Churchill Fellowship)
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Can't wait to see you soon in #Newcastle at @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk @filmstories.bsky.social has long been a key source of my movie news, analysis and recommendations No one does film or its cultural and mental health impacts better
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sharing the Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub’s autumn timetable It’s a #community #wellbeing space in #Newcastle, with #mindfulness, movement and #art, with focused on connections If you work in #VCSE, #health or #research, in Tyne & Wear please share it with people who might find a session useful
First page of the Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub September–December 2026 timetable. Weekly activities shown are Monday Morning Meditation, 8.45–9.15am; Tuesday Progressive Muscle Relaxation, 4–4.45pm; Wednesday Gentle Mindful Movement, 1.15–1.45pm, and Mindful Space, 2.30–4pm; Thursday Body Scan Meditation, 1.15–1.45pm; and Friday Words of Others, 1–2.30pm. Fortnightly Friday Facilitator Training is listed at 9.45–11.45am. A photograph shows a small room with chairs around a table. The graphic also mentions room hire and gives the Hub’s first-floor Carliol Square location. Some smaller text on this page is obscured.Second page of the Mindful Therapies Resilience Hub September–December 2026 timetable. Weekly partner activities shown are Monday Place for Peace with WERS, 10.45am–12.15pm, and Gentle Movement, 5.30–6.15pm; Tuesday Laughter Therapy with Karuna Therapies, 5–5.45pm; Wednesday Yoga with Abbie from Sunbeam Yoga, 6–7pm; and Thursday Mindful Space/Art, 10–11.30am. It also lists fortnightly Somatic Movement on Saturdays, with time to be confirmed; monthly Stim Cafe Yoga on the first Monday, 5.30–7.30pm; Art of Zen on 24–25 October; Meditate for Peace on 21 September, 6.30–7pm; and tea tasting with Bird & Blend on 24 September, 6–7.30pm. The Hub address is First Floor, 15 Carliol Square, Newcastle.
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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big-screen supernatural sitcom spin-off Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House has a brand new trailer. And here it is… filmstories.co.uk/news/ghosts-...
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Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House | New trailer lands for the spin-off movie
Big-screen supernatural sitcom spin-off Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House has a debut trailer. And here it is…
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There are only three weeks left to apply for the Talent Development Awards. The opportunity supports UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences to pursue an interdisciplinary approach to their work and develop expertise in a new area. Apply now: bit.ly/4bpl2CE
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
AI "grief bots" bring to mind Marjorie Prime, a small 2017 indie film about #AI built to replace lost loved ones Like Victorian seance providers exploiting desperate people seeking messages from the dead, it’s an old trick We’ll do anything to avoid grief, but tech shouldn't monetise that pain
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‘I created my mom and talk to her’: AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn
The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolation
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Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Do you have a research idea you'd like to pitch? The Early Career Researcher (ECR) Grant & Fellowship Pitch Event allows UK #mentalhealth ECRs to present a grant proposal to an experienced panel & receive feedback. 🗓️ 21 OCT 2026 🕰️ 2PM - 4PM 🗺️ Online Learn more & register buff.ly/CynONri
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The NHSA @thenhsa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our new report with the @acmedsci.bsky.social explores how funding gaps – alongside barriers around capacity, connections and processes – affect collaboration across the North. Read the full report: www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Lisa Nandy brands Musk’s X a ‘disgrace’ as she pledges crackdown on social media doxxing – UK politics live
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Lisa Nandy brands Musk’s X a ‘disgrace’ as she pledges crackdown on social media doxxing – UK politics live
Culture secretary says X ‘didn’t even bother to turn up’ to meeting about abuse, intimidation and doxxing on social media Good morning. We will be hearing from Andy Burnham today because he is back at work having taken time off following the death of his father. And already we have heard from Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, who has been doing a media round. She has condemned Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, describing it as an “absolute disgrace”. I had the social media companies in to see me yesterday to talk to them about their responsibilities in this regard. All of the different social media companies have completely different terms of service, different standards that they apply to online hatred directed at individuals. Some of them will automatically remove that content. Some of them, frankly, won’t. I have made a commitment to the RNLI and to, not just charities but public sector workers, police officers, and others who are being routinely harassed and abused online in the course of work, that we will tighten up the law. We will make sure that where, for example, people’s addresses are being published online, that we just do not allow that to happen, that those things will have to be either blocked or taken down immediately. We cannot have a situation where not just charity volunteers, but shop workers and social workers and police officers are being routinely harassed online in the course of their work. Continue reading...
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My MA Education work on #AudienceTheory came straight back to me reading this: we fear some “unbidden voices”, yet normalise corporations competing for space in our minds Who gets to speak into consciousness, who benefits, and which intrusions do we call normal? #MadStudies #MentalHealth #Media
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it’s all in your head
What do you think about people who hear unbidden voices in their heads?
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Watching #PracticalMagic (1998) with my daughter who is 9 I can't believe I had to wait till I was 12 before I saw this masterpiece of iconic girly Millennial cinema Many a night watching The Craft, Buffy, Angel etc. with the emo tunes on Kerrang and our mood set firmly to misunderstood teen
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