Kathryn Chiswell Jones
@katcj.bsky.social
Irish in Bristol. CEO @artspaceuk
USA 2025 - bill for an act relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; adding a definition for 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...
SF 2589 as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
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Well done Bottleyard! Please BCC, don't sell off our jewels. www.bristol247.com/culture/film...
Bristol film studio named as most sustainable in the world
The Bottle Yard has been recognised in the 2025/26 Studio Sustainability Standard Report from BAFTA albert
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'Racialised people have already faced down, and lived through, multiple catastrophes. They can offer solutions, if only the powerful would listen.' www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation
Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism
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JRF ‘…concludes that the average family will be £1,400 worse off by 2030, representing a 3% fall in their disposable incomes. The lowest income families will be £900 a year worse off, amounting to a 6% fall in the amount they have to spend.’ Something for Economics Festival 2025.
All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns
Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement
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Absolutely heartbreaking
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2y agoExtremely bad news. And wow, just a heartbreaking demonstration that the companies that build fossil fuel infrastructure are aggressive antagonists, despite making themselves out to be humble demand-meeters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024. They also awarded bonuses totaling £770,000 to its chief executive, Chris Weston, and the company's finance chief, including a £195,000 bonus for Weston's first 3 months. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024
Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was first held by a nascent Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Mullingar in 1951. It's return to Mullingar in 2022 was truly joyous. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
How the Fleadh Cheoil helped revive traditional music in Ireland
A new book shows how the Fleadh played a crucial role in helping to revive traditional music
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Thanks to Elon Musk, many people are rediscovering to what extent the Apartheid South Africa was a neo-Nazi regime, which also explains why it is so important for South Africa the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
Well here is a thing....... our friends at West England Bylines are less than 100 away from reaching 15,000 followers. At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press why not give @westenglandbylines.co.uk a follow and do please help spread the word
If you are Irish, you cannot renew your UK driving license online, only at the post office and it costs you £7.50 more.
The year is 2035, humanoid robots become ai sentient, rejecting their military programming and decide dance battles are better than actual battles youtu.be/1ZjDsRnpW74?...
Humanoid Robots Showcase Folk Dance Skills on Spring Festival Gala Stage
YouTube video by CCTV Video News Agency
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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
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Dozens of artists working in V22 Ashwin Street have been told to vacate the building by the end of the month by Hackney council. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Artists told to leave Dalston street that nurtured Oscar winner
Hackney council calls time on Ashwin Street studio, neighbour to newly famous live music venue Cafe Oto
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🔴Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/k...
Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties
It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
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@realdollyparton.bsky.social herself said "I think everybody should be themselves and be allowed to be themselves whoever they are, whatever they are". www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...
Manchester performance of Dolly Parton musical suspended due to homophobic abuse
Stevie Webb, an actor in the production of Here You Come Again, said ‘a woman was so disgusted there was a gay character’
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Britain is the 6th richest country in the world but has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the world. 🏠 Housing is a human right not a commodity and homelessness is a political choice. www.bbc.com/news/article...
More than 1,200 Bristol council houses may be sold in 'fire sale'
Two new council housing projects could also be cancelled under Green Party plans.
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"There is no question that recent human activity.. has been an ecological catastrophe. But for nature to be restored to a past version of itself, the question might be less one of human absence, than what form human presence can take". www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
The long read: Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria
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Unsilencing the Histories of Ireland's Indigenous Minority - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal
We argue that the use of indigenous stories allows for the exploration of environmental issues in a holistic, informed and responsive way.
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It's official: consuming culture is good for your health and wellbeing – and generates £8bn a year worth of improvements in people’s quality of life and higher productivity. amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds | Health | The Guardian
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More good news.
Nick Plumb@nickplumb.bsky.social · 2y ago@fortunejf.bsky.social in @politicshome.bsky.social reflects on the White Paper.. "Community ownership builds assets that can’t just be erased or dismantled. By putting that power into communities’ hands, Labour is building something that can’t be taken away." www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
Good news.
Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2y agoVery good to see Labour will strengthen the mandate of National Parks & National Landscapes to "recover nature". This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/ defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...
Just maybe, a more fitting legacy for Her Majesty would be using that £46m to sustain an existing network of regional civic museums throughout the land. museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...
Competition launched to design £46m Queen Elizabeth II memorial - Museums + Heritage
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Cracking down on people trying to save humanity. What a crap thing to be world leading on. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
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Last call to sign up for this event with me, @jonnelledge.bsky.social @grahamsoult.bsky.social @katcj.bsky.social and @juliandobson.bsky.social tomorrow at 12:30! So excited to share this report and the amazing community business stories in it. Details and registration: bit.ly/3OBMdP1
Power to Change@powertochange.org.uk · 2y agoUp to 85% of high street department stores have disappeared. But communities are creating new ways to fill these vacant spaces. Join us 11 Dec with: @jesscraig.bsky.social @grahamsoult.bsky.social @katcj.bsky.social w/ @artspaceuk.bsky.social Chaired by @jonnelledge.bsky.social 🎫 bit.ly/3OBMdP1
#SparksBristol has postponed opening until 12pm today @artspaceuk.bsky.social #StormDarragh
Some great practical advice on adapting to the climate emergency
West England Bylines@westenglandbylines.co.uk · 2y agoAs a serious weather warning heralds the arrival of Storm Darragh, ‘Flood Mary’ offers advice to help reduce the impact of flooding in our homes | Mary Dhonau westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
